Month: March 2016

2016-03-03

The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) announced the Illinois Fire Service Institute (IFSI) Library is among 30 finalists for the 2016 National Medal for Museum and Library Service. Congratulations to Head Librarian/Director Lian Ruan and her colleagues on this impressive achievement. Read more…

For more information about the IFSI Library, visit www.fsi.illinois.edu/content/library/ .

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2016-03-01

The Image of Research – UR Edition 2016 is now taking submissions.

Have you constructed data visualizations for your research? Have you taken photos of your original student work?

Image of Research is a multidisciplinary competition celebrating the diversity and breadth of undergraduate research at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. All undergraduate students are invited to submit entries consisting of an image and brief text that articulates how the images relates to the research.

Awards: First prize: $300 Second prize: $200 Additionally, there may be up to two honorable mentions.

All submissions will be displays at the Undergraduate Research Symposium on April 21, 2016.
See examples of past winners and all submissions: http://imageofresearch.omeka.net/

Submission form: https://illinois.edu/sb/sec/48397
Deadline for submissions: 12pm CST Sunday, March 27, 2016

For more information, please see the Image of Research-UR website
Questions should be addressed to sc@library.illinois.edu

The Image of Research is organized by the Scholarly Commons of the University Library and the Office of Undergraduate Research and is supported by a generous gift to the Scholarly Commons from the Division of Intercollegiate Athletics .

Do you have a story you’d like added to the Library News & Events? If so, please contact Heather Murphy ( hmurphy@illinois.edu ).