(via Lindsay Harmon, IACRL Vice-President/President-Elect) The NMRT (ALA New Members Round Table) Resume Review Service Committee is now recruiting volunteers to assist us with our on-site service during ALA Annual 2016 in Orlando, FL. Volunteer Resume Reviewers: Have you ever been a hiring manager or sat on a search committee? Do you have an extra…
Author: Eric Edwards
NMRT Announces Recipients of Professional Development Grants
(via Lindsay Harmon, IACRL Vice-President/President-Elect) The 2016 NMRT (ALA New Members Round Table) Professional Development Grant Award Committee is pleased to announce the recipients of the Mango Languages/NMRT Professional Development Grant Award and NMRT-sponsored Professional Development Grant Award. These $1,000 awards were graciously sponsored by Mango Languages and the New Members Round Table. This award…
ACRL Report Shows Compelling Evidence of Library Contributions to Student Learning and Success
(via Gwen Gregory, IACRL President) A new report issued by ACRL, Documented Library Contributions to Student Learning and Success: Building Evidence with Team-Based Assessment in Action Campus Projects“, shows compelling evidence for library contributions to student learning and success. The report focuses on dozens of projects conducted as part of the program Assessment in Action: Academic Libraries…
Hinchliffe Finishes Second in ALA Presidential Election
James G. (“Jim”) Neal, University Librarian Emeritus at Columbia University, has been declared the winner of the 2016 ALA presidential election, finishing ahead of UIUC’s Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe. It was a close race; out of 10,493 votes cast, Neal received just 162 more than Hinchliffe did. Christine Lind Hage, Director of the Rochester Hills (Michigan)…
Thorngate and Hernandez Present at LibTech 2016
North Park University’s Sarah Thorngate, Assistant Professor of Information Literacy and Head of Digital Initiatives and Online Learning, and Northwestern University’s John Hernandez, Web & Mobile Learning Librarian, presented at this year’s Library Technology Conference in St. Paul, Minnesota, last month. Thorngate’s presentation, titled “Building a Usable Information Architecture in LibGuides 2”, discussed the various…
Dwyer Presents at Distance Library Services Conference
Jamie Dwyer, Information Services Librarian and Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago, presented a poster session at last week’s Distance Library Services Conference in Pittsburgh, PA. She was the lone presenter from Illinois at this year’s conference. Her session, titled “A Librarian Logs Into an Online Course: The Impact of a…
Illinois Librarians Presenting at Information Literacy Summit
A number of Illinois academic librarians will be presenting at this year’s Information Literacy Conference. The event will take place on Friday, April 29, on the Moraine Valley Community College campus in Palos Hills, IL. This is the 15th time the annual summit has been held; it is being co-sponsored by the Moraine Valley Community College…
Reminder: Deadline for Applying to Serve on a CARLI Committee is Friday, April 29
(via Michelle Haake, CARLI) This a reminder that the application period to serve on one of the CARLI committees will close Friday, April 29, at 5:00 PM. You can review the list of committees and their charges here, and you will find the form to apply for a committee appointment here. The following committees are…
Consumer Health Libraries Webinar at UIC on Tuesday, April 26
(via Holly Ann Burt, National Network of Libraries of Medicine – Greater Midwest Region REMINDER: The University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) Library of the Health Sciences (LHS) in partnership with the National Network of Libraries of Medicine Greater Midwest Region (NN/LM GMR) will host the Medical Library Association’s webinar “The Consumer Health Library: A…
Latest Issue of RAILS News for Academic Libraries Available
(via Debbie Baaske, RAILS) RAILS has just released the second issue of RAILS News for Academic Libraries. Highlights include the following. RAILS plans for ILDS delivery service upcoming RAILS Board election RAILS now hosting IACRL listserv update on system membership standards continuing education and networking opportunities for academic libraries View all issues and subscribe here. Please feel…