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    ASERL BIPOC Leadership Development Mini-Conference at Georgia Tech
    ASERL Occupancy Meter/Counter Demo Day: SenSource / Clemson University
    Wait? We’re Drawing? Engaging Visual Strategies for First Year Library Orientation
    ASERL Occupancy Meter/Counter Demo Day: Density / Johns Hopkins University
    May 2023
    ASERL Occupancy Meter/Counter Demo Day: OccuSpace / Wake Forest University
    The Road Less Taken: Communication and Collaboration vs. Perspectives and Assumptions
    February 2023
    ASERL Community Convo: Read & Publish and Transformative Agreements at Your Institution — What’s working and what’s not?
    Intersection between Cognitive Disabilities and the User Experience
    Racial & Gender Bias in Search Engines
    An Endless Game of Catch-Up: Exploring the Impact of ChatGPT on Research and Learning in Higher Education
    Redesigning a Library Website
    At First You Don’t Succeed: Lessons from two semesters in the credit-bearing classroom
    Open Access Monograph Support at ASERL Institutions
    Attracting and Engaging a Diverse Student Workforce at George Mason University (GMU)
    Why Do I Stay in Librarianship? — The DEI Perspective II
    Library Preparedness: Formalizing and Supporting the Diversity Residency Experience Using a Resident Centered Framework (RCF)
    Augmented and Virtual Reality Dioramas and Arboretums for XR Exhibitions, Engagement and Learning Design
    LAA Webinar: Automated Accessibility Testing: Advantages and Pitfalls
    ASERL 2023 Annual Meeting / Spring Membership Meeting
    ASERL BIPOC Professional Development Retreat (University of Miami)
    LAA Webinar: Establishing Design Principles to Center Accessibility into Everyday Decisions
    Overview of Gale’s Offer to ASERL Libraries — Spring 2023
    Doing the Work: Practical Equity-Centered Change Projects by Real Cultural Change Agents
    Worldcrunch, Why Local Is Global: International News For Your Community!
    “Privacy and Learning Analytics: A Data Ethics Workshop for Library Professionals” / ASERL-2
    “Privacy and Learning Analytics: A Data Ethics Workshop for Library Professionals” / ASERL-1
    Uprooted, Nomadic, & Displaced
    ASERL Copyright Office Hour — May 2023
    ASERL Copyright Office Hour — April 2023
    ASERL Copyright Office Hour — March 2023
    ASERL Copyright Office Hour — February 2023
    ASERL Copyright Office Hour — January 2023
    Changing the Lens: A Fresh Look at Ending Workplace Racism and Hostility in the Workplace
    Preserving the Future by (Re)living the Past: Black Librarians and Social Change
    Why Do I Stay? The DEI Perspective
    Collaborative Community Voices: The Blue, Gold and Black Digital Archive
    Hopeful Endemic: Moving Forward with Team Building
    Library Accessibility Alliance Webinar: Incorporating Accessibility into Library OER Programs & Initiatives
    Textually Speaking: Narratives of 20th Century Racial Struggle, Resistance, and Resilience Through Primary Sources
    The Reluctant Leader: Conquering stereotypes, imposter syndrome and rising to new heights
    ASERL Collection Strategy Panel Session: After-Effects of Big-Deal Cancellations
    Library Accessibility Alliance webinar: Disability Access & Climate in Libraries
    ASERL Collection Strategy Interest Group Town Hall Meeting
    ASERL Community Call: National Perspectives on the State of Transformative OA Agreements
    METRO’s Equity Mentorship Program from a DEI Lens (Lunch and Learn)
    ASERL Fall 2022 Membership Meeting
    Library Accessibility Alliance webinar: Accessibility Committees: Cultivating Cultures of Accessibility
    Future of Librarianship: A Critical Look at Succession Planning for a More Inclusive Workplace
    The Effectiveness and Durability of Digital Preservation and Curation Systems
    Scholars Trust Town Hall e-Meeting
    August 2022
    Looking at Virginia Shared Collections through a DEI Lens: Increasing Equity and Representation
