Bryant & Stratton College News

Joseph Dudley’s article, “How We Took Our Library All Digital,” appeared in the January/February 2024 issue of Computers in Libraries​.  The online version of the article is available here.

–Joseph Dudley, Bryant & Stratton College

Kent State University News

University Libraries (UL) at Kent State University is excited to welcome Paul C. Campbell as Social Science and Assessment Librarian and Assistant Professor.  Paul joins KSU UL’s Tenure Track Faculty after eight years of service to Ohio University and with twelve total years of librarianship.

–Anita J. Slack, Communications Editor, Kent State University

Michigan Academic Library Association (MiALA) News

Registration is now open for “Libraries: Where Ideas Take Flight,” the 2024 MiALA Annual Conference at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan on May 15-17, 2024. For more information and to register see the conference website.

–Kate Langan, Western Michigan University

The Ohio State University News

The Meaningful Inquiry team from Ohio State recently published a peer-reviewed paper, “Instructors’ Perceptions of an Information Literacy-Centered Professional Development Workshop.” In the paper, authors Amanda Folk, Hanna Primeau, and Jane Hammons (from The Ohio State University Libraries) and Katie Blocksidge (from The Ohio State Newark Library), explore data collected through pre- and post-workshop surveys to identify participants’ motivation(s) for participating in the Meaningful Inquiry workshop, as well as the participants’ key takeaways and intentions to change their teaching practice. The paper was published in the recently released proceedings of the 8th European Conference on Information Literacy held in Krakow, Poland in October 2023. The paper can be read here: Instructors’ Perceptions.

–Jane Hammons, ACRL Liaison, The Ohio State University

University of Dayton names new University Libraries Dean

Matthew Shaw, dean of University Libraries at Ball State since 2016, will serve in the same position at the University of Dayton starting July 1. Read the announcement.

–Katy Kelly, University of Dayton