In a news release on November 19,2018, the ECRI Institute announced the opening of the ECRI Guidelines Trust™ to fill the void left by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s defunded National Guideline Clearinghouse™. The healthcare community has free access to the website.
Registration Open for “Policy and Communications for an Accessible Library” Online Presentation (1:00 PM CST on Dec. 11)
(via Sam Harlow, University of North Carolina at Greensboro) The ACRL ULS Professional Development Committee invites you to: Policy and Communications for an Accessible Library Presented online via Zoom by Angie Brunk, MLS, MA Tuesday, December 11th, 2018, 1pm CST Register here You want your library to be a welcoming place for all students, including students…
Call for Submissions: ILA Reporter “Library Buildings 2018” Feature (Deadline Dec. 20)
(via the Illinois Library Association) Has your library undergone renovations or new building in 2018? Share the news with the library community by submitting the project for the ILA Reporter “Library Buildings 2018” article in the February 2019 issue. Submissions should include: At least one high-resolution image of the exterior At least one high-resolution of…
Call for Panelists: Session on Accessibility and Universal Design for Learning at 2019 ALA Annual (Deadline 12/21/18)
(via Sam Harlow, University of North Carolina at Greensboro) Are you a librarian with experience with accessibility, creation of online learning objects, and applying Universal Design for Learning (UDL)? Then we want to hear from you! The ACRL Distance Learning Section (DLS) has teamed up with the ACRL Instruction Section (IS) and are looking for…
Call for Proposals–“Open Doors: Reaching Underserved Populations” Online Conference (Deadline 12/16)
(via Jodie Borgerding, Amigos Library Services) As librarians, providing equitable access to all patrons should be a top priority. The patrons visiting our libraries should reflect the diversity of the communities we live in. Unfortunately, there are many populations that go under-served. How can we broaden our reach to better serve all our community? Join…
Reminder: IACRL Seeking Volunteers for Its Committees
Are you looking for an opportunity to connect with your library peers at the state level? Do you want to play an important role in helping the Illinois Association of College and Research Libraries fulfill its mission? Then consider volunteering for an IACRL committee! All of the organization’s committees-Awards, Communications, Conference and Continuing Education, Membership,…
Continuing-Education Opportunities Available from UIUC’s iSchool
(via Gwen Gregory, University of Illinois at Chicago, on behalf of Karla Lucht, UIUC School of Information Sciences) The School of Information Sciences (iSchool) at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is pleased to announce a limited number of openings in several online graduate credit courses in Spring 2019. Formal admission to the University is not…
Call for Participation: OCLC Survey on Open Content (Deadline 1/15/19)
(via Mary Konkel, College of DuPage) On behalf of OCLC’s Global Council of library leaders I’d like to invite you to participate in the Open Content Survey. OCLC’s Global Council of library leaders wants to hear from you regarding your library’s use and support of open content/open access resources. The goal of the survey is…
Call for Applications: “CARLI Counts: Analytics and Advocacy for Service Development” Program (Deadline 11/23)
(via Anne Craig, Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois) Hello CARLI members! The applications are coming in, but I want to be sure that everyone has seen the application/participation information. The Library Application Form is available here. If you have trouble meeting the November 23 deadline, please let me know. Please share this…
Reminder: Deadline to Apply for ALA Policy Corps is Friday, November 16
(via Gwen Gregory, University of Illinois at Chicago) The American Library Association (ALA) invites library advocates to apply online to join the ALA Policy Corps. The deadline for applications is November 16. The Corps initiative aims to strengthen advocacy related to key national library policy areas–ranging from broadband equity and copyright, to federal funding and…