(via Abigail Goben, University of Illinois at Chicago) SAVE THE DATE! University of Illinois, Chicago in Chicago, IL will be hosting the 2019 Midwest Data Librarian Symposium (MDLS) on September 30 – October 1, 2019. MDLS 2019 is intended to provide Midwestern librarians who support research data management the chance to network and expand their…
Reminder: Nominations for Illinois Library Association Awards and Scholarships Due Wednesday, May 15
(via Gwen Gregory, University of Illinois at Chicago, on behalf of the Illinois Library Association) There are only three weeks left 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…
Registration Open for June 7 Conservation Lab Open Houses in Springfield (Limited to One Person Per CARLI Member Library Through May 5)
(via Nicole Swanson, CARLI) The CARLI Preservation Committee invites you to attend two Conservation Lab Open Houses in Springfield on June 7, 2019, from 9:30am to 3:30pm at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum and the Illinois State Military Museum. Participants will learn how the two institutions preserve non-book materials including storage of their…
Special Library Association’s Illinois Chapter Hosting Tour of International Museum of Surgical Science in Chicago on May 6 (RSVP by May 1)
(via Ramune Kubilius, Galter Health Sciences Library at Northwestern University, on behalf of SLA-Illinois) Are you coming to Chicago for the MLA conference or do you know someone who is? Please share with anyone who might be interested… The SLA-Illinois chapter welcomes MLA conference attendees to Chicago. The following is being sent at David Bender’s…
Call for Poster Session Proposals: Illinois Library Association 2019 Annual Conference (Deadline July 31)
(via the Illinois Library Association) The ILA Conference Program Committee is now accepting applications for poster sessions<https://ila.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6e70654dccbd86e15c572ad55&id=cd8d0d2c5d&e=6c7f1a78dd> for the 2019 ILA Annual Conference that will be held October 22-24, 2019, at the Tinley Park Convention Center. Poster sessions will be held in the exhibit hall on Wednesday, October 23, and Thursday, October 24. Submissions are…
Registration Open for ACRL Immersion 2019 in Chicago (Deadline May 1)
(via Jennifer Kelley, College of DuPage) Immersion is in Chicago this summer! The ACRL Information Literacy Immersion Program (http://www.ala.org/acrl/conferences/immersion) is an intensive 4 ½ day program designed for those who contribute to the educational role of libraries in higher education. Through a critical examination of information literacy, teaching and learning, and influence and leadership, the…
Call for Participation: Survey on Academic Library Collaborations (Deadline May 7)
(via Chelsea Sutton, PhD candidate at Dominican University’s School of Information Studies) Dear Colleagues, You are invited to participate in a doctoral research study* about academic librarian collaborations. This study aims to understand the roles of academic librarians within their institutions including the networks and relationships that librarians form, institutional cultural components, and specific experiences…
Registration Open, and Scholarships Available, for 2019 Northwest ILL Conference
(via Miriam Wnuk, City University of Seattle) Registration is now open for the 18th Annual Northwest Interlibrary Loan and Resource Sharing Conference! The conference will take place in Portland, Oregon on September 12-13, 2019 at Portland Community College – Sylvania. Our Keynote speaker this year will be Nancy Pearl, the well-known Seattle-based librarian, literary critic,…
RAILS Board Elections Open (Close May 17)
(via Gwen Gregory, University of Illinois at Chicago, on behalf of RAILS) As your academic library representative on the RAILS board, I want to let you know that the RAILS board election is now underway! More information and a link to the ballot is available at https://www.railslibraries.info/board/election. This is your chance to give input as…
Reminder: Proposals Deadline for ACRL Academic Library Services to Graduate Students Interest Group at ALA Annual 2019 is Friday, April 26
(via Hannah Rempel, Oregon State University) The ACRL Academic Library Services to Graduate Students Interest Group welcomes proposals that address graduate student needs, librarian approaches to serving those needs, or collaborative projects with other campus stakeholders to address graduate student needs. The ACRL Academic Library Services to Graduate Students Interest Group meeting will be held…