 | | 1. | RIG Mentorship Discussion: What I Wish I Knew Before My Residency | | | | |  Tuesday, May 23rd 1 pm - 2 pm EST Register at bit.ly/wishiknewbeforeresidency
Join former residents and editors of Residencies Revisited: Reflections on Library Residency Programs from the Past and Present, Preethi Gorecki and Arielle Petrovich, for this Mentorship Discussion.
If you are new to residencies or considering applying for one, this session is an opportunity to learn from past residents' experiences and ask questions. We will be discussing lessons learned, strategies for optimizing your residency, and how to set yourself up for successful job search post-residency.
Hosted by ACRL RIG New Members and Mentorship subgroup.
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Natalia Umaña
Community Outreach & Reference Residency Librarian
University of Denver Libraries
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| 2. | Core Project Management IG Meeting - June 1, 1-2 PM CT | | | | | | The ALA Core Project Management Interest Group (PMIG) is pleased to host three presentations on tools and tips for effective project management. The meeting will take place on Thursday, June 1, 2023, from 1:00-2:00 pm CT. The meeting is free to attend but registration is required. Please register at ala-events.zoom.us/webinar/register/....
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Demonstration of Trello
Trello is a Kanban style application that can be used to track project progress or personal to do's. There is both a free and paid version. This demonstration will focus on the free option providing information on basic set up, ways to expand Trello, and examples of how the speaker has used it in her work and life.
Kelly Sattler, Project Manager for the Libraries' Strategic Projects, Michigan State University Libraries
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Scaffolding Your Projects with a Project Plan Template
As an IT Department Head for the past seven years, Liz Steyer has managed dozens of IT and Systems projects. During that time, she developed a project plan template with the goal of creating a low barrier to project management. Regardless of your skills or your organization's project management requirements, a project plan template can give you a huge leg up when approaching a new project. At this session, you will learn how to develop you own template, how to best implement it, and hear about Liz's best practices for project planning and management. (Note: This session will relate to general project management and will not focus solely on technical projects.)
Liz Steyer, Associate Director, Information Technology & Digital Services, University of North Carolina Wilmington
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Applying an Ad Agency Model to Library Projects
In this session, Jen will build upon her 15 years of experience as a marketing and advertising writer and explain how her first career has informed how she manages projects as a librarian. She'll discuss the model that agencies use to create teams, develop shared understanding and expectations, build feedback into a project cycle, and work backward from project launch. By applying an agency model to library projects, team members feel empowered to use their strengths, scope creep is limited, and written documentation keeps everyone on track.
Jen Hunter, Head of Firestone General Service Operations, Princeton University
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Nicole Lewis
Digital Metadata Librarian
Brigham Young University
She/Her/Hers
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| 3. | Register in advance for the Hybrid 2023 ALA Membership Meeting and Information Session on June 24th | | | | | | Hello fellow ALA Members –
This year, for the first time, we are offering both in-person and virtual participation options, to participate in the 2023 ALA Membership Meeting and Information Session so you can choose the format that works best for you.
The Membership Meeting is a unique opportunity for ALA members to engage in discussions on important issues that affect libraries and librarianship. This is your chance to bring issues that matter to the floor and discuss how they might be addressed within ALA by introducing Resolutions, Memorials and Tributes. You can find guidelines on how to submit a resolution, memorial, or tribute online. Additionally, members will hear updates from ALA leaders, with receive first-hand information on the latest developments within our organization and hear reports from the ALA President, President-Elect, Executive Director, Treasurer, and Endowment Trustees. Please note that you must register for this session via Zoom in advance by June 17th in order to receive your voting credentials for the meeting. This will ensure that your voice is heard and your vote counts during the Membership Meeting. If you register after June 17th, you will still be able to attend the meeting, but you will be unable to exercise your right to vote when member action is called upon.
Find more information about how to submit resolutions, how to vote in the meeting, and the meeting agenda online.
PS: There's still time to register for ALA Annual Conference in Chicago!
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Lessa Kanani'opua Pelayo-Lozada
ALA President, 2022-2023
Adult Services Assistant Manager, Palos Verdes Public Library
She/Her/Hers
lessaforlibraries.com
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| 4. | MLIS Programs with a Museum Studies Track | | | | | Hello,
I have several student workers who are interested in pursuing MLIS programs with a museum studies track. Any program suggestions you have would be appreciated. Thanks!
