(via Emily Gilbert, IACRL Past President) 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….
Day: January 13, 2023
Call for Presentation Proposals: IACRL Spark Event “One Weird Trick” on Fri., May 19–Deadline Fri., Feb. 24
(via Christina Norton, IACRL Secretary) What’s your secret for making the workday easier? What tool have you found that makes a routine task more fun or interesting? What’s your “One Weird Trick” to being more organized in life? Come share your software, hotkeys, processes, or other hack(s), big or small, to help your colleagues learn…
Registration Open for Webinar “Creating space and advocating for sustainability at your library” (Thurs., Feb. 2, at 1:00 PM CDT)
(via Beth South, Indiana University School of Library & Information Science) Registration is open for the webinar “Creating space and advocating for sustainability at your library”. It will take place on Thursday, February 2, starting at 1:00 PM CDT. Are you concerned that your library is not focused on sustainability? Does it seem like you’re…
Registration Open for Self-Paced NNLM Online Course “Beyond an Apple a Day: Providing Consumer Health Information at Your Library” (Wed., Feb. 1 – Wed., March 1)
(via Rebecca Brown, Network of the National Library of Medicine) Registration is open for the NNLM online course “Beyond an Apple a Day: Providing Consumer Health Information at Your Library”. The class runs from Wednesday, February 1, to Wednesday, March 1. This 4-week, 4 credit-hour (CHIS Level 1, CHIS Level 2) self-paced online class covers the…
Request for Participation: Survey on Reasons Instruction Librarians Turn Down Instruction Opportunities
(via Anna White, Grand Valley State University) You are invited to participate in a research project about when and why librarians with instruction responsibilities say no to/turn down instruction opportunities. The purpose of this research study is to determine how often and why librarians with instruction responsibilities at institutions of higher education in North America…