(via RAILS) All RAILS members are invited to join us for a RAILS Member Update on Thursday, April 16, from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM. The update will be held via Zoom. Register here and you will be emailed a link to join the Zoom meeting. View agenda. We will discuss a variety of topics related…
Legislative News, 04/15/2020
Federal news Upcoming COVID-19 stimulus legislation Advocacy Alert: Urge Your Representative to Support Emergency Library Funding [ALA Public Policy & Advocacy Office, 4/11/2020] “Congressional leadership has started work on a new COVID-19 relief package, and we are working to ensure libraries of all types are included. Today, we need your help to get the library…
Lightning-Round Proposals Deadline for IACRL/RAILS Online Event Spark: Connect and Get Fired Up! Extended to Friday, April 17
(via the Illinois Library Association) Co-sponsored by IACRL and RAILS, Spark: Connect and Get Fired Up!, has been converted to an online event via Zoom. We hope this professional development opportunity will be the first of many to Spark our enthusiasm to share and connect with each other as academic librarians in Illinois. Librarians from…
Western Michigan University’s Julie Garrison Chosen as ACRL Vice-President/President-Elect
(via the American Library Association) Julie Garrison, dean of University Libraries at Western Michigan University, has been elected Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) vice-president/president-elect. She will become president-elect in July 2020 and assume the presidency in July 2021 for a one-year term. Jessica Brangiel, electronic resources management librarian at Swarthmore College, and Toni…
ACRL Distance Learning Section Instruction Group Holding Virtual Poster Session (April 13-17)
(via Dr. Theresa Mastrodonato, Frostburg State University) The ACRL Distance Learning Section Instruction Group invites you to participate in our second annual Virtual Poster Session from Monday, April 13, to Friday, April 17. During this week, 35 posters about online teaching and learning practices are available to view, and presenters are available to answer questions There…
Call for Participation: RAILS/ILA/IACRL Virtual Programs Survey
(via Krista Bowers Sharpe, Western Illinois University, on behalf of Michelle Nielsen Ott, IACRL President) Please take this opportunity to help RAILS and ILA/IACRL collect virtual programming going on at this time. All Illinois libraries are encouraged to complete the form for all their virtual programs, you do not have to be a RAILS member….
Reminder: Nominations for Illinois Academic Librarian of the Year Award Due Friday, May 15
(via the Illinois Library Association) This is a reminder that nominations for the Illinois Academic Librarian of the Year Award are due Friday, May 15. The general criteria are below. Additional information, including instructions for submitting a nomination, is available here. Please direct any questions to ila@ila.org. _______________________________ Established in 1985, this award recognizes an…
Registration Open for ACRL Presents Webcast “Beyond ‘Managing Change’: Leading Through Seismic Shifts” (Tuesday, April 14, at 3:00 PM CDT)
(via ACRL) Join us for a free ACRL Presents webcast, “Beyond ‘Managing Change’: Leading Through Seismic Shifts, at 3:00 PM CDT on Tuesday, April 14. Library organizations and employees are coping with seismic shifts in reality. The shocks and aftershocks we’re experiencing present unprecedented challenges and unanswerable questions. What can leaders at every level do…
Great Lakes Science Boot Camp 2020 Postponed to 2021
(via Jennifer Hart, University of Chicago) The Great Lakes Science Boot Camp 2020 has been postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 situation. Please be on the lookout for further information about GLSBC 2021, to be held at Ohio State, and also options for virtual events we will hold this coming summer. Check the Great…
ILA Seeking Photos Showing How Libraries are Addressing COVID-19
(via the Illinois Library Association) We have suspended our weekly members photo contest and are asking for photos from members and non-members that show how you’re dealing with #quarantine2020. Photos will be shared on our social media accounts. Send your photos to Tamara Jenkins, at tjenkins@ila.org. Sasha Vasilic, Public Relations and Marketing Officer at Niles-Maine…