Inside ZSR
It is a good thing librarians are organized because you really needed to be organized to choose from the hundreds of programs available at ACRL today. I started off at 8:00 am with a session on Return on Investment (ROI) and other ways to demonstrate the value of a library to its community. Jim Neal... more ›
I think I say this every time. The great thing about an ACRL conference is that there are no committee meetings or business sessions, just tons of interesting presentations about academic libraries. What a luxury to be free to learn new things! OK, the other good thing about ACRL is that they give ZSR national... more ›
2CUL: A Transformative Research Library Partnership Jim Neal, Columbia University, Anne Kenney, Cornell University Neal and Kenney described a radical partnership between two ARL libraries. Cornell and Columbia have similarities in that they are both private Ivy League institutions, ranked in the top 10 of the Association of Research Libraries, and are located in New... more ›
Last Thursday and Friday I attended a seminar in Washington DC sponsored by the Association of Research Libraries and Coalition for Networked Information called Achieving Strategic Change in Research Libraries. In my experience, ARL programming is first-rate and I was not disappointed. The opening keynote was by David Shulenberger, formerly Provost at Kansas and now... more ›
I really enjoyed the Women’s Leadership Institute (and so did this pair of pelicans at Fernandina Beach). What I liked best was talking to women leaders from other professions within higher education – which was the original reason that I wanted to attend the Institute. We all work on the campus but we each have... more ›
OK, did I mention that the Women’s Leadership Institute is being held on Amelia Island, FL? What a lovely location. The weather has not been much better than at home, but the ocean view cures many ills. This conference has a “work-life balance” subtheme to it, so the sessions have been deliberately scheduled to leave... more ›
Last December I was signed up to attend the Women’s Leadership Institute, co-sponsored by ACRL, and couldn’t go at the last minute because my mom got sick. Fortunately, the Institute leaders and hotel staff were very cooperative and let me attend this year instead with no penalty. The reason I wanted to attend was because... more ›
This will be my last post, since tomorrow will be limited to staying in the hotel room to finish up Jill’s version of the ZSR Annual Report before leaving for the airport. So, finishing up on Sunday… The first program of the afternoon was “Information Technology and Communities of Color:Issues and Opportunities in a Global... more ›
Sunday morning has started off with a bang. I didn’t get up quite as early as Susan who signed up for Bill’s Alibris 5K race in Grant Park, but my day started with the Sirsi-Dynix ALA-APA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Promoting Salaries and Status for Library Workers. Wanda and Ellen M. were there for... more ›
It’s fairly frantic here in Chicago but I am enjoying a moment of quiet, waiting for the next session to begin and I even scored access to the only plug in the room! Friday seems so long ago but it started with an appointment to meet with someone from Lyrasis to talk about a potential... more ›