(via Michelle Haake, Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois) The application period to serve on one of the CARLI committees will close Friday, April 28, at 5:00 PM. You can review the list of committees and their charges here, and you will find the form to apply for a committee appointment here. If you have any questions…
Nominate an Academic Librarian for an Illinois Library Association Award
(via Gwen Gregory, IACRL Past President) The Illinois Library Association sponsors many awards each year. Most of them can be given to academic librarians. I encourage you to take a look and consider nominating one of your excellent colleagues. Nominations and supporting materials must be submitted by Monday, May 15. Click on the links below to…
ACRL Instruction Section Offering Spring Professional-Development Webinars (May 1, May 17, and June 2)
(via Michele Ostrow, University of Texas at Austin) The ACRL Instruction Section Management & Leadership Committee is excited to announce our spring online professional-development series, three online webinars on topics of interest to instruction coordinators and library staff with instruction responsibilities. We hope you can join us for any, or all, of these free events….
Next ACRL IS Teaching Methods Virtual Event is Tuesday, April 25
(via Emilie Vrbanic, University of Washington) This is just a reminder that the ACRL IS (Instruction Section) Teaching Methods Virtual Event is Tuesday, April 25, from 1:00 to 2:00 PM CST. The event is titled “Improve Your Instruction with Classroom Assessment Techniques: A Conversation with Melissa Bowles-Terry and Cassandra Kvenild”. Bowles-Terry and Kvenild are the…
Call for ACRL Science and Technology Section Liaisons (Deadline April 25)
(via Li Zhang, University of Saskatchewan) Are you a member of a science or technology organization? Do you normally attend the conference or meeting of the organization? Would you like to be more involved in the Science and Technology Section, or would already be more active if you had the time? If so, the STS Liaison program could…
Call for Proposals–2017 ACRL/NY Symposium: The Mission (Deadline May 5)
(via Linda Miles-Hostos Community College, The City University of New York) The Greater New York Metropolitan Area Chapter of ACRL is soliciting presentation proposals for its December 1 Symposium. The theme of this year’s Symposium is the academic library mission within the twenty-first century information environment. The planning committee is accepting proposals for 20-minute presentations…
ACRL Instruction Section Seeks Feedback on Revisions to Info. Lit. Guidelines
(via Carolyn Radcliff, Chapman University) The Information Literacy Best Practices Committee of the ACRL Instruction Section has been charged with revising the current Characteristics of Programs of Information Literacy that Illustrate Best Practices: A Guideline. The subcommittee has completed the task of revising this document, and are now ready to receive feedback on this revision. Major changes…
Registration Open for IOLUG Spring 2017 Conference (May 19)
(via Franny Gaede, Butler University) Register now for the IOLUG (Indiana Online Users Group) Spring 2017 Conference–“Cloudy with a Chance of Technology”. The Conference will be held on Friday, May 19, at the Indiana Wesleyan University North Campus in Indianapolis, Indiana. We will have Kristi Palmer, the Associate Dean of Digital Scholarship at IUPUI, as…
Call for Submissions: Presentations at STEM Librarians South (July 20-21)
(via Dr. Christina Chan-Park, Baylor University) Submissions are now being accepted for the 2017 STEM Librarians South Conference, which will take place on Thursday, July 20, and Friday, July 21. The location is Waco, TX. Please submit a presentation falling into one of these categories. 5-minute lightning talk 15-minute short presentations, or 45-minute full papers The presentation…
Call for Proposals: 2017 Southeastern Library Assessment Conference (Deadline Friday, April 21)
(via Erin Nagel, Clayton State University) The Southeastern Library Assessment Conference invites proposals for the November 13-14, 2017, conference in Atlanta, Georgia. Program proposals should be designed to fit within a 45-minute timeframe, including Q&A. We encourage thoughtful, timely proposals on any topic related to assessment in libraries of all types, including, but not limited…