LOEX Currents - April 2007

***2007 LOEX Conference***, “Uncharted Waters: Tapping the Depths of Our Community to Enhance Learning.” It will be held May 3-5 in San Diego, CA.
The updated conference program, including schedule, speakers and student poster sessions, is posted here.
Registration is closed.

LOEX 2008 will be held outside Chicago in Oak Brook, IL on May 1-3, 2008. More information and a conference website will be forthcoming after LOEX 2007.

American Library Association's Annual Meeting will be held in Washington, DC, June 21-27, 2007.

WILU 2007 - The 36th Annual Workshop on Instruction in Library Use will take place May 16-18, 2007 at York University in Toronto, Ontario. The theme of this conference is "Teach Every Angle."

LACUNY Institute 2007 will be held May 18, 2007 at Baruch College, the City University of New York. "Technology with a Face: High Tech Meets High Touch."

Atlanta-Area BIG Conference will be held May 25, 2007 at the University of Georgia in Athens. If attending, please RSVP by Friday, May 4th to Program Chair, Caroline Barratt, at atlbig@gmail.com

World Library and Information Congress: 73rd IFLA General Conference and Council. "Libraries for the future: Progress, Development and Partnerships." It will be held August 19-23, 2007 in Durban, South Africa.

Information Literacy and Assessment, a live webcast from ACRL and TLT Group, will be May 1, 8 and 15, 2007 at 1pm EST. Registration is open. ACRL member: $150, ALA member: $185.

Immersion Intentional Teacher will be held November 28 - December 2, 2007 in Chevy Chase, MD. "The Intentional Teacher: Renewal through Informed Reflection" program will be 3.5 days of learning and reflection for academic librarians. May 11, 2007, is the deadline to apply.

Regional Immersion '07 this year will be held on the ISU campus in Normal, Illinois, July 13-18, 2007. Illinois Immersion '07 will be four-and-one-half days of active learning and intensive interaction among academic librarians. As space allows, applications will be accepted (including non-Illinois residents) until April 27, 2007.

Call for papers: LOEX Quarterly
Reach out to the LOEX membership and share your instruction ideas and innovations. The focus is on substantive, but practical articles, so do not miss an opportunity to share with others your or your library’s interesting programs, experiences, ideas or insights. Submissions are relatively short: between 700-1500 words.
Email loex@emich.edu if you have any questions. Deadline for the Summer issue: June 4, 2007.

The Internet Insider, a column feature of College & Undergraduate Libraries seeks proposals for upcoming issues. For more information, a sample column and sample topics visit our website. Still interested? Submit a brief proposal to beashmor@samford.edu by May 1, 2007.

College & Undergraduate Libraries, a peer-reviewed journal published by The Haworth Press, Inc., welcomes the submission of manuscripts. It is a practical journal that offers innovative strategies and creative solutions to help your undergraduate and small college library achieve greater efficiency. All manuscripts or proposals should be sent directly to the editor, Christopher Millson-Martula of Lynchburg College at millsonmartula@lynchburg.edu.

Mentoring Program: Would you like to have a mentor at the ALA Annual conference, someone to talk to or to help you acclimate? Would you like to walk alongside a future or new librarian as they enter the profession? If you answered yes to any of these questions, the Mentoring Program is for you! The Mentoring Committee of NMRT is sponsoring this project to help newcomers to librarianship navigate their ways in the profession.

New this month:

CA (Northridge) - California State University, Northridge - Coordinator of Online Instructional Design - Priority given to applications received by May 1, 2007; Open until filled.

CA (Pomona) - Cal Poly Pomona - Library Instruction Coordinator - Open until filled, with early attention given to applications postmarked by June 1, 2007.

Egypt (Cairo) - American University in Cairo - Instruction/Reference Librarian - Review of candidates to begin immediately; open until filled.

FL (Gainesville) - University of Florida - Technical Support and Training Librarian - Apply by May 6, 2007.

IA (Waverly) - Wartburg College - College Librarian/Director of Vogel Library - Applications received by April 16, 2007, will be given first consideration.

