The 2017 Biennial Conference of the Association of College & Research Libraries will include presentations by University of Illinois Library faculty on topics including digital scholarship, data mining, information literacy, digital humanities and more.

ACRL begins with preconference activities Wednesday, March 22 and runs through Saturday, March 25. This year’s conference is in Baltimore, Maryland. If you will be there, consider dropping by to see one of the following presentations!

Wednesday, March 22

• Lisa Hinchliffe. (Library Faculty, Coordinator for Information Literacy) [link to event] “Assessing and Communicating Library Contributions to Student Learning and Success through Action Research”. Preconference with Karen Brown, Melanie Sellar, and Brandy Whitlock. Wednesday, March 22, 8:30AM-2:30PM.

Thursday, March 23

• Janet Swatscheno, (Visiting Digital Publishing Specialist) [link to PDF] “Understanding the Needs of Scholars in a Contemporary Publishing Environment”. Contributed Paper with Maria Bonn, Aaron McCollough, and Megan Senseney. Thursday, March 23, 8:00AM-8:20AM.
• Lisa Hinchliffe. (Library Faculty, Coordinator for Information Literacy) [link to event] “From M.L.S. to Ph.D.: Librarians Pursuing Doctorates”. Panel Session with Shaundra Walker, Danielle Apfelbaum, Marisol Ramos, and Aisha Johnson-Jones. Thursday, March 23, 9:40AM-10:40AM.
• Steve Witt. (Library Faculty, International and Area Studies Head) [link to event] “Looking Deeper at Internationalization and the Academic Library: Present and Future Considerations”. Roundtable Discussion with Laurie Kutner and Liz Cooper. Thursday, March 23, 9:40AM-10:40AM.
• Merinda Kaye Hensley. (Library Faculty, Digital Scholarship Liaison and Instruction Librarian ) [link to event] “The Global Shape of Information Literacy: Perspectives from Around the World”. Panel Session. Thursday, March 23, 1:30PM-3:00PM.
• Harriett Green. (Library Faculty, English and Digital Humanities Librarian) [link to PDF] “Humanities Collaborations and Research Practices: Investigating New Modes of Collaborative Humanities Scholarship”. Contributed Paper with Angela Courtney and Maria Bonn. Thursday, March 23, 3:20PM-3:40PM.
• Daniel Tracy. (Library Faculty, Librarian for Library and Information Science and Research Services) [link to PDF] “Teaching Digital Humanities Tools at a Distance: A Librarian-Instructor Partnership Integrating Scalar into a Graduate Distance Course”. Contributed Paper with Elizabeth Massa Hoiem. Thursday, March 23, 3:40PM-4:00PM.
• Merinda Kaye Hensley. (Library Faculty, Digital Scholarship Liaison and Instruction Librarian) [link to event] “Global Perspectives on Information Literacy: A Dialogue for International Understanding”. Thursday, March 23, 4:00PM-5:00PM.

Friday, March 24

• Merinda Kaye Hensley. (Library Faculty, Digital Scholarship Liaison and Instruction Librarian) [link to event] “Beyond Buttonology: Information Literacy and the Digital Humanities”. Roundtable Discussion with John Russell. Friday, March 24, 3:00PM-4:00PM.
• Harriett Green. (Library Faculty, English and Digital Humanities Librarian) [link to event] “Re-Skilling for a Digital Future: Developing Training and Instruction in Digital Scholarship for Academic Librarians”. Panel Session with Angela Courtney and Honora Eskridge. Friday, March 24, 4:15PM-5:15PM.
• Lisa Hinchliffe. (Library Faculty, Coordinator for Information Literacy) [link to event] “The Action Research Roadshow Overview: Assessing and Communicating Library Contributions to Student Learning and Success”. Workshop Showcase with Brandy Whitlock, Eric Resnis, and Sara Lowe. Friday, March 24, 4:15PM-5:15PM.
• Lisa Hinchliffe. (Library Faculty, Coordinator for Information Literacy) [link to event] “A Standards Roadshow Overview for “Planning, Assessing, and Communicating Library Impact: Putting the Standards for Libraries in Higher Education into Action””. Workshop Showcase with Rhonda Huisman, and Lisa Stillwell. Friday, March 24, 4:15PM-5:15PM.
• Jim Hahn. (Library Faculty, Orientation Services and Environment Librarian, Mobile Applications and Prototyping Services) [link to event] “Educational Data Mining and App Analytics Within Mobile Platforms: Methods and Results of a Quantitative Analysis”. TechConnect Presentation. Friday, March 24, 4:55PM-5:15PM.

Find a full schedule of ACRL 2017 presentations on the conference website.