(via IACRL) This is a reminder that the Illinois Association of College & Research Libraries (IACRL) Awards Committee is seeking submissions for the People’s Choice Award in Scholarly Publishing. This award will give academic and research librarians throughout Illinois the opportunity to read and evaluate scholarly works by their peers and then vote on a favorite. It will…
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Call for Submissions: Cover Art for Upcoming College & Research Libraries News Issues
(via ACRL) The publication College & Research Libraries News (C&RL News) is looking for images from library collections to feature on upcoming covers. If you have items in your collections that you think would make attractive C&RL News covers, we would love to see them. To submit images (or image collections), send URLs for Web-based…
Call for Nominations: ACRL Instruction Section Featured Teaching Librarian (Deadline Wednesday, July 15)
(via Caroline Sinkinson, University of Colorado Boulder) Do you know someone who is an amazing teaching librarian? If yes, consider nominating them as a Featured Teaching Librarian! If you’re an amazing teaching librarian, consider nominating yourself. The ACRL Instruction Section Teaching Methods Committee wants to highlight excellent teaching librarians. Several times during the year, the…
Call for Chapter Proposals: ALA Editions Publication on Teaching Research Data Management (Deadline Friday, August 14)
(via Julia Bauder, Grinnell College) Do you ever help students or faculty with research data management? Does that work involve teaching them the knowledge, skills and abilities they need to manage research data on their own? Then you are invited and encouraged to submit chapter proposals for an upcoming book to be published by ALA Editions,…
UIC’s Teresa Helena Moreno is ACRL Member of the Week
(via ACRL) Teresa Helena Moreno, Librarian + Undergraduate Engagement Coordinator at the University of Illinois at Chicago’s Daley Library, is the ACRL Member of the Week. The Member of the Week interview is below, and it is also available on the ACRL website. Describe yourself in three words Tenacious, empathetic, political. What are you reading…
Reminder: ILA Launching “Bigger Than a Building” Campaign to Help Libraries Communicate Their Value During COVID-19
(via the Illinois Library Association) With most Illinois library buildings closed to the public, it’s more important than ever to convey the message that libraries are still working to serve their communities. Our patrons, as well as decision-makers, need to know that we’re bigger than our buildings. Illinois Library Association’s Bigger Than A Building campaign…
Illinois Library Association Releases “From Statements to Action: ILA Condemns Racism and Violence”
(via the Illinois Library Association) June 4, 2020 Today, we are called to address current events–specifically, to condemn the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor at the hands of police officers, and Ahmaud Arbery at the hands of self-appointed white vigilantes. These may be well beyond the scope of librarians to solve, but we…
Registration Open for Cataloging Maintenance Center Continuing-Education Courses (Deadlines June 22, August 10, and September 28–Seats Limited)
(via Dr. Pam Thomas, Illinois Heartland Library System) The Cataloging Maintenance Center (CMC) is offering several Moodle courses this year. They are all 6-weeks and asynchronous (log in when it is convenient for you). Register in L2 (links below). If you have any topics that you would like us to cover in the future, then…
Registration Open for Online ACRL STS Research Forum and Poster Session (June 18 and 19) — UIC’s Goben and NIU’s Osorio are Presenters
(via Rachel Hamelers, Muhlenberg College) Research Forum (separate registration required) Please join us for the ACRL Science and Technology Session Research Forum on Thursday, June 18, from 1:00 to 2:00 PM CDT. Please register for this free event here, so that we can send you a Zoom link to participate. We are pleased to showcase…
Registration Open for Online LITA Program “Troublesome Technology Trends: Bridging the Learning Divide” (1:00-2:30 PM CDT on Wednesday, June 17)
(via Evelyn Cunico, information and management consultant) Beyond the digital divide is the “division of learning”, a term coined by Shoshana Zuboff in her 2019 book, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, to describe the rift between today’s data-hungry tech giants and the people using these platforms who are kept unaware of how their personal information…