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Please contact Vanessa, VLA administrative assistant, at 973-668-8420 with questions, comments, or concerns.
Contact Hours: Wednesday, October 16th 3PM – 8PM / Thursday, October 17th 9AM – 10PM / Friday, October 18th 8AM – 5PM
Leisure reading is booming, and those served by Virginia’s colleges and universities are getting on board. Come hear how your colleagues are meeting needs with popular reading collections, outreach events, pointers in the stacks, and support for readers beyond the building.
Inspired by the Pizza Hut BOOK IT! program, we launched a higher education reading challenge to encourage students, staff, and faculty to read diverse stories outside of the curriculum and engage with the current book banning crisis in K-12 education. This session will discuss opportunities for collaboration outside of your library, how to set-up a similar program at your institution, and valuable insights learned from our collaboration with our School of Education and Human Development colleagues.
“Enshittification,” the process by which Internet companies degrade the experience of users in the name of profit, pollutes our information environment by reducing the credibility and usability of online platforms. How do we see this in our work? How is AI adding to the trend? What are the ramifications for information seekers?
Please join us at the VIVA Annual Member Meeting to hear about current approaches to meeting the unique challenges faced by Virginia’s academic libraries. VIVA will provide an update on consortium activities and programs of note, members will highlight ongoing initiatives, and there will be opportunities to learn more about VIVA-subscribed products. Door prizes will be awarded.