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| 5. | DEADLINE EXTENDED: Apply for new Great Stories Club grant by May 22! | | | | | | The deadline to apply for "Imagining Tomorrow: Building Inclusive Futures" has been extended through Monday, May 22, 2023! This brand-new series in ALA's Great Stories Club (GSC) will feature science fiction books that explore questions of equity, identity and alternate futures. Visit the project guidelines and apply online by May 22. 35 libraries will be selected.
Applications will be accepted from all types of libraries (public, school, academic, special, etc.) in the United States. Participating libraries must work in partnership with, or be located within, an organization that reaches underserved teens (e.g., alternative high school, juvenile justice facilities, tribal library, drug/alcohol rehabilitation centers, nonprofits serving teen parents, alternative high schools, agencies serving teenaged foster children and shelters serving young adults and families experiencing homelessness). Please contact publicprograms@ala.org if you have a question about partner eligibility or would like feedback on a prospective partner organization's fit for the project. Selected libraries will receive 11 paperback copies of theme-related books to use in the reading and discussion groups as well as a $500 programming stipend, online training, an array of program resources and support throughout the grant term. Participating libraries will work with small groups of approximately 10 teens; provide four theme-related books for each participant to keep as their own; and convene opportunities for exploration and discussion of relevant humanities content among peers. Book discussions will be led by an experienced programming librarian, often in cooperation with staff from a partner organization or department, such as teachers and counselors. This GSC theme asks: How can we imagine and dream of our shared futures together, alongside each other, in order to create better tomorrows? The books in this series point toward the ways that we might build shared futures while acknowledging the lessons of our origin stories. Selected libraries may choose up to four books from the following reading list: - "Victories Greater Than Death" by Charlie Jane Anders
- "Across a Field of Starlight" by Blue Delliquanti
- "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
- "The Sound of Stars" by Alechia Dow
- "War Girls" by Tochi Onyebuchi
Because the Great Stories Club seeks to engage libraries in different areas of the country, serving high-need and diverse groups of teen readers, ALA invites interested librarians to get in touch if there is a specific need for flexibility with the program model or requirements. Implementation of the series is supported by a grant from a private donor.
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Emily (Em) Gallaugher
They/Them/Theirs
Program Coordinator, Public Programs
American Library Association
egallaugher@ala.org
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| 6. | 2023 Coretta Scott King 2023 John Steptoe Award winners webinar | | | | | | The Coretta Scott King Book Awards Round Table (CSKBART) is celebrating 54 years of award-winning authors and illustrators. In recognition of the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Mrs. Coretta Scott King's courage and determination to continue her late husband's work for peace and world brotherhood, the CSKBART Program Standing Committee is proud to host a webinar featuring the 2023 John Steptoe New Talent award winner, Jas Hammonds and the 2023 John Steptoe Illustrator award winner, Janelle Washington. We Deserve Monuments by Jas Hammonds and Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Helped Spark the Civil Rights Movement by Janelle Washington are published by Roaring Brook Press, a division of Macmillan Children's Publishing Group. Join the Coretta Scott King Book Awards Round Table (CSKBART) Program Committee on May 25, 2023 at 3:30 p. m. CST as we celebrate Mrs. Coretta Scott King's 96th birthday (1927-2006)! CSK 2023 John Steptoe Award winners, author Jas Hammonds and illustrator Janelle Washington, will share their work and lives in this engaging conversation. Register at ala-events.zoom.us/webinar/register/...
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Janice Newsum, PhD
CSKBART Chair-Elect
Assistant Professor
University of Houston Clear Lake
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| 7. | REFORMA Institute 2023 | | | | | | Hello there!
There are still slots available for the RNC Institute on June 22nd in Chicago! You won't want to miss this great lineup of dynamic speakers and workshops. We are pleased to announce that our Keynote Speaker will be Ozy Aloziem, social worker and racial equity advocate. As an added bonus, anyone that registers within the advance registration period, by May 12th, will be entered into a drawing for a free ticket to the REFORMA Gala at ALA Annual. Spots for both the virtual and in-person Institute are limited so make sure to register today!
https://www.reformaconference.org/institute-2023
Any questions? Please contact Abby Morales or Star Khan at rncinfo@reforma.org.
Nos vemos en Chicago!
