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Change of Date: Critical Pedagogy and Library Instruction event now May 8!

Posted by lacuny on February 3, 2010

An important update!  Change of date! The LACUNY Instruction Committee’s spring event, “Critical Pedagogy and Library Instruction,” has been rescheduled for Saturday, May 8 from 1pm-4pm.

Unfortunately, Ira Shor is unable to attend this event on May 1st due to a conflict.
Therefore, we are rescheduling the event for Saturday, May 8th from 1pm-4pm when Prof Shor can present.

If you have RSVP’d for the May 1st event, we will assume that you are interested in attending on May 8th.  If you are unable to attend on May 8th please let us know by contacting:
Jonathan Cope at  jonathan.cope [at] csi.cuny.edu

Below is a message from Ira Shor about the rescheduling:

“Dear Friends–I much apologize for having to push up the date for my presentation at Brooklyn College. A ‘deschooling society’ conference in London just asked me to do a keynote there May 1 and this gathering looks like a good place to advocate bottom-up community teaching at a distance from state control. My fee for this talk is pretty small, so I’m not changing our Brooklyn date to get rich peddling radical ideas elsewhere. I appreciate your tolerance for my snafu and your patience in rescheduling.
Thanks, and looking forward to seeing you at Brooklyn College…best, Ira.”

For more information about the program, see the full announcement.

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Critical Pedagogy and Library Instruction – May 8, 2010

Posted by lacuny on February 1, 2010

Library Association of CUNY Instruction Committee Spring Event
“Critical Pedagogy and Library Instruction”

Saturday, May 1st, 2010
New Date: Saturday, May 8th, 2010
Brooklyn College Library
1:00pm-4:00pm

This event is free.

Please RSVP by April 9th via the webform at: http://tinyurl.com/ycj239j

Update:

Unfortunately, Ira Shor is unable to attend this event on May 1st due to a conflict.
Therefore, we are rescheduling the event for Saturday, May 8th from 1pm-4pm when Prof. Shor can present.

If you have RSVP’d for the May 1st event, we will assume that you are interested in attending on May 8th.  If you are unable to attend on May 8th please let us know by contacting:
Jonathan Cope at  jonathan.cope [at] csi.cuny.edu

Below is a message from Ira Shor about the rescheduling:

“Dear Friends–I much apologize for having to push up the date for my presentation at Brooklyn College. A ‘deschooling society’ conference in London just asked me to do a keynote there May 1 and this gathering looks like a good place to advocate bottom-up community teaching at a distance from state control. My fee for this talk is pretty small, so I’m not changing our Brooklyn date to get rich peddling radical ideas elsewhere. I appreciate your tolerance for my snafu and your patience in rescheduling.
Thanks, and looking forward to seeing you at Brooklyn College…best, Ira.”

We look forward to seeing you May 8th!

How can librarians develop critical instructional practices in an era of rapid technological, institutional, and social change?  Originally developed by the Brazilian educator Paulo Friere, the insights of critical pedagogy offer librarians one potential way to approach this question.  The methods of critical pedagogy have been applied in multiple settings and a substantial body of literature has developed around it. However, there has been little discussion of its applicability to library instruction and its applicability to libraries specifically.  In this afternoon workshop one of critical pedagogy’s most noted scholars, Ira Shor, will outline the salient aspects of critical pedagogy for librarians. Following Ira Shor’s presentation, librarians immersed in critical pedagogy will lead group discussions about the applicability of these methods to educational practice in library settings.  We welcome the participation of teaching faculty so that the potential for collaboration with librarians can be explored.

Ira Shor has written extensively about critical pedagogy and education. He and Paulo Freire co-authored A Pedagogy for Liberation, the first “talking” book Freire published with a collaborator. Shor teaches courses in rhetoric and composition and the CUNY Graduate Center.

Librarian Facilitators

Tom Dodson is the coordinator for Harvard University Library’s Office for Scholarly Communication and a works as a reference librarian at the Tisch Library at Tufts University.  He has also co-organized a seminar for graduate student teachers focused on the theory and practice of critical pedagogy, and he has pursued a pedagogical practice while teaching at Ohio State University.

Emily Drabinski is an instruction librarian at Long Island University, Brooklyn. She is on the editorial board of Radical Teacher and co-editor, with Maria T. Accardi and Alana Kumbier, of Critical Library Instruction: Theories and Methods (Library Juice Press, 2010).

