(via Margaret Chambers, CARLI) The University of Illinois System/CARLI has been awarded a 3-year $1.08 million from the U.S. Department of Education’s Open Textbooks Pilot Program – a competitive grant program based on US Senate Majority Whip and Illinois Senator Richard Durbin’s Affordable College Textbook Act. The grant will fund Illinois SCOERs (Support for Creation…
Month: June 2021
Registration Open for “Library Services to Refugees during the COVID-19 Pandemic” Webinar (Fri., June 18, at 12:00 PM CDT)
(via Amber Hayes, American Library Association) In observance of World Refugee Day, UIUC’s Mortenson Center for International Library Programs and the American Library Association have partnered to host a webinar on Friday, June 18, at 12:00 PM CDT. The COVID-19 pandemic has created challenges for communities worldwide and the libraries that serve them. Libraries have…
Registration Open for Free STEM Librarians Collaborative 2021 Meeting (Online July 21-22, Wed.-Thurs.)
(via Jennifer Hart, University of Chicago) Registration is now open for the STEM Librarians Collaborative 2021 Meeting. It will take place on July 21 and 22 (Wednesday-Thursday), from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM CDT each day. This is an online conference via Zoom and is free This conference offers an opportunity to learn from other…
Save the Date and Call for Proposals: Kentucky Medical Library Association Virtual Conference (Fri., July 16)–Deadline Wed., June 23
(via Ramune Kubilius, Galter Health Sciences Library & Learning Center at Northwestern University) The Kentucky Medical Library Association (KMLA) will be hosting a virtual conference on Friday, July 16. The conference planning committee invites poster, presentation, and lightning talk submissions on topics of interest to health sciences academic, medical, or hospital libraries. Library science students…
Sign Up for RAILS Monthly Marketing Newsletter on My Library Is… Campaign
(via Gwen Gregory, Northern Illinois University) RAILS has a new tool for libraries to stay connected to the My Library Is… campaign. As part of the campaign, you can subscribe to receive a regular newsletter with links to blog posts, templates, and resources. Anyone who is interested in telling the story of the library and proving the library’s value…
Call for Applicants: CARLI Counts Cohort 3 (Deadline Thursday, July 15)
(via Anne Craig, CARLI Senior Director) Applications are available for the extremely popular CARLI Counts Cohort 3, funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. CARLI Counts is a continuing education library leadership immersion program that prepares librarians to make effective use of research findings on the impact of academic libraries on student success…
Registration Open for OLC Accelerate 2021 Hybrid Conference (Virtual Sept. 20-24, In-Person Oct. 5-8)
(via the Online Learning Consortium) Registration is now open for the OLC Accelerate 2021 conference. This year’s meeting will have a hybrid format, with a virtual portion from Monday, September 24, to Friday, September 28, and in-person sessions from Tuesday, October 5, to Friday October 8, in Washington, D.C. The theme of this year’s event is “An Odyssey into…
Call for Feedback: ACRL Visual Literacy Task Force’s Draft of The Framework for Visual Literacy (Deadline Wed., July 7)
(via Dana Thompson, Murray State University) The ACRL Visual Literacy Task Force is currently seeking feedback on The Framework for Visual Literacy. We are asking you to consider how you might use this document. We would also like to understand how it could be improved to better align with your needs. We thank you in advance…
Illinois Library Association Announces Main Speakers for 2021 Annual Conference (Online Oct. 12-14)
(via the Illinois Library Association) An award-winning author and writer for a nationally renowned magazine, a cartoonist, editor, and professor, a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Librarian, and the American Library Association’s 10th Executive Director are among the speakers for the 2021 ILA Annual Conference. The Conference will be virtual this year–from Tuesday, October 12, to…
Call for Cover Art: Upcoming Issues of College & Research Libraries News
(via ACRL) The publication College & Research Libraries News (C&RL News) is looking for images from library collections to feature on upcoming covers. If you have items in your collections that you think would make attractive C&RL News covers, we would love to see them. To submit images (or image collections), send URLs for Web-based images or images directly as…