Deborah Lauseng is the 2025 recipient of the Starfish Thrower Award. The Starfish Thrower Award celebrates an HSLI member whose individual contributions have made a meaningful and lasting difference in the organization—reflecting the spirit of the story that inspired it, where one person’s actions can have a profound impact. Deborah exemplifies this spirit through her…
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Eric Edwards Receives President’s Award
On Friday, November 14, HSLI President Betsy Sterner presented the HSLI President’s award to Eric Edwards at the HSLI annual meeting in Champaign, IL. “It is my distinct honor to present this year’s President’s Award to Eric Edwards,” said Sterner. “This award recognizes a member of the HSLI whose contributions have left a lasting and…
Call for Posters, HSLI 2025
The Health Science Librarians of Illinois annual conference will be both in-person and virtual in 2025. The conference will be held virtually on November 11-13, 2025 and in-person on November 14, 2025 in Champaign, IL. This year’s theme is “Navigating the Future Now.” HSLI is seeking proposals for both Lightning Talks and Poster Presentations. If…
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Essay by Cristina Ligon, Jira Scholarship Winner
As you may know, the Jira Scholarship winners for this year had three options to participate more fully in our organization this year. One winner, Cristina Ligon, chose to write an essay reflecting on her library school experience and her motivations for entering the profession in the first place. We have provided this letter to…
Frances Drone-Silvers is HSLI Member of the Quarter
Frances Drone-Silvers is the HSLI Member of the Quarter! Frances is currently Biomedical Information Specialist at Carle Library in Urbana. She is also the Secretary of HSLI. How have you applied your undergraduate degree in mathematics to your career in librarianship? Indirectly! Having a math and science background landed me a couple of jobs early…
Legislative Update, 09/19/2023
Illinois NewsIllinois and Secretary of State Giannoulias continue to make national headlines over book bans legislation. Most recently, Sec. Giannoulias testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on September 12th. You can watch a recording of his testimony or read the uncorrected closed captioning by visiting the C-SPAN website. Federal News The United States Copyright Office…
Call for Discussion Topics: Next Meeting of HSLI Journal Club on Tues., Nov. 14, at 3:00 PM CDT–Deadline Fri., Oct. 6
(via Peggy Carey, National University of Health Sciences) Have you heard, read, or seen something that you’d like to discuss with your peers? Plan to join us for the next meeting of the HSLI Journal Club on Tuesday, November 14, at 3:00 PM CDT, via Zoom, for an informal discussion of a selected publication, podcast, blogpost, or presentation. Please post your suggestions…
In Members’ Words: Diane Fagen
Diane Fagen is Library Assistant at UIC Crawford Library of the Health Sciences – Rockford. How did you first learn about HSLI and become a member? What were your expectations when you joined? When I became a nursing school librarian in 1978, the hospital librarian affiliated with the nursing school told me about HSLI. Her…
HSLI Holding First “Coffee and Conversation” Informal Virtual Gathering on Friday, March 31, at 3:00 PM CDT
(via Frances Drone-Silvers, HSLI Secretary) Greetings, HSLI members! We’d like to invite you to “Coffee and Conversation” – an informal, virtual gathering, on Friday, March 31 at 3:00 PM CDT, via Microsoft Teams. Please check your e-mail for instructions to access the meeting. Hope you can join us!