ARL/ACRL announce first regional Institute on Scholarly Communication

["Kara Malenfant" <kmalenfant@ala.org>]

The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the Association 
of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) announce the first 
regional Institute for Scholarly Communication, hosted by the 
Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois (CARLI) 
December 5-7, 2007, in Chicago. This immersive learning 
experience prepares participants to become local experts within 
their libraries. Participants, who are encouraged to attend in 
teams, will become fluent with scholarly communication issues and 
trends and begin developing outreach plans for their campuses.

"A regional event allows us to support institutions that would 
not, for whatever reason, attend a national event," commented 
Kara Malenfant, Scholarly Communications and Government Relations 
Specialist at ACRL,"and CARLI makes a wonderful first partner." 
Karla Hahn, Director of ARL's Office of Scholarly Communication 
noted, "we see this move to a regional event as a natural 
evolution in the life of the institute. It will enable us to 
refocus our national efforts to meet the changing needs of the 
library community."

Acceptance to the Illinois ARL/ACRL Institute on Scholarly 
Communication is competitive; participation is limited to 100 to 
ensure an environment that fosters group interaction and active 
participation. Institutions from Illinois will receive preferred 
consideration, and seats are reserved for 20 participants outside 
the state. Applications will be accepted until September 14, 
2007. Find complete details on the CARLI Web site: 
http://www.carli.illinois.edu/institute07.html

Consortia or other institutions that may be interested in hosting 
the next regional Institute on Scholarly Communication should 
contact Julia Blixrud, Assistant Executive Director, External 
Relations, ARL, jblix@arl.org.

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ARL is an association of over 120 of the largest research 
libraries in North America. The member institutions serve over 
160,000 faculty researchers and scholars and more than 4 million 
students in the US and Canada. ARL's mission is to influence the 
changing environment of scholarly communication and the public 
policies that affect research libraries and the diverse 
communities they serve. ARL pursues this mission by advancing the 
goals of its member research libraries, providing leadership in 
public and information policy to the scholarly and higher 
education communities, fostering the exchange of ideas and 
expertise, and shaping a future environment that leverages its 
interests with those of allied organizations.

ACRL is a division of the American Library Association, 
representing 13,500 academic and research librarians and 
interested individuals. ACRL is the only individual membership 
organization in North America that develops programs, products 
and services to meet the unique needs of academic and research 
librarians. Its initiatives enable the higher education community 
to understand the role that academic libraries play in the 
teaching, learning, and research environments.

CARLI fosters cooperation among Illinois academic and research 
libraries of all types, sizes, and missions. The collective 
knowledge and expertise of CARLI members encourages innovation 
and excellence in the development of collaborative programs, 
products, and services.

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