(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…
Save the Date: Health Science Librarians of Illinois 2019 Annual Conference (September 11-13 in Champaign, IL)
Are you interested in learning about, or presenting on, the latest trends and practices in librarianship, while networking with colleagues from across the state? Do you have a special interest in health and medical librarianship? Please join the Health Science Librarians of Illinois for their 2019 Annual Conference. The event will take place from Wednesday,…
Call for Proposals: Access Services Conference 2019, “Unlocking the 21st Century Library” (Deadline May 31)
(via Krista Higham, Millersville University) On behalf of the Conference Organizing Committee, we would like to invite you to submit a proposal for the Access Services Conference 2019, “Unlocking the 21st Century Library”. This conference will be held at The Georgia Tech Global Learning Center in Atlanta, Georgia from November 20-22, 2019. The Access Services…
Call for Applications: Michael E. DeBakey Fellowship in the History of Medicine
(via the National Network of Libraries of Medicine – Greater Midwest Region) The National Library of Medicine is pleased to announce applications are open to its Michael E. DeBakey Fellowship in the History of Medicine (https://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/get-involved/debakey-fellowship.html), supporting research in the historical collections of the NLM. The collections include the Michael E. DeBakey papers (https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/FJ/), representing the…
Registration Open for Online Class “Deconstructing the Low-Morale Experience in Academic Libraries” (Lasts May 6-31)
(via Rory Litwin, Library Juice Academy) Deconstructing the Low-Morale Experience in Academic Libraries Instructor: Kaetrena Davis Kendrick Dates: May 6th through 31st, 2019 Credits: 1.5 CEUs or 15 PDHs Price: $175 http://libraryjuiceacademy.com/185-morale.php Kaetrena Davis Kendrick’s 2017 study on low morale in academic librarians revealed the social, environmental, and systemic impact factors of this phenomenon. Implications…