(via the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s School of Information Sciences) Lynne M. Thomas (MS ’99), head of The Rare Book & Manuscript Library and an iSchool adjunct professor, has won two Hugo Awards-science fiction’s most prestigious award. Thomas, now a seven-time Hugo Award winner, joined the University Library in July 2017. Hugo Award winners…
Category: Awards, Grants, and Scholarships (non-HSLI)
Reminder: Application Deadline for 2019 Class of ALA Emerging Leaders is Friday, 8/31
(via Beatrice Calvin, American Library Association) The American Library Association (ALA) is now accepting applications for the 2019 class of Emerging Leaders (EL). The deadline to apply is Friday, August 31, 2018. Apply now. The ALA EL program is a leadership development program which enables newer library workers from across the country to participate in problem-solving work…
Reminder: Application Deadline for 2018-19 ACRL Value of Academic Libraries Travel Scholarships is Friday, 8/31
(via Kara Malenfant, ACRL) 2018-19 Value of Academic Libraries Travel Scholarships Applications – Due August 31 Applications for the current round of the Value of Academic Libraries Travel Scholarships<http://www.ala.org/acrl/awards/researchawards/valtravel> are due August 31. The ACRL Board of Directors has allocated $10,000 in fiscal year 2019 to offer travel scholarships of up to $2,000 each for…
Call for Applicants: ACRL 2019 Conference Scholarships (Deadline October 5)
(via Gwen Gregory, University of Illinois at Chicago) Apply for ACRL 2019 Scholarships by October 5 // ACRL Insider — News and information from the Association of … https://www.acrl.ala.org/acrlinsider/archives/16180 ACRL is offering approximately 150 scholarships worth more than $100,000 for the ACRL 2019 Conference to be held April 10-13, 2019, in Cleveland. Scholarship applications (https://conference.acrl.org/scholarships/)…
UIUC’s Dr. Clara M. Chu is ACRL Member of the Week
(via ACRL) Clara Chu is the Director and Mortenson Distinguished Professor at the Mortenson Center for International Library Programs, University of Illinois Library at Urbana-Champaign. Clara has been a member of ACRL for two years and is your ACRL member of the week for August 13, 2018. Describe yourself in three words: Conscientious, thoughtful, constructive. What are you…
Call for Nominations: ACRL Excellence in Academic Libraries Award (Deadline Dec. 7)
(via ACRL) Submission Deadline: Friday, December 7, 2018 Award Background GOBI Library Solutions from EBSCO provides funding for an Excellence in Academic Libraries Award Program to recognize an outstanding community college, college, and university library each year. This award is to recognize the accomplishments of librarians and other library staff as they come together as members of…
Reminder: Applications for APA Librarian Travel Award Due August 2
(via Stephanie Davis-Kahl, Illinois Wesleyan University) Posting on behalf of APA – please direct questions to librariantravel@apa.org. There’s still time to get your application package together for the August 2 deadline! Do you work in an academic or health sciences library in the United States? Are you an early- or mid-career librarian? Are you looking for sources of…
Health Science Librarians of Illinois Receives GMR Professional Development Award
(via Miles Dietz-Castel, National Network of Libraries of Medicine – Greater Midwest Region) The Health Science Librarians of Illinois has been awarded the Professional Development Award through the GMR office. The award goes towards supporting three separate classes at their annual conference: * Building Partnerships with Faculty, Clinicians, and Other Stakeholders * Data Management in…
Call for Nominations: ACRL Instruction Section’s Featured Teaching Librarian (Deadline 9/7)
(via Sarah Scheib, University of Iowa) Do you know someone who is an amazing teaching librarian? If yes, consider nominating them as a Featured Teaching Librarian! If you’re an amazing teaching librarian, consider nominating yourself. The ACRL Instruction Section Teaching Methods Committee wants to highlight excellent teaching librarians. Several times during the year, the committee…
UIC Library of the Health Sciences – Peoria’s Emily Johnson is 2018 Recipient of ILA’s Crosman Memorial Award
(via the Illinois Library Association) The Illinois Library Association (ILA) announces Emily Johnson, Regional Health Sciences Librarian & Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago Libraries as the 2018 Crosman Memorial Award winner. The Crosman Award is named in memory of Alex Crosman, director of the Peoria Public Library at the time of…