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Academic Libraries of Indiana (ALI): Get Involved

Interested in getting involved with ALI? Here are some of the things you can do! 

Mentors

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New to Indiana or want a mentor? Reach out to the Mentorship Committee!

Committees

Librarians and staff members at member institutions are encouraged to join one of the committees that make ALI work! Contact the Committee Chair(s) of the committee that interests you. 

ALI Committees:

Affordable Learning Assessment
Communications Information Literacy
Mentorship

Resource Advisory

Resource Sharing

Scholarly Communication

Shared Collections

 Technology

 

ALI Connect logo

ALI-Connect is ALI's new all-members discussion and information listserv -- all ALI librarians, library school faculty, staff and students are welcome to join us in order to enhance their professional experience, share their interests and library specialties, and network with the larger academic library community in Indiana.

To Subscribe:

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There are several active, interesting ALI listservs that interested librarians and employees at member institutions can join:

electronic-collection-development

For staff, librarians and /or directors who handle or are involved in the selection and/or purchase of electronic information resources.
information-literacy

For those interested in discussing information literacy and/or implementing ALI information literacy programs.
ali-lyrasis

For those interested in hearing from and communicating with Lyrasis.

mentorship

For those who'd like updates on mentorship opportunities, professional development, forming mentorship cohorts, and for connecting with other ALI members on a range of topics such as role transitions, work skills, DEI efforts, etc.

open-educational-resources

The ALI Affordable Learning listserv is for discussing Open Educational Resources.
shared-collections

For those interested in the current and future state of shared collections in ALI member libraries.
ALI-TECH-L

To maintain awareness of existing and emerging technologies in academic libraries
 
 

 

How to join a listserv:

To subscribe to an ALI list, send an email to <listname>+subscribe@academiclibrariesofindiana.org (example: electronic-collection-development+subscribe@academiclibrariesofindiana.org) from the e-mail address you want to use to subscribe. Leave the subject line and the body of the message blank.
          

You will receive a message indicating whether your request was accepted.  You also may be asked to confirm your subscription request before it can be processed. If you do not receive a message that indicates you have been added, please send an email to groups-support@academiclibrariesofindiana.org