(via Lindsay Harmon, IACRL President) Are you attending the ILA Annual Conference in Tinley Park? Join your academic library colleagues for dinner at 7:00 PM on Tuesday, October 10, at Gatto’s Italian Restaurant! Sign up here. Those who would like to carpool can meet in the lobby of the Holiday Inn at 6:45 PM. We…
Day: October 7, 2017
Nominate an Intern or Recent Graduate for Rittenhouse Award (Deadline Nov. 1)
(via Mariana Lapidus, MCPHS University) Do you know a recent graduate (past 18 months) or intern who has written an unpublished paper or created a web-based project? Nominate the person for the Rittenhouse Award. Recipients receive complimentary student registration to MLA’s annual meeting, a certificate, and a cash award of $500. Deadline for applications is…
IACRL@ILA — Programming for Academic Librarians
(via Lindsay Harmon, IACRL President) I hope to see many of you next week at the ILA Annual Conference in Tinley Park! In addition to our Unconference and Luncheon on Wednesday, please don’t forget that IACRL is sponsoring IACRL@ILA–a track of programming for academic librarians that includes more than 20 presentations given by and for…
Call for Submissions: 2018 ALA Library Instruction Round Table awards (Deadline Jan. 15, 2018)
(via Beth Fuchs, University of Kentucky) The ALA Library Instruction Round Table (LIRT) welcomes your submissions for two awards created to recognize excellence in information literacy and instruction. Submissions from all types of libraries (public, school, special, academic) are encouraged. Winners will receive a $1,000 award, a plaque, and a $500 travel stipend to be…
Electronic Petitions to Run for ALA President-Elect and Councilor-at-Large Available (Filing Deadline Dec. 6)
(via JoAnne Kempf, American Library Association) Interested in running for ALA President-elect or Councilor-at-Large but weren’t approached by the Nominating Committee? You can still get your name on the 2018 spring ballot by completing a petition form and obtaining the signatures of no fewer than 200 ALA current personal members for president-elect and 25 signatures…
ACRL Offering Online Course “Engaging with the ACRL Framework” (October 16 – November 17, 2017)
(via Chase Ollis, American Library Association) The ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education – with its emphasis on self-reflective and lifelong learning and on conceptual understandings about information, research, and scholarship and encouraging – has prompted many librarians to consider their teaching practices from fresh angles, as they explore their evolving instructional roles…