(via Gwen Gregory, IACRL Past President) There is still time to submit a nomination for the ILA Awards. The nomination deadline has been extended to Monday, May 22. Please click here to learn about the awards and to submit a nomination. Take advantage of this opportunity to let your colleagues know about innovative programs and ideas and the…
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ISU’s Brunsdale Featured in AL’s The Bookend
(via the American Library Association) Maureen Brunsdale, Special Collections and Rare Books Librarian at Illinois State University’s Milner Library, is featured in the latest issue of The Bookend, put out by American Libraries. The brief article discusses her work with ISU’s Circus and Allied Arts Collection, which is one of the largest and most noteworthy of its type…
ACRL College Libraries Section Meetings at ALA Annual 2017
(via Pat Kreitz, Saint Mary’s College of California) Saturday, June 24 8:30-10:00 AM Executive Committee Meeting (HIL Conference Room 4B) 1:00-2:30 PM Medium-Sized Academic Libraries Discussion Group (BLACK Taste Room) Sunday, June 25 8:30-9:30 AM All Committees Meeting (HIL Lake Erie Room) Please check the ACRL listservs and ALA Connect to see if the committee you are interested…
NLM Webinar “Mapping Tools for Outreach and Public Health” on May 10
(via Molly Roberts, National Network of Libraries of Medicine – Greater Midwest Region) The National Network of Libraries of Medicine – Greater Midwest Region, in conjunction with the National Library of Medicine, is offering the one-hour webinar “Mapping Tools for Outreach and Public Health”. The event will take place from 2:00 to 3:00 PM CST on Wednesday, May…
Updates on ACRL Instruction Section Management & Leadership Professional Development Series
(via Michele Ostrow, University of Texas at Austin) Here is an update on the spring ACRL Instruction Section Management & Leadership Professional Development Series, events of interest to instruction coordinators and librarians with instruction responsibilities. The first event in the series, “Accessibility in Teaching with Technology”, with Stephanie Rosen, Accessibility Specialist at the University of Michigan…
Nominations Sought for Midwest Chapter/MLA 2017 Distinguished Librarian of the Year Award
(via Nicole Theis-Mahon, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities) Please consider nominating one of your amazing colleagues for the Midwest Chapter/MLA 2017 Distinguished Librarian of the Year Award. The Distinguished Librarian of the Year Award recognizes chapter members who have made outstanding professional contributions to health sciences librarianship and the Chapter. This award will be announced…
Call for Submissions: Summer, 2017, Issue of MLA’s Consumer Connections Newsletter
(via Robin O’Hanlon, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai) Do you have an interesting consumer health or health literacy initiative taking place at your library? Are you headed to MLA 2017 and plan on attending on sessions related to consumer health or outreach to patients? We want to hear from you! We need submissions…
Reminder: Deadline for Illinois Academic Librarian of the Year Nominations is May 15
(via Gwen Gregory, IACRL Past President) Do you have a colleague who has done wonderful work in an academic library? Have they done important research? Have they provided exemplary service to professional organization? The Illinois Association of College and Research Libraries and the Illinois Library Association are looking for nominations for the Illinois Academic Librarian…
UIC’s Catherine Lantz Featured in STS Current Member Spotlight
(via the ACRL Science & Technology Section) Catherine Lantz, Reference Librarian & Liaison, University of Illinois at Chicago What discipline(s) do you support now, and/or have you supported in the past?-biology, chemistry, and earth science How long have you been involved with STS?-since 2013 What STS Committees have you served on throughout the years?-STS Research…
Call for Chapter Proposals: ACRL Volume on Strategies for Retaining and Graduating Students
(via Yen Tran, San Jose State University) ACRL Press is planning to publish a book titled Supporting Todays Students in the Library: Strategies for Retaining and Graduating International, Transfer, First-Generation, and Re-Entry Students. Editors Ngoc-Yen Tran & Silke Higgins invite the submission of chapter proposals for a book on how academic libraries are addressing the…