Tara WoodUniversity of Illinois at Chicago Note: For articles with multiple authors, those currently affiliated with Illinois academic and research libraries have an asterisk (*) next to their names. Belovari, Susanne. 2017. “Historians and Web…
Eric EdwardsIllinois State Library Kathleen L. Bloomberg is the 2017 recipient of the Illinois Library Association’s Hugh C. Atkinson Memorial/Demco Award. (To see the official announcement from the Illinois Library Association, go here.) The A…
Anne CraigSenior Director, Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois We have really great news to share on many fronts! I have been crisscrossing the state, sitting down with directors in small groups called “listening ses…
Eric EdwardsIllinois State Library The Health Science Librarians of Illinois organization will hold its Annual Conference from Wednesday, October 25, to Friday, October 27, at The Chateau Hotel and Conference Center in Bloomington, IL. The theme of t…
Krista Bowers SharpeWestern Illinois University Libraries of all types foster diversity, engage community, and champion social justice. The 2017 Illinois Library Association Annual Conference, themed “Rise Up”, is a chance for us to come …
Krista Bowers SharpeWestern Illinois University What are your goals as the incoming Vice-President/President-Elect of IACRL? I’m looking forward to working with the rest of the Executive Board to devise interesting and exciting acti…
Krista Bowers SharpeWestern Illinois University Describe yourself in three words. Reliable, perceptive, persistent. What is your current professional position, and what do you like best about it? I am currently the Electronic Resources Coordinator at…
Linda Zellmer, who is Associate Professor of Libraries at Western Illinois University, is the 2017 recipient of the Mary B. Ansari Distinguished Service Award. The Award, which the Geoscience Information Society (GSIS) sponsors, honors major contribu…
Carl Lehnen University of Illinois at Chicago What three words would you use to describe yourself? Persistent, organized, curious. Why did you want to be the IACRL Secretary? IACRL has been a great resource for me as a librarian. I want…
The Illinois Association of College and Research Libraries (IACRL) is sponsoring IACRL@ILA–a track of programming for academic librarians at the 2017 ILA Annual Conference. IACRL@ILA will take the place of an IACRL Conference in 2018. A si…