(via Gwen Gregory, Northern Illinois University) The American Library Association (ALA) is now accepting applications for the 2023 class of Emerging Leaders (EL). The ALA EL program is a leadership development program which enables newer library workers from across the country and Canada to participate in problem-solving work groups, network with peers, gain an inside look…
Category: Awards, Grants, and Scholarships (non-HSLI)
Call for Nominations: I Love My Librarian Award (Deadline Fri., Sept. 30)
(via the American Library Association) The American Library Association is inviting library users across America to submit nominations for the I Love My Librarian Award through Friday, September 30. Ten outstanding librarians will receive $5,000 and the honor of a lifetime, including being celebrated on stage at ALA’s LibLearnX Conference in New Orleans in January,…
Final Reminder: Nominations for JoVE Library Innovation Award in STEM Education and Research Due Mon., July 18 (Deadline Extension Possible)
(via Marita Eleftheriadou, JoVE) If you are a librarian who has supported STEM education and research at your institution using video resources, you could be the next JoVE (Journal of Visualized Experiments) Librarian Innovation Award winner! All you need to do is the following. submit your essay in English (1000 words max) at the above link, describing…
HSLI Member Michelle Nielsen Ott is Illinois Academic Librarian of the Year Award Winner
(via the Illinois Library Association) HSLI member Michelle Nielsen Ott of Bradley University is the 2022 recipient of ILA’s Illinois Academic Librarian of the Year Award. Her involvement in HSLI includes serving as a member of the Conference Planning Committee, and she is also an active member of the newly-formed Journal Club. Among her other accomplishments,…
HSLI Member Stacey Knight-Davis Part of EIU Booth Library Team That Received 2022 Hugh C. Atkinson Memorial Award for Interlibrary Cooperation
(via the Illinois Library Association) HSLI member Stacey Knight-Davis of Eastern Illinois University is part of the Booth Library team that received the Hugh C. Atkinson Memorial Award for Interlibrary Cooperation. The Award recognizes sustained activity and contributions having a lasting impact on librarianship. More information about Booth Library’s project is below. In 2021, EIU’s Booth…
HSLI Member Laura Barnes Featured in ILA Member Spotlight
(via the Illinois Library Association) This week’s ILA Member Spotlight features Laura Barnes, who happens to be a member of HSLI, also. She is the sustainability information curator for the University of Illinois’s Illinois Sustainable Technology Center (ISTC), where she provides information services for ISTC’s engineers and scientists and coordinates ISTC’s strategic communications. She founded and…
Call for Host Organizations: “Privacy and Library Learning Analytics” Half-Day Workshop During 2022-2024 (Priority Deadline Mon., Aug. 15, 2022)
(via Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) We are pleased to announce this call for expressions of interest to host the “Privacy and Library Learning Analytics” workshop. The “Privacy and Library Learning Analytics” workshop is an offering of Prioritizing Privacy, a multi-faceted continuing education program to train United States academic library practitioners to…
Registration Open for Upcoming CARLI SCOERs Subaward Webinars (Thurs., July 7 – Tues., Aug. 30)
(via Dr. Michele Leigh, CARLI) CARLI is pleased to announce that in conjunction with the first round of our Illinois SCOERs Subwards we have planned several workshops that are open to all CARLI members. Please feel free to share with those you think might find the workshops of interest. “Exploring the Basics of Instructional Design”…
Registration Open for 2022 Northwest Interlibrary Loan and Resource Sharing Conference (Online Sept. 8-9, 14, and 16)–NNLM Region 6’s Bobbi Newman is Keynoter
(via Miriam Wnuk, Vanderbilt University) We are pleased to announce that the 21st Annual Northwest Interlibrary Loan and Resource Sharing Conference will once again be held virtually. To help minimize zoom fatigue of attendees and committee members, the Conference will be spread out over two weeks. Thursday, Sept 8 Friday, Sept 9th (workshop day) Wednesday,…
Call for Applicants: Sewell Travel Award for Public Health to Attend APHA Annual Meeting (in Boston Nov. 6-9, Online Nov. 14-16)–Deadline Fri., July 8
(via Gwen Gregory, Northern Illinois University) The Sewell Travel Award for Public Health (STAPH) Committee invites applications for 2022 Sewell Stipends to attend the American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting. An in-person meeting will take place in Boston, MA, from Monday, November 6, to Thursday, November 9. There is also a virtual option, from Tuesday, November 14, to…