ALA Annual 2015
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ALA Annual 2015: Print Archive Network Forum
On Friday, June 26, at the ALA Annual Conference in San Francisco, the CRL PAN (Center for Research Libraries’ Print Archive Network Forum) held their meeting, to promote cooperative, strategic preservation and management of print.
ALA 2015: RDA Governance Changes and BIBFRAME Update
There are two sessions in particular I would like to highlight from the American Library Association Annual Conference: Engaging with RDA-The Way Forward and the BIBFRAME Update Forum.
ALA Annual 2015: Sunday's Ignite Sessions
The next time I go to ALA's Annual Conference, I will make Ignite Sessions my top priority. The sessions I saw were full of laughter and thought-provoking information.
ProQuest at ALA: A Hollow Sphere
At ALA, most of the major vendors present an update session on new products and developments.
Bits and bytes at the ALA Exhibits Maker Pavillion
The Maker Pavillion in the 2015 ALA Annual Conference exhibits hall appears to have expanded not only in number of vendors but beyond displaying just 3D printers.
ALA Annual 2015: Building Libraries Together
On Saturday, June 27th, Brewster Kahle of the Internet Archive led a lively session in which he talked about what the Internet Archive has been doing and where he thinks the project is going.
ALA Annual 2015: Library Instruction That Supports Self-Directed Learning
Corinne Dedini, Online School for Girls, discussed personalized learning. This approach to instruction allows students to be self-directed through a course of materials on the research process. Students are given a personalized learner profile that is built around mastery of four pillars.
ALA Annual 2015: Intentional Teaching Online
Panelists at this session took turns discussing elements of instructional design in online or distance learning environments.
Amanda Clossen, Penn State University, “The Elephant in the Room: How Do I Make My Content Accessible?”
Archives Matter
If there was ever a question of whether library archives and special collections mattered to individuals beyond the elite scholar that was answered at ACRL’s Women and Gender Studies Section (WGSS) Discussion Forum at ALA Annual 2015.