(via Gwen Gregory, IACRL President) This is a full-time position at 37.5 hours per week and a minimum salary of $20.50 per hour. Position Description The Library Operations Associate (Circulation Desk Manager) manages Circulation operations at the Richard J. Daley Library, including the supervision, training and scheduling of staff and student employees. In collaboration with…
Call for Submissions to the Merge & Converge Tech Forum: Partnering with Technology Champions
(via Jacqueline Leskovec, National Network of Libraries of Medicine – Greater Midwest Region) The Merge & Converge Tech Forum Planning Group is looking for panelists who want to share their IT collaboration success stories as either a “technology therapy” for those of us struggling with new technology initiatives in our institutions or an inspiration to…
Call for Posters–HSLI 2016 Annual Conference
(via Molly Horio, OSF Saint Francis Medical Center) The HSLI Program Committee invites proposals for posters for the HSLI 2016 Annual Conference: “Running with It: Library Trends in 2016″, to be held from Wednesday, November 9, to Friday, November 11, at the Pheasant Run Resort in St. Charles, Illinois. We encourage you to take a…
Opening for Circulation Librarian at University of Illinois at Chicago
(via Gwen Gregory, IACRL President) The University Library of the University of Illinois at Chicago seeks an energetic and knowledgeable librarian to lead our reconfigured Circulation Department. The Circulation Department manages circulation operations, entry desks, overnight services, course reserves, and interlibrary loan for the Richard J. Daley Library. The Circulation Librarian will provide strategic leadership…
NN/LM Joint Region Webinar on July 21
Note: This event has already taken place, but a recording should be available soon. The Greater Midwest Region (GMR) and South Central Region (SCR) of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM) present the first jointly-sponsored webinar in the monthly Lake Effects and SCR CONNECTions series. The webinar, titled “Data Research Services: University of…
ACRL Issues Policy Statement on Open Access to Scholarship by Academic Librarians
(via Gwen Gregory, IACRL President) The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) is pleased to announce its new “Policy Statement on Open Access to Scholarship by Academic Librarians”, which reads: “Scholarship by academic librarians advances the fields of library and information science, influences practices of aligned professions, and informs effective advocacy. In support of…
RUSA STARS Seeking Officer Nominations
(via Tina Baich, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis) On behalf of the RUSA STARS Nominating Committee, I am asking for your help in identifying nominees for leadership roles within STARS. If anyone has suggestions on individuals who would be great candidates to stand for RUSA STARS elections please let me know. We are seeking candidates for…
Journal of Access Services Call for Submissions
(via David MacCaslin, CalTech University) I’d like to make my first call for submissions, as Editor-in-Chief, for the Journal of Access Services, also known as JAS. Paul Sharpe has done a great job guiding the journal, as Editor in the previous 4 years, and I hope to continue that progress and build upon it. As…
Legislative Update, 7/11/2016
Federal: Congress recently updated the Freedom of Information Act with the passage of the FOIA Improvement Act. Among the amendments, the new law: requires disclosable documents be made available in electronic format; includes a Presumption of Openness clause; limits FOIA exemption to select records created in the past 25 years; establishes a Council to make…
Deadline to Apply for OpenCon 2016 Conference Scholarship is July 11
(via ACRL) Join the next generation of advocates and scholars to shape the future of Open Access, Open Education, and Open Data! Are you a librarian who’s passionate about opening up access to educational and scholarly resources? Keen on being part of a community that’s dedicated to and engaged in OA advocacy? Then OpenCon 2016…