Amanda Musacchio, Resource Sharing Specialist at the Reaching Across Illinois Library System, presented at the 2016 Great Lakes Resource Sharing Conference. This year’s gathering took place from June 9 to June 10 in Indianapolis. The purpose of the conference is to train resource-sharing divisions from across the Midwest, exchange ideas for collaboration, and keep up-to-date…
Author: Eric Edwards
Illinois Librarians Present at CALA Midwest Chapter
Several Illinois academic librarians presented at the 2016 Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA) Midwest Chapter Annual Conference. This year’s event took place on Friday, May 13, at Indiana University’s South Bend campus. The theme was “Innovate! Advocate! Integrate! : Reinvigorating Your Library in a Digital Age”. Among the speakers was keynoter Miguel Figueroa, who works…
Early-Bird Registration for Northwest ILL and Resource Sharing Conference Closes August 12
(via Jessica Bower, Chapman University) The early-bird registration deadline for the 2016 Northwest Interlibrary Loan and Resource Sharing Conference is Friday, August 12. Attendees who register by that date will pay $175; after August 12, registration increases to $225. This year’s conference will take place on Thursday, September 8, and Friday September 9, at Portland Community…
Registration for 2016 HSLI Conference Opens August 15
(via Roberta Craig, HSLI Conference Publicity Chair) There are only a few months until the 2016 HSLI Conference: “Running With It: Library Trends in 2016”, which will take place at the beautiful Pheasant Run Resort (located at 4051 E. Main St. in St. Charles, IL, 60174) from Wednesday, November 9, to Friday, November 11. Please mark your calendars,…
August 24 Webinar on Services Offered by Center for Research Libraries
(via Kevin Wilks — Center for Research Libraries, in Chicago) Are you making plans now for the beginning of the 2016-2017 school year? Be sure not to miss the Center for Research Libraries’s webinar, “CRL Collections and Services”. It will take place on Wednesday, August 24, from 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM CST. This semi-annual…
Illinois Academic Librarians Giving Presentations at IFLA World Library and Information Congress
A number of Illinois academic librarians will present sessions or posters at this year’s IFLA World Library and Information Congress, which will take place in Columbus, OH, from Saturday, August 13, to Friday, August 19. This is the 82nd annual meeting of the International Federation of Library Associations. The list of sessions and presenters is…
Deadline to Register for MLA Webinar Being Shown at Northwestern is August 8
(via Ramune Kubilius, Galter Health Sciences Library at Northwestern University) On Wednesday, August 10, from 1:00 to 2:30 PM CST, Northwestern University’s Galter Health Sciences Library will host the Medical Library Association’s webinar “Are All Systematic Reviews Created Equal?”. The webinar will be shown in the Administrative Conference Room on Level 2 of the Library, which is…
ACRL Issues Statement for Communicating Library Value to Academic Leaders
(via Gwen Gregory, IACRL President) The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) released a statement on the value of academic libraries to be used by library leaders as a communication tool with academic leaders on their campuses such as provosts and presidents. Academic libraries provide critical direct and indirect value to institutions of higher education in…
OCLC to Hold Presentations and Open House During IFLA 2016
(via OCLC) OCLC, the leading global library cooperative based in Dublin, will welcome thousands of librarians from around the world as the premier sponsor and a local host of the 2016 IFLA World Library and Information Congress in Columbus August 13-19. The IFLA World Library and Information Congress (WLIC) is the international flagship professional and trade event…
Piotrowski Named Illinois Academic Librarian of the Year
Pattie Piotrowski, who recently started a position as University Librarian and Dean of Library Instructional Services at the University of Illinois Springfield, has been named the 2016 ILA Illinois Academic Librarian of the Year. The award, which is sponsored by CARLI, recognizes an Illinois librarian who has had a statewide impact on academic or research…