The Health Science Librarians of Illinois 2018 Conference will be held September 26-28 at the Cliffbreakers Riverside Hotel and Conference Center in Rockford, Illinois. The Conference will include chances for networking with colleagues and vendors, an opportunity to present posters or lightning talks, and several options for continuing-education courses. The HSLI 2018 Conference Planning Committee…
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Reminder: NNLM – Greater Midwest Region Seeking Feedback From Member Hospital Libraries on NLM Strategic Plan (Virtual Meeting at 10:00 AM July 2)
(via Elizabeth Kiscaden, Associate Director for the National Network of Libraries – Greater Midwest Region) The GMR invites our hospital librarians to share their feedback about NLM’s new strategic plan. In response to our first call for feedback, several hospital librarians submitted responses, which generated discussion at the annual MLA meeting. National Library of Medicine…
Reminder: Registration for New Librarian Summit (August 2-3) Still Open
(via Laurie Brochard, San Jose State University) The New Librarian Summit (NLS) Organizing Committee would like to invite you to register for the 2nd annual NLS event to be held at San Jose State University (SJSU) in San Jose, California on August 2 and 3, 2018. Our aim is to create an exciting, innovative and…
HSLI 2017 Annual Conference Report: Daneen Richardson
I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for sponsoring my attendance to the 2017 Health Science Librarians of Illinois conference: The Times are Changing. Attending the conference is generally my one opportunity for health science continuing education where I can interact with those presenting as well as other attendees. I find it…
Call for October 25 CARLI Resource Sharing Forum Presenters
(via Lorna Engels, CARLI) The Resource Sharing Committee′s fall forum will be held at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library on Thursday, October 25, 2018. The committee is now seeking proposals for presentations related to any of these broad topics: · Statistics & reporting · Marketing, promoting, and patron instruction of interlibrary loan and/or access services…
Registration Open for July 12 MLA Webinar “Aligning the Three Pillars of Effective Instruction: Outcomes, Teaching, and Assessment for Health Sciences Librarians”
(via Barry Grant, Medical Library Association) “Aligning the Three Pillars of Effective Instruction: Outcomes, Teaching, and Assessment for Health Sciences Librarians” Thursday, July 12, 1:00-2:30 PM CDT Overview You may be assessing your instruction in a way that does not really tell you if your teaching is effective. The MLA webinar “Aligning the Three Pillars…
Call for Volunteers: Field-Testing of New Surveys for ACRL’s Project Outcome for Academic Libraries
(via Gwen Gregory, University of Illinois at Chicago) The ACRL Project Outcome for Academic Libraries Task Force<http://www.ala.org/acrl/aboutacrl/directoryofleadership/taskforces/acr-tfpi> seeks volunteers to field-test new surveys it has developed. Its work is based on adapting PLA’s Project Outcome<https://projectoutcome.org/>, and the new academic library toolkit will launch in 2019. The goal is to provide users with free, easy-to-use, standard…
Academic Libraries of Indiana 2018 Scholarly Communication Librarianship Conference to Take Place 10/26
(via Stephanie Davis-Kahl, Illinois Wesleyan University, on behalf of Craig Finlay, Indiana University South Bend) The Academic Libraries of Indiana 2018 Scholarly Communication Librarianship Conference will take place on Friday, October 26, in the University Library at IUPUI. This interdisciplinary conference should be of interest to scholarly communication librarians, librarians taking on scholarly communication responsibilities,…
Makerspaces for Innovation and Research in Academics Conference Registration Extended to July 5
(via Vinaya Tripuraneni, University of La Verne) Registration will now be closing on Thursday, July 5, for the Makerspaces for Innovation and Research in Academics (MIRA) Conference, to be held on July 12, 2018 at University of La Verne, La Verne , CA. Limited spaces are available. On-site registration on the day of the conference will…
Registration Open for July 17 RAILS Webinar “Copyright and Standardized Rights Statements for Digital Collections”
(via Gwen Gregory, University of Illinois at Chicago, on behalf of Louise Svehla, RAILS) RAILS will offer a webinar called “Copyright and Standardized Rights Statements for Digital Collections” with Hannah Stitzlein, Illinois Digital Heritage Hub, on Tuesday, July 17, 1:30 to 3:00 pm. Learn how to make informed copyright decisions with available tools, and how…