(via Esther Grassian–University of California, Los Angeles; and Pierce College) We are living in a time of alternative facts, fake news, and information poverty. The 4th Annual Lifelong Information Literacy (LILi) Conference—which will ta…
(via Margaret Chambers, CARLI) Are you planning to attend the 4th Annual Great Lakes Resource Sharing Conference on June 8-9, 2017? Register by Friday, May 26, to take advantage of the lower registration fee. The $95 registr…
(via Molly Roberts, National Network of Libraries of Medicine – Greater Midwest Region) The May GMR Update will be presented on Monday, May 15, from 2:00 to 3:00 PM CST. During this fiscal year, GMR Updates will be presented quarterly…
(via Molly Roberts, National Network of Libraries of Medicine – Greater Midwest Region) Registration is now open for the 2017 Health Literacy Leadership Institute. This one-week Institute (Monday, June 12, through Friday, June 16) directly supp…
(via Abigail Goben, University of Illinois at Chicago) Are you thinking about attending your first MLA/Midwest Chapter meeting? If you have a master’s degree in library/information science and have never attended a Midwest Chapter Annual Meetin…
(via Charlotte Beyer, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science) Stipends will be available for librarians who work directly with pharmacy educators and pharmacy students to attend the 2017 annual conference of the American Association of …
(via Dianne Brown, Tufts University) Registration for the Social Sciences Librarians Boot Camp is now open. Regular registration is $60; the student rate is $30. The seventh annual Social Sciences Li…
(via Gwen Gregory, IACRL Past President) At ALA Annual 2018 in New Orleans, the ACRL President’s Program will explore the idea of resilience in (hopefully) all of its complexity. As a first step in our planning process, we want to he…
(via Debbie Baaske, Reaching Across Illinois Library System) Please take a moment to vote in the RAILS Board election. Each RAILS library agency (main academic library building) can cast one ballot. Usually, the library director c…