(via John Cyrus, Virginia Commonwealth University) Registration is now open for the 2022 Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Medical Library Association Annual Meeting. It will take place from Sunday, October 23, to Tuesday, October 25, in Richmond, Virginia. This will be the first in-person meeting for MAC/MLA since 2019 and will mark 11 years since the…
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Call for Nominee Suggestions: 2023 Illinois Library Association Executive Board Election (Deadline 5:00 PM CDT on Mon., Oct. 24)
(via the Illinois Library Association) The ILA Nominating Committee is seeking candidates for the 2023 Executive Board Election. In April 2023, members will vote for the ILA Vice-President/President-elect and for four Executive Board positions, which can be public, school, academic, special, or library trustee representatives. These are three-year terms beginning July of 2023 and ending…
ACRL Announces 2023 Board of Directors Candidates–UIUC’s Elisandro (Alex) Cabada on Ballot for Vice-President/President-Elect
(via ACRL) ACRL is pleased to announce the slate of candidates for the association’s Board of Directors for the 2023 ALA/ACRL elections. Vice-President/President-Elect: Leo S. Lo, The University of New Mexico Elisandro (Alex) Cabada, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Director-at-Large: Tarida Anantachai, North Carolina State University Libraries Kevin Butterfield, University of Richmond Director-at-Large: Mary Beth…
Call for Feedback: CARLI’s Next Strategic Plan (Survey Deadline Sat., Oct. 15)–Informational Webinars on Tues., Oct. 4 (2:00-3:00 PM CDT) and Wed., Oct. 5 (10:00-11:00 AM CDT)
(via Anne Craig, CARLI Senior Director) CARLI invites you to help shape the next strategic plan. Please access the survey here. It is open through Saturday, October 15. We also invite you to join us for a Zoom session about the next plan. Register for either of these two sessions. Tuesday, October 4, 2:00-3:00 PM…
Reminder: CARLI Seeking Public Comment and Endorsement on Statewide Support for Creation and Adoption of OER (Participation Limited to CARLI Member Libraries)–Deadline Tues., Aug. 23
(via CARLI) At their June 2022 meeting, the CARLI Board of Directors endorsed a statement (please see “Call for Public Comment” link below) from the CARLI OER Committee to the Illinois College Course Materials Affordability and Equitable Access Collaborative Study Act and Task Force–“CCM Task Force”–that encourages the CCM Task Force to consider Open Educational Resources…
Call for Applicants: Second Round of CARLI Illinois SCOERs Grants for Creating Open Educational Resources (Intent to Apply Forms Due Fri., Sept. 30, with Final Deadline of Mon., Oct. 31)
(via Dr. Michele Leigh, CARLI) The Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries of Illinois (CARLI) is pleased to announce the availability of a second round of applications for the creation of Open Educational Resources (OER) as part of the Illinois SCOER (Support for Creation of Open Educational Resources) program. This project has been fully funded…
Registration Open for ILA Noon Network Webinar “Train the Digital Health Literacy Trainer: Library and Community Partnership” (Mon., Sept. 12, 12:00-1:00 PM CDT)–Presenters Include HSLI Member Stacey Knight-Davis
(via the Illinois Library Association) Registration is open for the ILA Noon Network webinar “Train the Digital Health Literacy Trainer: Library and Community Partnership”. It will take place on Monday, September 12, from 12:00 to 1:00 PM CDT. Please see below for more information, including the link to registration. Eastern Illinois University’s Booth Library partnered…
Call for Participation: Survey on Redesigning RAILS Website (Need Responses from Staff at Academic Libraries, in Particular)
(via Gwen Gregory, Northern Illinois University) We are currently conducting an online study to help define the menu structure for the RAILS website, which is being redesigned. We are especially interested in getting more feedback from people working at academic libraries. The activity should take 15-20 minutes to complete, and it involves placing items from…
Reminder: Next Rolling Deadline for ACRL Digital Scholarship Section Virtual Professional Development Series Proposals is Mon., Aug. 22
(via Taylor Davis-Van Atta, University of Houston) The ACRL Digital Scholarship Section’s Professional Development Committee (PDC), in collaboration with both the Outreach Committee and the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee, seeks proposals for its 2022 DSS virtual professional development series. The Committee accepts proposals on a rolling basis, with the following review dates remaining this…
Reminder: Registration Open for Upcoming CARLI SCOERs Online Workshops (Aug. 16, 23, and 24)
(via Dr. Michele Leigh, CARLI) I just wanted to take a minute to remind everyone of our upcoming Illinois SCOERs workshops. While these were designed for the Illinois SCOERs awardees, they are open to ALL CARLI members. We hope you will join us. “Illinois SCOERs: Copyright Basics and Creative Commons Licensing” Tuesday, August 16, 10:00-11:30…