(via RAILS) As previously announced, RAILS received a grant to replace L2 (librarylearning.info), the statewide continuing education calendar and library directory. As part of this process, we are looking at current L2 features and functions to see how they might be improved. We are asking interlibrary loan staff to complete a brief survey on L2’s…
Category: Calls and Requests
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Call for Student Volunteers: HSLI 2019 Annual Conference (Deadline July 26)
(via Michelle Nielsen Ott, Methodist College) As a member of the Health Science Librarians of Illinois (HSLI) Annual Conference Planning Committee, I would like to invite your graduate students to attend the Annual Conference of the Health Science Librarians of Illinois this fall. Can you please pass this invitation on to them? It will be…
Call for Applicants: Syed Maghrabi Scholarship to Attend HSLI 2019 Annual Conference (Deadline July 26)
(via Miranda Shake, HSLI Past President) The Syed Maghrabi Scholarship committee would like to welcome HSLI members to submit their application for the 2019 scholarship. Applicants must be current members of HSLI (2019 dues paid) Applicants must write a short essay entitled, “I would like a Syed Maghrabi Conference Scholarship because…” Each scholarship recipient must…
Call for Applications: Sewell Travel Stipends to Attend APHA Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, Nov. 2-6 (Deadline July 16)
(via the National Network of Libraries of Medicine – Greater Midwest Region) The Sewell Travel Award for Public Health (STAPH) Committee invites applications for 2019 Sewell Stipends to attend the APHA Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, PA, November 2-6, 2019. The theme this year is “Creating the Healthiest Nation: For science. For equity. For action. For…
Call for Proposals Extended: 2019 Texas Library Association Instruction Round Table Summit on Sept. 13 (New Deadline July 15)
(via Heather Adair, Sam Houston State University) We are extending the call for proposals for the 2019 TxLA Library Instruction Round Table (LIRT) Summit. Tell Me More. TxLA’s LIRT Summit is a one-day conference focused on topics related to library and information literacy instruction in academic, public, school and/or special libraries. Attendees will interact with other library instruction enthusiasts…
Reminder: Registration Open for Free 6th Annual LILi Conference: “Creating Connections: Extending Our Instructional Reach Through Collaborations and Community Partnerships” (Friday, August 2, in Northridge, CA)
(via Esther Grassian, UCLA and Pierce College) Please join us for the 6th Annual LILi Conference taking place on Friday, August 2, from 9:30 am – 2:00 pm at the California State University, Northridge Oviatt Library. The theme of this year’s conference is “Creating Connections: Extending Our Instructional Reach Through Collaborations and Community Partnerships.” Program<https://lili.libguides.com/LILI2019/program>,…
Reminder: Poster Proposals for ILA 2019 Annual Conference Due Wednesday, July 31
(via Gwen Gregory, University of Illinois at Chicago, on behalf of the Illinois Library Association) The ILA Conference Program Committee is accepting applications for poster sessions for the 2019 ILA Annual Conference at https://www.ila.org/events/annual-conference/submit-a-poster-session. This year’s conference will be held at the Tinley Park Convention Center in Tinley Park, IL. Poster Sessions will be held…
Call for Nominations: ACRL Instruction Section Featured Teaching Librarian (Deadline Sept. 9)
(via Caroline Sinkinson, University of Colorado Boulder) 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…
Call for Proposals: 6th Biennial Kathleen A. Zar Symposium (Sept. 6 at Univ. of Chicago Library) on High-Impact Collaboration–Deadline July 19
(via Rebecca Starkey, University of Chicago) 6th Biennial Kathleen A. Zar Symposium High Impact Collaboration: Libraries and Undergraduate Research Partnerships September 6, 2019 The University of Chicago Library More information about the Kathleen A. Zar Symposium: Web Page: https://www.lib.uchicago.edu/conferences/zar-symposium/ Email: zarsymposium@lib.uchicago.edu Call for Proposals The organizers of the 6th biennial Kathleen A. Zar Symposium, High…
Registration Open for Michigan Health Sciences Libraries Association Annual Conference (Oct. 2-4 in Lansing)
(via Andrea Kepsel, MHSLA 2019 Publicity Chair) Registration for the 2019 Michigan Health Sciences Libraries Association (MHSLA) Annual Conference is now open! Please join us October 2-4, 2019 at the Radisson at the Capitol in Lansing, MI. The Michigan Health Sciences Libraries Association is excited to host Shannon Jones (MLIS, MEd, FMLA, AHIP) as our keynote speaker for the…