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SW PaLA Chapter Library Crawl

September 21, 2016

Join the Southwest Chapter of PaLA on its second annual Library Crawl on Thursday, September 29^th at 6:00 p.m. at the Carnegie Library and Museum in Oakland.

This year we will be crawling at The Carnegie Library and Carnegie Museum of Art…we will be partaking in a behind-the-scenes tour of the Carnegie Library’s William R. Oliver Special Collections Room with Archivist Greg Priore…then we’ll be behind-the-scenes at the Carnegie Museum of Art with Archivist Charlene Foggie-Barnett to see the Teenie Harris Collection.

The Crawl is FREE to all who want to attend and see what it takes to handle and preserve these special collections…not to mention the great stories that each item will tell.

To join us just register here… https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2016librarycrawl

After the Crawl we’ll be hanging out in a local establishment to network and share…we’d love to have you with us.

Call for News Items — Pennsylvania Libraries: Research & Practice, 2016 Fall Issue

September 20, 2016

by Casey Sirochman

Has something exciting happened at your library this last year that you want to share?Share it with Pennsylvania Libraries: Research & Practice (PaLRaP), the peer-reviewed, open access journal of PaLA’s CRD. Click here to submit information such as staff changes, awards/recognitions, events, initiatives, etc. happening in PA libraries that may be of interest to other libraries.

For more information about PaLRaP, visit http://www.palrap.org.

PaLRaP is a peer reviewed, online, open access publication of the Pennsylvania Library Association’s College & Research Division. This journal will provide an opportunity for librarians in Pennsylvania to share their knowledge and experience with practicing librarians across the Commonwealth and beyond. It includes articles from all areas of librarianship, with a special focus on activities at or of interest to Pennsylvania’s academic libraries.

Published biannually: March and October

Editors: Anne Behler, Penn State University; Tom Reinsfelder, Penn State University

Peer reviewers: Members of the Pennsylvania library community.

#palrap

Bucknell University’s Digital Scholarship Conference Registration Open

August 16, 2016

tags: conference, Digital Scholarship, networking, professional development

by Jill Hallam-Miller

Colleagues,

Registration is now open for #BUDSC16, Bucknell University’s third annual Digital Scholarship Conference. We’re excited to see you on campus October 28-30. This year’s conference, “Negotiating Borders through Digital Collaboration,” will feature speakers with a range of interests and specializations, including faculty, librarians, students, and those with careers outside of the academy.

We are thrilled to announce our keynotes for the conference: Dr. Tressie McMillian Cottom (Virginia Commonwealth University) and Dr. Safiya Noble (UCLA).

Early bird registration runs through September 15, and registration closes on October 17. Registration includes meals and refreshments throughout the conference. Information on travel, including ride-sharing, and lodging, including information about blocks of discounted hotel rooms, is available on the conference website.

And finally, please take a look at the conference schedule, which includes events and presenters. Presenter information and presentation abstracts will be added soon.

Many thanks, and we look forward to seeing you in October!

Engaging and Educating Student Voters on Your Campus

August 1, 2016

tags: connect and communicate series, elections, Information Literacy

by Jill Hallam-Miller

Join CRD’s Connect & Communicate Series for a Panel Discussion on
Engaging and Educating Student Voters on Your Campus
Monday, August 8, 2016, 1:00-2:00PM Eastern

Ever worry that the students of today–the future of our country–aren’t making important decisions based on accurate sources of information? That they’re apathetic, and only getting their “news” from sensationalized headings and Twitter feeds? You’re not alone! Join Connect & Communicate for a PA Forward Civic and Social Literacy event featuring a panel of newspaper editors and staff discuss their newspapers’ efforts to engage and educate voters. This discussion is particularly relevant for the 2016 election season.

Panelists include Tom Murse, Content Editor at LNP (Lancaster), Scott Fisher, Engagement Editor at the York Daily Record, and Gabriella Santoliquito, Social Media Manager from the Daily Collegian. Discussion will be moderated by Paula Knudsen, Director of Government Affairs/Legislative Counsel from Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association.

Connect & Communicate

Our registration is limited to 50 participants, so register early, and consider group attendance with a single registration and connection at your library!

Register at the following link: https://goo.gl/forms/u3f7H62UKNWB4WX72

Upon submitting your registration, you will receive an email confirmation that includes details about connecting to the conference. This is the only notification you will receive. If you do not receive the confirmation email, please contact Jill Hallam-Miller at jbhm001@bucknell.edu

For this program, you will need speakers or headphones to hear the presenters. Participants are encouraged to ask questions via the chatbox; moderators will monitor the chatbox and facilitate question and response at the end of the panel discussion.

If you would like to be emailed directly about other upcoming Connect & Communicate Series events, provide us with your name and email address here: http://goo.gl/4urXl

Please continue to share your ideas for programming topics, speakers, or formats with us! If you or someone you know is doing something great in Pennsylvania’s academic libraries, tell us about it!

The Connect & Communicate Series of online programming offered by the PaLA College & Research Division aims to help foster a community of academic librarians in Pennsylvania. Please contact Jill Hallam-Miller at jbhm001@bucknell.edu or at 570-577-2055 with questions.