(via Deborah Lauseng, University of Illinois Chicago Library of the Health Sciences – Peoria) The Medical Library Association’s Rising Star program gives members the opportunity to develop skills, knowledge, and personal characteristics needed to become a leader in MLA. The yearly leadership development program matches each Rising Star with a mentor in a curriculum that…
Category: Professional Development
HSLI Holding Next “Coffee and Conversation” on Friday, October 20, from 3:00 to 4:00 PM CDT–No Registration Required
(via Frances Drone-Silvers, HSLI Secretary) Please join HSLI members for a coffee (or your beverage of choice) and conversation on Friday, October 20, from 3:00 to 4:00 PM CDT via Microsoft Teams. Registration is not necessary; simply access the meeting at, or just before, the start time via the instructions below. This open forum is a chance to get…
Registration Open for Upcoming CARLI Professional Development Alliance Webinar Offerings Starting in Early October
(via Nicole Swanson, CARLI) CARLI is pleased to share the following upcoming PDA (Professional Development Alliance) offerings. Library Carpentry Workshop Series Library Carpentry workshops focus on building software and data skills within library and information-related communities. Our goal is to empower people in libraries to use software and data in their own work and to…
ILA Annual Conference Buddy System Returns–Deadline to Sign Up is Friday, October 6
(via the Illinois Library Association) The Buddy System is BACK! Having debuted with such success at the 2019 ILA Annual Conference, the 2023 ILA Conference Program Committee decided to bring it back. It can be intimidating or even a bit lonely attending a large conference alone or only knowing one or two other people there. With this…
Call for Institutional Applicants: National Library of Medicine’s All of Us Data Training and Engagement for Academic Libraries Program–Deadline Fri., Sept. 29, 10:59 PM CDT
(via the National Library of Medicine) The All of Us Data Training and Engagement for Academic Libraries Program (hereafter referred to as the “Academic Libraries Program”), supported by the National Library of Medicine, aims to help campus libraries learn to use the All of Us Researcher Workbench platform and equip them with the skills to teach others to use it. …
Reminder: Proposals for Upcoming ACRL ULS Professional Development Committee Online Programs Due Fri., Sept. 29
(via Alicia Vaandering, University of Rhode Island) The ACRL ULS Professional Development Committee (PDC) welcomes proposals for online programs that further ACRL members’ professional development, knowledge, and practice. Proposals should be grounded in theory and/or practice. We encourage the use of panels and multiple presenter models to convey a variety of viewpoints. Presenters are responsible for recruiting…
Registration Open for Upcoming CARLI Professional Development Alliance Webinars in September
(via Nicole Swanson, CARLI) CARLI is pleased to offer the following PDA (Professional Development Alliance) webinars Successful Workplace Communications Series: Assume Positive Intent Tuesday, September 12, 1:00-2:00 PM CDT When someone gets in a disagreement with us, or when someone fails to meet expectations in their work, or when someone acts in violation of rules,…
Registration Open for CARLI PDA Event “Let Freedom Read: How to Take a Stand for Intellectual Freedom and Support Fellow Library Workers in Illinois and Across the Nation”–Tues., Sept. 26, 1:00-2:30 PM CDT
(via Nicole Swanson, CARLI) CARLI is pleased to share an upcoming program available to Illinois libraries and members of the Professional Development Alliance (PDA): “Let Freedom Read: How to Take a Stand for Intellectual Freedom and Support Fellow Library Workers in Illinois and Across the Nation” Tuesday, September 26, 1:00-2:30 PM CDT Intellectual freedom is…
Reminder: Applications for ALA’s 2024 Class of Emerging Leaders Due Sat., Sept. 9, 2023
(via the American Library Association) The American Library Association (ALA) is now accepting applications for the 2024 class of Emerging Leaders (EL). Details regarding the program criteria can be found on the Emerging Leaders web page. The deadline to apply is Saturday, September 9, 2023. Apply now. The ALA EL program is a leadership development program which enables newer…
Registration Open for Upcoming CARLI Professional Development Alliance Webinar Offerings in Late August and Early September
(via Nicole Swanson, CARLI) CARLI is pleased to share upcoming Professional Development Alliance offerings. Colonial Archives in the Classroom: Student and Instructor Perspectives Where does research end and creative imagination begin? How might teaching archival literacies to students also involve understanding poetry and storytelling? And how might empowering students to produce original work from the…