(via ACRL) Qiana M. Johnson is a collection and organizational data analysis librarian at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL. Qiana first joined ACRL in 2003 and is your ACRL member of the week for February 6, 2018. 1. Describe yourself in three words: Unconventional, persistent, kind. 2. What are you reading (or listening to on…
Call for Proposals: Carroll Preston Baber Research Grant Award (Deadline Extended to Feb. 19)
(via Lauri Rebar, Florida Atlantic University) Do you have a project that is just waiting for the right funding? Are you thinking about ways that libraries can improve services to users? The American Library Association (ALA) gives an annual grant for those conducting research that will lead to the improvement of services to users. The…
“Engaging with the ACRL Framework” Workshop on May 14 in Normal, IL
(via Gwen Gregory, University of Illinois at Chicago, on behalf of Chad Kahl, Illinois State University) Illinois Wesleyan University, Illinois State University, and the Consortium of Illinois Academic and Research Libraries (CARLI) are partnering to bring the Engaging with the ACRL Framework Workshop to Normal on May 14. This one-day workshop focuses on engaging more…
Call for Applicants: Minnesota Institute for Early Career Librarians From Traditionally Underrepresented Groups (Deadline March 10)
(via Gwen Gregory, University of Illinois at Chicago) The University of Minnesota Libraries is pleased to offer the 11th biennial Minnesota Institute for Early Career Librarians from Traditionally Underrepresented Groups. The Institute focuses on the development of library leaders from diverse backgrounds who are in the first three years of their professional careers. Participants will develop specific leadership abilities…
Registration Open for 2018 Kentucky Library Association/Special Libraries Association Joint Spring Conference
(via Carolyn Ciesla, IACRL President, on behalf of Andrew Adler, Georgetown (KY) College) Registration is now open for the 2018 KLA/SLA Joint Spring Conference being held at General Butler State Resort Park in Carrollton, KY on April 4 – 6, 2018. The theme of this year’s Conference is “User Experience: Where the User and the…
Call for Authors: MLA Newsletter’s “Expert Searching” Column
(via Melanie Norton, Yale University) Authors are needed for the MLA Newsletter “Expert Searching” column. Even if you don’t consider yourself an expert searcher, you probably have search strategies and skills that are new to some of your colleagues. In other words, what may seem apparent to you, may be new to others. Consider sharing your…
Call for Proposals: Makerspaces for Innovation and Research in Academics Conference (Deadline Extended to March 1)
(via Dr. Vinaya Tripuranei, University Librarian at University of La Verne) CALL FOR PROPOSALS EXTENDED TO MARCH 1, 2018!!! Submit proposals here: http://laverne.libguides.com/mira The Makerspaces for Innovation and Research in Academics (MIRA) conference planning Committee seeks proposals for its first inaugural annual conference at University of La Verne, La Verne, CA on July 12, 2018. The…
Call for Nominations: ACRL Instruction Section Featured Teaching Librarian (Deadline March 2)
(via Sara Scheib, University of Iowa) Do you know someone who is an amazing teaching librarian? If yes, consider nominating them as a Featured Teaching Librarian! If you’re an amazing teaching librarian, consider nominating yourself. The ACRL Instruction Section Teaching Methods Committee wants to highlight excellent teaching librarians. Several times during the year, the committee…
Reminder: Mentoring Volunteers Needed at ALA Midwinter
(via MD Galvin, University of Oregon) As we get closer to Midwinter, I hope that you will consider spending an hour of your time mentoring fellow librarians and students. If you have time and consider this a worthy activity, please sign up here: https://goo.gl/sCGbEJ. Mentoring-on-fly will be located in the Placement Center of the Colorado…
Registration Open for Millikin University’s Staley Library and University Commons Open House
(via Elizabeth Clarage, CARLI) The CARLI Public Services Committee is pleased to sponsor an Open House at Millikin University?s new University Commons on Thursday, March 15, 2018 from 9:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Featured presentations will showcase Staley Library service areas, the New Technologies Studio, and the library?s instruction program. After lunch, there will be…