(via the Reaching Across Illinois Library System) The next RAILS Member Update is Thursday, January 16, from 10 AM to 12:00 PM. All staff at all RAILS libraries are invited to attend at an available videoconference location or via Zoom. (Choose Zoom as your location when you register in L2, and you will receive an…
Category: Webinars
Registration Open for Free IACRL Webinar “Libraries Are Open for Learning: Using OER to Support Students and Faculty” (Tues., Jan. 28, 1:00-2:00 PM)
(via Michelle Nielsen Ott, IACRL President) Free IACRL Webinar Tuesday, January 28, 2020 1:00 – 2:00 PM Libraries Are Open for Learning: Using OER to Support Students and Faculty Open Educational resources (OER) have quickly become an answer to addressing higher education affordability, increasing student completer success raters and reducing equating gaps, and increasing pedagogical innovations….
CARLI Instruction Committee Hosting Twitter Chat at 12:00 PM on Friday, Dec. 13 (Topic “New Approaches to Evaluating Information”)
(via Debbie Campbell, CARLI) The CARLI Instruction Committee is excited to host an upcoming Twitter chat! Join us on Friday, December 13, at 12:00 PM CDT, for a conversation on new approaches to evaluating information, #NecessaryEval. What is a Twitter Chat? A Twitter chat is a public Twitter conversation around one unique hashtag! Use the #NecessaryEval…
Registration Open for Free ACRL ULS Professional Development Committee Webinar, “Working on Ourselves: Mitigating Unconscious Bias in Literature Searching” (Mon., Dec. 9. 1:00-2:00 PM CST)
(via Dr. Laura Gariepy, Virginia Commonwealth University) FREE Online Presentation: Working on Ourselves: Mitigating Unconscious Bias in Literature Searching Presented online via Zoom Monday, December 9th 2019 1:00-2:00pm CST Register Here Sponsored by the ACRL ULS Professional Development Committee Unconscious, or implicit, bias in medical research and care is well documented– black patients on average…
Reminder: IACRL Hosting ACRL Webinar on Copyright, at Northern Illinois University (Friday, December 6, at 9:00 AM)–EVENT CANCALLED
Update, 12/5/19 Due to low registration, IACRL has decided to cancel the webinar showing. It has not yet been rescheduled. (via Michelle Nielsen Ott, IACRL President) Join us at the NIU Founders Memorial Library for an ACRL webinar “Copyright and Course Reserves: Print Reserves” on Friday, December 6, starting at 9:00 AM. Light breakfast refreshments will…
Registration Open for RAILS Webinar “PR + Media Relations 101 – PR as Part of Library Marketing” (Tues., Dec. 10, 1:30-3:00 PM)
(via RAILS) Registration is now open for the RAILS webinar “PR + Media Relations 101 – PR as Part of Library Marketing”. Learn about the basics of PR (including building good media relations), its place in the marketing cycle, what PR can (and maybe can’t) do for libraries, best practices for the way media works today,…
Registration Open for MLA December Webinar, “Research by the Numbers: Measuring and Increasing Impact” (Wed., Dec. 11, 1:00-2:30 PM CDT)
(via the Medical Library Association) Research by the Numbers: Measuring and Increasing Impact When: Wednesday, December 11, 2019 Time: 1:00 – 2:30 PM, Central Time Cost: $65.00 for MLA members, $85.00 for non-members Getting questions about Journal Impact Factors, H-Index, or altmetrics you don’t know how to answer? Need a refresher on metrics best practices…
Registration Open for ACRL Access Services Interest Group Virtual Forum on Serving Homeless and Traumatized Patrons (1:00 PM on Dec. 11)
(via Susan Garrison, Rice University) Connect with your peers at our second virtual webinar! This 2019 Fall Virtual Forum II webinar will focus on working with patrons experiencing homelessness and trauma while keeping you safe at your workplace. Details are in the link below. Share with your friends and colleagues. Registration is free! Title: How…
Registration Open for Free ACRL Online Forum Covering Committee Appointment Process (Tuesday, Dec. 10, at 1:00 PM)
(via Gwen Gregory, University of Illinois at Chicago) To make the appointments process more transparent, the ACRL Membership Committee invites all new members and anyone who would like to get more involved in ACRL to join us on Tuesday, December 10 at 1:00 pm CST for a free online forum explaining how the ACRL committee…
IACRL to Host Free ACRL Webinar, on Copyright, at Northern Illinois University (Friday, December 6, at 9:00 AM)
(via Michelle Nielsen Ott, IACRL President) IACRL to Host ACRL Webinar at NIU Join us at the NIU Founders Memorial Library for an ACRL webinar “Copyright and Course Reserves: Print Reserves” on December 6thstarting at 9 am. Light breakfast refreshments will be served. After the webinar, discuss issues and concepts with fellow attendees. End your…