(via Dr. Theresa Byrd, University of San Diego) Registration for the Seventh Annual Digital Initiatives Symposium is now open! Check out the program at: https://digital.sandiego.edu/symposium/2020/ Monday, April 27: Five pre-conference workshops: – Cataloging in the Age of RDA: Latest Trends, Issues, and Challenges Murtha Baca PhD, Getty Research Institute (emerita) and UCLA (emerita); Luiz H. Mendes, California State University, Northridge…
Year: 2020
ACRL Endorses Protocols for Native American Materials
(via Gwen Gregory, University of Illinois at Chicago) ACRL, at the request of its Rare Books and Manuscripts Section (RBMS), has endorsed the Protocols for Native American Materials. In April 2006 a group of nineteen Native American and non-Native American archivists, librarians, museum curators, historians, and anthropologists gathered at Northern Arizona University Cline Library in Flagstaff,…
Call for Proposals: IACRL/RAILS Spark: Connect and Get Fired Up! Event at ISU on May 15 (Deadline March 6)
(via the Illinois Library Association) IACRL and RAILS are excited to announce a new event for Spring 2020 – Spark: Connect and Get Fired Up! on Friday, May 15, 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. at the Milner Library, Illinois State University, Normal We hope this professional development opportunity will be the first of many to Spark our enthusiasm to share…
Call for Nominations: Illinois Academic Librarian of the Year Award (Deadline May 15)
(via the Illinois Library Association) Nominations are now open for the 2020 Illinois Academic Librarian of the Year Award, sponsored by the Illinois Association of College & Research Libraries (IACRL) Forum and Library Juice Academy. Established in 1985, this award recognizes an Illinois librarian who is making an outstanding statewide contribution to academic or research…
Reminder: Deadline to Volunteer for an ACRL Committee is Friday, February 14
(via Jennifer Sharkey, Illinois State University) Just a quick reminder that the deadline to volunteer for any ACRL committee is Friday, February 14. The University Libraries Section encourages everyone to submit a volunteer form. Submit a volunteer form if: You are not on a committee and want to give back to the profession You are…
Call for Applicants: 2020 Librarians Active Learning Institute (LALI) and LALI-Archives and Special Collections (Deadline March 18)
(via Laura Barrett, Dartmouth College) Dartmouth College is pleased to announce that applications are open for the annual Librarians Active Learning Institute (LALI) and LALI-Archives and Special Collections (LALI-ASC). LALI helps librarians and archivists develop and refine their skills as learner-centered teachers, instructional designers, and collaborators by introducing them to the practice of active learning…
Call for Submissions: Illinois Library Association Weekly Member Photo Contest
(via the Illinois Library Association) In honor of our 2020 Annual Conference theme Many Libraries,One State (#WeAreILA), we want to showcase our members with a weekly photo contest! Every week we will be accepting photos from ILA members (personal, institutional, and associate). Send us your best photo from an event at your library, your patrons,…
Reminder: Illinois Library Association Legislative Meet-ups Taking Place Now (Registration Still Open)
(via Gwen Gregory, University of Illinois at Chicago) Would you like to meet your legislator and advocate for libraries in higher education? Here is your chance! Note that the Chicago event will take place on March 6 in the beautiful Winter Garden at HWLC downtown. ——————————————————————————— 2020 ILA Legislative Meet-ups Registration is now open for…
Seeking Social Media Volunteer for IACRL Communications Committee
(via Krista Bowers Sharpe, IACRL Communications Committee Chair) Are social media platforms your thing? Please consider joining the IACRL Communications Committee and helping to engage the public through our Facebook and Twitter accounts (via Hootsuite). Spread the word about IACRL, its committees’ activities, and upcoming events! If interested, please contact me at ka-bowers-sharpe@wiu.edu.
Call for Participants: RAILS Social Media Survey (Closes Friday, Feb. 14)
(via Gwen Gregory, University of Illinois at Chicago) For staff at RAILS member libraries– RAILS is inviting library staff from system members to take a brief survey. The topic is how you use social media in your work and in your relationship to RAILS. Any library staff from any member library is free to complete the…