The Health Science Librarians of Illinois Conference Planning Committee is pleased to announce the 2018 keynote speaker, Dr. Kristi Holmes. In her talk, “Thirsting for Knowledge: Opportunities for Librarians in the Age of Data” on Thursday, September 27th, she will discuss intersections between libraries and data, and will offer a range of practical ideas that…
Year: 2018
Registration Open for MLA Midcontinental Chapter’s 2018 Virtual Conference on 10/4 and 10/5 (Deadline Extended to 9/15)
(via Rebecca Brown, University of Utah) The 2018 MCMLA Virtual Conference Planning Committee invites you to register for the annual conference on October 4th and 5th of this year. CE is included in your registration and will be offered on October 3rd. Stay tuned for more information. Early registration concludes at the end of the…
Call for Nominations: 2019 Ida and George Eliot Prize (Deadline 11/1/18)
(via Pamela Herring, University of Central Florida) Dear all, 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 published in the…
Call for Proposals: Cultural Heritage and the Campus Community: Academic Libraries and Museums in Collaboration (Deadline Extended to 9/14)
(via Dr. Scott Walter, DePaul University) CFP: Cultural Heritage and the Campus Community: Academic Libraries and Museums in Collaboration [working title] Call for Chapter Proposals – Deadline Extended to September 14th Background In January 2016, a “working summit” was held at the University of Miami that brought together leaders from academic art museums and libraries…
Registration Open for 2018 Digital Scholarship Colloquium – The Digital and Democracy, at Case Western Reserve University (Nov. 1-2)
(via Brian Gray, Case Western Reserve University) On November 1-2, 2018, Kelvin Smith Library will be hosting “The Digital and Democracy” Digital Scholarship Colloquium bringing together the vanguard of professionals using digital tools to advance democracy. The colloquium will delve into how research can be used for the advocacy of communities experiencing disruption and inequality…
CARLI Receives IMLS Grant for “CARLI Counts: Analytics and Advocacy for Service Development”
(via Margaret Chambers, CARLI) CARLI Receives IMLS Grant for “CARLI Counts: Analytics and Advocacy for Service Development“ The Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois (CARLI) is pleased to announce its selection as a recipient of an Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program grant, in the amount…
Recordings of Circulating Ideas Podcast Episodes on Misinformation, Librarianship, and Information Literacy (Featuring Moraine Valley CC’s Swanson and UIUC’s Cooke) Available
(via Dr. Troy Swanson, Moraine Valley Community College) I am excited to send along the link to an interview I did with Dr. Nicole Cooke from the University of Illinois’ iSchool. We discuss the misinformation, higher education, information literacy, and librarianship. This is part of a series of interviews on the Circulating Ideas podcast on…
Call for Proposals: Amigos Library Services Online Conference, “The Future of Cataloging: RDA, Linked Data and More” (Deadline 9/14)
(via Jodie Borgerding, Amigos Library Services) Metadata is going through a massive transformation. The RDA 3R project, BIBRAME and other linked data standards are changing the ways we provide access to information. How are these changes affecting the way you catalog? Join Amigos Library Services and keynote speaker, Kathy Glennan, Chair-Elect of the RDA Steering…
UIUC’s Lynne Thomas Wins Two Hugo Awards
(via the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s School of Information Sciences) Lynne M. Thomas (MS ’99), head of The Rare Book & Manuscript Library and an iSchool adjunct professor, has won two Hugo Awards-science fiction’s most prestigious award. Thomas, now a seven-time Hugo Award winner, joined the University Library in July 2017. Hugo Award winners…
OCLC Announces Agenda for 2018 Americas Regional Council Conference (Oct. 24-26 in Chicago)
(via OCLC) The 2018 OCLC Americas Regional Council Conference agenda is now available on the ARC18 website. More than 50 community leaders will share their learnings, insights, and innovations in the spirit of building game-changing libraries in communities across the world. With 16 breakout sessions spanning four different categories-analytics and data, public purpose, spaces and resources, and technology and…