Professional Development

Registration Now Open! LACUNY Institute 2025 :  The Persistent Record: Preserving Knowledge in an Uncertain World (in person, with live-streaming option) City College of New York, CUNY Wednesday, May 21, 2025 (10am-4pm) Register here! Keynote Address Our keynote speaker is CUNY University Archivist Natalie Milbrodt, who will address the conference on Wednesday, May 21 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time.  Conference Theme  This year’s LACUNY Institute ...

ACRL/NY Writing Support Group: Writing Challenges & Solutions: A Roundtable Discussion  April 25, 2025, 12pm Register here: https://acrlny.wildapricot.org/event-6144837 Writing isn’t easy. Writing in a vacuum – that can feel nearly impossible. In this roundtable discussion, we aim to create a safe place where ACRL/NY community members can discuss the challenges we face as writers and share strategies that ...

Call for Proposals: LACUNY Institute 2025 “The Persistent Record: Preserving Knowledge in an Uncertain World”  In-person with live streaming via Zoom) Wednesday, May 21, 2025 | 10 am – 4 pm Graciously hosted by City College of New York (CCNY), CUNY Proposal Deadline: April 11, 2025 Notification of Acceptance: April 18, 2025 Submit a proposal: https://form.jotform.com/250496752502155 Conference Website: https://lacuny2025.commons.gc.cuny.edu The LACUNY Institute invites scholars, librarians, educators, ...

ACRL/NY and METRO Presents: Marketing Your Library: Strategies For Community Engagement And Growth Thursday, April 24th from 11:00am to 12:00pm ACRL/NY Professional Development Committee and METRO invite you to the Spring 2025 Workshop Program. Register here: https://acrlny.wildapricot.org/event-6140467 In today’s digital age, libraries must go beyond traditional promotion to effectively reach and engage diverse audiences. Program participants will be provided ...

*****Please excuse cross-posting***** ACRL/NY Social Activism & Support Affinity Group Meeting April 24, 2025, 2pm https://acrlny.wildapricot.org/event-6140389  via Zoom (Zoom link will be sent to you in an email confirmation) Please join us for a collaborative discussion! This can be a space to voice concerns, share any actions you/your library are taking, and talk about the future direction of this group. More ...

ACRL/NY’s First Year Experience Discussion Group co-chairs Carl Andrews (Bronx Community College) and Derek Stadler (LaGuardia Community College), invite members to attend our Spring 2025 Discussion Group meeting.  Library Instruction for the First-Year Student in the Age of AI   This presentation will explore innovative strategies for enhancing information literacy instruction for first-year college students through the effective ...

SUNYLA 2025 Climbing the Mountain: Fostering Collaboration and Building Community Conference hosted by SUNY Delhi June 18-20, 2025 Please submit proposals here:  Call for Posters Deadline for poster proposals: Friday, April 4, 2025 The Planning Committee for the State University of New York Librarians Association Annual Conference is accepting proposals for the conference poster session on the afternoon of Thursday, June 19th. This is an ...

ACRL/NY User Experience (UX) Discussion Group : Providing Inclusive and Welcoming Customer Service “Meet and Greet” (open to members and non members) Spring 2025 Meeting (via Zoom) Thurs, April 24, 2025 (2pm-3pm) via Zoom Register here: https://acrlny.wildapricot.org/event-6119553 (You will receive a Zoom link in the confirmation email) Customer service is at the center of User Experience (UX) design, both ...

Join this session to learn about research on first-year and high school information literacy preparedness. Use the QR code or the Registration Link to register for webinar. The webinar will be recorded and posted to the ALA YouTube page at a later date. For questions you can reach out to Sharell Walker. ACRL Community and Junior College Libraries Section Spring ...

Two months have passed since I attended the ACRL/NY 2024 Symposium: “Values in Context: Praxis in the Everyday,” and I have reflected on the experience and its constructive aspects in two key areas. First, the networking opportunities were extraordinary. I was privileged to meet dedicated professionals, such as Malikah Hall-Retteen, who leads the impactful “Decolonizing Your ...

