(via Michele Ostrow, University of Texas at Austin) Here is an update on the spring ACRL Instruction Section Management & Leadership Professional Development Series, events of interest to instruction coordinators and librarians with instruction responsibilities. The first event in the series, “Accessibility in Teaching with Technology”, with Stephanie Rosen, Accessibility Specialist at the University of Michigan…
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Reminder: Proposals for Access Services Conference 2017 Due Friday, May 5
(via Krista Higham, Millersville University) On behalf of the Conference Organizing Committee, we would like to invite you to submit a proposal for the Access Services Conference 2017, “Unlocking the 21st Century Library”. This year’s event will be held at The Georgia Tech Global Learning Center in Atlanta, Georgia, from Wednesday, November 15, to Friday, November…
Reminder: NASIG 2017 Early-Bird Registration Ends Friday, May 5
(via Leigh Ann DePope, University of Maryland) Early-bird registration for the 32nd annual NASIG Conference ends this Friday, May 5! This year the conference will be held from Thursday, June 8, to Monday, June 12, in beautiful downtown Indianapolis. The Program Planning Committee has been hard at work organizing sessions to entertain and educate and has some…
Illinois Academic Librarians Presenting at NASIG 2017 Annual Conference
A number of Illinois academic librarians will give presentations at the NASIG (formerly North American Serials Interest Group, Inc.) 2017 Annual Conference. This year’s event, the 32nd gathering, will take place from Thursday, June 8, to Sunday, June 11, in Indianapolis, with preconference sessions on Wednesday, June 7. More information about the Conference is available here. The…
Nominations Sought for Midwest Chapter/MLA 2017 Distinguished Librarian of the Year Award
(via Nicole Theis-Mahon, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities) Please consider nominating one of your amazing colleagues for the Midwest Chapter/MLA 2017 Distinguished Librarian of the Year Award. The Distinguished Librarian of the Year Award recognizes chapter members who have made outstanding professional contributions to health sciences librarianship and the Chapter. This award will be announced…
Call for Submissions: Summer, 2017, Issue of MLA’s Consumer Connections Newsletter
(via Robin O’Hanlon, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai) Do you have an interesting consumer health or health literacy initiative taking place at your library? Are you headed to MLA 2017 and plan on attending on sessions related to consumer health or outreach to patients? We want to hear from you! We need submissions…
Reminder: Deadline for Illinois Academic Librarian of the Year Nominations is May 15
(via Gwen Gregory, IACRL Past President) Do you have a colleague who has done wonderful work in an academic library? Have they done important research? Have they provided exemplary service to professional organization? The Illinois Association of College and Research Libraries and the Illinois Library Association are looking for nominations for the Illinois Academic Librarian…
Registration Open for CAPAL17: “Foundations & Futures: Critical Reflections on the Pasts, Presents, and Possibilities of Academic Librarianship”
(via Dr. Lisa Richmond, Wheaton College) You are warmly invited to attend CAPAL17: “Foundations & Futures: Critical Reflections on the Pasts, Presents, and Possibilities of Academic Librarianship”, the fourth annual conference of the Canadian Association of Professional Academic Librarians (CAPAL), to be held in Toronto, Ontario, from Tuesday, May 30, to Thursday, June 1. A preconference…
UIC’s Catherine Lantz Featured in STS Current Member Spotlight
(via the ACRL Science & Technology Section) Catherine Lantz, Reference Librarian & Liaison, University of Illinois at Chicago What discipline(s) do you support now, and/or have you supported in the past?-biology, chemistry, and earth science How long have you been involved with STS?-since 2013 What STS Committees have you served on throughout the years?-STS Research…
Call for Chapter Proposals: ACRL Volume on Strategies for Retaining and Graduating Students
(via Yen Tran, San Jose State University) ACRL Press is planning to publish a book titled Supporting Todays 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…