(via Annie Zeidman-Karpinski, University of Oregon) It is with great pleasure that we can make the following announcement: Dr. Clara M. Chu, Mortenson Distinguished Professor and director of the Mortenson Center for International Library Programs at the University of Illinois Library at Urbana-Champaign, and an affiliated faculty at The iSchool of Illinois, has been selected…
Category: Awards, Grants, and Scholarships (non-HSLI)
Call for Applicants: Scholarships to Colorado Alliance/GWLA Conference, “OER: From Vision to Action” (Deadline June 15)
(via Gwen Gregory, University of Illinois at Chicago, on healf of Lars Hagelin, Greatrer Western Library Alliance) The Colorado Alliance and Greater Western Library Alliance are pleased to offer four (4) scholarships for the upcoming conference: OER: FROM VISION TO ACTION, to be held August 1-2, 2018, in Denver, Colorado. Two (2) scholarships are targeted…
University of Illinois at Chicago’s Case is ACRL Member of the Week
(via Mary Jane Petrowski, ACRL Associate Director) Mary M. Case is University Librarian and Dean of Libraries at the University of Illinois at Chicago University Library<https://library.uic.edu/>. Mary first joined ACRL in 1986 and is your ACRL member of the week for May 14, 2018. Describe yourself in three words: Open, Collaborative, Optimistic. What are you…
Reminder: Illinois Academic Librarian of the Year Award Nominations Due May 15
(via Lindsay Harmon, IACRL Past President) Do you know an Illinois academic librarian who is making an outstanding statewide contribution to academic/research librarianship and library development? Nominate them for the Illinois Academic Librarian of the Year award! The award is presented annually by the Illinois Association of College and Research Libraries Forum and sponsored by…
Awards and Grants Available From Medical Library Association’s Midwest Chapter
(via the National Network of Libraries of Medicine – Greater Midwest Region, on behalf of Anna Beth Morgan, Mayo Clinic) Be a change agent. Year 2018 is the right year to give the Midwest Chapter’s Awards and Scholarships Committee plenty of applications and nominations to evaluate. Change the status quo – Put the committee to…
UIUC Library Wins Division Four (Brochures) Category in ACRL RBMS Leab Exhibition Awards
(via Chase Ollis, ACRL) The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Rare Books and Manuscripts Section (RBMS) has selected five winners for the 2018 Katharine Kyes Leab and Daniel J. Leab “American Book Prices Current” Exhibition Awards. The awards, funded by an endowment established by Katharine Kyes Leab and Daniel J. Leab, editors of…
UIC’s Amelia Brunskill Among 2018 MLA Research Training Institute Fellows
(via the Medical Library Association) The Medical Library Association is pleased to announce the 2018 Research Training Institute (RTI) Fellows. The Fellows will attend the first RTI in Chicago from July 9-13, 2018. The first cohort were chosen by a selective submission process, with an emphasis on a desire to learn, enthusiasm for research, and…
Call for Proposals: ACRL Academic Library Impact Research Grants (Deadline Extended to 4/5)
(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)….
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…