(via Tony Melvyn, OCLC) OCLC is excited to announce a new location for the 2018 OCLC Resource Sharing Conference! To accommodate increased interest from the resource sharing community, next year’s event will be held in Jacksonville, Florida, at the Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront Hotel. We encourage you to save the dates–March 13-15, 2018–and read this…
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ACRL Board Approves Roles and Strengths of Teaching Librarians Document
(via Gwen Gregory, IACRL Past President) The ACRL Board of Director has approved Roles and Strengths of Teaching Librarians, a revision of the association’s 2007 ACRL Standards for Proficiencies for Instruction Librarians and Coordinators. Authored by the Standards and Proficiencies for Instruction Librarians and Coordinators Revision Task Force, the shift in focus in 2015 from the ACRL Information…
Reminder: LITA AvramCamp at ALA Annual 2017 (Facilitators are Margaret Heller, Loyola, and Evviva Weinraub, Northwestern)
(via Gwen Gregory, IACRL Past President) Women in technology face numerous challenges in their day-to-day work. If you would like to join other women in the field to discuss topics related to those challenges, AvramCamp is for you. This one-day LITA preconference at ALA Annual in Chicago will allow female-identifying individuals employed in various technological…
Illinois Librarians Give Poster Sessions at MLA 2017
A number of librarians from Illinois gave poster sessions at the Medical Library Association’s 2017 Annual Meeting. This year’s event took place in Seattle, from May 26 to 31. The theme was “Dream, Dare, Do”. The poster sessions are below. For those that included presenters not from Illinois libraries, just the Illinois ones are listed….
RAILS Offering Free ALA Exhibit Hall Passes
(via Gwen Gregory, IACRL Past President) We’re offering member libraries free passes to the exhibit hall at the American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference, June 22-27. Each individual needs to register for your own exhibits-only pass. Be aware that the form looks like you’re signing up for the full conference and will need to pay,…
ACRL Webinar on June 1: “Beyond Worksheets: Using Instructional Technologies for Authentic Assessment of Student Learning”
(via Mary Jane Petrowski, ACRL Associate Director) The next ACRL e-Learning webcast will take place on Thursday, June 1. The webinar, titled “Beyond Worksheets: Using Instructional Technologies for Authentic Assessment of Student Learning”, will last from 1:00 to 2:30 PM CST. More information is below. Academic librarians are no strangers to assessment, but figuring out how to…
Registration Open for Inaugural OCLC Americas Regional Council Meeting (U. Chicago’s Cronin on Program Committee)
(via OCLC) What does it take to become a smarter library? Join fellow OCLC members at the inaugural Americas Regional Council meeting and address the challenge of supporting increasingly personalized customer relationships while also scaling to meet growth in population, materials and expectations. The two-day agenda is designed for attendees from all library types, and will feature…
Tech Tools Lightning Round Call for Proposals
(via Ariel Orlov, Adler University) The Chicago Distance Library Services Group is calling for presenter submissions for a Tech Tools Lightning Round, to be held on Thursday, July 13, at Adler University in Chicago. Share the free or inexpensive tech tools you use to reach distance or online library users! Tell us about the problems…
Reminder: Registration Open for Great Lakes Science Boot Camp for Librarians (July 19-21)
(via Daniel Dotson, The Ohio State University) Registration is now open for the Great Lakes Science Boot Camp 2017. The program will take place from Wednesday, July 19, to Friday, July 21, on the campus of Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan. Librarians from all library types are welcome. This yearly boot camp includes talks from scientists and…
Reminder: Registration Open for June 15 CARLI Virtual Instruction Showcase
(via Lorna Engels, CARLI) This is a reminder that registration is open for the CARLI Instruction Committee Virtual Instruction Showcase. The event will take place on Thursday, June 15, from 10:00 to 11:15 AM and 1:00 to 2:15 PM. The Showcase features innovative elements in library instruction and assessment. Presenters will demonstrate instruction techniques and tools that are designed…