(via IACRL) The ACRL Chapters Council just released the Fall issue of the Chapter Topics Newsletter, available here. The Newsletter includes updates from ACRL chapters around the country, along with a message from Chapters Council Chair Ali Larsen of Siena College. The Illinois chapter has two articles in this issue, one of which is the…
Month: November 2020
Call for Proposals Extended: Designing for Digital 2021 (Online Feb. 22-25) — New Deadline Tues., Dec. 8
(via Kris Johnson, Montana State University) If you are a User Experience librarian, Assessment Librarian, Digital Resources Specialist, Web Services Resources, Usability Specialist or in a related role (or just with a general interest in the topic!) in an academic or public library, archive or museum, consider participating in the upcoming virtual edition of Designing…
December CopyTalk Webinar, “Modern Interlibrary Loan Practices: Moving Beyond the CONTU Guidelines”, Taking Place Thurs., Dec. 3, at 1:00 PM CDT (UIUC’s Benson is Co-Presenter)
(via Billie Peterson-Lugo, Baylor University) Please join us for the December CopyTalk, “Modern Interlibrary Loan Practices: Moving Beyond the CONTU Guidelines”, which will provide information on the ARL whitepaper, published in August 2020. This whitepaper reexamines the role of the decades-old Commission on New Technological Uses of Copyrighted Works (CONTU) Guidelines in interlibrary lending. Much…
Reminder: RAILS Seeking Updated Information for COVID-19 Library Services Survey
(via RAILS) Please continue to update the COVID-19 survey. Yes! Really! This means YOU! We know how busy everyone is. With the Governor and Illinois Department of Public Health evaluating and changing their recommendations and restrictions often, we are asking you please to update your library’s information on the survey on the RAILS Pulse Page every…
Call for Proposals — Moving On: Migrating Library Content and Data Online Conference (Feb. 11, 2021) — Deadline Thurs., Dec. 3, 2020
(via Jodie Borgerding, Amigos Library Services) “This link worked yesterday – why doesn’t it work now?” “Will all of our local MARC fields migrate when we change catalogs?” When it comes to integrated library systems and electronic resources platforms, the one constant is change. Whether it’s migrating all your MARC records to a new catalog…
Registration Open for Free ACRL STS Webinar “Is Science Librarianship Right for Me?” (Wed., Dec. 9, at 1:00 PM)
(via Kimberly Bailey, University of Pittsburgh Bradford) Registration is now open for the free ACRL Science & Technology Section webinar “Is Science Librarianship Right for Me?”. The webinar will take place on Wednesday, December 9, starting at 1:00 PM CDT. To register, please go here. Information on the webinar’s content and presenters is below. Are…
Reminder: Nominations for 2021 ACRL Awards Due Friday, December 4
(via ACRL) Nominations for ACRL’s 2021 awards program are due Friday, December 4. Please consider acknowledging those who have influenced your thinking, practice, and growth as an academic or research library worker. ACRL urges you to nominate colleagues whose work you admire, and whose contributions merit recognition by the profession. Your nominations will ensure that…
Call for Participation: Survey for Student Success in Academic Libraries Research Project (Deadline Fri., Jan. 8, 2021)
(via Mallory Jallas, Illinois State University) All academic librarians in the United States and Canada are invited to participate in a survey about student success in academic libraries. The research project is an examination and analysis of student success initiatives in academic libraries. The researchers seek to find out how institutions define student success, how…
Reminder: CARLI Seeking Presenters for Spring 2021 Webinar Series on Undergraduate Research (Deadline Mon., Dec. 7)
(via Nicole Swanson, CARLI) The CARLI Program Planning Committee is seeking presenters for a series of webinars in Spring 2021 focused on academic library support of undergraduate research. The Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) defines undergraduate research as “an inquiry or investigation conducted by an undergraduate student that makes an original intellectual or creative contribution…
Registration Open for The Library Collective’s Annual Conference, The Connection (Online March 1-31, 2021)–Open Only Until All Spots Filled
(via Evan Barber, University of Illinois Springfield) In a year when creativity is needed more than ever, the folks behind The Library Collective are reinventing what a virtual library conference looks like, with The Connection. For just $90 (even less if you join The League of Awesome Librarians), you can join fellow rad librarians for 30-days…