ILA/ACRL

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  • Announcing the Mary Hammond Iber ILA/ACRL Spring Conference Scholarship winner

    Announcing the Mary Hammond Iber ILA/ACRL Spring Conference Scholarship winner

    Congrats to Zane Collett!

    About the scholarship:

    The Mary Hammond Iber Spring Conference Scholarship helps to fund attendance at the ILA/ACRL and IPAL Spring Conference. This year’s conference was held at the Cowles Library, Drake University on May 28-29, 2025.

    About the winner:

    Zane Collett is a U2G (undergraduate-to-graduate) student in the School of Library and Information Science at the University of Iowa, where they are focusing on academic libraries, cataloging, and reference. They recently completed their undergraduate studies also at the University of Iowa where they received a B.S. in mathematics and a B.A. in linguistics. Zane hopes to combine all of these facets into a library career where they can leverage their math background to better assist those with similar interests.

    In their words: 

    “As my first professional conference, this was my first opportunity to engage with people who do what I want to do. They not only implicitly affirmed my desire to be an academic librarian through their actions and discussions but also explicitly made me feel that this was my place. Through this conference, I found a community of individuals who believe in intellectual freedom and helping others in the same way I do. Finally, this conference has made me excited about librarianship in a way I have not since being admitted to library school.”

  • Deadline Extended: Mary Iber Spring Conference Scholarship Award

    Deadline Extended: Mary Iber Spring Conference Scholarship Award

    Headshot of Mary Iber

    The ILA/ACRL Awards Committee invites applications for the Mary Iber Spring Conference Scholarship Award on this form.

    Mary Hammond Iber was an exceptional librarian, mentor, and friend.  A librarian and archivist at Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa, she died unexpectedly on January 2, 2014. Mary was known for her kind, creative, and helpful nature and her vibrant approach to life.

    To honor her commitment to continuous learning and growth, Iowa ACRL makes available the Mary Hammond Iber Spring Conference Scholarship. The scholarship will help fund attendance at the Iowa ACRL and IPAL Joint Spring Conference, May 28-29 at Drake University in Des Moines. The scholarship will cover the registration fee and up to $200 in travel, hotel, and meal expenses.

    Applicants must be either:

    1. Paid members of Iowa ACRL working full-time in an Iowa academic or research library, and either:
      • attending their first Iowa ACRL Conference, or
      • have worked in an Iowa academic or research library for fewer than three years.

    ==OR==

    1. Library science students and/or support staff working in an Iowa academic or research library. Student and support staff applicants do not have to be paid members of Iowa ACRL.

    Previous Iowa ACRL Spring Conference scholarship recipients are not eligible.

    Submissions are due Tuesday, April 11, 2025.

    The winner will be notified by Wednesday, April 30, 2025. Questions? Please contact the Awards Committee Chair, Lisa Martincik.

  • 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.”