(via the National Network of Libraries of Medicine – Greater Midwest Region) Registration for the eighth annual Lake Superior Libraries Symposium is now open! LSLS19: Sea Changes in Libraries will be held on Friday, June 7th, 2019 at Lake Superior College. Library staff, administrators, trustees, and students from the Upper Midwest and beyond are invited to attend and…
Day: May 12, 2019
Call for Participation: Survey on Institutional Repository Funding for Health Sciences Libraries
(via Stacey Knight-Davis, Eastern Illinois University, on behalf of Brenda Fay, Advocate Aurora Health Library Network) We are medical librarians investigating Institutional Repository funding models in the health sciences for a poster we anticipate presenting at Midwest Chapter MLA in October 2019. For our purposes, an Institutional Repository (IR) is defined as an online platform…
Call for Manuscript Submissions: Library Collections, Acquisitions & Technical Services journal
(via Lisa Romero, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) Library Collections, Acquisitions & Technical Services is now accepting manuscript submissions. LCATS is a peer-reviewed, quarterly journal provides a forum for the international exchange of ideas and experiences among members of the library collection management, technical services, vendor and publishing communities throughout the world. The journal focuses…
Call for Applicants: Scholarships for LITA Avramcamp at ALA Annual 2019 (Deadline Friday, May 17)
(via Aisha Conner-Gaten, Loyola Marymount University) Do you want to participate in LITA AvramCamp, a one-day unconference for women and non-binary people working in library technology, at ALA Annual in Washington, D.C.? Would travel funding help you to attend? Thanks to support from individual donors and sponsors, AvramCamp is offering several $500 travel scholarships. Scholarships will be…
Registration Open for CARLI Resource Sharing Open House (Friday, June 14, in Peoria)
(via Lorna Engels, CARLI) Please join the CARLI Resource Sharing Committee for an open house at Bradley University, Peoria, and University of Illinois, Library of the Health Sciences, Peoria, Friday, June 14, 2019 – 10:00am to 3:00pm Resource Sharing Open house at Bradley University, Peoria, and University of Illinois, Library of the Health Sciences, Peoria,…
Illinois Association of College and Research Libraries Election Results
(via Carolyn Ciesla, IACRL Past President) Congratulations to our newly elected officers! Vice-president/President-elect: Susan Franzen, Illinois State University Secretary/Treasurer: Heather Jagman, DePaul University Library Please join me in welcoming them!
Registration Open for 2019 ACRL Instruction Section’s Annual Virtual Discussion Forum (1:00 PM CDT on Tuesday, June 11)
(via Beth Black, The Ohio State University) Challenging Deficit Thinking in Academic Libraries: Ideas and Applications A virtual panel discussion convened by Eamon Tewell of Columbia University with panelists Yi Ding of California State University, Northridge; Chelsea Heinbach and Rosan Mitola of University of Nevada, Las Vegas; and Amy Pajewski of West Chester University of…
Call for Proposals Extended: Library Research Seminar VII, Oct. 16-18 at U. of South Carolina (New Deadline Friday, May 24)
(via Dr. Jennifer Sweeney, JK Sweeney & Associates LLC) Call for Proposals Research Matters: Strengthening Values, Defining Practice When: October 16-18, 2019 Where: The University of South Carolina, Columbia, Ernest F. Hollings Special Collections Library Who: Hosted jointly by the University of South Carolina College of Information and Communication, University of South Carolina School of…
Reminder: Nominations for ILA Awards and Scholarships Due Wednesday, May 15
(via the Illinois Library Association) There is only one week left to nominate a colleague, manager, mentor, or yourself for a 2019 ILA Award. The ILA Awards Program recognizes and honors the BEST in librarianship and library service in Illinois. We encourage you to take a few minutes today, tomorrow, or early next week to:…
Call for Submissions: RUSA/ETS Best Emerging Technology Application Award (Deadline December 31)
(via Jason Coleman, Kansas State University) Do you believe in the power of technology to shape library services? Have you or a colleague used technology in an innovative way to enhance patron services? RUSA Emerging Technology Section is proud to announce the new RUSA ETS Best Emerging Technology Application Award! The purpose of the award…