{"id":13275,"date":"2019-05-02T13:00:15","date_gmt":"2019-05-02T18:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/gmr\/?p=13275"},"modified":"2019-05-02T13:00:15","modified_gmt":"2019-05-02T18:00:15","slug":"2019-acrl-conference-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/2019\/05\/2019-acrl-conference-review\/","title":{"rendered":"2019 ACRL Conference Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I recently received an NNLM-GMR Professional Development Award to attend the 2019 ACRL Conference in Cleveland, OH, where I planned for an experience that would help inform my work with my library\u2019s new systematic review service and my work helping to launch a new undergraduate learning community centered on critical data studies.<\/p>\n

My ACRL experience began with a pre-conference session, OER + Scholarly Communication, where I spent the day learning about licensing agreements and the design and use of OER tools. A colleague and I are planning to build a toolkit for librarians interested in diversifying and retaining students in extracurricular innovation activities that use biomedical data, like hackathons and case competitions, so this learning opportunity was especially timely.<\/p>\n

The conference was full of opportunities to learn about how academic librarians are working with data, offering data literacy services, and applying critical theory to librarianship. A few of my favorite sessions were:<\/p>\n

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  1. Improving Ourselves and Improving Care: Mitigating Unconscious Bias in Literature Searching, a session on designing inclusive search strategies;<\/li>\n
  2. Sharing with the Community: Advice for Getting Your Writing Published, a session with practical tips for publishing with ACRL;<\/li>\n
  3. Academic Library Impact: New Research from ACRL Grant Recipients, a session focused on assessing the impact of academic libraries and library services; and<\/li>\n
  4. Setting the Stage for Civic-Minded Education: Casting New Roles for Librarians in Critical Information Literacy Instruction; a session focused on critical info lit that complimented my interests in critical data studies.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    There were also several informative sessions on issues experienced by pre-tenure track librarians and issues surrounding diversity and inclusion. And, there were several social opportunities\u2014my favorites being the WOC + LIB<\/a> Social Hour and a night at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n

    I concluded my 2019 ACRL conference experience by presenting with a panel discussing recruitment and retention in STEM librarianship, alongside librarians from University of Michigan and Northwestern University. The panel was well received and presented a means to connect attendees searching for STEM librarianship jobs with open positions.<\/p>\n

    -Guest Post by Bethany McGowan, Assistant Professor of Library Science at Purdue University\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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