(via Dan Matthews, IACRL Past President) Want to make a difference in the Illinois academic library community? Looking for an opportunity to develop your leadership skills? Consider running for an Illinois Association of College & Research Libraries (IACRL) office. Two offices, Secretary and Vice President/President-Elect, are on the ballot each spring. The Secretary serves a…
Reminder: Illinois Library Association Seeks Committee Volunteers–Deadline Fri., March 15
(via the Illinois Library Association) Are you seeking opportunities to enhance your resume or elevate your engagement in the Illinois library community in 2024? Consider serving on an ILA committee. Illinois Library Association Vice President/President-Elect Amy Byers will begin making appointments early in 2024, so now is the time to start thinking ahead. Serving on an…
Call for Poster and Lightning Talk Proposals: Medical Library Association 2024 Conference (Sat., May 18 – Tues., May 21, in Portland, OR)–Deadline 10:59 PM CDT on Thurs., Jan. 25
The 2024 National Program Committee invites proposals that support the annual meeting theme “Stronger Together”. The 2024 meeting will take place from Saturday, May 18, to Tuesday, May 21, in Portland, Oregon. The MLA 2024 submission site for Poster and Lightning Talks is now open and will remain open until January 25, 2024. Posters and Lightning…
Save the Date: Network of the National Library of Medicine’s Social Determinants of Environmental Health Webinar Series (Tuesdays and Wednesdays from March 5 to April 2)
(via Carolyn Martin, Network of the National Library of Medicine – Region 5) Please mark your calendars for the upcoming NNLM webinar series Social Determinants of Environmental Health. The series will be held weekly on Tuesday and Wednesday, from March 5 to April, 2024, and features guest speakers discussing a variety of topics surrounding the…
Call for Chapter Proposals: Upcoming MLA Publication Artificial Intelligence in Health Sciences Librarianship: Innovations, Challenges, and Opportunities
(via Lauren Cantwell-Jurkovic, Corado Mesa University & CMUTech) The launch of ChatGPT-3 in late 2022 unleashed a transformative wave of artificial intelligence (AI) tools and technologies that have revolutionized the way we create, acquire, manage, analyze, and disseminate information. We are working on a book proposal for the Medical Library Association Books Panel for Artificial Intelligence…
Call for Participation: Libraries as Partners for Emergency Preparedness Survey
(via Heather Jagman, Illinois Library Association Past President) The Illinois Library Association invites you to participate in a survey which investigates how libraries of all types (including academic libraries) partner with emergency response organizations during community-wide crises from natural disasters such as extreme weather or flooding, to pandemics, water crises, homelessness and other emergency situations….
Call for Proposals: 22nd Annual Illinois Information Literacy Summit (Fri., April 19, at College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn)–Deadline Wed., Feb. 1
(via Sveta Stoytcheva, DePaul University) We are pleased to announce that DePaul University Library and the College of DuPage Library are once again partnering to co-host the 22nd annual Illinois Information Literacy Summit. This year, the Summit will be held on Friday, April 19, at the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, IL. I hope you’ll…
Call for Presentation Proposals: 2024 OCLC Resource Sharing Conference Virtual Web Series–Deadline Fri., Jan. 26
(via Carmen Byg, OCLC) We’re excited to announce the 2024 OCLC Resource Sharing Conference (RSC24) virtual web series. Each year, RSC unites the global resource sharing community, letting us connect with one another. This online conference fosters learning, enabling us to collaborate on new ideas as well as share best practices and innovative approaches. The…
Call for Participation: Survey on Student Learning Assessment Practices That Health Science and Hospital Librarians Use–Deadline Wed., Dec. 20
(via Heather Brown, University of Nebraska Medical Center) We invite you to participate in an online survey on student learning assessment practices used by health science & hospital librarians. This survey aims to gather information on which assessment tools/resources health sciences librarians use, methods to encourage students to complete assessments, and how the assessment data…
Call for Volunteers: 2024-25 ACRL Division, Section, and Representative Appointments–Deadline Wed., Feb. 28, 2024
(via Gwen Gregory, Northern Illinois University) What would ACRL do without, You? Really! We are excited to extend this opportunity for you to expand your professional network, help shape ACRL by advancing its strategic plan, commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI), and influence the direction of academic and research librarianship. Serving on a committee…