April 14, 2008
Register Now for Third CALC Summit
May 23 is quickly approaching, when academic librarians plan to gather at the third CALC (Colorado Academic Library Consortium) Summit. Getting into the Game: Repositioning the Library within the Academy, examines how academic libraries are transforming and adapting traditional collections and services in order to remain relevant to the academic endeavor in higher education. Conference sessions are designed to explore the many ways librarians can reposition their library within the academy to enhance the library's instruction role and to better collaborate with campus units.
A full schedule is planned, including a preconference session on May 22 from 1:00-4:00 p.m. Sponsored by Regis University, "Are You Screencasting," will give attendees the opportunity to learn how to create and edit animated tutorials. Registration: $40 (separate registration required). Free transportation from the conference hotel to Regis University will be provided.
On Friday, May 23, two keynote sessions are on the agenda in addition to the regular breakout sessions:
- Opening keynote (8:30-9:40 a.m.) — Alice Robison, Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Comparative Media Studies program at MIT, will present "Videogames at the Library?! Using Games as Learning Tools, " a review of current research on videogames and learning as well as ways that videogames might be used to build culture and community spaces within and around libraries.
- Luncheon keynote (12:00 noon-1:50 p.m.) — Julie Todaro, ACRL President, will present on "Positioning the 21st Century Library in the Competitive Academy: Why We Can't Wait." Join her as she discusses why librarians must identify ways to position the library in today’s competitive academy and how to accomplish this.
Three breakout sessions are scheduled during the day. Topics from "No Sleeping in My Class! The Architecture of Student Learning" to "Developing an Institutional Repository: Implementing DigiTool" to "The Collaborative Library Intranet" are just a sampling of the wide variety of sessions being offered.
Time to visit exhibits and to attend poster sessions has been scheduled between 9:45-10:45 a.m.
Registration and Accommodations
- Denver Sheraton West Hotel, Lakewood, Colorado (rooms available at discounted group rate)
- Registration is only $85. Register online now for both the conference and the preconference.
