ACRL Board of Directors’ Actions: Highlights of the Board’s 2023–2024 Meetings

Abstract

For LibLearnX 2024, the ACRL Board of Directors met virtually on January 26 and 31, 2024. An informal virtual Board Update meeting was held on January 12, 2024. The Board also met virtually with the ACRL Budget and Finance Committee for a joint meeting on January 29, 2024. For the 2024 ALA Annual Conference, the ACRL Board met in-person on June 29 and 30, 2024. The Board held an informal virtual Board Update meeting on June 13, 2024. Between ALA conferences, the Board held virtual meetings on October 24, 2023, and April 25,2024, along with holding informal virtual Board Update meetings on September 1 and December 1, 2023, and May 17, 2024.

At LibLearnX, the Board met virtually with the leaders of its five goal-area committees: Equity, Diversity and Inclusion; New Roles and Changing Landscapes; Research and Scholarly Environment; Student Learning; and Value of Academic Libraries to assess progress on ACRL’s strategic plan, the Plan for Excellence. At ALA Annual, the Board received updates from goal-area committee leaders for the Value of Academic Libraries; Equity, Diversity and Inclusion; and New Roles and Changing Landscapes. Updates on the Student Learning and Research and Scholarly Environment will take place later this year.