Mary Schlembach, Head of the Chemistry Library and Professor at the University Library, has been invited to the Royal Society of London’s Future of Scientific Publishing Conference. This invitation-only event will be held in mid-July and is chaired by Sir Mark Walport, Fellow of the Royal Society. The conference convenes stakeholders in science and publishing communities to improve mutual understanding, develop shared priorities, foster collaboration, and consider possible major disruptions in scientific publishing in the next 15 years.
Congratulations to Schlembach for this opportunity!
Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe, Professor and Coordinator for Information Literacy Services 
Ayla Stein Kenfield, Repository Services Librarian and Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, is a member of the D-CRAFT project team that was awarded an Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Grant. 
MS/LIS student Vera Vasileva has been awarded an Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Student Scholarship to participate in the ACRL 2019 conference, which was held April 10-13 in Cleveland, Ohio. At the conference, Vasileva attended the presentation of “We Don’t Need that Anymore, Exploring the Myths and Realities of the Impact of Digitization on Print Usage,” a paper she co-authored with her graduate assistantship supervisor Thomas Teper, associate professor and associate dean of libraries for the University Library.