Abby Morales & Star Khan RNC-CC Co-Chairs
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| 8. | May 19 Join Lunch & Learn with LIRT: ChatGPT | | | | | | Lunch & Learn with LIRT: ChatGPT
Join your Library Instruction Round Table colleagues for an informal, lunchtime chat on Zoom scheduled for Friday, May 19, at 1pm Eastern Time.
May's topic relates to ChatGPT for instruction. Have you used it (or a related app) in your workshops? What goes well, and what does not? How have you or your peers addressed concerns? Bring your favorite examples to discuss with colleagues, and brainstorm how to tackle challenges and opportunities related to artificial intelligence and large language models. There will be no formal presentation during this session; only informal discussion and networking.
Registration will be capped at 30 attendees, so sign up soon. Lunch is not provided, but you are welcome to eat while we chat in this online and friendly atmosphere.
Attendance is not limited to LIRT members. Please invite friends and colleagues!
REGISTER: ucf.zoom.us/meeting/register/...
DATE: Friday, May 19 TIME: 1:00pm Eastern Time
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Christine Woods
Online Reference and Instruction Librarian
Saint Leo University
She/Her/Hers
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| 9. | Re: How to suggest a new type of ALA grant? | | | | | | Hi Alison,
My name is Anne Manly and I work in the Development Office at ALA. I would be happy to discuss this with you. Please shoot me an email at amanly@ala.org and we can schedule a time to talk. Thanks!
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Anne Manly
Associate Director, Development
American Library Association
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| 10. | Re: How to suggest a new type of ALA grant? | | | | | There was a grant they did in 2020 called the Resilient Communities; Libraries Respond to Climate Change grant that was centered on the kind of issues you're talking about, Alison. I'd start by checking with the public programs office, who was responsible for running that grant program (and maybe all their grant programs, not sure). My library was one of the 25 recipients of it and there have been a lot of positive ripple effects since. My only recommendation would be--if I were ALA and someone came to me saying we should start a new grant program, my first question would be where they proposed the money would be coming from. If you're coming in talking about a program and a funder who is ready to put up the funds for it, that's a different story, I think.
Thanks and hope that helps, Nick
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75 7th Street, Racine, WI
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| 11. | Re: Chat GPT and reference | | | | | VERY helpful and clearly put, Kiri! Thank you! ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** * Sara R. Tompson, M.S.
Information Professional, Researcher,
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| 12. | Re: Chat GPT and reference | | | | | | I don't want to repeat too much of what has already been said, but I do think it's worth adding that it's important we remember ChatGPT isn't hooked up to the internet the way that a search engine is. It can't retrieve resources or even identify individual aspects of the data it's been trained on.
That being said, there are generative AI resources out there that are connected to the internet such as Bing (and as of this morning Google is planning to role out a competing product) that can link people too actual resources on the web. How reliable the sources they link are or how well the resources connect to what is actually being queried is yet to be determined but far more interesting from a reference perspective.
As a case in point, when I was playing around with Bard (Google) one day it generated text that resembled a source. I was then able to go to Bing which was connected to the interenet and ask it to locate that source which, because Bard had fabricated the information, Bing was unable to locate but it was able to generate resources on my original querry with Bard that were far more accurate and clearly sourced.
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Craig Guild
Reference & Instruction Librarian
Three Rivers Community College
They/Them/Theirs
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| 14. | Re: Library furniture, TW: hate symbols | | | | | Charlie, I am truly sorry you did not receive the assistance you needed and deserved. I agree with you that the solution is imperfect but replacement wasn't possible due to budgetary issues. Hopefully, with the new building, we will have new furniture. Lillian Velez Dee J. Kelly Law Library Texas A&M University School of Law 817-212-3822
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| 15. | Re: Library furniture, TW: hate symbols | | | | | I am a staffer at a public institution in Texas. I wouldn't feel comfortable participating in a petition due to the political atmosphere here. Lillian Velez Dee J. Kelly Law Library Texas A&M University School of Law 817-212-3822
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| 16. | Help with APA citations | | | | | | Hello,
I am a high school librarian, helping the biotech class produce their annual publication and I have a question about how to cite a certain source. The students use the following websites to create images and graphs for their papers and they are asking about how to cite them; I've been combing the internet for answers but haven't found much. Does anyone have any ideas?
Thanks!
Jason Parker
https://dnasubway.cyverse.org/
http://biorad-ads.com/DNABarcodeWeb/ | |
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