(via Dr. Andrea Baer, Inquiring Teachers) If you are interested in online professional development through which to explore and grow your information literacy teaching practice, please consider these upcoming Inquiring Teachers courses. Monday, August 2 – Tuesday, September 14: “Backward Design for Information Literacy Education“ Monday, October 4 – Tuesday, November 2: “Information Literacy in…
Author: Eric Edwards
Registration Open for MLA Webinar “What’s Needed to Make a Literature Search Reproducible? An Introduction to PRISMA-S” (Tues., Aug. 10, 1:00-2:30 PM CDT)
(via the Medical Library Association) Registration is now open for the MLA webinar “What’s Needed to Make a Literature Search Reproducible? An Introduction to PRISMA-S”?. It will take place on Tuesday, August 10, from 1:00 to 2:30 PM CDT. PRISMA-S is a new reporting guideline designed to help librarians, information specialists, and teams conducting systematic…
Registration Open for Choice Webinar “The Socially-Distanced Library: Best Practices During and After COVID-19” (Thurs., July 29, 1:00 PM CDT)
(via Choice 360) What policies can academic libraries introduce in response to higher education changes hastened by the pandemic? That’s the question seven panelists will try to answer in the upcoming Choice-ACRL webinar “The Socially-Distanced Library: Best Practices During and After COVID-19”. The webinar will take place on Thursday, July 29, starting at 1:00 PM…
Registration Open for Library of Congress Webinar “Foundations: Information Literacy and Primary Sources” (Tues., July 27, 1:00-2:00 PM CDT)
(via the Library of Congress) Registration is open for the Library of Congress webinar “Foundations: Information Literacy and Primary Sources”. It will take place on Tuesday, July 27, from 1:00 to 2:00 PM CDT. Information literacy involves multiple skills, including: identifying where information comes from, evaluating claims and evidence; identifying bias; and researching for additional…
Three Receive 2021 CARLI Scholarship
(via Margaret Chambers, CARLI) CARLI is pleased to announce three recipients of the 2021 CARLI Scholarship: Jacqueline Mann, Loyola University Chicago; Abigail Mastin, University of St. Francis; and Kate Swope, Northern Illinois University. The CARLI Scholarship, awarded for the first time in 2020, provides financial assistance to current employees of CARLI Governing Member Libraries pursuing…
Reminder: Registration Open for Georgia Library Association Webinar “Keeping Our Sanity During Change” (Wed., Aug. 4, at 1:00 PM CDT)
(via Emily Williams, Georgia State University) The Georgia Library Association Carterette Webinar Series presents “Keeping Our Sanity During Change”. The webinar will take place on Wednesday, August 4, at 1:00 PM CDT. More information is below. Description Discover your power in the organization, and where you do and do not have control. Learn about giving…
Registration Open for Free August 12 Virtual Conference “Cataloging Queer Library Issues: A symposium to honor Walt ‘Cat’ Walker” (Currently Limited to 500 Attendees)
(via John Jackson, Loyola Marymount University) The registration for the Thursday, August 12, virtual symposium “Cataloging Queer Library Issues: A symposium to honor Walt ‘Cat’ Walker” is now open. Registration is free, but space is limited to 500 virtual guests (a live streaming option will be available if we reach our max capacity). To register,…
Call for Mentors and Mentees: ACRL STS Mentoring Program
(via Alyssa Young, James Madison University) Would you like to expand your views on a science technology librarianship? Are you a library student or new librarian with lots of questions, and looking to find some insight into the profession and hear more advice? Are you considering a career change switching to STEM librarianship or looking…
Registration Open for Free Libraries & Veterans National Forum (Online Sept. 13-24)–Limited to 250 Attendees
(via Sarah LeMire, Texas A&M University) We would like to invite you to join us at this fall’s Libraries & Veterans National Forum. The Forum, which was rescheduled due to COVID, will be an online conference format for the safety of our participants. There is no cost to attend due to a grant from the Institute of Museum…
Call for Proposals: Digital Library Federation’s #DLFTeach Toolkit Volume 3 (Deadline Wed., Sept. 1)
(via Hillary Richardson, Mississippi University for Women) The DLF (Digital Library Federation) Digital Library Pedagogy group invites all interested digital pedagogy practitioners to contribute to a literacy and competency centered #DLFteach Toolkit, an online, open resource focused on lesson plans and concrete instructional strategies. The toolkit will emphasize the teaching of literacies and competencies foundational for…