ARLD Day 2010
Promoting Presence: Creative Collaboration in the Library
The day will include lunch and several breakout session options, and will wrap up with Table Talk to share what we’ve learned. Watch here for complete session details (coming soon!).
What to expect:
- Keynote Speaker: David Silver from the University of San Francisco
- Lunch with your colleagues
- Afternoon breakout sessions: Learn about innovative projects happening in the upper Midwest
Keynote speaker
David Silver, Associate Professor of Media Studies, University of San Francisco
“Getting Students’ Bodies and Ideas into Libraries”
How do we get college students into libraries? How can we have students work with librarians to design exhibits in their library? What will entice them to contribute their intellectual labor to libraries?
About David Silver
- Director of the Resource Center for Cyberculture Studies, an online, not-for-profit organization whose purpose is to research, teach, support, and create diverse and dynamic elements of cyberculture.
- Co-director of the September Project, a grassroots effort to encourage events about freedom in all libraries in all countries during the month of September.
- Teaching and research interests include digital media, contemporary cultures, and social movements.
- Teaches Digital Democracy, Digital Journalism, and Intro to Media Studies. Along with Professor Melinda Stone, David serves as faculty advisor for USFtv
Keynote speaker links to check out:
- Resource Center for Cyberculture Studies: http://rccs.usfca.edu
- The September Project: http://theseptemberproject.org
- Silver in SF: http://silverinsf.blogspot.com
Call for proposals and registration dates
The Academic & Research Libraries Division (ARLD) of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) is seeking presentations for its 2010 ARLD Day, April 23, 2010, at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum. ARLD Day is one of the best opportunities for academic library professionals to network with each other.
If you are interested in presenting at the 2010 ARLD Day, please complete this session proposal form by Wednesday, March 17, 2010. Sessions will be 50-60 minutes long—a length appropriate for 1-2 speakers. Preference will be given to ACRL and ARLD members, and we encourage anyone (including current MLIS students) to apply. Our planning committee will select presentations and notify presenters by the end of March 2010.
Fill out your session proposals here: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/629RM9Z
Directions
The Minnesota Landscape Arboretum is located nine miles west of I-494 on State Hwy 5, four miles west of Chanhassen on Hwy 5, and ¼ mile west of the intersection of State Hwy 41 on Hwy 5 (map and directions).
Event Details
- Friday, April 23, 2010
- 8:30AM–4:00PM
- Minnesota Landscape Arboretum
3675 Arboretum Dr
Chaska, MN 55318 - Twitter hashtag: #ARLD10
- $60 MLA members
$75 nonmembers
$30 students
Prices increase by $10 after April 16 - Register online and pay by card OR download a hardcopy registration form