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University Librarians at ACRL in Baltimore

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  • Freddy Martinez-Garcia led a round table on ACRL’s Diversity Standards, and Noel & Felicity presented a poster session on their project to digitize 4H Circulars.

Re-steering the Standards:  Revisiting ACRL Diversity Standards and Cultural Competencies
The ACRL Diversity Committee has been tasked with revising the ACRL Diversity Standards. The feedback gathered from a survey initiated in the summer of 2015 presented key issues currently missing from the standards. This roundtable discussion will discuss the implications of revising the Diversity Standards, share new and revised concepts and terminology, and have participants critically examine their own work institutions and its commitment to diversity, equity, and social justice.

  • Noel Kopriva  and Felicity Dykas presented a poster session on their project to digitize 4H Circulars.

Bringing a Piece of 4H History into the 21st Century:  Creating a 4H Circulars Digital Collection at a Land-Grant Library
In 1922, the Missouri Extension Service published its first circular aimed directly at children, the Boys’ and Girls’ 4-H Club Circular. Like other Extension and 4-H serials, this circular was printed with two issue numbers, as an Extension publication and as a 4-H circular. Other issues are reprints, with handwritten notes about original publication dates. This project digitizes the entire eclectic run of the circulars in the Library’s collection and attempts to clarify its publication history.

  • Grace Atkins and Kate Wright received scholarships to attend the conference.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hansen Named IMLS-RBS Fellow

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Kelli Hansen was named one of the 20 IMLS-RBS fellows for 2016. The IMLS-RBS Fellowship program is designed to help educate and contribute to the professional development of early-career special collections librarians, with a special emphasis on recruiting participants currently underrepresented in the field. Fellowships include funding to take a course at Rare Book School as well as to attend the annual conference of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section (RBMS) of the Association of College & Research Libraries, a division of the American Library Association.

http://rarebookschool.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/2016_press_release_imls.pdf

Boyd Receives Veterinary Librarian Award

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Boyd Award

Trenton Boyd receives honorary award from Michael Eklund, Veterinary Subject Specialist at Uppsala University, Sweden.

On June 15, Trenton Boyd received an Honorary Award from the European Veterinary Group of which he is a founding member. 

The award reads:

European Veterinary Library Group on this 11th day of June, 2015, EVLG proudly presents an Honorary Award to: Trenton Boyd for outstanding contribution, work and activity for the EVLG and the European community of veterinary librarians.

This is the first award ever given by the EVLG and I was told that henceforth all future awards, when given, will be called the "Trenton Boyd Distinguished Service Award."

 

Inaugural SEC Academic Collaboration Award

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Jeannette Pierce and Anne Barker will be joining two MU students for an SECU workshop entitled Developing Partnerships to Advance Open Access Initiatives at SEC Universities.  Students and representatives from each SEC university will work together to develop strategies to advance open access and open educational resource initiatives at their home institutions. 

We are fortunate to be sending two outstanding MU students to this event.  Hallie Thompson, President of the Graduate Professional Council (GPC) and Benjamin Vega, Chair of the MSA Senate Academic Affairs Committee.   Hallie is a third year Ph.D. student in Plant Sciences.  She earned her B.S. in Biochemistry from the University of Missouri in the December 2011.  Hallie is currently serving as the Assistant National Director of Legislative Affairs for the National Association of Graduate-Professional Students (NAGPS).  Benjamin is an undergraduate student in the Biological Sciences.  He was selected by the Biological Sciences Division for an “Outstanding Sophomore in Biological Sciences” award in 2013.

The Texas A&M University Libraries will host this inaugural SEC Academic Collaboration Award event to be held Feb. 6-8 at the Sterling C. Evans Library.  Here are a couple of recent announcements with additional detail:

SEC Academic Collaboration Event To Address Scholarly Communication
http://www.thesecu.com/sec-academic-collaboration-event-to-address-scholarly-communication.php

University Libraries hosts first-ever SEC Academic Collaboration Award Workshop
http://library.tamu.edu/about/news-and-events/2015/01/university-libraries-hosts-first-ever-sec-academic-collaboration-award-workshop.html

We are all excited about the opportunity to attend the workshop.  Hallie will be tweeting.

Hansen Wins ACRL Conference Scholarship

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Congratulations to Kelli Hansen! She’s been awarded an ACRL 2015 Early-career Librarian scholarship:

“On behalf of ACRL and the 2015 Scholarship Committee, thank you for your interest in the ACRL conference and all of the time and hard work you put in to your application.

The purpose of the scholarship is to provide opportunities for librarians with less than six years of post-MLS experience to update their skills and knowledge by participating in an ACRL professional development experience. We hope that you enjoy this unique opportunity and make the most of all of the educational programming and networking events ACRL 2015 has to offer. We had 263 applicants this year, and awarded 120 scholarships in this category.

This scholarship provides you with a complimentary registration ( $385 value), and a $250 travel stipend to defray your conference expenses.”