ACRL New England Chapter News Online

ISSN 1527-0106

Winter 2008, Number 112

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2008 Annual Meeting - Registration Open!

ACRL NEC Provides New Online Services

Save the date - NELIG Annual Meeting, June 6, 2008

Board Meeting Minutes

Calendar

Fall 2007 Reports and News:

President's Report

NELIG Report

Member-at-large News

Webmaster's Report

Member-at-large News

Save the date, May 7-9, 2008, for the Massachusetts Library Association annual conference. The conference will be held in Falmouth at the SeaCrest Resort & Conference Center. ACRL-NEC chapter members will receive a discount on their registration fee.

ACRL-NEC is playing a major role at the conference this year by sponsoring a one-day track of sessions on the topic of advocacy for academic libraries. ACRL-NEC’s sponsorship is being subsidized in part by a grant received from National ACRL.  Susan Parker, Deputy University Librarian and CFO, of the UCLA libraries, has been confirmed as one of the opening speakers. Her study, released this past spring, outlines the changing role of the library as seen by University Presidents and Provosts. They believe the library’s focus must change from being the “heart of the university” to supporting the mission of the university. This new centrality theme will be interweaved throughout the day. Other tentative sessions on advocacy will include marketing, developing a Friends of the Library group, and strengthening faculty relationships through a liaison program.

For more information or to make suggestions about this conference track, contact Carole Myles at 508-767-7020 or cmyles@assumption.edu.