{"id":18561,"date":"2026-01-22T19:41:57","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T19:41:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/?p=18561"},"modified":"2026-01-22T19:41:57","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T19:41:57","slug":"call-for-submissions-new-whats-blooming-micro-profiles-on-experimental-library-projects-feature-in-iacrl-newsletter-deadline-thurs-march-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/call-for-submissions-new-whats-blooming-micro-profiles-on-experimental-library-projects-feature-in-iacrl-newsletter-deadline-thurs-march-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for Submissions: New &#8220;What\u2019s Blooming? Micro Profiles on Experimental Library Projects&#8221; Feature in IACRL Newsletter&#8211;Deadline Thurs., March 5"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(via Kaitlyn Weger, Illinois Eastern Community Colleges \u2013 Olney Central College)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We know Illinois academic libraries are full of creativity\u2014and we want to spotlight it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For our Spring <em>IACRL <\/em><em>Newsletter<\/em>, we\u2019re collecting <strong>short micro\u2011profiles of small experiments<\/strong>&nbsp;happening across campus libraries. Think:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Pilot ideas<\/strong>\u00a0you\u2019ve tested<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Prototypes<\/strong>\u00a0you\u2019ve tried out<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Creative risks<\/strong>\u00a0that helped you learn something new<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Any \u201ctiny but mighty\u201d innovation<\/strong>\u00a0you\u2019d love to share<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Feel free to share a photo as well!\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019ve launched (or even <em>attempted<\/em>) a small project that pushed boundaries, solved a problem, or sparked curiosity, we want to hear about it\u2014successes, surprises, and lessons learned are all welcome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please send a <strong>brief description<\/strong>,along with your <strong>name and institution<\/strong>, to <a href=\"mailto:wegerk@iecc.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wegerk@iecc.edu<\/a>\u00a0by <strong>Thursday, March 5<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s celebrate the experiments taking root across Illinois libraries!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please view past issues of the <em>IACRL Newsletter<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ila.org\/forums\/illinois-association-of-college-research\/iacrl-newsletter\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.ila.org\/forums\/illinois-association-of-college-research\/iacrl-newsletter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(via Kaitlyn Weger, Illinois Eastern Community Colleges \u2013 Olney Central College) We know Illinois academic libraries are full of creativity\u2014and we want to spotlight it! For our Spring IACRL Newsletter, we\u2019re collecting short micro\u2011profiles of small experiments&nbsp;happening across campus libraries. Think: If you\u2019ve launched (or even attempted) a small project that pushed boundaries, solved a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,58,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-calls-and-requests","category-illinois-association-of-college-and-research-libraries","category-library-associations-non-hsli"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18561"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18561\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18562,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18561\/revisions\/18562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}