(via Anna Ferri, Colorado State University) Join the ACRL Health Sciences Interest Group for this First Friday Forum discussion for the ACRL Health Sciences Interest Group on October 6, at 11:00 AM CDT. Artificial intelligence in PubMed’s Best Match algorithm: Raising awareness about AI when using and teaching PubMed PubMed’s Best Match sorting algorithm became the…
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Reminder: ILA Annual Conference Holding Community Project with Central Illinois Foodbank
(via the Illinois Library Association) In an effort to connect with local organizations and model collaboration for our attendees, the 2023 ILA Annual Conference will feature a community project. Our partner in this project, the Central Illinois Foodbank, is a non-profit organization addressing food insecurity in the central and southern Illinois area. In the last fiscal…
Registration Open for 2023 CARLI Annual Meeting and Governing Directors Meeting (Both on Thurs., Nov. 16, in Champaign)–Deadline Tues., Nov. 7
(via Michelle Haake, CARLI) Please join us for the 2023 CARLI Annual Meeting, to be held Thursday, November 16, from 10:15 AM to 3:00 PM CDT at the I Hotel and Conference Center in Champaign. We are excited to announce our keynote address: “Are ‘Lazy Girl Jobs’ the Future of Work, or a Silent Rebellion Against…
Registration Open for ACRL Online Learning Course “Developing Signature Pedagogies in Information Literacy”–Mon., Sept. 25 – Fri., Oct. 20
(via ACRL) Join ACRL from Monday, September 25, to Friday, October 20, for the Online Learning Course “Developing Signature Pedagogies in Information Literacy”. Signature pedagogies are specific ways of teaching that move students to develop the habits of mind of a professional or disciplinarian. This concept is widely discussed in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning…
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…
ACRL Science & Technology Section Holding Next Book Club Meeting Online Fri., Dec. 1, 12:00-1:00 PM CDT–Book to Discuss is Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest
(via Hannah Gascho Rempel, Oregon State University) Interested in joining the ACRL STS (Science & Technology Section) Book Club? Feel free to join us for our next book: Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest by Suzanne Simard. We will meet online Friday, December 1, from 12:00 to 1:00 PM CDT. If you would…
Registration Open for Upcoming CARLI Professional Development Alliance Webinars in September
(via Nicole Swanson, CARLI) CARLI is pleased to offer the following PDA (Professional Development Alliance) webinars Successful Workplace Communications Series: Assume Positive Intent Tuesday, September 12, 1:00-2:00 PM CDT When someone gets in a disagreement with us, or when someone fails to meet expectations in their work, or when someone acts in violation of rules,…
Call for Information on Job Changes and Recent Publications: Fall Issue of IACRL Newsletter–Deadline Fri., Sept. 15
(via Dr. Dee Anna Phares, Northern Illinois University) The IACRL Communications Committee wants to highlight recent career changes and publications by Illinois academic librarians in the next IACRLNewsletter. If you have changed positions since March 2023, have published since March 2023, and would like us to include you in our Fall issue, please send your career or publication information to me off-list (at dphares@niu.edu) by Friday,…
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….
Reminder: Chapter Proposals for Upcoming ACRL Publication Teaching the Whole Student: Compassionate Instruction in the Academic Library Due Fri., Sept. 15
(via Elena Rodriguez, College of Charleston) I am excited to invite chapter proposals for Teaching the Whole Student: Compassionate Instruction in the Academic Library, an edited volume to be published by ACRL. About the book:Compassion at its simplest definition is the “sympathetic consciousness of others’ distress together with a desire to alleviate it” (Merriam-Webster). The cognitive,…