Federal: Last week President Obama sent his last budget request to Congress. Librarians and library advocates were disappointed that funding for the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) was suggested to decrease by over $500,000. Other proposed cuts included a $950,000 reduction for the Grants to States program, a $200,000 cut for Native American Library…
Study on College Graduates’ Long-Term Information Needs
Project Information Literacy, in collaboration with the University of Washington Information School and the Institute of Museum and Libraries, recently released the report Staying Smart: How Today’s Graduates Continue to Learn Once They Complete College. The impetus behind the report was that not much research had been done on the information-seeking behaviors of college graduates…
Registration Open for 15th Annual Information Literacy Summit
(via Jennifer Schwartz, DePaul University) Registration is now open for the 15th annual Information Literacy Summit. The event will take place from 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM on Friday, April 29, on the campus of Moraine Valley Community College in Palos Hills, IL. The theme of this year’s meeting is “Shifting Perspectives: Developing Critical Approaches…
CARLI Preconference at IACRL
(via Gwen Gregory, IACRL President) Another reason to come to Chicago for the IACRL conference: CARLI, the Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois, is presenting a free preconference in conjunction with the IACRL Conference. Curriculum Mapping: A CARLI-sponsored preconference, will be held Thursday, March 17, 2016 at the Chicago Marriott O’Hare, 8535 W…
National University of Health Sciences Wins NN/LM Technology Grant
(via Fran Kovach, retired-formerly of SIU School of Medicine) The National University of Health Sciences recently received a $4,300 grant from the National Network of Libraries of Medicine. The grant was one of five that the NN/LM awarded to institutions within the Greater Midwest Region. The award will fund technology upgrades at the school’s Learning…
Free “Discovering TOXNET” Online CE Class Begins March 7
(via Miranda Shake, HSLI President-Elect) The National Library of Medicine Training Center (NTC) is offering an online, free, asynchronous CE class called Discovering TOXNET from March 7th, 2016 – April 6th, 2016. Learn about TOXNET(r) and other NLM environmental health databases through videos, guided tutorials, and discovery exercises. The class is taught online in thirteen…
IFLA/OCLC Early Career Development Fellowship Program Deadline is Friday, Feb. 12
Do you know a promising young librarian from a developing country who would be interested in a career-development opportunity here in the U.S.? Encourage the person to apply for a spot in the Jay Jordan IFLA/OCLC Early Career Development Fellowship Program. Up to five people are selected each year. The program lasts for four weeks…
“ACRL Presents” Webcast on Fair Use is Feb. 25
Fair Use Week will take place later this month (February 22-26). One of the week’s goals is to promote greater awareness of issues related to fair use, including the fair-use doctrine, which has changed considerably over the past 40 years. To this end, the next webcast in the “ACRL Presents” series will cover how the…
Reminder: Early Bird Registration Deadline for IACRL 2016 Conference is Feb. 29
via Carl Lehnen, IACRL Communications Committee Co-Chair) Reminder: The deadline for early bird registration ($150) for IACRL’s 2016 Conference, “Raise Your Voice: Librarians in the Lead,” is 2/29. The conference will begin the evening of Thursday, 3/17 with a reception, and all presentations will take place Friday, 3/18 at the Chicago Marriott O’Hare. “Raise Your…
Illinois Libraries Hosting NLM Traveling Exhibits
The following National Library of Medicine traveling exhibits will be hosted by Illinois academic libraries at some point in 2016. (The list does not include libraries that hosted an exhibit from late 2015 to the beginning of 2016.) The purpose of the exhibits is to educate not just students, but members of the general public,…