(via Margaret Chambers, CARLI) Are you planning to attend the 4th Annual Great Lakes Resource Sharing Conference on June 8-9, 2017? Register by Friday, May 26, to take advantage of the lower registration fee. The $95 registration fee will increase to $125 after May 26. Remember to book your hotel room soon. The special room rate…
Recording of May 19 DLS Instruction Committee Webinar Available
(via Heather Dalal, Rider University) A recording of the May 19 DLS Instruction Committee webinar, “Collaborative Instructional Design: Leveraging Resources to Build Online Learning Experiences”, can be found here. More information about the presentation is below. Student interest and participation in online courses and learning experiences are growing, but library budgets and resources are typically not….
ACRL Seeking Program Proposals for 2018 ALA Annual Conference (Deadline Aug. 25)
(via Gwen Gregory, IACRL Past President) ACRL invites its committees, sections, interest groups and individual members to consider submitting program proposals for the 2018 ALA Annual Conference in New Orleans. For the first time, program proposals will be submitted via a centralized submission site for all ALA Divisions, RoundTables, Committees, and Offices. ACRL members must…
Reminder: Chapter Proposals for ACRL Volume on Strategies for Retaining and Graduating Students Due June 5
(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…
Last Call for Comments: Revised Guidelines for Resource-Sharing Response to Natural and Man-made Disasters
(via Margaret Ellingson, Emory University) For the past few months, the ALA RUSA STARS Codes, Guidelines and Technical Standards Committee has been engaged in the required seven-year review of the Guidelines for Resource-Sharing Response to Natural and Man-made Disasters. We are now seeking input from the resource sharing community on the proposed guideline revision. We…
NN/LM – GMR Releases Annual Report for 2016-17
(via Molly Roberts, National Network of Libraries of Medicine – Greater Midwest Region) The National Network of Libraries of Medicine – Greater Midwest Region has released its annual report for 2016-2017. This is the first year of the University of Iowa’s five-year term hosting the Greater Midwest Region’s Office. The report details progress toward the…
Reminder: Early Registration for Great Lakes Resource Sharing Conference Ends May 26
(via Margaret Chambers, CARLI) Register for the 4th Annual Great Lakes Resource Sharing Conference by Friday, May 26, to take advantage of the early registration fee. The $95 registration fee will increase to $125 after May 26. The registration fee includes all sessions, as well as the reception on Thursday and breakfast and lunch on…
Bring the New “Engaging with the ACRL Framework” Workshop to Your Campus
(via the Association of College and Research Libraries) The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) announces its newest workshop, “Engaging with the ACRL Framework: A Catalyst for Exploring and Expanding Our Teaching Practices“, is now available for scheduling beginning in July 2017. The Framework workshop joins the slate of ACRL’s other workshops that can…
Call for Program Proposals: 2018 ALA Annual Conference
(via the American Library Association) ALA Conference Services will begin accepting program proposals on Wednesday, May 17, for the 2018 ALA Annual Conference to take place at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, Louisiana, from June 21 to June 26, 2018. For the first time, proposals will be accepted via one submission…
ILA Election Results Released
The results of the Illinois Library Association’s elections are in! In a close contest for President-Elect, Cynthia L. Fuerst, Vernon Area Public Library District, received 374 votes (52 percent) to 344 for Amanda McKay, Effingham Public Library. Also, two of the races for Director-at-Large included librarians from academic or research libraries. Anne Slaughter, Reaching Across…