(via Royden Jones, HSLI President) The Health Science Librarians of Illinois (HSLI) 2020 Conference, previously scheduled for September 2-4 at Starved Rock Lodge & Conference Center (located in Oglesby, IL), has been cancelled. It is rescheduled for Wednesday, October 27, through Friday, October 29, 2021, at the same location. The many uncertainties surrounding the current…
Year: 2020
Registration Open for Online LITA Program “Troublesome Technology Trends: Bridging the Learning Divide” (1:00-2:30 PM CDT on Wednesday, June 17)
(via Evelyn Cunico, information and management consultant) Beyond the digital divide is the “division of learning”, a term coined by Shoshana Zuboff in her 2019 book, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, to describe the rift between today’s data-hungry tech giants and the people using these platforms who are kept unaware of how their personal information…
Registration Open for FY21 Online with the CMC Webinars
(via Dr. Pamela Thomas, IHLS) Registration is now open for the Online with the CMC webinars listed below. Please direct any questions to Dr. Pamela Thomas, Bibliographic Project Coordinator at Illinois Heartland Library System, at pthomas@illinoisheartland.org. September 17, 2020: “The CMC Revealed: Getting to Know the CMC Staff” This is your chance to get to…
Call for Proposals — SCIENCE LIBRARIANSHIP IN THE TIME OF COVID-19: A Virtual Half Day Conference (Wednesday, August 5) — Deadline Saturday, June 20
(via Jennifer Chaput, University of Connecticut) SCIENCE LIBRARIANSHIP IN THE TIME OF COVID-19: A Virtual Half Day Conference Hosted and Planned by the Boston Library Consortium’s (BLC) Engineering Community of Interest (COI) and the Chemistry Community of Interest (COI) WHEN: Wednesday, August, 5, from 12:00 to 2:00 PM CDT WHERE: Online, via WebEx Since March…
Call for Proposals: Catholic Library Association 2020 Fall Virtual Conference (October 22-23) — Deadline Wednesday, June 10
(via Jack Fritts, University Librarian at Benedictine University – Lisle and CLA President) The Catholic Library Association is now accepting proposals for its 2020 Fall Virtual Conference, which will be held online on Thursday, October 22, and Friday, October 23. Conference Theme: Mission-Driven Leadership in Faith-Based Libraries This year’s conference will look at the “why” as…
Call for Submissions: IACRL People’s Choice Award in Scholarly Publishing (Deadline Wednesday, July 1)
(via IACRL) The Illinois Association of College & Research Libraries (IACRL) Awards Committee is seeking submissions for the People’s Choice Award in Scholarly Publishing. This award will give academic and research librarians throughout Illinois the opportunity to read and evaluate scholarly works by their peers and then vote on a favorite. It will also present Illinois research and academic librarians…
Illinois Library Association Annual Conference Changed to All-Virtual Format (October 20-22)
(via Gwen Gregory, University of Illinois at Chicago) Yesterday, the 2020 ILA Annual Conference Program Committee announced that the canceled in-person 2020 Annual Conference will be replaced with a virtual conference. Our survey yielded an overwhelming response (71% of respondents) in favor of holding a virtual conference over outright cancellation. More details will be coming,…
Registration Open for ACRL Together Wherever Week of Virtual Programming and Networking (June 8-12)
(via Gwen Gregory, University of Illinois at Chicago) ACRL is pleased to host ACRL Together Wherever, a week of virtual programming and networking opportunities for the acade?mic and research library community to be held from Monday, June 8, to Friday, June 12. Keep up with what’s going on in the profession at a time when…
RAILS My Library is … Campaign Releases Talking Points About Libraries
(via Dan Bostrom, RAILS) As RAILS planned our My Library Is… campaign, we heard from member libraries of all types that they needed talking points to use when speaking about the library to users and potential users, funders and decision-makers, legislators, and more. With help from our members, we created new talking points in an…
Save the Date: CARLI Annual Meeting (Currently Scheduled for Friday, November 13, in Champaign)
(via CARLI) The 2020 CARLI Annual Meeting will be held on Friday, November 13, at the I Hotel and Conference Center in Champaign. Staff at any CARLI member library are invited to attend. A meeting of the CARLI Governing Directors will precede the Annual Meeting. Registration is available here.