(via Carolyn Ciesla, IACRL Past President) Please consider running for a position on the IACRL Executive Board for next year! Available positions are Vice President/President-elect and Secretary. Terms are for one year, and responsibilities include regular executive board meetings and some committee work. If you’re interested, or you think you know someone who may be,…
Category: Committees (non-HSLI)
Call for Volunteers: Illinois Library Association Committees
(via Gwen Gregory, University of Illinois at Chicago, on behalf of the Illinois Library Association) Interested in serving on an ILA committee? Appointments are now being considered for the coming program year. Appointments begin July 1, 2019. More information is below. ILA’s committees provide major support services for ILA membership, leadership, special interest groups, and the Executive…
2019 ALA MidWinter Session: ACRL Technical Services Interest Group Program Announcement
(via Cynthia Romanowski, Governors State University) The ACRL Technical Services Interest Group invites you to join us for three presentations on: Date: Saturday, January 26th 2019 Time: 4:30-5:30 PM Place/Room: Washington State Convention Center, Room 211 Following the BIBFLOW Roadmap: First Steps toward a Linked Data Environment Marcia Barrett, Cataloging & Metadata Strategies Librarian University…
Reminder: Registration Open for April 2 CARLI Forum, “Change is Good: You Go First! Leading Others To and Through Change”
(via Elizabeth Clarage, CARLI) Registration expands to 2 people per CARLI member library on January 11th. The CARLI Technical Services Committee and Collection Management Committee invite you to attend “Change is Good: You Go First! Leading Others To and Through Change”. This all-day event on change management will be held at the University of Illinois…
ILA Reporter Seeking Submissions for April 2019, and Later, Issues
(via the Illinois Library Association) The ILA Reporter is currently seeking submissions for the April 2019, and subsequent, issues (the magazine publishes every other month). We’re primarily interested in articles that explore current issues in librarianship, and have state-wide appeal and representation. We will consider examples of successful initiatives or programs, but encourage article authors to relate…
Registration Open for ULS Academic Outreach Committee’s Online Roundtable Discussion for January, “Tools & Strategies for Marketing Your Outreach”
(via Gwen Gregory, University of Illinois at Chicago, on behalf of Jason Kruse, Northwestern University) The ULS Academic Outreach Committee<http://www.ala.org/acrl/uls/acr-ulsao> offers a series of Online Roundtable Discussions on topics related to Academic Outreach endeavors. January 2019 Topic: Tools & Strategies for Marketing Your Outreach This month’s discussion will focus on how academic libraries promote outreach…
Call for Nominations: Freedom to Read Foundation Board of Trustees (Deadline January 21)
(via Robert Holley, Wayne State University) Nominations Open for 2019 Freedom to Read Foundation Board of Trustee Elections The Freedom to Read Foundation (FTRF) Nominations Committee is seeking nominations, including self-nominations, for six vacant trustee positions. The nomination deadline is January 21, 2019. The Board of Trustees is comprised of 15 members, which include eleven…
American Library Association’s Intellectual Freedom Round Table Seeking Feedback on Strategic Planning
(via Cyndi Robinson, Illinois Library Association) The Intellectual Freedom Round Table of the American Library Association is currently soliciting feedback as we undergo a strategic planning process for 2019-2022. We would like your input on the following survey: www.surveymonkey.com/r/IFRTfuture18 The survey should take 5-10 minutes to complete, and we would appreciate your honest feedback. If you have any…
Registration Open for 2019 ACRL Instruction Section’s Virtual Discussion Forum (January 17, 1:00-2:00 PM CST)
(via Brittany Fiedler–University of Nevada, Las Vegas) Make Small Changes, Get Inclusive Results: Bringing Universal Design into Library Instruction A virtual discussion led by Samantha Cook (Instructional Design Librarian) and Kristina Clement (Student Success Librarian) from University of Wyoming on Thursday, January 17th, 2019 from 1:00pm-2:00pm Central Standard Time. How can we most effectively reach students…
Registration Open for April 2 CARLI Forum “Change is Good: You Go First! Leading Others To and Through Change”
(via Nicole Swanson, Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois) The CARLI Technical Services Committee and Collection Management Committee invite you to attend Change is Good: You Go First! Leading Others To and Through Change. This all-day event on change management will be held at the University of Illinois at Chicago’s Student Center East…