(via the National Network of Libraries of Medicine – Greater Midwest Region) Are you attending the Medical Library Association conference beginning next week? If you are, consider attending Advancing Health Equity through Evidence-Based Public Health: How to Find the Evidence, a continuing education session presented by our Health Professionals Outreach Specialist, Derek Johnson and Elaina…
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RAILS Launches Campaign, Including Video, to Help Libraries Communicate Their Value to Stakeholders
(via Gwen Gregory, University of Illinois at Chicago, on behalf of the Reaching Across Illinois Library System) RAILS has begun a campaign to help our member libraries of all sizes and types (academic, public, school, and special) tell their stories and articulate their value to stakeholders more effectively. This kind of assistance was requested by…
Registration Open for “Mid-Level Leaders Symposium: CARLI’s Next Deans and Directors” Event on September 25 (Informational Conference Call on May 8)
(via Anne Craig, CARLI Senior Director) Dear CARLI Member Library Staff: CARLI is planning an exciting day-long leadership symposium for mid-level leaders, “Mid-Level Leaders Symposium: CARLI’s Next Deans and Directors,” from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on September 25, 2019. The event will feature Karen S. Goins, executive coach, facilitator, consultant, speaker, and author. Karen…
Reminder: Nominations for Illinois Library Association Awards and Scholarships Due Wednesday, May 15
(via Gwen Gregory, University of Illinois at Chicago, on behalf of the Illinois Library Association) There are only three weeks left to nominate a colleague, manager, mentor, or yourself for a 2019 ILA Award. The ILA Awards Program recognizes and honors the BEST in librarianship and library service in Illinois. We encourage you to take…
Registration Open for June 7 Conservation Lab Open Houses in Springfield (Limited to One Person Per CARLI Member Library Through May 5)
(via Nicole Swanson, CARLI) The CARLI Preservation Committee invites you to attend two Conservation Lab Open Houses in Springfield on June 7, 2019, from 9:30am to 3:30pm at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum and the Illinois State Military Museum. Participants will learn how the two institutions preserve non-book materials including storage of their…
Special Library Association’s Illinois Chapter Hosting Tour of International Museum of Surgical Science in Chicago on May 6 (RSVP by May 1)
(via Ramune Kubilius, Galter Health Sciences Library at Northwestern University, on behalf of SLA-Illinois) Are you coming to Chicago for the MLA conference or do you know someone who is? Please share with anyone who might be interested… The SLA-Illinois chapter welcomes MLA conference attendees to Chicago. The following is being sent at David Bender’s…
Call for Poster Session Proposals: Illinois Library Association 2019 Annual Conference (Deadline July 31)
(via the Illinois Library Association) The ILA Conference Program Committee is now accepting applications for poster sessions<https://ila.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6e70654dccbd86e15c572ad55&id=cd8d0d2c5d&e=6c7f1a78dd> for the 2019 ILA Annual Conference that will be held October 22-24, 2019, at the Tinley Park Convention Center. Poster sessions will be held in the exhibit hall on Wednesday, October 23, and Thursday, October 24. Submissions are…
Registration Open for ACRL Immersion 2019 in Chicago (Deadline May 1)
(via Jennifer Kelley, College of DuPage) Immersion is in Chicago this summer! The ACRL Information Literacy Immersion Program (http://www.ala.org/acrl/conferences/immersion) is an intensive 4 ½ day program designed for those who contribute to the educational role of libraries in higher education. Through a critical examination of information literacy, teaching and learning, and influence and leadership, the…
RAILS Board Elections Open (Close May 17)
(via Gwen Gregory, University of Illinois at Chicago, on behalf of RAILS) As your academic library representative on the RAILS board, I want to let you know that the RAILS board election is now underway! More information and a link to the ballot is available at https://www.railslibraries.info/board/election. This is your chance to give input as…
Reminder: Proposals Deadline for ACRL Academic Library Services to Graduate Students Interest Group at ALA Annual 2019 is Friday, April 26
(via Hannah Rempel, Oregon State University) The ACRL Academic Library Services to Graduate Students Interest Group welcomes proposals that address graduate student needs, librarian approaches to serving those needs, or collaborative projects with other campus stakeholders to address graduate student needs. The ACRL Academic Library Services to Graduate Students Interest Group meeting will be held…