NILRC News
Pivot tables are a way to manipulate and present data in Microsoft Excel. This webinar will serve as an introduction, introducing concepts of creation, manipulation and presentation of tables, pivot tables and sample scenarios that would be helpful for library operations.
Join Sam Suber on Friday, January 31st at 10AM to learn new ways to make the most out of your data. This is Part 1 of a 3 part webinar series on Pivot Tables.
Do you run library instruction for courses in the sciences, health, or engineering fields? Need some ideas to engage faculty and students? Join Bryan Clark and Sarah Hill Feb. 18th at 2pm as they discuss the various ways to teach information literacy to students in these programs.
Contact Lisa Sikora for access.
Call for Proposals
Exploring OER: Access, Adoption, and Application
April 17, 2020
Lincoln Land Community College
9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
A Call for Proposals is now available with two options for participation. We are seeking faculty and staff experienced with OER to moderate discipline oriented roundtable discussions. This includes transfer and career & technical education programs. We are also seeking participants for a round robin/poster session event where faculty and staff can share their experience, showcase OER use in their courses, or discuss other initiatives or topics.
Please submit your proposals at https://form.jotform.com/193503425357155
Deadline for submissions is Friday, January 17, 2020.
The Keynote Speaker for the conference is Abbey Elder. Abbey is the Open Access & Scholarly Communication Librarian at Iowa State University. Abbey has worked to expand access to affordable course content by empowering instructors to find, adopt, or create open educational resources (OER) for their courses. Her handbook for instructors, The OER Starter Kit, has been used in professional development programs around the United States and is being adapted into an interactive workbook. Apart from her outreach work, Abbey also helps manage a mini-grant program at Iowa State University to support instructors who need funding to complete their OER projects.
19th Annual Information Literacy Summit
Challenging the status quo: Rethinking information literacy theories and practices
Friday, April 3, 2020, 8:30am-3:30pm
Presented by DePaul University Library and Moraine Valley Community College Library
Located at the Moraine Valley Community College campus
Keynote Address
Call for Proposals
We are seeking presenters to lead engaging and interactive discussions about information literacy and library instruction. We are especially interested in breakout sessions and panels which focus on this year’s theme: Challenging the status quo: Rethinking information literacy theories and practices.We hope to foster conversations across all types of libraries, schools, and other organizations and encourage a diversity of perspectives in this proposal call.
The Summit is a regional conference which will be held at the Moraine Valley Community College campus. If you wish to propose more than one breakout session, please fill out a form for each topic. Breakout sessions and panels will be 50 minutes long and should include audience interaction or discussion. Panel discussions should have a three person maximum. Hands-on lessons and demonstrations (and/or practical takeaways) are encouraged. Sessions typically have 20-40 participants.
The submission should include a 200-300 word description of your session. Please include learning outcomes and a brief explanation of why people should attend your session and what they will take away. A shorter abstract (around 100 words) for publication in the Summit programming will be required as well.
Please fill out this Google form to propose a breakout session
Deadline to submit proposals is Friday, January 17, 2020
Some possible topics for sessions include:
· Social Justice
o The Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education
o Information literacy practices
· Privacy
o Literacy
o Learning analytics
· Neutrality
· News and Media Literacy
· Critical Pedagogies
· Service Learning
· Student Curiosity and Creativity
· Student Centered Teaching and Learning
· Students as creators
· Reflective Practice
· Communities of Practice
· Programmatic assessments
For more information, please contact a Summit organizer:
DePaul University Library
Jill King, jking25@depaul.edu, 773-325-7274
Jennifer Schwartz, jennifer.schwartz@depaul.edu, 773-325-7830
Moraine Valley Community College Library
Tish Hayes, hayesL45@morainevalley.edu, 708-974-5734
Troy Swanson, swanson@morainevalley.edu, 708-974-5439
