(via the Freedom to Read Foundation) Six people were elected to terms on the Freedom to Read Foundation (FTRF) Board of Trustees in the annual FTRF election held in April. Reelected to their second of two-year terms were Charles Brownstein, (Executive Director, Comic Book Legal Defense Fund), Mario M. Gonzalez (Executive Director of the Passaic…
NASIG 2017 Early-Bird Registration Extended to May 12
(via Leigh Ann DePope, University of Maryland) NASIG is pleased to announce that Early Bird registration for the 32nd annual conference has been extended to Friday, May 12. This year, the conference will be held from Thursday, June 8, to Monday, June 12, in beautiful downtown Indianapolis. The Program Planning Committee has been hard at work organizing…
Link to Keynote Address at Information Literacy Summit Available
(via Dr. Troy Swanson, Moraine Valley Community College) I am excited to share the video from the keynote talk at this year’s Information Literacy Summit, which was co-hosted by DePaul University and Moraine Valley Community College. The link to the talk is below, along with background on keynote speaker Dr. Wendy Holliday. “Boundaries and Sovereignties:…
Circulating Ideas Podcasts on Libraries and Fake News
(via Dr. Troy Swanson, Moraine Valley Community College) I am excited to send along the link to an interview I did with Jeremy Shermak, Moody College of Communication Doctoral Fellow at the University of Texas at Austin about journalism, fake news, libraries, and “truth”. This is part of a series of interviews on the Circulating…
Deadline for ILA Award Nominations Extended to May 22
(via Gwen Gregory, IACRL Past President) There is still time to submit a nomination for the ILA Awards. The nomination deadline has been extended to Monday, May 22. Please click here to learn about the awards and to submit a nomination. Take advantage of this opportunity to let your colleagues know about innovative programs and ideas and the…
Proposal Deadline for 2017 ACRL/NY Symposium: “The Mission” Extended to May 10
(via Linda Miles – Hostos Community College, The City University of New York) The Greater New York Metropolitan Area Chapter of ACRL is soliciting presentation proposals for its December 1 Symposium. The theme of this year’s Symposium is the academic library mission within the twenty-first century information environment. The planning committee is accepting proposals for…
ISU’s Brunsdale Featured in AL’s The Bookend
(via the American Library Association) Maureen Brunsdale, Special Collections and Rare Books Librarian at Illinois State University’s Milner Library, is featured in the latest issue of The Bookend, put out by American Libraries. The brief article discusses her work with ISU’s Circus and Allied Arts Collection, which is one of the largest and most noteworthy of its type…
Registration Open for 2017 DataONE Users Group Meeting
(via Bob Sandusky, University of Illinois at Chicago) Please mark your calendars for the DataONE Users Group (DUG) meeting, to be held Monday, July 24, and Tuesday, July 25. The event will be co-located with the Summer ESIP Federation Meeting, at Indiana University in Bloomington, IN. The DUG meeting will be a two-day event featuring plenary…
ACRL College Libraries Section Meetings at ALA Annual 2017
(via Pat Kreitz, Saint Mary’s College of California) Saturday, June 24 8:30-10:00 AM Executive Committee Meeting (HIL Conference Room 4B) 1:00-2:30 PM Medium-Sized Academic Libraries Discussion Group (BLACK Taste Room) Sunday, June 25 8:30-9:30 AM All Committees Meeting (HIL Lake Erie Room) Please check the ACRL listservs and ALA Connect to see if the committee you are interested…
Reminder: IDS Project Conference Proposals Due Friday, May 19
(via Elise Thornley, Binghamton University) The IDS Project’s 13th Annual Summer Conference is July 27 and 28, at SUNY Polytechnic Institute in Utica, NY. This year’s conference theme is “Steering the Future, Together”. Approximately 200 attendees are expected. The IDS Project Conference Planning Committee is seeking proposals for conference presentations and posters. In particular, IDS…