This year I took on the job of being chair of the 2017 VLA Annual Conference Committee. The conference committee held its first meeting in December 2016. The past 10 months have been a whirlwind of emails, meetings, and decisions. The conference committee was vital to the success of this conference. From the barrage of memes on social media to planning the details behind the many events, everything we did contributed to what became a great conference. The memes were constant, and hilarious. Here are some of my favorites:
#2017VLA was at the Hilton Norfolk The Main in downtown Norfolk. It was a beautiful property with lots of great amenities and restaurants on site. Margot Lee Shetterly was our keynote speaker and she did an amazing job. It was one of the best keynote addresses I had ever heard. Below is the slideshow that I created to run prior to Ms. Shetterly's address.
I also created a version of this slideshow to run during the VLA annual business meeting, which was the closing session of the conference.
Being conference chair was an amazing experience, and one that I am so glad I was able to have. This was my third year working on a VLA conference, and I must say that it has given me a great appreciation for all the work that is put into these events. I'm looking forward to being just an attendee at #20178VLA.
Wednesday, October 18, 2017
Tuesday, November 1, 2016
2016 VLA Annual Conference
At the 2016 VLA Annual Conference in Hot Springs, VA. I once again coordinated the volunteers for the conference. I also presented a poster on my library's chat service. The poster can be seen below.
Promoting Instant Message to Increase Virtual Reference Traffic from Jennifer Resor-Whicker
At the end of the conference, my term as the new VLA Secretary began, and I was announced as next year's conference chair. I have a very busy year ahead of me.
At the end of the conference, my term as the new VLA Secretary began, and I was announced as next year's conference chair. I have a very busy year ahead of me.
Monday, September 26, 2016
VLA Secretary 2017-2018
I am very happy to announce that I have been elected to the VLA Executive Council as VLA Secretary. My two year term will begin at the VLA Annual Conference which is taking place at the Omni Homestead Resort on October 26-28, 2016. I want to thank everyone who voted for me. I am excited to begin this next phase of my VLA journey.
Tuesday, August 9, 2016
VLA 2017 Elections
I am happy to say that I am running for VLA Secretary this year.
The elections begin today. If you are a member of VLA please consider voting for me. My biographical information and candidate statement are below.
Candidate Statement: VLA has been a huge part of my growth as a librarian since I began my career in 2010. It has helped me find my passion as a librarian, and that passion is service through VLA. Once I began attending VLA sponsored events, I knew I wanted to give back in service to the wonderful librarian community that Virginia has. It is an honor to be nominated for VLA Secretary. Serving as VLA Secretary would be a great professional opportunity, and I believe that my work as Secretary/Treasurer of VLACRL, as well as my work on numerous campus committees, has prepared me for the position. I have learned a great deal about VLA serving in VLACRL, and on the VLA Conference Committee. I would enjoy the opportunity to record meeting minutes, handle correspondence, and establish a calendar of meetings for the Executive Committee and Council, as well as working with the Library of Virginia to maintain the Association Archives. If elected, I plan to put my strong organization and communication skills to use for the Association. Thank you for this opportunity.
Biography: Jennifer Resor-Whicker is a Reference/Instruction Librarian at Radford University’s McConnell Library, where she has been employed since 2010. She holds the faculty rank of assistant professor. She is an active member of the Radford University campus community, serving on various faculty committees and search committees. She is currently serving as McConnell Library’s representative to the Faculty Senate, and as the secretary of the Faculty Senate’s Curriculum Committee. Her BA in English literature and MLIS are both from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She is a graduate of the 2012 ACRL Teacher Track Immersion Program. She has published in Virginia Libraries, Communications in Information Literacy, Synergy and Internet Reference Services Quarterly. ALA’s Library Instruction Roundtable selected an article she co-authored with her RU colleagues on web evaluation as one of the top 20 articles of 2013.
