(via ACRL) Registration is open for the ACRL Online Learning webinar “Reflective Practices for Exploring AI”. It will take place on Thursday, February 19, from 1:00 to 2:00 PM CDT. Artificial intelligence is an overwhelming topic. From the complexities of AI tools and technologies themselves to the myriad concerns, issues, and challenges surrounding the development…
Month: February 2026
Registration Open for ACRL EBSS Webinar “Practical Sharing: Data Visualization & Misinformation”–Thurs., Feb. 19, at 1:00 PM CDT
(via Ellen Hampton Filgo, Baylor University) Please join us online Thursday, February 19, at 1:00 PM CDT for an ACRL EBSS (Education and Behavioral Sciences Section) Practical Sharing session on how to use data visualizations for information literacy and misinformation instruction. The session is titled “Practical Sharing: Data Visualization & Misinformation”. Laura Beane, Data Services…
Registration Open for HSLI Webinar “What I Wish I Had Known: Evidence Synthesis Edition”–Mon., Feb. 23, 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM CDT
(via Emily Gilbert, University of Illinois Chicago Library of the Health Sciences) The Health Sciences Librarians of Illinois (HSLI) invites you to attend a one-hour virtual panel discussion about launching and sustaining systematic review and evidence synthesis services. Titled “What I Wish I Had Known: Evidence Synthesis Edition”, the webinar will take place on Monday,…
Next HSLI “Coffee & Conversation” Online Thursday, February 19, 3:00-4:00 PM CDT
(via Frances Drone-Silvers, Carle Foundation Hospital) Join us online Thursday, February 19, from 3:00 to 4:00 PM CDT for an informal “meeting of the minds”. Learn from your HSLI colleagues about what’s new or challenging. Join: here Meeting ID: 256 921 913 449 31 Passcode: Jn9yE2Nc
Call for Submissions: Upcoming Journal of Electronic Librarianship Column on JSTOR’s AI Research Tool–Deadline Wed., Feb. 25
(via Cathy Troupos, Wheaton College) The Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship is looking for reviewers to write about JSTOR’s AI Research Tool for an upcoming “E-Resources Reviews” column. If you’ve used the tool and have thoughts to share-good, bad, or in between-we’d love to hear them. Submission Guidelines If you have any questions, please…
Call for Proposals: ACRL Science and Technology Section Research Forum (Online Tues., June 16)–Deadline Tues., March 31
(via William Jacobs, San Francisco State University) The Research Committee of the ACRL Science and Technology Section (STS) will host its Research Forum online Tuesday, June 16. The Committee is currently seeking proposals to present lightning talks that highlight research and practitioner projects related to science and technology librarianship. Registration for ALA Annual and STS…
Registration Open for NNLM Webinar “Interlibrary Loan: From Basics to Current Issues”–Wed., March 11, 10:00-11:00 AM CDT
(via the Network of the National Library of Medicine) Registration is open for the NNLM webinar “Interlibrary Loan: From Basics to Current Issues”. It will take place on Wednesday, March 11, from 10:00 to 11:00 AM CDT. While interlibrary loan has been a core service for health science libraries for decades, changes in policies, software,…
Reminder: Applications for MLA Research Training Institute Due Mon., Feb. 16–Instructors Include Northwestern’s Guzman
(via Susan Lessick, University of California Irvine) The Medical Library Association’s Research Training Institute (RTI) is a year-long, mentored research fellowship for librarians and LIS graduate students who want to design, conduct, and disseminate high-quality research that advances library programs, education, and health services. For RTI ’26, RTI is expanding its curriculum by adding new content areas and…
Call for Proposals Extended: 2026 Illinois Information Literacy Summit (Fri., May 1, at College of DuPage), with Theme “Skepticism (Not Cynicism): Navigating Knowledge in a Time of Uncertainty”–New Deadline Mon., Feb. 9
(via Firouzeh Rismiller, DePaul University) The College of DuPage Library and the DePaul University Library are pleased to announce the call for proposals for the 24th Annual Illinois Information Literacy Summit. The Summit will be held in person on Friday, May 1, at the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, IL. The Summit is a…
Call for Participation: NIU Research Survey Moral Injury: Academic Library Workers in Children’s Literature Spaces–Deadline Fri., May 1
(via Dr. Dee Anna Phares, Northern Illinois University) Given the current sociocultural and political landscape, we invite academic library workers with responsibilities related to children’s literature collections in the United States to respond to the Moral Injury: Academic Library Workers in Children’s Literature Spaces survey that seeks to uncover potentially morally injurious events and reveal…