(via Lindsay Harmon, IACRL President) Did you miss the deadline to propose a program for the 2017 ILA Annual Conference? Good news: you have another chance! The ILA Conference Program Committee has reserved several spots for additional academic library programming. We are especially interested in programs related to the following topics. marketing and outreach programming…
Legislative Update, 06/05/2017
Federal News: Recently, both medical and library professional associations made statements regarding federal funding. The Medical Library Association (MLA) and Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries (AAHSL) recommended funding the NLM at levels of at least $412.1 million in FY18. Their justifications for these recommendations are outlined in this Statement, submitted to the Senate Subcommittee on…
Early-Bird Registration for Northwest ILL Conference Ends July 10
(via Jessica Bower, Chapman University) Early-bird registration ends Monday, July 10, for the 2017 Northwest Interlibrary Loan and Resource Sharing Conference! Early-bird registration fee is $175; regular registration is $225. The conference will take place in Portland, Oregon on Thursday, August 10, and Friday, August 11, at Portland State University in downtown Portland. This year’s program includes the…
Registration and Call for Proposals: Library Marketing and Communications Conference
(via Mark Aaron Polger, College of Staten Island) The Library Marketing and Communications Conference is the only event designed exclusively for people who do library marketing and communications (MarCom) work. We are pleased to open Registration and the Call for Proposals for our 3rd annual event. It’s time to register for #LMCC17, which will be Thursday,…
Applicants Sought for College Library Director Mentoring Program
(via Melissa Jadlos, St. John Fisher College) If you are a new Library Director at a small college library, please consider joining the College Library Director Mentoring Program. The program, now in its twenty-fifth year, is designed to enhance leadership capabilities of new college-library directors, and to help them meet the unique challenges involved in…
Illinois Librarians Presenting at Association of Christian Librarians Annual Conference
Several Illinois academic librarians will be presenting at the Association of Christian Librarians 2017 Annual Conference. This year’s event will take place from June 12 to 15 at Cornerstone University in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The theme for this year’s gathering is “Great Expectations to Grand Experience”, focusing on improving the user experience for library patrons….
Save the Date: 2018 OCLC Resource Sharing Conference (March 13-15)
(via Tony Melvyn, OCLC) OCLC is excited to announce a new location for the 2018 OCLC Resource Sharing Conference! To accommodate increased interest from the resource sharing community, next year’s event will be held in Jacksonville, Florida, at the Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront Hotel. We encourage you to save the dates–March 13-15, 2018–and read this…
ACRL Board Approves Roles and Strengths of Teaching Librarians Document
(via Gwen Gregory, IACRL Past President) The ACRL Board of Director has approved Roles and Strengths of Teaching Librarians, a revision of the association’s 2007 ACRL Standards for Proficiencies for Instruction Librarians and Coordinators. Authored by the Standards and Proficiencies for Instruction Librarians and Coordinators Revision Task Force, the shift in focus in 2015 from the ACRL Information…
Reminder: LITA AvramCamp at ALA Annual 2017 (Facilitators are Margaret Heller, Loyola, and Evviva Weinraub, Northwestern)
(via Gwen Gregory, IACRL Past President) Women in technology face numerous challenges in their day-to-day work. If you would like to join other women in the field to discuss topics related to those challenges, AvramCamp is for you. This one-day LITA preconference at ALA Annual in Chicago will allow female-identifying individuals employed in various technological…
Illinois Librarians Give Poster Sessions at MLA 2017
A number of librarians from Illinois gave poster sessions at the Medical Library Association’s 2017 Annual Meeting. This year’s event took place in Seattle, from May 26 to 31. The theme was “Dream, Dare, Do”. The poster sessions are below. For those that included presenters not from Illinois libraries, just the Illinois ones are listed….