(via Gwen Gregory, Northern Illinois University) The ALA Awards Committee invites self-nominations from ALA members interested in serving on an ALA Awards Jury for the upcoming cycle of general awards. Jury members will play a vital role in promoting the award, reviewing nominations, and selecting exceptional individuals or institutions that have made significant contributions to…
Category: Awards, Grants, and Scholarships (non-HSLI)
UIUC’s Melissa Wong is ACRL Member of the Week
(via ACRL) Melissa Wong, Adjunct Lecturer at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign’s School of Information Sciences and Editor in Chief of Library Trends, is the ACRL Member of the Week for September 29 – October 5. Below, she shares her thoughts on how she has benefited from membership in ACRL and what her most significant…
Call for Applications: ILA Inclusive Travel Grants–Deadline Fri., Nov. 21
(via the Illinois Library Association) The DEI Subcommittee of the ILA Executive Board is accepting applications for the first round of 2026 Inclusive Travel Grants for National Conferences. These grants seek to advance one of the core strategic values of the ILA Strategic Plan: “Diversity and equity of opportunity”. Three $2,000 stipends (awarded upfront, no…
Call for Applications Extended: IACRL’s OER Campus Kickstart: Award for Growing Illinois OER Programs–New Deadline Fri., Oct. 24
(via the Illinois Library Association) The Illinois Association of College & Research Libraries (IACRL) Awards Committee is now accepting applications for the OER Campus Kickstart: Award for Growing Illinois OER Programs. This program offers a way of getting financial incentive to faculty to take on OER projects, which is an opportunity for librarians to partner with…
Eastern Illinois University’s Amy Odwarka is ACRL Member of the Week
(via ACRL) Amy Odwarka, Assistant Professor and First Year Experience/Student Success Librarian at Eastern Illinois University, is the ACRL Member of the Week for August 18-24. Below, she shares her thoughts on how she has benefited from membership in ACRL and what her most significant contributions to the Eastern Illinois University community have been. What…
Western Illinois University Faculty Librarians Receive 2025 Illinois Academic Librarian of the Year Award
(via the Illinois Library Association) The Western Illinois University (WIU) Librarian Faculty, Jeff Hancks, Michael Lorenzen, Krista Bowers Sharpe, Julia Thompson, Sean Cordes, Michelle Holschuh Simmons, Brian Clark, and Hunter Dunlap, are collectively the 2025 recipients of the Illinois Library Association (ILA) Illinois Academic Librarian of the Year Award. A ninth WIU librarian who also…
Final Reminder: Applications for IACRL’s OER Campus Kickstart: Award for Growing Illinois OER Programs Due Fri., Aug. 1
(via the Illinois Library Association) The Illinois Association of College & Research Libraries (IACRL) Awards Committee is now accepting applications for the OER Campus Kickstart: Award for Growing Illinois OER Programs. This program offers a way of getting financial incentive to faculty to take on OER projects, which is an opportunity for librarians to partner with…
MLA Announces 2025 Research Training Institute Participants, Including Northwestern’s Corinne Miller
(via the Medical Library Association) MLA is pleased to announce the 2025 Research Training Institute (RTI) participants! The RTI ’25 online program is a successful, immersive research training program that provides advanced research methods training and mentoring for one year while participants complete a research project. Participants also present their projects at a special RTI poster…
Call for Applications: Scholarships to Attend 2025 Northwest ILL & Resource Sharing Conference (Tues. Sept. 9 – Thurs., Sept. 11, Online and at University of Oregon)–Deadline Thurs., June 12
(via Christine Sherman, Regina University) The 2025 Northwest Interlibrary Loan & Resource Sharing Conference will take place in a hybrid format from Tuesday, September 9, to Thursday, September 11, in person at the University of Oregon in Portland, Oregon, and virtually on the Whova conference platform. Twelve scholarships are available. These scholarships will cover the…
Reminder: Applications for IACRL’s OER Campus Kickstart: Award for Growing Illinois OER Programs Due Fri., Aug. 1
(via the Illinois Library Association) The Illinois Association of College & Research Libraries (IACRL) Awards Committee is now accepting applications for the OER Campus Kickstart: Award for Growing Illinois OER Programs. This program offers a way of getting financial incentive to faculty to take on OER projects, which is an opportunity for librarians to partner with…