CARL Conference, Spring 2008
Going Global: Academic Libraries in the Age of Globalization
The following outlines the many sessions available at the CARL conference which I attended
in Irvine, CA in Spring, 2008. Due to a personal emergency I was not able to attend the entire
conference, but found the information I obtained (both at the conference and from websites
and emails afterward) extremely valuable.
The sessions are summarized by the following:
Keynote
Plenary sessions
Breakout Sessions
Panel presentation
Poster Sessions
KEYNOTE:
Keynote presentation: Dr. Lesley Farmer
Information Literacy for K-16 settings
This was not what I expected. I should have known better, having seen her speak before…
http://www.csulb.edu/~lfarmer/infolitwebstyle.htm
PLENARY SESSIONS:
PLENARY 1: OVER
THE
NEWEST, COOLEST,
ROUTER
AND
EVEN
AND
A
THROUGH
FEW
OF THE
THE
WOODS: AN ONLINE TOUR
OF THE
MOST USELESS-EST ONLINE SITES
AND
TOOLS
Patrick Crispen, from The Internet Tourbus, presented Google’s latest inventions, some
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whatsoever, other than the fact that they're just darned fun.”
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resources to engage students, and a few Web sites and tools with “no redeeming social value
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Going Global: Academic Libraries in the Age of Globalization
Internet Tourbus is a free semi-weekly Internet newsletter read by over 100,000 people in
over 130 countries. PC World rated Tourbus as one of the Internet's 15 best newsletters.
PLENARY 2: IN CASE
OF
ABRUPT CLIMATE SHIFT, BREAK GLASS
Dr. Gregory Benford , professor of Physics at UCIrvine, discussed climate change. He says we
should do the early studies to work out methods and impacts of possible actions, with the
easiest being to reflect sunlight with tiny aerosols in the stratosphere, which rain out before
entering the lower atmosphere. This can be a bridge to a future, carbon-minimized world a
century from now.
BREAKOUT SESSIONS:
Can Libraries be Sold as Soap? Utilizing Social Marketing to Connect Diverse Users with
Library Services and Resources
Presenters included librarians from Gettysburg College, University of Arizona, and University of
California, Irvine.
GIS and libraries: Librarians learning and teaching
Presenters included librarians from the Claremont Colleges. I’m not clear about this, and was
unable to attend the session.
Scholarly Communication: Solving a Global Crisis
This session discussed problems related to the out-of-control costs of academic journals.
InfoLit Global: Building a Directory, Sharing Ideas and Resources
Linda J. Goff, of California State University, Sacramento has been instrumental in the
development of the International Information Literacy Resources Directory, an international
resource for instructional materials related to Information Literacy that is funded by UNESCO.
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http://www.infolitglobal.info/
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Out of the Stacks and Into TheirSpace
Presenters included librarians from San Francisco State University who are using Web 2.0
technologies to make the student experience with the library more personal and relevant.
YouTube and Flickr are being used to enhance instructional sessions with Music majors
de.lici.ous is being used to develop class-specific research links.
Have begun the migration from vendor-based virtual reference (QuestionPoint) to
reference service via instant messaging using Meebo and Skype.
Bringing the library to users' desktops with LibX
Adding tags to OPAC records with Library Thing.
Using LibGuides to bring Web2.0 technologies into research guides.
Librarians Gone Wild: Outreach, Outreach, and Even More Outreach
Presenters included librarians from California State University, Channel Islands, which has
made outreach a priority for library personnel. CSUCI is a new university with faculty and staff
coming from institutions all over the country and abroad. The library personnel constantly hear
faculty, staff, and even students say, “I can’t believe you do that because the library at my last
institution would have never done that.” Some of their successful outreach efforts:
International/Study Abroad Librarian
Faculty Welcome & Scholarship Recognition Receptions
Book, Pizza, & a Movie
Mystery Mural for Cesar Chavez Day
24hr Pajama Party/Midnight Coffee Breaks
Children’s Reading Celebration
Graffiti Assessment
Service Learning Partnerships
Successful outreach is hard to quantify. The CSUCI library informally gauges success on
the library was used to introduce and conclude the campus’ capacity report to WASC
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significant institutional actions and reactions:
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Going Global: Academic Libraries in the Age of Globalization
three information literacy outcomes were placed in the general education outcomes
CSUCI faculty organized a special appreciation party for the library last year.
Librarians Going Global in Second Life: The Ethical, Moral and Legal Issues for Working in
Second Life
Presenters included librarians from Azusa Pacific University and Pepperdine University, School
of Law.
This was of special interest due to a recent workshop in the local area on Second Life.
Two universities, Ohio University and San Jose State, have videos on their efforts using Second
Life:
Ohio University (2 minutes 33 seconds)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFuNFRie8wA
San Jose State University’s School of Library & Information Science (3 minutes 29
seconds) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-9zt3Sd7oc
Other topics included Bilingual reference service, libraries in China
Sojourner Librarian: A Semester at Sea – A fascinating report on a librarian’s adventure as
part of the staff on a campus aboard ship.
Assessing the Impact of Learning 2.0 in an Academic Library
Presenters included librarians from UC Santa Cruz, where they undertook an implementation
of Learning 2.0, a popular self-directed library staff development program first designed by
Helene Blowers at the Public Library of Charlotte-Mecklenburg County in North Carolina.
The Learning 2.0 program is designed to expose library staff to many “Web 2.0” technologies
collaborative, interactive, and dynamic.
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prompted participants to think about ways of making our services and website more
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such as social bookmarking, wikis, tagging, blogs, instant messaging, and social networks. We
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Going Global: Academic Libraries in the Age of Globalization
Our public services librarian is interested in developing a “23 things” program for the MPC
library staff, so this will be of particular interest to her.
