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The ACRL 14th National Conference offers more than 250 peer-reviewed programs in several session formats referred to by session codes below including; keynotes (KN), invited papers (IP), contributed papers (CP), panel sessions (PN), poster sessions (PO), preconferences (PC), roundtable discussions (RT), and workshops (W).

Contributed papers are paired with two 30-minute papers presented in the same room in a one hour time slot. Contributed paper pairs are referred to by session code below with their assigned half hour time slot appearing next to the session code.

Use the search fields below to explore all the conference sessions. You can search by session title, by a specific speaker, session format, theme or date (or a combination there of). Click on the program name for complete details about the session including description, learning outcomes, and speaker information. Poster sessions and roundtable discussions will be added to this site in January.

This is a tentative program schedule and adjustments may be made. Please check the official program onsite for final details.

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 Wednesday, March 11
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM 
PC    (ARL/ACRL) Scholarly Communication Outreach: Crafting Messages that Grab Faculty Attention Wergin 
Wilson 
 
 Thursday, March 12
8:30 AM - 12:30 PM 
PC    (ARL/ACRL) Scholarly Communication Outreach: Crafting Messages that Grab Faculty Attention Wergin 
Wilson 
8:30 AM - 3:30 PM 
PC    Managing Change, Diversity, and a Multi-Generational Workforce: Developing Effective Problem Solving and Leadership Skills Kem 
Brodeur 
PC    Intention to Action: Influencing Others When You Don't Have (or Can't Use) Authority Hawks 
PC    Decision Making: Is YOUR Expert Opinion Enough? Davidson 
Koufogiannakis 
Oakleaf 
Eldredge 
Ryan 
PC    Thinking Critically about Copyright: Who needs it (and Why?) Buttler, J.D. 
Ferullo, J.D. 
Crews 
Pilch 
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM 
PC    Effective and Exciting Information Literacy Outreach Efforts for International & ESL Students Hickok 
PC    The Assessment Baristas: Can We Start a Rubric for You? Phelps 
Frederiksen 
9:00 AM - 2:00 PM 
T    Discover Seattle's Highlights Tour  
9:30 AM - 3:00 PM 
T    Waterfalls, Chocolate and Wine Tour  
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM 
T    Seattle Glassblowing Tour  
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM 
FT    First-time Orientation  
4:00 PM - 5:45 PM 
KN    Opening Keynote, Naomi Klein Klein 
5:45 PM - 7:30 PM 
RC    Opening Exhibits Reception TestLast 
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM 
GN    ACRL Gaming Night  
 
 Friday, March 13
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM 
CP 1a 8:00 - 8:30    Metadata Plus: How Libraries Assure Discovery of Locally Created Content Feltner-Reichert 
Garrett 
Phillips 
CP 1b 8:30 - 9:00    Patrons cataloging? The Role and Quality of Patron Tagging in Item Description Lund 
Washburn 
CP 2a 8:00 - 8:30    We're not playing around: Gaming literate librarians = information literate students Schiller 
Anderson 
Svensson 
CP 2b 8:30 - 9:00    Percolating the Power of Play Cohen 
Nishikawa 
Miner 
PN    Beyond the Basics--Casting a Net to Provide Customized Research Services for Faculty and Students Ariew 
Colvin 
Gorin 
McCoy 
Torrence 
PN    Creating a Learning Continuum: P-20 Information Literacy Collaboration Rimland 
Schroeder 
Harvey 
PN    Studying Your Students: Adapting Research from the University of Rochester Study Inkster 
Quinlan 
Gorman 
Clark 