Jennifer has been a member of VLA since 2008. She served as Secretary/Treasurer of VLACRL from 2013-2015. She served as co-chair to The Innovative Library Classroom conference for the 2014, 2015 and 2016 conferences. She is currently serving as a faculty member for the VLA Presentation Academy. She served as volunteer coordinator for the 2015 VLA Annual Conference, and is continuing her conference committee service as volunteer coordinator for the 2016 VLA Annual Conference.
The elections begin today. If you are a member of VLA please consider voting for me. My biographical information and candidate statement are below.
Candidate Statement: VLA has been a huge part of my growth as a librarian since I began my career in 2010. It has helped me find my passion as a librarian, and that passion is service through VLA. Once I began attending VLA sponsored events, I knew I wanted to give back in service to the wonderful librarian community that Virginia has. It is an honor to be nominated for VLA Secretary. Serving as VLA Secretary would be a great professional opportunity, and I believe that my work as Secretary/Treasurer of VLACRL, as well as my work on numerous campus committees, has prepared me for the position. I have learned a great deal about VLA serving in VLACRL, and on the VLA Conference Committee. I would enjoy the opportunity to record meeting minutes, handle correspondence, and establish a calendar of meetings for the Executive Committee and Council, as well as working with the Library of Virginia to maintain the Association Archives. If elected, I plan to put my strong organization and communication skills to use for the Association. Thank you for this opportunity.
Biography: Jennifer Resor-Whicker is a Reference/Instruction Librarian at Radford University’s McConnell Library, where she has been employed since 2010. She holds the faculty rank of assistant professor. She is an active member of the Radford University campus community, serving on various faculty committees and search committees. She is currently serving as McConnell Library’s representative to the Faculty Senate, and as the secretary of the Faculty Senate’s Curriculum Committee. Her BA in English literature and MLIS are both from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She is a graduate of the 2012 ACRL Teacher Track Immersion Program. She has published in Virginia Libraries, Communications in Information Literacy, Synergy and Internet Reference Services Quarterly. ALA’s Library Instruction Roundtable selected an article she co-authored with her RU colleagues on web evaluation as one of the top 20 articles of 2013.
Jennifer has been a member of VLA since 2008. She served as Secretary/Treasurer of VLACRL from 2013-2015. She served as co-chair to The Innovative Library Classroom conference for the 2014, 2015 and 2016 conferences. She is currently serving as a faculty member for the VLA Presentation Academy. She served as volunteer coordinator for the 2015 VLA Annual Conference, and is continuing her conference committee service as volunteer coordinator for the 2016 VLA Annual Conference.
Saturday, April 23, 2016
My Shakespeare Favourites
In honor of the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death I'm picking my favourites of Shakespeare. These answers would probably change depending on the day and my mood. That being said, I spent way too much time on this.
Day #1: Your favourite play - Romeo & Juliet
Day #2: Your favourite character - Beatrice
Day #3: Your favourite hero - Benedick
Day #4: Your favourite heroine - Rosalind
Day #5: Your favourite villain - Iago
Day #6: Your favourite villainess - Lady Macbeth
Day #7: Your favourite clown - Dogberry or Touchstone
Day #8: Your favourite comedy - Much Ado About Nothing
Day #9: Your favourite tragedy - Othello
Day #10: Your favourite history - Henry VI, Part III
Day #11: Your least favourite play - Cymbeline
Day #12: Your favourite scene - Much Ado, Act 5, scene 2
Day #13: Your favourite romantic scene - Romeo & Juliet, Act 2, scene 2
Day #14: Your favourite fight scene - Romeo & Juliet, Act 3, scene 1 Tybalt/Mercutio fight
Day #15: The first play you read - Romeo & Juliet
Day #16: Your first play you saw - Julius Caesar
Day #17: Your favourite speech - Act 3, scene 2 Juliet's "Gallop apace you fiery steeds..."
Day #18: Your favourite dialogue - Othello, Act 4, scene 3, Desdemona and Emilia, "Wouldst thou do such a deed for all the world?..."
