ACRL

Association of College and Research Libraries American Library Association 50 East Huron Street Chicago, IL 60611-2795 1-800-545-2433 (Office) 312-280-2520 (Fax) http://www.ala.org/acrl/

 

WAAL is a chapter of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) which, in turn, is a section of the American Library Association (ALA).

• Past National Conferences, Archives--Conference Proceedings, Invited Papers
• ACRL Personal Application Form --Also available in PDF
• ALA Personal Membership Information and Forms

 

ACRL Strategic Plan Implementation Report

September 2006 – June 2007
Wisconsin Chapter
Nancy McClements, WAAL/ACRL Chapter Liaison
May 4, 2007

 

Strategic Area: Higher Education and Research

 

Goal Area: Learning

Strategic Objective 1: ACRL expands adoption, use and development of information literacy standards.

Information Literacy Committee maintains a "best practices" web site. http://www.wla.lib.wi.us/waal/infolit/bestprac/bestpracticesamples.htm

Strategic Objective 2: ACRL increases members' ability to teach and assess lifelong learning skills.

Information Literacy Committee awarded the third annual Information Literacy Award to members of the Marquette University Raynor Memorial Libraries Instruction team: Valerie Beech, Rosemary Del Toro, Julie O’Keeffe and Rose Trupiano.  The focus of this year’s award was on a project that promotes information literacy, and the Marquette University team hit the mark with their innovative "Assessment Rubric Project: Partnering with Faculty and University Administrators in Support of Student Learning." The project involved the development of assessment rubrics to be used by faculty across campus in evaluating student research. Embedded into the rubric are information literacy criteria. What impressed the award committee about this project was its innovative approach to incorporating the ideals of information literacy into the curriculum throughout the campus. The library responded to a demonstrated need on its campus, and exhibited creativity, practicality and ingenuity in addressing a campus mandate in this manner. The project involved collaboration across campus, including the endorsement of administration.

Strategic Objective 3: ACRL increases member abilities to create and manage physical and virtual spaces and services as environments for discovery.

Offered relevant programs at state academic conference including:
            Energy Conservation in an Academic Library
            Mashing It Up
            Redesign on a Dime: UW Colleges’ new catalog interface
            Podcasting in the Academic Library Setting
            Re-envisioning Virtual Reference
            Beyond Newsletters: RSS Feeds, Blogs, and Podcasts

Goal Area: Scholarship

Strategic Objective 1:  Strengthen ACRL’s role in supporting and developing new scholarly communication models.

Offered a conference program on a campus Institutional Bibliography (IB), explaining how it connects faculty with citations, resulting in detailed collection analysis, improved department/library relationships,  personalized copyrights instructions and rapid population of the Institutional Repository.

Goal Area: Advocacy

Strategic Objective 4: Increase ACRL's influence in public policy affecting higher education.

Gave a monetary contribution towards "Campaign for Wisconsin's Libraries" - an ongoing state-level campaign to promote a wider understanding of the value and importance of Wisconsin's libraries.

One of our members was the opening speaker at the Wisconsin Library Association's Library Legislative Day. Many members spoke to individual legislators on issues affecting University of Wisconsin and private Wisconsin colleges.  

Offered program on Library Legislative Advocacy at state academic conference.

 

Strategic Area: The Profession

Goal Area: Continuous Learning

Strategic Objective 3: Increase learning opportunities in information technology, including practice, theory, and policy, ensuring appropriate integration throughout ACRL programming.

Sponsored programs on various aspects of information technology at both Wisconsin Library Association Conference and the Wisconsin Association of Academic Librarians Conference.

State members presented information technology programs at ACRL Baltimore.

Strategic Objective 4:  Increase accessibility of learning opportunities and enhance incentives and recognition for member participation.

Posted conference presentations and handouts on website.

Goal Area: Leadership

Strategic Objective 3: Increase ACRL's efforts to support recruitment of new and diverse talent to academic and research librarianship.

Awarded scholarships to undergraduates, support staff, and library school graduate students to attend state conferences.

Strategic Objective 4:   Increase ACRL’s activities in support of succession planning and leadership development at every level in academic and research libraries.

Financially supported new Wisconsin Library Association "WE LEAD" project with funding and academic mentors. WE LEAD is aimed at recruiting and encouraging new librarians. The goal is to identify emerging leaders, pair them up with mentors, fund their conference attendance, and provide opportunities to build a network of professional contacts. The program is modeled after an ALA LAMA program.

Approved development of an informal mentoring program for promoting learning between seasoned and new academic librarians.

Goal Area: Information Technology

Strategic Objective 1: Support the development and recognition of academic and research librarians as leaders and experts in information technology applications in libraries.

Sponsored information technology programs at Wisconsin Library Association conference.

 

Strategic Area: The Association

Goal Area: Membership

Strategic Objective 1: Increase the appeal of ACRL membership among current members.

Advertised ACRL programs, workshops, and conferences via statewide group email list, board meetings, business meetings, and newsletter.

Strategic Objective 2: Increase the number of academic and research librarian members.

Maintained list of "designated contacts" to alert non-members to upcoming events and benefits of state library association & ACRL membership. Maintained a directory of members and non-members in the WI academic library community for recruitment purposes.

Strategic Objective 3:  Increase ACRL’s membership of underrepresented ethnic and racial academic and research librarians.

Advertised library conference scholarships to programs composed of future librarians from underrepresented communities. 

Strategic Objective 4: Increase the appeal of ACRL membership to broader communities.

Awarded scholarships to undergraduates, support staff, and library school graduate students to attend the state academic library conference.

 

Approved plan to award scholarships to academic librarians to attend the state library (non-academic) conference.