Call for Contributions

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Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004
From: Sharon Jenkins (New Mexico Junior College) <sjenkins_at_elin.lib.nm.us>
Subject: Call for Contributions

Please excuse the probable cross-posting.  Thanks!

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ACRL's Effective Practices Clearinghouse

The Association of College & Research Libraries' (ACRL) Effective
Practices Committee is accepting submissions for its web-based
clearinghouse for effective practices in academic libraries.  The
Effective Practices web site can be found at
www.acrl.org/effectivepractices. The clearinghouse will document
practices from all areas of academic libraries; we're looking for
examples of procedures or tools that have been developed to (for
example) streamline workflow, solve problems or improve services.

An effective practice is:

. aligned with the library's and parent organization's mission
. sustainable, cost-effective and has the potential for long-term impact on
the library and its constituents


An effective practice has:

. outcomes that are measurable
. some degree of transferability

Effective practices can be submitted at www.acrl.org/effectivepractices.

Practices are then reviewed to see if they meet the criteria listed
above.

Once accepted, ACRL will post the practice on the web site and send the
submitting library a letter acknowledging its contribution to the
Effective Practices clearinghouse.

As more effective practices are submitted and the clearinghouse grows,
academic librarians looking for ideas to improve specific practices in
their own libraries or just shopping for good ideas will be able to browse
by category and search by keyword.

Please take a look at the effective practices already on the page and
consider submitting your own effective practice.  If you have questions,
feel free to contact Gordon Aamot, Chair of the Effective Practices
Committee at aamot_at_u.washington.edu or 206-616-6431.


Sharon D. Jenkins, Ph.D.
Director of Library Services
New Mexico Junior College
5317 Lovington Highway
Hobbs, NM 88240
Office: 505 392-5495, Fax: 505 492-1451

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