(via RAILS) The next RAILS member update will be Thursday, April 11, from 10 a.m.-noon. All staff members at all RAILS libraries are invited to join us at an available RAILS videoconference location or via one-way streaming video (RAILS Live). Here are five reasons why you’ll want to be there: Diane Foote, Executive Director of…
Author: Eric Edwards
Call for Submissions: ACRL College Libraries Section’s Spring 2019 Newsletter (Deadline May 1)
(via Elaine Hirsch, Lewis & Clark College) The CLS Communications Committee invites submissions for the Spring 2019 CLS Newsletter. This is an opportunity to highlight happenings at your library with colleagues across the country. Did your library launch an innovative program or host a successful event? Did your library receive a grant? Are there any…
Registration Open for Online Viewing of Keynote Address at ILA Marketing Forum’s Mini-Conference on April 5 (Limit of 20 Attendees)
(via the Illinois Library Association) If you are unable to attend the ILA Marketing Forum’s Mini-Conference this week, you’re in luck because we are offering free live access to the keynote presentation by Angela Hursh, Content Team Leader in the Marketing Department at the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County. Hursh’s presentation will include…
ACRL Distance Learning Section Instruction Committee’s Virtual Poster Sessions Available for Viewing (April 1-5)
(via Michelle Keba, Palm Beach Atlantic University) The DLS Instruction Group invites you to participate in an inaugural Virtual Poster Session (https://acrl.ala.org/DLS/2019-virtual-poster-session/) between April 1 and 5, 2019. During this week, 40 posters about online teaching and learning practices are available to view and comment on. There will be a wide array of poster topics,…
Registration Open for IOLUG 2019 Spring Conference (May 10 at Indiana Wesleyan University)
(via the Indiana Online Users Group) Register Today for IOLUG’s 2019 Spring Conference! Tackling Data in Libraries: Opportunities and Challenges in Serving User Communities Register at IOLUG.org<http://www.iolug.org/> Friday, May 10th Indiana Wesleyan University Indianapolis North Education and Conference Center 3777 Priority Way S Dr Indianapolis, IN 46240 Map<https://goo.gl/maps/FNMxu87VAF62> Keynote Speaker – Jerica Copeny<http://www.iolug.org/2019/03/01/jerica-copeny-to-keynote-iolug-2019/>, Civic Data…
Call for Volunteers: CARLI Committees for 2019-20 (Deadline April 26)
(via CARLI) CARLI is now seeking volunteers to serve on eight advisory committees. Volunteers chosen will serve a three-year term, July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2022. Faculty and staff members from all CARLI member libraries, with all levels of experience, are encouraged to apply. Service on CARLI committees affords individuals a unique opportunity to…
Call for Volunteers: ACRL Instruction Section’s Framework for Information Literacy Sandbox Committee (Deadline April 19)
(via Meghan Sitar–University of Michigan, Ann Arbor) The ACRL Instruction Section (IS) and ACRL Student Learning and Information Literacy Committee (SLILC) invite volunteers for a new Framework for Information Literacy Sandbox Committee in the Instruction Section. The creation of this committee marks the hand off of the stewardship of the Sandbox from SLILC to IS. The Sandbox was created by the…
Call for Proposals: Chicago Research Summit on October 18, 2019
(via Gwen Gregory, University of Illinois at Chicago, on behalf of Cathy Mayer, Trinity University) Dear Faculty & Staff: On October 18, 2019, you are invited to participate in the inaugural Chicago Research Summit, a one-day conference that will bring together educators and community partners to explore how institutions of higher education connect students to…
Call for Volunteers: “Buddies” for First-Time Attendees at 2019 ACRL Conference
(via Gwen Gregory–University of Illinois at Chicago, on behalf of Heidi Steiner Burkhardt–University of Michigan, Ann Arbor) If you are attending the ACRL Conference next month, I hope you will consider being a buddy for a first time attendee. The Membership Committee made 75 slots available and they filled in around four hours (!), but…
RSVP for Illinois Academic Library Meetup at ACRL 2019 in Cleveland (7:00-8:00 PM on Thursdy, April 11)
(via Michelle Nielsen Ott, Illinois ACRL Vice-President/President Elect, on behalf of Dan Bostrom, Reaching Across Illinois Library System) Heading to the 2019 ACRL Conference in Cleveland? Join your colleagues from academic libraries around Illinois for an evening of after-hours networking on Thursday, April 11 at 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. at Southern Tier Brewery, 811 Prospect…