announcement

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

Data Storytelling Concepts and Strategies

Presented by Kate McDowell on Tuesday, March 23rd at 10 AM

Storytelling has been happening for over a century in libraries, but its applications are too often presumed to be narrowly focused on serving children. The skills involved in navigating a dynamic exchange between teller, audience, and story are applicable to the most pressing problems facing libraries and librarians in the 21st century, those of communicating our knowledge and value. This talk will feature storytelling insights based on over 40 interviews from the Storytelling @ Work project, combining insights from librarians with those from storytelling applications in advancement and fundraising. Participants will leave with narrative structures for building informative and emotionally compelling stories from their own knowledge and experience to communicate their value.


NILRC's 2021 Annual Meeting - Save the Date!

Save the date for NILRC’s 2021 Annual Meeting!
Friday, May 7, 2021 9 am – 12:00 pm
The Annual Meeting will be a virtual event on Zoom
Delegates or Alternates attendance requested - All are welcome!

The morning will include the following:

● Board Elections (voting by delegates or alternates)
● Business meeting
● Learning opportunities and networking with your community college colleagues

For more information, please contact Lois Bruno, Director of Member Relations and Consortium Business Manager director@nilrc.org/262-287-8017