Progress through Persuasion & Perseverance, Oct. 3-4, 2019 at Allerton Park and Retreat Center

2019 Conference

Progress through Persuasion & Perseverance

Registration closes: September 11, 2019 - Registration link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NILRC_ConfRSVP2019

2019 Presentations:

Overcoming Obstacles to Achieve Success - Kona Jones

Do you have obstacles in your professional (or even personal) life that are keeping you down and not allowing you to achieve your goals? In this session, we will talk about a simple process of how you can work though whatever life has thrown at you and the importance of not falling below the line when trying to work through your challenges. Come with obstacles, but leave this session with a plan!

Benchmarking & Peer Assessment - Sam Suber & Terra Jacobson

At the MVCC Library, we are currently assessing how we compare to peers within Illinois. We are using benchmarks identified by the “Standards for Libraries in Higher Education” published by ACRL. In this presentation, we will showcase sample benchmarks derived and examples of how benchmark data improved MVCC library services. Following the presentation, there will be an informal discussion about what benchmarks you would find valuable for your library.

Counting in Community Colleges - Linda Dhaese, Sarah Hill, Beth Mandrell, Hilary Meyer, Rachelle Stivers, and Frances Whaley

Looking for ways to assess the impact of your department? Want to craft a success story to tell on your campus? This panel presentation contains overviews of assessment projects recently undertaken at community colleges and shares insights into librarian experiences in the CARLI counts program.

Talking to the Board: Do’s and Don’ts for Telling Your Story - Jennifer McIntosh

Will you be ready when you are asked to make a public presentation to community stakeholders about your library? How would you use twelve minutes to tell your library’s story while also addressing fiscal and administrative controls? This community college library educated its Board of Trustees about library operations while keeping the focus on the one thing we all care about – students. We used personas to tell the story of how our students use and value our library, integrating video and imagery to draw the audience into the user experience. Learn about our planning process, how we decided what to include and how to present it.

Held at Allerton Park & Retreat Center in Monticello IL, this year’s conference will take place October 3-4, 2019.

A Conference at Allerton Park for Community College Libraries

Conference Schedule:

Thursday October 3, 2019

12:00 - 1:00 Lunch

1:00 - 1:15 Welcome - Frances Whaley, NILRC Chair

1:15 - 2:00 Overcoming Obstacles to Achieve Success - Kona Jones

2:00 - 2:45 NILRC Committees & Working Groups Panel

2:45 - 3:00 Break

3:00 - 3:45 Benchmarking & Peer Assessment - Sam Suber & Terra Jacobson

3:45 - 4:30 Preparing for ICCB Program Review - Terra Jacobson & Spencer Brayton

4:30 - 4:45 Break

4:45 - 5:30 Around the Table - Share a recent challenge that your library has overcome

5:30 - 6:30 Dinner

6:30 - 8:30 Networking walk & talk and cash bar

Friday October 4, 2019

7:00 - 8:00 Networking walk & talk

8:00 - 9:00 Breakfast (NILRC board meeting in the Oak Room)

9:00 - 9:20 CARLI Update - Anne Craig

9:20 - 10:15 Counting in Community Colleges - Linda Dhaese, Sarah Hill, Beth Mandrell, Hilary Meyer, Rachelle Stivers, and Frances Whaley

10:15 - 10:45 Break & Checkout

10:45 - 11:30 Talking to the Board: Do’s and Don’ts for Telling Your Story - Jennifer McIntosh

11:30 - 11:50 Share your experience - Activity

11:50 - 12:00 Closing comments

Presentation Scholarship Application

Network of Illinois Learning Resources in Community Colleges Annual Conference

Presentation Scholarship Application

Held at the Allerton Park & Retreat Center in Monticello IL, this year's conference will take place October 3-4, 2019. With a theme of Progress through Persuasion & Perseverance, presentations will focus on:

• Recognizing key stakeholders and understanding what appeals to them

• Recovering and re-envisioning your project after an unsuccessful proposal

• Assessing progress and success

• Presenting unpopular topics in an impactful way

• Conquering criticism

• Overcoming obstacles big or small to achieve success

NILRC invites a graduate student pursuing their Master's Degree in Library or Information Science to apply for a presentation scholarship. This scholarship will provide one graduate student's accommodations and registration fees at our annual conference in Allerton, IL. This will include a one night stay at the Allerton Park and Retreat Center https://allerton.illinois.edu/ on October 3, the cost of registration and food and beverages for conference hosted meals (this does not include alcohol at the cash bar event). The conference runs from October 3 through October 4. The selected student will be required to present their research that aligns to this year's theme or community college librarianship in general. This scholarship is valued at $250 dollars.

Applications are accepted through this Google form https://forms.gle/86DtyDEgJYgWuXz28​ or via email by editing and emailing the word document application to jacobsont6@morainevalley.edu

Archive Management Training and Discussion

Are you trying to start an archive at your college, or do you have one started, but not sure what you’re doing? In this moderated discussion, presented by NILRC’s Professional Development Committee, we will be going over the basics of archival practice, providing you with resources, and answering questions you have about archives.

Please join us on Monday, June 24 at 2 pm. The session will be recorded for those interested but unable to attend.

No reservation necessary—please join us via Zoom https://zoom.us/j/892428504

Your trainer and host, Katie Cheever, currently works at two NILRC member institutions.

She is a Certified Archivist who works as an Archives Librarian at Moraine Valley Community College leading the archival program, and as a Librarian at Triton College working in the archive.

Information Literacy Outcomes, the Path to College: Community College and High School Librarians Collaborating

On April 30th at 2pm, join us for the next NILRC Information Literacy Committee webinar. Contact Lisa for the Zoom link.

Title: Information Literacy Outcomes, the Path to College: Community College and High School Librarians Collaborating

Presented by Jason Ertz, College of DuPage; Amy Glass, Illinois Central College; and Lisa Pritchard, Jefferson College

This webinar approaches collaboration between high school and community college librarians in two different ways. First, the presenters will discuss the different types of early college (dual credit) opportunities available in Illinois and Missouri. Secondly, they will discuss the collaboration process for high school students who may not be enrolled in early college but still need vital information literacy instruction. Both scenarios will talk about the introduction of the ACRL Framework to high school students, along with providing examples, best practices, and resources.