(via Don Pawl, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs) An ILLiad Users Group preconference will take place on Wednesday, May 3, in advance of the 48th annual Colorado ILL Conference. The preconference is free and will occur from 9:30 AM to 12:00 PM, in the Imperial Ballroom at the Beaver Run Resort in Breckenridge, CO. You can register for…
Category: Professional Development
Schonfeld to Speak at ISU on April 10 About Libraries’ Academic Support Roles
(via Dr. Dane Ward, Dean of Milner Library at Illinois State University) Mark your calendars. Illinois State University’s Bryant Jackson Lecture will take place at 10:00 AM on Thursday, April 13, in the Circus Room in the Bone Center. (Click here for a map of the ISU campus.) Our featured speaker this year will be Roger Schonfeld, Director of the…
Registration Open for Great Lakes Resource Sharing Conference in Oak Brook (June 8-9)
(via Margaret Chambers, CARLI) Registration is now OPEN! Reserve your space for the 4th Annual Great Lakes Resource Sharing Conference at the DoubleTree by Hilton in Oak Brook, IL on June 8-9, 2017. Schedule in brief: Thursday, June 8, 2017 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. – OCLC Update 1:45 to 3:15 p.m. (including break) – Lightning rounds 3:30 to 4:30 p.m….
Agenda for 48th Annual Colorado ILL Conference Announced
Please visit the Colorado ILL Conference website for the conference agenda. This year’s meeting is scheduled for Thursday, May 4, and Friday, May 5, in Breckenridge, Colorado. A condensed version of the agenda is below. Thursday, May 4 8:45-9:00 AM – Welcome From Matt Diven, Colorado State University, ILL Conference Chair and Pat Hasenfus of Summit County…
UIUC’s Thacker Named Library Journal Mover & Shaker
(via Library Journal) UIUC’s Mara Lina Thacker has been named a 2017 Library Journal “Mover & Shaker”. She is the only selectee from an Illinois academic library this year. Thacker was chosen in the “Community Builders” category. The information below is from the official announcement on Library Journal‘s website. Mara Thacker’s love of Indian culture began at 18 when…
April 28 CARLI Collections Data Analysis and Maintenance Forum at Governors State
(via Nicole Swanson, CARLI) The CARLI Collection Management Committee and Technical Services Committee are pleased to sponsor a joint forum on Collections Data Analysis and Maintenance on Friday, April 28, 2017, from 9:30am-3:30pm at Governors State University, University Park, IL. Morning sessions include how to build capacity for collection assessment, ILL data analysis after journal…
Chicago Distance Library Services April Event: “Create Winning Conference Proposals”
(via Ariel Orlov, Adler University) Join the Chicago Distance Library Services Group for our spring event on Friday, April 7 at 2:00 p.m. at Elmhurst College’s A.C. Buehler Library. We’re hosting a panel discussion on creating conference proposals that get accepted, just in time for the April 23 deadline to submit proposals to the 2018 Distance…
ALA Offering Workshop (March 15 and 22) on Serving Patrons with Autism Spectrum Disorder
(via the American Library Association) The American Library Association is offering a two-part workshop (totaling three hours), “Serving Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder”, on Wednesday, March 15, and Wednesday, March 22. Both sessions will take place from 1:30 to 3:00 PM CST. The facilitator is Dr. Lesley S. J. Farmer, a professor at California State University (CSU)…
Register Now for April 28 “Open Data: Science, Health, Community” Symposium
(via Debra Werner, University of Chicago) Registration is now open for the fifth biennial Kathleen A. Zar Symposium, “Open Data: Science, Health, Community”. This year’s event will take palace on Friday, April 28, at the University of Chicago’s John Crerar Library. To register, click here. A description of the event is below. Open data are data…
CARLI Expanding Registration for April 10 Collections Care Workshop
(via Elizabeth Clarage, CARLI) Starting the week of March 13, CARLI will expand registration for the Collections Care Workshop, to allow more than one registrant per CARLI member. However, as this is a hands-on program, overall registration is still limited. If you are interested in attending, please register soon, before the workshop fills up completely….