(via Krista Bowers Sharpe, Western Illinois University) Susan R. Franzen, Nursing Librarian at Milner Library at Illinois State University, is the 2021 recipient of the Illinois Library Association (ILA) Illinois Academic Librarian of the Year Award. The award, presented by the ILA Illinois Association of College and Research Libraries (IACRL) Forum, recognizes an Illinois librarian…
Day: July 16, 2021
Update on CARLI’S Open Textbooks Pilot Program Grant
(via Anne Craig, CARLI Senior Director) As you may have already heard, CARLI and the University of Illinois System have been awarded a $1.08 million Open Textbooks Pilot Program grant from the U.S. Department of Education. This new grant, which U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin announced in early June, will fund Illinois Support for Creation of…
Registration Open for Amigos Library Services Webinar “Let It Go: Weeding Your Library’s Collection” (July 27 and 28, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM CDT)–Deadline Fri., July 23
(via Jodie Borgerding, Amigos Library Services) Registration is now open for the Amigos Library Services webinar “Let It Go: Weeding Your Library’s Collection”. This webinar will take place on Tuesday, July 27, and Wednesday, July 28, from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM CDT both days. It’s no secret that information professionals have strong opinions when it comes to…
Call for Chapter Proposals: Upcoming ABC-CLIO Publication Sustainable Online Library Services and Resources: Learning from the Pandemic (Deadline Fri., July 30)
(via Samantha Harlow, University of North Carolina at Greensboro) COVID-19 has impacted and shifted how all libraries and public institutions provide services and resources; the future of libraries will depend on librarians, teachers, and designers to learn and grow from these transitions. Different types of libraries (academic, public, special, and school) were impacted by the…
Call for Proposals: Virtual 2021 Medical Institutional Repositories in Libraries Symposium on Wed., Nov. 17 (Deadline Fri., Sept. 3)
(via Ramune Kubilius, Galter Health Sciences Library & Learning Center at Northwestern University) The Medical Institutional Repositories in Libraries (MIRL) planning committee is now accepting proposals for the inaugural Medical Institutional Repositories in Libraries (MIRL) Symposium, a free event that will take place virtually on Wednesday, November 17 (time to be determined). MIRL is a platform-neutral conference and…
Registration Open for Free 2021 South Carolina Conference on Information Literacy (Online Aug. 4-6)
(via Shannon Jones, Director of Libraries at Medical University of South Carolina) Registration is now open for the 2021 South Carolina Conference on Information Literacy (SCCIL). The event will take place virtually from Wednesday, August 4, to Friday, August 6. There is no cost to register. The South Carolina Conference on Instruction Literacy is a new…
Call for Participation: Survey on Academic Librarian Productivity While Working from Home During a Pandemic
(via Abby Moore, University of North Carolina at Charlotte) Librarians at UNC Charlotte and NC State University are researching academic librarian perceptions of productivity while working from home during a pandemic. This online survey will add to the scholarly conversation regarding academic librarians’ ability to work effectively and creatively in home offices. We hope that the…
Call for Proposals: Southeast Data Librarian Symposium 2021 (Online Oct. 13-15)–Deadline Fri., Aug. 13
(via Melissa Chomintra, Tulane University) The Southeast Data Librarian Symposium, or SEDLS, invites proposals for virtual workshops, short talks, and poster presentations for SEDLS 2021! The SEDLS 2021 conference will be held online from October 13 to 15 (Wednesday-Friday). Submit your proposal here. The deadline for proposals is Friday, August 13. Check out last year’s program to view abstracts, posters, and presentation recordings for…
Call for Proposals: 25th Atmospheric Science Librarians International Conference (Currently Jan. 23-27, 2022, in Houston)–Deadline Tues., Aug. 3, 2021
(via Elise Gowen, Penn State University) The 25th Atmospheric Science Librarians International (ASLI) Conference will be held 23-27 January 2022 in Houston, TX, in conjunction with the American Meteorological Society’s (AMS) Annual Meeting. For this conference, sessions will be in person and virtual. The theme for the 102nd AMS Annual Meeting is “Environmental Security: weather, water and climate for a more…
Registration Open for Allyship: Coalition Building for Sustainable Change Virtual Conference (July 22-23, Thurs-Fri.)
(via the Online Learning Consortium) Registration is now open for Allyship: Coalition Building for Sustainable Change. This virtual summit, co-hosted by Bay Path University on Thursday, July 22, and Friday, July 23, will encourage open, collaborative dialogue about equity and inclusions solutions, interventions, and innovations that empower leaders seeking to build more authentically diverse and inclusive teams and communities. The…