(via Library Journal) Health Science Librarians of Illinois Secretary Katharine “JJ” Pionke, who is Applied Health Sciences Librarian and Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois’s Urbana-Champaign campus, is a 2020 Library Journal Mover & Shaker. JJ is the only academic or research librarian in Illinois to receive the honor this year, out of 46…
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ILA and IACRL Announce Election Results (HSLI Members Marielle McNeal, Laura Barnes, and Emily Gilbert Win Office)
(via the Illinois Library Association) The Illinois Library Association has released the results of its 2020 Executive Board elections. Congratulations to HSLI members Marielle McNeal, Hines Medical Library and Veterans Health and Information Library, who won the election for the academic libraries Director-at-Large seat, and Laura, Barnes, Illinois Sustainable Technology Center (University of Illinois at…
HSLI Members Nina Pals and Anieta Trame of Mattoon’s Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center Featured in IHLS “Member Services” Update
(via Miranda Shake, HSLI Past President) Illinois Heartland Library System recently featured two HSLI members, Nina Pals and Anieta Trame (both of Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center in Mattoon), in its “Member Services: Site Visits at Special Libraries” update. Anna Yackle, Membership Coordinator at IHLS, visited Sarah Bush Lincoln HC to learn about the services…
EIU’s Stacey Knight-Davis Receives ILA Reference Services Award
(via the Illinois Library Association) Stacey Knight-Davis, Head of Library Technology Services at Eastern Illinois University’s Booth Library, receives the 2019 Illinois Library Association (ILA) Reference Services Award, which is awarded annually for excellence in providing assistance to library users as they seek and use information. The award is sponsored by Ancel Glink. One example…
UIUC’s JJ Pionke Receives ILA Crosman Memorial Award
(via the Illinois Library Association) The Illinois Library Association (ILA) announces JJ Pionke, Applied Health Sciences Librarian & Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UICU), as the 2019 Crosman Memorial Award Winner. The Crosman Award is named in memory of Alex Crosman, director of the Peoria Public Library at the time of…
UIUC’s Lynne Thomas Wins Two Hugo Awards
(via the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s School of Information Sciences) Lynne M. Thomas (MS ’99), head of The Rare Book & Manuscript Library and an iSchool adjunct professor, has won two Hugo Awards-science fiction’s most prestigious award. Thomas, now a seven-time Hugo Award winner, joined the University Library in July 2017. Hugo Award winners…
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…
HSLI 2017 Annual Conference Report: Daneen Richardson
I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for sponsoring my attendance to the 2017 Health Science Librarians of Illinois conference: The Times are Changing. Attending the conference is generally my one opportunity for health science continuing education where I can interact with those presenting as well as other attendees. I find it…
UIUC’s Ann Zettervall is ACRL Member of the Week
(via ACRL) Ann Zettervall is a MSLIS Student at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign<https://ischool.illinois.edu/> in Champaign, Illinois<https://www.google.com/maps/@40.076791,-88.2153136,10z>. Ann first joined ACRL in 2017 and is your ACRL member of the week for June 18, 2018. Describe yourself in three words: Thorough, Inquisitive, Patient. What are you reading (or listening to on your mobile device(s)?…
IACRL Election Results Announced
(via Lindsay Harmon, IACRL Past President) The results of this spring’s elections for IACRL office are as follows: PRESIDENT-ELECT Michelle Nielsen Ott, Methodist College – Elected Nestor L. Osorio, Northern Illinois University SECRETARY Carl Lehnen, University of Illinois at Chicago- Elected Mallory Sajewski, Western Illinois University On behalf of the IACRL Executive Board and the Awards…