Call for Proposals Now Open ENY/ACRL Annual Conference! https://sites.google.com/binghamton.edu/2025enyacrlconference/welcome The conference will be held on May 21, 2025 in the Science Library at the University at Albany. This year’s conference theme is “Librarians in the Modern Information Ecosystem.” Presentation formats are: ·      Poster Session ·      Lightning Round (5 minutes) ·      Breakout Session (35 minutes plus Q&A) ·    ...

The ACRL/NY Professional Development Committee is currently seeking proposals for presentations and workshops for Spring and Fall 2025, both online and in-person. Share your research, your ideas, and your exciting projects/initiatives, with us! All topics related to libraries and the professional development of library and information professionals—especially relevant to those working in academic and research libraries—are ...

The Stephen A. Schwarzman Building of the New York Public Library invites Library and Museum Studies students and faculty to Professional Pathways to Research Libraries an evening of conversation centered on working at a public research library on February 11, 2025 (5:30p.m. – 7:30 p.m.). This event will start with a panel discussion with NYPL research library ...

Applications are now open for the 2025-26 Barnard Library Research Awards! The Barnard Library Research Award supports research using collections at the Barnard Library, Barnard Zine Library, and Barnard Archives, resulting in any final format. Projects are selected based on the following: – clarity and feasibility – strength of their ties to the collections at Barnard – originality, which ...

** please excuse cross posts** Call for Proposals: SUNYLA 2025 Climbing the Mountain: Fostering Collaboration and Building Community Conference hosted by SUNY Delhi June 18-20, 2025 Click for SUNYLA Submission Form Deadline for workshop and presentation proposals: Friday, February 28, 2025 The Planning Committee for the State University of New York Librarians Association Annual Conference is accepting proposals for pre-conference workshops, panels, presentations, ...

The first meeting of ACRL/NY’s Social Activism and Support Affinity Group will take place in February 7, 2025 (1pm-2pm) In this initial meeting, we will determine together what format(s) feel best for the group (online or in-person) and based on members’ interest, we will collaboratively determine  the direction of the group, any specific goals, and frequency of ...

ACRL/NY Professional Development Committee invites you to a workshop program Speaker: Victor Caputo Victor Caputo is the CEO of Supernova Consultants. He began his career as a journalist before entering the library field and worked as Director of Public Relations/Programs for 24 years. He served as a Library Director for six years before engaging in his consulting ...

ACRL/NY Professional Development Committee invite you to a Fall 2024 program Speaker: William Blick, Assistant Professor and E- Resources/Serials Librarian at CUNY Queensborough Community College WHEN: Friday, Nov 15th, 2024, 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. WHERE:  Room LL 307, third floor of the Leon Lowenstein building, Lincoln Center Campus of Fordham University. Directions and Map PROGRAM MODERATOR:  Kanu A. Nagra, CUNY ...

*****Please excuse cross-posting***** ACRL/NY Professional Development Committee  Seeking Proposals for Fall 2024 and Spring 2025 Professional Development Events Dear ACRL/NY, ACRL/NY Professional Development Committee is currently seeking 25/45 minutes sessions and 60/90 –minutes workshop proposals for Fall 2024 and Spring 2025 professional development events. All topics related to libraries and professional development of library community are welcome! Some suggestions include, but are not ...

ACRL/NY Professional Development Committee’s Spring 2023 program How Motivation and Increased Productivity can Lead to Burnout Speaker: Madeline Ruggiero, Librarian, Queensborough Community College, CUNY WHEN: Friday, March 3, 2023, 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. SLIDESHOW PRESENTATION Program Summary Presenter, Madeline Ruggiero, responded to a book chapter proposal after the pandemic related to burnout, hoping to write about being a “self-identified boomer” and ...

Call for Lightning Round Talks Promoting Digital Scholarship Projects ACRL National Library Marketing and Outreach Interest Group Greater NYC Meetup Spring 2022 Virtual Meeting Friday April 29, 2022 via Zoom (3:00pm-4:30pm eastern time) https://acrl-lmoig-nyc.org/     *Our meeting will be held via Zoom and we encourage individuals (far and wide) to submit lightning round proposals and attend Submission form —– >   https://form.jotform.com/220584589715164 (deadline: April 8, 2022) The University of Washington ...

