SCIL Professional Development Scholarships

Posted to the SCIL list... (Note: SCIL (Southern California Instruction Librarians) is a subgroup of CARL, the California ACRL Chapter.

"Just a reminder that there is less than 2 weeks left to apply for the SCIL Professional Development Scholarships. Please send all application materials electronically to Allison Carr at acarr@csusm.edu.

For more information about the upcoming SCIL Works program and on how to register, please visit the SCIL website at http://www.carl-acrl.org/ig/scil/scilworks/2011/index.html.

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SCIL Professional Development Scholarships

Submission Deadlines
SCIL Works: December 1, 2010, to be announced December 10, 2010

Purpose
The purpose of these scholarships is to subsidize the attendance of two instruction librarians and one library school student to the two annual SCIL events: the SCIL Works Mini-Conference, held annually in late January-early February; and to the SCIL Spring Program, held annually in May. These scholarships will support instruction librarians and students in their professional development and continuing education in the areas of teaching and learning, pedagogy and information literacy instruction.

Awards and Eligibility
There are three awards for each event which any CARL member may apply for:
1. Any student enrolled in a formal library and information science master's program and is interested in working at an academic institution in a teaching librarian position.
2. Any librarian within the first 3 years of her/his career whose primary job is to teach.
3. Any librarian at any stage in their career whose primary job is to teach.
The awards for SCIL Works and the SCIL Spring Program will cover the cost of registration and travel to the event, not to exceed $250 per person.

Application
1. Resume or CV that outlines related work experience, professional activities, and honors
2. Personal Statement that outlines your interest in instruction in an academic library, speaks to the criteria below, and addresses how your attendance at this conference will support your goals related to instruction librarianship (500 words).
3. CARL Membership Number
Criteria

Factors considered in awarding the scholarship(s) include evidence of:
• a commitment to a career in teaching/instruction librarianship in an academic library
• a commitment to academics
• potential financial need
• strong communication skills

Achievement in these areas may best be demonstrated by the personal statement indicating interest or work experience in an academic library, including class work, non-course educational experience, volunteer work, teaching or other relevant employment and publications. Candidates should also indicate how attending SCIL Works or the SCIL Spring Program will help to fulfill professional development or continuing education goals.

Winners of these awards will be required to participate in the following year’s review of scholarship applications.

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Talitha Matlin
SCIL Publicist
Posted 11/22/2010
scil@listserv.carl-acrl.org
carlall@listserv.carl-acrl.org"

"Engaging Millennials..."--LILi Workshop & Meeting 12/17/10

Posted to the LILi Google Group:

"Dear LILi Colleagues

RE: Friday, December 17, 2010, 11 am - 1 pm

Please RSVP for the next LILi workshop; end of the year meeting planned for Friday
Dec 17, 2010, 11 am - 1 pm at UCLA. Esther has once again booked a space for us to
host training and a meeting thereafter. Parking should be less of a hassle, since
this will be the last day of Finals at UCLA.


The driving directions link and the parking link are in the confirmation that pops up once you're submitted
the RSVP form below! Thanks to Esther for that!


OUTLINE

I. WORKSHOP

Time: 11am- Noon

Topic: "Engaging Millennials through Problem-Based Learning: A LILi Workshop"
by, Henri Mondschein, Ed.D., MLS
Information Specialist/Manager of Information Literacy

California Lutheran University
E-mail: mondsche@callutheran.edu

Please come and learn from our colleague Henri who sent a gripping description of his presentation, attached

attached for your information.

II. LILi Meeting
Time: 12pm- 1:00p

III. Optional Lunch 1-2:00pm

PROPOSED AGENDA
1. Welcome
2. Minutes of the last Meeting
3. Announcements
Report on Georgia Conference on Information Literacy Presentation - E. Grassian
ALA in San Diego, update - P. Manaka
2011 LILi Calendar - Suggestions
4. Future trainings and Meeting/Locations
We need volunteer presenters and meeting hosts
5. All Update LILi Grant - where do we go from here?
6. All LILi Facebook
Question: Who uses it?
Can we use it for more things, like some announcements?
7. Additional items?

Please click on the link below to RSVP, to let us know if you can attend! We need to
know by Monday, December 13, 2010.

RSVP: http://tinyurl.com/28j8a3b

Thank you.

Sincerely,
Pauline D. Manaka Anthropology, DASA & Sociology Research Librarian.
Uinversity of California Irvine Libraries, 145 Langson Libraries
P.O. Box 19557,
Irvine, CA 92623-9557

(949)824-4969
pdmanaka@uci.edu"

LIRT Wikieducator Information

LIRT is the ALA Library Instruction Round Table, an organization of librarians from all types of libraries who are interested in information literacy instruction. They publish a newsletter that’s now going to be online only. They will be posting the link for future issues of this newsletter on the LIRT listserv. LIRT also puts on programs and/or discussions at each ALA conference, and publishes books as well.

See below for a message posted on the LIRT listserv on November 8, 2010:

"6th November, 2010

Fellow librarians/information specialists,

In April 2009, a Wikis in Education for School Librarians workshop was conducted by the Distance Education Unit, Ministry of Education, Trinidad, W.I. (see link: http://wikieducator.org/Learning4Content/Workshops/Face-to-Face_schedule/L4C49/Workshop_3_-_April_14_-_16,_2009_(School_Librarians).

