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ACRL Board Approves Roles and Strengths of Teaching Librarians Document
June 2, 2017 - Illinois Association of College & Research Libraries Forum (IACRL)
(via Gwen Gregory, IACRL Past President) The ACRL Board of Director has approved Roles and Strengths of Teaching Librarians, a revision of the association’s 2007 ACRL Standards for Proficiencies for Instruction Librarians and Coordina…
Reminder: LITA AvramCamp at ALA Annual 2017 (Facilitators are Margaret Heller, Loyola, and Evviva Weinraub, Northwestern)
June 2, 2017 - Illinois Association of College & Research Libraries Forum (IACRL)
(via Gwen Gregory, IACRL Past President) Women in technology face numerous challenges in their day-to-day work. If you would like to join other women in the field to discuss topics related to those challenges, AvramCamp is for you. Thi…
ACRL Webinar on June 1: “Beyond Worksheets: Using Instructional Technologies for Authentic Assessment of Student Learning”
June 1, 2017 - Illinois Association of College & Research Libraries Forum (IACRL)
(via Mary Jane Petrowski, ACRL Associate Director) The next ACRL e-Learning webcast will take place on Thursday, June 1. The webinar, titled “Beyond Worksheets: Using Instructional Technologies for Authentic Assessment of Student Learning&…
Illinois Librarians Give Poster Sessions at MLA 2017
June 1, 2017 - Illinois Association of College & Research Libraries Forum (IACRL)
A number of librarians from Illinois gave poster sessions at the Medical Library Association’s 2017 Annual Meeting. This year’s event took place in Seattle, from May 26 to 31. The theme was “Dream, Dare, Do”. The poster sessio…
RAILS Offering Free ALA Exhibit Hall Passes
June 1, 2017 - Illinois Association of College & Research Libraries Forum (IACRL)
(via Gwen Gregory, IACRL Past President) We’re offering member libraries free passes to the exhibit hall at the American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference, June 22–27. Each individual needs to register for your own exhibits-only…
Registration Open for Inaugural OCLC Americas Regional Council Meeting (U. Chicago’s Cronin on Program Committee)
May 31, 2017 - Illinois Association of College & Research Libraries Forum (IACRL)
(via OCLC) What does it take to become a smarter library? Join fellow OCLC members at the inaugural Americas Regional Council meeting and address the challenge of supporting increasingly personalized customer relationships while also scaling to meet …
Tech Tools Lightning Round Call for Proposals
May 31, 2017 - Illinois Association of College & Research Libraries Forum (IACRL)
(via Ariel Orlov, Adler University) The Chicago Distance Library Services Group is calling for presenter submissions for a Tech Tools Lightning Round, to be held on Thursday, July 13, at Adler University in Chicago. Share the free or inexpensive…
Reminder: Registration Open for Great Lakes Science Boot Camp for Librarians (July 19-21)
May 31, 2017 - Illinois Association of College & Research Libraries Forum (IACRL)
(via Daniel Dotson, The Ohio State University) Registration is now open for the Great Lakes Science Boot Camp 2017. The program will take place from Wednesday, July 19, to Friday, July 21, on the campus ofMichigan State University in E…
Reminder: Registration Open for June 15 CARLI Virtual Instruction Showcase
May 30, 2017 - Illinois Association of College & Research Libraries Forum (IACRL)
(via Lorna Engels, CARLI) This is a reminder that registration is open for the CARLI Instruction Committee Virtual Instruction Showcase. The event will take place on Thursday, June 15, from 10:00 to 11:15 AM and 1:00 to 2:15 PM. The Sh…
Registration Open for June 1 ACRL Webinar, “Framework Freak-out: How to Stop Worrying and Learn to Live With the Framework”
May 28, 2017 - Illinois Association of College & Research Libraries Forum (IACRL)
(via Sheila Stoeckel, University of Wisconsin-Madison) Please join the ACRL Student Learning & Information Literacy Committee for the second webinar in our series that focuses on how community college librarians are using and considering the …
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