LIBRAS Continuing Education Funding and IACRL

LIBRAS will cover the registration cost for any LIBRAS staff member who wishes to attend the IACRL Conference. Applicants should submit a Continuing Education form to Ted Schwitzneralong with a copy of registration information--receipt, email confirmation, etc.

Come to Springfield for Illinois Library Day, Wednesday, March 1

We all benefit enormously from what the State of Illinois offers us in the way of library services: databases, interlibrary loan, collection development grants, digitization projects, and so on. One way of showing our enthusiasm for state support of academic libraries is to come to Springfield for Illinois Library Day, Wednesday, March 1. Look for other LIBRAS faces at the start of the March (from Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum at 11:00), and we can try to have lunch together. If you’re planning on going, contact me and I can try to keep track of who’s going. For bus transportation information, see your system’s website (MLS, DLS, or NSLS (where Larry Wild has a very nice letter on “Why Illinois Library Day is important for Academic Librarians”).

--Sally Anderson (773-244-5584) or saanderson@northpark.edu.

Circulation/ILL SIG meeting on Diversity

The Circulation/ILL SIG will hold a meeting on Monday, February 27, 2006 on the theme, "Bridging the Gap: Diversity within the Workplace--How to Bridge the Gap in Your Workplace."

The meeting will be held between 10:00-12:00 at Trinity Christian College.

For more information, contact Tippi Price, or see
meeting announcement.

Reference/Instruction SIG to be held February 23

The LIBRAS Reference/Instruction SIG will meet on Thursday, February 23rd from 9:30am-12:00pm at Benedictine University. Nestor Osorio and one of his colleagues from Northern Illinois University will be our special speakers, leading our discussion about how to do research in the sciences.

Directions to Benedictine University can be found at
http://www.ben.edu/about/directions.asp and a campus map at
http://www.ben.edu/about/campus_map.asp. We will meet in the library and proceed to the computer lab.

Please RSVP at the phone number or e-mail below.

Charlene Thompson
Reference/Instruction Librarian
Judson College
1151 North State Street
Elgin, IL 60123-1498
(847) 628-2033
cthompson@judsoncollege.edu