Alana Kumbier is a Research and Instruction Librarian at the Margaret Clapp Library at Wellesley College. She is also a co-editor of Critical Library Instruction: Theories and Methods.

The Brooklyn College Library is located on the Brooklyn College campus.
2900 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11210

By Subway: #2 (7th Avenue Local) or #5 (Lexington Avenue Express) to the Flatbush Avenue/ Brooklyn College station.

Please contact the event committee co-chairs if you have any questions.

Alycia Sellie – Brooklyn College
asellie [at] brooklyn.cuny.edu

Jonathan Cope – College of Staten Island
jonathan.cope [at] csi.cuny.edu

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Registration open for LACUNY Institute 2009: “Library Leadership: The Next Generation”

Posted by Jill Cirasella on September 22, 2009

Registration now open!

LACUNY Institute 2009: “Library Leadership: The Next Generation.”

When and Where? Friday, October 23, 2009 at the CUNY Graduate Center in New York City.

Academic libraries are undergoing a significant demographic shift that is dramatically changing the make-up of the profession. At the heart of this transformation is the large proportion of veteran librarians nearing retirement age. This development has prompted an examination of the attitudes and characteristics of the new generation of librarians poised to assume leadership. In an effort to contribute to the ongoing dialogue regarding the future of academic library leadership, this conference will address the following questions:

Program highlights

Keynote: “Demographic Change in a Turbulent Era: Librarians in the 21st Century.”
Stanley Wilder, University Librarian, University of North Carolina, Charlotte.
Wilder is a prominent authority and commentator on the demographic shift in the academic library workforce.

Panels: with academic librarians from the NYC region and beyond representing different generations and perspectives.
Moderator: Marie L. Radford, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Rutgers University School of Information and Communication.

“The Graying of the Profession”: Intergenerational Collaboration & Succession Planning
Panelists:
Shelly Warwick, Director, Touro-Harlem Medical Library
Jenna Freedman, Coordinator of Reference Services/Zine Librarian, Barnard College
Erik Estep, Co-editor, Gen-X Perspectives on Librarianship (forthcoming, Library Juice Press) & Assistant Professor and North Carolina Collection Librarian

“Issues in Next Generation Librarianship”
Panelists:
Jason Kucsma, Emerging Technologies Manager, Metropolitan New York Library Council
Emily Drabinksi, Electronic Resources and Instruction Librarian, Long Island University
Erin Dorney, Outreach Librarian, Millersville University, Pennsylvania

Poster sessions

Register online:
http://library.citytech.cuny.edu/LACUNYInst2009/registration.html

$35 for LACUNY members
$40 non-LACUNY registrants

Lunch and morning refreshments included.

Further info: http://library.hunter.cuny.edu/lacunyinst2009.html

Joseph Deodato
Co-Chair, LACUNY Institute 2009
College of Staten Island, CUNY
718.982.4008
deodato [at] mail.csi.cuny.edu

Brian Lym
Co-Chair, LACUNY Institute 2009
Hunter College, CUNY
212.772.4191
blym [at] hunter.cuny.edu

Please distribute widely!

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An Online Conference about Stakeholder Engagement

Posted by Steve in the Library on June 24, 2009

Posted on behalf of Tess Tobin

An Online Conference about Stakeholder Engagement – in Second Life

Using Virtual Reality for Stakeholder Engagement
Thursday, July 16, 2009
11am-5pm Eastern

Presented by PublicDecisions
Co-sponsored by:

  • Learning Times
  • NY University Law School/Institute for Information Law and Policy
  • Public Agenda
  • Involve
  • National Issues Forums Institute

Don’t Just Tell Them, Show Them
Why just talk with stakeholders about environmental management (or any other subject)? Let them experience it.

Conducted entirely in the virtual world Second Life, this one-day conference will provide you with the opportunity to experience and learn about the possibilities of hosting stakeholder learning events using virtual reality.

You’ll participate in presentations, discussions . . . even “field trips” that demonstrate how virtual reality is being used for stakeholder learning today.

Did You Know?  The highest percentage of Second Life users are ages 25-34 (35%), followed by those ages 18-25 (26%) and ages 35-44 (23%).

