(Note: This is an article that appeared in the Spring, 2016, issue of the IACRL Newsletter.) Sandra De Groote, Professor and Scholarly Communications Librarian at the University of Illinois at Chicago, has won the Medical Library Association’s 2016 Ida and George Eliot Prize. The award recognizes a scholarly work that has had a significant impact…
Author: Eric Edwards
Illinois Librarians Who Presented at MLA 2016
A number of librarians from Illinois academic and medical libraries gave presentations at the 2016 Medical Library Association conference. This year’s meeting took place in Toronto, Canada, from May 13 to 18 and was held jointly with the Canadian Health Libraries Association’s annual conference and the International Clinical Librarian Conference. The theme of “Mosaic” explored…
Opening for Health Professionals Outreach Librarian, NN/LM – GMR
(via Jacqueline Leskovec, NN/LM – GMR) Position Description The University of Iowa (UI) Libraries is seeking a collaborative, experienced, customer-focused professional to be a part of the Regional Medical Library for the Greater Midwest Region of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine. This position reports to the Regional Medical Library (RML) Associate Director, is…
ALA Course on Becoming a Library Copyright Specialist
(via ALA) ALA Editions announces a new iteration of our popular eCourse, “Becoming the Copyright Specialist in Your Library”. Lesley Ellen Harris will serve as the instructor for a four-week facilitated e-course starting on Tuesday, August 22. Learning Outcomes After participating in this eCourse, you will be able to: understand what being the go-to copyright…
August 4 Workshop on Teaching Threshold Concepts
(via ALA) ALA Editions announces an exciting new workshop, Keys to Teaching the Six Threshold Concepts with Joanna M. Burkhardt. This workshop will last 90 minutes and take place at 1:30 PM CST on Thursday, August 4. Overview Are you looking to get fully acclimated with ACRL’s newly-adopted Framework for Information for Higher Education, learn…
ACRL Board Outlines Next Steps in Information Literacy
(via ACRL) The ACRL Board of Directors continued its discussion about the Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education at its meeting on Monday, June 27. The ACRL Board recognizes that there are librarians who are seeking guidance for using the Framework now that the Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education have been rescinded….
Deadline to Submit ILA 2016 Poster Proposals Extended to July 15
(via ILA) The Illinois Library Association (ILA) Conference Program Committee invites applications for poster sessions at the 2016 ILA Annual Conference at the Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont. Poster sessions will be held in the exhibit hall on Wednesday, October 19, and Thursday, October 20. Submissions are invited from all types of libraries and on…
ACRL Board Votes to Rescind Information Literacy Standards
(via ACRL) On Saturday, June 25, the ACRL Board of Directors voted to rescind the Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education. The Board will continue to discuss next steps to support all academic librarians working with information literacy at its public meeting at the ALA Annual Conference, on Monday, June 27, from 1:30 to…
SIU-Carbondale’s Gorzalski named SAA Emerging Leader
Matt Gorzalski, University Archivist at Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Morris Library, has been named the 2016 recipient of the Society of American Archivists’ Emerging Leader Award. This is the sixth year that the Award has been presented. The Award recognizes archivists who are relatively new to the profession but have already demonstrated leadership ability, done…
Winners of NMRT’s ALA Annual Conference Professional Development Award Announced
(via Lindsay Harmon, IACRL Vice-President/President-Elect) The NMRT Annual Conference Professional Development Attendance Award Committee congratulates Corinne Thompson, Siena Heights University, and Jane Wu, Otterbein University, on their winning essays. Thompson will receive a ticket to the NMRT preconference “What’s a Millennial to Do? Learning Thrive in a Multi-Generational Workplace” at the ALA Annual Conference 2016…