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Interested in a low-cost way to engage patrons with library collections and services? You have probably heard of pop-up libraries, but have you considered how to implement this type of outreach at your institution? Presenters will offer several pop-up models from two different institutions and discuss lessons learned. Academic librarians are interacting with patrons outside of their spaces, promoting collections and services in new ways. In this session, librarians from the Public University 1 and Public University 2 will discuss the different models they have used to bring library collections and services to a variety of locations across their campuses.

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Outreach is an important way that libraries convey messaging about services, collections, and programs to stakeholders. However, outreach is often conducted in an ad hoc manner. Librarians from three universities will discuss how they improved outreach programs by developing a community of practice and increased planning, intentionality, and efficient use of resources. Panelists will discuss findings from three recent research projects exploring how libraries plan and assess their outreach. They will also share practice-informed strategies for assessing outreach to improve quality, ensure messaging is strategic and intentional, and demonstrate the value of outreach to library and campus administrators.

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In order to recast and reframe library residency narratives, the session will discuss how residency programs are both a part of the changing library landscape as well as a model on how the profession can adapt and transition to new roles. Panelists will speak to the the full life-cycle of a residency program by defining residencies and critically examining best practices to create programs that prepare academic library professionals for the 21st century. Attendees will be provided with practical benchmarking information, tips for framing residency conversations with stakeholders, and lessons learned from those who have the residency experience.

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Change is an essential part of recasting, renewing and revitalizing libraries and librarians’ roles. Focusing on themes of idea generation, project management, affordability, and marketing, a group of four panelists from two different academic institutions share stories of revitalization of facilities, programming, and collections. By using a combination of storytelling and audience participation, the group will provide attendees with practical ideas on how to make changes achievable, affordable, and effective.

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Librarians are assuming larger roles in managing research data and other aspects of research support, and our institutions are taking a much greater interest in the data about the research. Managing all that information involves aggregation, curation, and utilization of metadata: all areas ideally suited to the skills librarians already have. In this panel discussion, practitioners in the emerging field of Research Information Management (RIM) will talk about the different motivations that led to implementations of RIM systems on their campuses and how their libraries are leading the way.

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Come meet the editors of ACRL’s publications and learn about all the different opportunities and processes for proposing, writing, editing, and contributing to ACRL’s many writing outlets. Ask questions, discuss ideas, topics, and trends, and meet fellow writers. Beginners to publishing pros are welcome!

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In this workshop attendees will learn about the new Project Outcome for Academic Libraries surveys and resources. Project Outcome is a free toolkit that helps libraries measure four key learning outcomes – knowledge, confidence, application, and awareness – across seven library program and service areas. This new toolkit will provide academic libraries of any size the means to easily measure the learning outcomes of their programs and services and to use that data as the basis for improvements and advocacy.

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Tasked by the Image Resource Interest Group to address shifts in technology, instruction, and increased pervasiveness of visual media, the Visual Literacy Task Force is updating the ACRL Visual Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education. This session will discuss their perceptions within the shifting landscape of visual literacy and metaliteracy, the task forces’ methodological framework, and resulting proposed adjustments and additions to the standards. Come see how a diverse group came together to find collaborative consensus at a distance, learn about ways these changes could apply to library instruction programming, and voice your opinion.

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Much of the work around diversity, equity, and inclusion in libraries has either: focused on solutions that rarely solicit input from marginalized communities, or is expected to be carried out by those already overburdened by the effects of higher education institutions built on whiteness. This panel will push beyond this framework by offering strategies and language to help move discussions around mentorship forward, both in the institutions of attendees and across the profession as a whole. Through collaborative storytelling tools and visual storytelling decks, we will collectively envision a speculative future for libraries that is inclusive and equity-based.

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Women of color (WOC) are often on the frontlines of activist actions, pushing for equity, inclusion, and justice in our library institutions. This work is often invisible, unacknowledged, and has an emotional toll. WOC also face workplace stress in the form of racist, sexist, or homophobic comments and treatment from colleagues and patrons. The negative impact of these stressors demonstrates the importance of radical self-care for WOC librarians, as an act of self-preservation, survival, and community resistance. In this session, panelists will share their research projects that center the voices of WOC librarians and engage the audience with interactive exercises.