ACRL National Conference 2011

Date, Location

Wed, 03/30/2011 - 7:30am to Sat, 04/02/2011 - 4:00pm

Philadelphia

To Register:

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Event Website

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About the Event

ACRL 2011 National Conference March 30th-April 2nd 2011, Philadelphia, PA

At the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776, John Hancock said: “There must be no pulling different ways; we must all hang together.” Ben Franklin remarked: “We must indeed all hang together, or assuredly we will all hang separately.” The ACRL 2011 National Conference theme, “A Declaration of Interdependence,” reflects the promise and the challenge of the delegates to the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia. Academic and research libraries share a common set of principles. To be successful, libraries must cooperate with each other and interconnect with their campus communities.  The ACRL 2011 National Conference invites you to explore new ideas, engage in active learning, and consider the interdependency that exists in our academic and library community.

Conference Tracks

The ACRL 2011 Coordinating Committee invites you to investigate the issues and topics described in the conference tracks and to think about both the future of our field and the practices and plans that are helping us get there:

• Diversify our Interdependence: Building Relationships
• Evolutions in Higher Education
• Harness Lightning: Technology in the Service of Libraries
• Inventing Your Library’s Future
• The Shape of Tomorrow: Liberating Collection Development
• Unite with Users: Reinventing the User Experience
• You Say You Want a Revolution: Next Generation Librarianship

Session Formats

ACRL 2011 will offer a variety of session formats, from full-day preconferences to informal roundtable discussions.  Session formats include:

• Contributed Papers
• Cyber Zed Shed Presentations
• Panel Sessions
• Preconferences
• Workshops
• Poster Sessions
• Roundtable Discussions
• Virtual Conference Webcasts