(via the Institute of Museum and Library Services) The Institute of Museum and Library Services has announced 30 finalists for the 2017 National Medal for Museum and Library Service. Among them is the Illinois Fire Services Institute Library, the only finalist from Illinois. The National Medal is the nation’s highest honor given to museums and…
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ILA’s Doyle Receives 2017 John Philip Immroth Memorial Award
(via the American Library Association) The Intellectual Freedom Round Table (IFRT) of the American Library Association (ALA) announces that Robert P. Doyle is the recipient of the 2017 John Phillip Immroth Memorial Award. The Immroth Award recognizes Doyle’s defense of intellectual freedom in a library career spanning more than 30 years. Doyle has been the editor of…
Schonfeld to Speak at ISU on April 10 About Libraries’ Academic Support Roles
(via Dr. Dane Ward, Dean of Milner Library at Illinois State University) Mark your calendars. Illinois State University’s Bryant Jackson Lecture will take place at 10:00 AM on Thursday, April 13, in the Circus Room in the Bone Center. (Click here for a map of the ISU campus.) Our featured speaker this year will be Roger Schonfeld, Director of the…
Reminder: ILA Intellectual Freedom Committee Seeks Feedback on Collection Development by March 24
(via Tina Koleva, Illinois Library Association) Would you like to contribute to the discussion about intellectual freedom practices? The Illinois Library Association Intellectual Freedom committee has prepared a survey and welcomes input from people at all levels and from different types of libraries, who have any responsibility for collection development. The data and information received will…
NN/LM – Greater Midwest Region Funding Webinar (for Non-Health-Sciences Libraries) on Friday, March 24
Note: This event has already passed, but a recording should be available soon. (via Molly Olmstead, National Network of Libraries of Medicine – Greater Midwest Region) Partner with Us: When You’re Not a Health Sciences Library Webinar: Friday, March 24, 2017 9:00 AM CST Visit the GMR website to register and receive connection information Join the GMR…
Registration Open for Great Lakes Resource Sharing Conference in Oak Brook (June 8-9)
(via Margaret Chambers, CARLI) Registration is now OPEN! Reserve your space for the 4th Annual Great Lakes Resource Sharing Conference at the DoubleTree by Hilton in Oak Brook, IL on June 8-9, 2017. Schedule in brief: Thursday, June 8, 2017 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. – OCLC Update 1:45 to 3:15 p.m. (including break) – Lightning rounds 3:30 to 4:30 p.m….
Save the Date: HSLI Annual Conference, October 25-27
(via the HSLI Conference Planning Committee) Join us for the Health Science Librarians of Illinois (HSLI) Annual Conference from Wednesday, October 25, to Friday, October 27, at the Chateau Hotel and Conference Center in Bloomington, Illinois. The theme of the conference this year is “Times are Changing”. The conference will reflect this theme, providing programming for…
Spring, 2017, Issue of IACRL Newsletter is Available
The Spring, 2017, issue of the IACRL Newsletter is out! To access it, click here. Some of this issue’s highlights are listed below. ACRL 2017 Conference Preview: find out when and where your Illinois colleagues will be presenting messages from IACRL President Lindsay Harmon, CARLI Senior Director Anne Craig, and ILA President Melissa Gardner profiles…
NN/LM – GMR Holding Funding Webinar From 1:00 to 2:00 PM on March 21
(via Molly Olmstead, National Network of Libraries of Medicine – Greater Midwest Region) Partner with Us: Health Sciences Libraries Webinar today, March 21, 2017 1:00 PM CST Visit the GMR website to register and receive connection information Join the GMR for an overview of awards available for our performance period beginning May 1, 2017 and ending April…
Reminder: SUNYLA 2017 (“The Global Library”) Poster Session Proposals Due March 21
(via Jennifer DeVito, Stony Brook University) The Global Library: Diversity through Collections, Spaces, & Services* *June 14-16, 2017 at Stony Brook University* Call for Poster Session Proposals **Deadline to submit: Tuesday, March 21* There is no time like the present to celebrate libraries as institutions supporting inquiry and access to information while exploring opportunities for…