    Building the Innovation Lab: A Technology Playground
    Increasing Faculty Engagement With Makerspace Technologies
    Leading Together: Academic Library Consortia and Advocacy
    Racial Equity in Libraries: Hiring, Retention, and Promotion of BIPOC Employees
    Transforming Scholarly Research with Blockchain Technologies and AI: A New Era of Possibilities
    Cultivating Civility and Resilience in Libraries: Challenges and Solutions
    Through the Records: The Work of the Center for the Study of Slavery in Charleston (CSSC) at the College of Charleston
    Member Only Webinar test
    Working Together for Accessisble Texts: FRAME, Libraries and Disability Services
    Collaborative Federal Depository Program Town Hall e-Meeting
    Peeling Back the Layers of an Independent Publishing House: DEIA, OA, & Flexible Collaborations
    Timely Talks with Library Leaders IV
    SACSCOC in Libraries: An Emergent Discussion on the Reaffirmation Process
    The Great Resignation and Burnout Series
    Timely Talks with Library Leaders III
    Machine Learning and Collection Assessment: Questions, Concepts, and Examples
    Celebrating Asian Americans in Academic Libraries, An Asia Pacific Islander Desi Awareness Month Special Presentation
    April 2022
    Seeing the Far Side: How ‘Policy Commons’ finds, preserves, and rescues grey literature
    Using Primary Source Collections to support Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Publishing, Teaching and Learning
    MLIS Curriculum Moving Forward: Future Outlook and Trends
    “Toward a More Perfect Union” webcast from National Archives
    Lessons Learned from Library Residents and Fellows
    Navigating Difficult Conversations About Race
    Timely Talks with Library Leaders II
    The Intersection of Minimalism and Librarianship: The Future of Collections Management
    Successful Special Collections Fundraising During the Pandemic
    Libraries as TV/Video Stars
    Timely Talks with Library Leaders
    A Conversation with DEI Librarians: What We Learned
    Myths and Truths about Regional Public Universities
    DEI Success Stories and Exceeding Expectations: Skilltype
    A Special Afternoon With Jennifer Ferretti
    An Afternoon with Director Claytee White: Oral History Research Center at UNLV Libraries
    December 2021
    Enhancing the User Experience and Resource Access using Lean Library
    Available for all ASERL members! ARL Position Description Bank
    Using immersion, interaction, and virtual reality (VR) to support teaching, learning, and research in mental health
    Blindsided at Work: One Strike and You’re Out!
    Collection Development for Research Support: Auburn University Libraries
    Trans* Collections Project: Assessing and Building Diverse Collections
    How to Talk So Your Boss Will Listen: The Fine Art of Conversing with Your Supervisor
    One is the Loneliest Number: DEI Perspective
    Engaging Student Employees with DEIA: Team-Driven Conscious Editing for Special Collections Metadata and Archival Description
    Charting New Courses in Community Driven Archives: Taking a closer look at UNC Libraries New Outreach Toolkit
    When they see us: The Black Male Archives
    Sprouting Talent: Growing Library Leadership at Every Level
    Tik Tok on the Clock: Teaching Digital Library Skills on Tik Tok
    A Special Afternoon With Dr. Carla Hayden, Librarian of Congress
    What’s the Big Deal? How Researchers Are Navigating Changes to Journal Access
    Summer 2021
    Back to the Future: Managing change in a post-covid library
    Scholars Trust Town Hall e-Meeting
    Elevating Paraprofessional Voices For A More Inclusive Library
    Uncomfortable Conversations With Librarians –DEI Perspective
    Taking it to the Students: Library Instruction Using Learning Management Systems
    Speak What Must Be Spoken: Building Community Around Special Collections in K-12 Learning Environments
    Ideas for Special Collections K-12 Outreach
    Developing K-12 Primary Source Workshops for Underserved School Systems
