Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA) Midwest Chapter
Dear CALA Midwest Members, If you are planning to attend 2016 CALA Midwest Chapter Annual Conference either in person or online, The Registration is Now OPEN! Click here to register For information about our 2016 conference as well as hotel and travel, please visit CALA Midwest chapter web site – 2016 Conference Page. We look forward to seeing […]
» Read moreThe deadline for submitting applications for the EBSCO Solar grant is coming up soon. EBSCO is awarding up to $150,000 to fund the installation of solar power at publicly- funded libraries in the United States. The deadline for applications is April 29. Winner(s) will be announced at the ALA-Annual conference on June 24. Learn more and download the application today.
» Read moreZhao, Lisa (赵力沙) 02/15/1950 ~ 03/22/2016 Chicago IL — In recognizing the passing of Lisa Zhao, the Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA) wants to celebrate the character of this distinguished and dedicated CALA member. Lisa was the Catalog Librarian (1990 – 2015) in University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) and CALA President (2013-2014). She passed away on March 22, 2016 […]
» Read moreThe conference planning committee is seeking proposal for the 2016 CALA Midwest Chapter Annual Conference. To submit a proposal, check out the submission page at http://midwest.chapters.cala-web.org/2016-cala-midwest-chapter-annual-conference-call-for-proposal/ . For detail information for this year’s conference, check out the conference website at http://midwest.chapters.cala-web.org/annual-programs/cala-midwest-conference-2016/ .
» Read moreThe School of Information and Library Science and the Odum Institute at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and the MANTRA team at the University of Edinburgh are pleased to announce the forthcoming Coursera MOOC (Massive Open Online Course), Research Data Management and Sharing. This is a collaboration of the UNC-CH CRADLE team (Curating Research Assets and Data Using […]
» Read moreHi all, I am excited to share with you that the Illinois Fire Service Institute (IFSI) Library at Campaign Illinois is honored to be one of the thirty finalists libraries to receive the National Medal. Led by Lian Ruan, CALA current president as the library director, IFSI Library has done and contributed tremendously to support Fire Fighters and Services in the State of Illinois. For more information, please see IMLS News Release below and visit IMLS home […]
» Read moreEvent: 5th Annual Indiana University Libraries Information Literacy Colloquium Date: Friday, August 5, 2016 Location: Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, Indiana Audience: Academic Librarians Theme: Critical Information Literacy: Empowering Learners for Social Change Critical pedagogy is an approach to teaching and learning that envisions the educational environment as a site for social change. In recent years, academic librarians have […]
» Read moreThe CALA Midwest Chapter had a holiday gathering on Feb. 13, 2016 at Dr. Tze-Chung Li’s home in Chicago. A group of five UIUC GSLIS students and some Chapter members from the Chicago area got together to celebrate the Chinese New Year. For detail of the celebration, see report from the Midwest Chapter Public Relations Committee.
» Read moreThis is an introduction to IT Security for Libraries and Librarians. Taught in four 45 minutes classes every Thursday in March starting March 11th. You can register here: http://www.lyrasis.org/Pages/EventDetail.aspx?Eid=1BDD148F-42CC-E511-80C7-00155D0A881B
» Read morePlease join us for this free webinar presented by ALA’s Office of IT Policy and the Copyright Education Subcommittee. Figuring out whether state government documents are copyrighted is a tricky question. Copyright law has significant impact on the work libraries, digital repositories, and even state agencies, with regards to digitizing and web archiving state government information. Free State […]
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