Details about ACRL's activities at the upcoming ALA Annual Conference in New Orleans, LA, June 21–26, 2018.
Registration and housing information is available here.
The ALA conference scheduler allows attendees to search for ACRL's many discussion group meetings, forums, and committee meetings, and can also create a customized itinerary for each attendee.
If you’re attending your first ALA Annual Conference in New Orleans, check out the ACRL 101 webcast designed to help first-time attendees make the most of their experience by planning ahead. The ACRL Membership Committee has developed a handy checklist for packing as well as travel tips. This information is also available in the Conference Scheduler for the ACRL 101 program in New Orleans.
If you attended an official ACRL program during the conference, we would appreciate you sharing your feedback via a brief evaluation. Your responses will help ACRL assess the quality of programming and aid in planning for future conferences. Please complete the online evaluation by Friday, July 20, 2018.
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Program
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Sponsoring Unit
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Preconferences
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Friday, June 22
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8:30am- 4:00pm
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Assessment in Action: Demonstrating and Communicating Library Contributions to Student Learning and Success |
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12:30pm-4:00pm
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Deconstructing Digital Scholarship Consultations in the Library |
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Programs
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| Saturday, June 23 |
8:30am- 10:00am |
ACRL 101 |
ACRL |
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9:00am- 10:00am |
Making the Framework Work: Adapting the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy in Community College Library Instruction |
ACRL-CJCLS |
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9:00am- 10:00am |
Zine Cultures as Critical Resistance: A Hands-On Workshop to Build Community Engagement and Student Learning |
ACRL-LES, ACRL-ESS |
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10:30am -12:00pm |
ACRL President's Program: Beyond Resilience: Crafting a Caring Organization |
ACRL |
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1:00pm -2:00pm |
Can I Upload This Movie to My Class Site? Developing a Workflow for Streaming Services in an Academic Library |
Individual Proposal-Towery |
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1:00pm - 2:00pm |
What Every Librarian Should Know about Young News Consumers |
ACRL |
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2:30pm - 3:30pm |
Building Inclusion: How Can Research Instruction at Two-Year Colleges Help Students Successfully Transition to the University? |
Individual Proposal-Kaufmann |
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2:30pm - 3:30pm |
Libraries and Learning Analytics: Identifying the Issues |
Individual Proposal- Goben |
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2:30pm - 3:30pm |
Share your Work: Strategies for Developing Your Ideas Into a Publication |
Publications Coordinating Committee |
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4:00pm - 5:00pm |
Giving to Get Ahead: How to be Generous Without Being a Doormat |
Dr. E.J. Josey Spectrum Scholars Mentor Committee |
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4:00pm - 5:00pm |
Making the Case for Diversity: Grassroots Leadership as a Catalyst for Change |
ACRL-ULS
ACRL Diversity Committee |
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4:00pm - 5:00pm |
Studying and Spirituality: Prayer and Meditation Spaces in Academic Libraries
Individual Proposal - Mross |
Individual Proposal-Mross |
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Sunday, June 24
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9:00am - 10:00am |
Be Your Own Mentor: Take Control of Your Professional Development |
Individual Proposal-Havert |
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9:00am - 10:00am |
Breaking Down Barriers: Serving the First-Generation Student in Today’s Academic Library |
Individual Proposal-Arch |
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9:00am - 10:00am |
High Impact Librarianship: A Showcase of Collaborative and Experiential Learning Initiatives |
Individual Proposal-McClure |
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10:30am - 11:30am |
Supporting College Students on the Autism Spectrum: Evidence Based Strategies for Academic Librarians |
Individual Proposal-Anderson |
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1:00pm - 2:00pm |
We’re All in It Together: Focusing Outreach & Assessment to Your Institution’s Strategic Goals |
Library Marketing and Outreach Interest Group
ACRL-ULS |
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2:30pm - 3:30pm |
Breaking Below the Surface of Racism, Whiteness, and Implicit Bias |
Individual Proposal-Hathcock |
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2:30pm - 3:30pm |
Library Residency Road Map |
Residency Interest Group |
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4:00pm - 5:00pm |
Bridging the Gap: Supporting Subject Liaisons to Become Ambassadors for Digital Scholarship in Academic Libraries |
ACRL-DSS |
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| Monday, June 25 |
9:00am- 10:00am |
Librarians are a Force for Science: Science Communication and Science Literacy |
ACRL-STS |
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10:30am-11:30am |
Open Education Resources (OER): Where Libraries Are and Where We are Going |
ACRL-DLS |
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10:30am-11:30am |
When to Speak Up, When to Listen: Allyship, Race, and Communication in the Academic Library |
Individual Proposal- Oh |
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2:30pm - 3:30pm |
Library Residency Road Map |
Residency Interest Group |
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Other Session Highlights
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Saturday, June 23
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10:30am-11:30am |
Creating Information Literacy Frameworks: Examples and Ideas for ACRL Sections and Interest Groups |
ACRL-ILFSC |
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10:30am-11:30am |
Student Learning and Information Literacy Committee Discussion Forum |
ACRL-SLILC |
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2:30pm-3:30pm |
ACRL/SPARC Forum (ACRL): Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Scholarly Communications |
ACRL |
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Sunday, June 24
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10:30pm-11:30pm |
ACRL Framework for Information Literacy Update (SLILC Discussion Forum) |
ACRL-SLILC |
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2:30pm-3:30pm |
Update on the ACRL Academic Library Trends and Statistics Survey |
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4:00pm-5:00pm |
Research Agenda on the Research Environment and Scholarly Communication System Working Session
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