PN    Plant the Seeds, Reap the Harvest: Discovering Digital Collections at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Giesecke 
Allison 
Majors 
PN    Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? The 2009 ACRL Trends for Academic Libraries Walter 
Lowry 
Paprocki 
Griffiths 
Gilchrist 
8:00 AM - 11:00 AM 
W    Primary Sources: Out of Special Collections and Into the Curriculum MacLeod 
Palmer 
Imamoto 
Sellar 
W    Great Idea to Digital Project in Less than a Day! Revels 
9:00 AM - 9:20 AM 
CZS    Integrating Search and Guides Sinn 
Uzelac 
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM 
PO    Poster Sessions - Block One  
WEB    Can't Get There From Here: Achieving Organization 2.0 Farkas 
9:30 AM - 9:50 AM 
CSZ    Mobile Devices Hill 
10:00 AM - 10:20 AM 
CZS    VTT Technology Bryan 
10:30 AM - 10:50 AM 
CZS    Popculture Multi-Media and Library Instruction Peterson 
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM 
CP 3a 10:30 - 11:00    Playing on "Practice Fields": Creating a Research and Development Culture in Academic Libraries Gibson 
CP 3b 11:00 - 11:30    Contributed Paper TBD  
CP 4a 10:30 - 11:00    Beyond Literacy: Are Reading and Writing Doomed? Ridley 
CP 4b 11:00 - 11:30    Campus Disconnect: Academic Libraries and the Information Needs, Skills, and Behaviors of Non-teaching University Staff Bradley 
IP    Confronting the Business Lens for Accountability of General Education Bresciani 
PN    Extending the Conversation: The Liberal Arts Scholarly Repository Knight 
Demas 
Paulus, Jr. 
PN    Data Literacy for Reference Librarians; or, How to Win at Statistical Jeopardy Cramer 
Leovic Towery 
PN    Reinventing Research Guides: LibGuides at Two Academic Libraries Harris 
Seale 
Liss 
Frigo 
PN    Fair Trade: Peer to Peer Teaching Exchange Clark 
Johnston 
Pow 
Mandeville 
11:00 AM - 11:20 AM 
CZS    Jing Ly 
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM 
CP 3b 11:00 - 11:30    Are Emerging Digitization Technologies Approachable to All? The Learning Experiences of Future Librarians in Creating Online Collections Lafleur 
Vassilieva 
11:30 AM - 11:50 AM 
CZS    Simile Exhibit Project Murata 
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM 
WEB    The Web is My Library: Undergraduate Students and Their Research Behaviors Slater 
Hinchliffe 
Vess 
Fulton 
Leon 
1:00 PM - 1:20 PM 
CZS    APIs Bailey 
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM 
CP 5a 1:00 - 1:30    Who am I this time? A shared library serving multiple clientels Schmidt 
Fanning 
CP 5b 1:30 - 2:00    Partnership 2.0: Designing Reference Services for Patrons in Developing Countries Porciello 
CP 6a 1:00 - 1:30    Conflict and Consensus - Clusters of Opinions on E-books Shrimplin 
Revelle 
CP 6b 1:30 - 2:00    Reaching Public Service Excellence: Developing a Mystery Shopping Program to Measure Service Quality, Performance, and the Patron Experience at Library Service Desks Kocevar-Weidinger 
Benjes-Small 
CP 7a 1:00 - 1:30    Twitter for Libraries: Best Practices and Advanced Uses of Micro-Blogs. Murphy 
CP 7b 1:30 - 2:00    KBART: Improving Access to Electronic Resources; plus, Finding the Hidden Side of Seattle McCracken 
PN    Reeling in the Faculty: Baiting the Information Literacy Hook Hanna 
Boruff-Jones 
Hollingsworth 
Orme 
Wittberg 
PN    Fishing for Information: Using Focus Group Research to Discover Student Perceptions of Library Services and Resources Byrum 
Weare 
PN    Advancing Your Claim to Campus Leadership: Reaching the Summit One Toehold at a Time Kidwell 
Eula 
Van Kirk 
PN    From Novice to Expert: Collaboration for Succession Planning Perez 
Anthony 
Hall-Ellis 