    Why I Left the Library Profession III: DEI Perspective
    Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is: Library Staff Grant Program to Advance Equity and Inclusion
    Black to the Future: Using Digital Humanities to Engage Diverse Audiences
    National Movements for Racial Justice and Academic Library Leadership: Results from the Ithaka S+R US Library Survey 2020
    Anti-racist/Anti-bias Recruitment and Hiring Practices
    ASERL SCIG Community Call: OA Outreach in 2021
    Afrofuturism (ART & ALGORHYTHMS)
    An Afternoon with Lessa Kanani’opua Pelayo-Lozada (ALA President Elect)
    Collaborating to Optimize Online Instruction for ASERL Libraries
    Donor and Grant Funding Partnerships for K-12 Outreach
    Universities Studying Slavery: Multi-Institutional Collaboration
    Libraries Engaging and Impacting BIPOC Student Academic Success: Peer Information Counseling Program
    An Afternoon With Dean Athena Jackson
    Meet Anthony Smith – IMLS Associate Library Deputy Director
    The Public Interest Data Literacy (“PIDLit”) Initiative: Sharing and Gathering Feedback
    On These Grounds – Developing an Event Ontology and Resources for Describing Enslaved Lives
    April 2021
    Making the most of your new cache of Adam Matthew content
    Overview of Open Access Models, Lessons Learned at Iowa State University
    Metadata through a DEI Lens: Creating More Inclusive Cataloging in the MARC Environment
    Collaborating for Impact: Creating a Racial Justice Blog Series to Connect the Past to the Present
    The Pandemic’s Impact on Serving Special Collections Researchers
    Realize Your Assessment Dreams: Practical Strategies for Making Collection Analysis a Reality
    An Afternoon With Tracie Hall: The “Real Talk” Edition
    Playing Games That Gets Results: The European “Navigate” Information Literacy Project
    Exploring Black Digital History
    ASERL Preview: Reprint Desk’s Article Galaxy Scholar
    Directory of Open Access Journal (DOAJ): An Overview for ASERL Libraries
    Get Funded! Join Us To Get Expert Advice for Your Grant Idea(s)
    Learning in Virtual & Augmented Reality: Intro to Technology, Design, and Collaboration for High-Impact Educational Experiences
    ADE: How They Are Engaging New Audiences and Diversifying the Field of Editing
    Rethinking Collection Development in Research Libraries: The Impact of a Successful Demand Driven Acquisitions Program
    An Afternoon With Afro Latino Travels Host Kim Haas (PBS Host and Producer)
    Why I Left the Library Profession II? DEI Perspective
    (Not) Another Anti-Racist Reading Group: From Discussion to Action
    January 2021
    Simple Ideas to Spice Up Your Virtual Presentations and Workshops
    (In)visible Forces: A Critical Management Studies Perspective on Managing Staff during a Crisis
    ‘First, Do No Harm’ Tread Carefully Where Oral History, Trauma, and Current Crises Intersect
    Classes Are Online and So Are We! Adapting Experiential Learning to a Virtual Environment
    An Introduction to Ubiquity’s new institutional repository platform, and existing OA publishing support
    Special Collections and Archives: Exploring Recently Funded IMLS Projects
    Partnering with Black students to learn about their library and campus experiences
    Why Did I Leave the Profession? A DEI Perspective
    How to Create Fundable Grant Proposals: ASERL Grantwriting Series
    Library Accessibility Alliance webinar #4: Overview of E-Resource Assessment Process
    The Joy of Cookbooks: Using Culinary Collections in Academic Libraries
    A Practical Guide to COUNTER Release 5
    Library Accessibility Alliance webinar #3: Website Accessibility 101
    Let’s Talk: Engaging in the Management of Conflict
    A Gale-ASERL Conversation — Leveraging your content in Teaching and Research: Sexuality and Gender / Women’s Studies
    Online learning with primary source collections from Adam Matthew Digital
    The Happy Place: Creating Positive Library Spaces Using Emotional Intelligence
