Federal: This week the Senate voted to pass CISA, the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (S. 754), by a vote of 74 to 21. ALA has opposed most forms of CISA since its inception and released a statement by President Sari Feldman after it passed in the Senate on Tuesday: “CISA won’t prevent cyberattacks like the…
Day: October 29, 2015
Call for Poster Sessions at IFLA 2016 in Columbus, OH
(via Gwen Gregory, IACRL President) Call for Poster Session Applications: IFLA World Library and Information Congress 2016, in Columbus, OH, USA Are you involved in an interesting project or in an area of work that you would like to discuss with or show to other congress attendees? Why not present your work in the IFLA…
Illinois Librarians Presenting at Brick and Click
Three Illinois librarians will be giving a joint presentation at this year’s Brick and Click conference, which will be held in Maryville, Missouri, on Friday, November 6. The presenters are Yi Han, International Student Library Services Liaison at the Illinois Institute of Technology; Pattie Piotrowski, Assistant Dean for Public Services at the Illinois Institute of Technology; and John…