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Message From the
President:
Please
plan on joining your colleagues in Austin for the 2011 Annual Conference of the
Texas Library Association. The conference will take place beginning on April
12th. This will be an especially important time to participate actively in our
Association. Plan to attend the Rally for Texas Libraries to be held at the
State Capital on Wednesday afternoon at 4pm. Below is a list of Conference
events sponsored in whole and/or part by CULD. As the Conference approaches, I
will be sending out additional announcements of events at Conference that will
be of interest. I will be seeing you in Austin.
Tuesday
(April 12)
8:00 am -4:00 p.m.: This workshop covers best practices, trends in
distributed librarianship, and federal guidelines for copyright and TEACH
standards. Learn more about information literacy training, assessing
learning outcomes, marketing, and collaboration with stakeholders. Cindy
Batman, liaison to the College of Information, Discovery Park Library,
University of North Texas; Jeff Clark, faculty emeritus, James Madison
University (Harrisonburg, VA); Celita DeArmond, reference and distance
learning librarian, San Antonio College; and Brad Marcum, distance education
program officer, Eastern Kentucky University Libraries (Richmond). (Library
Instruction Round Table, Conference Program Committee, College and
University Libraries Division, and Distributed E-Learning Round Table.)
8:30 am -5:00 p.m.: Academic, public, special, and school librarians must
work together to improve Texans' information literacy skills, whether
preparing individuals for higher education, careers, or life
problem-solving. An unconference is a facilitated, participant-driven event
to center energy and ideas around a particular theme. Everyone will be both
teacher and learner. Come to this innovative session for developing a shared
vision on how to shape library services. Siobhan Champ-Blackwell, community
outreach coordinator, National Network of Libraries of Medicine,
MidContinental Region, Creighton University Health Science Library (Omaha,
NE); Karen Vargas, consumer health outreach coordinator, National Network of
Libraries of Medicine, South Central Region. (Conference Program Committee,
College and University Libraries Division, Public Libraries Division,
Special Libraries Division, and Texas Association of School Librarians.)
1:00 -5:00 p.m.: For every dollar invested in reference, what is the actual
return? The speaker covers assessing the value of reference, marketing
reference in terms of dollar value, and applying assessment tools to other
areas of the library. Keith Curry Lance, consultant, RSL Research Group.
(Reference Round Table and College and University Libraries Division. )
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Wednesday (April 13)
10:15-11:50 a.m.: Reference consortial services allow libraries to join
together by using one shared platform to serve virtual users through chat,
text, and other methods. Learn what this model involves and if it is
appropriate for your users. Panelists will discuss the costs and methods for
evaluating such services according to levels of usage and popularity, patron
satisfaction, and the differences in a single versus cooperative model
approach. Beth Avery, coordinator of collection development, University of
North Texas Libraries; Greg Hardin, reference librarian, Texas Woman’s
University; Joe Jackson, off campus librarian, Paris Junior College; Emme
Lopez, reference librarian, University of Texas at San Antonio; Frances May,
workshop coordinator, University of North Texas Libraries; Carlton Nelson,
reference librarian, University of Texas-Pan American; and Sylvia Owens,
librarian, Austin Community College. (College and University Libraries
Division.)
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Thursday (April 14)
10:00-11:50 a.m.: Ethnographic research is an innovative approach for
assessing library services. The speaker will explain what it means, the
resources required, the methodology used, and its application. Andrew Asher,
lead research anthropologist, The Ethnographic Research in Illinois Academic
Libraries (ERIAL) Project (Lewisburg, PA). (College and University Libraries
Division.)
2:00-3:50 p.m.: The reaffirmation process for accreditation by SACS centers
on assessment and the QEP. This session will provide an introduction to the
assessment of student learning and the development of a campus QEP. A panel
will then provide examples from their respective campuses. Donell Callender,
associate librarian for humanities, Texas Tech University; Doyle Carter,
associate professor of kinesiology and director of the quality enhancement
plan, Angelo State University; Sarah Logan, assistant vice president of
institutional research and effectiveness, Angelo State University; Kelli
Wilder, librarian, Alamo Colleges-St. Philip's College; and Richard Wood,
executive director of libraries, Health Science Center, Texas Tech
University. (College and University Libraries Division.)
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Friday (April 15)
9:00-9:50 a.m.: The speaker defines the role of an institutional repository
and explains how it aids in preservation and scholarship. The session
reviews trends in preservation services, providing remote access to
collections, and facilitating scholarly communications and research. Holly
Mercer, head of digital services and scholarly communication, Texas A&M
University. (College and University Libraries Division.)
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College
and University Libraries Division Business Meeting &
College
and University Libraries Division Community and Junior Colleges Discussion
Group
- 10:00-10:50 am
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Free
Tech Tools to Help Librarians Cross Boundaries: Let’s Chat!
