All: Hope everyone is staying safe, particularly in the hot weather. In some ways, temperatures near triple digits are not a positive sign. What would be a positive sign for HSLI, however, would be for membership numbers to return to the triple digits. To that end, Membership Committee Chair Jonna Peterson is holding an online…
Reminder: Next HSLI Coffee & Conversation Online Thursday, July 18, 3:00-4:00 PM CDT
(via Frances Drone-Silvers, HSLI Secretary, and Peggy Carey, National University of Health Sciences) Join us on Thursday, July 18, from 3:00 to 4:00 PM CDT, for a virtual coffee break with colleagues. There is no agenda. Bring your No registration is required. This event will not be recorded, to encourage an open and wide-ranging discussion.
Call for Guest Submissions: “Technology” Column in Future Issues of Public Services Quarterly
(via Joy DuBose, Mississippi State University) The editor of the “Technology” column in Public Services Quarterly is seeking guest column authors for future issues. The purpose of the “Technology” column is to examine current and developing technology topics in academic libraries. The column’s focus is creative uses of technology; introductions to new technologies; and critiques of…
Samantha Loster is HSLI Member of the Quarter
Samantha Loster is the HSLI Member of the Quarter! Samantha is Electronic Resource Management Librarian at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science’s Boxer Library. Since you are relatively new to HSLI, how did you first learn about the organization and decide to become involved? I didn’t learn about HSLI until I was in school for…
HSLI Holding Webinar “‘The World is Full of Genies’: Writing Proposals that Win Grants” on Thurs., Aug. 22, 10:00-11:00 AM CDT–Registration Not Required
(via the webinar organizers) Interested in writing a grant proposal, but not sure how to start on it? Need advice on applying for grants through the National Library of Medicine and the Network of the National Library of Medicine Region 6? Work at a small library with limited funding and want to make your grant…
Call for Judges: Helen Knoll Jira Scholarship Applications–Please Respond by Fri., July 5
(via Holly Hudson, Jira Scholarship Committee Chair) The Jira Scholarship Committee is looking for 3-5 volunteers to judge this year’s Scholarship applicants. The Scholarship materials will be blinded and a rubric/training will be provided to all judges. We have about 10 applications for judging, so the time commitment will not be substantial. More information on…
Legislative Update, 06/24/2024
Federal In response to a lack of Federal legislation on Artificial Intelligence, senators introduced a bipartisan bill on June 11, 2024, the Promoting Responsible Evaluation and Procurement to Advance Readiness for Enterprise-wide Deployment for Artificial Intelligence Act (“PREPARED for AI Act”). Among other things, PREPARED for AI would provide a risk mitigation framework that would…
Final Reminder: Next HSLI Coffee & Conversation Online Thursday, June 20, 3:00-4:00 PM CDT
(via Frances Drone-Silvers, HSLI Secretary, and Peggy Carey, National University of Health Sciences) Join us on Thursday, June 20, from 3:00 to 4:00 PM CDT, for a virtual coffee break with colleagues. There is no agenda. Bring your No registration is required. This event will not be recorded, to encourage an open and wide-ranging discussion. Can’t make it this month? Mark…
Reminder: Deadline to Apply for HSLI Helen Knoll Jira Scholarship is Saturday, June 15
(via Holly Hudson, Jira Scholarship Committee Chair) This is a reminder that the deadline to apply for the 2024 Helen Knoll Jira Scholarship is Saturday, June 15. Please see below for more information. The Health Science Librarians of Illinois Jira Scholarship Committee is excited to announce the start of the second year for the Helen…
Call for Submissions: “Biz of Digital” Column in Against the Grain
(via Michelle Flinchbaugh–University of Maryland, Baltimore County) “Biz of Digital” is a column in Against the Grain. It features discussions by working librarians on digital collections, digital repositories, digital scholarship, data services, and technology. Its audience is librarians in all types of libraries and vendors of products, services, and systems that support library digital services….