(via IACRL) Join IACRL for our next Journal Club discussion on Thursday, June 25, from 12:00 to 1:00 PM, via Zoom. Everyone is invited to attend. We will be discussing “Environmental Scan and Assessment of OERs, MOOCs, and Libraries: What Effectiveness and Sustainability Means for Libraries’ Impact on Open Education” by Carmen Kazakoff-Lane. Specifically, we…
Reminder: Registration Open for ACRL Technical Services Interest Group Presentations on Cataloging VR and Merging Acquisitions (12:00 PM CDT on Tues., June 23)
(via Cynthia Romanowski, Governors State University) The ACRL Technical Services Interest Group invites you to join us virtually for two presentations on: Date: Tuesday, June 23 Time: 12:00 PM CDT Place: Zoom The following will be 20-minute presentations with a five-minute question session: Cataloging Virtual Reality programming: why and how — Joy DuBose, Assistant Professor,…
Legislative News, 06/23/2020
Federal news Bills to watch · H.R.990 Recognizing racism as a national crisis and the need for a truth and reconciliation process. This resolution recognizes racism as a national public health crisis and supports the creation of a truth and reconciliation process to address historic, enduring systemic and structural racism against black people. [Introduced 6/4/20]…
Call for Posters and Papers: Joint Midcontinental and Midwest Chapter/MLA 2020 Virtual Meeting, Oct. 15-16 (Deadline Friday, July 31)
(via Ramune Kubilius, Galter Health Sciences Library at Northwestern University) Join us at the Virtual Meeting this fall to share your research and innovative practices. The Joint Midcontinental and Midwest Chapter MLA 2020 Annual Meeting planning committee invites paper, lightning talk, and poster submissions on all aspects of health sciences librarianship for the Virtual Meeting…
Registration Open for First Session (Friday, July 10) in ACRL Health Sciences Interest Group’s Interactive Online Learning Webinar Series
(via John Siegel, University of South Carolina Upstate) The ACRL Health Sciences Interest Group invites you to attend our webinar series on Interactive Online Learning. Each one-hour webinar will include three presentations on either learning strategies or tools to enhance your interactive online learning practices. The first session will happen on Friday, July 10, from…
Call for Submissions: “Fun Facts” About Illinois Libraries for ILA Facebook Page
(via the Illinois Library Association) Does your library have an interesting story no one knows about or is there a fun fact about your library that only your patrons and staff and know about? If so, share it with the Illinois library community! We are launching an Illinois library #MondayFunday fact or story that we will…
Call for Submissions: ILA Voices Electronic Publication on Librarianship and Real-World Issues
(via the Illinois Library Association) Recent events have shown us that people need to be heard, and need to have a vehicle to share their thoughts on a variety of topics, including potentially challenging ones such as white privilege and racism in librarianship. So we are launching “ILA Voices”. ILA Voices is a new electronic publication…
Call for Participation: Survey to Plan Professional Development Event for Academic Library Management Professionals
(via Gwen Gregory, University of Illinois at Chicago, on behalf of Maoria Kirker, George Mason University) Are you a library manager, aspiring library manager, or in a pseudo-managerial role at an academic library? We are interested in organizing a professional event for workers in academic libraries, focused on management skills and concrete practices. As we…
Call for Proposals: Southeast Data Librarian Symposium 2020 (Online Oct. 7-9) — Deadline Friday, July 24
(via Dr. Nina Exner, Virginia Commonwealth University) The Southeast Data Librarian Symposium (SEDLS) invites proposals for virtual workshops, short talks, and poster presentations for SEDLS 2020! The SEDLS 2020 conference will be held online October 7-9. The deadline for proposals is Friday, July 24. The Southeast Data Librarian Symposium is intended to provide an opportunity…
Reminder: Submissions for IACRL People’s Choice Award in Scholarly Publishing Due Wednesday, July 1
(via IACRL) This is a reminder that the Illinois Association of College & Research Libraries (IACRL) Awards Committee is seeking submissions for the People’s Choice Award in Scholarly Publishing. This award will give academic and research librarians throughout Illinois the opportunity to read and evaluate scholarly works by their peers and then vote on a favorite. It will…