College and University Section

It is the purpose of the College and University Section to serve persons interested in all aspects of academic libraries. Its objective is to stimulate and support high standards of library service in colleges and universities. It encourages professional growth through attendance at professional meetings, promotion of communication and exchange of ideas among its members, continuing education opportunities, and dissemination of publications of professional interest to its membership. It represents academic library concerns to other Sections within the SCLA as well as to groups and persons outside the Association.


Please join us for the 2012 SCLA College and University Section Summer Program:

The Library Instruction Toolkit: Effective Teaching, Active Learning

Date: Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Time: 9:45am - 3:10pm; networking lunch included

Venue: Lucy Hampton Bostick Auditorium, Richland County Public Library - Columbia, SC

Registration Form

The program will assist librarians from all types of libraries in the creation, delivery and marketing of library instruction activities and encourage opportunities for networking with your colleagues from across the state on this important topic.

The keynote session will feature Joshua Vossler, 2012 winner of the ACRL Innovation Award, and author of the book Humor and Information Literacy: Practical Techniques for Library Instruction.

In the afternoon, Dr. Curtis R. Rogers, Communications Director for the South Carolina State Library will help us stock our instruction toolkits with ideas for outreach and marketing in a session called "The Power of Library PR."

The program will finish with a panel entitled, "Effective Teaching, Active Learning." Panelists include Amber Conger, Richland County Public Library; Katherine Stiwinter, Spartanburg Community College; Adam Haigh, Lander University; and Ruth Thompson, South Carolina State Library.

Please share this information with your colleagues - all are welcome to attend! Feel free to contact any College and University Section officer with questions or for more information:

2012 Officers

Lisa Wiecki, Chair
Cataloger
Jackson Library
Lander University
Greenwood, SC 29609
(864) 388-8635
lwiecki@lander.edu

Alexa Bartel, Vice-Chair
Director of the Library
Charles W. and Joan S. Coker Library-Information Technology Center
Coker College
Hartsville, SC 29550
(843) 383-8126
abartel@coker.edu

Stephanie Thomas, Secretary
Reference Librarian
Rogers Library
Francis Marion University
Florence, South Carolina 29502
(843) 661-4674
sthomas@fmarion.edu  

Brent Appling, Programs Coordinator
Reference Librarian
Thomas Cooper Library
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC 29208
(803) 777-0994
applingm@mailbox.sc.edu

Paul Cammarata, Immediate Past Chair
Assistant Collection Development Librarian
Thomas Cooper Library
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC 29208
(803) 777-1327
paulc@mailbox.sc.edu