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New Call for Papers–Journal of Interlibrary Loan, Document Delivery & Electronic Reserve
July 28, 2016 - Illinois Association of College & Research Libraries Forum (IACRL)
(via LeEtta Schmidt, University of South Florida and Editor of the Journal of Interlibrary Loan, Document Delivery & Electronic Reserve) The peer-reviewed Journal of Interlibrary Loan, Document Delivery & Electronic Reserve provides a forum f…
Chu Named ALA Representative to UNESCO Commission
July 28, 2016 - Illinois Association of College & Research Libraries Forum (IACRL)
Dr. Clara M. Chu, Director and Mortenson Distinguished Professor at the Mortenson Center for International Library Programs (on the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus), has been chosen as the American Library Association’s repres…
Registration Deadline for Joint Upper Midwest Digital Collections / CONTENTdm Meeting is Friday, July 29
July 28, 2016 - Illinois Association of College & Research Libraries Forum (IACRL)
(via Margaret Chambers, CARLI, on behalf of UMDCC) Registration ends Friday, July 29, for the Upper Midwest Digital Collections Conference and CONTENTdm Users Group Meeting, taking place on August 9-11 at St. Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa. Do…
Registration Open for 2016 LITA Forum
July 28, 2016 - Illinois Association of College & Research Libraries Forum (IACRL)
(via Mark Beatty, ALA) Join us in Fort Worth, Texas, from November 17 to 20, at the Omni Fort Worth Hotel downtown, for the 2016 LITA Forum. This is a three-day education and networking event featuring three preconferences, three keynote sessions, mo…
NN/LM Joint Region Webinar on July 21
July 24, 2016 - Illinois Association of College & Research Libraries Forum (IACRL)
Note: This event has already taken place, but a recording should be available soon. The Greater Midwest Region (GMR) and South Central Region (SCR) of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM) present the first jointly-sponsored webinar i…
Call for Posters--HSLI 2016 Annual Conference
July 24, 2016 - Illinois Association of College & Research Libraries Forum (IACRL)
(via Molly Horio, OSF Saint Francis Medical Center) The HSLI Program Committee invites proposals for posters for the HSLI 2016 Annual Conference: “Running with It: Library Trends in 2016″, to be held from Wednesday, November 9, to Friday,…
Call for Submissions to the Merge & Converge Tech Forum: Partnering with Technology Champions
July 24, 2016 - Illinois Association of College & Research Libraries Forum (IACRL)
(via Jacqueline Leskovec, National Network of Libraries of Medicine – Greater Midwest Region) The Merge & Converge Tech Forum Planning Group is looking for panelists who want to share their IT collaboration success stories as either a &ldqu…
Journal of Access Services Call for Submissions
July 23, 2016 - Illinois Association of College & Research Libraries Forum (IACRL)
(via David MacCaslin, CalTech University) I’d like to make my first call for submissions, as Editor-in-Chief, for the Journal of Access Services, also known as JAS. Paul Sharpe has done a great job guiding the journal, as Editor in the previous…
RUSA STARS Seeking Officer Nominations
July 23, 2016 - Illinois Association of College & Research Libraries Forum (IACRL)
(via Tina Baich, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis) On behalf of the RUSA STARS Nominating Committee, I am asking for your help in identifying nominees for leadership roles within STARS. If anyone has suggestions on individuals who wo…
ACRL Issues Policy Statement on Open Access to Scholarship by Academic Librarians
July 23, 2016 - Illinois Association of College & Research Libraries Forum (IACRL)
(via Gwen Gregory, IACRL President) The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) is pleased to announce its new "Policy Statement on Open Access to Scholarship by Academic Librarians", which reads: "Scholarship by academic librarians adva…
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