(via Gwen Gregory, Northern Illinois University) Purpose Society faces significant information challenges today, ranging from misinformation campaigns designed to confuse and disempower, to a lack of access to credible information that can have life-altering, disproportionate effects on different communities. Information Literacy researchers can make a positive difference in addressing these unwieldy challenges. With generous funding…
Category: Awards, Grants, and Scholarships – Non-HSLI
Final Reminder: Nominations for Illinois Library Association 2022 Awards Due Fri., May 27
(via the Illinois Library Association) This is a reminder that the final deadline to nominate someone for a 2022 award is Friday, May 27. We urge you to visit here, view the list of awards, and nominate someone today! If you submitted a nomination in 2021 or 2020, please contact Tamara Jenkins, at tjenkins@ila.org, to find out how to…
Call for Applicants: NLM/AAHSL Leadership Fellows Program (Deadline Wed., June 15)–Informational Webinars on Wed., May 25, and Wed., June 8
(via Rikke Ogawa–University of California, Los Angeles) The National Library of Medicine (NLM) and AAHSL (Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries) are pleased to announce the opening of applications for the 2022/2023 Leadership Fellows Program. The application deadline is Wednesday, June 15, 2022. The Program seeks candidates who are emerging leaders in health sciences libraries and who are…
Call for Nominations Extended: Illinois Library Association 2022 Awards (New Deadline Fri., May 27)
(via the Illinois Library Association) The ILA Awards Committee has extended the deadline for this year’s award nominations to Friday, May 27. We urge you to visit here, view the list of awards, and nominate someone today! If you submitted a nomination in 2021 or 2020, please contact Tamara Jenkins, at tjenkins@ila.org, to find out how to resubmit for…
Final Reminder: Nominations for 2022 Illinois Library Association Awards Due Sun., May 15
(via the Illinois Library Association) The ILA Awards Committee is still accepting nominations for ILA awards. The ILA awards program recognizes excellence in librarianship and library service in Illinois. Nominating someone allows you to recognize a colleague who goes above and beyond in their responsibilities while also serving as a role model for the library community….
Elgin Community College’s Stacey Shah is ACRL Member of the Week for April 25
(via ACRL) Stacey Shah, a professor and Distance Learning Librarian at Elgin Community College, is the ACRL Member of the Week for April 25 – May 1. Below, she shares her thoughts on how she has benefited from membership in ACRL and what her most significant contributions to the Elgin Community College campus are. What do you value about ACRL? As a long-time member, I appreciate the resources and learning opportunities…
EIU’s Booth Library Awarded $18,000 from NLM, Creates Library Guide on Digital Health Literacy (HSLI’s Knight-Davis Member of Grant Team)
(via Stacey Knight-Davis, Eastern Illinois University) Booth Library was awarded $18,000 from the National Library of Medicine to implement a health literacy program in the Southeastern region of Illinois. With the award funding, Booth Library partnered with the EIU Department of Public Health and Health Communication program to create a virtual training module including videos and resources on…
Reminder: Voting for IACRL People’s Choice Award in Scholarly Publishing Closes Saturday, April 30
(via Sue Franzen, IACRL Past President) Voting is now open for the 2022 IACRL (Illinois Association of College & Research Libraries) People’s Choice Award in Scholarly Publishing. This award gives academic and research librarians throughout Illinois the opportunity to read and evaluate scholarly works by their peers and then vote on one. It also presents Illinois…
Reminder: Applications for ALA COVID Library Relief Fund Due Thurs., April 21 (Recording and Slides from Informational Webinar Now Available)
(via the American Library Association) The American Library Association (ALA) will make available $1.55M in emergency relief grants to more than 75 libraries this year that have experienced substantial economic hardship due to the coronavirus pandemic. The ALA COVID Library Relief Fund invites Public, School, Academic, Tribal, and Correctional libraries across the United States and US Territories to apply for grants of $20,000. These funds are intended to bolster library operations and services including broadening…
College of DuPage’s Jenn Kelley is ACRL Member of the Week for April 4
(via ACRL) Jenn Kelley, a reference librarian and faculty chair of professional development at the College of DuPage, is the ACRL Member of the Week for April 4-10. Below, she shares her thoughts on how she has benefited from membership in ACRL and what her most significant contributions to the College of DuPage community have been. What…