(via Gwen Gregory, IACRL Past President) The ILA Diversity Task Force wants to hear about the experiences of Illinois library workers from traditionally underrepresented groups in the field. Survey responses will be collected and examined to provide recommendations to ILA for the pursuit of diversity, equity, and inclusion within the Illinois library community. Please complete…
Month: September 2017
Call for Abstract Reviewers: MLA 2018 Annual Meeting (Deadline to Sign Up Sept. 22)
(via Susan Steelman, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Library) The 2018 National Programming Committee invites reviewers for papers, posters and lightning talks for the Medical Library Association Annual Meeting and Exhibition, to be held May 18-23, 2018 in Atlanta, Georgia. To apply, fill out the Reviewer Interest form by Friday, September 22. The link…
Call for Posters: Open Up Conference on Open Educational Resources
(via Lucy Bungo, Director of Library Services at Villa Maria College) Has your library designed open educational resources (OERs) for faculty? Have you partnered with faculty on the curation of OERs for classroom use in specific subjects? Are you hosting OERs at your library? Have you done anything else with OERs that you want to…
Call for Proposals: 3rd National Personal Librarian & First Year Experience Library Conference (Deadline Oct. 6)
(via Brian Gray, Case Western Reserve University) Proposals are now being accepted for the 3rd National Personal Librarian & First Year Experience Library Conference, a 2-day event focused on all aspects of the first year experience and the personalization of outreach and services for incoming students. The conference will be hosted by Kelvin Smith Library…
CARLI Survey on Open Educational Resources (Deadline Oct. 2)
(via Elizabeth Clarage, CARLI) CARLI members were instrumental in the funding of the CARLI membership in the Open Textbook Network. The CARLI Board has established an Open Educational Resources Task Force that will support CARLI’s participation in the Open Textbook Network, will encourage cooperation and collaboration on open education resources, and will identify and develop…
Autism Basics Webinar for Librarians and Literacy Providers (Sept. 27, 10:30-11:30 AM CST)
(via Suzanne Schriar, Illinois State Library) A webinar about how to better serve individuals on the autism spectrum will be held on Wednesday, September 27, from 10:30 to 11:30 AM CST. Staff from the Targeting Autism program at the State Library will conduct the live webinar. This session will cover topics including what autism is, why it…
ACRL/CLS CLIPP Publications Call for Proposals (Oct. 6 deadline)
(via Samantha Thompson-Franklin, Lewis-Clark State College) The ACRL/CLS CLIPP (College Library Information on Policy and Practice) Committee invites you to submit a preliminary proposal for its CLIPP publication series. We welcome proposals on any topic that is relevant for small and mid-sized academic libraries. The CLIPP series allows library staff to share information on practices…
UIUC’s Dr. Emily Knox to Give Keynote Address at HSLI 2017 Annual Conference
(via the Publicity Subcommittee of the HSLI Conference Planning Committee) The Health Science Librarians of Illinois (HSLI) Annual Conference organizers are pleased to announce that Emily Knox, Ph.D., M.S.L.I.S., will be the 2017 Conference keynote speaker. An Assistant Professor at the School of Information Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the keynoter will speak on Friday…
Reminder: Deadline to Apply for Health Science Librarians of Illinois Syed Maghrabi Conference Scholarship is Wed., Sept. 13
(via Emily Johnson, University of Illinois at Chicago Library of the Health Sciences – Peoria, and Ramune Kubilius, Galter Health Sciences Library at Northwestern University) This is a reminder of the opportunity to apply for the Syed Maghrabi Conference Scholarship, to attend the 2017 Health Science Librarians of Illinois Conference in Bloomington, IL, on October…
MLA 2018 Call for Posters, Papers, Lightning Talks, and Special Content Sessions (Deadline Oct. 10)
(via the Medical Library Association) The 2018 National Program Committee invites you to submit a paper, poster, lightning talk, or special content session for MLA ’18 to be held in Atlanta, Georgia, on May 18-23, 2018. Themes for papers, posters, lightning talks, and special content sessions at MLA ’18 will be based on member submissions….