(via Cameron Cook, University of Wisconsin-Madison) Given the current impact of COVID-19 on our daily lives, it is difficult to know what the fall of this year will look like for many of us. Given that travel may be difficult due to limited professional development budgets or potential risks to health, the 2020 planning committee…
Call for Proposals Extended: ACRL 2021 Conference (April 14-17 in Seattle) — New Deadline Friday, May 22, for Certain Categories of Sessions
(via ACRL)? ACRL has extended the proposal deadline for the ACRL 2021 Conference, “Ascending into an Open Future”, to be held April 14-17, 2021, in Seattle. We know there’s a lot going on right now so we’ve extended the contributed paper, panel session, preconference, and workshop proposal deadline to Friday, May 22, 2020. ACRL 2021 offers…
Registration Open for Free Library UX Chicago Virtual Roundtable “Looking Forward to Going Back” (2:00-3:00 PM on Thursday, May 21)
(via Gwen Gregory, University of Illinois at Chicago) Join Library UX Chicago on Thursday, May 21, from 2:00 to 3:00 PM CDT, for a conversation exploring how our institutions are preparing to return to our physical buildings over the coming months. While many of our institutions will be working within the guidelines issued by the…
Legislative News, 05/18/2020
Federal news House narrowly passes $3 trillion coronavirus aid bill [Roll Call, 5/15/2020] “Democrats’ bill would [provide, among other relief,] $100 billion for a public health fund for hospitals and other health care providers…. The Senate won’t take up the legislation in its current form, though key senators will begin discussions with Democratic leaders and…
Registration Open for ILA’s Noon Network Webinar on Illinois Legislation (12:00-1:30 PM on Tuesday, May 19) — Deadline 10:00 AM on May 19
(via Gwen Gregory, University of Illinois at Chicago, on behalf of the Illinois Library Association) Join ILA’s Legislative Consultant, Derek Blaida, for a lunchtime update about what’s happening in Springfield, from 12:00 to 1:30 PM on Tuesday, May 19. The Illinois General Assembly is slated to return to legislative session on Wednesday, May 20, and…
Final Reminder: Free RAILS/IACRL Online Event “Spark: Connect and Get Fired Up!” This Friday, May 15 (10:00 AM – 12:00 PM) — Registration Required
(via IACRL) This Friday, May 15, join your academic libraries from around Illinois for “Spark: Connect and Get Fired Up!”. The free online event, which the Reaching Across Illinois Library System (RAILS) and the Illinois Association of College & Research Libraries (IACRL) are sponsoring, will take place from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM. This academic…
Call for Participation: Survey for Academic Librarians and Archivists with Invisible Disabilities (Deadline Friday, May 15)
(via Katelyn Manwiller, DeSales University) My name is Katelyn Quirin Manwiller, and I am a librarian at DeSales University. I’m working with a team of library researchers, Samantha Peter from University of Wyoming, Heather Crozier from Ohio Northern University, and Amelia Anderson from Old Dominion University. We are writing to invite you to participate in…
HSLI Secretary JJ Pionke Named Library Journal Mover & Shaker
(via Library Journal) Health Science Librarians of Illinois Secretary Katharine “JJ” Pionke, who is Applied Health Sciences Librarian and Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois’s Urbana-Champaign campus, is a 2020 Library Journal Mover & Shaker. JJ is the only academic or research librarian in Illinois to receive the honor this year, out of 46…
Registration Still Open, and Schedule Now Available, for RAILS/IACRL Online Event “Spark: Connect and Get Fired Up!” (Friday, May 15, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM)
(via Gwen Gregory, University of Illinois at Chicago, on behalf of Dan Bostrom, RAILS) Next week, join your academic libraries from around Illinois for “Spark: Connect and Get Fired Up!”. This free online event, which the Reaching Across Illinois Library System (RAILS) and the Illinois Association of College & Research Libraries (IACRL) are sponsoring, will…
Deadline for Illinois Academic Librarian of the Year Award Nominations Extended to Friday, May 22
(via the Illinois Library Association) This is a reminder that nominations for the Illinois Academic Librarian of the Year Award are due Friday, May 22. (The Illinois Library Association has decided to extend the deadline for all awards by one week.) The general criteria are below. Additional information, including instructions for submitting a nomination, is…