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Charge: An opportunity for academic librarians with health sciences responsibilities to have a place in ACRL to network, share information, ask questions, and work on special projects relevant to the academic health sciences.
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  • 1.  Attending the ACRL conference?

    Posted Feb 03, 2023 08:12 AM

    Are you planning on attending ACRL in March (in person or virtually)? If so, what programming looks interesting to you?

    I guess I'm in a slump...I looked at the program and see very little that excites me (a few sessions related to faculty status, not much of anything about evidence synthesis or other research methods). Am I missing something?

    Cheers,
    Jane



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    Jane Yatcilla
    Health & Life Sciences Information Specialist
    Purdue University Libraries
    She/Her/Hers
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  • 2.  RE: Attending the ACRL conference?

    Posted Feb 03, 2023 12:38 PM
    Hi Jane,

    No, I will not be attending ACRL this year (in-person or virtually). With a change to a new job that focuses more on evidence synthesis, I wanted to focus on conferences and training directly relevant to job tasks. I find that ACRL is good for broad academic libraries issues but not where I need to be for specializations. Not to say there is nothing useful at ACRL, but comparative to MLA's usual schedule (though this year's MLA program is not out yet, so I am going on faith here), there's not enough to warrant ACRL over MLA.

    I would love to hear what on the program is catching other people's attention. Or if we have member's who are presenting this year!

    Regards,
    Anna

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    Anna Ferri, MLIS, MEd
    pronouns: she/her(s)
    Assistant Professor | Evidence Synthesis Librarian
    Colorado State University Libraries
    P: 970-491-1146 | anna.ferri@colostate.edu
    1201 Center Avenue Mall | Fort Collins, CO 80523
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  • 3.  RE: Attending the ACRL conference?

    Posted Feb 06, 2023 09:37 AM
    Hi,

    I am attending ACRL in person this year. I am most excited about the Teaching & Learning sessions. There are a few health science-specific sessions or posters at ACRL this year, but I find that typically I can transfer a lot of what I learn in the Teaching & Learning sessions into the Health Science world

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    Meghan Di Rito
    Education and Outreach Librarian
    PCOM
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