List of Contributions

This week's Show & Share Presentation: Managing Academic Library Residency Programs: Strategies, Lessons, and Best Practices

Posted By Beatrice Downey Jul 23, 2026 09:44 AM
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RIG, Join us for this week's Show & Share presentation, presented by Residency Coordinator's; Tarida Anantachai (she/her), Denelle Eads (she/her), Hannah Park (she/her), K.T. Vaughan(she/her), Eric Glenn (he/him), and Roberto Silva (he/him). Date & Time: Friday, June 24, 2026 at 1pm Description: ...

This Week's Show & Share Presentation: Moving On and Moving Up: What Type of Library is Right For You?

Posted By Beatrice Downey Jul 07, 2026 10:12 AM
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RIG, Join us for this week's Show & Share presentation, presented by Naomi Bishop. Date & Time: Thursday, June 18 at 1-2pm EST Description: In my 16 years as a librarian, I have had 6 jobs and moved 6 times for new positions with increased challenges and responsibilities. The ...

Read about the changing landscape of library residency programs in article on WOC+LIB

Posted By Beatrice Downey Jun 23, 2026 11:14 AM
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RIG, 2025-26 RIG Conveners, Beatrice Downey, Outgoing Convener; Courtney Shareef, Convener; and Natalia Umaña, Incoming Convener is the latest feature on WOC+LIB. Their post titled, Leading Through Change: Reflecting on the Shifting Landscape of Library Residency Programs. In this article ...

This Week's Show & Share Presentation: The Fellows Lifecycle: Individual and Institutional Growth through the NC State Libraries Fellows Program

Posted By Beatrice Downey Jun 17, 2026 03:29 PM
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RIG, Join us for this week's Show & Share presentation, The Fellows Lifecycle: Individual and Institutional Growth through the NC State Libraries Fellows Program presented by Shira Greer (she/they), Katya Mueller (she/her), and Cas Saroza (they/them) . Date & Time: Thursday, June 18 at ...

Chapter CFP for Impact and Connection: The Importance of Mentorship in Librarianship (working title)

Posted By Beatrice Downey Jun 11, 2026 02:03 PM
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Repost: We invite you to submit chapter proposals for the forthcoming book, Impact and Connection: The Importance of Mentorship in Librarianship (working title), to be published by ACRL Press. Call for Proposals Link: https://forms.office.com/r/g6FFQgaCGQ Scope Editors: Candace ...

This Week's Show & Share Presentation: It Takes a Village: The Value of Different Mentors During a Residency

Posted By Beatrice Downey Jun 11, 2026 12:32 PM
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RIG, Join us for this week's Show & Share Presentation, It Takes a Village: The Value of Different Mentors During a Residency presented by Amira Walker (she/her) and Jenny Carlos (she/her).. Date & Time: Friday, June 12 at 1-2pm EST Description: As Jenny Carlos and Amira Walker ...

REMINDER: Registration is open for the 2026 RIG Show & Share: A Summer Virtual Event Series with a Keynote Kickoff by Mark Puente

Posted By Beatrice Downey May 27, 2026 10:31 AM
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Hi RIG, RIG's Show & Share Summer Event Series begins this Friday, May 29th with a Keynote from Mark Puente, Associate Professor and the Associate Dean for Organizational Development at the Purdue University Libraries. To register for the Keynote visit https://bit.ly/keynoteMP. To register ...

Registration is open for the 2026 RIG Show & Share: A Summer Virtual Event Series with a Keynote Kickoff my Mark Puente

Posted By Beatrice Downey May 08, 2026 02:10 PM
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Good Afternoon RIG, RIG's Show & Share Committee is excited to announce that registration for the first RIG Show & Share Summer Event Series is now open! As a reminder, the Show & Share was developed in response to Library Residents wanting a space to share their work and experiences among ...

Call for Features on Instagram

Posted By Beatrice Downey Apr 14, 2026 09:07 AM
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Hi RIG, The Social Media & Web Communications Team is calling for features for our Instagram account! If you are presenting at conference, have a published work coming out, or are featured on a podcast, blog, etc. we want to post about it! Or we can do a meet the resident post, where you can ...

RIG's new Website is Live!

