(via Lorna Engels, CARLI) Registration is now open for the Instruction Committee webinar “Train the Trainer: Ideas & Tips to help Faculty Teach Information Literacy” on Monday, March 19, 1:00-2:00 pm. The CARLI Instruction Committee’s theme for this year is “We Can’t Do It Alone: Joining Forces for Sustainable Partnerships.” Through a series of online events,…
Survey on STEM Librarian Self-Perceptions and Sense of Community Open
(via Maggie Albro, Shippensburg University) You are invited to participate in a study we are conducting about STEM/Science librarians’ self-perceptions and sense of community. If you are an academic librarian in the US, with at least 50% of your liaison responsibilities included on the NSF Approved STEM Fields list, please consider taking our survey. You may…
Registration Open for ACRL Scholarly Communication RoadShow at UIUC on May 4
(via Harriett Green, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and CARLI are pleased to host the full-day ACRL Roadshow – “Scholarly Communication: From Understanding to Engagement” at the I-Hotel and Conference Center in Champaign, Illinois on May 4 from 9am to 5pm. This all-day workshop will be led by Scholarly…
Input Sought from Academic Libraries on RAILS Strategic Planning
(via Gwen Gregory, University of Illinois at Chicago, on behalf of Mary Witt, RAILS) RAILS is revising their strategic plan. As a part of this process, Executive Director Deirdre Brennan will be touring the RAILS area to hear about our members’ challenges and needs. Please come prepared to discuss “what keeps you awake at night” in…
HEDS Research Practices Survey Open
(via Adrea Hernandez, Higher Education Data Sharing Consortium) Are research skills and information literacy a part of your general education curriculum? Do you want to know if your students are proficient in their skills in finding, evaluating, and citing sources? Then you might be interested in the HEDS Research Practices Survey. The HEDS Research Practices…
Call for Participants: Survey on Academic Librarian Engagement in Information Literacy Instruction
(via Maryellen Allen, University of South Florida) You are invited to provide input and feedback concerning the preparational activities, time availability, and degree of support for academic librarians engaged in Information Literacy instruction. This survey seeks to determine standard practices among professional academic librarians in terms of the kinds of activities instruction librarians engage in…
Call for Participants: ALA 2018 Panel on the Intersection of the Arts, Social Justice, and Librarianship
(via Eamon Tewell–Long Island University, Brooklyn) The ACRL Women & Gender Studies Section (WGSS) and Theatre Library Association (TLA) are looking for panelists attending ALA Annual 2018 in New Orleans who are at the intersection of librarianship, the arts, and social justice. Are you an artist? Do you work with artists? This discussion panel might…
Registration Open for CARLI Preservation Committee Tours of University of Chicago Library and Oriental Institute
(via Elizabeth Clarage, CARLI) The CARLI Preservation Committee invites staff from CARLI members to the University of Chicago Library and the University of Chicago Oriental Institute to visit their facilities and learn about their preservation activities on Friday, April 20, 2018. During the morning, the University of Chicago Library welcomes CARLI members to visit their…
Yale University’s Fortunoff Video Archive of Holocaust Testimonies Now Available at UIC Library
(via Carl Lehnen, University of Illinois at Chicago) Yale University’s Fortunoff Video Archive of Holocaust Testimonies now available at UIC Library The University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) Library is pleased to announce that it is now a partner site of the Fortunoff Video Archive of Holocaust Testimonies at Yale University Library. It is one of twelve partner…
February 21 NNLM Webinar on Decolonizing Data (Registration Encouraged But Not Required)
(via Carolyn Martin, National Network of Libraries of Medicine – Pacific Northwest Region) When: Wednesday, February 21, 1:00pm PT, Noon Alaska time, 2:00pm MT, 3:00pm CT, 4:00pm ET (please note your time zone) PNR Rendezvous webinar session: “Hope from Our Grandmothers: Decolonizing Data through Stories of Resilience” Much research has been historically rooted in controlling…