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  • Voting Begins October 30, 2024 for ILA/ACRL Slate of Officers

    Voting Begins October 30, 2024 for ILA/ACRL Slate of Officers

    ILA/ACRL Iowa Library Association and Association of College and Research Libraries

    Ballots for the election of Iowa ARL officers were sent out to all active Iowa ACRL members on Wednesday, October 30. The voting period will run from October 30, beginning at 8:00 a.m., until Friday, Nov. 8, at 5:00 p.m. If you did not receive a ballot and believe that you should have, please check the following: Did you update your email address recently? Ballots were sent to whatever email you use for ILA business. This may or may not be your work address. Check your spam filter. Emails were sent from a uiowa.edu address and the subject line references the ILA/ACRL election. Please contact me to get a paper ballot or to check on your ACRL membership status. I can be reached at morinj@bvu.edu

  • Winner of the ILA/ACRL Scholarship Award to the ILA Annual Conference

    Winner of the ILA/ACRL Scholarship Award to the ILA Annual Conference

    We are proud to announce the recipient of the ILA/ACRL Scholarship to the ILA Annual Conference. Congratulations to Ashley Wildberg!

    Biography

    Ashley lives in downtown Des Moines, Iowa with their husband and dog. They are currently an online SLIS student with the University of Iowa, with a concentration in archives and special collections. They plan on graduating in two years. They also work as a reference associate at the State Historical Society of Iowa, where besides helping patrons with research questions they do cataloging and make archival-quality containers for books. They graduated in 2020 from Drake University with a BA in drawing, minors in English and graphic design, and the honors program. They also worked at the Drake archives for over a year as an undergrad, which was the original inspiration to pursue librarianship as a career. They are very grateful to have received the scholarship and had an illuminating experience at the conference. It has reaffirmed their professional goal of improving the quality of diversity, equity, and inclusion in whatever space they work in through leadership and effective change.

    Quote

    “As a student new to the professional field of librarianship, I came away from the conference with the impression that, for leaders in the field, community organizing and political activism with government bodies are a fundamental part of the position.”

     

  • Important – ILA/ACRL Fall Business Meeting Scheduled for Friday, October 25 at 1:00 pm

    Important – ILA/ACRL Fall Business Meeting Scheduled for Friday, October 25 at 1:00 pm

    Please join your ACRL Executive Board for our Fall Business Meeting, to be held virtually on Friday, October 25 at 1:00 p.m.  This meeting is open to all ACRL members.

    Check your email for the link to the Zoom meeting.