ACRL MD is sponsoring a free viewing of ACRL’s upcoming webcast, “Developing your Leadership Potential: Effective Practices and Innovative Ideas.”
Wednesday, 05/20/2020, 2:00-3:30pm (EDT)
All are welcome. Fill out the form at this link to “attend” with ACRL MD. Sign-up by Monday, 05/18/2020. You will receive an email to the webcast the evening before the webcast.
Questions? Contact ACRL MD president, Kimberly Miller.
Our April 3rd program, “Academic Library Advocacy: Everyone’s an Advocate” has been cancelled. We hope to reschedule for another time, so please stay tuned!
At this point, our regularly scheduled March 20th virtual meeting will go on as planned. Join us at 11am! ACRL MD meets virtually here: https://us.bbcollab.com/guest/EC703F667C5DFD7F149202D67FB9F5D6
Want to keep up with all of ACRL MD’s activities? Find us on the web:
Submission deadline extended to March 6th, 2020!
Do you practice every-day academic library advocacy? We’re looking for speakers to share experiences or projects that required advocating on behalf of yourself, your library or your students along with best practices or lessons learned. These lightning talks will be 5-7 minutes long followed by a brief Q&A.
To submit your interest in presenting, please fill out our Google Form. The deadline for submissions is February 28, 2020 March 6th, 2020.
April 3, 2020 at Towson University Northeastern Campus
8:30 AM – 12 PM
What do you think of when you think about “library advocacy?” While many libraries find themselves needing to connect with stakeholders such as legislators and voters, academic library advocacy is less likely to target these same groups. Academic library personnel routinely need to advocate for the library as an essential contributor to their college or university’s mission, in addition to advocating for their own unique functional role as an individual library worker. But this typically means advocating for themselves, their students and other campus community members, and their library with a wide variety of colleagues and administrators.
Coffee and light refreshments will be served as we explore what it means to be an “academic library advocate” from a variety of perspectives. Dr. Lucy Holman, University Librarian at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington and former Dean of Libraries at the University of Baltimore, will share an administrator’s perspective on current advocacy issues and methods. Participants will have the opportunity to begin crafting their own advocacy narrative tailored for their networks during activities throughout the day. We hope you will join us for an engaging event!
MLA Members $25
Non-members $37.50
MLA Student/Retired/Unemployed/Friend $12.50
Have you ever wondered how you can be a better library advocate? Perhaps you want to communicate your library’s story to administrators or future donors. Or maybe you want to learn more about talking to your legislative representatives about funding for K-12 and higher education, public libraries, and other organizations or programs. ACRL-MD is planning a professional development program to target these needs. But first, we need your help!
ACRL-MD is searching for 2-3 volunteers for our program planning committee. If you’re interested in this topic, would like to learn more about program planning, or want an easy way to become involved with ACRL-MD, we hope you’ll volunteer. Please email Kim Miller (kimberlymiller@towson.edu) for more information.
Stay tuned for more program details!
It’s summer, the spring semester is over, maybe things are quieter in the library. Why not take some time for professional development? Of course, as most of you know, learning opportunities are often expensive or, if covered by your workplace, fairly limited. That is why I’ve compiled from a variety of sources a list of free upcoming webinars you might be interested in:
ALA Public Programs Office
What Is a Program, Anyway? Findings from NILPPA, ALA’s National Study of Library Public Programs
Presenters: Carolyn Anthony, consultant and member of the standing committee of the Metropolitan Libraries Section of IFLA; Mary Davis Fournier, deputy director of the American Library Association’s Public Programs Office and director of the National Impact of Library Public Programs Assessment (NILPPA)
June 10th, 11 a.m.