IM-bedded Librarian: Using Chat Widgets for Virtual Reference, Supporting Your Instruction
and Liaising with Your Faculty
Presenter: Andrew Klein, California State University, Northridge
This topic is of special interest as we are getting ready to implement chat reference service at
MPC. I’ve contacted the speaker to inquire as to why he did not use pidgin, relying only on
Meebo.
Del.icio.us Instructional Design: Incorporating Social Bookmarking in your Information
Literacy Instruction
In this session, a librarian from USC presented her practical application of integrating Web 2.0
tools into library instruction.
The efficient use of social bookmarking software (specifically del.icio.us, and its tagging
structure) to navigate global resources, was presented, aiming to show how to integrate the
concept of tagging into instructional design. Teaching information literacy is what we aim for,
and this session was intended to demonstrate how we can use Web 2.0 to help us reach our
goal. I wasn’t able to attend this session but have contacted the speaker for more information,
When Level Three is also Level Four: Providing Better Access to Library Materials for English
Learners
Presenter: Zohara G. Kaye, librarian at Glendale Community College, where they have over 50%
of their students for whom English is not their first language. Fascinating effort to adapt their
policies and procedures to their population, rather than force the population to adapt to them.
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PANEL PRESENTATION:
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HTTP://WWW.GLENDALE.EDU/LIBRARY/RESEARCH/ESLRESOURCES.HTML
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Going Global: Academic Libraries in the Age of Globalization
TOGETHER WE ARE STRONGER: LIBRARIANS
ACTIVITIES
IN THE
AND
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
AND
GLOBAL ARENA
Barbara J. Ford (IFLA), Patrick Sullivan (SDSU), Gary E. Strong (UCLA).
Description: Panelists described their international activities in professional associations and
the impact locally and globally of these activities..
Barbara J. Ford: Barbara J. Ford is the director of the Mortenson Center for International
Library Programs and Mortenson Distinguished Professor at the Library of the University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Gary E. Strong: Gary E. Strong is the university librarian at UCLA. He was previously director of
the Queens Borough Public Library in New York City and State Librarian of California. He holds
degrees from the University of Idaho and the University of Michigan.
Patrick Sullivan: Patrick Sullivan is an associate librarian at San Diego State University (SDSU)
with responsibilities in the area of business, hospitality, and tourism. He was previously
employed as a business librarian at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo and UC Berkeley.
POSTER SESSIONS
CROSSING BORDERS: INTERNATIONALIZING
THE
COLLECTIONS
AT
SAN JOSÉ STATE
UNIVERSITY.
Presenters: Peggy Cabrera, Nyle Monday, San Jose State University
In this poster session, librarians Cabrera and Monday described the approach they undertook in
internationalizing the collections at SJSU.
AND
EVALUATING SOURCES
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ETHOS
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Presenters: April Cunningham, Saddleback College Library; Richard Hannon, Palomar College
Composition Instructor
GLOBALIZING
THE
LIBRARY
AT A
HISPANIC SERVING INSTITUTION
Presenters: Ann Morgan, Sonia Chaidez, Cal Poly Pomona
In 2005 the Cal Poly Pomona Library received a $2.1 million grant from the Department of
Education's Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSI) program. The focus of the grant was
strengthening library resources. At the time of the CARL Conference they are halfway through
the five-year grant period.
INFORMATION LITERACY: EVALUATING EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATIONS
Presenters: José Montelongo, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
"How can libraries and academic librarians help students summarize and evaluate the empirical
studies that appear in journals?" is the question this poster session attempted to answer.
THE INFORMATION-LITERATE SCIENCE TEACHER
IN THE
GLOBAL WORLD
Presenters: Karin Griffin, Hema Ramachandran, CSU Long Beach
poster :: bibliography
Two librarians at California State University, Long Beach (the Science Education Librarian and
the Engineering Librarian) are collaborating and building a program with faculty in the Science
Education department to show pre-service science teachers how they can incorporate
information literacy into their lesson plans.
THE NITTY-GRITTY
OF
LIBRARY INSTRUCTION
FOR
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS: THE CAL
Presenters: Donald Page, Calif. State Polytechnic University, Pomona
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POLY POMONA LIBRARY EXPERIENCE
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OPEN LIBRARY: FREE GLOBAL DIGITAL RESOURCES
Presenters: Alexis Rossi, Project Leader, Open Library
Open Library is a project of the 501(c)(3) non-profit Internet Archive, a digital library located in
San Francisco. The Internet Archive currently has over 100 billion web pages archived, but we
also archive video (100,000 items), audio (200,000 items) and text (250,000 items) resources.
RECRUITING STUDENT WORKERS USING FACEBOOK
Presenter: Kelci Baughman McDowell, University of San Francisco
REFERENCE
ON THE
GO: COLLABORATING
WITH THE
WRITING CENTER
Presenters: Shahla Bahavar, Ph.D.; Susan Gardner, University of Southern California
Librarians at the University of Southern California piloted a semester-long "roving reference"
project in collaboration with the Writing Center, a division of the University's Writing Program.
Roving takes place in the center's conference room equipped with six computers and wireless
access. The Writing Center itself is situated in the Language Lab, which often attracts second
language and international students seeking help with language and grammar.
REFERENCE TOOLS
RIO
DE
TO
FIT
THE
NEEDS
OF
GLOBAL RESEARCHERS': THE COLLECTIONS
OF
JANEIRO
Presenters: Andre Gabriel Garza, California State University, Stanislaus
The poster illustrated the outcome of cooperation between a California academic librarian and
a branch of the U.S. Library of Congress. This collaboration was necessary to produce a resource
which makes known the collections of the libraries and cultural institutions of one of Latin
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America's most significant cities, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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