What You’ll Learn:
- The benefits and drawbacks of working with stakeholders in Second Life, including when it’s appropriate, efficient and effective—and when it’s not
- How Second Life differs from other technologies used for stakeholder engagement
- How Second Life can be used for a range of subject areas, including—but not limited to—environmental management
- Tips for using Second Life effectively, including how to access existing “islands” or spaces within Second Life’s virtual world and how to create your own space

No Experience Needed
You don’t need prior experience with Second Life to attend, but you will need to create a Second Life account (it’s free) in order to participate.

An orientation for registrants new to Second Life (and those who want a refresher) will be provided prior to the conference.

WHERE
Online, in Second Life

FEE
Seats are Limited to the First 75 Registrants
$75 USD for Circle Club members, $85 USD for nonmembers

Registration includes the PublicDecisions post-event report, “Using Virtual Reality for Stakeholder Engagement”

Not a Circle Club member? Join now. Membership is free and you can unsubscribe at any time.

QUESTIONS? Contact Paul Coelus (paul@publicdecisions.com)

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LACUNY Spring Membership Meeting & Oral History Program

Posted by Beth Evans on April 28, 2009

LACUNY Members, Please join us on Friday, June 19, 2009 (2:00-4:00 PM) at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, 899 Tenth Avenue, between 58th & 59th Streets in Room 630 for our annual spring membership meeting. Following a short business meeting, we will be hosting a panel on “Libraries, Librarians and Oral History.” Panelists include LACUNY librarians Austin Duffy (John Jay) and Dorothea Coiffe (BMCC), as well as Kristy Raffensberger from the New York Public Library and Dr.Benjamin Alexander from Queens College, CUNY, Graduate School of Library and Information Studies. Austin and Dorothea have spent the past year working on oral histories of senior and retired CUNY librarians. Kristy has interviewed librarians for the ALA “Capturing Our Stories” project. Benjamin teaches archives and manuscripts at Queens College and has written extensively on oral history.

Please R.S.V.P. to Daisy Dominguez, ddominguez at ccny dot cuny dot edu

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ACRL revamps scholarly communication website

Posted by Monica Berger on April 14, 2009

Heather Morrison of OA Librarian reports that ACRL has redone its scholarly communications website.

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Tim Berners-Lee on Linked Data

Posted by Stephen Francoeur on March 27, 2009

Tim Berners-Lee recently gave a talk at TED that offers a great, easy-to-understand explanation of why we should be looking for ways to put raw data on the web to created a world of linked data.

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Professional Development Grants for 2009 announced

Posted by Anne Leonard on March 25, 2009

Recipients of the 2009 LACUNY Professional Development Grants have been announced. This year, two $500 awards were made to support conference travel for 2 LACUNY members to attend a library-related meeting or conference.

Karen Okamoto, Reference/Instruction Librarian at John Jay College, has been awarded the grant to attend and present at the Workshop for Instruction on Library use, to be held in Montreal in May.

Jay Bernstein, Reader Services Librarian at Kingsborough Community College, has been awarded the grant to attend and present at the North American Symposium for Knowledge Organization, to be held in Syracuse in June.

Since 2005, the LACUNY Professional Development Committee has admininstered this grant to fund travel to library-related meetings or conferences.  Summaries of past grantees’ conference experiences can be read here.

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Future of Libraries event

Posted by Stephen Francoeur on March 11, 2009

The innovative Darien Library (host to Library Camp East 2006) is sponsoring a free one-day event called In the Foothills: A Not-Quite-Summit on the Future of Libraries, which the organizers are billing this way:

At many Library conferences these days, we focus on technology so intensely that often we forget to consider the larger work for which technology is just a tool. And perhaps not the most important tool.

Yet, information technology has proliferated and become “humanized” over the last dozen years to the extent that we are now in the midst of revolutionary change. Some even see that change as a threat to the existence of libraries.

As information professionals, we occupy a significant amount of space at the epicenter of that change–but how are we really doing? Are we helping to direct that change or merely responding to it? Are we leveraging change, or simply managing it? As the world of information production and consumption undergoes a complete transformation, how is our place in society affected and what are our responsibilities? How do we justify our existence?

John Berry from Library Journal and Kathryn Greenhill from Murdoch University (in Australia!) will be the guest speakers.

If you’re interested in attending (and checking out the library’s beautiful new building), more details can be found on the futurelibs09 wiki that has been set up for the event (there is also a registration page where you can sign yourself up).

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User Experience Program – Registration Now Open

Posted by Beth Evans on March 9, 2009

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