    Library Accessibility Alliance webinar #2: Disability Awareness — Use of physical spaces by persons with disabilities
    All You Need is Paper and Passion: How Zines Can Help You Document Social Justice Movements
    Using Shared Values to Evaluate Publishers as Partners with Libraries, Institutions, and Researchers
    Ethical Reasoning in the Library: Embracing Empathy, Finding Fairness, and Cultivating Character
    Library Community Call: OER Advocacy in a time of remote teaching
    October 2020
    Library Accessibility Alliance webinar #1: An Introduction to Disability
    Rights and Responsibilities: Archivists and Human Rights
    All the Responsibility and None of the Authority: Managing When You Are Not the Supervisor
    ASERL – Society Publishers Coalition Focus Group
    Once the Disaster Strikes: Dealing with the Aftermath
    Digital Humanities Toolkit for Remote Teaching
    Scholars Trust Town Hall e-Meeting: 2020 Survey Review
    Why Do Most Diversity Trainings Fail Q&A
    Documenting Ferguson Project: Perspectives after Seven Years
    Updating LibGuides From An Anti-Racist Framework
    DEI Committees: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly
    Planning for Your Next Disaster: What Do You Need to Know
    Starting Back: Using LibCal Seats to Manage Users and Spaces at University of Miami Libraries
    Learn How to Create and Effortlessly Promote Your Information Literacy Toolkit
    Reaching students beyond the classroom with an online information literacy course
    Embracing Micro-Appraisal in Digital Curation Workflows
    Inclusive Teaching and Design Practices in Online Learning
    Building Trust at Your Organization: Lessons from My Garden
    Learn How to Create an Explainer Video from Start to Finish
    Instruction 180: Moving Special Collections Instruction Online in a Pandemic
    On the Books: Jim Crow and Algorithms of Resistance
    So You Want to Become a Published Author: Insider Tips
    Love the Source You’re With: Moving Beyond Popular and Scholarly
    Partnering for Student and Scholar Success:The Learning Commons as Platform for Library/Campus-wide Collaborations
    Why Do Most Diversity Trainings Fail? An Insider Look
    Special Collections: How Do We Plan for Reopening?
    The Clock Starts Now: Creating Information Literacy Escape Rooms
    Using Appreciative Inquiry and a Peer-Led Approach to Guide Organizational Change
    Rethinking Work: Measure Results, Not Hours!
    Create Fun, Innovative Videos for Your Online Classes
    May 2020
    Introducing Skilltype: A Modern Talent Management Platform for the Library Community
    Collaborative Federal Depository Program Town Hall e-Meeting
    Re-Framing Student Success
    Overview of Academic Libraries Video Trust
    Overview of VoxGov
    Digital Scholarship Research Ecosystems
    Are Leaders & Managers Born, or Made?
    Hook Line and Sinker: Reeling in Your Patrons
    Creating A Digital Project Framework
    Self-Advocacy: Using your Voice and Presence to Better Your Environment
    Not Just a Number: Negotiating Salary in Academic Archives and Special Collections
    How We Talk, How We Work
    The Last Piece of the Puzzle: One Library’s Experience with Successful Student Internships
    Creating a Professional Development Plan for Personal Excellence
    Scholars Trust Town Hall e-Meeting: A Rosemont Shared Print Alliance Update
    Yes, you can scan that textbook*
    Re-Working ILL Workflows in a Post-Big Deal Environment
    Digital Scholarship Show & Tell #8: “Lost Louisville” Image Mapping & Digital Scholarship at the University of Louisville
    Voice Assistants and Smart Speakers @ the Library
    Crowdsourcing Transcription at the Library of Congress, and How to Engage Virtual Volunteers with your Collections
    Using AMD’s Primary Source Materials in Undergraduate Teaching & Research
    The Collaboration Between Advancement and Special Collections: How Does it Help with Donor Relations?
