(via Jodie Borgerding, Amigos Library Services) Join Amigos Library Services for the self-paced course “GIS and GeoWeb Applications in Libraries”. Registration for this four-week class has been extended through Thursday, July 15. 80% of digital data available to us as information users have a geographic component. Geographic Information System (GIS) technology is widely used in research,…
Day: July 11, 2021
ALA Announces 2021-22 Spectrum Scholars, Including 11 Studying at Illinois Institutions
(via the American Library Association) The American Library Association’s (ALA) Office for Diversity, Literacy and Outreach Services awarded the 2021 Spectrum Scholarships to 61 exceptional students pursuing graduate degrees in library and information studies. Since 1997, the ALA has awarded more than 1,300 Spectrum Scholarships. During the 2021 application cycle, the Spectrum Scholarship Program received…