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Board of Directors
Board of Directors Meeting I: Saturday, Jan-
uary 26, 1:30–5:30 p.m.*

Board of Directors Meeting II: Monday, Jan-
uary 28, 1:30–4:30 p.m.

*Guests are invited to address the Board 
during the open mic period from 5:00–5:30 
p.m. Those who wish to speak should arrive 
by 5:00 p.m.

Workshops
The Emerald City 
RoadShow: Designing 
Educational Oppor-
tunities on the Inter-
sections of Scholarly 
Communication and 
Information Literacy: 
Friday, January 25, 2019, 
8:30 a.m.–4:00 p.m. To-
day’s shifting academic information landscape 
provides many challenges and opportunities 
for librarians to become change agents for 
campuswide initiatives and competencies. As 
we educate and inspire diverse communities of 
scholars, librarians are encouraged to seek and 
explore collaborative opportunities that arise 
at the intersections of scholarly communica-
tion and information literacy. The benefits of 
educational opportunities at the intersections 
are twofold:

• Students, who are often asked to par-
ticipate in scholarly conversations without 
clear understanding of the scholarly informa-

tion ecology, become aware of the social and 
economic influences tied to information, and 
see themselves as members of that scholarly 
marketplace.

• Faculty, who are knowledgeable about 
scholarly communication in their field, gain a 
greater sense of information literacy practices 
and dispositions for themselves and their stu-
dents.

This interactive workshop will empower 
participants to leverage the intersections of 

scholarly communica-
tion and information 
literacy in order to de-
velop education and 
outreach initiatives that 
address the aspirations 
and needs of scholars, 
students, and research-
ers at their institutions. 
Complete details and 
registration materials 

are online at www.ala.org/acrl/conferences 
/intersectionsmidwinter. Questions should be 
directed to Chase Ollis at collis@ala.org.

Forums
Student Learning and Information Litera-
cy Committee Forum: Saturday, January 26, 
2019, 10:30–11:30 a.m.

ACRL Presidential Forum: Climbing the 
Stairs to Diversity and Inclusion Success: 
Saturday, January 26, 2019, 1:00–2:00 p.m. 
This interactive workshop will present a new 
diversity and inclusion organizational model.  

ACRL Midwinter meetings  
in Seattle
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Together we will dis-
cuss all five levels of 
this model and what 
it takes to realistical-
ly move your orga-
nization to the next 
level. Speaker: Terryl 
Ross, assistant dean 
of diversity, equity, 
and inclusion, Uni-

versity of Washington College of the Envi-
ronment.

ACRL/SPARC Scholarly Communication 
Forum: Saturday, January 26, 3:00–4:00 p.m.
Through its standing Research and Schol-
arly Environment Committee, ACRL spon-
sors a regular forum at both the ALA Mid-
winter Meeting and ALA Annual Conference 
to broaden the base of librarians who are 
knowledgeable about and engaged in 
scholarly communication issues. The high-
ly popular forum series is cosponsored by 
the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Re-
sources Coalition. The topic and speakers 
are chosen 60-to-90 days before the confer-
ence, based on issues that are most relevant 
at that time.

ACRL “Actionable Assessment: How As-
sessment Leads to Change” (cospon-
sored by ACRL Assessment Discussion 
Group and ACRL Academic Library 
Trends and Statistics Survey Editorial 
Board): Saturday January 26, 4:30–5:30 p.m. 
Presented by ACRL Assessment Discussion 
Group and ACRL Academic Library Trends 
and Statistics Survey Editorial Board, this 
panel discussion will address how different 
types of academic libraries have implement-
ed assessment in terms of method and strat-
egy. Panelists will also discuss what follow-
up actions their libraries have initiated as a 
result.

Framework Professional Development: 
Update Session: Sunday, January 27, 9:00 
–10:00 a.m. Sponsored by the ACRL Student 
Learning and Information Literacy Commit-

tee: Hear the latest news about the Frame-
work for Information Literacy for Higher 
Education, including an update on the Sand-
box OER repository of framework-related 
resources and further development of the 
Framework Toolkit. Learn about ACRL’s pro-
fessional development resources designed 
to assist libraries in using the framework and 
how we all are contributing to its growth.

