(via Julie Martin, Northeast Document Conservation Center) Registration is open for the 2017 Digital Directions Conference. The meeting will take place from Monday, August 21, to Wednesday, August 23. The theme of this year’s event, “Fundamentals of Creating and Managing Digital Collections”, will cover everything from digital project planning, rights and responsibilities, and digitizing A-V materials,…
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ALA Annual Program on Discovery Tools and the ACRL IL Framework (1:00-2:30 on June 24)
(via David Oberhelman, Oklahoma State University) Please join us at ALA Annual in Chicago on Saturday, June 24, from 1:00 to 2:30 PM, in MCP W179a, for the ACRL Instruction Section/Distance Learning Section/Community and Jr. College Library Section panel discussion program. The session, “To Teach or Not To Teach Discovery Tools: Balancing Practical Instruction with the ACRL Information Literacy…
Reminder: Chapter Proposals Deadline for ACRL Volume on Retaining and Graduating Students is June 19
(via Yen Tran, San Jose State University) ACRL Press is planning to publish a book titled Supporting Today’s Students in the Library: Strategies for Retaining and Graduating International, Transfer, First-Generation, and Re-Entry Students. Editors Ngoc-Yen Tran & Silke Higgins invite the submission of chapter proposals for a book on how academic libraries are addressing the unique…
Reminder: Mentors Still Needed for ACRL First-Time Attendees at ALA Annual
(via Jodie Borgerding, Amigos Library Services) We anticipate over 250 ACRL members will be attending their first ALA Annual Conference in Chicago. We’d like to help our first-time attendees make the most of their conference experience. As of today, we have 18 first-time conference attendees without a mentor. Experienced Conference-goers attending ALA Annual 2017 are…
ACRL Framework for Information Literacy Toolkit Launches
(via Donna Witek, The University of Scranton) The ACRL Framework Advisory Board (FAB) is pleased to announce the launch of the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy Toolkit. The ACRL Framework for Information LiteracyToolkit is intended as a freely available professional development resource that can be used and adapted by both individuals and groups in order to foster understanding…
ALA Annual Program: “Update on the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education” (10:30-11:30 on June 25)
(via Sara Miller, Michigan State University) For those of you headed to the ALA Annual conference, please consider attending the session “Update on the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education“. It will take place on Sunday, June 25, from 10:30 to 11:30 AM at the Hilton Chicago, International South Hear the latest news about the Framework for Information…
UIUC’s iSchool Seeking Nominations for Downs Intellectual Freedom Award
(via the American Library Association) The iSchool at Illinois seeks nominations for the Robert B. Downs Intellectual Freedom Award. The deadline for nominations is Sunday, October 1. Given annually, the award acknowledges individuals or groups who have furthered the cause of intellectual freedom, particularly as it impacts libraries and information centers and the dissemination of ideas. Granted…
Call for Proposals: “Privacy & Security for Today’s Library” Online Conference (Deadline July 7)
(via Jodie Borgerding, Amigos Library Services) We hear a lot about how to handle difficult patrons, cybersecurity, and protecting patron data. However, other areas of security and privacy often get overlooked. Have you thought about your library’s equipment and even the building itself? Join Amigos Library Services on September 21, for the online conference “Privacy…
Registration Open for NNLM “Food for Thought: Exploring Nutrition Information Resources” Course
(via Elizabeth Kiscaden, Associate Director for the National Network of Libraries of Medicine – Greater Midwest Region) Are you interested in learning about resources for nutrition information? Are you unfamiliar with PubAg, FoodSafety.gov, Nutrition.gov, and interested in learning to use these resources? Now’s your opportunity! “Food for Thought: Exploring Nutrition Information Resources” will be co-hosted…
Seeking Contributors for NNLM Training Office Webinar, “Teaching Topics: Successes, Flops, and Far-Out Ideas”
(via Bobbi Newman, National Network of Libraries of Medicine – Greater Midwest Region) Are you a librarian-instructor working with students, faculty and/or staff in the health sciences? How do you teach PubMed (or other NLM resources)? The NNLM (National Network of Libraries of Medicine) Training Office seeks contributors to a webinar spotlighting instructional projects of…