Illinois NewsIllinois and Secretary of State Giannoulias continue to make national headlines over book bans legislation. Most recently, Sec. Giannoulias testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on September 12th. You can watch a recording of his testimony or read the uncorrected closed captioning by visiting the C-SPAN website. Federal News The United States Copyright Office…
HSLI Conference Registration Deadline 9/18/23 & CEs
Join us for this year’s Health Science Librarians of Illinois (HSLI) Annual Conference–https://hsli.org/newsletter/conference. REGISTRATION IS OPEN on the conference website–https://hsli.org/conference/#Registration. Registration deadline is Monday, September 18th. Continuing Education sessions running concurrently include “Developing an Evidence Synthesis Service: Determining Scope and Needs” presented by Tina Griffin, MLIS, Associate Professor and Information Services Liaison Librarian, University of Illinois…
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,…
Call for Information on Job Changes and Recent Publications: Fall Issue of IACRL Newsletter–Deadline Fri., Sept. 15
(via Dr. Dee Anna Phares, Northern Illinois University) The IACRL Communications Committee wants to highlight recent career changes and publications by Illinois academic librarians in the next IACRLNewsletter. If you have changed positions since March 2023, have published since March 2023, and would like us to include you in our Fall issue, please send your career or publication information to me off-list (at dphares@niu.edu) by Friday,…
Registration Open for NNLM – Region 4 Webinar “The Health Information Landscape for Mullerian Anomalies: Highs and Lows for Women with a Complex Reproductive Diagnosis”–Thurs., Sept. 14, at 12:00 PM CDT
(via Lauren Wittek, NNLM – Region 4) Greetings! Region 4 of the Network of the National Library of Medicine invites you to join us for our free R4 Connections webinar coming up next week. Register here. Please note: You must be an NNLM member to register (it’s free!). Can’t join us live? Register anyway, and you’ll receive the recording…
Registration Open for Virtual Chicago Research Summit on Fri., Oct. 20–Tickets Also Available for Opening Reception with Author Rebecca Makkai on Thurs., Oct. 5, at Columbia College
(via Annia Armstrong, University of Illinois at Chicago – Daley Library) We are excited to announce the preliminary program for the Chicago Research Summit’s virtual conference, to be held on Friday, October 20, 2023! Tickets are also available for the opening reception with author Rebecca Makkai, to be held on Thursday, October 5,, at Columbia College. Chicago Research Summit Program: This…
Reminder: Nominations for I Love My Librarian Award Due Sat., Sept. 30
(via the American Library Association) The American Library Association (ALA) invites library users nationwide to nominate their favorite librarians for the prestigious I Love My Librarian Award. The national award recognizes the outstanding public service contributions of librarians working in public, school, college, community college or university libraries. Nominations are accepted online now through Saturday, September 30, 2023….
Reminder: Chapter Proposals for Upcoming ACRL Publication Teaching the Whole Student: Compassionate Instruction in the Academic Library Due Fri., Sept. 15
(via Elena Rodriguez, College of Charleston) I am excited to invite chapter proposals for Teaching the Whole Student: Compassionate Instruction in the Academic Library, an edited volume to be published by ACRL. About the book:Compassion at its simplest definition is the “sympathetic consciousness of others’ distress together with a desire to alleviate it” (Merriam-Webster). The cognitive,…
Reminder: Early-Bird Registration for Core Forum 2023 (Thurs., Oct. 19 – Sat., Oct. 21, in New Orleans) Closes Sat., Sept. 9
(via Meggan Houlihan, Open Society University Network) If you need a reminder to register for an amazing weekend with your library peers October 19-21, Thursday-Saturday, in New Orleans at the 2023 Core Forum, this is it! Early-bird registration ends Saturday, September 9. The Core Forum is the annual conference for ALA’s newest division, Core: Leadership, Infrastructures,…
Registration Open for “Ethnographic Research Methods in Libraries” Course at DePaul University in Chicago on Tues., Oct. 3
(via Nicole Swanson, CARLI) Library UX Chicago is pleased to host Drs. Donna Lanclos and Andrew Asher for an in-person workshop on ethnographic research methods in libraries held at DePaul University’s John T. Richardson Library on the Lincoln Park campus. This event will take place on Tuesday, October 3, from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM CDT, and…