LA (Baton Rouge) - Louisiana State University - Information Literacy/Art & Design Librarian - Review of applications will begin June 1, 2007.

NE (Kearney) - University of Nebraska at Kearney - Head of User Services and Instruction - Review of applications will begin May 7; Open until filled.

OH (Dayton) - University of Dayton - Director of Education and Information Delivery - Applications received by April 30, 2007 will be given first consideration.

OH (Dayton) - University of Dayton - Reference and Instruction Librarian - Applications received by April 30, 2007 will be given first consideration.

TN (Jefferson City) - Carson-Newman College - Reference and Instruction Librarian - Deadline for applications will be June 01, 2007 or until a suitable candidate is found.

TX (San Antonio) - University of Texas at San Antonio - Library Instruction Coordinator - Apply by May 4, 2007.

UAE (Abu Dhabi) - Zayed University - Learning Enhancement Center Supervisor - Open until filled.

UT (Provo) - Brigham Young University - Religion/Ancient Studies Librarian/Department Reference Specialist - Review of applications will begin May 31 and continues until filled.

VA (Richmond) - Virginia Commonwealth University - Education Services Librarian - Review of applications will begin June 1; Open until filled.

VA (Richmond) - Virginia Commonwealth University - Instruction Coordinator - Review of applications will begin April 30; Open until filled.

VA (Staunton) - Mary Baldwin College - Reference and Instruction Librarian - Deadline for applications is April 20, 2007.

WI (Madison) - University of Wisconsin-Madison - Campus Coordinator for Library and Information Literacy Instruction - Apply by May 11, 2007

Continuing:

CA (Los Angeles) - USC - Assistant Instruction Coordinator - Apply by April 30, 2007.

CA (Santa Monica) - Santa Monica College - Reference and Instruction Librarian - Apply by April 27, 2007.

FL (Davie) - Broward Community College & Florida Atlantic University - Reference/Instruction Librarian - Open until filled.

ID (Pocatello) - Idaho State University - Instruction/Reference Librarian - Open until filled.

IN (Terre Haute) - Indiana State University - Reference/Instruction Librarian - Open until filled.

MD (Chestertown) - Washington College - Research and Information Literacy Librarian - Open Until Filled.

MD (Salisbury) - Salisbury University - Business/Instructional Librarian - Applications received by April 30, 2007 will be given first consideration.

NY (Buffalo) - Buffalo State College - Information Commons Librarian - Review of applications will begin immediately; open until filled.

VA (Bridgewater) - Bridgewater College - Information Literacy Librarian - Open until filled.

VA (Farmville) - Longwood University - Assistant Instructional Design Librarian - Open until filled.

Readings

Christy Stevens (2007). Beyond Preaching to the Choir: Information Literacy, Faculty Outreach, and Disciplinary Journals. The Journal of Academic Librarianship , 33 (2), 254-267.

Joanna Burkhardt (2007). Assessing Library Skills: A First Step to Information Literacy. portal: Libraries and the Academy, 7 (1), 25-49.

Jefferson Graham (2007, April 12). Google search chips away at rivals' market share. USA Today, pp. 3B.

Anick Jesdanun (2007, April 15). Researchers Explore Scrapping Internet. Retrieved from http://www.chicagotribune.com on April 16, 2007.

Tim Wu (2007, April 6). Can Wiki Travel? Slate. Retrieved from http://www.slate.com on April 11, 2007.

Facts and Figures

"29 percent of U.S. households, or 31 million homes, do not have Internet access and do not intend to subscribe to an Internet service over the next 12 months. Forty-four percent of these (31 million) households say they are not interested in anything on the Internet."
Reuters, Retrieved from http://news.yahoo.com/ on April 9, 2007.
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"In 2005, entering freshmen came from households with a parental median income... 60 percent higher than the national average. This represents a 14 percent increase from 1971, when students’ median family income was ... 46 percent higher than the national average."
Higher Education Research Institute. Retrieved from http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/ on April 12, 2007.

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