(via CARLI) Have you wanted your library to… Create a powerful impact narrative for your library? Use data in a compelling way to tell your library′s story to your stakeholders? Demonstrate how your library supports graduation and retention rates? “CARLI Counts: Analytics and Advocacy for Service Development,” is a three-year project funded by an Institute…
Category: Awards, Grants, and Scholarships – Non-HSLI
Reminder: Nominations for ACRL ULS Outstanding Professional Development Award Due Friday, Dec. 6
(via Gwen Gregory, University of Illinois at Chicago) Nomination Deadline: Friday, December 6, 2019 This $1,000 award (sponsored by Library Juice Academy) recognizes librarians, archivists or curators whose contributions to providing professional development opportunities for librarians have been especially noteworthy or influential. The effect of these contributions may be the result of continuous or distinguished service to…
Reminder: Deadline to Apply for Librarians without Borders® Ursula Poland International Scholarship is Sunday, December 1
(via Reina Williams, juror on the Librarians without Borders® Ursula Poland International Scholarship jury of the Medical Library Association) Ursula H. (Anker) Poland (1922-2009) was a distinguished MLA member, recipient of the Marcia C. Noyes Award, Fellow of MLA, and Janet Doe Lecturer. Poland’s 1982 Doe Lecture is one of MLA’s most important statements about…
Reminder: Deadline to Apply for RAILS My Library Is… Grant Program is Friday, Nov. 22
(via RAILS) The RAILS My Library Is… Grant program provides an opportunity for libraries to focus on projects that help tell the library story and that increase visibility and support for all types of libraries. Libraries, working alone or with partner organizations, can apply for up to $5,000. RAILS is especially interested in innovative programs…
Call for Nominations: Library Journal’s 2020 Movers & Shakers Awards (Deadline Friday, Nov. 15)
(via the Reaching Across Illinois Library System) The Library Journal (LJ) Movers & Shakers Awards look not only for great leaders but also for behind-the-scenes contributors who have provided inspiration and model programs, including non-degreed library workers and people who may not appear to be the usual suspects. Nominees from all library types and a diverse segment…
Reminder: Beta Phi Mu International LIS Honor Society Seeking Applicants for Professional Membership
(via Dr. Emily Knox, iSchool at UIUC) The Beta Phi Mu International Library and Information Studies Honor Society (Beta Phi Mu) would like to remind everyone of their Professional Membership category. This membership category is intended for those who meet all requirements for Regular Membership (GPA of at least 3.75 upon graduation from an ALA-accredited…
Reminder: Nominations for ACRL Ilene F. Rockman Instruction Publication of the Year Award Due Friday, Dec. 6
(via Kirstin Duffin, Eastern Illinois University) Did you write, or do you know someone who wrote, an outstanding publication related to instruction in a library environment published in the preceding two years? This is your chance to let us know about it! Eligible publications include journal articles, books, book chapters, and published proceedings. Submitted publications…
Call for Proposals–Autism Welcome Here: Library Programs, Services and More Grant (Deadline Dec. 1)
(via the Illinois Library Association) This grant is sponsored by Libraries and Autism: We’re Connected, and it promotes inclusion, connecting libraries and the autism community, and bringing awareness of the needs of individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder, and their families to the library community. Any type of library can apply, and the proposal can fund projects…
Reminder: Nominations for MLA’s Research Advancement in the Health Sciences Award Due Friday, November 1
(via Kate Silfen, Boston University) This is just a reminder that the Medical Library Association is still seeking nominations for recipients of the Research Advancement in Health Sciences Librarianship Award. Honorees will have created and sustained a culture of research that enables and recognizes the research engagement of health sciences librarians whose involvement has contributed…
Call for Applications: NNLM – Greater Midwest Region FY 2021 Funding Awards (Informational Webiar Oct. 23)
(via the National Network of Libraries of Medicine – Greater Midwest Region) The Greater Midwest Region (GMR) of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NNLM) has released Calls for Applications with performance period for the funding, May 1, 2020 – April 30, 2021. Awards include: * Research Data Award: Up to $20,000 * Health…