VLA-College and Research Libraries Chapter (VLACRL)

VLACRL Officers 2021

Chair: Stephanie Hardy, Southern Virginia University, [email protected]
Co-chair: Christine Woods, Saint Leo University, [email protected]
Past Chair: Candice Benjes-Small, William & Mary, [email protected]
Secretary/Treasurer: Robert Pillow, Virginia Tech, [email protected]

Chapter Information

Purpose: To provide a forum for the exchange of information and ideas to promote service to the academic community.
Objectives:

To provide continuing education annually for interested library personnel.
To serve as the Virginia chapter of the Association of College and Research Libraries.

See a list of the previous programs that the VLACRL has planned in the past by visiting our Continuing Education Archive. Are you interested in suggesting a program for us to plan? E-mail any member of the Executive Board.

VLA (ACRL) Conference-Within-A-Conference Don't Miss It

October 19-21, Norfolk, VA

Wednesday evening poster sessions

Thursday

What’s Love Got to Do with It? The role of desire in the research process- Elizabeth Kocevar-Weidinger, Candice Benjes-Small, and Kate Lynch

Building cohesion and consistency through design principles- Elyse Girard, Amber Reichert, and Christopher Welte
Reexamining and Redressing Descriptions in Archival Records: Hone's Diary as a Case Study- Meghan Bryant and Tyler Goldberger

VIVA Annual Meeting-Lisa Broughman and Loftan Hooker

VLACRL Business Meeting

VLACRL Dine Around

Friday
“It’s Dangerous To Go Alone”: Student-Made Video Games in First-Year Writing Classes- Oscar Keyes and Amber Pearson

The (not so) “Great Resignation”: Navigating high turnover in technical services during a pandemic-induced hiring freeze - Jonathan Shank, Anna Creech, and Leigh Ann Martin

“You Have a Problem, I Have a Solution": Liaison Librarians Learning Together- John Glover, Julie Arendt, and Bettina Peacemaker

Academic Revival: Librarian advisors for students on probation- Jennifer Beach and Rebecca Sturgill

Descriptions of programs and the full VLA schedule can be found at: https://www.vla.org/assets/2022%20Program.pdf

We hope you can join us! Registration is available until September 28: http://ow.ly/yeoH50K2vJO