LIRT 40th Anniversary Celebration and Awards Ceremony

Library Instruction Round Table is celebrating its 40th Anniversary and we invite you to join us at the Hilton Chicago, Williford Ballroom A on Saturday, June 24, 2017 from 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. Help celebrate this event with good music, good food, and good drinks (cash bar). Additionally, this year, the LIRT Awards ceremony will be combined with the anniversary celebration -- recognizing the accomplishments of librarians and libraries that promote information literacy, 

This year we will be honoring Jo Angela Oehrli, Learning Librarian at the University of Michigan, Shapiro Undergraduate Library, winner of the 2017 LIRT Librarian Recognition Award, and Brigham Young University Harold B. Lee Library, winner of the 2017 LIRT Innovation in Instruction Award. Award recipients will be presented with a $1,000 cash prize and a plaque during the ceremony. The honorees will briefly discuss their work in forwarding information literacy..

All conference attendees are welcomed and encouraged to attend. Add the event to your calendar using the Conference scheduler.

This is the fourth year that LIRT has offered the Library Instruction Awards.