(via Sara Goek, ACRL) In 2018 the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) has allocated $20,000 to offer grants of up to $3,000 each for librarians to carry out new research in areas suggested by ACRL’s 2017 report Academic Library Impact: Improving Practice and Essential Areas to Research (prepared for ACRL by OCLC Research and available for download or purchase)….
Category: Awards, Grants, and Scholarships (non-HSLI)
Call for Nominations: Rethinking Resource Sharing Award (Deadline April 27)
(via Sue Kaler, Massachusetts Library System) The Rethinking Resource Sharing (RRS) (http://rethinkingresourcesharing.org/about/) Innovation Award (http://rethinkingresourcesharing.org/innovation-award/) recognizes and honors an individual or institution for changes they have made to improve users’ access to information through resource sharing in their library, consortium, state, province or country. The purpose of the award is to showcase innovation in resource…
Call for Applicants: Greater Midwest Region Funding Opportunities
(via Miles Dietz-Castel, National Network of Libraries of Medicine – Greater Midwest Region) NNLM GMR Members can apply now for funding support of health information outreach, professional development, and research. The Greater Midwest Region office of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NNLM) offers funding to support the NNLM mission: To advance the progress…
Call for Nominations: 2018 Illinois Library Association Awards (Deadline May 15)
(via Kara Kohn, Plainfield Public Library) The Illinois Library Association is now accepting nominations for the 2018 Awards season! Everything you need to know in order to nominate one of your heroes, idols, mentors, colleagues, or best friend is at your fingertips on the ILA website-think about who you’d like to see honored by one…
Call for Applications: APA Librarian Travel Award (Deadline March 31)
(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! 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 funding for…
RAILS Grants Available to Academic Libraries
(via Gwen Gregory, University of Illinois at Chicago) Some grants available to RAILS libraries are below. Continuing Education (CE) Grant Opportunities Expanded RAILS is pleased to announce that grant opportunities to fund continuing education events are now open to RAILS libraries, networking groups, and library consortia. To qualify, CE events must be made available to…
Call for Proposals: Center for the Future of Libraries 2018 Fellowship
(via Miguel Figueroa-Director, Center for the Future of Libraries) The American Library Association’s Center for the Future of Libraries invites applications for its Fellowship program. The Future of Libraries Fellowship will provide an individual or group with a stipend of $10,000 to advance new ideas and perspectives for the future of libraries through the creation of a public product –…
University of Chicago’s Natasha Owens Receives ALCTS First Step Award
(via Keri Cascio, ALCTS Executive Director) The Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) congratulates Natascha Owens, serials cataloger at the University of Chicago Library, as the recipient of the 2018 First Step Award – a Wiley Professional Development Grant presented by the ALCTS Continuing Resources Section (CRS). The award will be presented on Saturday,…
MLA Hospital Libraries Section Seeking Nominations for Professional Recognition and Catch a Rising Star Honors (Deadline 4/15)
(via Keydi O’Hagan, Jersey College – Teterboro Campus) Want to honor a hospital library colleague for being the best of the best? The creme de la creme? Our MVP? It’s easy! Just nominate the person for one of the following awards! Professional Recognition Award DEADLINE: April 15, 2018 Award presented to outstanding HLS members. Individuals…
Northwestern’s Qiana Johnson ACRL Member of the Week
(via ACRL) Qiana M. Johnson is a collection and organizational data analysis librarian at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL. Qiana first joined ACRL in 2003 and is your ACRL member of the week for February 6, 2018. 1. Describe yourself in three words: Unconventional, persistent, kind. 2. What are you reading (or listening to on…