(via Catherine Soehner, University of Utah) The National Library of Medicine (NLM) and Association of Academic Health Sciences Library (AAHSL) are pleased to announce the opening of applications for the 2021/2022 Leadership Fellows Program. The Leadership Fellows Program recognizes and values the importance of diversity and inclusion in enriching and supporting academic health sciences libraries’ mission and…
Category: Awards, Grants, and Scholarships (HSLI)
Reminder: Submissions for IACRL People’s Choice Award in Scholarly Publishing Due Wednesday, July 1
(via IACRL) This is a reminder that the Illinois Association of College & Research Libraries (IACRL) Awards Committee is seeking submissions for the People’s Choice Award in Scholarly Publishing. This award will give academic and research librarians throughout Illinois the opportunity to read and evaluate scholarly works by their peers and then vote on a favorite. It will…
Elizabeth Sterner – 2019 Syed Maghrabi Scholarship Recipient – Conference Report
Elizabeth (Betsy) Sterner, MS, MLIS, is the Health and Human Services librarian at Governors State University (GSU). Her report about her experience at the HSLI 2019 Conference is shared. I am grateful for the opportunity to attend the HSLI 2019 Conference, Going Forward, Looking Back, in Champaign, IL. I would like to thank the Conference…
Reminder: HSLI Annual Conference Holding Silent Auction Evening of Thursday, September 12
(on behalf of the HSLI Conference Planning Committee’s Silent Auction Subcommittee) Join us at the HSLI Annual Conference’s Silent Auction, where you will be able to bid on many interesting and unique items. Available in the Silent Auction will be gift baskets and bags (with books, toiletries, Illinois beer, a pet mug, and other goodies),…
Deadline to Apply for Syed Maghrabi Conference Scholarship Extended to August 4
The deadline to apply for this years Syed Maghrabi Conference Scholarship has been extended until Sunday, August 4, at midnight. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Syed Maghrabi Scholarship Committee would like to welcome HSLI members to submit their applications for the 2019 Scholarship. Applicants must be current members of HSLI (2019 dues paid). Applicants must write a short…
Reminder: Application Deadline for Syed Maghrabi Scholarship to Attend Health Science Librarians of Illinois 2019 Annual Conference is Friday, July 26
(via Miranda Shake, HSLI Past President) The Syed Maghrabi Scholarship Committee would like to welcome HSLI members to submit their application for the 2019 Scholarship. The deadline to apply is Friday, July 26. More information is below. Applicants must be current members of HSLI (2019 dues paid). Applicants must write a short essay entitled, “I would…
Call for Applicants: Syed Maghrabi Scholarship to Attend HSLI 2019 Annual Conference (Deadline July 26)
(via Miranda Shake, HSLI Past President) The Syed Maghrabi Scholarship committee would like to welcome HSLI members to submit their application for the 2019 scholarship. Applicants must be current members of HSLI (2019 dues paid) Applicants must write a short essay entitled, “I would like a Syed Maghrabi Conference Scholarship because…” Each scholarship recipient must…
Evelyn Cunico – 2018 Syed Maghrabi Scholarship Recipient – Conference Report
Evelyn Cunico, MA, MS/LIS, is the creator and editor of the monthly blog at https://chimeconsumerhealth.wordpress.com Her report about her experience at the HSLI annual conference is shared. Thank You As a recipient of the Health Science Librarians of Illinois (HSLI) 2018 Syed Maghrabi Scholarship, I would like to thank the HSLI 2018 Conference Planning Committee, the…
The Conference Process, the Return of the A/V Elf, and the Importance of Shims
The Conference Planning Process The HSLI conference planning process starts a few weeks after the last conference ends. The past year’s committee looks over the feedback on the conference to make decisions on the next conference. This is why it is important to submit your evaluation. Sometimes we pick the city based on the conference…
Kirstin Duffin – 2018 Syed Maghrabi Scholarship Recipient: Conference Report
Kirstin Duffin, MS, MLIS, is a reference librarian in Booth Library of Eastern Illinois University. Her report about her experience at the HSLI annual conference is shared. ________ As a recipient of the 2018 Syed Maghrabi Scholarship to attend the HSLI conference this year, I would like to offer my thanks: to the scholarship review…