Updates
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ACRL-LA 2026 National Library Week Awards
The ACRL-LA Awards Committee is pleased to announce the winners of the ACRL-LA 2026 National Library Week Awards: Library Professional Award Lillian Purdy, Ph.D., MLS, Director of Library Services and Associate Professor at James C. Bolton Library at Louisiana State University, Alexandria. Library Support Staff Award: Joshua Day, MBA, Library Systems Administrator and Adjunct Instructor…
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ACRL-LA Social Media Coffee Chat Monday, April 27, 12 PM
Our next ACRL-LA Coffee Chat, an informal discussion about a current topic relevant to academic and research libraries in Louisiana, is happening Monday, April 27, at 12 PM! We’ll be talking about Social Media, how our libraries are (or aren’t) using it, what tools we have in our social media toolbox, and some of our best…
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Guide to Constitutional Amendment 3
There are five constitutional amendments on the May 16 ballot. Our ACRL-LA Legislative Liaison Maya Banks has shared a guide to the 2026 Constitutional Amendments from the Public Affairs Research Council (PAR), an independent, nonpartisan source of analysis on state and local government issues. Of particular interest to those of us working in higher education…
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2026 ACRL-LA Research Forum Save the Date and Call for Proposals!
Save the date for the 2026 ACRL–LA Research Forum on Wednesday, August 26, 2026, via Zoom! More details to follow soon. For now, you can find out more and submit proposals online. We welcome presentations and roundtable discussions on all topics related to college and research libraries, but especially topics concerning digital accessibility. The deadline…
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Resources from March 30 Coffee Chat
Thanks so much to everyone who came to our first Coffee Chat. We had a really good discussion about some of our successes and headaches approaching the WCAG 2.0 AA deadline. Below are some of the links posted to our chat and talked about during the meeting. Please feel free to continue the discussion on…
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Inaugural ACRL-LA Members Coffee Chat Monday, March 30, 12 PM
Our first ACRL-LA Coffee Chat, an informal discussion about a current topic relevant to academic and research libraries in Louisiana, is happening Monday, March 30, at 12 PM! We’ll be talking about Accessibility and the challenges and successes of meeting the WCAG 2.1 AA deadline. This meeting won’t be recorded and will be a fun way…
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2025 ACRL-LA Election Results
Thank you to all who voted in our 2025 election. I am pleased to announce your newest officers: They will be joining the continuing officers when the new term begins September 1.
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Vote in the 2025 ACRL-LA Election
It’s time to choose our new Treasurer and Vice President/President-Elect! The candidates for ACRL-LA Treasurer are Shanna Clevenger and Iriana Lonon. The candidates for ACRL-LA Vice President/President-Elect are Dustin Dirickson, Lauren Lay, and Olivia Peltier. Candidate bios are available on the ballot. Check your email for a link to the ballot. Only Louisiana Chapter members…
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2025 Legislative Updates
Current Louisiana legislation to watch: HB421 Would ban “DEI” in LA state agencies SB58 Creates crime of “child grooming” that could broadly be applied to libraries SB15 Requires cooperation with ICE, with implications for student and patron privacy HB290 Would require social media platforms to display a periodic popup about effects of social media usage…
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ACRL-LA Executive Board Support for LLA Statement on Termination of Tenure for LSU Librarians
The Executive Board of the Louisiana Chapter of the Association of College and Research Libraries expresses its support for the statement by the Intellectual Freedom Committee of the Louisiana Library Association on the decision of the LSU System to terminate tenure for university librarians, linked here: Intellectual Freedom Committee Statement.