Congratulations are extended to Erin Zimmerman, Illinois Heartland Community College Library, who is the recipient of the 2019 RTSF Scholarship. The scholarship was established to offset registration, travel, and lodging for one technical services st…
Kristine Hammerstrand, CARLI, is the 2019 TBS, Inc. Technical Services Award winner. Congratulations Kristine! The ILA Award luncheon will take place on Tuesday, October 22, 2019 at the Tinley Park Convention Center. The press release is located …
The Illinois Association of College and Research Libraries (IACRL) and the University of Illinois Springfield’s Brookens Library are pleased to host a FREE viewing of the Association of College and Research Libraries webinar R…
(via the Illinois Library Association) Today is the last day to nominate a colleague, manager, mentor, or yourself for a 2019 ILA Award. The ILA Awards Program recognizes and honors the BEST in librarianship and library service in Illinois. We e…
Congratulations to Sue Franzen, Nursing & Health Sciences Librarian at Illinois State University, who has been elected as the Vice President/President-Elect and Heather Jagman, Coordinator of Reference, Instruction, and Academic Engagement and Li…
The April 29 event at Methodist College has only four registrants so far. If you know of any academic librarians in the Peoria area who might be interested in attending, please share this announcement with them. (via Dan Bostrom, RAILS) In April, RAI…
Candidate for Vice President/President Elect Sue Franzen As a candidate for Vice President/President Elect, I offer a variety of experience working in academic libraries. Currently, I am the Nursing & Health Sciences Librarian at Illinois State U…
Eric Edwards, Illinois State Library Writing a statement of purpose for one’s professional goals might seem a relatively straightforward task. Condensing that statement into a single sentence can prove much more challenging, however, as attende…
Eric Edwards, Illinois State Library The Health Science Librarians of Illinois (HSLI) organization is currently planning its 2019 conference. The event will take place in the fall at a downstate location. While the planning committee has not yet fina…