(via Emily Gilbert, IACRL Past President) The OER Campus Kickstart: Award for Growing Illinois OER Programs provides funding for financial incentives to smaller college campuses and campuses with little or no support for OER programming to take some of their first steps. The intended outcome is collaboration between academic faculty and librarians to implement Open Educational Resources in their…
Author: Eric Edwards
Deadline Extended: Proposals for CARLI’s 11th Annual Instruction Showcase (Online Thurs., June 1) Now Due Mon., April 10, by 5:00 PM CDT
(via Debbie Campbell, CARLI) The CARLI Instruction Committee is seeking presentation proposals for the 11th annual Instruction Showcase, to be held virtually on Thursday, June 1. CARLI members and Illinois LIS students are welcome to submit proposals on all library instruction topics and are encouraged to draw inspiration from the committee’s theme this year: Re-examining Instruction. Also Registration now…
Final Reminder: Program Proposals for 2023 ILA Annual Conference (Tues., Oct. 24 – Thurs., Oct. 26, in Springfield) Due Tues., April 4
(via the Illinois Library Association) The ILA 2023 Annual Conference Program Committee is seeking program proposals for this year’s conference. In 2023, we will convene in Springfield, Illinois with the theme “Connect, Cultivate, Collaborate”. The deadline to submit proposals is tomorrow, April 4. Every library in Illinois seeds connections to resources, cultivates stories, and collaborates…
Call for Participants: HSLI-Sponsored Panel Discussion on Systematic Reviews
(via Betsy Sterner, Northern Illinois University) As part of HSLI’s effort to offer more “ad hoc” programming opportunities, I am interested in hosting a panel discussion related to systematic reviews. The presenters would not necessarily need to be directly affiliated with HSLI, as long as they would be willing to share their knowledge and expertise free of charge. I’m looking for 2-3 volunteers…
Registration Open for ACRL First Year Experience Discussion Transforming the First Year Experience–Wed., May 3, 1:00-2:00 PM CDT
(via Kimberly Shotick, Northern Illinois University) Please join us for the ACRL First Year Experience (FYE) Discussion Transforming the First Year Experience on Wednesday, May 3, from 1:00 to 2:00 PM CDT. This discussion will take place via Zoom and is open to all library workers interested in discussing the library’s role in students’ first year experience in…
ACRL Health Sciences Interest Group’s Next First Friday Forum is on Fri., April 7, at 11:00 AM CDT (No Registration Required)–Topic for Discussion is “ACRL Conference”
(via Anna Ferri, Colorado State University) Join the ACRL Health Sciences Interest Group for our April First Friday Forum, on Friday, April 7, at 11:00 AM CDT. We will discuss the ACRL Conference in Pittsburgh (for those who attended and those who did not). Did you attend? What did you learn? What did you love?…
Reminder: HSLI Holding First “Coffee and Conversation” Informal Virtual Gathering on Friday, March 31, at 3:00 PM CDT
(via Frances Drone-Silvers, HSLI Secretary) This is a reminder that HSLI members are invited to “Coffee and Conversation” – an informal, virtual gathering, on Friday, March 31, at 3:00 PM CDT, via Microsoft Teams. Please check your e-mail for access information. Hope you can join us!
Call for Topics: Next Meeting of Health Science Librarians of Illinois Journal Club (Thurs., May 25, at 3:00 PM CDT)–Deadline Thurs., April 20
(via Peggy Carey, National University of Health Sciences) Call for Topics The HSLI Journal Club plans to meet for an informal virtual discussion of a selected publication/podcast/blogpost/presentation and share our understanding and its implications for our work. Our next gathering is tentatively planned for Thursday, May 25, 2023 @ 3:00 PM CDT. Please post your suggestions for discussion to the HSLI webpage before Friday,…
NNLM Discovery Podcast Releases Episode 5, “Amateur Radio Club”
(via Martha Meacham, Network of the National Library of Medicine) Episode 5 of the NNLM Discovery Podcast, is “Amateur Radio Club” from Region 2. When hurricanes Irma and Maria struck the Caribbean one week apart in 2017, they left hundreds of thousands of people cut off from sources of aid when all modern means of communication were…