(via Gwen Gregory, University of Illinois at Chicago, on behalf of Diane Foote, Illinois Library Association 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…
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Call for Applicants: Two Rounds of Value of Academic Libraries Travel Scholarships (Deadlines 8/31/18 and 2/15/19)
(via the Association of College and Research Libraries) The Association of College and Research Libraries is pleased to announce a new round of the Value of Academic Libraries Travel Scholarships. The ACRL Board of Directors has allocated $10,000 in fiscal year 2019 to offer travel scholarships of up to $2,000 each for librarians presenting on…
Seeking Suggestions for Chicago-Area Panelists for MLA Leadership Workshop (Sept. 27-28 in Chicago)
(via Michelle Kraft, Cleveland Clinic) I am picking brains for the names of people in the Chicago area who you (librarians) think would be good to participate on a panel to share their person experiences on how they discover and consume the information they need to do their jobs. We are interested in nurses, allied…
HSLI 2018 Conference Friday Morning CE Session: “Building Partnerships with Faculty, Clinicians, and Other Stakeholders”
The Health Science Librarians of Illinois 2018 Conference will be held September 26-28 at the Cliffbreakers Riverside Hotel and Conference Center in Rockford, Illinois. The Conference will include chances for networking with colleagues and vendors, an opportunity to present posters or lightning talks, and several options for continuing-education courses. The HSLI 2018 Conference Planning Committee…
Reminder: NNLM – Greater Midwest Region Seeking Feedback From Member Hospital Libraries on NLM Strategic Plan (Virtual Meeting at 10:00 AM July 2)
(via Elizabeth Kiscaden, Associate Director for the National Network of Libraries – Greater Midwest Region) The GMR invites our hospital librarians to share their feedback about NLM’s new strategic plan. In response to our first call for feedback, several hospital librarians submitted responses, which generated discussion at the annual MLA meeting. National Library of Medicine…
Call for October 25 CARLI Resource Sharing Forum Presenters
(via Lorna Engels, CARLI) 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 interlibrary loan and/or access services…
Registration Open for July 12 MLA Webinar “Aligning the Three Pillars of Effective Instruction: Outcomes, Teaching, and Assessment for Health Sciences Librarians”
(via Barry Grant, Medical Library Association) “Aligning the Three Pillars of Effective Instruction: Outcomes, Teaching, and Assessment for Health Sciences Librarians” Thursday, July 12, 1:00-2:30 PM CDT Overview You may be assessing your instruction in a way that does not really tell you if your teaching is effective. The MLA webinar “Aligning the Three Pillars…
Call for Volunteers: Field-Testing of New Surveys for ACRL’s Project Outcome for Academic Libraries
(via Gwen Gregory, University of Illinois at Chicago) The ACRL Project Outcome for Academic Libraries Task Force<http://www.ala.org/acrl/aboutacrl/directoryofleadership/taskforces/acr-tfpi> seeks volunteers to field-test new surveys it has developed. Its work is based on adapting PLA’s Project Outcome<https://projectoutcome.org/>, and the new academic library toolkit will launch in 2019. The goal is to provide users with free, easy-to-use, standard…
Registration Open for July 17 RAILS Webinar “Copyright and Standardized Rights Statements for Digital Collections”
(via Gwen Gregory, University of Illinois at Chicago, on behalf of Louise Svehla, RAILS) RAILS will offer a webinar called “Copyright and Standardized Rights Statements for Digital Collections” with Hannah Stitzlein, Illinois Digital Heritage Hub, on Tuesday, July 17, 1:30 to 3:00 pm. Learn how to make informed copyright decisions with available tools, and how…
ACRL 2019 Conference Keynote Speakers Announced
(via Gwen Gregory, University of Illinois at Chicago) The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) announces its celebrated lineup of keynote speakers for the ACRL 2019 Conference<https://conference.acrl.org/>, “Recasting the Narrative” to be held April 10- 13, in Cleveland, Ohio. Be challenged and inspired by ACRL’s three thought-provoking speakers, who also double as award-winning journalists,…