    Developing gender-affirming library spaces, systems, services and staff
    ASERL Scholars Trust Retention Database Demonstration
    December 2019
    ASERL Documents Disposition Database Demonstration
    ASERL CRL Collection Analysis Institution Reports Overview
    Leveraging EZProxy Data for Collection Assessment at Emory
    Scholars Trust Town Hall e-Meeting
    Effectively Encouraging OER on your Campus
    VIVA’s Experience Building a More Sustainable and Open Model with Wiley
    August 2019
    Project ReShare: ASERL Update & Town Hall
    Where Do Libraries Fit in the Evolving Scholarly Communication Landscape? Reflections on Penn’s Scholarly Communication Report
    Implementing BTAA’s Principles & Protocols for InterLibrary Loan of Special Collections
    New from Reprints Desk: Article Galaxy Scholar
    ASERL-CRL Collection Analysis Q & A
    Journal Retention and Needs Listing [JRNL] Demo
    ASERL Digital Scholarship Show & Tell #7: Scholars’ Lab (SLab) at UVA
    Overview & New Functions/Features of ObILLsk
    ASERL/CRL Collection Analysis Follow-up
    Teaching with Primary Sources: Adam Matthew Digital resources for ASERL
    Overview of Skilltype for ASERL leaders
    Results of ASERL-CRL Collections Analysis Pilot for Journal Retention
    Collaborative Federal Depository Program Town Hall e-meeting
    A Framework for Library Support of Publishing Expansive Digital Humanities Projects
    Outreach and Community Engagement in Special Collections
    Digital Scholarship Show & Tell #4: Florida International Univ & University of South Florida
    Digital Scholarship Show & Tell #6: University of Georgia & Georgia State University
    Scholars Trust Town Hall e-Meeting
    Essentials of a Publication Agreement
    Digital Scholarship Show & Tell #5 — University of Miami Sampler
    Resource Sharing Technology Provider Information Sessions – #8: Innovative Interfaces Inc
    Principles of Contracting #2: What’s in a licensing agreement?
    Resource Sharing Technology Provider Information Sessions – #7: ILLiad Update from OCLC and Atlas Systems
    Resource Sharing Technology Provider Information Sessions – #6: AutoGraphics
    Resource Sharing Technology Provider Information Sessions – #3: OCLC — Relais D2D and Tipasa
    Resource Sharing Technology Provider Information Sessions – #4: ExLibris — Alma Resource Sharing
    Resource Sharing Technology Provider Information Sessions – #5: RAPID, RAPID-R, Bedrock
    Resource Sharing Technology Provider Information Sessions – #1: Clio
    Resource Sharing Technology Provider Information Sessions – #2: Project ReSHARE
    Principles of Contracting #1: Contract Basics for Librarians and Others in Higher Ed
    Refresher Session — ASERL’s Statistics Portal
    Digital Scholarship Show & Tell #3 — University of Florida “Sampler”
    Digital Scholarship Show & Tell #2 — Vanderbilt University Libraries “Sampler”
    ScholarsTrust Town Hall e-Meeting — June 2018
    Digital Scholarship Show & Tell #1 — George Mason Univ & UNC Greensboro
    Getting to “Maybe”: Guidelines to Foster Increased Sharing of Special Collections Materials
    Not For The Faint Of Heart: Sleeper Clauses in E-Resource Licenses
    ASERL OER Round-Up — Spring 2018
    Library educators making a difference on institutional outcome metrics: Highlights from GWLA’s multi-institutional study
    No Pain, No Gain : Print collections and their epic journey to a storage facility
    Using Automation to Generate More & Better Metadata to Improve Access and Delivery for Special Collections and Archives
    Overview & Next Steps: The Charlotte Ebook Initiative
    What’s new about the Model Publishing Contract for long-form digital scholarship?
    Red Light, Green Light: Brainstorming how ASERL members might-could test a new licensing model
    Streaming Media Providers: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly – or maybe a little of each?
