(via Rachel Rosekind, Contra Costa Library Commission) The ALA Social Responsibilities Round Table seeks presentation proposals for its upcoming “Afternoon of Social Justice”, which will take place online via Zoom Monday, August 4. The theme is “Artificial Intelligence”. The event will be free and open to the public, but advance registration is required and will…
Day: June 17, 2025
Reminder: Deadline to Apply for RDMLA Data Services Continuing Professional Education Program’s Fall, 2025, Cohort is Fri., June 27
(via Samantha Friedman, Research Data Management Librarian Academy) Are you interested in offering data services in your library? Apply to be a part of the Data Services Continuing Professional Education (DSCPE) program’s Fall, 2025, cohort, beginning early September! The Research Data Management Librarian Academy (RDMLA) has partnered with the Countway Library of Medicine and Simmons University…
Save the Date: Free Medical Institutional Repositories in Libraries Symposium–Online Thurs., Nov. 20
(via Ramune Kubilius, Galter Health Sciences Library & Learning Center at Northwestern University) Save the date for the Medical Institutional Repositories in Libraries (MIRL) Symposium, a free event with a focus on Institutional Repository (IR) management, curation, and promotion in a health sciences environment. The MIRL Symposium is a platform-neutral conference. Our goal is to…
Registration Open for The Ohio State University Libraries Webinar “Not Just for Research Papers: Demonstrating the Value of Information Evaluation Beyond the Context of Academia”–Wed., July 16, at 11:00 AM CDT
(via Jane Hammons, The Ohio State University) Registration is open for the webinar “Not Just for Research Papers: Demonstrating the Value of Information Evaluation Beyond the Context of Academia”. It will take place on Wednesday, July 16, at 11:00 AM CDT. We all face an abundance of information in our everyday lives—from our classes, our…
Call for Podcast Guest Host: Library Table Talk–Deadline Fri., Aug. 15
(via Stephanie Sparrow, University of Minnesota Twin Cities) Library Table Talk is a podcast that explores what academic librarianship looks like in the day-to-day, across different types of institutions and roles. We invite other librarians for friendly and informal conversations about the practicalities, responsibilities, challenges, joys, and realities of academic librarianship as a job and…