(via Tish Hayes, Moraine Valley Community College) 17th Annual Information Literacy Summit Teaching for Curiosity, Creativity, and Action Friday, April 20, 2018, 8:30am-3:30pm Presented by DePaul University Library and Moraine Valley Community College Library Located at the Moraine Valley Community College campus Purpose of the Summit The organizers envision the Summit as an opportunity for…
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Call for Presenters: ALAO Distance Learning and Instruction Interest Groups Workshops (Deadline Feb. 15)
(via Amanda Goodsett, Cleveland State University) ALAO 2018 DLIG/IIG Spring 2018 Workshop — Call for Presenters Distance Learning and Instruction Interest Groups – Co-Hosted Spring Workshop Friday, May 4th, 2018 State Library of Ohio Authority, Source Evaluation, and Critical Thinking for In-Person & Online Library Instruction Have you experimented with in-person or online strategies for getting students to think critically…
Reminder: Deadline to Apply for 2018 NASIG Awards is Feb. 9
(via NASIG) One more week to apply for NASIG’s 2018 grants, awards, and scholarships, to be awarded at the 33rd Annual Conference being held in Atlanta, GA. June 8-11, 2018! The application deadline for the awards listed below is February 9, 2018. PROFESSIONAL/PARAPROFESSIONAL AWARDS Birdie MacLennan Award An award for a mid-career professional, covering conference registration, three nights…
Save the Date and Call for Proposals: Connecticut Information Literacy Conference 2018, “Instructional Design for Today’s Student”
(via Pamela Graham, U.S. Coast Guard Academy) Call for Proposals 2018 Save the Date / Call for Proposals! 2018 Connecticut Information Literacy Conference Friday, June 15, 2018 University of Hartford, Hartford, CT 8:30 am – 3:00 pm Instructional Design for Today’s Student Instructional Design (ID) can call to mind different things depending on the industry,…
Registration Spots Still Open for STELLA 2018 Unconference (May 18-19)
(via Anna Sackmann–University of California, Berkeley) STELLA 2018 Where: University of California, Berkeley When: May 18-19, 2018 (Please excuse cross-postings) If you haven’t registered for the STELLA 2018 Unconference yet, spots are still available! Sign up at bit.ly/stella2018. Registration is cut off at 100 participants but please enter your information to be added to our…
Reminder: Deadline to Volunteer for ACRL Committees (Including STS Ones) is February 15
(via John Meier, Pennsylvania State University) We especially need members to volunteer for the 2019 Conference Program Planning Committee (Washington DC). You can see their charge and other information on the website, but take note that you do NOT need to be local to the conference for serving on the planning committee. Please visit http://www.ala.org/acrl/membership/volunteer/volunteer to submit…
Register for CARLI Open Textbook Network Workshops (Closes April 8)
(via Elizabeth Clarage, CARLI) Registration is now open! In-Person Workshops from the Open Textbook Network Trainers On April 23, 24, and 26, CARLI will be hosting trainers from the Open Textbook Network (OTN) when they give Train-the-Trainer workshops as part of CARLI? s OTN membership. Locations: April 23: Governors State University April 24: Loyola University…
Registration Open for February 6 ACRL Webinar “Building a Digital Scholarship Program with Limited Resources”
via Jean Ferguson–University of California, Berkeley) Building a Digital Scholarship Program with Limited Resources Tuesday, February 6, 2018 12:00-1:00pm CST Hosted by ACRL Digital Scholarship Centers Interest Group Register: https://acrl.webex.com/acrl/onstage/g.php?MTID=e257830ade79e243b07b990796794874a Dial-in option available upon login Digital scholarship is a growing trend across a range of higher education institutions, from research-intensive universities to small liberal arts…
Call for Participants: ALCTS Mentoring Program (Deadline March 2)
(via Regina Gong, Lansing Community College) On behalf of the Mentoring Subcommittee of the ALCTS (Association for Library & Technical Services) Leadership Development Committee, we invite you to participate in the second year of the ALCTS Mentoring Program. As an ALCTS member, you have the opportunity to participate as either a mentor, a mentee, or…
Save the Date: May 4 ACRL Scholarly Communication RoadShow at UIUC
Save the Date: ACRL Scholarly Communication RoadShow May 4, 2018 I-Hotel and Conference Center, Champaign, IL Hosted by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and CARLI Mark your calendars for the ACRL Scholarly Communication RoadShow on May 4 at the University of Illinois’s I-Hotel and Conference Center! This all-day workshop will be led by Scholarly…