Academic libraries are facing many issues – budget cuts, staff challenges, and stakeholders who are less than supportive. Why? It’s partially because many people don’t know about the important and valuable work we do.

The session will help us examine our purpose and passions. Who are our supporters? [...]]]> http://wnyoacrl.org/interactive-session-finding-your-voice-and-defining-your-message/feed 0 http://wnyoacrl.org/pecha-kucha-five-librarians-walk-into-a-bar http://wnyoacrl.org/pecha-kucha-five-librarians-walk-into-a-bar#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 19:16:57 +0000 WNYOACRL http://wnyoacrl.org/?p=638 Lise Doucette, Marni Harrington, Courtney Waugh, University of Western Ontario

Often, the most important discussions are not the ones you have in scheduled meetings.  In this session we will talk about informal ways to keep librarianship vital, especially in a large multi-library university setting.  Take an active approach to shaping the future of our profession, [...]]]> http://wnyoacrl.org/pecha-kucha-five-librarians-walk-into-a-bar/feed 0 http://wnyoacrl.org/pecha-kucha-learning-environment-architect-moving-from-lecture-to-experience http://wnyoacrl.org/pecha-kucha-learning-environment-architect-moving-from-lecture-to-experience#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 18:16:15 +0000 WNYOACRL http://wnyoacrl.org/?p=636 Mara Bordignon, Seneca College

How are teaching librarians transforming the role libraries play in higher education?  As the nature of information has changed with the Internet and social media, librarians have taken on a more prevalent role as guide rather than gatekeeper.

Teaching Information literacy has traditionally been at the core of library teaching programs.  [...]]]> http://wnyoacrl.org/pecha-kucha-learning-environment-architect-moving-from-lecture-to-experience/feed 0 http://wnyoacrl.org/pecha-kucha-the-library-is-the-cloud http://wnyoacrl.org/pecha-kucha-the-library-is-the-cloud#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 17:15:15 +0000 WNYOACRL http://wnyoacrl.org/?p=634 Pamela Jacobs, Brock University

What will library collections look like 10 years from now? Will all the books be replaced by study carrels? Who will select library materials: librarians or patrons? How do massive digitization projects like Google and Hathi trust fit in? This presentation will look at current trends and summarize what library futurists [...]]]> http://wnyoacrl.org/pecha-kucha-the-library-is-the-cloud/feed 0 http://wnyoacrl.org/pecha-kucha-occupy-the-stacks-what-academic-libraries-can-learn-from-the-peoples-library http://wnyoacrl.org/pecha-kucha-occupy-the-stacks-what-academic-libraries-can-learn-from-the-peoples-library#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:14:25 +0000 WNYOACRL http://wnyoacrl.org/?p=632 Carey Toane, MLIS candidate – Western University

Tents, placards, human microphones…and books? That Occupy Wall Street had a library at all is something that all librarians should take note of – and find hope in. This presentation by an MLIS student and former New Yorker will incorporate the experiences of librarians who went down to [...]]]> http://wnyoacrl.org/pecha-kucha-occupy-the-stacks-what-academic-libraries-can-learn-from-the-peoples-library/feed 0