ILA/ACRL Spring Conference 2006
Co-Sponsored by the Iowa Association of School Libraries
Friday, April 21, 2006
Iowa Memorial Union, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
High School to Higher Ed: Helping Learners Make the Leap
Focusing on our common concerns and the issues related to students transitioning from high school to college, the ACRL Chapter of the Iowa Library Association and the Iowa Association of School Librarians are planning a one-day conference to be held on Friday, April 21, 2006, at the Iowa Memorial Union on the campus of the University of Iowa. Keynote Speaker will be Professor David T. Conley, Director of the Center for Educational Policy Research at the University of Oregon (http://cepr.uoregon.edu). At the 2005 ALA Annual Conference in Chicago, Conley was the keynote speaker for the AASL President's Program “Standards for Success.”
Conley is the author of College Knowledge: What It Really Takes for Students to Succeed and What We Can Do to Help, a book that identifies the knowledge and skills necessary for students to succeed in their entry-level college courses. Based on in-depth analysis of university faculty expectations and course content, the study analyzes the gaps between high school education and college entry skills, and provides ideas that can be implemented by high school librarians, teachers, and administrators to improve their college preparation programs. In his keynote presentation, Conley will also discuss ideas that academic librarians and administrators can use to improve their first-year student programs. The keynote presentation will be followed by several concurrent sessions and a variety of programs of interest to academic and school librarians.
The pre-conference dinner is scheduled for 6pm to 8pm, Thursday night, April 20 th, at the Mill Restaurant, 120 E. Burlington, in Iowa City, with individuals paying separately for their drinks and meals.
For those out-of-towners wishing to spend Thursday night, April 20 th, in Iowa City, fifteen rooms have been reserved at the Iowa House Hotel in the IMU (http://imu.uiowa.edu/iowa_house/ ). The room rate is $84, and reservations should be made by telephone at 319-335-3513—be sure to mention that you are part of the Iowa Library Association. If the Iowa House fills up, a good option is the Sheraton Hotel on the Pedestrian Mall (http://www.starwoodhotels.com/sheraton/search/hotel_detail.html?propertyID=1282). Reservations can be made by telephone at 800-325-3535 (in this case, no need to mention ILA).
More information on the conference will be available from the ILA/ACRL Web site: (http://www.iowaacrl.org/).
Please plan on joining your colleagues at this important event!
ILA/ACRL Spring Conference 2006
Co-Sponsored by the Iowa Association of School Librarians
High School to Higher Ed: Helping Learners Make the Leap
Friday, April 21, 2006
Iowa Memorial Union, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Conference Registration Form
Name:
Library:
Institution:
E-Mail Address:
Conference Registration Fee (includes lunch and refreshments during breaks):
$50 ILA Member$65 Non-Member$20 Student
Upon receipt of your registration, an acknowledgement will be e-mailed to you. You will receive a printed receipt at the conference. PLEASE NOTE: Registrations will be accepted as late as the day of the conference (checks only), but lunch will not be guaranteed for those registering after the deadline. No refunds will be issued for cancellations after Monday, April 17.
Make check payable to ILA/ACRL. Mail completed registration form & check to:
Stephen H. Dew, Coordinator
Library Services for Distance Education
100 Main Library
University of Iowa
Iowa City , IA 52242-1420
E-mail: stephen-dew@uiowa.edu
Tel: 319-335-5069
FAX: 319-335-5900
ILA/ACRL Conference Scholarship Application
ILA/ACRL Spring Conference 2006
The Awards Committee of ILA/ACRL announces the availability of a scholarship to attend the ILA/ACRL Spring Conference, April 21, 2006 at the Iowa Memorial Union, University of Iowa. The scholarship will cover the registration fee and up to $100 in travel, hotel, and meal expenses (including the Thursday dinner planned the night before the conference on April 20).
Applicants must be paid members of ILA/ACRL, working fulltime in an Iowa academic or research library, and either:
- Attending their first ILA/ACRL Spring Conference.
OR
- Have worked in an Iowa academic of research library for fewer than three years.
Library science students and/or support personnel working in an Iowa academic or research library may also apply for the scholarship. Student and support personnel applicants do not have to be paid members of ILA/ACRL. Previous scholarship recipients are not eligible.
ILA/ACRL 2006 SPRING CONFERENCE SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION
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Please submit the application (above) and a 500 word essay describing your interest in the scholarship and how you believe the scholarship will benefit your professional development. Scholarship winners are selected by the Awards Committee on the quality of the essay.
