(via Gwen Gregory, University of Illinois at Chicago, on behalf of the Illinois Library Association) The third annual Chicago Library Legislative Meet-up will take place on February 1, 2019. Don’t miss out on this chance to talk to your legislators! You can meet them in person and talk about issues affecting libraries and higher education, including…
January 23 Online Meeting for Creating Networking group (For-Profit and Small Libraries)
(via Gwen Gregory, University of Illinois at Chicago, on behalf of Dan Bostrom, Reaching Across Illinois Library System) Librarians interested in helping create a networking group for for-profit and small academic libraries are invited to join a kickoff call on Wednesday, January 23, 2019, 12:00-1:00 p.m. This event will take place via GoToMeeting. Currently, no…
National Library of Medicine Recruiting for 2019-2020 Associate Fellows (Application Deadline 1/25/19)
(via Ramune Kubilius, Northwestern University, on behalf of Dr. Kathel Dunn, National Library of Medicine) Position(s): National Library of Medicine Associate Fellows You will: Select projects ranging from operations to research and development; project opportunities are in data science, data management, open science, public access, vocabularies and ontologies, consumer health, common data elements, genetics, natural…
ACRL Value of Academic Libraries Funding Available
(via Gwen Gregory, University of Illinois at Chicago) In 2019, ACRL’s Value of Academic Libraries Committee is continuing to offer funding to members doing work on academic library contributions to student learning and success. Both the Academic Library Impact Research Grants and the Value of Academic Libraries Travel Scholarships build on recommendations from ACRL’s 2017 report Academic Library Impact:…
Call for Feedback on Draft ACRL Research Agenda – Deadline Extended to January 11
(via Dr. Kara Malenfant, ACRL) Feedback on Draft ACRL Research Agenda – Deadline Extended to January 11 https://www.acrl.ala.org/acrlinsider/archives/16913 ACRL’s Research and Scholarly Environment Committee together with Rebecca Kennison and Nancy Maron – the authors selected by ACRL to design, develop, and deliver a new ACRL research agenda for scholarly communications and the research environment –…
Reminder: ALA Intellectual Freedom Committee Seeking Feedback on Challenged-Resources Interpretation (Deadline Jan. 7)
(via Julia Warga, Kenyon College) This is the third request for feedback from the ALA Intellectual Freedom Committee (IFC). In anticipation of a new edition of The Intellectual Freedom Manual, the IFC is in the process of updating intellectual freedom-related documents. The IFC would appreciate feedback on “Challenged Resources: An Interpretation of the Library Bill…
Registration Open for January’s Online with the CMC Training Session (“The Fix Is In: MARC Fixed Fields”–10:00 AM on 1/17)
(via Gwen Gregory, University of Illinois at Chicago, on behalf of Nincy George, Reaching Across Illinois Library System) These services from the CMC (Cataloging Maintenance Center) are available to all libraries in Illinois. My name is Nincy George and I am RAILS’s new Cataloging Services Coordinator. I am here to develop cataloging training and services…
Registration Open for MLA’s January 29 Webinar on Systematic Review Projects and Services
(via the National Network of Libraries of Medicine – Greater Midwest Region) Are you buried under SR requests? Worried that your hard work at the beginning of a review project will be filed away, never to be seen again? Are you planning to start a systematic review service and want to plan for success? An…
Call for Project Proposals: 2019 National Institutes of Health Hackathon (Deadline January 7)
(via the National Network of Libraries of Medicine – Greater Midwest Region) The NCBI will host a collaborative biodata science hackathon on the NIH Campus in Bethesda, Maryland February 20-22. We are now collecting project proposals focusing on building tools and pipelines for advanced analysis of biomedical datasets including text, images, next generation sequencing data,…
Registration Open for 2019 Conference on Libraries & Learning (1/31 at University of Wisconsin – La Crosse)
(via Elizabeth Humrickhouse, University of Wisconsin – La Crosse) Registration is now open for the 2019 Conference on Libraries & Learning (CALL). This year’s conference will take place on the University of Wisconsin – La Crosse campus on Thursday, January 31, and will address the emotional labor of librarianship. During the day, presenters will explore…