NILRC Board met to discuss the September statement from CARLI on the Importance of Librarians in Academic Libraries. The NILRC organization agrees and supports this statement. Full text is included at the link below.
NILRC Annual Meeting 2024
NILRC Annual Meeting set for Friday, May 3rd from 9am-2pm at Illinois Central College.
RLOE Network Leadership Program: Open Call for Participation
The RLOE Network Leadership Program supports leaders to build individualized strategic plans for Open Education that align with existing campus goals to support underserved and underrepresented students. The RLOE programming helps leaders structure plans that integrate the use, application and development of open education resources (OER) and open educational practices (OEP). Scholarships available! Contact Dr. Karen Cangialosi with questions
Vendor Spotlight Webinar: PowerNotes - New tools to maximize library resources and improve digital learning - October 27th and 28th
NILRC and PowerNotes have partnered to provide discounted pricing and subscription benefits for member institutions. Join us on Tuesday, October 26th from 9 - 10 am OR Wednesday, October 28th from 3 - 4 pm for an introductory webinar to see what the PowerNotes tools can do. Current subscribers will also benefit from attending!
Please log in to the Member Portal to access links to the webinars. Contact Lois at director@nilrc.org for the password to the portal.
What is PowerNotes?
PowerNotes addresses the challenges inherent to source-based research and writing in the digital environment and seeks to improve writing quality with tools that provide an efficient and continuous workflow through the entire digital reading, research, and writing process. Learn how PowerNotes can:
increase the accessibility of your databases with integrated OCR;
improve reading comprehension and retention in the digital environment;
prevent unintentional plagiarism and contract cheating;
combat procrastination while allowing students to reflect on their reading and writing activities;
enable students to gather, annotate, and save content and citation information efficiently;
put students in the best position to write by providing an efficient organizational framework;
provide instructors and librarians with visibility into the students’ research process;
prepare students to become proficient college-level readers and writers.
Kyle will also be showcasing their latest Automated Citations, Group Annotation, and Source Notes/Information Literacy features.
Contact Kyle Zegarac | Kyle@powernotes.com with questions