(via Krista Bowers Sharpe, IACRL Communications Committee Chair) The IACRL Communications Committee is highlighting recent career changes and publications by Illinois academic librarians in the next IACRL Newsletter. If you have: changed positions since February of 2020 been published since February of 2020 and would like to be included in the Fall, 2020, IACRL Newsletter,…
Reminder: HSLI Nominating & Elections Committee Seeking Candidates to Run for Treasurer (Deadline Friday, September 11)
(via Elizabeth (Betsy) Sterner, HSLI Nominating & Elections Committee Chair) The HSLI office of Treasurer is the only office open for election in the fall of 2020. It is a two-year term. The duties of the Treasurer include the following responsibilities. to keep a register of the paid members to collect assessments, maintain the funds…
Registration Open for CARLI Virtual Course “Understanding and Promoting Open Educational Resources” (Sept. 15, 22, and 29) — Deadline Wed., Sept. 9
(via CARLI) CARLI is pleased to offer a 3-week synchronous and asynchronous course on open educational resources. This course will be offered in September with the live sessions on September 15, 22, and 29 (all Tuesdays), from 1:00 to 2:15 PM. Asynchronous materials will be shared with registrants on September 10 to prepare for the…
Call for Volunteers: Illinois Association of College & Research Libraries Committees and Task Force
(via Emily Gilbert, Rasmussen College) Are you looking for more ways to get involved with professional development? Do you want to meet more of your peers in academic libraries across Illinois? Would you like to give back to the Illinois academic library community? Join an IACRL Committee! IACRL is seeking members for all committees, plus…
Call for Bloggers: ACRLog’s First Year Academic Librarian Experience Series (Deadline Saturday, September 12)
(via Alex Harrington, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine) With the new academic year coming up soon (or perhaps, for some of you, already begun!), we’re looking to bring on a few new bloggers here at ACRLog. We’d like to thank our 2019-2020 FYAL bloggers, Karina Hagelin and Yoonhee Lee, for their terrific posts this past…
Reminder: RAILS Seeking Examples of EDI Initiatives for Its New Library Pulse Page
(via RAILS) RAILS is very interested in hearing about all of our member libraries’ activities related to EDI (equity, diversity, and inclusion) so we can share this information with other libraries via our new EDI Pulse Page on the RAILS website. We’re interested in anything and everything you’re doing. It doesn’t have to be a…
Reminder: Proposals for ACRL Programs at 2021 ALA Annual Conference in Chicago Due Sept. 30, 2020
(via ACRL) The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) invites its committees, sections, interest groups, and individual members to consider submitting program proposals for the 2021 ALA Annual Conference in Chicago. Program proposals will be submitted via a centralized submission site for all ALA Divisions, RoundTables, Committees, and Offices. ACRL members must choose “ACRL” on…
Registration Open for Three-Part ACRL e-Learning Webcast Series Copyright and Course Reserves (Sept. 3, 10, and 17)
(via ACRL) Join ACRL this September for the three-part e-Learning webcast series Copyright and Course Reserves. During this interactive series, participants will explore issues related to copyright for print, electronic, and media reserves. Webcast One: “Print Reserves” (Thursday, September 3, 2020): In offering print reserve services, academic libraries can help facilitate faculty and students access…
Reminder: Illinois Library Association Seeking Submissions for Fun Fact and True Story of the Week Features
(via the Illinois Library Association) Submit your library’s fun facts and true stories for a chance to be featured in a future issue of the Alert and on ILA’s Facebook page. Share an experience of a celebrity visiting your library or who was an employee, a unique award your library has received (locally or nationally), anything interesting (or…
Call for Proposals: Future Issue of Libraries: Culture, History, and Society on Black Women Librarians (Deadline Nov. 16, 2020)
(via the Illinois Library Association) In Spring 2022, the Library History Round Table will devote Volume 6, Number 1, of Libraries: Culture, History, and Society, and significant space in LHRT News and Notes, to scholarship, book reviews, and blog posts on Black women librarians. This issue will be guest-edited by Dr. Nicole A. Cooke, the…