(via Chase Ollis, American Library Association) The ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education – with its emphasis on self-reflective and lifelong learning and on conceptual understandings about information, research, and scholarship and encouraging – has prompted many librarians to consider their teaching practices from fresh angles, as they explore their evolving instructional roles…
Category: Webinars
Registration Open for October 11 SCR CONNECTions Webinar “Holistic Data for Healthy Libraries”
(via Sarah Miles, NNLM South Central Region) We are very excited to announce our next SCR CONNECTions webinar, to be held on Wednesday, October 11, from 10:00 to 11:00 AM CST. Guest speaker Annie Norman, Director and State Librarian for the Delaware Division of Libraries, will present “Holistic Data for Healthy Libraries”. No registration is required…
Free NLM Webinar “LinkOut for Libraries: From Icons to Full Text and Everything in Between” on October 18
(via Rebecca Brown, University of Utah) This is the National Library of Medicine webinar for which you’ve been waiting. Receive answers to the following questions and more. Have you wondered why you see duplicate icons on citations in PubMed? Or why you don’t see icons where you expect? Are you switching vendors and don’t know…
Reminder: NN/LM – GMR Offering “Visualizing the Impact of a New Clinical Informationist Service” Webinar on Sept. 26
(via Helen Spielbauer, National Network of Libraries of Medicine – Greater Midwest Region) The National Network of Libraries of Medicine – Greater Midwest Region is offering the online class “Visualizing the Impact of a New Clinical Informationist Service”, as part of its Kernel of Knowledge series. The webinar will take place on Tuesday, September 26,…
Autism Basics Webinar for Librarians and Literacy Providers (Sept. 27, 10:30-11:30 AM CST)
(via Suzanne Schriar, Illinois State Library) A webinar about how to better serve individuals on the autism spectrum will be held on Wednesday, September 27, from 10:30 to 11:30 AM CST. Staff from the Targeting Autism program at the State Library will conduct the live webinar. This session will cover topics including what autism is, why it…
Recordings of Dr. Troy Swanson’s Interviews on Fake News and the Brain Now Available
(via Dr. Troy Swanson, Moraine Valley Community College) I am excited to send along the link to an interview I did with psychologist Laura Lauzen-Collins. We discuss the short cuts used by your brain to process information and how those short cuts contribute to the spread of fake news. Importantly we discuss how identity and self-perception…
“Back to School: Statistical Methods, Training, and Resource Needs for the Public Health Workforce” Webinar at 1:30 PM CST on Sept. 6
(via Derek Johnson, National Network of Libraries of Medicine – Greater Midwest Region) “Back to School: Statistical Methods, Training, and Resource Needs for the Public Health Workforce” Wednesday, September 6 (1:30 PM CST) This introductory seminar developed with support from the National Library of Medicine provides a review of trends in statistical methods used in…
ALA Offering Free Webinar Series Libraries Transforming Communities: Models for Change for Academic Libraries
(via Gwen Gregory, IACRL Past President) The American Library Association (ALA) Public Programs Office, the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) and the National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation (NCDD) invite academic library professionals to attend a free learning series that teaches several dialogue facilitation approaches and helps librarians position themselves to foster conversation…
UIUC’s Mortenson Center Hosting Sept. 14 Lecture and Book Signing by Pulitzer Prize Winner Viet Thanh Nguyen
(via Margaret Chambers, CARLI, on behalf of the Mortenson Center for International Library Programs) The 27th Annual Mortenson Distinguished Lecture presents “Enduring Wars in Transpacific Memories” by Viet Thanh Nguyen, scholar and author of Pulitzer Prizewinner, The Sympathizer. Nguyen’s work engages dialogue on what it means to be national, ethnic, multicultural, foreign, international, diaspora, and…
NNLM Offering “5 Clinical Questions You Can Answer with NCBI Databases” Webinar on Sept. 20
(via Molly Knapp, University of Utah) The National Network of Libraries of Medicine, in conjunction with the National Center for Biotechnology Information, will offer the webinar “5 Clinical Questions You Can Answer with NCBI Databases (GTR, ClinVar, MedGen)”. The presentation will take place on Wednesday, September 20, from 12:00 to 1:00 PM CST. In this webinar, you…