(via Gwen Gregory, University of Illinois at Chicago) RAILS published a new edition of our periodic e-newsletter for academic libraries on December 4. If you are not currently subscribed, you can view the issue here: http://mailchi.mp/railslibraries/news-for-academic-libraries-december-4-2017. The e-news has the latest information about e-resources especially for academic libraries, including open educational resource collections (OERs) available for…
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HSLI Annual Conference 2017: Prepping for Your Travels to Bloomington!
Bloomington-Normal are the host cities for the Health Science Librarians of Illinois Annual Conference this year, October 25th to 27th. As you are planning out your library budget for the new fiscal year, think about requesting travel funds to attend this fall’s conference. The conference will host many professional networking and presentation opportunities, as well as…
ILA Election Results Released
The results of the Illinois Library Association’s elections are in! In a close contest for President-Elect, Cynthia L. Fuerst, Vernon Area Public Library District, received 374 votes (52 percent) to 344 for Amanda McKay, Effingham Public Library. Also, two of the races for Director-at-Large included librarians from academic or research libraries. Anne Slaughter, Reaching Across…
IACRL Election Results Released
The IACRL election results are in! Eric Edwards of the Illinois State Library was elected Vice-President/President-Elect, receiving 55 out of 55 votes. (He ran unopposed.) Ariel Orlov from Adler University won the race for Secretary, receiving 32 out of 58 votes cast. Tara Wood, University of Illinois at Chicago, received the remaining 26 votes. Congratulations…
UIUC Disability LibGuides Now Available
(via JJ Pionke, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) The new disability LibGuides have finally launched! guides include topics such as autism, depression, and traumatic brain injury features many different resources, from popular books and movies to reference materials and databases includes brief descriptions of materials with images where applicable A table of contents guide can…
Illinois Librarians Who Presented at MLA 2016
A number of librarians from Illinois academic and medical libraries gave presentations at the 2016 Medical Library Association conference. This year’s meeting took place in Toronto, Canada, from May 13 to 18 and was held jointly with the Canadian Health Libraries Association’s annual conference and the International Clinical Librarian Conference. The theme of “Mosaic” explored…
IACRL Election Results
(results via Cyndi Robinson, ILA) The results for the 2016 IACRL election are in! Carolyn Ciesla, Instructional Services Librarian and Assistant Professor at Prairie State College, was elected Vice-President/President-Elect. She ran unopposed and received all 69 votes cast. She will serve one year as Vice-President, to be followed by a year as President. Eric Edwards,…
UIUC’s JJ Pionke Wins ALA’s Carnegie-Whitney Grant
(Note: This post is an article that appeared in the Spring, 2016, issue of the IACRL Newsletter.) Katharine (“JJ”) Pionke, Applied Health Sciences Librarian and Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, is the 2016 recipient of the American Library Association’s Carnegie-Whitney Grant. The grant funds the development of reading lists, webliographies, and other…
ECIC Meets at VA Illiana Health Care System Library
Five members of the East Central Illinois Consortium met on 5/5/2016 in Danville, IL. As a part of the meeting, they toured the Medical Library and Patient’s Library in the VA Illiana Health Care System Library. Named one of the most patient-friendly Veteran’s Affairs libraries, this facility provides services to the medical and nursing staff…
HSLI Members Presenting at IACRL 2016
Several Health Science Librarians of Illinois members will be presenting at this year’s Illinois Association of College and Research Libraries Conference, which starts Thursday evening and lasts all day Friday. This year’s conference will feature 15 breakout sessions, five “lightning-round” presentations, and six poster sessions. Topics will cover everything from open access and classroom instruction,…