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Blended Librarian Webcast: Opening New Windows of Opportunity: Creating Breakthrough Instructional Experiences

May 14, 2008

Blended Librarian Webcast: Opening New Windows of Opportunity: Creating Breakthrough Instructional Experiences

I just got an email that Brian Mathews, the Ubiquitous Librarian who will be speaking at the CRD Spring Workshop in Altoona on June 9, is a guest of the Blended Librarians Online Learning Community on Thursday, May 15, 2008 at 3 pm. EST, hosted by PA librarians Steven Bell and John Shank, co-founders.

Brian’s ‘event’ is called ‘Opening New Windows of Opportunity: Creating Breakthrough Instructional Experiences.’ Brian will “speak on ‘breakthrough opportunities’ as he shares his latest ideas on creating interactive library experiences for students. This session will feature tactics for engaging students in both the classroom as well as in digital environments. Brian will also discuss possibilities for the library and librarians to become a more integrated part of campus and will highlight his ubiquitous ‘push-out’ philosophy.”

The event is free, but advance registration is required. You also need to be a member of the Blended Librarians Online Learning Community. Here’s a link to the Web page with a link to join. Sounds interesting.

Library Association Newsletters

May 10, 2008

by CRD of PaLA

Library Association Newsletters

I’ve been doing some research into how library association newsletters are indexed in the library science literature for PaLA and have come up with the following chart. (Click on it to get a larger view; unfortunately, Blogger doesn’t let you upload Excel spreadsheets, so I couldn’t hyperlink the URLs.)

You’ll see that 11 of the 21 associations that publish newsletters are indexed in the library literature. It’s also interesting that only 7 of the 21 do not allow open access to their newsletters.

More to follow.

Best Wishes, Barbara!

March 11, 2008

by Linda Neyer

Best Wishes, Barbara!

The CRD Board bids a fond farewell to Dr. Barbara Burd as she steps down from the Board at the end of the 2007 -2008 academic year. Barbara will be leaving her position as Library Director for Misericordia University to assume a new position as Executive Director for the Library and Instructional Technology at Coastal Carolina University in South Carolina. It sounds like an exciting opportunity for her, and we wish her all the best of luck!

We’ll miss you, Barbara! Thanks for serving on the Board and please keep in touch.