Day #19: Your favourite movie version of a play - Scotland, PA
Day #20: Your favorite movie adaptation of a play - Baz Luhrman's Romeo & Juliet
Day #21: An overrated play - Richard II
Day #22: An underrated play - Henry VI, Part III
Day #23: a part I haven't played but would like to: not an actor :)
Day #24: An actor or actress you would love to see in a particular role - Rick Blunt as Petruchio and Ben Curns as Orlando (simply for the wrestling scene)
Day #25: Sooner or later, everyone has to choose: Hal or Falstaff? - Hal
Day #26: Your favourite couple - Macbeth and Lady Macbeth
Day #27: Your favourite couplet - So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, So long lives this and this gives life to thee.
Day #28: Your favourite joke - Hamlet, Act 3, scene 2, "Do you think I mean country matters?"
Day #29: Your favourite sonnet - Sonnet 18
Day #30: Your favourite single line - In following him, I follow but myself; or The fault dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings.
Day #1: Your favourite play - Romeo & Juliet
Day #2: Your favourite character - Beatrice
Day #3: Your favourite hero - Benedick
Day #4: Your favourite heroine - Rosalind
Day #5: Your favourite villain - Iago
Day #6: Your favourite villainess - Lady Macbeth
Day #7: Your favourite clown - Dogberry or Touchstone
Day #8: Your favourite comedy - Much Ado About Nothing
Day #9: Your favourite tragedy - Othello
Day #10: Your favourite history - Henry VI, Part III
Day #11: Your least favourite play - Cymbeline
Day #12: Your favourite scene - Much Ado, Act 5, scene 2
Day #13: Your favourite romantic scene - Romeo & Juliet, Act 2, scene 2
Day #14: Your favourite fight scene - Romeo & Juliet, Act 3, scene 1 Tybalt/Mercutio fight
Day #15: The first play you read - Romeo & Juliet
Day #16: Your first play you saw - Julius Caesar
Day #17: Your favourite speech - Act 3, scene 2 Juliet's "Gallop apace you fiery steeds..."
Day #18: Your favourite dialogue - Othello, Act 4, scene 3, Desdemona and Emilia, "Wouldst thou do such a deed for all the world?..."
Day #19: Your favourite movie version of a play - Scotland, PA
Day #20: Your favorite movie adaptation of a play - Baz Luhrman's Romeo & Juliet
Day #21: An overrated play - Richard II
Day #22: An underrated play - Henry VI, Part III
Day #23: a part I haven't played but would like to: not an actor :)
Day #24: An actor or actress you would love to see in a particular role - Rick Blunt as Petruchio and Ben Curns as Orlando (simply for the wrestling scene)
Day #25: Sooner or later, everyone has to choose: Hal or Falstaff? - Hal
Day #26: Your favourite couple - Macbeth and Lady Macbeth
Day #27: Your favourite couplet - So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, So long lives this and this gives life to thee.
Day #28: Your favourite joke - Hamlet, Act 3, scene 2, "Do you think I mean country matters?"
Day #29: Your favourite sonnet - Sonnet 18
Day #30: Your favourite single line - In following him, I follow but myself; or The fault dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings.
Friday, February 12, 2016
2016 Conference for Higher Education Pedagogy
My colleagues and I presented on our experiences with the Big Read NRV on Wednesday, February 10 at the 8th annual Conference on Higher Education Pedagogy in Blacksburg, VA. It was wonderful to be able to share our experiences with this great program. It was very rewarding to reach out the our student veterans on campus and the veterans in our New River Valley community. The presentation was well received, and we had a good discussion at the end of it. I hope we inspired others in academia to take on a Big Read project.
Monday, January 18, 2016
Creating Effective Presentations in Prezis
I taught an Our Turn for RU faculty and staff last week on Creating Effective Presentations in Prezi. I wanted to give best practices for using Prezi as a presentation medium. Of course the presentation turned into something else. Most of those in attendance had never used Prezi. I think for the next Our Turn I will just have a drop-in session where people can come and ask questions about Prezi.
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