(via Margaret W. Ellingson, Emory University) The Rethinking Resource Sharing (RRS) Innovation Award recognizes and honors an individual or institution for changes it has made to improve users’ access to information, through resource sharing in its library, consortium, state, province, or country. The purpose of the award is to showcase innovation in resource sharing and…
ACRL 2017–Call for Panel Session Proposals (May 6 Deadline)
(via Gwen Gregory, IACRL President, on behalf of Cheryl Middleton, Oregon State University) As a member of the ACRL 2017 Panel Sessions Committee, I strongly encourage you to submit a proposal (or more than one!) for a panel discussion of your favorite topic at the ACRL 2017 Conference in Baltimore. A panel session offers an opportune occasion…
Scholarly Communications Core Competencies Task Force Seeking Input
(via Leigh Ann DePope, Publicist at NASIG, Inc.) The NASIG (formerly, the North American Serials Interest Group) Executive Board has charged a task force with developing a statement describing core competencies for librarians whose professional responsibilities include activities related to digital scholarship and scholarly communications. The Scholarly Communications Core Competencies Task Force seeks your input….
Registration Open for Indiana Online Users Group Spring Conference
(via Gwen Gregory, IACRL President) Register now for the Spring 2016 Conference – “DIY UX: Innovate. Create. Design.”. The conference will be from 9:00 AM to 3:45 PM on Friday, May 20th, on the Indiana Wesleyan University North Campus, located at 3777 Priority Way, Indianapolis, IN 46240. Suzanne Chapman, keynote speaker and User Experience Librarian…
Eisendrath and Filapek Chosen for Libraries, Archives, and Museums Conference Exchange
M. Alison Eisendrath, Andrew W. Mellon Director of Collections at the Chicago History Museum, and Joe Filapek, Consulting and Continuing Education Manager for the Reaching Across Illinois Library System, have been selected as participants in the 2016 Collective Wisdom: Libraries, Archives, and Museums (LAM) Conference Exchange. Eisendrath and Filapek are among 18 librarians and archivists…
Legislative Updates, 4/4/2016
Federal: Federal library advocates pushed for strong advocacy efforts to Congress to show support for federal appropriations for libraries and library programs. Advocacy efforts were on par with last year, with over 14,000 e-mails and over 740 tweets to legislators. However, the House Budget Committee released it’s first FY 2017 Resolution on the budget on March 23…
Deadline to Submit 2016 LITA Forum Proposals is April 29
The planning committee for the 2016 LITA (Library Information Technology Association) Forum is seeking program proposals. This year’s event will take place from Thursday, November 17, to Sunday, November 20, at the Omni Fort Worth Hotel in Fort Worth, Texas. Proposed programs may take the form of full-day preconference sessions or poster presentations, in addition to…
Knox Partnering with FTRF to Teach Intellectual-Freedom Course
Dr. Emily Knox, Assistant Professor at UIUC’s Graduate School of Library and Information Science, is collaborating with the Freedom to Read Foundation, and with support from the Web-Based Information Science Education Consortium, to teach an online course covering censorship and intellectual freedom. The course, titled “Intellectual Freedom and Censorship”, is open to any student enrolled…
April 6 Webinar on CRL Resources
(via Kevin Wilks, Head of Access Services at the Center for Research Libraries) Looking for better methods to discover materials held by CRL? On Wednesday, April 6, from 2:00 to 3:00 PM, CRL will host “Find CRL Resources Through OCLC’s Discovery Services“, the second in a series of webinars exploring ways to maximize exposure to CRL records for…
Reminder–ILA Conference Proposals Due April 1
(via Gwen Gregory, IACRL President) The 2016 ILA Annual Conference theme, Discovery Advocacy Leadership,focuses on how libraries and library staff serve as community leaders to support life-long learning and engagement within Illinois communities. Actively share ideas by submitting a conference proposal and joining the conversation! The ILA Annual Conference Program Committee is seeking programs addressing the…