(via ACRL) Elisandro (Alex) Cabada, Assistant Professor, Emerging Technologies and Immersive Scholarship Librarian, and Director of the Grainger IDEA Lab at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has been elected ACRL Vice-President/President-Elect. Cabada will become president-elect in July 2023 and assume the presidency in July 2024 for a one-year term. “I feel privileged to serve…
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Call for Applications: ALA Building Library Capacity Grants to Assist Libraries at Minority Serving Institutions–Deadline Wed., May 24 (Informational Webinar on Tues., April 25, at 2:00 PM CDT
(via Lauren Carlton–ACRL Program Officer, Member Services) The American Library Association (ALA) announces the opening of the ALA Building Library Capacity Grants that will provide grants to assist libraries at Minority Serving Institutions (MSI) across the United States and US Territories that have experienced economic hardship due the consequences of the pandemic and its aftermath, to help increase academic…
Reminder: Deadline to Volunteer for a CARLI Advisory Committee or Task Force is Friday, May 5, at 5:00 PM CDT
(via Michelle Haake, CARLI) This is a reminder that CARLI is seeking volunteers to serve on our advisory committees and task forces. The application period will close Friday, May 5, at 5:00 PM CDT. Terms on the new committees will begin July 1, 2023. You can review the list of committees/task forces, their rosters, and their charges here and you…
Reminder: Registration Open for Next ACRL STS College Science Librarians Virtual Discussion (Mon., April 24, at 1:00 PM CDT)-Theme is “AI & ChatGPT & the Library”
(via Betsy Sterner, Northern Illinois University) Please join us for the next ACRL STS (Science & Technology Section) College Science Librarians Virtual Discussionon Monday, April 24, at 1:00 PM CDT. Hear what is happening with colleagues from far and wide and share strategies that have worked for you in the ever-changing STEM librarianship space. This event…
Episode 7 of NNLM Discovery Podcast, “Period Poverty”, Now Available–Features Region 6
(via Martha Meacham, Network of the National Library of Medicine) Episode 7 of the NNLM Discovery Podcast is “Period Poverty”. Why do we expect to find toilet paper and paper towels in a public restroom, but feminine hygiene products are considered optional? On this episode of the NNLM Discovery Podcast, Region 6 Communications & Finance Coordinator Miles Dietz-Castel shares…
Registration Open for ACRL STS Information Literacy Committee’s Session on Using ACRL Framework in a STEM Context (Online Mon., April 24, at 3:00 PM CDT)
(via Sam Zelick, University of North Carolina Wilmington) Join the ACRL Science & Technology Section’s Information Literacy Committee on Monday, April 24, at 3:00 PM CDT, for a virtual idea exchange! At our recent events, participants expressed an interest in trading ideas, tips, stories, and strategies for using the ACRL Framework in a STEM context. This…
Registration Open for ACRL Instruction Section Framework for Information Literacy Sandbox Committee’s Upload-a-thon (Online Wed., April 19, from 1:00 to 2:00 PM CDT)
(via ACRL) So much of what we do in classrooms, workshops, and one-on-one depends on good learning materials. Do you have information literacy instruction materials you’ve made that would benefit others? The ACRL Instruction Section Framework for Information Literacy Sandbox (FILS) Committee will be hosting a Sandbox Upload-a-thon on Wednesday, April 19, from 1:00 to 2:00…
Call for Applications: NNLM Region 6’s Illinois SAG Outreach Award (Deadline Mon., May 15)–NNLM Membership Required
(via Jacqueline Leskovec, Network of the National Library of Medicine – Region 6) NNLM Region 6 is pleased to announce a new funding opportunity, the Illinois SAG Outreach Award. Each state in Region 6 has a State Advisory Group (SAG). The SAG charge is two-fold: SAG Illinois members discussed health information needs in the State of…
Call for Submissions: ACRL STS Virtual Lightning Talks (Tuesday, June 20) and Research Forum (Wednesday, June 21)–Deadline Fri., April 28
(via Jeanne Hoover, East Carolina University) The Research Committee of the ACRL Science and Technology Section (STS) will host two sessions coinciding with the 2023 American Library Association Annual Conference to highlight research and practitioner projects related to science and technology librarianship. The committee is seeking proposals to present at the Annual STS Virtual Research…
Call to Distribute: CARLI’s “Illinois Course Materials: Student Perspective” Survey (Informational Webinars on April 11, 13, 20, and 27)
(via Nicole Swanson, CARLI) The Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois (CARLI) and its Open Educational Resources Committee have developed the “Illinois Course Materials Survey: Student Perspective” to help identify Illinois students’ needs regarding affordable course materials and interest in Open Educational Resources or other affordable course material options. Beginning on Wednesday, April…