10:00-11:50 a.m.: Free tools can expand access and increase the library’s
presence for your customers. In this informal session, speakers will present
“chapters” of tools (such as wikis and Google Docs) and then invite your
comments and questions in this safe and friendly environment. Greg Hardin,
reference librarian, Texas Woman's University; Lilly Ramin, instructional
technologies librarian, University of North Texas; and Megan Treseder,
library assistant, Southlake Public Library. (College and University
Libraries Division; E-Learning Round Table; and Library Instruction Round
Table.)
by
Maurice G. Fortin, Chair, College and Undergraduate Library Division, Angelo
State University
Community &
Junior Colleges Discussion Group
CULD Community & Junior
Colleges Discussion Group is co-sponsoring an all day pre-conference this year
with LIRT and DELRT: Go the Extra Mile: Distance Learning
Librarianship. Experts Cindy Batman, Liaison to the College of Information
at University of North Texas; Jeff Clark, Faculty Emeritus at James Madison
University; Celita DeArmond, Reference and Distance Learning Librarian at San
Antonio College; and Brad Marcum, Distance Education Program Officer at Eastern
Kentucky University will share their knowledge and experience on a wide range of
distance learning topics including marketing library services to this unique
population, current and future trends, instruction in the asynchronous
format, and copyright and fair use. It should be a great day and I encourage
all of you to participate.
Also of interest to CULD
members, LIRT is sponsoring In Our Own Words: Plagiarism Interventions.
University of Texas librarians Cindy Fisher, Michele Ostrow, and Meghan Sitar
will present on the work they have done with the Plagiarism Intervention program
at UT Austin. Immediately following this presentation we will depart for our
annual Bites with LIRT lunch. I would like to invite all of you to attend the
program and Bites with LIRT.
The CULD Community & Junior
College Discussion Group will meet on Friday, April 15th from
10-10:50 a.m. We will be electing 2011-2012 officers at that time. I look
forward to seeing you in Austin for Annual Conference and hope to see you at our
meeting.
by Kelli Wilder, St. Philip’s College,
Chair, CULD Community & Junior Colleges Discussion Group 2010-2011. Chair, LIRT
2010-2011
North
Texas Library Assessment meeting
The third meeting of the North
Texas Library Assessment group met at the University of Texas at Arlington
Library on November 18, 2010. This informal meeting of librarians and other
interested library staff has been gaining interest from academic libraries in
the North Texas region. This year, the twenty-seven attendees represented
twelve academic institutions in TLA Districts 3, 5 and 7. A favorite part of
this gathering is the round robin where each institution describes their current
assessment activities and general discussion develops with the sharing of
information and advice.
This year the agenda revolved
around sharing and reviewing of the best information from the Library Assessment
conference in Baltimore, October 25-27 (http://libraryassessment.org/schedule/index.shtml)
Several of the librarians had attended the conference and shared what they had
learned about trends and best ideas with the rest of the group. Four posters
from the conference were available for the attendees to view and discuss. Staff
from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center shared their award
winning poster "Critical Sources Identified: Gathering, Organizing, and
Analyzing Evidence – Just Like a CSI Unit!.” “Learning From Our Users: Using
Assessment to Drive Change”, was presented and discussed by Beth Avery and Diane
Wahl, both from the University of North Texas. Diane Wahl also talked about her
poster on “LibQUAL+®
Lite at UNT” which was developed in association with a graduate student,
Hector Ponce. Kay Chapa from UT Southwestern Medical Center joined Diane in
discussing the fourth poster from the Conference, “Networking in North Texas:
Connected by Assessment,” about the activities of this group. Kay was joined by
her colleague Richard Wayne in presenting their session from the conference,
“Performance Measurement: Organizational Changes and Outcomes Monitoring,” which
was developed along with Kelly Gonzalez. Karen Hopkins followed with
“Assessment, Strategic Planning and Library as Place at the University of Texas
at Arlington.” All attendees were then invited to tour the recent renovations
in the library facilities at UT Arlington.
The 2011 meeting is schedule for
Fall 2011 at the University of Texas at Dallas. Any library staff member
wanting to be added to the notification list for the next meeting should contact
either Karen Hopkins at
klhopkins@uta.edu or Diane Wahl at
Diane.Wahl@unt.edu.
by Karen Hopkins,
University of Texas at Arlington Library
TLA
2011 Conference Suggestions
As academic librarians are
faced with budget cuts, the advice of Michelynn McKnight may be invaluable.
She’ll be speaking at TLA on Thursday, April 14th at 8:30 a.m. She’ll conduct a
participatory session on developing political skills, demonstrating professional
expertise, and marshalling assessment results in order to get your library the
attention and support that it deserves. Attend “The Agile Librarian’s Guide To
Thriving in Any Institution.”
McKnight is an associate professor in the School of Library and Information
Science, Louisiana State University, and she is the author of the book THE AGILE
LIBRARIAN: THRIVING IN ANY INSTITUTION, published by Libraries Unlimited.
by Martha Steele, Alfred
R. Neumann Library
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