(via Dr. Pamela Thomas, Illinois Heartland Library System) The Cataloging Maintenance Center at Illinois Heartland Library System has announced its Online with the CMC webinars for FY2025. Please note that all of the webinars take place on Thursdays. Direct any questions or suggestions to Dr. Pamela Thomas, Bibliographic Grant Manager at Illinois Heartland Library System’s…
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Non-HSLI associations, consortiums, and systems for libraries/librarians
Registration Open for ACRL ULS Professional Development Committee Webinar “Librarian Support for Evidence Synthesis Outside the Health Sciences”–Mon., June 3, 1:00-2:00 PM CDT
(via Alicia Vaandering, University of Rhode Island) Registration is open for the free ACRL University Libraries Section Professional Development Committee webinar “Librarian Support for Evidence Synthesis Outside the Health Sciences”. It will take place on Monday, June 3, from 1:00 to 2:00 PM CDT. Evidence synthesis methods such as systematic reviews, scoping reviews, and meta-analyses…
Registration Open for ACRL Student Learning and Information Literacy Committee Webinar “Publishing on Information Literacy: A Conversation with LIS Journal Editors” (Tues., June 4, 11:00 AM – 12:15 PM CDT)–Panelists Include JMLA’s Kraft
(via Amanda Folk, The Ohio State University) Registration is open for the webinar “Publishing on Information Literacy: A Conversation with LIS Journal Editors”. Hosted by the ACRL Student Learning and Information Literacy Committee, the webinar will take place on Tuesday, June 4, from 11:00 AM to 12:15 PM CDT. In this 75-minute synchronous online panel…
Call for Applicants: 2024-25 College Library Director Mentoring Program, Just Before ACRL Conference–Deadline Mon., July 15, 2024 (Limited to 18 Participants)
(via Lisa Johnston, Director of Library Services at Eckerd College) Are you a new college library director? Do you know a new college library director? Please consider encouraging a new colleague to join the College Library Director Mentoring Program. The program, now in its 31st year, is designed to enhance leadership capabilities of new college library directors, and…
Registration Open for ACRL STS Government Information Committee Annual Update (Online Mon., June 24, at 2:00 PM CDT)–Includes Presentation “Balancing Scientific Research with the Rights of Indigenous Peoples through a Mutuality Framework”
(via Dan Broadbent, Brigham Young University, and Andrea Pritt, Penn State University – Harrisburg) Please join the ACRL Science and Technology Section’s Government Information Committee and our presenters for our Annual Update! The Committee presents: “Balancing Scientific Research with the Rights of Indigenous Peoples through a Mutuality Framework”, with speakers Rich Matsuda and Noe Noe…
Call for Applications: Scholarships to Attend ACRL 2025 Conference (Wed., April 2 – Sat., April 5, in Minneapolis and Virtual)–Deadline Fri., Oct. 11
(via ACRL) The Association of College and Research Libraries is offering more than $90,000 of scholarships to subsidize in-person and virtual attendance at the ACRL 2025 Conference, which will take place from Wednesday, April 2, to Saturday April 5, in Minneapolis and online. Scholarships provide increased opportunities for members of the academic and research library community…
Reminder: Registration Open for ACRL STS Conference Program Planning Committee Webinar “Librarian Support for Using AI in STEM Research”–Thurs., May 16, 1:00-2:00 PM CDT
(via Rebecca Renirie, Central Michigan University) The ACRL Science and Technology Section’s 2024 Conference Program Planning Committee invites you to a virtual panel discussion on AI and STEM research. Titled “Librarian Support for Using AI in STEM Research”, it will take place on Thursday, May 16, from 1:00 to 2:00 PM CDT. What multifaceted roles…
Registration Open for ALA RUSA STARS Legislation & Licensing Committee Webinar “Licensing & Resource Sharing: A Panel Discussion” (Thurs., May 23, 1:00-2:00 PM CDT)–Presenters Include CARLI’s Elizabeth Clarage and Jenny Taylor
(via Dev Singer, Brandeis University) The ALA RUSA (Reference and Services Association) STARS (Sharing and Transforming Access to Resources Section) Legislation & Licensing Committee is pleased to announce that registration is now open for “Licensing & Resource Sharing: A Panel Discussion”. E-resource licenses hugely impact current ILL workflows and our ability to lend to other…
IACRL Announces Winners of 2024 OER Campus Kickstart: Award for Growing Illinois OER Programs
(via Gwen Gregory, Northern Illinois University) The Illinois Association of College and Research Libraries Forum (IACRL) is excited to announce the winners of this year’s OER Campus Kickstart: Award for Growing Illinois OER Programs. Thank you to the Midwestern Higher Education Compact for sponsoring this year’s awards! The following teams will each receive a $500…
IACRL Announces Winners of 2024 People’s Choice Award in Scholarly Publishing
(via Gwen Gregory, Northern Illinois University) The results are in, and IACRL want to congratulate this year’s winners of the People’s Choice Award in Scholarly Publishing! First PlaceTitle: “Survive and Sustain”: Adaptive and Innovative Library Instruction in the Time of COVID-19″Authors: Christina Norton, Bradley University; Anne Armstrong, University of Illinois Chicago; Dee Anna Phares, Northern Illinois University;…