(via Sue Franzen, IACRL Vice-President/President-Elect) The Illinois Association of College & Research Libraries, the Reaching Across Illinois Library System, and the Illinois Heartland Library System are planning a Fall Semester Town Hall on Wednesday, July 29, from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM. If you are interested in sharing what your library is doing in regards to…
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Reminder: Registration Open for Next IACRL Journal Club Meeting (12:00-1:00 PM on Thursday, June 25)
(via IACRL) Join IACRL for our next Journal Club discussion on Thursday, June 25, from 12:00 to 1:00 PM, via Zoom. Everyone is invited to attend. We will be discussing “Environmental Scan and Assessment of OERs, MOOCs, and Libraries: What Effectiveness and Sustainability Means for Libraries’ Impact on Open Education” by Carmen Kazakoff-Lane. Specifically, we…
Reminder: Registration Open for ACRL Technical Services Interest Group Presentations on Cataloging VR and Merging Acquisitions (12:00 PM CDT on Tues., June 23)
(via Cynthia Romanowski, Governors State University) The ACRL Technical Services Interest Group invites you to join us virtually for two presentations on: Date: Tuesday, June 23 Time: 12:00 PM CDT Place: Zoom The following will be 20-minute presentations with a five-minute question session: Cataloging Virtual Reality programming: why and how — Joy DuBose, Assistant Professor,…
Call for Posters and Papers: Joint Midcontinental and Midwest Chapter/MLA 2020 Virtual Meeting, Oct. 15-16 (Deadline Friday, July 31)
(via Ramune Kubilius, Galter Health Sciences Library at Northwestern University) Join us at the Virtual Meeting this fall to share your research and innovative practices. The Joint Midcontinental and Midwest Chapter MLA 2020 Annual Meeting planning committee invites paper, lightning talk, and poster submissions on all aspects of health sciences librarianship for the Virtual Meeting…
Registration Open for First Session (Friday, July 10) in ACRL Health Sciences Interest Group’s Interactive Online Learning Webinar Series
(via John Siegel, University of South Carolina Upstate) The ACRL Health Sciences Interest Group invites you to attend our webinar series on Interactive Online Learning. Each one-hour webinar will include three presentations on either learning strategies or tools to enhance your interactive online learning practices. The first session will happen on Friday, July 10, from…
Call for Submissions: “Fun Facts” About Illinois Libraries for ILA Facebook Page
(via the Illinois Library Association) Does your library have an interesting story no one knows about or is there a fun fact about your library that only your patrons and staff and know about? If so, share it with the Illinois library community! We are launching an Illinois library #MondayFunday fact or story that we will…
Call for Submissions: ILA Voices Electronic Publication on Librarianship and Real-World Issues
(via the Illinois Library Association) Recent events have shown us that people need to be heard, and need to have a vehicle to share their thoughts on a variety of topics, including potentially challenging ones such as white privilege and racism in librarianship. So we are launching “ILA Voices”. ILA Voices is a new electronic publication…
Reminder: Submissions for IACRL People’s Choice Award in Scholarly Publishing Due Wednesday, July 1
(via IACRL) This is a reminder that the Illinois Association of College & Research Libraries (IACRL) Awards Committee is seeking submissions for the People’s Choice Award in Scholarly Publishing. This award will give academic and research librarians throughout Illinois the opportunity to read and evaluate scholarly works by their peers and then vote on a favorite. It will…
Call for Submissions: Cover Art for Upcoming College & Research Libraries News Issues
(via ACRL) The publication College & Research Libraries News (C&RL News) is looking for images from library collections to feature on upcoming covers. If you have items in your collections that you think would make attractive C&RL News covers, we would love to see them. To submit images (or image collections), send URLs for Web-based…
Call for Nominations: ACRL Instruction Section Featured Teaching Librarian (Deadline Wednesday, July 15)
(via Caroline Sinkinson, University of Colorado Boulder) 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…