(via Nicole Theis-Mahon, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities) Please consider nominating one of your amazing colleagues for the Midwest Chapter/MLA 2017 Distinguished Librarian of the Year Award. The Distinguished Librarian of the Year Award recognizes chapter members who have made outstanding professional contributions to health sciences librarianship and the Chapter. This award will be announced…
Call for Submissions: Summer, 2017, Issue of MLA’s Consumer Connections Newsletter
(via Robin O’Hanlon, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai) Do you have an interesting consumer health or health literacy initiative taking place at your library? Are you headed to MLA 2017 and plan on attending on sessions related to consumer health or outreach to patients? We want to hear from you! We need submissions…
Reminder: Deadline for Illinois Academic Librarian of the Year Nominations is May 15
(via Gwen Gregory, IACRL Past President) Do you have a colleague who has done wonderful work in an academic library? Have they done important research? Have they provided exemplary service to professional organization? The Illinois Association of College and Research Libraries and the Illinois Library Association are looking for nominations for the Illinois Academic Librarian…
Registration Open for CAPAL17: “Foundations & Futures: Critical Reflections on the Pasts, Presents, and Possibilities of Academic Librarianship”
(via Dr. Lisa Richmond, Wheaton College) You are warmly invited to attend CAPAL17: “Foundations & Futures: Critical Reflections on the Pasts, Presents, and Possibilities of Academic Librarianship”, the fourth annual conference of the Canadian Association of Professional Academic Librarians (CAPAL), to be held in Toronto, Ontario, from Tuesday, May 30, to Thursday, June 1. A preconference…
UIC’s Catherine Lantz Featured in STS Current Member Spotlight
(via the ACRL Science & Technology Section) Catherine Lantz, Reference Librarian & Liaison, University of Illinois at Chicago What discipline(s) do you support now, and/or have you supported in the past?-biology, chemistry, and earth science How long have you been involved with STS?-since 2013 What STS Committees have you served on throughout the years?-STS Research…
Call for Chapter Proposals: ACRL Volume on Strategies for Retaining and Graduating Students
(via Yen Tran, San Jose State University) ACRL Press is planning to publish a book titled Supporting Today’s Students in the Library: Strategies for Retaining and Graduating International, Transfer, First-Generation, and Re-Entry Students. Editors Ngoc-Yen Tran & Silke Higgins invite the submission of chapter proposals for a book on how academic libraries are addressing the…
Registration Open for 2017 Lake Superior Libraries Symposium
(via Kim Pittman, University of Minnesota Duluth) Registration for the Sixth Annual Lake Superior Libraries Symposium is now open. SLS17: “Beyond Neutral” will be held on Friday, June 9, at the University of Minnesota Duluth. The Lake Superior Libraries Symposium is a conference developed by library staff members from Northwestern Wisconsin and Northeastern Minnesota. The Symposium…
Registration Open for Great Lakes Science Boot Camp for Librarians
(via Eric Tans, Michigan State University) Registration is now open for the Great Lakes Science Boot Camp 2017. The program will take place from Wednesday, July 19, to Friday, July 21, on the campus of Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan. Librarians from all library types are welcome. This yearly boot camp includes talks from…
Registration Open for Health Literacy Leadership Institute (June 12-16 at Tufts University)
(via Molly Roberts, National Network of Libraries of Medicine – Greater Midwest Region) Registration is now open for the 2017 Health Literacy Leadership Institute. This one-week Institute (Monday, June 12, through Friday, June 16) directly supports the work of professionals engaged in health literacy work to transform public health and healthcare delivery in the United…
ACRL DLS Instruction Committee Hosting May 19 Webinar on Collaborative Instructional Design
(via Heather Dalal, Rider University) Join the ACRL DLS (Distance Learning Section) Instruction Committee for our free spring webinar, “Collaborative Instructional Design: Leveraging Resources to Build Online Learning Experiences”. The webinar will take place on Friday, May 19, from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM CDT. More information is below. Student interest and participation in online courses and…