(via Tish Hayes, Moraine Valley Community College) 17th Annual Information Literacy Summit Teaching for Curiosity, Creativity, and Action Friday, April 20, 2018, 8:30am-3:30pm Presented by DePaul University Library and Moraine Valley Community College Library Located at the Moraine Valley Community College campus Purpose of the Summit The organizers envision the Summit as an opportunity for…
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Reminder: Deadline to Apply for 2018 NASIG Awards is Feb. 9
(via NASIG) One more week to apply for NASIG’s 2018 grants, awards, and scholarships, to be awarded at the 33rd Annual Conference being held in Atlanta, GA. June 8-11, 2018! The application deadline for the awards listed below is February 9, 2018. PROFESSIONAL/PARAPROFESSIONAL AWARDS Birdie MacLennan Award An award for a mid-career professional, covering conference registration, three nights…
Call for Presenters: ALAO Distance Learning and Instruction Interest Groups Workshops (Deadline Feb. 15)
(via Amanda Goodsett, Cleveland State University) ALAO 2018 DLIG/IIG Spring 2018 Workshop — Call for Presenters Distance Learning and Instruction Interest Groups – Co-Hosted Spring Workshop Friday, May 4th, 2018 State Library of Ohio Authority, Source Evaluation, and Critical Thinking for In-Person & Online Library Instruction Have you experimented with in-person or online strategies for getting students to think critically…
Save the Date and Call for Proposals: Connecticut Information Literacy Conference 2018, “Instructional Design for Today’s Student”
(via Pamela Graham, U.S. Coast Guard Academy) Call for Proposals 2018 Save the Date / Call for Proposals! 2018 Connecticut Information Literacy Conference Friday, June 15, 2018 University of Hartford, Hartford, CT 8:30 am – 3:00 pm Instructional Design for Today’s Student Instructional Design (ID) can call to mind different things depending on the industry,…
Registration Spots Still Open for STELLA 2018 Unconference (May 18-19)
(via Anna Sackmann–University of California, Berkeley) STELLA 2018 Where: University of California, Berkeley When: May 18-19, 2018 (Please excuse cross-postings) If you haven’t registered for the STELLA 2018 Unconference yet, spots are still available! Sign up at bit.ly/stella2018. Registration is cut off at 100 participants but please enter your information to be added to our…
Call for Participants: ALCTS Mentoring Program (Deadline March 2)
(via Regina Gong, Lansing Community College) On behalf of the Mentoring Subcommittee of the ALCTS (Association for Library & Technical Services) Leadership Development Committee, we invite you to participate in the second year of the ALCTS Mentoring Program. As an ALCTS member, you have the opportunity to participate as either a mentor, a mentee, or…
Book Project Seeks Interviews with Instruction Librarians Who Work with First-Year Students
(via Maggie Murphy, University of North Carolina at Greensboro) I am looking to interview instruction librarians working in particular roles in college and university libraries for a book I am co-writing about library instruction for first-year college students: someone with the title of “First-Year Experience Librarian” (or something similar) who does library instruction for first-year…
Early-Bird Registration for Distance Library Services Conference Ends Feb. 18
(via Thad Dickinson, Central Michigan University) The Distance Library Services Conference serves as a forum to discuss, demonstrate, and champion the techniques, trends, and theories of providing library services at a distance and in the online environment. The Conference will be held April 11-13, 2018, at the Hyatt Regency San Antonio Riverwalk in downtown San…
Seeking Responses to Survey on Interlibrary Loan and Accessibility
(via Tim Hickey, State University of New York at Purchase) I am conducting research regarding assistive learning technologies, accessibility, and ILL services. As ILL practitioners, I would love to hear about your experience in this area. If you have a couple spare minutes I ask that you take this very short survey. Here is the…
Call for Proposals: Northwest ILL & Resource Sharing 2018 Conference (Deadline March 8)
(via Sagan Lindsay Wallace, Concordia University) The 17th annual Northwest Interlibrary Loan and Resource Sharing Conference will take place September 13-14 2018, at Portland State University in downtown Portland, Oregon. Look for registration opening sometime in April 2018. Our Keynote speaker this year will be Trevor A. Dawes, Vice Provost for Libraries and Museums and…