The iSchool at Kent State University was well represented at the 2017 annual conference of the Association of College & Research Libraries in Baltimore, March 22-25.
Among those attending were ACRL scholarship students Denisse Solis and Alicia Krzton. Denisse received a Spectrum Scholar Travel Grant, and Alicia received a student scholarship. SLIS Associate Professor Miriam Matteson, PhD., presented on a panel titled "Charting a New Course: New Horizons in For-credit Information Literacy Instruction in the Disciplines."
Alumni at the conference included Stephanie Everett, M.L.I.S. '16, Manager, Marketing and Communications, University of Akron Library; Andrew Smith, M.L.I.S. '12, Coordinator of Instructional and Public Services Librarian/Assistant Professor at Austin College in Sherman, Texas; and Holly White, M.L.I.S. '12, Instructional Technology Librarian at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa. A poster by Jessica Crossfield McIntosh, M.L.I.S. '11, Assistant Professor, Otterbein University, titled "Exploring Information Literacy Needs Abroad: Librarians and International Service Learning," was presented in her absence.