(via the Medical Library Association) Envision our future and celebrate our past at the MLA ’20 vConference, August 10-14, 2020. While the theme, “2020 Vision: The Future in Focus,” encourages us to look forward, we cannot look forward without learning from our history. The 2020 National Program Committee (NPC) spent a good deal of time reviewing…
Year: 2020
Registration Open for ACRL Digital Scholarship Section Virtual Professional Development Program on Library Publishing (Thursday, July 23, 1:00-2:00 PM CDT)
(via Brian Vetruba, University of Minnesota) The ACRL Digital Scholarship Section Virtual Professional Development Program for Summer 2020, “Building on What We’ve Learned: Approaches to Library Publishing from Three Different Universities,” will be held on Thursday, July 23, from 1:00 to 2:00 PM CDT. The program will discuss three different models for library publishing, with…
Call for Nominations: ALA 2021 Spring Elections (President-Elect and Councilor-at-Large) — Deadline Friday, July 10
(via the American Library Association) The Nominating Committee for the 2021 American Library Association election is soliciting nominees to run on the 2021 spring ballot for the offices of ALA President-Elect and Councilor-at-Large. The Nominating Committee will select two candidates to run for President-Elect and no fewer than 51 candidates for the 33 at-large Council…
Deadline Extended: Submissions for IACRL People’s Choice Award in Scholarly Publishing (New Due Date Friday, July 10)
(via IACRL) This is a reminder that the Illinois Association of College & Research Libraries (IACRL) Awards Committee is seeking submissions for the People’s Choice Award in Scholarly Publishing. This award will give academic and research librarians throughout Illinois the opportunity to read and evaluate scholarly works by their peers and then vote on a favorite. It will…
Call for Submissions: ILA Reporter and ILA Connector
(via the Illinois Library Association) We are accepting submissions for the ILA Reporter and the ILA Connector. For the ILA Reporter, we are seeking the following types of pieces. articles that explore an issue, rather than promoting a particular initiative or program, with examples from more than one library or type of library writing that considers…
Reminder: ACRL Seeking Volunteers for Diversity Alliance Task Force (Deadline Tuesday, June 30)
(via ACRL) The ACRL Board of Directors approved the establishment of the Diversity Alliance Task Force. The Diversity Alliance Task Force will oversee the ACRL Diversity Alliance program and will be tasked to carry out the recommendations from the current oversight task force, whose terms expire in June 2020, to grow and develop the program….
Call for Panelists: IACRL/RAILS/IHLS July 29 Town Hall on Preparing for Fall Semester (Deadline Monday, July 13)
(via Sue Franzen, IACRL Vice-President/President-Elect) The Illinois Association of College & Research Libraries, the Reaching Across Illinois Library System, and the Illinois Heartland Library System are planning a Fall Semester Town Hall on Wednesday, July 29, from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM. If you are interested in sharing what your library is doing in regards to…
Reminder: Registration Open for Next IACRL Journal Club Meeting (12:00-1:00 PM on Thursday, June 25)
(via IACRL) Join IACRL for our next Journal Club discussion on Thursday, June 25, from 12:00 to 1:00 PM, via Zoom. Everyone is invited to attend. We will be discussing “Environmental Scan and Assessment of OERs, MOOCs, and Libraries: What Effectiveness and Sustainability Means for Libraries’ Impact on Open Education” by Carmen Kazakoff-Lane. Specifically, we…
Reminder: Registration Open for ACRL Technical Services Interest Group Presentations on Cataloging VR and Merging Acquisitions (12:00 PM CDT on Tues., June 23)
(via Cynthia Romanowski, Governors State University) The ACRL Technical Services Interest Group invites you to join us virtually for two presentations on: Date: Tuesday, June 23 Time: 12:00 PM CDT Place: Zoom The following will be 20-minute presentations with a five-minute question session: Cataloging Virtual Reality programming: why and how — Joy DuBose, Assistant Professor,…
Legislative News, 06/23/2020
Federal news Bills to watch · H.R.990 Recognizing racism as a national crisis and the need for a truth and reconciliation process. This resolution recognizes racism as a national public health crisis and supports the creation of a truth and reconciliation process to address historic, enduring systemic and structural racism against black people. [Introduced 6/4/20]…