(via the Illinois Library Association) Join the ILA Students and New Professionals Forum, or SNAP, for the first webinar in its Career Pathway Talk Series, “A College Student’s Best Friend: The Academic Librarian”. The webinar will take place on Wednesday, November 11, from 12:00 to 1:00 PM. While college and university students often spend hours sitting in…
Category: Committees – Non-HSLI
Call for Nominations: ILA Executive Board (Deadline Fri., Oct. 23)
(via the Illinois Library Association) The ILA Nominating Committee is seeking candidates for the 2021-2022 Executive Board Election. In April 2021, members will vote for the ILA Vice-President/President-elect and for five Executive Board positions: 2 Public Library, 1 School Library, 1 Academic Library representative, and the ALA Councilor. These are three-year terms beginning July 2021 and…
Call for Volunteers: RAILS Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee (Deadline Fri., Oct. 16)
(via Dan Bostrom, RAILS) The RAILS Board is forming an Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Committee and we are looking for staff from our member libraries to participate, along with a few members of our board and a few RAILS staff serving as ex-officio members. The Committee charge is the following. to develop a shared…
Call for Volunteers: RAILS My Library Is… Advisory Team (Deadline Friday, September 18)
(via Gwen Gregory, Northern Illinois University, on behalf of Dan Bostrom, RAILS) Are you interested in library advocacy and outreach? Want to help RAILS libraries tell their story and make the case for increased support/funding? Apply to be a My Library Is.. Advisory Group member! RAILS is seeking seven volunteers to help publicize the campaign…
Registration Open for ACRL Contemplative Pedagogy Interest Group’s September Discussion (Tues., Sept. 15, at 1:00 PM CDT)
(via Nancy Gibson, Austin Peay State University) The ACRL Contemplative Pedagogy Interest Group offers a series of informal online discussions on topics related to contemplative pedagogy in the college or university setting. The topic for September of 2020 is “Imagining the Contemplative Academic Library”. This month’s brainstorming discussion will focus on what academic libraries might…
Call for Proposals: ACRL ULS Professional Development Committee’s Online Presentation Series (Deadline Wed., Sept. 23)
(via Dr. Laura Gariepy, Virginia Commonwealth University) The ACRL ULS (University Libraries Section) Professional Development Committee, or PDC, welcomes proposals for online programs that further ACRL members’ professional development, knowledge, and practice. Proposals should be grounded in theory and/or practice. We encourage the use of panels and multiple presenter models to convey a variety of viewpoints….
Call for Volunteers: Illinois Association of College & Research Libraries Committees and Task Force
(via Emily Gilbert, Rasmussen College) Are you looking for more ways to get involved with professional development? Do you want to meet more of your peers in academic libraries across Illinois? Would you like to give back to the Illinois academic library community? Join an IACRL Committee! IACRL is seeking members for all committees, plus…
Reminder: Illinois Library Association Seeking Volunteers for Awards Committee and Best Practices Committee (Deadline Tues., Sept. 1)
(via the Illinois Library Association) We are seeking to fill vacancies on the Awards Committee and the Best Practices Committee. The Awards Committee administers the awards and recognition program of the association annually; publicizes the awards to attract qualified nominees; selects association-wide award winners. The Best Practices Committee promotes excellence in the Illinois library community by…
Illinois Library Association Still Seeking Volunteers for Awards Committee and Best Practices Committee (Deadline Tues., Sept. 1)
(via the Illinois Library Association) We are seeking to fill vacancies on the Awards Committee and the Best Practices Committee. The Awards Committee administers the awards and recognition program of the association annually; publicizes the awards to attract qualified nominees; selects association-wide award winners. The Best Practices Committee promotes excellence in the Illinois library community by identifying…
Registration Open for Free ACRL STS Webinar “Government Public Health Information During the COVID-19 Pandemic” (Thursday, August 6, at 3:00 PM CDT)
(via Britt Fagerheim, Utah State University) Please join the ACRL Science & Technology Section Government Information Committee for an online discussion, “Government Public Health Information During the COVID-19 Pandemic”, with three health sciences speakers, who will be discussing how they are sharing information and providing access to data during the COVID-19 pandemic. Where: Online via Zoom When:…