This week I’d like to promote a great way to get involved with library legislation and advocacy: attending one of the 2016 ILA Legislative Meet-ups! During the month of February 2016 there will be five different legislative meet-ups across the state: three in the Chicago suburbs, one in the Metro-East area near St. Louis, and one…
Webinar Series on Mapping an Outreach Project
(via Jacqueline Leskovec, National Network of Libraries of Medicine – Greater Midwest Region) Some of you may have wanted to take this class last year when it was offered by the NN/LM Outreach Planning and Evaluation Center to the GMR. In case you did not get the chance to do so, here’s another opportunity to…
Drupal Training to be Held at UIC, March 17-20
(via Gwen Gregory, IACRL President) MidCamp (also known as the Midwest Area DrupalCamp) is an annual event held in Chicago that brings together people who use, develop, design, and support the Web’s leading content management platform, Drupal. MidCamp will be March 17-20, 2016 at the University of Illinois at Chicago Student Center West. Organized by…
Webinar TODAY on IMLS Funding Opportunities
The Institute of Museum and Library Services is offering a webinar on several funding opportunities. The webinar will be held twice: today, January 5, from 2:00 to 3:00 PM CST, and again on Thursday, January 14, from 1:00 to 2:00 PM CST. There is no cost to attend. The webinar will cover the National Leadership…
ACRL Releases 2015 Annual Report
The Association of College & Research Libraries has released its annual report for 2015. (The report appears in the December issue of College & Research Libraries News.) This year marks the organization’s 75th anniversary. In recognition of this milestone, ACRL held a fundraising campaign, “Kick Start the Future”, which raised $56,000 to provide an additional…
Three Illinois Libraries Chosen to Host NLM Exhibit
Three Illinois libraries, including two academic ones, have been chosen to host the National Library of Medicine’s latest traveling exhibit, “Native Voices: Native Peoples: Concepts of Health and Illness”. Illinois Wesleyan University, Trinity College of Nursing, and the Warren Township Public Library are among 104 libraries nationally that will host the exhibit. Each library will…
IFLA Releases Annual Report
The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions recently released its annual report for 2014. (The organization has not yet come out with a report for 2015.) The IFLA has members from every continent except Antarctica; just under half are from Europe, and institutions make up two-thirds of members. It strives to make information as…
Registration for MLA 2016 Opens Jan. 6
Registration for the Medical Library Association’s 2016 annual meeting officially opens Wednesday, January 6. (The registration form is already available on the MLA website.) This year’s conference, which will take place in Toronto from May 13 to 18, is themed “Mosaic: Be Part of the Big Picture” and will be a joint meeting with the…
ALA Midwinter Event on Makerspaces
Are you planning to attend ALA Midwinter and have a special interest in makerspaces? Does your library already have a makerspace area, or is it considering creating one? Need to know the latest gizmos that libraries can include in a makerspace? Be sure to register for the “Makerspaces: Inspiration and Action” tour, sponsored by the…
NN/LM – GMR Announces Funding Awards
The National Network of Libraries of Medicine – Greater Midwest Region has announced the winners of its funding awards for Option Year 4, which lasts from May of 2015 to April of 2016. The awards recognize various kinds of collaboration among different types of libraries, in addition to cooperation between librarians and others in academia,…