Posted By Beatrice Downey Apr 02, 2026 10:02 AM
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Good Morning RIG, The Social Media & Web Communications Team is pleased to announce that the new RIG website is now LIVE. The website is hosted on Canva at https://acrlrig.my.canva.site Please explore the site, we welcome any feedback that you have! Why did create a new website and ...

[Repost] RIG Show & Share Call for Proposals

Posted By Beatrice Downey Mar 30, 2026 09:15 AM
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The Residency Interest Group (RIG) Show & Share Series Planning Committee is excited to announce a call for proposals for the RIG Show & Share summer series, Change & Transition: The Shifting Library Residency Landscape. We welcome proposals from current and former residents. Please submit by April 16, ...

RIG Accepting Nominations for Incoming Convener- due April 30th

Posted By Beatrice Downey Mar 19, 2026 08:53 AM
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Good Morning RIG, As mentioned in our last general meeting, the RIG Convener Team is now accepting nominations for our Incoming Convener! This is a three-year position which includes: assuming the roles of Incoming Convener (2026-27), Convener (2027-28), then Outgoing Convener (2028-29). In ...

RIG General Meeting Scheduled for Tuesday, March 3rd

Posted By Beatrice Downey Feb 20, 2026 08:54 AM
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Hi RIG, Please register for the ACRL Residency Interest Group (RIG) ALA General Meeting on Tuesday March 3rd from 1-2:30pm EST via Zoom. If you have any questions, please reach out to the RIG Convener, Courtney Shareef at courtney.shareef@louisville.edu. Sincerely, RIG Leadership ...

Digital Security Strategies Webinar with Library Freedom Project

Posted By Beatrice Downey Jul 31, 2025 03:36 PM
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Hi everyone! RIG will be hosting a webinar with with Library Freedom Project on digital security strategies! The webinar will be on Tuesday August 12, 2025 from 4:00-5:30pm. A description of the webinar is provided below. Please register to attend. Digital security Strategies: Protecting Ourselves ...

RIG General Meeting Scheduled for July 8

Posted By Beatrice Downey Jun 19, 2025 03:06 PM
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Hi RIG, Please register for the ACRL Residency Interest Group (RIG) ALA General Meeting on Tuesday July 8 at 2:30pm via Zoom. We will be announcing our new Incoming Convener at this meeting! If you have any questions, please reach out to the RIG Convener, Beatrice Downey at bcdowney@ncsu.edu. ...

RIG still needs an Incoming Convener

Posted By Beatrice Downey May 27, 2025 10:14 AM
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Good Morning RIG, TL;DR RIG still needs an Incoming Convener to join the leadership team (3 year-term) If we don't receive a nomination by June 30th we can no longer be an interest group We will need to move to a discussion group or dissolve ALA General Meeting will be June 24th. ...

RIG Call for Volunteers & Incoming Convener

Posted By Beatrice Downey Apr 16, 2025 08:55 AM
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Hi everyone, If you missed RIG's general meeting last week, we announced calls for volunteers, Incoming Convener, and the RIG Representative on the Diversity Alliance. RIG accepts team volunteers on a rolling basis. We have have 4 current team and one new team we are trying to put together: ...

2025 RIG Survey

Posted By Beatrice Downey Apr 16, 2025 08:37 AM
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Hi everyone, RIG is conducting a survey on current and former library residents who were in a program between 2022-2025. The goal of this survey is to help the RIG teams understand what issues current residents are facing and how we can support them through programs, resources, community building, ...

Volunteers Needed for New RIG Team

Posted By Beatrice Downey Nov 22, 2024 09:25 AM
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Hi everyone, RIG is creating a new team! We are looking for volunteers for the Resident Show & Share/Conference Team (official name TBD). This team is being created for the purpose of giving residents the space to share about the projects they are working on or have completed (official charge TBD). ...

RIG is on Instagram!

Posted By Beatrice Downey Sep 18, 2024 08:43 AM
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On behalf of the Social Media & Web Comms Team, we would like to announce that we have created an Instagram account for RIG (@acrlrig)!! Please follow us and share it with other librarians, especially other current and former residents. If you have anything that you would like us to post, you can ...

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