The Spring, 2017, issue of the IACRL Newsletter is out! To access it, click here. Some of this issue’s highlights are listed below. ACRL 2017 Conference Preview: find out when and where your Illinois colleagues will be presenting messages from IACRL President Lindsay Harmon, CARLI Senior Director Anne Craig, and ILA President Melissa Gardner profiles…
Category: Reports
RUSA Seeking Feedback on Disaster Guidelines for Resource-Sharing
(via Margaret Ellingson, Emory University) The ALA RUSA STARS Codes, Guidelines and Technical Standards Committee (http://www.ala.org/rusa/contact/rosters/stars/rus-stacodes) has begun the required 7-year review of the Guidelines for Resource-Sharing Response to Natural and Man-made Disasters (http://www.ala.org/rusa/files/resources/guidelines/disasterguidelines.pdf). We are seeking input from the resource-sharing community as part of the review process. Please look over the current guidelines and email Margaret…
Feedback on Second Draft of ACRL Action-Oriented Research Agenda Due Feb. 17
(via the Association of College and Research Libraries) The team from OCLC Research, which is developing a new action-oriented agenda on library contributions to student learning and success, has released a second draft. Team members seek your input and reactions via the feedback form by Friday, February 17. Learn about the team’s continued progress and next steps during ACRL’s Update…
Call for Submissions: NMC Horizon Report > 2017 Library Edition
(via the News Media Consortium) The expert panel has completed voting and the topics for the NMC Horizon Report > 2017 Library Edition have been selected. The report is a collaboration among the NMC, the University of Applied Sciences (HTW) Chur, Technische Informationsbibliothek (TIB) Hannover, and ETH-Bibliothek Zurich, with the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL)…
Recording of Sept. 19 NN/LM – GMR Update Now Available
(via Molly Olmstead, National Network of Libraries of Medicine – Greater Midwest Region) In case you missed our GMR Update this week, the recording is available on YouTube, with key points annotated and linked below. submit questions for the next GMR Update-2:45 Resource Library, NN/LM site visits-3:29 new NLM Director-5:30 funding opportunities: awards-6:52 Bobbi: Native and Tribal…
ACRL Releases 2015 Annual Report
The Association of College & Research Libraries has released its annual report for 2015. (The report appears in the December issue of College & Research Libraries News.) This year marks the organization’s 75th anniversary. In recognition of this milestone, ACRL held a fundraising campaign, “Kick Start the Future”, which raised $56,000 to provide an additional…
IFLA Releases Annual Report
The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions recently released its annual report for 2014. (The organization has not yet come out with a report for 2015.) The IFLA has members from every continent except Antarctica; just under half are from Europe, and institutions make up two-thirds of members. It strives to make information as…
NN/LM – GMR Regional Advisory Council Focused Discussion on Outreach (Part 2 of 2)
(via Laura Wimmer, Presence Resurrection Medical Center) November 19, 2015 Findings by Group Red group: * Provide document delivery/interlibrary loan for unaffiliated health professionals. * Build on train-the-trainer models; more broadly stated share ideas and successful projects. Green group: * Assist people without computers. [Sidebar 1] * Improve communication, build on and share ideas. Blue…
NN/LM – GMR Regional Advisory Council Focused Discussion on Outreach (Part 1 of 2)
(via Laura Wimmer, Presence Resurrection Medical Center) November 19, 2015 Synopsis and Data The group was asked to “Think of an example about the Outreach Library activities that you think shows outreach at its best”, using the 1-2-4-All process, where individual reflected on the question, then shared their thoughts with a second person, that group…
November 19 Meeting of NN/LM – GMR Regional Advisory Council (Part 3 of 3)
(via Laura Wimmer, Presence Resurrection Medical Center) Note: This is the “official” version of the minutes, separate from last month’ss posts covering the RAC meeting. The GMR Outreach Library Program Beth Layton outlined the Outreach Library Program and shared information from the 2014-15 annual reports. The presentation covered topics such as the library Outreach Committees,…