(via the Medical Library Association) The Medical Library Association’s homepage includes an announcement on Michelle Nielsen Ott’s winning the Illinois Academic Librarian of the Year Award. She is also an MLA Research Training Institute Fellow. The article is available here. Again, congratulations!
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Registration Open for ILA Noon Network Webinar “Disaster Planning and Response for Libraries of Any Size” (Mon., Aug. 22, 12:00-1:00 PM)
(via the Illinois Library Association) Registration is open for the ILA Noon Network webinar “Disaster Planning and Response for Libraries of Any Size”. It will take place on Monday, August 22, from 12:00 to 1:00 PM CDT. Please see below for more details, including the link to registration. This webinar will focus on practical steps…
Registration Open for MLA Webinar “Approaches to Trauma-Informed Medical Librarianship” (Wed., Aug. 17, 1:00-2:30 PM CDT)
(via the Medical Library Association) Registration is now open for the MLA webinar “Approaches to Trauma-Informed Medical Librarianship”. It will take place on Wednesday, August 17, from 1:00 to 2:30 PM CDT. Please see below for more information, including the link to registration. Abuse, neglect, and other traumatic life events are commonplace today. In this…
Registration Open for NIH Webinar on “Understanding the New NIH Data Management and Sharing (DMS) Policy” (Thurs., Aug. 11, 12:30-2:00 PM CDT)
(via the National Institutes of Health) The NIH Office of Science Policy (OSP) and the Office of Extramural Research (OER) invite you to join them for an engaging and interactive webinar focused on the new DMS policy, which goes into effect on January 25, 2023. In this webinar, you will learn about DMS policy expectations,…
Next ACRL Science & Technology Section Book Club Discussion on Fri., Sept. 30, 12:00-1:00 PM CDT–Selection Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law
(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, Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law, by Mary Roach. More information about the book is available on the author’s website. We will take a different approach with this book…
Call for Mentors and Mentees: ACRL Science & Technology Section Mentoring Program
(via Kirstin Duffin, Eastern Illinois University) Would you like to expand your views on a science technology librarianship? Are you a library student or new librarian with lots of questions, and looking to find some insight into the profession and hear more advice? Are you considering a career change switching to STEM librarianship or looking…
Registration Open for ACRL/SPARC Forum “Emerging ‘Inclusive Access’ Programs and Their Implications for Course Material Affordability” (Thurs., Aug. 4, at 12:00 PM CDT)
(via Sandra Enimil, Yale University) Join us for the free, virtual ACRL/SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition) Forum “Emerging ‘Inclusive Access’ Programs and Their Implications for Course Material Affordability”. It will take place at 12:00 PM CDT on Thursday, August 4. In an effort to make course materials more affordable and accessible, many campuses…
Call for Applicants: 2023 Class of ALA Emerging Leaders (Deadline Fri., Sept. 9, 2022)
(via Gwen Gregory, Northern Illinois University) The American Library Association (ALA) is now accepting applications for the 2023 class of Emerging Leaders (EL). The ALA EL program is a leadership development program which enables newer library workers from across the country and Canada to participate in problem-solving work groups, network with peers, gain an inside look…
Call for Chapter Proposals–Upcoming ACRL Publication Innovative Library Workplaces: Transformative Human Resource Strategies (Deadline Fri., Sept. 9)
(via Lisa Hopkins, Texas A&M University-Central Texas) We are seeking chapter proposals for a new edited collection with the working title Innovative Library Workplaces: Transformative Human Resource Strategies Introduction Innovative Library Workplaces will be an edited collection focused on the most important resource at any academic library: the people who work there. This topic will be examined from…
Reminder: Poster Session Proposals for 2022 Illinois Library Association Annual Conference in Rosemont, IL (Sessions Oct. 19-20, Wed.-Thurs.) Due Fri., July 29
(via the Illinois Library Association) The Illinois Library Association (ILA) Conference Program Committee invites applications for poster sessions during the 2022 ILA Annual Conference at the Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, IL. The Conference will take place from Tuesday, October 18, to Thursday, October 20. Poster sessions will be held in the exhibit hall on Wednesday, October…