At the bottom of the wiki space, I added resources that focus on information literacy, media literacy, educational technology, and intellectual property resources that may be useful for teaching and assessment. I also uploaded some personal photographs of places/buildings in Trinidad and Tobago, which may assist school librarians and educators with their teaching. I would encourage you to all to visit the wiki space and to contribute to the wiki space if you have some time.

To join the wikieducator community, you can click on "log in/create account" in the top left hand corner of the webpage. Then follow the instructions. If you are encountering any difficulties, please feel free to contact me.

In the event that you are a member of the wikieducator community and you forgot your password, you can enter your username and click on "email new password."

I intend to upload more resources on a weekly basis, so please log on and check the wiki space and contribute when you can. Remember to be careful in terms of copyright. To learn more about wikieduator see: http://wikieducator.org/Main_Page.

I have uploaded a link to a survey on the wikieducator page:
http://wikieducator.org/Learning4Content/Workshops/Face-to-Face_schedule/L4C49/Workshop_3_-_April_14_-_16,_2009_(School_Librarians)
[scroll down to the bottom of the page].

You can also access the survey via this link: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2K9JP5W

I would appreciate it if you could take a few minutes to complete the survey which will be closed on 12th November, 2010.

Thank you for your support.

Regards,

Maria Cherrie
Acting Librarian III
Library and Information Literacy Curriculum
Educational Library Services Division
National Library and Information System Authority (NALIS)"

Educause Grants for Next Generation Learning Challenges

From the website...

"Next Generation Learning Challenges (NGLC) re-imagines the future of student success with information technology as an essential enabler, making customized, interactive learning possible. We know that technology makes it possible to extend the reach and multiply the benefits of learning innovations for the thousands of students, and especially for those who need it most. NGLC seeks to demonstrate that the power to scale innovation and stimulate adoption through technology-enabled solutions can have a transformative effect on the student experience. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has pledged nearly $20 million to provide grants to organizations and innovators to expand promising technology tools to more students, teachers, and schools.

To learn more about the initial request for proposals (RFP), EDUCAUSE is offering two free webcasts where initiative staff will review the program, highlight the proposal process, and answer questions. Join us on October 19 at 3:00 p.m. ET or October 27 at 1:00 p.m. ET. Pre-proposals for this first wave of funding will be due on November 19, but may be submitted as early as October 25."

LIRT Newsletter Only as PDF via LIRT-L

LIRT, the ALA Library Instruction Round Table, is an organization of librarians from all types of libraries, who are interested in instruction.

From the LIRT President...

Dear Library Instruction Round Table Members,

Beginning with the December 2010 issue (vol. 33, no. 2), the Library Instruction Round Table Newsletter will be prepared as a PDF file only. An email will be sent to LIRT-L informing members of the issue’s availability, and a link provided on the LIRT website where the file can be downloaded.

To check if you already subscribe to LIRT-L, go to http://lists.ala.org/sympa and login to the system. Once logged in, your current subscribed lists should show up in a column on the left side of the page. If LIRT-L is not listed in Your Lists, please follow the instructions below.

To subscribe to LIRT-L, do the following:
1. Send an email to sympa@ala.org.
2. Leave the subject empty.
3. In the body, simply put a single line:
Subscribe LIRT-L Firstname Lastname (case sensitive)
4. Send the email.

After subscribing to LIRT-L, send your messages to: lirt-l@ala.org. LIRT News exists primarily to inform members about activities of the roundtable. However, the newsletter committee welcomes contributions that address library instruction in any library setting-public, school, academic or special. See Guidelines for Contributors http://fleetwood.baylor.edu/lirt/guidelines.html.
Subscribing to LIRT-L is not required; LIRT News will continue to be available on the LIRT website (http://fleetwood.baylor.edu/lirt/lirtnews/).
Thank you for your support of and contributions to LIRT!


Thanks!

Kawanna Bright, LIRT President

Second Life AASL Discussion: "The End of an Era: Falling Off a Cliff

Group Notice From: ALA SL-Events

Join the inaugural AASL-SIGMS monthly article discussion group on Sun, 10/17 at 4:30 pm SLT [Second Life Time=Pacific Time] on the ALA Main Stage. This month, we will discuss the School Library Monthly entitled, "The End of an Era¦Falling Off a Cliff". This article is based on the remarks provided by Allison Zmuda during this year's AASL conference. See http://sigms.iste.wikispaces.net/upcoming for more info. SLURL: http://slurl.com/secondlife/ALA%20Island/127/101/29

Electronic Green Journal & Open Access Week

Maria Jankowska (UCLA Library) reports the following:

In celebration of Open Access Week, October 18-24, 2010
(http://www.openaccessweek.org/ ), the Electronic Green Journal has
just published a new issue that is available
at: http://repositories.cdlib.org/uclalib/egj/ .

Electronic Green Journal aids international scholarly communication by
providing a freely accessible forum for the exchange of environmental
information. It has been an open access publication since its
founding in 1994 and is published by the UCLA Library twice a year.