Federal: The Congressional Budget Office released its report on a single-payer healthcare system: Key Design Components and Considerations for Establishing a Single-Payer Health Care System. The document addresses such questions as: How would the government administer a single-payer health plan? Who would be eligible for the plan, and what benefits would it cover? What role,…
Reminder: RAILS Board Election Closes Friday, May 17
(via RAILS) Your last chance to vote in the RAILS Board election is this Friday, May 17, by 5 p.m. It’s quick and easy, so don’t miss this opportunity to let your voice be heard. RAILS libraries of all types (academic, public, school, and special) are urged to vote. Each library and school district (or other agency with multiple library locations)…
Reminder: Registration Still Open for 2019 Reaching Forward South Conference (Friday, May 17, in Carbondale)
(via RAILS) You can still register for Reaching Forward South, an annual professional development conference for library support staff in central and southern Illinois. Make sure to attend “What’s Trending in Digital Lending”, presented by Anna Behm, RAILS E-Content Specialist. This year’s conference will be held on May 17, at the Southern Illinois University Student Center…
Final Reminder: Nominations for Illinois Library Association Awards and Scholarships Due Wednesday, May 15
(via the Illinois Library Association) Today is the last day to nominate a colleague, manager, mentor, or yourself for a 2019 ILA Award. The ILA Awards Program recognizes and honors the BEST in librarianship and library service in Illinois. We encourage you to take a few minutes to: * Review the list of ILA Awards* Compile…
Registration Open for Eighth Annual Lake Superior Libraries Symposium (June 7 at Lake Superior College in Duluth, MN)
(via the National Network of Libraries of Medicine – Greater Midwest Region) Registration for the eighth annual Lake Superior Libraries Symposium is now open! LSLS19: Sea Changes in Libraries will be held on Friday, June 7th, 2019 at Lake Superior College. Library staff, administrators, trustees, and students from the Upper Midwest and beyond are invited to attend and…
Call for Participation: Survey on Institutional Repository Funding for Health Sciences Libraries
(via Stacey Knight-Davis, Eastern Illinois University, on behalf of Brenda Fay, Advocate Aurora Health Library Network) We are medical librarians investigating Institutional Repository funding models in the health sciences for a poster we anticipate presenting at Midwest Chapter MLA in October 2019. For our purposes, an Institutional Repository (IR) is defined as an online platform…
Call for Manuscript Submissions: Library Collections, Acquisitions & Technical Services journal
(via Lisa Romero, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) Library Collections, Acquisitions & Technical Services is now accepting manuscript submissions. LCATS is a peer-reviewed, quarterly journal provides a forum for the international exchange of ideas and experiences among members of the library collection management, technical services, vendor and publishing communities throughout the world. The journal focuses…
Call for Applicants: Scholarships for LITA Avramcamp at ALA Annual 2019 (Deadline Friday, May 17)
(via Aisha Conner-Gaten, Loyola Marymount University) Do you want to participate in LITA AvramCamp, a one-day unconference for women and non-binary people working in library technology, at ALA Annual in Washington, D.C.? Would travel funding help you to attend? Thanks to support from individual donors and sponsors, AvramCamp is offering several $500 travel scholarships. Scholarships will be…
Registration Open for CARLI Resource Sharing Open House (Friday, June 14, in Peoria)
(via Lorna Engels, CARLI) Please join the CARLI Resource Sharing Committee for an open house at Bradley University, Peoria, and University of Illinois, Library of the Health Sciences, Peoria, Friday, June 14, 2019 – 10:00am to 3:00pm Resource Sharing Open house at Bradley University, Peoria, and University of Illinois, Library of the Health Sciences, Peoria,…
Illinois Association of College and Research Libraries Election Results
(via Carolyn Ciesla, IACRL Past President) Congratulations to our newly elected officers! Vice-president/President-elect: Susan Franzen, Illinois State University Secretary/Treasurer: Heather Jagman, DePaul University Library Please join me in welcoming them!