(via MLA) Medical Library Association President Teresa L. Knott will appoint a limited number of members to new juries, task forces, and work groups to begin work immediately. If you are interested in volunteering, please complete the volunteer form by Friday, July 15. Communities Goal Task Force availability: one member duration: two to three years…
Author: Eric Edwards
ACRL Distance Learning Section Seeking Officers
(via Kathleen Pickens, Cincinnati State Technical and Community College) The Distance Learning Section (DLS) of ACRL is seeking: two candidates to run for Vice-Chair on the 2017 ballot, a three-year total commitment two candidates to run for Secretary/Archivist Elect on the 2017 ballot, a two-year total commitment two candidates to run for Member-at-Large on the…
Reminder–RUSA Name-Change Task Force Seeking Feedback
(via RUSA) The Reference and User Services Association is considering a change in the name of the organization to ensure the continuous support and representation of its current and future members’ needs and interests. RUSA members represent a wide variety of interests and professional activities, including readers’ advisory, interlibrary loan, genealogy, user experience and all…
Sandra De Groote Wins MLA’s Ida and George Eliot Prize
(Note: This is an article that appeared in the Spring, 2016, issue of the IACRL Newsletter.) Sandra De Groote, Professor and Scholarly Communications Librarian at the University of Illinois at Chicago, has won the Medical Library Association’s 2016 Ida and George Eliot Prize. The award recognizes a scholarly work that has had a significant impact…
Illinois Librarians Who Presented at MLA 2016
A number of librarians from Illinois academic and medical libraries gave presentations at the 2016 Medical Library Association conference. This year’s meeting took place in Toronto, Canada, from May 13 to 18 and was held jointly with the Canadian Health Libraries Association’s annual conference and the International Clinical Librarian Conference. The theme of “Mosaic” explored…
Opening for Health Professionals Outreach Librarian, NN/LM – GMR
(via Jacqueline Leskovec, NN/LM – GMR) Position Description The University of Iowa (UI) Libraries is seeking a collaborative, experienced, customer-focused professional to be a part of the Regional Medical Library for the Greater Midwest Region of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine. This position reports to the Regional Medical Library (RML) Associate Director, is…
ALA Course on Becoming a Library Copyright Specialist
(via ALA) ALA Editions announces a new iteration of our popular eCourse, “Becoming the Copyright Specialist in Your Library”. Lesley Ellen Harris will serve as the instructor for a four-week facilitated e-course starting on Tuesday, August 22. Learning Outcomes After participating in this eCourse, you will be able to: understand what being the go-to copyright…
August 4 Workshop on Teaching Threshold Concepts
(via ALA) ALA Editions announces an exciting new workshop, Keys to Teaching the Six Threshold Concepts with Joanna M. Burkhardt. This workshop will last 90 minutes and take place at 1:30 PM CST on Thursday, August 4. Overview Are you looking to get fully acclimated with ACRL’s newly-adopted Framework for Information for Higher Education, learn…
ACRL Board Outlines Next Steps in Information Literacy
(via ACRL) The ACRL Board of Directors continued its discussion about the Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education at its meeting on Monday, June 27. The ACRL Board recognizes that there are librarians who are seeking guidance for using the Framework now that the Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education have been rescinded….
Deadline to Submit ILA 2016 Poster Proposals Extended to July 15
(via ILA) The Illinois Library Association (ILA) Conference Program Committee invites applications for poster sessions at the 2016 ILA Annual Conference at the Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont. Poster sessions will be held in the exhibit hall on Wednesday, October 19, and Thursday, October 20. Submissions are invited from all types of libraries and on…