(via Jill Burke, Community College of Baltimore County – Essex) Conference Announcement and Call for Proposals: The Future of Teaching Librarianship Maryland Information Literacy Exchange 2018 Spring Conference Wednesday, April 11, 2018, 9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Loyola Graduate Center, 8890 McGaw Rd, Columbia, MD The Maryland Information Literacy Exchange (MILEX) is a collaborative of…
Call for Participants in Online Cohort: “Stand Up for Health: Health and Wellness Services for Your Community”
(via Bobbi Newman, National Network of Libraries of Medicine) The National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NNLM) is recruiting public library staff to participate in the online training, “Stand Up for Health: Health and Wellness Services for Your Community<https://nnlm.gov/classes/stand-health-health-and-wellness-services-your-community>.” This is a 4-week, online, asynchronous (all self-paced) course where participants will earn 12 continuing education…
CARLI Collection Management Committee Seeking Responses to Open-Access Ebooks Survey
(via Elizabeth Clarage, CARLI) The CARLI Collection Management Committee is exploring the availability of open-access ebooks and their corresponding cataloging records. The Committee is interested in what open-access ebooks would CARLI member libraries like to see available to all libraries using I-Share and eventually through OCLC Collection Manager to all CARLI members. All CARLI members…
Registration Open for 2018 Information Literacy Summit
(via Tish Hayes, Moraine Valley Community College) 17th Annual Information Literacy Summit Teaching for Curiosity, Creativity, and Action Friday, April 20, 2018, 8:30am-3:30pm Presented by DePaul University Library and Moraine Valley Community College Library Located at the Moraine Valley Community College campus Purpose of the Summit The organizers envision the Summit as an opportunity for…
Call for Presenters: ALAO Distance Learning and Instruction Interest Groups Workshops (Deadline Feb. 15)
(via Amanda Goodsett, Cleveland State University) ALAO 2018 DLIG/IIG Spring 2018 Workshop — Call for Presenters Distance Learning and Instruction Interest Groups – Co-Hosted Spring Workshop Friday, May 4th, 2018 State Library of Ohio Authority, Source Evaluation, and Critical Thinking for In-Person & Online Library Instruction Have you experimented with in-person or online strategies for getting students to think critically…
Reminder: Deadline to Apply for 2018 NASIG Awards is Feb. 9
(via NASIG) One more week to apply for NASIG’s 2018 grants, awards, and scholarships, to be awarded at the 33rd Annual Conference being held in Atlanta, GA. June 8-11, 2018! The application deadline for the awards listed below is February 9, 2018. PROFESSIONAL/PARAPROFESSIONAL AWARDS Birdie MacLennan Award An award for a mid-career professional, covering conference registration, three nights…
Save the Date and Call for Proposals: Connecticut Information Literacy Conference 2018, “Instructional Design for Today’s Student”
(via Pamela Graham, U.S. Coast Guard Academy) Call for Proposals 2018 Save the Date / Call for Proposals! 2018 Connecticut Information Literacy Conference Friday, June 15, 2018 University of Hartford, Hartford, CT 8:30 am – 3:00 pm Instructional Design for Today’s Student Instructional Design (ID) can call to mind different things depending on the industry,…
Registration Spots Still Open for STELLA 2018 Unconference (May 18-19)
(via Anna Sackmann–University of California, Berkeley) STELLA 2018 Where: University of California, Berkeley When: May 18-19, 2018 (Please excuse cross-postings) If you haven’t registered for the STELLA 2018 Unconference yet, spots are still available! Sign up at bit.ly/stella2018. Registration is cut off at 100 participants but please enter your information to be added to our…
Reminder: Deadline to Volunteer for ACRL Committees (Including STS Ones) is February 15
(via John Meier, Pennsylvania State University) We especially need members to volunteer for the 2019 Conference Program Planning Committee (Washington DC). You can see their charge and other information on the website, but take note that you do NOT need to be local to the conference for serving on the planning committee. Please visit http://www.ala.org/acrl/membership/volunteer/volunteer to submit…
Register for CARLI Open Textbook Network Workshops (Closes April 8)
(via Elizabeth Clarage, CARLI) Registration is now open! In-Person Workshops from the Open Textbook Network Trainers On April 23, 24, and 26, CARLI will be hosting trainers from the Open Textbook Network (OTN) when they give Train-the-Trainer workshops as part of CARLI? s OTN membership. Locations: April 23: Governors State University April 24: Loyola University…