(via the National Network of Libraries of Medicine – Greater Midwest Region, on behalf of Anna Beth Morgan, Mayo Clinic) Be a change agent. Year 2018 is the right year to give the Midwest Chapter’s Awards and Scholarships Committee plenty of applications and nominations to evaluate. Change the status quo – Put the committee to…
Year: 2018
Reminder: Deadline to Register for ACRL Immersion ’18 is May 4
(via ACRL) The ACRL Immersion Program is all new for 2018. Immersion ’18 will take place July 29-August 3, 2018, at the University of St. Thomas, in St. Paul, Minnesota. Immersion ’18 is an intensive, five-day program designed for those who contribute to the educational role of libraries in higher education. The curriculum is built…
RAILS Services (Staff Visits and Networking Events) Available to Member Academic Libraries
(via Gwen Gregory, University of Illinois at Chicago) Academic libraries in the RAILS service area may want to take advantage of these: RAILS Member Visits & Networking Events Stay on top of all of the great opportunities and services available to your library through RAILS by scheduling a library visit. Dan Bostrom, RAILS Member Engagement…
Registration Open for Free SLA Webinar on Institutional Politics (1:00-2:00 PM on May 7)
(via Gwen Gregory, University of Illinois at Chicago) Institutional Politics: Be More Influential in Terms of Your Career, Your Library, and the Organization Your Library Serves Mon, May 7, 2018 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CDT Providing your customers with the expertise of great information professionals is not enough to garner support for you and…
Call for Submissions: Book on Health-Care Instruction and Information Literacy (Deadline June 22)
(via Elizabeth Hinton, University of Mississippi Medical Center) Please consider submitting a case study proposal to the forthcoming book Framing Health Care Instruction: An Information Literacy Handbook for the Health Sciences, to be published with Rowman & Littlefield in 2019. Below is a more detailed description of the topic. Proposals are due June 22, 2018….
UIUC Library Wins Division Four (Brochures) Category in ACRL RBMS Leab Exhibition Awards
(via Chase Ollis, ACRL) The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Rare Books and Manuscripts Section (RBMS) has selected five winners for the 2018 Katharine Kyes Leab and Daniel J. Leab “American Book Prices Current” Exhibition Awards. The awards, funded by an endowment established by Katharine Kyes Leab and Daniel J. Leab, editors of…
Registration Open for 2018 New England Library Instruction Group Annual Conference (June 8)
(via Melinda Malik, Saint Anselm College) We are pleased to announce our annual conference will be held Friday, June 8, 2018 at Glickman Library, University of Southern Maine in Portland, ME. This year’s program, “Developing Critical Thinkers: Going Beyond Information Literacy,” will explore the role of literacies beyond information literacy that librarians incorporate in instruction. Please join us to…
Registration and Program Available for Makerspaces for Innovation and Research in Academics Conference (July 12)
(via Dr. Vinaya Tripuranei, University Librarian at University of La Verne) Registration is open for MIRA (Makerspaces for Innovation and Research in Academics) Conference to be held on July 12, 2018 at University of La Verne, La Verne , CA. Registration website: http://thespot.laverne.edu/miraconference18 Conference Program website: http://mira18.sched.com Conference website: http://laverne.libguides.com/mira
Third Association of Research Libraries Digital Scholarship Institute to Be Held July 30 – August 3, 2018
(via Harriett Green, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) The ARL Academy is accepting applications for the third iteration of the ARL Digital Scholarship Institute, with a deadline of Friday, May 18, 2018. The ARL Digital Scholarship Institute is a five-day, cohort-based opportunity for professionals in ARL member libraries who are new to digital scholarship and would like to develop their skills…
Call for Proposals ALCTS CaMMS Copy Cataloging Interest Group Session at ALA Annual
(via Amanda Ros, Texas A&M University) The ALCTS CaMMS Copy Cataloging Interest Group invites presentation proposals for its ALA Annual Meeting in New Orleans on Saturday, June 23, 2018, from 9:00 to 10:00 am. CCIG’s charge is to discuss common problems concerning copy cataloging of all kinds of materials (monographs, serials, audiovisuals, etc.), quality control,…