On behalf of the Library Association of CUNY, we are pleased to share information about and invite proposals for the LACUNY Institute 2022. The theme for this year’s institute is “Built to Exclude: Confronting Issues of Equity and Otherness in Libraries.” The institute will be held virtually on Thursday May 12th & Friday May 13th and hosted by the New York City College of Technology, City University of New York ...

ACRL/NY User Experience Discussion Group Fall 2021 virtual meeting Web Usability 101: Best Practices, Tips, and Tricks for Library Web Sites and Beyond special guest speaker: Professor Rebecca Hyams, Web and Systems Services Librarian, Borough of Manhattan Community College, CUNY Friday Nov 19, 2021 10:00am-11:30am (via Zoom) Pre-register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUrc-2uqjMjEt0bNlJuLTaZZVz_ciufep7i  Please join the ACRL/NY User Experience Discussion Group for a discussion on Usability ...

Call for Lightning Round Talks Library Marketing Initiatives in the Time of COVID ACRL National Library Marketing and Outreach Interest Group  – Greater NYC Meetup Fall 2021 Virtual Meeting Friday November 19, 2021 via Zoom (3:00pm-4:30pm eastern time) https://acrl-lmoig-nyc.org/   Submission form: https://form.jotform.com/212643812860151  (deadline: Nov 1, 2021) Since March 2020, libraries have had to quickly adapt in how we engage ...

ACRL/NY members, the Research & Writing Support Group will again be meeting virtually for Shut Up and Write sessions this fall. The objective as always is to build community and write in a structured, focused environment. With the days getting shorter and soon to get cooler, it is an opportune time to be productive and ...

On Jan. 2, 2020, a collection of 1,131 letters from Nobel laureate and renowned writer Thomas Stearns (T.S.) Eliot to his lifelong friend Emily Hale were unsealed at Princeton University Library. A Boston native, Hale was a speech and drama teacher whose career included positions at Simmons College and Smith College. She and Eliot initially ...

Registration Now Open:  LACUNY Institute 2020/2011 “Ending the Library Stereotype: Non-traditional Practices for the 21st-century.” Virtually, on Wednesday, May 5th and Thursday, May 6th, 2021 Register now:  https://lacuny.org/event-4217159 This year we are waving the standard registration fee, lowering the registration fee to $5.00. Proceeds from this year’s registration fee will support the LACUNY Institute Mutual Aid Network, which you can learn ...

Seton Hall Libraries Speakers Series hosts a free online event addressing diversity issues in schools and libraries. Visit the Seton Hall Libraries Blog to learn more about the speakers and register for this event.

Call for Proposals SUNYLA Midwinter Virtual Conference Looking Forward: Creative Library Responses to Crises February 12, 2021 As information professionals, we’re always learning and innovating to provide exemplary service. Even so, the past year has been a shock for libraries. The challenges we faced sparked creative responses and solutions among our colleagues, some implemented suddenly and others evolving ...

Power, Resistance, and Leadership RBMS 2020 June 23-26, 2020 Indiana University, Bloomington, IN The Rare Books and Manuscripts Section (RBMS) of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) offers scholarships to subsidize conference attendance by professional librarians, paraprofessionals, and students.  RBMS is currently accepting scholarship applications for RBMS 2020: Power, Resistance, and Leadership to be held at Indiana ...

Librarianship and libraries, through the eyes of the public, have consistently been viewed as a house of books and documents where librarians help their patrons with readers’ advisory and directions. Though these elements of being a librarian exist, the stereotype of this is far from accurate. Today in 2020, Librarians perform a myriad of tasks ...

You are cordially invited to attend a Research Data Management Symposium in NYC to be held on December 5, 2019. This symposium will highlight practical solutions to data management challenges from the perspectives of physician scientists and a NYC based CTSA, as well as two approaches to data catalogs by two NYC libraries who participate ...

Please save the date for the annual St. John’s University Libraries’ Town Hall Event on April 23, 2020 featuring guest speaker Steven Bell. This event is co-sponsored by the Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO). Topic: “Let’s Work Together for Change: Using Design Thinking for Better Libraries” Description: Why do library workers engage in a change process? ...