(via Sari Feldman, ALA President) I invite you to register and join me and hundreds of other ALA members for the annual ALA Virtual Membership Meeting (VMM16) on Thursday, June 2, from 1:30 to 2:30 PM CST. VMM16 is a terrific way to have your voice heard, to discuss essential topics with other members, and to connect with colleagues,…
ALCTS Preconference Sessions at ALA 2016
(via ALCTS) Join your colleagues for exciting preconferences from ALCTS! Register today, and add an ALCTS preconference event to your conference scheduler. These preconference topics not for you? Forward to your colleagues who could benefit from these preconference programs. We Can Do It, You Can Too! Metadata Automation for Everyone Tuesday, June 7 – Wednesday, June 8…
ECIC Meets at VA Illiana Health Care System Library
Five members of the East Central Illinois Consortium met on 5/5/2016 in Danville, IL. As a part of the meeting, they toured the Medical Library and Patient’s Library in the VA Illiana Health Care System Library. Named one of the most patient-friendly Veteran’s Affairs libraries, this facility provides services to the medical and nursing staff…
Deadline for ACRL PRIMO Proposals is Monday, May 9
(via Jennifer Sharkey, Head of Information Use & Fluency at Illinois State University’s Milner Library) The Peer-Reviewed Instructional Materials Online (PRIMO) Committee of the ACRL Instruction Section invites you to submit your online information literacy tutorial, virtual tour, or other online library instruction project for review and possible inclusion in PRIMO: Peer-Reviewed Instructional Materials Online. The…
LITA ALA Annual Preconference Session on Technology Tools
(via LITA) Sign up for this fun, informative, and hands-on ALA Annual preconference session. “Technology Tools and Transforming Librarianship” Friday, June 24, 2016, 1:00 — 4:00 PM Presenters: Lola Bradley, Reference Librarian, Upstate University; Breanne Kirsch, Coordinator of Emerging Technologies, Upstate University; Jonathan Kirsch, Librarian, Spartanburg County Public Library; Rod Franco, Librarian, Richland Library; and Thomas…
DLAx Meeting at DePaul on Wednesday, May 11 (Register by May 6)
(via Dr. Scott Walter, University Librarian at DePaul University) Earlier this year, you may have heard about the Digital Liberal Arts Exchange (DLAx), a Mellon-funded project designed to explore options for developing a sustainable and scalable approach to sharing digital scholarship expertise (and promoting collaboration on digital scholarship projects) across institutions. If not, you can find an…
Paper Submission Deadline for UTMC 2016 Extended to May 5
The deadline to submit papers for UTMC (Universal Technology Management Conference) 2016 has been extended to Thursday, May 5. This year’s event will take place on the campus of Bemidji State University in Bemidji, Minnesota, from Thursday, May 26, to Saturday, May 28. Papers may cover any topic related to technology management, but the UTMC planners…
Proposals Deadline for ACRL 2017 is Friday, May 6
(via Gwen Gregory, IACRL President) ACRL invites you to share your research and creative endeavors with your colleagues at ACRL 2017, At the Helm: Leading Transformation. Submit your proposal via the “Call for Participation” page on the conference website. Contributed paper, panel session, preconference, and workshop proposals are due Friday, May 6, 2016. Why present at ACRL 2017?…
Proposals Deadline for 2016 Access Services Conference is Friday, May 6
(via Krista Hingham, McNairy Library and Learning Forum at Millersville University) I wanted to remind everyone that the deadline for submitting your presentation or poster proposals for the 2016 Access Services Conferences is rapidly sneaking up on us. That’s right, we’re down to just five days! It’s time to submit your proposal! If you’re unfamiliar…
Voting Open for RAILS Board Election
(via Debbie Baaske, RAILS) Voting is now open for the RAILS Board election. There are six seats open on the Board. Eleven candidates are running for two at-large seats, seven candidates are running for three public library trustee seats, and one candidate is running for one special library seat. The election will be open through Friday,…