Elizabeth (Betsy) Sterner is the HSLI Member of the Quarter! Betsy is currently Health Sciences & Science Librarian and Assistant Professor at Northern Illinois University’s Founders Memorial Library. She is also the President-Elect of HSLI. How did your 16 years as a high school teacher prepare you for working with college students in a library…
Month: November 2023
Next HSLI Coffee & Conversation on Thurs., Nov. 21, 3:00-4:00 PM CDT–Includes Presentation From Jira Scholarship Winner
(via Frances Drone-Silvers, HSLI Secretary) Please join us virtually on Thursday, November 21, from 3:00 to 4:00 PM CDT, for a chance to share updates, challenges, wins, and insights. Attendees will also have the chance to meet one of the HSLI Helen Knoll Jira Scholarship winners, UIUC iSchool PhD student Devyn Wilder. Hope to see…
A Student’s Reflection on the 2023 HSLI Conference: Laurel Darling
Laurel Darling is a student at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s School of Information Sciences. Rushed. Under-caffeinated. A tad nervous. That’s what I was feeling as I was getting ready the morning of the 2023 HSLI Conference, no matter how much I attempted to quell my emotions. As a second-year MSLIS student, this was…
A Student’s Reflection on the 2023 HSLI Conference: Precious Olalere
Precious Olalere is a student at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s School of Information Sciences. The 2023 Health Science Librarians of Illinois (HSLI) Conference was an exceptional opportunity that profoundly impacted my professional development. From the lightning talks to the keynote speaker’s presentation, I gained a deeper understanding of health librarianship and the space…
Legislative Update, 11/10/2023
Federal News On October 30, 2023, President Biden issued an Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence, in an effort to govern the creation and use of AI. Read the White House issued fact-sheet for a plain speech overview of the Executive Order and its desired impacts. Interested…
Registration Open for Next Meeting of HSLI Journal Club on Tues., Nov. 14, 3:00-4:00 PM CDT–Article to Discuss is “Citational Justice and the Politics of Knowledge Production”
Please plan to join us for the next meeting of the HSLI Journal Club on Tuesday, November 14, 2023 from 3:00 to 4:00 PM CDT. We will be discussing: Citational Justice and the Politics of Knowledge Productionby the Citational Justice Collective Persistent URL: here Massachusetts Institute of Technology Open Access Articles Publisher – ACM Association for Computing DOI here. REGISTRATION: You…