(via Michelle Rachal, University of Nevada School of Medicine) How do medical librarians make a difference? What are the standards for our profession. . . and where can we do better? Who has shown us the data that will help shape our future? The Ida and George Eliot Prize is presented annually for a work…
Month: August 2017
Call for Panel Participants: Distance Library Services Conference
(via Christina Hillman, St. John Fisher College) Are you a new librarian? Are you working with distance, online, or hybrid students and faculty as part of your first professional library job? Then please consider working with us on a panel proposal for the 18th Distance Library Services Conference. The panel will discuss how new (less…
Applicants Sought for MLA Librarians without Borders®/ Elsevier Foundation/ Research4Life Grant
(via Ahlam Saleh, University of Arizona) Please consider the MLA Librarians without Borders®/ Elsevier Foundation/ Research4Life Grant opportunity. Application are currently being accepted. The deadline for submission is Friday, December 1. The official description of the grant program is below. “The Medical Library Association (MLA) has established the MLA Librarians without Borders® / Elsevier Foundation/ Research4Life…
Reminder: Deadline to Apply for Health Science Librarians of Illinois Syed Maghrabi Conference Scholarship is Sept. 13
(via Emily Johnson, University of Illinois at Chicago Library of the Health Sciences – Peoria, and Ramune Kubilius, Galter Health Sciences Library at Northwestern University) This is a reminder of the opportunity to apply for the Syed Maghrabi Conference Scholarship, to attend the 2017 Health Science Librarians of Illinois Conference in Bloomington, IL, on October…
IACRL@ILA Offers Academic-Library Programming at ILA 2017
(via the Illinois Library Association) The Illinois Association of College and Research Libraries (IACRL) is sponsoring IACRL@ILA–a track of programming for academic librarians at the 2017 ILA Annual Conference. IACRL@ILA will take the place of an IACRL Conference in 2018. A similar track of programming will be offered at the 2018 ILA Annual Conference. Offering…
Extended: HSLI Conference Poster Session Proposals Due Friday, September 8th
(via Emily Johnson, University of Illinois at Chicago Library of the Health Sciences – Peoria) The Program Committee of the Health Science Librarians of Illinois invites proposals for posters for the HSLI Conference, to be held October 26-27 in Bloomington, Illinois. The conference theme is “The Times are Changing”. We encourage you to take a…
National Network of Libraries of Medicine Offering “American Indian Health Information Resources” Class on Thursday, August 24
(via Helen Spielbauer, National Network of Libraries of Medicine – Greater Midwest Region) According to the 2010 US Census, approximately 5.2 million people stated that they were American Indian or Alaskan Native. A recent study shows that American Indian use of the Internet to find health information is lower in comparison with the adult U.S….
Winners of 2017 ASIS&T Board Elections (Including UIUC’s Knox) Announced
(via the American Library Association) Please join us in congratulating Elaine Toms, Emily Knox and Soo Young Rieh on their election to the Association for Information Science and Technology Board of Directors. Their terms will begin on November 1, 2017. More information about the incoming Board members is below. Elaine Toms is currently Professor of Information…
Registration Open for Midwest Data Librarian Symposium (Limited to 50 Registrants)
(via Erin Thomas, Iowa State University) Registration for the Midwest Data Librarian Symposium is now open here! Since registration is provided at no cost, we anticipate that spots will fill up quickly. Due to space constraints, registration will be closed at 50 registrants, with 5 additional spots reserved for students*. We will have a waiting list…
Opportunity Available to Pursue MLA Consumer Health Information Specialization
(via Julie Esparza, Louisiana State University Health – Shreveport) Have you ever thought about pursuing the Consumer Health Information Specialization from the Medical Library Association, but you didn’t have the money to invest in classes, or the time to spend a half-day or a full-day taking classes to reach the goal? Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center…