Several Illinois librarians have articles featured in the ALA Library Instruction Roundtable Top Twenty Articles for 2016. Every year, the American Library Association’s LIRT Top Twenty Committee reviews the library instruction literature from the previous year and identifies the 20 best instruction articles for that year. Sue Franzen of Illinois State University was recognized for…
Category: Scholarly Publishing
Reminder: Chapter Proposals for ACRL Volume on Strategies for Retaining and Graduating Students Due June 5
(via Yen Tran, San Jose State University) ACRL Press is planning to publish a book titled Supporting Today’s 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…
Call for Reviewers: Choice/ACRL’s Resources for College Libraries
(via Gwen Gregory, IACRL Past President) Resources for College Libraries (RCL), the Choice/ACRL bibliography of essential titles for undergraduate teaching and research, seeks experienced subject librarians to serve as referees for the peer review of its arts and humanities disciplines. Referees are tasked with reviewing the subject bibliography comprehensively for breadth and depth, providing recommendations for editorial…
UIUC’s Knox Reelected to Freedom to Read Foundation Board
(via the Freedom to Read Foundation) Six people were elected to terms on the Freedom to Read Foundation (FTRF) Board of Trustees in the annual FTRF election held in April. Reelected to their second of two-year terms were Charles Brownstein, (Executive Director, Comic Book Legal Defense Fund), Mario M. Gonzalez (Executive Director of the Passaic…
Call for Submissions and Nominations for PRIMO
(via Jennifer Sharkey, Illionis State Univesity) The Peer Reviewed Instructional Materials Online (PRIMO) Committee of the ACRL Instruction Section invites you to submit your online information literacy tutorial, virtual tour, or other online library instruction project for review and possible inclusion in PRIMO: Peer-Reviewed Instructional Materials Online. The deadlines for Spring, 2017, are Tuesday, April 25 (nominations) and Tuesday, May…
Call for Book Reviewers: Public Services Quarterly
(via Kirstin Duffin, Eastern Illinois University) Public Services Quarterly (PSQ), published by Taylor & Francis, covers a broad spectrum of public service issues in academic libraries, including reference and research assistance, information literacy instruction, access and delivery services, and other services to patrons. Book reviewers are sought to contribute to this quarterly journal. Titles are available…
UIUC’s Timothy Cole wins 2017 LITA/OCLC Kilgour Research Award
(via the Library and Information Technology Association) Timothy Cole, Head of the Mathematics Library and Professor of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, has been selected as the recipient of the 2017 Frederick G. Kilgour Award for Research in Library and Information Technology, sponsored by OCLC and the Library and Information Technology…
Doody Core Seeking Volunteers to Review Nursing Books
(via Kirstin Duffin, Eastern Illinois University) If you are interested in health sciences or nursing librarianship, Doody Core is in need of librarian reviewers for different areas. You work virtually and at your own pace (with deadlines). This year, there are still a few subject areas that need some librarians to review titles and make…
Association of Research Libraries Holding Digital Scholarship Institute (June 5-9)
(via the Association of Research Libraries) The ARL Digital Scholarship Institute (DSI), an exciting new initiative of the ARL Academy, is a five-day, cohort-based opportunity for professionals in ARL member libraries who are new to digital scholarship to develop their skills in an intensive, yet supportive, learner-centered environment. Guided by the principles of community, diversity, impact, openness, and…
April 20 NASIG Webinar: “Academic Writing and Publishing”
(via Leigh Ann DePope, NASIG) NASIG will be hosting the webinar “Academic Writing and Publishing”, on Thursday, April 2o, from 12:00 to 1:00 PM CST. The deadline to register for the live event is Wednesday, April 19. To register, click here. The registration rates are as follows: NASIG members, $35; NASIG student members, $15; NISO members, $35; NASIG non-members,…