(via Andrew Lenaghan, IACRL Past-President) The IACRL 2016 Conference is now accepting proposals for poster sessions. The Conference will be held on Friday March 18th, 2016 at the Chicago Marriott O’Hare. Deadline for submissions is Saturday February 6th, 2016. Notification will be given by Saturday February 20th, 2016. Raise your voice by submitting a poster…
Call for Proposals: Illinois Information Literacy Summit
(via Jennifer Schwartz, DePaul University Libraries) 15th Annual Information Literacy Summit Shifting Perspectives: Developing Critical Approaches in Information Literacy Friday, April 29, 2016, 8:30am-3:30pm Presented by DePaul University Library and Moraine Valley Community College Library Located at the Moraine Valley Community College campus http://informationliteracysummit.org/call-for-proposals/ Keynote Address “Critical Pedagogy in a Time of Compliance” Emily Drabinski,…
NASIG 2016 Grants, Awards, and Scholarships
(via Gwen Gregory, IACRL President) NASIG (formerly the North American Serials Interest Group, Inc.) is pleased to announce the beginning of the application cycle for its 2016 grants, awards, and scholarships to be awarded at the 31st Annual Conference, being held in Albuquerque, NM, June 9-12, 2016. The application deadline is January 29, 2016. Please…
NN/LM – GMR Regional Advisory Council Focused Discussion on Outreach (Part 2 of 2)
(via Laura Wimmer, Presence Resurrection Medical Center) November 19, 2015 Findings by Group Red group: * Provide document delivery/interlibrary loan for unaffiliated health professionals. * Build on train-the-trainer models; more broadly stated share ideas and successful projects. Green group: * Assist people without computers. [Sidebar 1] * Improve communication, build on and share ideas. Blue…
NN/LM – GMR Regional Advisory Council Focused Discussion on Outreach (Part 1 of 2)
(via Laura Wimmer, Presence Resurrection Medical Center) November 19, 2015 Synopsis and Data The group was asked to “Think of an example about the Outreach Library activities that you think shows outreach at its best”, using the 1-2-4-All process, where individual reflected on the question, then shared their thoughts with a second person, that group…
November 19 Meeting of NN/LM – GMR Regional Advisory Council (Part 3 of 3)
(via Laura Wimmer, Presence Resurrection Medical Center) Note: This is the “official” version of the minutes, separate from last month’ss posts covering the RAC meeting. The GMR Outreach Library Program Beth Layton outlined the Outreach Library Program and shared information from the 2014-15 annual reports. The presentation covered topics such as the library Outreach Committees,…
November 19 Meeting of NN/LM – GMR Regional Advisory Council (Part 2 of 3)
(via Laura Wimmer, Presence Resurrection Medical Center) Note: This is the “official” version of the minutes, separate from last month’s posts covering the RAC meeting. Projects funded by the GMR for RAC member institutions A panel made up of RAC members whose institution received funding during this program period were asked to explain about their…
November 19 Meeting of NN/LM – GMR Regional Advisory Council (Part 1 of 3)
(via Laura Wimmer, Presence Resurrection Medical Center) Note: This is the “official” version of the minutes, separate from last month’s posts covering the RAC meeting. RAC Members present: Arlis Dittmer, Laura Wimmer, Don Pearson, Elisabeth Rowan, Corey B. Smith, Liz Weinfurter, Pam Bradigan, Matt Hoy, Ron Padot, Barbara Platts, Priya Shenoy, Scott Thomson, Martha Hardy….
Proposals Deadline for Diversity Conference Extended to 12/15
The proposals deadline for next year’s National Diversity in Libraries Conference has been extended to Tuesday, December 15. The conference will be held from August 10 to August 13, 2016, on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles. Proposals should reflect the conference’s theme of “Bridges to Inclusion”, which focuses on issues of…
December 15 Webinar on Data Visualization
The idea of “big data” has been in the news recently, but what does the concept really mean when it comes to libraries? Find out in the “Data Visualization for the Rest of Us: A Beginner’s Guide” webinar. This free presentation, sponsored by OCLC WebJunction, will last from 2:00 to 3:00 PM CST on Tuesday,…