(via the Illinois Library Association) Join us for programming created just for academic library professionals at this year’s ILA Annual Conference. The conference will be held October 22-24, 2019, at the Tinley Park Convention Center in Tinley Park, IL. IACRL (Illinois Association of College and Research Libraries) @ ILA sessions were created with academic librarians in mind,…
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EIU’s Stacey Knight-Davis Receives ILA Reference Services Award
(via the Illinois Library Association) Stacey Knight-Davis, Head of Library Technology Services at Eastern Illinois University’s Booth Library, receives the 2019 Illinois Library Association (ILA) Reference Services Award, which is awarded annually for excellence in providing assistance to library users as they seek and use information. The award is sponsored by Ancel Glink. One example…
UIUC’s JJ Pionke Receives ILA Crosman Memorial Award
(via the Illinois Library Association) The Illinois Library Association (ILA) announces JJ Pionke, Applied Health Sciences Librarian & Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UICU), as the 2019 Crosman Memorial Award Winner. The Crosman Award is named in memory of Alex Crosman, director of the Peoria Public Library at the time of…
UIC’s Gwen Gregory is 2019 Illinois Academic Librarian of the Year
(via the Illinois Library Association) Gwen Gregory, the Resource Acquisition and Management Librarian at the University of Illinois at Chicago’s Daley Library, is the 2019 recipient of the Illinois Library Association (ILA) Illinois Academic Librarian of the Year Award. The award, presented by the ILA Illinois Association of College and Research Libraries (IACRL) Forum, recognizes…
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…
Reminder: ILA Best Practices Committee Survey Closes Sunday, June 30
(via the Illinois Library Association) The ILA Best Practices Committee invites library professionals to participate in a survey to collect best practices for topics that are important to the library community. The survey closes on June 30. To complete the survey, click here.
Single-Day Registration Available for Illinois Library Association 2019 Annual Conference (Oct. 22-24 in Tinley Park)
(via the Illinois Library Association) Can’t attend the entire conference this year? You don’t have to miss out on everything, purchase a single day registration pass! Enjoy a full day of conference speakers, programming, events,* and the exhibit hall* and pay less! Single-day registration is available for Tuesday, October 22, Wednesday, October 23, and Thursday, October 24….
Illinois Library Association Releases Statement on the Removal of Books From a Library at the Danville Correctional Center
(via the Illinois Library Association) As information professionals, we are troubled by the removal of more than 200 books<https://ila.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6e70654dccbd86e15c572ad55&id=48135bf7ca&e=b9a4efc184> from the Danville Correctional Center’s library. Many of the books removed from the library had been available for years without incident. The cornerstone of the library profession is our commitment to intellectual freedom and the freedom…
Registration Open for 2019 ILA Annual Conference (Oct. 22-24 in Tinley Park)
(via the Illinois Library Association) The ILA Conference Program Committee is excited to announce that registration for the 2019 ILA Annual Conference is open! The theme of this year’s conference is Shift: Where Will You Grow? and it will explore how individuals and institutions can shift ways of thinking by: looking at new ways of…
ILA Best Practices Committee Seeking Feedback (Deadline June 30)
(via the Illinois Library Association) The ILA Best Practices Committee has created a survey to collect best practices for topics that are important to the library community. The survey is available here<https://ila.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6e70654dccbd86e15c572ad55&id=5e3e72e929&e=6c7f1a78dd> and will close on Friday, June 30.