(via Lorna Engels, CARLI) This is a reminder that the Resource Sharing Committee′s fall forum will be held at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library on Thursday, October 25, 2018. The committee is now seeking proposals for presentations related to any of these broad topics: · Statistics & reporting · Marketing, promoting, and patron instruction of…
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Call for Writers: ACRLog Blog Team (Deadline August 15)
(via Maura Smale–New York City College of Technology, City University of New York) Are you interested in writing about issues that affect academic libraries? We’re looking to bring on a few new bloggers here at ACRLog! Members of the ACRLog blog team write on any issue or idea that impacts academic librarianship, from current news…
Call for Nominations: ACRL Instruction Section’s Featured Teaching Librarian (Deadline 9/7)
(via Sarah Scheib, University of Iowa) Do you know someone who is an amazing teaching librarian? If yes, consider nominating them as a Featured Teaching Librarian! If you’re an amazing teaching librarian, consider nominating yourself. The ACRL Instruction Section Teaching Methods Committee wants to highlight excellent teaching librarians. Several times during the year, the committee…
Reminder: Chapter Proposals Deadline for ACRL Monograph on Student Wellness Efforts is 8/15
(via Sara Holder, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) Call for Chapter Proposals: ACRL monograph tentatively titled Student Wellness and Academic Libraries: Case Studies and Activities for Promoting Health and Success Student wellness, particularly mental health, is emerging as a key issue in higher education. Academic libraries play an essential role in supporting teaching and student learning…
Invitation for Academic Librarians to Participate in July 31 RAILS Member Update
(via Gwen Gregory, University of Illinois at Chicago, on behalf of Mary Witt, RAILS) For IACRL members in the RAILS service area. You can attend this via videoconference at one of their sites or via live streaming (see below). I hope you all can attend the RAILS Member Update on Tuesday, July 31, from 1:30-3:30…
Reminder: RAILS and IHLS Seeking Topic Ideas for Continuing-Education Sessions
This is a reminder that the Reaching Across Illinois Library System and the Illinois Heartland Library System are seeking feedback from IACRL members and others on what topics they would like to see covered in continuing-education sessions. Many of the CE programs that the organizations currently offer are intended more for public, school, or special…
UIC Library of the Health Sciences – Peoria’s Emily Johnson is 2018 Recipient of ILA’s Crosman Memorial Award
(via the Illinois Library Association) The Illinois Library Association (ILA) announces Emily Johnson, Regional Health Sciences Librarian & Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago Libraries as the 2018 Crosman Memorial Award winner. The Crosman Award is named in memory of Alex Crosman, director of the Peoria Public Library at the time of…
National Louis University’s Dr. Rob Morrison is 2018 Illinois Academic Librarian of the Year
(via the Illinois Library Association) Dr. Rob Morrison, Dean of Library and Learning Support at National Louis University, is the 2018 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 an Illinois librarian who…
ILA Reporter Seeking Examples of Summer Reading Programs for Article to Appear in October Issue
The ILA Reporter Advisory Committee is in the process of planning the October issue. We are including an article on summer reading programs that libraries sponsor in collaboration with community partners, such as local public schools. While the focus of the article will be on programming by public libraries, the Advisory Committee would like to…
Reminder: ILA Seeking Feedback on Strategic Plan Draft (Deadline July 12)
(via Gwen Gregory, University of Illinois at Chicago, on behalf of Diane Foote, ILA Executive Director) You may have heard the news that ILA is beginning a process to update and refresh our current strategic plan. Much in that plan remains perennially relevant, but as times change so will we evolve. Over the coming months, we will…