(via Anne Craig, CARLI Senior Director) You may know that CARLI Digital Collections along with many other members’ collections are part of the Illinois Digital Heritage Hub (IDHH). The IDHH is the Digital Public Library of America’s Illinois Service Hub . Please see the following about a proposal for the Illinois Library Association’s Annual Conference….
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Registration Open for RAILS Webinar “Methods for Creating and Assessing Library Outreach Initiatives” (Tuesday, February 25, 12:00-1:30 PM)
(via Krista Bowers Sharpe, Western Illinois University) This is from Dan Bostrom at RAILS, but the event is free and open to anyone, including non-RAILS members. “Methods for Creating and Assessing Library Outreach Initiatives” Webinar, February 25 This webinar will describe methods for creating library outreach goals that make a measurable impact on your institution’s…
Call for Proposals: Business Reference in Academic Libraries Committee of BRASS Online Symposium (via Zoom on Friday, April 24) — Deadline Friday, March 6
(via Penny Scott, University of San Francisco) Call for Proposals The Business Reference in Academic Libraries Committee of ALA’s BRASS (Business Reference and Services Section) seeks proposals for engaging presentations to be part of an online symposium via Zoom on Friday, April 24. Proposals may be submitted by anyone, but priority consideration will be given…
Call for Volunteers: CARLI Alma Acquisitions Workflows Advisory Group (Deadline Monday, February 17)
(via Jen Masciadrelli, CARLI) The CARLI Office is seeking volunteers to serve on a short-term advisory group to help develop initial workflows and best practices for Acquisitions in Alma. We are interested in documenting workflows for both print and electronic acquisitions in Alma, for both monograph and serial ordering. We have heard anecdotal feedback at…
Registration Open for February 13 and March 25 MLA Webinars on Statistics
(via Barry Grant, Medical Library Association) Count on MLA in February and March for powerful, practical webinars on statistics basics. Purchase both one and a half hour webinars as part of the Basic Statistics Webinar Series<http://www.medlib-ed.org/products/2469/basic-statistics-webinar-series> and receive the recorded webinar, Getting Started with Statistics for Librarians<http://www.medlib-ed.org/products/1160/getting-started-with-statistics-for-librarians>, at no additional cost. Basic Statistics for Research…
Call for Applicants: Fiscal Year 2021 CARLI Research Funding Program (Deadline May 15, 2020)
(via Anne Craig, CARLI Senior Director) I am pleased to announce the availability of the Fiscal Year 2021 CARLI Research Funding Program. Approved by the CARLI Board of Directors at their December 2019 meeting, this program provides funding to CARLI Governing Member Library staff and faculty with the intention of spurring research and innovation that…
ACRL Endorses Protocols for Native American Materials
(via Gwen Gregory, University of Illinois at Chicago) ACRL, at the request of its Rare Books and Manuscripts Section (RBMS), has endorsed the Protocols for Native American Materials. In April 2006 a group of nineteen Native American and non-Native American archivists, librarians, museum curators, historians, and anthropologists gathered at Northern Arizona University Cline Library in Flagstaff,…
Call for Proposals: IACRL/RAILS Spark: Connect and Get Fired Up! Event at ISU on May 15 (Deadline March 6)
(via the Illinois Library Association) IACRL and RAILS are excited to announce a new event for Spring 2020 – Spark: Connect and Get Fired Up! on Friday, May 15, 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. at the Milner Library, Illinois State University, Normal We hope this professional development opportunity will be the first of many to Spark our enthusiasm to share…
Call for Nominations: Illinois Academic Librarian of the Year Award (Deadline May 15)
(via the Illinois Library Association) Nominations are now open for the 2020 Illinois Academic Librarian of the Year Award, sponsored by the Illinois Association of College & Research Libraries (IACRL) Forum and Library Juice Academy. Established in 1985, this award recognizes an Illinois librarian who is making an outstanding statewide contribution to academic or research…
Reminder: Deadline to Volunteer for an ACRL Committee is Friday, February 14
(via Jennifer Sharkey, Illinois State University) Just a quick reminder that the deadline to volunteer for any ACRL committee is Friday, February 14. The University Libraries Section encourages everyone to submit a volunteer form. Submit a volunteer form if: You are not on a committee and want to give back to the profession You are…