(via Margaret Chambers, CARLI, on behalf of Governors State University) Interested in learning more about public humanities engagement? Join Governors State University for a webinar featuring Public Scholarship in Literary Studies, a ground-breaking collection scheduled for publication in March 2021 with Amherst College Press-publisher of peer-reviewed, digital-first, open-access scholarly books. The book’s co-editor, Governors State University Associate…
Year: 2021
Registration Open for OCLC Resource Sharing Conference Web Series Lasting March 30 – June 10
(via OCLC) OCLC invites ILL professionals and users of OCLC’s resource sharing solutions to join us online for RSC21, a series of six free, virtual sessions that start on Tuesday, March 30. This year’s #OCLCrsc21 will include sessions on electronic document delivery, controlled digital lending, and moving resource sharing forward during this challenging time. You’ll…
Call for Participation: Survey on COVID-19’s Impact Upon Tenure-Track Academic Librarians (Deadline Fri., April 9)
(via Amanda McCormick, State University of New York at Buffalo) If you are a tenure-track librarian at an academic library in the United States, you are invited to participate in a survey titled “Tenure & Covid-19 Impact Survey”. This study is being conducted by Kimberly Plassche, Carolyn Klotzbach-Russell, and Amanda McCormick at the University at…
Reminder: ACRL EBSS Virtual Research Forum Proposals Due Friday, March 19
(via Annie Armstrong, University of Illinois at Chicago’s Daley Library) The ACRL Education and Behavioral Sciences Section Research Committee invites proposals for presentations at their virtual research forum, to be held online in early May, 2021. Our charge is to investigate and propose ways for education and behavioral science librarians to share ideas about new directions…
Legislative News, 03/16/2021
Federal news Bill passed H.R.1319 — American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 [became Public Law No. 117-2 on 3/11/2021] Specifically, the bill provides funding for [see full list of provisions at the above link] schools and institutions of higher education; COVID-19 vaccinations, testing, treatment, and prevention; mental health and substance-use disorder services; programs for health…
HSLI Member Eleanor Truex Receives MLA Research, Development, and Demonstration Project Grant
(via Linda Feinberg, NorthShore University HealthSystem) Health Science Librarians of Illinois member Eleanor Truex, AMITA Health Saint Joseph Medical Library, is a 2021 recipient of the Medical Library Association’s Research, Development, and Demonstration Project Grant. According to MLA’s website, the purpose of the grant is “to provide support for research, development, or demonstration projects that will help…
Registration Open for 2021 Virtual Digital Initiatives Symposium (April 26-29)–Deadline Sun., April 18
(via Amanda Makula, University of San Diego) Registration is now open for the 2021 Virtual Digital Initiatives Symposium. The event will take place from Monday, April 26, to Thursday, April 29. Hosted by the University of San Diego’s Copley Library, the Digital Initiatives Symposium is an annual event featuring workshops, presentations, and keynote addresses from…
Call for Proposals: Collaborative Librarianship Issue on EDI (Deadline Monday, March 22)
(via Jill Emery, Portland State University) The co-editors of Collaborative Librarianship invite proposals for a themed, double issue of the journal on collaboration for equity, diversity and inclusion. See below for details. Throughout the world, thousands have been protesting police brutality and systemic oppression following the brutal killings of Black Americans including George Floyd in Minnesota,…
Call for Facilitators: ACRL Fostering Change Cohort (Deadline Friday, April 9)
(via ACRL) The ACRL New Roles and Changing Landscapes Committee seeks up to two facilitators to help launch an online cohort program based on the recent Fostering Change publication. This new professional development program will debut in the summer 2021 for teams of librarians, library workers, and/or administrators from institutions planning an organizational change. The group…
Save the Date and Call for Proposals: 20th Annual Northwest ILL and Resource Sharing Conference (Online Sept. 1-3)–Deadline Fri., April 16
(via David Ketchum, University of Oregon) Mark your calendars! The 20th Annual Northwest Interlibrary Loan and Resource Sharing Conference will be September 1-3 (Wednesday-Friday), online. Look for registration to open in June 2021. If you would like to revisit last year’s conference, view our 2020 program here. Session titles that are linked have recordings available to the…