(via Dr. Dee Anna Phares, Northern Illinois University) Please save the (new) date for the Illinois Open Education Summit 2025, “Building an Open Future: Supporting and Expanding Open Education Across Illinois”. It will take place on Monday, April 7, at the Illinois State University Alumni Center in Normal, IL. The Illinois Open Education Summit seeks to…
Registration Open for New Offering of NAMI Mental Health First Aid Training–Tues., Nov. 19, 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM, at Bloomington Public Library
(via RAILS) Since the Wednesday, October 23, training session in Burr Ridge is nearly full, an additional NAMI Mental Health First Aid training offering will take place on Tuesday, November 19, from 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM CDT, at the Bloomington (IL) Public Library. NAMI Mental Health First Aid is an empowering course that teaches you…
Call for Submissions: “Biz of Digital” Column in Upcoming Issues of Against the Grain
(via Michelle Flinchbaugh–University of Maryland, Baltimore County) “Biz of Digital” is a column in Against the Grain. It features discussions by working librarians on digital collections, digital repositories, digital scholarship, data services, and technology. Its audience is librarians in all types of libraries and vendors of products, services, and systems that support library digital services. Its…
Registration Open for ALA eLearning Asynchronous Online Course “American Sign Language for Library Staff: Level 2”–Mon., Oct. 7 – Sun., Nov. 17
(via ALA) Registration is open for the six-week ALA eLearning asynchronous online course “American Sign Language for Library Staff: Level 2”. It will take place fromMonday, October 7, to Sunday, November 17. Please see below for more information, including the link to registration. Level up your knowledge of American Sign Language (ASL) along with your library’s…
Reminder: Registration Open for EBSCO Webinar “Serials Management: A Continuous Process”–Thurs., Oct. 17, at 1:00 PM CDT
(via Ramune Kubilius, Galter Health Sciences Library & Learning Center at Northwestern University) This is a reminder that registration is open for the EBSCO webinar “Serials Management: A Continuous Process”. It will take place on Thursday, October 17, at 1:00 PM CDT. This is a free, vendor-neutral training session that will provide a more in-depth view…
Registration Open for Free AI and the Future Symposium–Tues., Oct. 15 – Thurs., Oct. 17, in Manhattan, KS, and Online
(via Jason Coleman, Kansas State University) Kansas State University is hosting a free AI and the Future Symposium from Tuesday, October 15, to Thursday, October 17. The AI and the Future Symposium is a free, three-day event featuring a variety of panels, lightning talks, and workshops, with most offered both in person at the Kansas State University campus…
Registration Open for NNLM Webinar “Specialized Bioinformatics and Data Management in Medical Libraries”–Fri., Oct. 4, 1:00-2:00 PM CDT
(via the Network of the National Library of Medicine) Registration is open for the NNLM webinar “Specialized Bioinformatics and Data Management in Medical Libraries”. It will take place on Friday, October 4, from 1:00 to 2:00 PM CDT. Please see below for more information, including the link to registration. In this one-hour webinar, guest speakers discuss…
HSLI Treasurer Election Results
(via Lesley Wolfgang, HSLI Nominating and Elections Committee Chair) I am pleased to announce that our current HSLI Treasurer, Jonna Peterson, has been reelected for a second two-year term as Treasurer! Please join me in congratulating Jonna and thanking her for her willingness to serve a second term as Treasurer of our organization.
Illinois College of Optometry Offering VisionCite Database Subscription to HSLI Institutional Members–Deadline Thurs., Oct. 31
(via Dr. Christine Weber, Illinois College of Optometry. The Illinois College of Optometry Library is pleased to offer a subscription to its proprietary VisionCite journal citation database to all HSLI institutional members. VisionCite Journal Article Citation Database VisionCite is a citation database of vision-related journal articles developed and maintained by the Illinois College of Optometry Library. It now includes over 425,000…
Call for Participation: NNLM Member Survey
(via Jacqueline Leskovec, Network of the National Library of Medicine – Region 6) Every couple of years, the NNLM reaches out to its member organizations for feedback on its membership, its value and to learn more about unmet needs. If your member organization was actively engaged with the NNLM from May 1, 2023, to April 30,…