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For Immediate Release
October 22, 2004
ACRL announces speakers for invited papers
at 12th National Conference
CHICAGO - The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) has confirmed a distinguished line-up of invited speakers for the ACRL 12th National Conference, "Currents and Convergence: Navigating the Rivers of Change," to be held in Minneapolis, Minnesota, April 7 - 10, 2005. ACRL looks forward to hosting its most inspiring national conference ever with conference papers, panels and workshops designed to cover key issues facing academic and research librarians and other related professionals. Registration and housing information is currently available on the Web at www.acrl.org/minneapolis. Speakers include:
Betsy O. Barefoot, EdD
Co-director and Senior Scholar, Pew Policy Center for First Year of College
Associate Professor of Educational Leadership at Brevard College (N.C.)
Noted speaker, author and researcher on the first-year college experience, Dr. Betsy Barefoot, will offer a unique perspective on the changing roles and responsibilities of academic librarians in interacting with first-year students, students in transition and the faculty who teach them. Barefoot, co-director and senior scholar of the Pew Policy Center for First Year of College, is the author of the second edition of "Guidelines for Evaluating the First-Year Experience at Colleges" (Univ. South Carolina, 2001). Her ACRL invited papers presentation, The Academic Library and the First-Year Experience: Toward a New Paradigm of Connection and Collaboration, will focus on the critical connections necessary to provide the first-year student with a solid academic foundation for the collegiate experience.
Roberto Ibarra Ph.D.
Special Assistant to the Provost and Associate Professor of Sociology, University of New Mexico
Robert Ibarra, a provocative speaker and leading researcher on diversity initiatives in higher education, has established a new and fascinating vision for academic libraries as prototypes of Context Diversity. His paper, A Place to Belong: The Library as Prototype for Context Diversity, will present the 21st century paradigm shift in academia today, explain the use of academic libraries by the multi-context populations arriving on our campuses today, and provide future directions for how librarians can create academic learning communities, climates and cultures that foster more community and human relationships. Ibarra's latest book is "Beyond Affirmative Action: Reframing the Context of Higher Education" (Univ. of Wisconsin Press, 2001) and his experience includes the positions of assistant vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and chair of the Council of Graduate Schools Committee on Minorities in Graduate Education (1995-96.)
Judith Russell
Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office
Judith Russell, considered a leading expert on government documents, will speak on the changing nature of government information, the depository library system and its impact on service, collection, and access. In her recent research on 21st century issues surrounding government documents, Russell has focused on the digitization of collections for preservation and improved access, the authentication of government information and the future roles of the Federal Depository Library Program. Russell helped develop GPO Access, one of the Federal Government's most heavily used Web sites, and is the recipient of the 1993 Special Award, Federal Computer Week's Federal 100: The Readers' Choice Awards.
ACRL is the only individual membership organization in North America that develops programs, products and services to meet the unique needs of academic librarians. ACRL's 12,000 members are comprised of individuals from a wide range of academic institutions, publishers and vendors who sell in the academic marketplace. ACRL enhances the effectiveness of academic and research librarians to advance learning, teaching and research in higher education. More information about ACRL's programs and services can be located on the Web at www.ala.org/acrl.html. ACRL is a division of the American Library Association.
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