(via Kimberly Shotick, Northern Illinois University) The ALA Library Instruction Round Table (LIRT) welcomes your submissions for two awards created to recognize excellence in information literacy and instruction. Submissions from all types of libraries (public, school, special, academic) are encouraged. Winners will receive a $1,000 award, a plaque, and a $500 stipend to be used…
Category: Awards, Grants, and Scholarships – Non-HSLI
Reminder: Nominations for MLA Consumer Health Librarian of the Year Award Due Sunday, October 15
(via Deborah Farber, California University of Science and Medicine) Nominations are open for the Consumer Health Librarian of the Year Award. Consumer health librarians focus on the continuum of health information services that benefit patients, caregivers, and individuals interested in optimal health and health care for themselves and their families. Established in 2017, this award…
Call for Applications: 2024 Medical Library Association Rising Stars Program–Deadline Sun., Oct. 15, 2023
(via Deborah Lauseng, University of Illinois Chicago Library of the Health Sciences – Peoria) The Medical Library Association’s Rising Star program gives members the opportunity to develop skills, knowledge, and personal characteristics needed to become a leader in MLA. The yearly leadership development program matches each Rising Star with a mentor in a curriculum that…
Call for Institutional Applicants: National Library of Medicine’s All of Us Data Training and Engagement for Academic Libraries Program–Deadline Fri., Sept. 29, 10:59 PM CDT
(via the National Library of Medicine) The All of Us Data Training and Engagement for Academic Libraries Program (hereafter referred to as the “Academic Libraries Program”), supported by the National Library of Medicine, aims to help campus libraries learn to use the All of Us Researcher Workbench platform and equip them with the skills to teach others to use it. …
Call for Nominations: MLA Consumer Health Librarian of the Year Award–Deadline Sunday, October 15
(via Deborah Farber, California University of Science and Medicine) Nominations are open for the Consumer Health Librarian of the Year Award. Consumer health librarians focus on the continuum of health information services that benefit patients, caregivers, and individuals interested in optimal health and health care for themselves and their families. Established in 2017, this award…
Reminder: Nominations for I Love My Librarian Award Due Sat., Sept. 30
(via the American Library Association) The American Library Association (ALA) invites library users nationwide to nominate their favorite librarians for the prestigious I Love My Librarian Award. The national award recognizes the outstanding public service contributions of librarians working in public, school, college, community college or university libraries. Nominations are accepted online now through Saturday, September 30, 2023….
UIUC Mortenson Center’s Dr. Peggy Nzomo is ACRL Member of the Week
(via ACRL) Dr. Peggy Nzomo, International Library Initiatives Specialist Senior Associate for the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s Mortenson Center for International Library Programs, is the ACRL Member of the Week for August 28 – September 3. To read her Member of the Week interview, including how she works to promote international librarianship on the…
Reminder: Applications for ALA’s 2024 Class of Emerging Leaders Due Sat., Sept. 9, 2023
(via the American Library Association) The American Library Association (ALA) is now accepting applications for the 2024 class of Emerging Leaders (EL). Details regarding the program criteria can be found on the Emerging Leaders web page. The deadline to apply is Saturday, September 9, 2023. Apply now. The ALA EL program is a leadership development program which enables newer…
Call for Applications: Continuing Education Event Grants for RAILS Members–Next Deadline Mon., Oct. 23
(via Gwen Gregory, Northern Illinois University) RAILS again invites member networking groups, consortia, and libraries to apply for a RAILS Continuing Education Event Grant. This grant supports CE events for RAILS member libraries towards the development of library staff and trustees. To qualify, CE events must be made available to all RAILS member library staff. RAILS will prioritize events focused on…
Call for Nominations: ALA RUSA Historical Materials Committee’s Best Historical Materials List–Deadline Sat., Sept. 30
(via Steve Knowlton, Princeton University) The Historical Materials Committee of the American Library Association/Reference and User Services Association’s History Section is soliciting nominations for the committee’s annual Best Historical Materials list. The list consists of the best print and online historical bibliographies, indexes, reference products, and published primary sources created, published, or significantly updated within…