The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has received a $1 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The grant, which will be spread out over four years, will help fund research into ways of closing the “digital divide” in higher education and ensuring that scholarly works are distributed as broadly as possible. The research…
Month: October 2015
Registration Still Open for Annual LITA Forum
Registration is still open for this year’s Library Information and Technology Association Forum, which will be held in Minneapolis, from Thursday, November 12, to Sunday, November 15. The deadline to register is Sunday, November 8. (Early-bird registration has already passed.) The cost is $390 for LITA and LLAMA members, $475 for ALA members who do…
Call for Nominations–ACRL Academic/Research Librarian of the Year Award
(via Gwen Gregory, IACRL President-Elect) Do you know the next ACRL Academic/Research Librarian of the Year winner? ACRL is now accepting nominations for the ACRL Academic/Research Librarian of the Year. This prestigious award recognizes an outstanding member of the library profession who has made a significant national or international contribution to academic or research librarianship…
Legislative Updates, 10/15/2015
Federal: The big news in federal library advocacy is that the nation is on the lookout for a new Librarian of Congress. President Obama is expected to announce his selection soon. Also, the Senate passed legislation that (if confirmed by the House and President) would establish a 10 year term for the position of Librarian…
2015 Report on Digital Use Worldwide
The company comScore has released the 2015 edition of the Global Digital Future in Focus Report. The report examines trends across the entire globe, while also analyzing data at the regional level and putting it into a broader context. The major topics covered in the report include the characteristics and behaviors of various digital users, including…
GMR to Sponsor Additional MLA Webinars
(via Rhona Kelley, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine) How to Become a GMR Sponsored Webinar Site http://nnlm.gov/gmr/funding/mla-webinar The GMR will sponsor the registration costs for up to *two (2) individual webinar events per state* in the region for the 2015 MLA Webinar Series. As only a limited number of webinars can be sponsored; please work…
2015 Report on Use of Mobile Apps in the U.S.
The company comScore has released the 2015 “U.S. Mobile App Report”. The study tracks app use across a number of devices (desktop computers, tablets, and smartphones) and also includes findings from a survey on the user habits of smartphone owners. A number of areas of use were analyzed, including audiences, user habits, the most popular…
Webinar on Data Visualization for Librarians
The Medical Library Association is offering a webinar on the concept of data visualization and the ways in which libraries can provide data-visualization services to their users. Keeping abreast of changes related to data visualization is crucial for librarians, as it is currently one of the most effective ways to display large amounts of information…
New Award for Academic Librarians
(via Gwen Gregory, IACRL President-Elect) Do you know someone who has contributed to librarians’ growth and professional development? The University Libraries Section of ACRL has a brand new ULS Outstanding Professional Development Award <http://www.ala.org/acrl/awards/achievementawards/ulsaward> designed to recognize such a person. They will receive $1,000 and be celebrated at ALA Annual 2016 in Orlando<http://www.ala.org/conferencesevents/ala-upcoming-annual-conferences-midwinter-meetings>. It is…
Reminder: One Syed Maghrabi Scholarship Available
(via Miranda Shake) If your library can’t afford to send you to the HSLI meeting at the “A Library State of Mind” joint conference, consider applying for the Syed Maghrabi Scholarship this year. We are offering one scholarship of $300 to a librarian in need. More information on the conference can be found here. Please fill…