(via Loida Garcia-Febo, ALA Immediate Past President) On behalf of the I Love My Librarian Award Selection Committee, I am excited to share the news that nominations for the award are now open and run through October 21, 2019. The I Love My Librarian Award recognizes the public service contributions of exceptional public, school, college,…
Month: August 2019
Reminder: Registration Open for “Mid-Level Leaders Symposium: CARLI’s Next Deans and Directors” (Sept. 25 in Champaign)
(via CARLI) CARLI is planning an exciting day-long leadership symposium for mid-level leaders, “Mid-Level Leaders Symposium: CARLI′s Next Deans and Directors,” from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on September 25. The event will feature Karen S. Goins, executive coach, facilitator, consultant, speaker, and author. Karen will guide attendees to: · Understand what leadership is · …
Registration Open for Access Services Conference 2019 (November 20-22 in Atlanta)
(via Krista Higham, Millersville University) Conference and hotel registration is now open for the Access Services Conference 2019, November 20-22, 2019 to be held in Atlanta at the Global Learning Center. In-person and virtual conference registration is available. The theme of the 2019 Conference is “Unlocking the 21st Century Library”. The Access Services Conference is an…
Call for Participation: Survey on Support of Immersive Scholarship and Technologies in Academic Libraries (Deadline 9/20)
(via Elisandro Cabada, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) The Grainger Engineering Library at the University of Illinois invites you to take part in a web based online survey on how academic libraries are developing, integrating and implementing technologies to support immersive scholarship at their institution. We define immersive scholarship as any scholarly work developed through…
Registration Open for HSLI Annual Conference — Early Deadline Friday, August 9
(on behalf of the HSLI Conference Planning Committee’s Publicity Subcommittee) Registration is now open for the Health Science Librarians of Illinois (HSLI) Conference for 2019. This year’s theme, Going Forward, Looking Back, celebrates HSLI’s 40th anniversary. The conference will be held September 11th-13th at the iHotel in Champaign, IL. Highlights of the conference include lightning…
Deadline to Apply for Syed Maghrabi Conference Scholarship Extended to August 4
The deadline to apply for this years Syed Maghrabi Conference Scholarship has been extended until Sunday, August 4, at midnight. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Syed Maghrabi Scholarship Committee would like to welcome HSLI members to submit their applications for the 2019 Scholarship. Applicants must be current members of HSLI (2019 dues paid). Applicants must write a short…