(via Molly Olmstead, NN/LM – GMR) Please join the National Network of Libraries of Medicine – Greater Midwest Region and the NN/LM – South Central Region for a collaborative Lake Effects webinar on Thursday, August 25, at 2:00 PM CST. The webinar will cover NLM Resources for K-12 students. This one-hour webinar will provide participates…
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Call for Proposals for ALA Annual in Chicago: Video and Libraries
(via Laine Thielstrom, Colby College in Waterville, Maine) Thinking about attending the next ALA Annual Conference, which will take place from June 22 to June 27, 2017, in Chicago? Have you worked on any projects or activities involving film or video at your institution? Since Chicago is the host city, we would especially love to…
Call for Curriculum Designers for ACRL’s Information Literacy Framework
ACRL is accepting applications from prospective curriculum designers/presenters to create professional development offerings to provide support for librarians as they incorporate the Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education into their practice.The curriculum designers will plan and develop learning experiences for face-to-face and virtual learning contexts. The in-person workshops will be offered upon request on…
ACRL Teams with OCLC for Research Agenda
(via Gwen Gregory, IACRL President) ACRL has selected a team from OCLC Research to design, develop, and deliver a new ACRL “Action-Oriented Research Agenda on Library Contributions to Student Learning and Success”. The team was selected after an open and competitive request for proposals to investigate and write a research agenda that provides an update…
Outreach Awards and Application Training Available from NN/LM – GMR
(via Molly Olmstead, National Network of Libraries of Medicine – Greater Midwest Region) The GMR Outreach Awards are rolling in–we’ll continue to post them on our website as they approved by the NNCO. The Express Outreach Award and Technology Improvement Award are both live and we’re accepting applications until Monday, September 12. The Professional Development…
NN/LM – GMR Holds Monthly Update for August
The National Network of Libraries of Medicine – Greater Midwest Region held its monthly update webinar for August on Monday, the 15th. (The update takes place usually on the third Monday of each month.) A recording of the presentation is available here. Some of the main topics that the presentation covered are below. The national office…
ALA Task Force on the Context of Future Accreditation Holding Online Forums
(via ACRL) The ALA Task Force on the Context of Future Accreditation is charged to develop a white paper that describes the fields and context for which we will be accrediting in the future, and to make such recommendations as may arise in the process of that development to the ALA Executive Board. One area…
ACRL Updates to Standards for Libraries in Higher Education Begin
(via Gwen Gregory, IACRL President) The ACRL Board of Directors has recently appointed a task force to review and update the Standards for Libraries in Higher Education (SLHE), as appropriate. Like all ACRL standards and guidelines, these are subject to a regular cyclical review. Specifically, the task force is charged with the following tasks. review…
Vote for NN/LM – GMR Blog’s New Name by August 12
Note: The deadline for voting has passed, but the slides from the latest “GMR Update” are still available. (via Jacqueline Leskovec, National Network of Libraries of Medicine – Greater Midwest Region) The National Network of Libraries of Medicine – Greater Midwest Region is renaming its blog, which is currently called The Cornflower. Four finalists for the new…
Deadline to Register for MLA Webinar Being Shown at Northwestern is August 8
(via Ramune Kubilius, Galter Health Sciences Library at Northwestern University) On Wednesday, August 10, from 1:00 to 2:30 PM CST, Northwestern University’s Galter Health Sciences Library will host the Medical Library Association’s webinar “Are All Systematic Reviews Created Equal?”. The webinar will be shown in the Administrative Conference Room on Level 2 of the Library, which is…