(via Alexandra Hauser, Michigan State University) Would you like to develop your library instruction skills, methods, and resources more fully? Expand your network and build a relationship with a new colleague? If you answered “yes” to one or both of these questions then the ACRL Instruction Section Mentoring Program is for you. The purpose of…
Year: 2017
ACRL Instruction Section Program Seeking Mentors
(via Alexandra Hauser, Michigan State University) Do you want to share your professional library instruction experience? Lead and build a relationship with a new colleague? Did you answer “yes” to one or both of these questions? If so, then please consider becoming a mentor for the ACRL Instruction Section Mentoring Program. The purpose of the…
Applications Being Accepted for 2018 IFLA/OCLC Fellowship Program for Librarians From Developing Countries
(via the Online Computer Library Center) OCLC and the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) are now accepting applications for library professionals to participate in the 2018 Jay Jordan IFLA/OCLC Early Career Development Fellowship Program. The Fellowship Program, sponsored by IFLA and OCLC, is a four-week program based at OCLC headquarters in Dublin, Ohio, USA, that…
Call for Submissions: ACRL Instruction Section Newsletter (Deadline Sept. 14)
(via the ACRL Instruction Section) The ACRL Instruction Section Newsletter is soliciting content. We invite your submissions about the following topics. active learning techniques learning object creation student learning outcomes & pedagogy assessment instructional design (universal, backward, accessibility, etc.) instruction for special populations (e.g., faculty, international students, administrators, etc.) Submissions should take one of the following forms….
Call for Applications: Ida and George Eliot Prize
(via Michelle Rachal, University of Nevada School of Medicine) How do medical librarians make a difference? What are the standards for our profession. . . and where can we do better? Who has shown us the data that will help shape our future? The Ida and George Eliot Prize is presented annually for a work…
Call for Panel Participants: Distance Library Services Conference
(via Christina Hillman, St. John Fisher College) Are you a new librarian? Are you working with distance, online, or hybrid students and faculty as part of your first professional library job? Then please consider working with us on a panel proposal for the 18th Distance Library Services Conference. The panel will discuss how new (less…
Applicants Sought for MLA Librarians without Borders®/ Elsevier Foundation/ Research4Life Grant
(via Ahlam Saleh, University of Arizona) Please consider the MLA Librarians without Borders®/ Elsevier Foundation/ Research4Life Grant opportunity. Application are currently being accepted. The deadline for submission is Friday, December 1. The official description of the grant program is below. “The Medical Library Association (MLA) has established the MLA Librarians without Borders® / Elsevier Foundation/ Research4Life…
Reminder: Deadline to Apply for Health Science Librarians of Illinois Syed Maghrabi Conference Scholarship is 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…
IACRL@ILA Offers Academic-Library Programming at ILA 2017
(via the Illinois Library Association) The Illinois Association of College and Research Libraries (IACRL) is sponsoring IACRL@ILA–a track of programming for academic librarians at the 2017 ILA Annual Conference. IACRL@ILA will take the place of an IACRL Conference in 2018. A similar track of programming will be offered at the 2018 ILA Annual Conference. Offering…
Extended: HSLI Conference Poster Session Proposals Due Friday, September 8th
(via Emily Johnson, University of Illinois at Chicago Library of the Health Sciences – Peoria) The Program Committee of the Health Science Librarians of Illinois invites proposals for posters for the HSLI Conference, to be held October 26-27 in Bloomington, Illinois. The conference theme is “The Times are Changing”. We encourage you to take a…