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ACM Librarians Meeting/Workshop

Cornell College, October 22-23, 2003

• Dates: October 22-23, 2003
• Location: Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, IA
• Workshop funded by the ACM Information Literacy Program with a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Librarians from ACM colleges met in October 2003 as a follow-up to the ACM/ACRL Information Literacy Immersion Program in July 2003.

ACM librarians used to meet regularly but curtailed the practice in the mid 1980s. Through conversations during the planning phase for the ACM/ACRL Information Literacy Immersion Program, agreement emerged that since there had been such significant changes in the information sciences and the role of libraries at residential liberal arts colleges, a renewal of this practice might be in order. Jean Donham (College Librarian, Cornell) coordinated the meeting with assistance from the ACM Chicago office.

The 22 participants at the meeting held concurrent sessions on topics of interest, including:

• Staffing Model for Libraries (facilitated by Ms. Donham and Greg Cotton, Cornell)
• Academic Honesty/Ethics of Information (Dave Collins, Macalester)
• Curriculum Mapping/Assessment (Mary Iber and Michelle Holschuh Simmons, Cornell)
• Collaborating with Academic Support Services (Rick Sayre, Monmouth)

The meeting concluded with a session on future directions with Jeff Douglas (Director of the Library, Knox) as chair, including an extended discussion of the different roles and purposes of libraries.

The librarians also expressed interest in pursuing a relationship with the Center for Research Libraries (CRL) and asked the ACM office to investigate this.

Fall 2004 meeting

Jim Cubit (Director of the Library, Lake Forest) coordinated a meeting of librarians on November 5, 2004 at Lake Forest College.

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For further information on these meetings, contact ACM.