AcademicACADEMIC SECTION
Purpose:
The mission of the Academic Section is to provide a network for the exchange of ideas, to enhance leadership for college and
university libraries, and to promote study and research relevant to academic libraries.
Officers:
Chair; Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect; Secretary.
Committees:
Awards
Conference Programs
Grants
Publications
Publications:
Notes and Tracings
LLA 2012 Conference Presenations:
Conference Presentations
- Camp Ruston: The Prisoner of War Camp Next Door
Tanya Arant, Library Specialist 3, Louisiana Tech University - Clicking into the Future: From Depository to Information Commons at LSU Eunice
Shelby Anfenson-Comeau & Denise Foret, Louisiana State University in Eunice - Cyberchatter and Democracy
Judianne Morrissey - Getting Them in the Door: Creative Programs for John B. Cade Library
Speaker: Maya Riley Banks, Reference Librarian, Southern University, and Emma B. Perry, Dean of Libraries, Southern University - Lessons Learned from a Library Tech Launch
Speakers: Caitlin Moen, Circulation Librarian; Jacquie Keleher, Reference Librarian; Laurie Gaillard, Cataloger; Southern University at New Orleans - Success Sotries: From when Collaborating Occurs in your Library
Speakers: Rosalind Chester, Web Manager MultiMedia Specialist, Tulane University; Laurie Gaillard, Catalog Librarian SUNO; Jacquie Keleher, Reference Librarian SUNO - U.S. Veterans of Southease Louisiana: An Oral History
Speaker: Neil Guilbeau, Assistant Archivist, Nicholls State University - Where's the Reference Librarian?
Speaker: Adam Viator, Bossier Parish Community College
Outstanding Academic Librarian Award
Grassroots Grant for Library Student to Attend Conference
Activities:
- Holds Annual Section Meeting at LLA Annual Conference
- Sponsors continuing education programs on topics of interest to academic libraries
- Sponsors a breakfast with the Louisiana Association of College and Research Librarians at the LLA Annual Conference
June, 1989; May, 1994; October 1996 ; May 2010