(via Simone Williams, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville) Simone Williams, Assistant Professor and Diversity and Engagement Librarian and Elizabeth Kamper, Assistant Professor and Information Literacy Librarian at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, is inviting you to participate in a research study. The goal of this research study is to collect data to determine threat levels to implementing…
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Registration Open for 32nd Annual Mortenson Distinguished Lecture at UIUC on Wed., Sept. 21 (Brown Bag Panel 12:15-1:15 PM in Person, Lecture ‘Immortalizing the Voiceless’ 3:30-5:00 PM in Person and Online)
Please excuse any cross-posting. (via Dr. Clara Chu, Director and Mortenson Distinguished Professor at Mortenson Center, UIUC Library) Please join the Mortenson Center at the University of Illinois’s Urbana-Champaign campus and partly online for the 32nd Annual Mortenson Distinguished Lecture on Wednesday, September 21. It will start with a Brown Bag Panel from 12:15 to 1:15…
Registration Open for Next HSLI Journal Club Discussion (Thurs., Sept. 29, 3:00-4:00 PM CDT)-Article to Discuss is “Persistent Service Even in Disruptive Times: An Introduction to Resilience Engineering”
(via Peggy Carey, National University of Health Sciences) Please join the Health Science Librarians of Illinois Journal Club on Thursday, September 29, from 3:00 to 4:00 PM CDT, to discuss the article “Persistent Service Even in Disruptive Times: An Introduction to Resilience Engineering”, written by Nicole Capdarest-Arest, Sara Tompson, and Lorri Zipperer. (The authors in…
Mentors Still Needed for ACRL Science & Technology Section Mentoring Program
(via Kirstin Duffin, Eastern Illinois University) The ACRL Science & Technology Section (STS) Mentoring Program is looking to expand our list of prospective mentors. We are especially looking for academic health science librarians to match with mentees in similar roles. Do you consider yourself a seasoned librarian who has gained experience and insight into the…
Call for Applicants: 2023 MLA Continuing Education Grant (Deadline Tues., Nov. 15)
(via Joseph Harzbecker, Boston University) The Medical Library Association (MLA) Continuing Education Grant Jury would like to announce that applications are now being accepted for the 2023 MLA Continuing Education Grant. The purpose of the MLA Continuing Education Grant is to provide members with the opportunity to develop their knowledge of the theoretical, administrative, or technical aspects of librarianship. More…
Call for Applications to Attend GIS Librarians for Open Workflows (GLOW) Forum at University of Chicago (Wed., Dec. 7 – Fri., Dec. 9)–Deadline Fri., Oct. 7
(via Cecilia Smith, University of Chicago) The Institute of Library and Museum Services (IMLS) awarded the University of Chicago Library a National Leadership Grant to support the hosting of national forums on GIS librarianship. Organized in collaboration with the University Consortium for Geographic Information Science (UCGIS), the project–GIS Librarians for Open Workflows, or GLOW–will focus…
Registration Open for L2 Webinar “Academic Library Marketing: Reaching Your Audience in a Post-COVID Era” (Thurs., Sept. 29, at 1:00 PM CDT)
(via Gwen Gregory, Northern Illinois University) Registration is open for the L2 webinar “Academic Library Marketing: Reaching Your Audience in a Post-COVID Era”. It will take place on Thursday, September 29, at 1:00 PM CDT. Please see below for more information, including the link to registration. Beginning with how COVID-19 has (and hasn’t) changed the…
Final Reminder: Submissions for Special Issue of Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship on Social Justice and Science Librarianship Due Fri., Sept. 30
(via Ginny Boehme, Miami University in Ohio) The journal Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship (ISTL) has recently published a four-part column series on social justice (SJ) and science librarianship (fourth part to be published in Issue No. 100). As a culmination to this project, we invite submissions that will amplify the work that Libraries and Librarians are doing…
Call for Applications: ALA Scholarships for Master’s Students in Library Science and School Media Programs (Deadline Wed., March 1, 2023)
(via Gwen Gregory, Northern Illinois University) If you need a bit of financial help to get through your graduate program, scholarship funds are now available. The American Library Association (ALA) has more than $300,000 available to students who are studying in library science or school library media programs at the master’s degree level. Get your…
Registration Open for Free Inaugural Student Employment in Academic Libraries Symposium (Online Thurs., Oct. 20 – Fri., Oct. 21)–Deadline Mon., Oct. 17, or Once Capacity Reached
(via Paul Moffett, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis) Registration for the inaugural Student Employment in Academic Libraries Symposium is now open! The virtual Symposium is coming on Thursday, October 20, and Friday, October 21, and we invite you to be a part of our community. This free Symposium seeks to showcase educationally purposeful student employment. We’re…