(via the Illinois Library Association) Registration is still open for the remaining ILA 2022 Library Legislative Meet-ups. This annual series of events provides an opportunity to meet with your state and federal legislators and hear their thoughts firsthand about issues affecting libraries in your area. The ILA President will bring welcoming remarks; ILA Legislative Consultant Derek Blaida and ILA…
Call for Nominations: ACRL Instruction Section’s Featured Teaching Librarian (Deadline Mon., Feb. 28)
(via Samantha Kannegiser, Rutgers University) Do you know someone who is an amazing teaching librarian? If yes, consider nominating the person 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 Committee selects…
Registration Open for CARLI Professional Development Alliance Webinars Taking Place in March and Early April
(via Nicole Swanson, CARLI) Registration is now open for the following CARLI Professional Development Alliance (PDA) webinars taking place in March and early April. See below for descriptions, dates and times, and registration links. “Intellectual Freedom and Social Justice: Core Values of Librarianship” Dr. Emily Knox states: Throughout my work, I argue that intellectual freedom leads…
Registration Open for CARLI Professional Development Alliance Webinars Taking Place in February
(via Nicole Swanson, CARLI) Registration is now open for the following CARLI Professional Development Alliance (PDA) webinars taking place in February. See below for descriptions, dates and times, and registration links. “Myths and Truths about Regional Public Universities” Regional Public Universities (RPUs) educate 20% of all undergraduate students each year and serve as anchor institutions…
Registration Open for CARLI “Are you as conflicted as we are? Challenges with teaching subject headings and keywords” Online Discussion (Fri., Feb. 11, 1:00-2:00 PM)
(via Debbie Campbell, CARLI) Join the CARLI Instruction Committee via Zoom on Friday, February 11, from 1:00 to 2:00 PM CDT, for a discussion about teaching subject headings and keyword searching. We will provide a few brief stories about the inconsistencies we’ve encountered with subject heading indexing and how these findings challenged whether to teach students to…
University of Illinois Chicago’s Dr. Jung Mi Scoulas is ACRL Member of the Week for Jan. 31
(via ACRL) Dr. Jung Mi Scoulas, Assistant Professor and Assessment Coordinator at the University of Illinois Chicago, is the ACRL Member of the Week for January 31 – February 6. Below are her answers to questions on how she has benefited from ACRL membership and what her role as an academic librarian means to the…
Reminder: CARLI Commercial Products Committee Seeking Proposals for Accessibility in Libraries Forum (Online Wed., April 6)–Deadline Mon., Feb. 14
Please excuse any cross-posting. (via Gwen Gregory, Northern Illinois University, on behalf of CARLI) The CARLI Commercial Products Committee is seeking proposals for a forum on accessibility efforts in your library. The form will take place via Zoom on Wednesday, April 6, at 10:00 AM CDT. CARLI Members are encouraged to submit proposals on any…
Call for Volunteers: Planning Committee for “Beyond the Numbers” Conference (in St. Louis Nov. 8-10)
(via Katrina Stierholz, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis) The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis is planning to reconvene its free conference on economic data and information, “Beyond the Numbers”, in St. Louis from November 8 to 10 (Tuesday-Thursday). The conference brings together information professionals to improve their understanding of how to find, use, and…
Registration Open for NNLM Webinar “Health Statistics on the Web” (Wed., March 2, 1:00-2:00 PM CDT)
(via Rebecca Brown, Network of the National Library of Medicine) Please join the Network of the National Library of Medicine on Wednesday, March 2, from 1:00 to 2:00 PM CDT, for the webinar “Health Statistics on the Web”. This live, 1-hour class will focus on the importance and relevance of health statistics in various contexts, and on the location,…
Call for Proposals: ACRL Distance and Online Library Instruction Virtual Poster Session (April 25-29, Mon.-Fri.)–Deadline Fri., Feb. 11
(via the Poster Session organizers) Calling all library workers! Do you have a tool, project, or great idea about teaching and learning online that you’d like to share with your peers? The ACRL Distance and Online Learning Section Instruction Committee (DOLS-IC) invites you to submit a proposal to our fourth annual Distance and Online Library Instruction Virtual Poster…