(via Denise Green, CARLI) Registration is now open for first Makerspaces Open House, on Friday, March 17, on the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus. To register, and see the full agenda, go here. Also, the CARLI Public Services Committee is pleased to sponsor additional open houses on makerspaces. The first one will take place on Monday, April…
Day: February 13, 2017
Nominations Open for Reaching Forward Awards
(via the Illinois Library Association) Nominations are being accepted for Reaching Forward’s annual awards, which will be presented at the 2017 Reaching Forward Conference on May 5. The Oberman and Rich Reaching Forward Conference Grant recognizes the contributions of a support staff member to the library community and the role of support staff in libraries. The recipient will…
Volunteer for ACRL Division, Section, or Representative Appointment by Feb. 15
(via Gwen Gregory, IACRL Past President) Are you looking for ways to expand your professional network and contribute to ACRL? Committee volunteers help shape ACRL by advancing its strategic plan and influencing the direction of academic and research librarianship. Serving on a committee or editorial board is a great way to become involved and make…
Registration Open for March 9 Webinar “Librarian Transformation: Teaching Disciplinary Courses”
(via Debbie Campbell, CARLI) In response to the challenge of limited resources in higher education, libraries continue to reinvent and innovate quality service and meaningful instruction. Does your library instruction program need a makeover to meet new demands at your institution? The CARLI Instruction Committee wants to help. In keeping with this year’s theme “Evolving…
Legislative Update, 2/13/2017
Federal: The MLA and AAHSL have filed comments in support of the new NLM Strategic Plan, under development in 2017. The new plan includes four central themes: (1) Role of NLM in advancing data science, open science, and biomedical informatics; (2) Role of NLM in advancing biomedical discovery and translational science; (3) Role of the…