Amber Spratlin is the Electronic Resources Librarian, and Director of Online Learning, at LaGrange College.

Georgia Library Association

Library Instruction in the Time of COVID-19

By Amber Spratlin Reference and Instruction librarians have been hard at work planning library instruction in non-traditional ways to adapt to new classroom stipulations. CJ Ivory, Assistant Professor and Instruction Librarian in Ingram Library at the University of West Georgia (UWG), shared with us how the Instruction Librarians at UWG are handling the pandemic.  The University of West Georgia…

Atlanta Emerging Librarians Planning Committee Seeking Nominations

The Atlanta Emerging Librarians (AEL) Planning Committee is looking for nominations for next year’s (2021) planning committee. AEL is a standing committee of GLA’s New Members Round Table (NMRT) that strives to create in-person connections between MLIS students, new graduates, new librarians, and those interested in a career in libraries throughout the Metro Atlanta area.…

TSIG Hosts Summer Webinar Series

By Amber Spratlin You may have noticed that the Technical Services Interest Group (TSIG) has been very busy this summer, developing and hosting a series of training webinars. According to Linh Uong, TSIG Chair, the idea for this series originated in 2019. Uong reiterated the idea at GLA Midwinter 2020, and the Workshop Subcommittee (consisting of Linh Uong, Rachel Evans, Rebecca Hunnicutt,…

Georgia Library Association

GALILEO Admin: The Fast and the Functional

By Amber Spratlin On July 21, 2020, GALILEO Admin, a new local electronic resource management portal, will launch alongside the new GALILEO web portal. Mike White (GALILEO Support Analyst) and Russell Palmer (Assistant Director, GALILEO Support Services) hosted a webinar on July 7, 2020 to introduce librarians across the state to this new, one-stop shop interface for e-resource management. …