(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,…
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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…
Registration Open for CARLI Professional Development Alliance Webinars in April (Part 2 of 2)
CARLI is pleased to share upcoming Professional Development Alliance offerings. PDA Event: Attracting and Engaging a Diverse Student Workforce at George Mason University George Mason University Libraries was one of 10 institutions selected to participate in Hampton University’s Grant Leading the Charge: Advancing the Recruitment, Retention and Inclusion of People of Color within the Library…
Registration Open for CARLI Professional Development Alliance Webinars in April (Part 1 of 2)
CARLI is pleased to share upcoming Professional Development Alliance offerings. Intentionally Recruiting for Diversity in Librarianship: Reflections on a Year Later The Diverse Librarianship Career Training and Education Program, launched in 2021, is a call to action in response to the serious lack of diverse representation in library and information science professions. This grant project…
Registration Open for Tennessee Health Science Library Association Free Spring Virtual Conference on Mon., April 17
(via Ramune Kubilius, Galter Health Sciences Library & Learning Center at Northwestern University, on behalf of J. Michael Lindsay, THeSLA President) Please join us at the Tennessee Health Science Library Association’s Free Spring Virtual Conference, which will be held on Monday, April 17. All aspects of this event are open to the public. We invite you…
ACRL Launches New Academic Library Advocacy Toolkit
(via Amy Dye-Reeves, Texas Tech University) ACRL is pleased to announce the launch of the new Academic Library Advocacy Toolkit. Developed by a joint task force comprised of members from ACRL’s New Roles and Changing Landscapes and Value of Academic Libraries goal-area committees, the Toolkit is a curated collection of resources that can help equip academic…
Reminder: Proposals for CARLI’s 11th Annual Instruction Showcase (Online Thurs., June 1) Due Fri., March 31, by 5:00 PM CDT; Registration Now Open
(via Denise Green, 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…
Call for Participation: Survey on Extent to Which Academic Reference and Instruction Librarians View Their Work with Student-Patrons as “Caring Labor”
(via Laureen Cantwell, PhD student at University of Buffalo) Dear academic reference and instruction librarians, My name is Laureen Cantwell-Jurkovic, and I am a PhD student in the Information Science program, within the Graduate School of Education, at the University at Buffalo. I am conducting a mixed methods study focused on understanding whether and by…
Registration Opens Soon for The Innovative Library Classroom Conference (in Williamsburg, VA, on June 1-2, Thurs.-Fri.)–Limited to 25 Participants
(via Lucinda Wittkower, Old Dominion University) Registration for The innovative Library Classroom Conference will open at 11:00 PM CDT on Monday, April 3. Join us in Williamsburg, VA at William & Mary on June 1-2 (Thursday-Friday)! New this year, we are offering a pre-conference workshop on June 1 from 1-3 PM, “Our Pedagogies, Our Selves: Culturally Informed and…
HSLI Holding First “Coffee and Conversation” Informal Virtual Gathering on Friday, March 31, at 3:00 PM CDT
(via Frances Drone-Silvers, HSLI Secretary) Greetings, HSLI members! We’d like to invite you 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 instructions to access the meeting. Hope you can join us!