Current Issue: October 2018
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Chase Ollis
ACRL’s 2019 Awards Program
Honoring outstanding achievements in academic librarianship
Every year, ACRL celebrates the opportunity to honor the outstanding achievements of academic and research librarians across North America. These inspiring innovators from our community have continued to demonstrate the notable impact librarianship has in the academic ...
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Marina Lee Narvaez
A Money Smart Week event
The partnering of students, faculty, library, and surrounding community
Money Smart Week (MSW) is a time when public organizations join forces with financial innovators to share information on becoming economically healthy. Designed for people of all demographics and socioeconomic levels, the events are free and strictly informative. ...
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Girton, McDonald, and Viars
Strengthening student support
Offering TRiO Student Support Services in the library
Many units on campus play a significant role in student success. Individually, these departments provide services and staff to assist students with various aspects of college life. When these entities collaborate, the impact they have is multiplied and can make services more accessible to students. One such partnership, between the library and TRiO Student Support Services (SSS) at the Miami University-Hamilton Campus, is discussed in this article.
Federal TRiO SSS programs serve students who are either first generation, or meet low income guidelines defined by the U.S. Department of Education, or who have a documented disability. ...
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Renee L. Hoffman
Building a curriculum materials center from the ground up
A practical approach
While many large universities boast ample space and hefty budgets for their curriculum materials centers, as a small university with a tight budget, creating Saint Francis University’s (SFU) Curriculum ...
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Dalton and Villagran
Minimizing and addressing implicit bias in the workplace
Be proactive, part one
Librarians and information professionals cannot hide from bias: a prejudice for or against something, someone, or a group. As human beings, we all have biases. However, implicit biases are ones that affect us in an unconscious manner. Awareness of our implicit biases, and how they can affect our colleagues and work environment, is critical to promoting an inclusive work environment. Part one of this two-part article series will focus on implicit bias: what is implicit bias, how these biases affect the work environment, and best practices for reducing these biases within recruitment, hiring, and retention in the library workplace. ...