Update on ACRL’s Value of Academic 
Libraries Initiative: Sunday, January 27, 
1:00–2:00 p.m. Join us to learn more about 
funding opportunities available to support 
librarians in their research and efforts to 
demonstrate the impact of their work to a 
broader audience. The Value of Academic 
Libraries Travel Scholarships and Academic 
Library Impact Research Grants provide op-
portunities for academic librarians to con-
duct research that will demonstrate library 
contributions to student learning and suc-
cess and to present findings to higher edu-
cation or disciplinary stakeholders. Last year, 
ACRL committed up to $30,000 to assist 
academic librarians in demonstrating and 
communicating the positive impacts libraries 
have on student learning and success. Com-
munity members are encouraged to join us 
to learn more about how to build on the 
research agenda identified in the “Academic 
Library Impact: Improving Practice and Es-
sential Areas to Research” report, and to take 
advantage of these funding opportunities 
provided by ACRL.

Open Forum on New ACRL/LLAMA An-
nual Facilities Survey: Sunday, January 27, 
4:00–5:00 p.m. The ACRL/LLAMA Interdivi-
sional Committee on Library Building Re-
sources is working with Counting Opinions 
to develop a series of national surveys on 
library building and design. The expectation 
for the first survey, to be released 2019, is 
to gather benchmarking data on such points 
as square footage, type and allocation of 
seating, service points, food/beverage poli-
cies, incorporation of nonlibrary services in 
library space, etc. Follow-up surveys will fo-

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cus on current and anticipated future trends. 
The committee seeks input from academic 
librarians on library building and design data 
that will be helpful to them in their work 
today, as well as looking forward and con-
sidering the future of academic libraries. The 
committee is also seeking field testers for the 
surveys and welcomes interest.

ACRL special events at 2019 ALA 
Midwinter Meeting
Friday, January 25
European Studies Section. Happy Hour, 
6:00–8:00 p.m. Location: Elephant & Castle, 
1415 5th Avenue, Seattle. Contacts: Joanneke 
Elliott, joanneke@email.unc.edu, and Manuel 
Ostos, muo16@psu.edu

ACRL Discussion Groups
Assessment: Saturday, January 26, 3:00–

4:00 p.m. Topic: Actionable Assessment: How 
Assessment Leads to Change

Balancing Baby and Book: Sunday, Janu-
ary 27, 4:30–5:30 p.m. Topic: The Balancing 
Baby and Book Discussion Group is a fun 
and informal group that includes all types 
of librarians—moms, dads, new parents, po-
tential parents, and anyone else interested 
in how parenting and librarianship can be 
successfully intertwined. HR issues, daycare, 
tenure, and a variety of other topics can be 
discussed. Everyone is welcome.

Copyright: Saturday, January 26, 10:30–
11:30 a.m. Topic: The ACRL Copyright Discus-
sion Group will be reviewing and discussing 
legislative, judicial, and regulatory develop-
ments related to copyright and libraries in 
higher education. 

Personnel Administrators and Staff 
Development: Saturday, January 26, 10:30–

11:30 a.m. and Sunday, January 27, 9:00–10:00 
a.m. Topic: Emerging trends and best prac-
tices for human resource management and 
organizational development in academic 
libraries.

Scholarly Communication: Sunday, 
January 27, 3:30–4:30 p.m. Topic: Following 
up on the SPARC Forum addressing specific 
community-based infrastructure examples in 
scholarly communication, this discussion group 
session will look at other examples of commu-
nity action and infrastructure efforts and their 
potential impacts in scholarly communication.

Undergraduate Librarian: Sunday, Janu-
ary 27, 2:30–3:30 p.m. Topic: Join us to share 
your ideas, approaches, success stories. and 
lessons learned about serving undergraduate 
populations. Previous topics have included 
events to increase library engagement, effec-
tive campus partnerships, interactions with 
student groups, and more.

Saturday, January 26
University Libraries Section. Social, 5:30–
7:00 p.m. Location: TBD. Contact: Mary  
Galvin, mgalvin@uoregon.edu

Sunday, January 27
Digital Scholarship Section. Social, 6:00–
8:00 p.m. Location: The Pine Box, 1600 Mel-
rose Avenue, Seattle. Contact: Niamh Mc-
Guigan, nmcguigan@luc.edu

Science and Technology Section. Dinner, 
6:00–9:00 p.m. Pike Brewing Company, 
1415 First Avenue, Seattle. Pre-registration 
required. Contact: Sara Gonzalez, sara-
gonz@ufl.edu, or Sam Putnam, sputnam@
ufl.edu 

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