(via Gwen Gregory, University of Illinois at Chicago, on behalf of the Illinois Library Association) There are only three weeks left to nominate a colleague, manager, mentor, or yourself for a 2019 ILA Award. The ILA Awards Program recognizes and honors the BEST in librarianship and library service in Illinois. We encourage you to take…
Category: Awards, Grants, and Scholarships – Non-HSLI
Call for Applications: Michael E. DeBakey Fellowship in the History of Medicine
(via the National Network of Libraries of Medicine – Greater Midwest Region) The National Library of Medicine is pleased to announce applications are open to its Michael E. DeBakey Fellowship in the History of Medicine (https://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/get-involved/debakey-fellowship.html), supporting research in the historical collections of the NLM. The collections include the Michael E. DeBakey papers (https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/FJ/), representing the…
UIUC iSchool’s Sharon Han Wins 2019 LITA/Ex Libris Student Writing Award
(via the Illinois Library Association) Sharon Han has been selected as the winner of the 2019 Student Writing Award<http://ala.org/lita/awards/exlibris> sponsored by Ex Libris Group and the Library and Information Technology Association (LITA) for her paper titled “Weathering the Twitter Storm: Early Uses of Social Media as a Disaster Response Tool for Public Libraries During Hurricane…
Call for Applications: ILA’s Resources and Technical Services Forum Scholarship and Valerie J. Wilford Scholarship Grant for Library Education
(via the Illinois Library Association) We have two scholarships available and waiting for you to apply for this year! ILA Scholarships help and encourage the pursuit of education in librarianship and can be used for classes, registration fees for conferences, seminars, workshops, or any other educational opportunities. The deadlines for the scholarships listed below is…
Call for Nominations: the Alexandre Vattemare Award for Creativity in Libraries (Deadline May 1)
(via Rory Litwin, Library Juice Academy) The Alexandre Vattemare Award for Creativity in Libraries Given annually by Library Juice Press, the Vattemare Award recognizes contributions in the LIS field that are marked by originality, creative energy, and novel combinations of ideas. Considerations in selecting the awardee are their creation of new possibilities for libraries and…
Reminder: Application Deadline for Some Illinois Library Association Scholarships is Sunday, March 31
(via the Illinois Library Association) We have scholarships available for individuals interested in furthering their careers in librarianship. Scholarships may be used for classes, registration fees for workshops, seminars, conferences or other educational opportunities. Don’t wait, apply now! For any questions regarding scholarships, please e-mail ILA. SCHOLARSHIPS (click on the scholarship to view additional information) · …
Northwestern University’s Ted Quiballo is ACRL Member of the Week
(via ACRL) Ted Quiballo, MS/LIS, is User Support Specialist Associate and Instructional Technologies Librarian at Northwestern University’s Evanston campus. Describe yourself in three words Engaging, facilitator, supportive. What are you reading (or listening to on your mobile device)? For work, I am currently reading “Creating and Sharing Online Library Instruction” by Joelle Pitts, Sara K….
APA Librarian Conference Travel Award Applications Due March 31
(via Yu-Hui Chen – University at Albany, State University of New York) Do you work in an academic or health sciences library in the United States? Are you an early- or mid-career librarian? Are you looking for sources of funding for a conference you’d like to attend this summer? If the answer to all of…
Reminder: Nominations Deadline for Illinois Library Association’s 2019 Awards and Scholarships is May 15
(via the Illinois Library Association) We are excited to announce that nominations for the 2019 ILA Awards and applications for the 2019 Scholarships are now open! The ILA awards program recognizes excellence in librarianship and library service in Illinois. The ILA scholarships are designated to help and encourage the pursuit of education in librarianship. While the Illinois…
UIUC’s Dr. Linda C. Smith Inducted as Illinois Library Luminary
(via the Illinois Library Association) Linda’s nearly 50-year career began when she came to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Graduate School of Library Science (now the School of Information Sciences) in 1971 shortly after graduating summa cum laude in physics and mathematics from Allegheny College (PA). She received her M.S. from Illinois in 1972…