(via RAILS) In this recent blog post, Outreach Services Manager Tana Petrov from Fountaindale Public Library District highlights the library’s virtual outreach journey over the past few months. Tana writes, “In the midst of the pandemic, ‘virtual outreach’ gained a new meaning, became a core service, and a public priority.” Read more on the My Library…
Call for Proposals: #OpenEd20 “Reimagining Open Education” Online Conference (Nov. 9-13) — Deadline Tue., Sept. 1
(via Sarah Hutton, University of Massachusetts Amherst) The theme of the 2020 Open Education Conference is “Reimagining Open Education”. This theme reflects how the events of 2020 have underscored urgent challenges in education–both new and longstanding–from the rapid pivot online in response to a global pandemic, structural inequities including systemic racism, and barriers to the…
Registration Open for ILA 2020 Virtual Conference (October 20-22)
(via the Illinois Library Association) Registration is now open for the 2020 ILA Virtual Conference (https://www.ila.org/events/annual-conference). The event will take place from Tuesday, October 20, to Thursday, October 22. Join the Illinois library community to network electronically, visit exhibits in a virtual marketplace, and experience an array of high-quality topics and content you’ve come to…
Call for Chapter Proposals: ARCL Data Literacy Cookbook (Deadline Wednesday, September 30)
(via Kelly Getz, Eastern Michigan University) The call for chapters for the ACRL Data Literacy Cookbook–edited by Kelly Getz, Eastern Michigan University and Meryl Brodsky, University of Texas – Austin–is now open. We are seeking proposals from academic librarians for chapters describing practiced lesson plans, curriculum map development, activities, and events designed to promote and…
Reminder: Voting Open for IACRL People’s Choice Award in Scholarly Publishing (Polls Close Monday, August 31)
(via IACRL) This is a reminder that voting is open for the IACRL People’s Choice Award in Scholarly Publishing. This award gives academic and research librarians throughout Illinois the opportunity to read and evaluate scholarly works by their peers and then vote on a favorite. It also presents Illinois research and academic librarians with the opportunity to share their…
Legislative News, 08/19/2020
Federal news S.4091 Emergency Aid for Returning Americans Affected by Coronavirus Act [became Public Law 116-148 on 7/13/2020] Provides, “temporary assistance for U.S. citizens and their dependents who are returning from foreign countries due to a crisis and are without available resources,” including for medical care. The Latest on Broadband Bills [American Libraries, 7/15/2020] Bills…
Reminder: Registration Open for Next Two ILA Noon Network Webinars (Aug. 19 and 26) on Bike Education
(via the Illinois Library Association) With the growing popularity of bike-sharing programs in cities across the country, bikes have become, more than ever before, an invaluable resource in the lives of many. In an effort to promote cycling, ILA, in partnership with Ride Illinois, will host two bike education webinars as part of the Noon Network….
LLAMA LIS New Professionals Outreach Group Holding Webinar “When Antiracist Reading Lists Aren’t Enough” on Thurs., Aug. 20 (No Registration Required)
(via the Illinois Library Association) Join the LLAMA LIS New Professionals Outreach group for its last webinar, “When Antiracist Reading Lists Aren’t Enough” . The presenter is Dr. Nicole Cooke, and the webinar will take place on Thursday, August 20. Following up on her column in Publishers Weekly, Dr. Cooke will reiterate her assertion that reading…
Call for Proposals: ACRL Publication Critical Ethnic Studies in Academic and Research Libraries (Deadline Friday, October 2)
(via Dr. Raymond Pun, Alder Graduate School of Education) We are issuing a call for proposals for an edited volume tentatively titled Critical Ethnic Studies in Academic and Research Libraries, to be published by ACRL. This book focuses on how academic and research libraries respond and support ethnic studies, an interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary field. The book aims to…
Reminder: Deadline to Submit a Poster Proposal for ILA 2020 Virtual Conference (Oct. 20-22) is Monday, Aug. 31
(via the Illinois Library Association) The Illinois Library Association (ILA) Conference Program Committee invites applications for poster sessions at the 2020 ILA Virtual Annual Conference, taking place from Tuesday, October 20, to Thursday, October 22. Poster sessions will be featured on the ILA website (an example can be found here. The online poster session will become available…