Details: http://ow.ly/FWTs30oIxZD
Utah State Library Training
The Art of Public Speaking
Presenter: Linda Bruno
June 11th, 2-3 p.m. MDT, 4-5 p.m. EST
Details: https://www.eventbrite.com/o/usl-training-208844751
ALA Public Programs Office
The Nine Competencies of Programming Librarians: Findings from NILPPA, ALA’s National Study of Library Public Programs
Presenters: Terrilyn Chun, deputy director of Multnomah County Library in Portland, Oregon; Mary Davis Fournier, deputy director of the American Library Association’s Public Programs Office and director of the National Impact of Library Public Programs Assessment (NILPPA)
June 14th, 11 a.m. EST
Details: http://ow.ly/FWTs30oIxZD
National Network of Libraries of Medicine
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Nine Conversations that Matter to Health Sciences Librarians
Presenter: Jessica Pettitt, M.Ed., CSP
June 19th, 12 p.m. EST
If you don’t have a NLM/NNLM account, you can create one for free.
Session will be recorded.
Library Connect
Staying visible, relevant and connected with your research community: tips tools and trends from three progressive librarians
Presented by Anna Marie Johnson, head of the Scholars’ Commons at Indiana University, Bloomington, IN; Clare Withers, curator at the University of Pittsburgh University Library System; Katherine Stephan, research support librarian and an academic liaison librarian at Liverpool John Moores University
June 27th, 11 a.m.-12 p.m.
OCLC
Library technology planning for today and tomorrow
Presented by Diana Silveira, librarian, president of Novare Library Services, and author of Library Technology Planning for Today and Tomorrow
August 27th, 3-4 p.m. EST
Details: https://www.oclc.org/en/events/2019/Library_tech_planning_webjunction_webinar_august27.html
ACRL MD is thrilled to sponsor seven programs at the MLA/DLA 2019 annual conference, May 1st – 3rd in Cambridge, MD. Each week leading up to the conference we’ll feature one of our programs. Can’t wait? Here’s a complete list of ACRL MD-sponsored programs.
What if…
Ready to join us?!
See the full program schedule, and register to attend, on the MLA/DLA 2019 conference site.
Eighteen librarians enjoyed our spring program, a morning guided tour of the National Gallery of Art and an afternoon tour of the National Gallery’s library.
Heartfelt thanks go out to National Gallery Reference Librarian Anne Simmons, who arranged our visit. We also got to meet the following museum staff members, who shared their expertise and love of art and art librarianship with us:
We hope that the following photos convey how much fun we had and how much we learned! And we hope to see you in a few months for our fall program, which we’ll begin planning shortly.
We got to see the only Leonardo da Vinci painting owned by a museum in the Americas:
Dr. Heidi Applegate introduced us to 18th-century French painting:
Anne Simmons and Roger Lawson welcomed us to the library:
A view from the stacks:
Yuri Long shared treasures from special collections:
Gregory PJ Most showed us historic photos:
Registration for this event will close on Monday, 4/30. Don’t miss out!
ACRL Maryland is sponsoring another FREE webcast viewing and discussion/networking event! Join us to watch the ACRL webcast “Critical Thinking About Sources: Lessons and Activities for First-Year Students” and participate in a discussion with other attendees. All are welcome; membership is not necessary. Please register to attend.
Day: Wednesday, May 2, 2018
Time: 2:00 PM-3:30 PM
Place: University of Maryland McKeldin Library Room 7121
Register: https://goo.gl/forms/FJpDysIIDLjyzOcq2
Deadline to register is this Friday! Reserve your spot by registering now! (No CEUs will be awarded.)
What: free docent led tour of the Cézanne Portraits exhibition, and the National Gallery of Art Library!
When: June 14, 2018, 10:30 am-3 pm
Where: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Use the ACRL MD carpool sign-up if you’d like to try to share a ride, or plan to get to D.C. in whatever way fits your own schedule and budget.
Lunch will be open-ended and self-pay during a break between the art exhibition and library tour. Choices in the area range from food trucks to table cloths.
Reserve your spot by registering before April 27, 2018! (No CEUs will be awarded.)
What: free docent led tour of the Cézanne Portraits exhibition, and the National Gallery of Art Library!
When: June 14, 2018, 10:30 am-3 pm
Where: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Use the ACRL MD carpool sign-up if you’d like to try to share a ride, or plan to get to D.C. in whatever way fits your own schedule and budget.
Lunch will be open-ended and self-pay during a break between the art exhibition and library tour. Choices in the area range from food trucks to table cloths.
