Federal news House narrowly passes $3 trillion coronavirus aid bill [Roll Call, 5/15/2020] “Democrats’ bill would [provide, among other relief,] $100 billion for a public health fund for hospitals and other health care providers…. The Senate won’t take up the legislation in its current form, though key senators will begin discussions with Democratic leaders and…
Year: 2020
Registration Open for ILA’s Noon Network Webinar on Illinois Legislation (12:00-1:30 PM on Tuesday, May 19) — Deadline 10:00 AM on May 19
(via Gwen Gregory, University of Illinois at Chicago, on behalf of the Illinois Library Association) Join ILA’s Legislative Consultant, Derek Blaida, for a lunchtime update about what’s happening in Springfield, from 12:00 to 1:30 PM on Tuesday, May 19. The Illinois General Assembly is slated to return to legislative session on Wednesday, May 20, and…
Final Reminder: Free RAILS/IACRL Online Event “Spark: Connect and Get Fired Up!” This Friday, May 15 (10:00 AM – 12:00 PM) — Registration Required
(via IACRL) This Friday, May 15, join your academic libraries from around Illinois for “Spark: Connect and Get Fired Up!”. The free online event, which the Reaching Across Illinois Library System (RAILS) and the Illinois Association of College & Research Libraries (IACRL) are sponsoring, will take place from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM. This academic…
Call for Participation: Survey for Academic Librarians and Archivists with Invisible Disabilities (Deadline Friday, May 15)
(via Katelyn Manwiller, DeSales University) My name is Katelyn Quirin Manwiller, and I am a librarian at DeSales University. I’m working with a team of library researchers, Samantha Peter from University of Wyoming, Heather Crozier from Ohio Northern University, and Amelia Anderson from Old Dominion University. We are writing to invite you to participate in…
HSLI Secretary JJ Pionke Named Library Journal Mover & Shaker
(via Library Journal) Health Science Librarians of Illinois Secretary Katharine “JJ” Pionke, who is Applied Health Sciences Librarian and Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois’s Urbana-Champaign campus, is a 2020 Library Journal Mover & Shaker. JJ is the only academic or research librarian in Illinois to receive the honor this year, out of 46…
Registration Still Open, and Schedule Now Available, for RAILS/IACRL Online Event “Spark: Connect and Get Fired Up!” (Friday, May 15, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM)
(via Gwen Gregory, University of Illinois at Chicago, on behalf of Dan Bostrom, RAILS) Next week, join your academic libraries from around Illinois for “Spark: Connect and Get Fired Up!”. This free online event, which the Reaching Across Illinois Library System (RAILS) and the Illinois Association of College & Research Libraries (IACRL) are sponsoring, will…
Deadline for Illinois Academic Librarian of the Year Award Nominations Extended to Friday, May 22
(via the Illinois Library Association) This is a reminder that nominations for the Illinois Academic Librarian of the Year Award are due Friday, May 22. (The Illinois Library Association has decided to extend the deadline for all awards by one week.) The general criteria are below. Additional information, including instructions for submitting a nomination, is…
Registration Open for Next IACRL Journal Club Meeting (Topic OERs and MOOCs), 12:00-1:00 PM on Thursday, June 25
(via Michelle Nielsen Ott, IACRL President) Join IACRL for our next Journal Club discussion on Thursday, June 25, from 12:00 to 1:00 PM, via Zoom. Everyone is invited to attend. We will be discussing “Environmental Scan and Assessment of OERs, MOOCs, and Libraries: What Effectiveness and Sustainability Means for Libraries’ Impact on Open Education”, by…
Call for Chapter Proposals: ALA Editions Publication Sustainability in Libraries (Deadline June 15)
(via Rene Tanner, Arizona State University) Call for Submissions: Sustainability in Libraries The book Sustainability in Libraries, edited by Rebekkah Smith Aldrich, Monika Antonelli, Adrian K. Ho, and René Tanner, will be published by ALA Editions. This work will offer insights into the important developments on how librarians provide leadership and how libraries serve as…
Registration Open for ACRL Education & Behavioral Sciences Section Virtual Research Forum (1:00-2:30 PM on Thursday, May 14)
(via Annie Armstrong, University of Illinois at Chicago) The EBSS (Education & Behavioral Sciences Section) Research Committee would like to invite you to the EBSS Virtual Research Forum, which will be held online via Zoom on Thursday, May 14, from 1:00 to 2:30 PM CDT. The Research Forum offers librarians an opportunity to present current…