    Open Access Journal Publishing: DOAJ Indexing and Best Practice
    Collaborating with Strangers: Workshops that Spark Partnerships and Innovation @ the University of Florida Libraries
    An Overview of VIVA’s Monographic Collection Analysis
    Trends in ASERL Library Website Design
    Empowering Librarians and Users to Mine the HathiTrust Digital Library Resources: The “Digging Deeper, Reaching Further” Project
    Strategies Driving the Evolution of Academic Libraries: Findings from Ithaka’s 2016 US Library Survey
    Before You Re-Design, Discover: Website Re-Design Process at University of Miami Libraries
    Implementing RightsStatements.org at the University of Miami Libraries
    Expanding Copyright Knowledge for Library Staff: The Copyright Network at UNC-Chapel Hill
    BIBFRAME & Linked Data 101
    Intro to ILLiad Routing Rules — Overview & Basic Examples
    Developing a Multifaceted Approach to Assessing Monograph Collection Performance at GSU
    Experiences with ReadCube
    Occam’s Reader Tutorial – Uploading Ebook Holdings Info
    Overview of RightsStatements.org
    Librarians Transforming Education: The Past, Present, and Future of Affordable Learning Georgia
    Overview of Open Textbook Network
    Breaking Bad, Good or Mixed? Perspectives on exiting (and sometimes re-entering) journal package deals
    ORCID Update and Review of ASERL/GWLA Purchase Offer
    Overview of Collabra and Luminos from University of California Press
    Findings from Ithaka S+R’s “Organizing the Work of the Research Library”
    Highlights from “Collaborative Grant-Seeking: A Practical Guide for Librarians”
    Developing a Campus-Wide Research Lifecycle: Perspectives from the University of Central Florida Libraries
    Overview of College Art Association’s Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for the Visual Arts
    Show & Tell: Emory’s Open Access Collection Development Policy
    Transformativeness in Teaching & Educational Fair Use in a Post-GSU World
    Building an Academic Library Website in WordPress
    On-The-Fly Usability Testing at Duke Libraries: From once a semester to once a month.
    Remote Website Testing: How to Assess Your Website for Little or No Cost
    Mitigating Risk at the Front Lines: The Library Copyright First Responders Program
    What is ‘Good Enough Collection Assessment’?
    Adding Patent Records to Clemson’s IR — Highlighting the University’s Output
    Redesigning and Migrating Your Library Website Using Card Sorting
    Overview of “Statement of Best Practices in Fair Use of Orphan Works for Libraries & Archives”
    New Models of Peer Review
    Beyond Our Stacks #3 — Rightsizing an Academic Library Collection
    Using Drupal to Manage Web Content at Ole Miss and LSU Libraries
    Overview of “Understanding Rights Reversion” from Authors’ Alliance
    Using Trello to Manage Technical Services Work at NCSU & Duke University Libraries
    Tips & Tricks for Successful Open Access Week Programming
    Beyond Our Stacks #2 — Rubber Meets Road: Building Collaborative Collections at FLARE and EmTech
    Curating & Preserving Digital Audio Formats
    Website Usability Testing at UNC Charlotte Library
    Beyond Our Stacks #1 — Deans’ Perspectives on the Future of Library Collections, Services, and Spaces
    Getting to the Bottom Line: 20 Cost Questions for Digital Preservation
    Join the Library-OER Community: Lessons from the Field
    Overview of Open Science Framework
    Preservation Needs of ‘Big’ and ‘Small’ Data
    Dodging the Memory Hole: Saving Digital News
    Overview of DMPTool v. 2.0 — New and Improved!
    What Role(s) Should the Library Play in Support of Discovery?
    Acquiring, Managing, and Preserving Born-Digital Archives
    Open Access Week 2014 Webcast: “Erin McKiernan — Open Access: A Researchers’ View”
    Overview of Penn State’s One Button Studio, and How GMU Made use of the PSU Model
    Findings from Ithaka’s Library Leaders Survey
    The Ins and Outs of Digitizing a Center of Excellence Collection
    Evaluating Discovery: How Tools Affect Undergraduates’ Research Practices
    Successful Faculty Outreach Strategies in ASERL Libraries
    Library Support for Federally-Funded Scholarship
    Talking to Authors in a World of Elsevier Takedowns and Open Access Mandates
    Choosing your Center of Excellence Collection: Tips from a Selective Depository
    Data Management *Within* Research Libraries
    Fair Use Without Fear in the Academy
    Open Access Megajournals – What You Need to Know About how This Model is Changing the World of Journal Publishing
    Creative Commons: Open Education, Open Access, and Librarians
    Helping Students Make Sense of Fair Use
    Accessibility by WAH