ARLD Day 4/25 speaker announcement & call for proposals

ARLD Day is just around the corner.

Join us on Friday, April 25^th, 9am-4pm at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum in Chanhassen.

http://www.arboretum.umn.edu Registration information will be available in mid-March.

This year’s theme is:

Riding the Swell: Effectively Reaching our Students

We are pleased that our keynote speaker will be Erin Walsh from the National Institute on Media and the Family. Erin will present “Why Do They Act That Way?”, her take on the brain development of our under–25 year old students, their media-use habits, and how these factors impact our services and interactions with them.

Please join us to share ideas, meet and greet colleagues, and gather new knowledge in the lovely Arboretum setting.

You can help shape the program for ARLD Day!

We invite you to:

• Suggest a topic for a breakout session of interest to academic librarians
• Submit a short proposal for a session of your own
• Propose a keynote speaker for the 2009 ARLD Day

Possible topics might include:

• Social Networking and its Tools
• New Media and/or visual interfaces
• Scholarly Communication
• Information Literacy
• Collaboration with School Media Centers
• Trends in Academic Libraries, including Technical or Public Services
• Collaborative Projects with Teaching Faculty
• Collaboration with Writing Centers and Tutors
• Any other topics of interest to an Academic Librarian audience

Program Submission Details:

Your name

Title

Names of possible speaker(s) and their institutions

Description of Proposal (1 paragraph

Deadlines:

Ideas for possible topics and proposals should be sent by Friday, March 7^th, to:jmnewsome@stkate.edu Jim Newsome 651-690-6202

Session format:

Afternoon sessions will be 50-60 minutes long, a length appropriate for 1-2 speakers. Preference will be given to ACRL and ARLD members, and we encourage anyone, including current MLIS students to apply.

Feel free to contact any MLA Board member to discuss topic ideas:

Robin Ewing (chair)
rlewing@stcloudstate.edu, 320-308-2093

Linda Eells
lle@umn.edu , 612-624-4799

Kristen Mastel
meye0539@umn.edu , 612-626-9843

Kate McCready
Mccre008@umn.edu , 612-626-4357

Jim Newsome
jmnewsome@stkate.edu , 651-690-6202

Melissa Prescott
mkprescott@stcloudstate.edu , 320-308-4751

Ruth Zietlow
ruth.zietlow@metrostate.edu , 612/659-7217

ARLD Day 2008

ARLD Day 2008 will be held on April 25, 2008, 9am-3:30pm at the Landscape Arboretum. Details will be available soon, and registration will open in early April. Questions? Please contact Jim Newsome, jmnewsome@stkate.edu.

Nominations - ARLD Academic Librarian of the Year Award

Attached please find criteria and nomination forms for the second annual ARLD Academic Librarian of the Year Award.* We encourage you to nominate a librarian who you feel has made an outstanding contribution to academic libraries or librarianship in Minnesota.* Nomination forms are also located online at:

http://www.mnlibraryassociation.org/ARLD/ARLD%20Home%20Page.htm The award recipient will be honored at the 2007 Minnesota Library Association Annual Conference in Mankato, MN October 24-26, 2007.

*Nomination forms are DUE Friday, July 6, 2007.*

Forms should be submitted to Linda Eells, Secretary of the ARLD Board, at lle@umn.edu.

For further information or answers to any questions, please feel free to contact a member of the ARLD Board. Phone numbers and e-mail addresses may be found at:

http://www.mnlibraryassociation.org/ARLD/Board.htm

ARLD Board Positions

If you are an ARLD member and if you're looking for a new way to meet colleagues, build your leadership skills, or contribute to your profession, consider running for one of the open spots on the ARLD Board.

The Academic and Research Libraries Division is a division of the Minnesota Library Association, and is also the ACRL chapter in Minnesota.

To express your interest, please contact Robin Ewing, rlewing@stcloudstate.edu; Kate McCready, mccre008@umn.edu; or Kristen Mastel, meye0539@umn.edu by FRIDAY, JUNE 15.

Open positions are:

Chair Elect
Secretary
Member at Large

The Board meets monthly. Activities include planning conference programs and smaller member events, and finding new ways to serve and connect library staff throughout the state.

Please feel free to contact any current ARLD Board member with questions or comments - http://mnlibraryassociation.org/ARLD/ARLD%20Home%20Page.htm

Jim Newsome
ARLD Board Chair

Join ARLD Colleagues on Monday, April 30th, at the Minnesota Lanscape Arboretum

ARLD Day's theme is “For More Like This …: Discovery Wayfinding, and Networking.”

John Riedl from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities will speak about his research on the “Social Web” as well as recommender systems, which we hope will help us create new library services and interfaces to better meet the needs of our patrons.

Please join us to share ideas, chat with colleagues, and gather new knowledge. For conference details, including descriptions of the terrific line up of afternoon sessions, visit http://www.mnlibraryassociation.org/ARLD/arld2007.htm.