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM 
W    Empowering Librarians Through User-Centered Design Rogers 
W    Reinventing the Academic Library Facility Cohen 
W    The Art of Strategic Persuasion: Essential Skills for Leaders Miller 
Calcagni 
1:30 PM - 1:50 PM 
CZS    Animated Subject Maps Donahue 
2:00 PM - 2:20 PM 
CZS    Blackboard and Adobe Captivate Gascho Rempel 
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM 
PO    Poster Sessions - Block Two  
2:30 PM - 2:50 PM 
CZS    Pidgin Grallo 
3:00 PM - 3:20 PM 
CZS    Learning Information Literacy Online (LILO) Hanson 
3:15 PM - 4:15 PM 
CP 10a 3:15 - 3:45    Tellin' Our Story---Or Not: Assessment Results on Academic Library Web Sites Scharf 
CP 10b 3:45 - 4:15    Designing Comprehensive Assessment Plans: The Big Picture Leads to the Little Picture Applegate 
CP 8a 3:15 - 3:45    Face It! Reference Work and Politeness Theory Go Hand in Hand Aldrich 
Leibiger 
CP 8b 3:45 - 4:15    UGTBK L911 ** You've got to be kidding. Librarian in the room. Lenn 
CP 9a 3:15 - 3:45    Workplace Information Literacy: Cultivation Strategies for Working Smarter in 21st Century Libraries Mirijamdotter 
Somerville 
Howard 
CP 9b 3:45 - 4:15    Digital Libraries Need Digital Organizations:Identifying, Defining and Creating New Academic Library Management Structures McGinty 
IP    What Really are Student Learning Outcomes? Hernon 
PN    Resolved: The Master's Degree In Library Science Is Not Relevant to the Future of the Academic Library Neal 
Bishoff 
Hirshon 
PN    Core journal lists reviewed & reimagined Paynter 
Jackson 
Mullen 
PN    Netting an Audience: Using Professional Learning Communities to Align K-16 Information Literacy Efforts Bruch 
Frank 
PN    Solve it!: Challenging students through puzzles Szarko 
Hartman 
Willmott 
3:30 PM - 3:50 PM 
CZS    BibApp Shreees 
4:00 PM - 4:20 PM 
CZS    Podcasts Maybee 
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM 
KN    Keynote, Sherman Alexie Alexie 
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM 
DC    Dinner with Colleagues  
 
 Saturday, March 14
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM 
CP 11a 8:00 - 8:30    Publishing in Open Access Journals in the Social Sciences and Humanities: Who's Doing it and Why? Coonin 
Younce 
CP 11b 8:30 - 9:00    Recasting the Role of Comprehensive University Libraries: Starting Points for Educating Librarians on the Issues of Scholarly Communication and Institutional Repositories Beaubien 
Masselink 
Tyron 
CP 12a 8:00 - 8:30    Social Networking Literacy Competencies for Librarians: Exploring Considerations and Engaging Participation. Murphy 
Moulaison 
CP 12b 8:30 - 9:00    Beyond the Buzz: Planning Library Facebook Initiatives Grounded in User Needs Edwards 
Bietila 
Bloechl 
CP 13a 8:00 - 8:30    Reaching Beyond the Summit: Are We Creating Work Environments for People to Thrive? Staines 
CP 13b 8:30 - 9:00    Bullying or Mobbing:Is it Happening in Your Library? Motin 
PN    Rising Tide of Opportunity: Designing Effective Communication Strategies for Information Organizations Beckendorf 
Gossman 
Barth 
PN    Using the READ Scale (Reference Effort Assessment Data): Capturing Qualitative Statistics for Meaningful Reference Assessment Karr Gerlich 
Berard 
Westbrooks 
McDonough 
Revie 
PN    Thriving in an Economic Downturn: Don't Let a Good Crisis go to Waste Hiller 
Alire 
Wilson 
Leonard 
PN    Whose Line Is It: The Business of Improvisation Applied to Library Instruction Gardner 
Palsson 
Julian 
Xiao 
PN    Weaving a New Net: Hauling Multiple Services into a New Learning Commons Solberg 
Nichols 
Philpott 
Mohundro 
RT    Roundtable Discussions #1  
8:00 AM - 11:00 AM 