Deadline for the application and supporting essay is March 24, 2006. The winner will be announced March 31. Submit by mail, e-mail, or fax to:
Kathy A. Parsons
295 Parks Library
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2140
Phone: 515-294-9630
Fax: 515-294-5525
Email:kap@iastate.edu
ILA/ACRL Committee Reports
Looking for Leaders: A Message from the Nominating Committee
The Nominating Committee is seeking interested individuals for several committees and for vice-president/president-elect, chapter’s council representative. To learn more about the committees and leadership roles, go to the ILA/ACRL Web site at http://www.iowaacrl.org/ and click on "ILA/ACRL Organization."
If you find something that piques your interest, volunteer by completing the form at http://www.iowaacrl.org/organization/volunteer.html .
For further information, please contact Jean Donham, 319.895.4260 or jdonham@cornellcollege.edu
—submitted by Jean Donham
Treasurer's Report
Balance in account as of 12/31/2005: $1,758.55.
Report Submitted by Randy Roeder, 2006 Treasurer
Ad Hoc Advocacy Committee
The members of the Ad Hoc Advocacy Committee have all been busy advocating for Iowa’s academic libraries! Each of the subcommittees has nearly completed its subcommittee’s action plan. Specifically, here is what we have been up to:
Public relations and marketing subcommittee: As you may recall, in the November newsletter, the marketing subcommittee solicited responses from Iowa academic librarians regarding methods they use to market their library services. Be sure to check out the results of this initiative, which are featured in this issue’s “Spotlight on Marketing” column.
Members
Jan Dellinger (chair)
Ryan Gjerde
Ellen Neuhaus
Amy Paulus
Serials/open access subcommittee: The open access subcommittee has collected and annotated a range of web resources designed to introduce Iowa academic librarians to the issues involved with the open access movement and to provide librarians with strategies for dealing with the rising prices of serials. The toolkit is available at http://www.iowaacrl.org/advocacy/.
Members
Mary Iber (chair)
Mandy Swygart-Hobaugh
Ellen Neuhaus
Michelle Holschuh Simmons
Mentoring/professional development subcommittee: The mentoring subcommittee is reviewing the literature published about existing mentoring programs as a way to develop a set of recommendations for a mentoring program here in Iowa.
Members
Mandy Swygart-Hobaugh (chair)
Jan Dellinger
Kate Hess
Mary Iber
Intellectual freedom/equity of access subcommittee: The intellectual freedom subcommittee distributed a fourteen question survey in January to a representative at each of the 65 academic (or academically oriented) libraries in Iowa. By the middle of February, the committee is pleased to report that the survey has been completed by 40 respondents (62%). The committee intends to report on the results at the upcoming ILA/ACRL conference. If you are unsure if your library representative has completed the questionnaire and you would like to do so, please contact Amy Paulus at amy-fuls@uiowa.edu. The survey is available at http://survey.uiowa.edu/wsb.dll/1/intellectualfreedom.htm.
Members
Amy Paulus (chair)
Kate Hess
Ryan Gjerde
Michelle Holschuh Simmons
Report Submitted by Michelle Holschuh Simmons, 2006 Chair
ACRL Chapters Council Representative
The ACRL Chapters Council met in San Antonio, Texas, during the ALA Midwinter Meeting. I was pleased to have the current President, Rebecca Stuhr, and the Past-President, Kathy Parsons, join me for this meeting. There were many visitors to this meeting - Camila Alire (ACRL President); Pam Snelson (ACRL President-Elect); Candidates for ACRL President-Elect and ACRL At-Large Candidates. National ACRL allows local chapters to be reimbursed for expenses involved around printing and mailing - a $1 a member is the amount held in reserve. For our chapter, we still produce a print directory and mail out the election ballots so we have never had a problem in getting reimbursed for the full amount that is allocated for us. However, larger chapters such as New England, have thousands of dollars that is largely being untouched due to the electronic nature of their communications. Because of this, the Chapters Council submitted an action item to the ACRL Board of Directors asking for more flexibility on what could be eligible for reimbursement. The ACRL Board of Directors did approve this policy with two exceptions: honoraria or travel to support librarians' presentations at ALA, ACRL, or ACRL Chapter conferences and goods or services prohibited by ALA and ACRL policy are not elibible for reimbursement.
The Iowa Chapter ACRL logo was distrbuted and you can see this new logo above. However, since our chapter is associated with the Iowa Library Association, we will be keeping our current logo to reflect this relationship. Submitted by Amy Paulus.
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