Presented by:

• Laura Wiegand, Associate Director, Library Information Technology and Digital Strategies, University of North Carolina Wilmington
• Jason Fleming, Information Technology Librarian, University of North Carolina Wilmington

Session Description:
Migrating to a new discovery service gave us the opportunity to completely rethink how we were delivering search results. This presentation will cover why we decided to implement a bento search, how we were able to create it in a semester, how it affected our discovery service implementation, library catalog, and homepage design as well. We will share code and techniques we used to create the bento search, including APIs, screen-scraping, Google and Drupal.

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Presented by:

• Lindsay O’Neill, Instructional Design Librarian, California State University Fullerton

Session Description:
Our academic library has issued thousands of digital badges to students for mastering basic library concepts using tutorials with built-in assessment and our Learning Management System – no manual grading required! Students earn a badge for each tutorial completed with a 100% score (repeatable), and both librarians and faculty may track their progress. Learn how we did it, and let’s discuss how to choose the technologies to structure a sustainable badges progra. In this interactive session, learn about effective design and technology for a badges program, including identifying learning objectives and activities that would work well in a badges program and analyzing their campus’ learning infrastructure to identify potential opportunities for embedding automated library learning activities.

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Presented by:

• Peace Ossom Williamson, Director for Research Data Services, The University of Texas at Arlington
• Gretchen Trkay, Department Head, Experiential Learning and Undergraduate Research, The University of Texas at Arlington Libraries

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In this session, we will discuss how the Data Literacy model can be used as an adaptable frame for data instruction services. We will provide an overview of the curriculum developed around data competencies as a suite of instruction available to faculty for integrating in their classes. Attendees will learn to use the framework provided along with methods for analyzing their campus’s needs in order to begin developing instruction that will meet those needs.

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Presented by:

• Michael Rodriguez, Electronic Resources Librarian, University of Connecticut

Session Description:
Make contracts work for you! Get a feel for the various types of non-institutional contracts that librarians are sure to encounter over the course of their careers, including publication agreements, end user license agreements, employment contracts, and more. Understand, negotiate, and improve the provisions and terms of such contracts.

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Presented by:

• Shannon Farrell, Natural Resources Librarian, University of Minnesota -Twin Cities
• Kristen Mastel, Outreach & Instruction Librarian, University of Minnesota

Session Description:
How do we ensure our outreach activities are impactful? Determining in advance what impact we want to make dictates what types of events we hold and better assessment leads to a better understanding of the impact of our activities. In this session, learn how to write SMART outreach goals that are tied to your institutional mission and how to apply various assessment techniques that will help you evaluate if your goals are being met.

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Presented by:

• Claire Nickerson, Learning Initiatives and Open Educational Resources Librarian, Fort Hays State University Forsyth Library

Session Description:
Hear about the process of developing and implementing a grant program to incentivize faculty to adapt open textbooks.

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Each ACRL 2015 Virtual Conference presentation has a “Discussion Forum” associated with it. This is a great way to share ideas, questions and resources with other participants before and after the live sessions take place. In addition, a Participant Introduction forum allows you to introduce yourself to other conference attendees and make new connections.

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• From the Individual to the Institution: Exploring the Experiences of Academic Librarians of Color (13148 comments)

Presented by:

• Tom Bruno, Associate Director for Resource Sharing and Reserves, Yale University
• Beth Posner, Head of Library Resource Sharing, CUNY Graduate Center Library

Session Description:
Interlibrary loan offers an excellent example of successful library cooperation and collaboration. ILL librarians share information about using technology, building trust and support, and accessing information through and beyond traditional ILL. This webinar will highlight two successful examples of spreading the word about effective library information sharing, the Rethinking Resource Sharing Initiative and ALA RUSA STARS Policy Committee’s STAR Checklist and the IDS Project’s Online Learning Institute.

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Presented by:

• Audrey Powers, Associate Librarian, University of South Florida

Session Description:
Library collections tell stories that need to be told. Demonstrated through a case study, this presentation reveals ways in which you can activate your collections which in turn provides you with the opportunity to promote library initiatives, resources, and services. Additional examples and ideas about generating interest in your collections, inspiring faculty and student collaboration, and taking your collections to the next level by activating your collections will be discussed.

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Presented by:

• Emily Rimland, Sally W. Kalin Librarian for Learning Innovations, Penn State
• Victoria Raish, Ph.D. Candidate in Learning, Design, and Technology, Penn State

Session Description:
You don’t have to tell librarians that in a highly-networked society, information literacy skills are vital for college graduates. But what do employers value? How do they know undergraduates have these often-assumed skills? Presenters will discuss research findings about employers’ most-valued information literacy skills, if employers will embrace digital badges, and how we used this data to develop our badges. Participants will share their ideas about the role of badges through polling and chat.

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