(via Gwen Gregory, IACRL President) We are seeking nominees for the Hugh C. Atkinson Memorial Award. This award recognizes outstanding achievements (including risk-taking) by academic librarians that have contributed significantly to improvements in the areas of library automation, library management, and/or library development and research. This award honors the life and accomplishments of Hugh C….
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Nominations Sought for ACRL Excellence in Academic Libraries Award
(via Gwen Gregory, IACRL President) Do you know the next winner of the ACRL Excellence in Academic Libraries Award? It could be your library! The ACRL Excellence in Academic Libraries Award recognizes academic librarians and staff who work together as a team to develop academic libraries that are outstanding in furthering the educational missions of…
Applicants Sought for $1,000 NMRT Shirley Olofson Memorial Award
(via Lindsay Harmon, incoming IACRL Vice-President/President-Elect) The NMRT (ALA New Members Round Table) Shirley Olofson Memorial Award Committee is seeking applicants for a $1,000 award, intended to defray the costs of attending the ALA Annual Conference. Shirley Olofson was a well-respected NMRT President who died during her term of office. After her death, the NMRT…
UIUC Receives $1 Million Mellon Grant for Digital Publishing
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has received a $1 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The grant, which will be spread out over four years, will help fund research into ways of closing the “digital divide” in higher education and ensuring that scholarly works are distributed as broadly as possible. The research…
Call for Nominations–ACRL Academic/Research Librarian of the Year Award
(via Gwen Gregory, IACRL President-Elect) Do you know the next ACRL Academic/Research Librarian of the Year winner? ACRL is now accepting nominations for the ACRL Academic/Research Librarian of the Year. This prestigious award recognizes an outstanding member of the library profession who has made a significant national or international contribution to academic or research librarianship…
New Award for Academic Librarians
(via Gwen Gregory, IACRL President-Elect) Do you know someone who has contributed to librarians’ growth and professional development? The University Libraries Section of ACRL has a brand new ULS Outstanding Professional Development Award <http://www.ala.org/acrl/awards/achievementawards/ulsaward> designed to recognize such a person. They will receive $1,000 and be celebrated at ALA Annual 2016 in Orlando<http://www.ala.org/conferencesevents/ala-upcoming-annual-conferences-midwinter-meetings>. It is…
Call for Nominations: ACRL Academic/Research Librarian of the Year
(via Gwen Gregory, IACRL Vice-President/President-Elect) Do you know the next ACRL Academic/Research Librarian of the Year winner? ACRL is now accepting nominations for the ACRL Academic/Research Librarian of the Year. This prestigious award recognizes an outstanding member of the library profession who has made a significant national or international contribution to academic or research librarianship…
NN/LM – GMR Community Engagement Award
The National Network of Libraries of Medicine – Greater Midwest Region is seeking applicants for the Community Engagement Award. The award will fund an outreach program that would allow network members to collaborate with community-based organizations, in order to increase access to biomedical information, particularly NLM databases such as PubMed and Medline Plus. The project…
Delnor Hospital Medical Library Receives Illinois State Grant
Paula Olson, librarian at Cadence Health Delnor Hospital has received a $5,000.00 grant from the Illinois State Library. The grant is part of the “Back To Books” program sponsored by the State Library. Paula says this grant will enable her to bring her library collection up-to-date along with discount programs offered by medical book vendors….
Apply Now for the MLA Murray Gottlieb Prize
If you are a health sciences librarian who has researched a topic about the history of medicine, we would like to read your work. The Murray Gottlieb Prize is awarded annually by the Medical Library Association for the best unpublished essay on the history of medicine and allied sciences written by a health sciences librarian….