W    Teaching old statistics new tricks Fain 
Hughes 
W    Beyond the entertainment factor: integrating multimedia into library instruction projects and activities Sharkey 
Fraser Riehle 
W    Electronic Resources Management in Today's Library Pozzebon 
Taylor 
9:00 AM - 9:20 AM 
CZS    Sony Readers Behler 
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM 
PO    Poster Sessions - Block Three  
PO    How today's students conceptualize search Holman 
WEB    Cultivate Your Bottom Bivens-Tatum 
9:30 AM - 9:50 AM 
CZS    iMacros Quinn 
10:00 AM - 10:20 AM 
CZS    Sprout Cordova 
10:30 AM - 10:50 AM 
CZS    Library Subject Guide Widgets DeMars 
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM 
CP 14a 10:30 - 11:00    Partners in Time: Creating Organic Connections Between Library and IT Divisions at Bowdoin College Montgomery 
Fattig 
Finneran 
Sandlin 
CP 14b 11:00 - 11:30    Collaborating to Build Digital Teaching Collections: A Library/IT Partnership Burgess 
Parker 
CP 15a 10:30 -11:00    Assessment to Innovation: Creating a Model for Interdisciplinary Collaboration and Knowledge Sharing Online McCready 
Marcus 
CP 15b 11:00 - 11:30    Building Collections Cooperatively: Analysis of Collection Use in the OhioLINK Library Consortium O'Neill 
Gammon 
CP 16a 10:30 - 11:00    Understanding the Integrative Role of an Academic Library for Undergraduate Library Student Workers: A Qualitative Study at San Diego State University Weston 
CP 16b 11:00 - 11:30    Where Have All the Librarians Gone? The Academic Library Workforce of Today and Tomorrow Moran 
Marshall 
Solomon 
IP    “I would sort of appreciate a little more understanding:” Engaging Net Gen Students in Virtual Reference Silipigni Connaway 
PN    ALSTARS: Academic Librarians for Tomorrows Academic Researchers: An IMLS-Sponsored Project to help Define a Curriculum for Academic Librarians Gregory 
Ascher 
Collins 
Dold 
Kisby 
Perez 
PN    The Academic Library as Publishing Agent: showcasing student, faculty, and campus scholarship and publications Fishel 
Billings 
Gonzalez 
PN    Creating Instruction "to go": Maximizing Resources, Maximizing Impact Arnold 
Bielat 
PN    How to Green a Library Conference Sheehan 
Forrest 
Munro 
Huling 
Kerico 
Odess-Harnish 
Walker 
Zoellner 
11:00 AM - 11:20 AM 
CZS    LibStats Coleman 
Theiss-White 
Bonella 
Fritch 
11:30 AM - 11:50 AM 
CZS    Mobile Devices and Roving Reference Rimland 
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM 
WEB    The Impact of Data: Analyzing Book Use to Test Assumptions Ellis 
Ghouse 
Claassen-Wilson 
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM 
RT    Roundtable Discussions #2  
12:00 PM - 12:20 PM 
CZS    Virtual MSU Library/Second Life Hughes 
12:30 PM - 12:50 PM 
CZS    Online Information Literacy Tools Ray 
Tawatao 
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM 
PO    Poster Sessions - Block Four  
1:00 PM - 1:20 PM 
CZS    Morae Ward 
Whitenton 
1:30 PM - 1:50 PM 
CZS    Facebook for Faculty Outreach Rigby 
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM 
CP 17a 1:30 - 2:00    ClimateQUAL: Organizational Climate and Diversity Assessment Kyrillidou 
Lowry 
Hanges 
CP 17b 2:00 - 2:30    Replication of the OCLC Perceptions Study: The Experience of Two Academic Libraries Sutton 
Bazirjian 
CP 18a 1:30 - 2:00    Academic Library Support Staff Competencies: What should support staff know and be able to do? Applegate 
CP 18b 2:00 - 2:30    Improvisational Theater as a Tool for Enhancing Cooperation in Academic Libraries Stamatoplos 
PN    Reference area redesign: Do it yourself on a budget though the use of 3D modeling software Andrews 
McGinnis 
Sensiba 
Hawthorne 
Martin 
PN    Eight is Enough in Oregon: State and Local Collaborations Towards a Set of Shared Information Literacy Proficiencies Johnson 
Schroeder 
Burke 
Scott 
PN    Widening the net: a research-based collaboration to foster success among at-risk learners Calkins 
Fisher 
PN    Get it while it's hot: Developing data services in the academic library Kellam 
Fu 
Metcalf 
PN    Mapping Your Path to the Mountaintop: Planning Where You Want To Be In Your Career Bell 
Shank 
Mathews 
Pressley 
1:30 PM - 4:30 PM 
W    Managing Assessment Projects in the Real World Rutner 
DiPasquale 
W    Standing on the Edge Jennerich 
Baughman 
W    Scholarly Communication 101: Starting with the Basics VanOrsdel 
Kirchner 
Keener 
Shreeves 
2:00 PM - 2:20 PM 
CZS    Twitter Rodzvilla 
2:30 PM - 2:50 PM 
CZS    LibGuides Little 
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM 
PO    Poster Sessions - Block Five  
3:00 PM - 3:20 PM 
CZS    Facebook Jensen 
3:30 PM - 3:50 PM 
CZS    Google Docs Tedford 
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM 
CP 19a 4:00 - 4:30    The TIDES Experience: Texas and Beyond Clarke 
Galan 
CP 19b 4:30 - 5:00    Challenges for Distance Students and Distance Librarians: Taking Advantage of the Online Environment. Pohlman 
Skrien 
Sollien 
CP 20a 4:00 - 4:30    Do the Outcomes Justify the Buzz?: An Assessment of LibGuides at Cornell University and Princeton University Adams 
Horne 
CP 20b 4:30 - 5:00    If You Build It, Will They Care? Tracking Student Receptivity to Emerging Library Technologies Booth 
Guder 
CP 21a 4:00 - 4:30    From Babine to Yakima: Academic Libraries and Endangered Language Preservation Reznowski 
CP 21a 4:00 - 4:30    Contributed Paper TBD  
CP 22a 4:00 - 4:30    Putting Your Money Where your Mouth is - $$ Speak Louder Than Words Armstrong 
Starratt 
CP 22b 4:30 - 5:00    Show Me the Money! The Academic Library's Role in the Art of Grant-Getting on Campus Downing 
PN    Finding the fish in the sea: Identifying, collaborating and sustaining partnerships with student services programs Love 
Edwards 
Long 
PN    New Challenges: Multi-Media Use and the Academy Handman 
Thomas 
Ubios 
Zuretti 
PN    Three Years (and counting) of Being Flexible in a Rigid World: The Access Flex Team Rodriguez 
Housewright 
Gediman 
Kong 
8:00 PM - 10:30 PM 
RC    All Conference Reception TestLast 
 
 Sunday, March 15
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM 
IP    Invited Green Speaker, Robin Chase Chase 
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM 
IP    Invited Paper Elson S. Floyd - A University President in Challenging Economic Times: Focusing on the Students and the Mission of Higher Education Floyd 
PN    Gender, Generation, and Toxicity: The Implications for Academic Libraries of Gender and Generational Attitudes toward Competition and Workplace Behavior Freier 
Bennett 
Riley 
PN    Subject Librarian 2.0: Emerging Trends and Future Challenges for the Liaison Librarian DeSart 
Neal 
Williams 
Whatley 
PN    The Right Tool for the Job: Picking the Best Method for Information Literacy Assessment Oakleaf 
Gilchrist 
Radcliff 
PN    Improving on Excellence: Looking Beyond Information Literacy to 21st-Century Educational Paradigms and Virtual Worlds Nicholson 
Baker 
McCann 
PN    If fish markets can do it so can we: designing memorable library experiences for students and faculty Bell 
Mathews 
Dent Goodman 
PN    Buzz Off!? Tossing Traditional Collection Development Practices for Patron Initiated Purchasing: A Stinging Debate Polanka 
Crosetto 
PN    Opening Collections-the BLC /BHL and Open Content Alliance Preece 
Norton 
10:15 AM - 12:15 PM 
KN    Closing Keynote, Ira Glass Glass