(via ACRL) The #RBMS21 (ACRL Rare Books & Manuscripts Section) 2021 Conference, “Power, Resistance and Leadership”, will take place online from Monday, June 7, to Thursday, June 10. There is just one day remaining until the early-bird registration deadline. To receive the early-bird registration rate, a $50 savings, you must register here by Friday, May 28. The virtual RBMS 2021 Conference will…
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Recording Now Available for OHSLA Program Drawn to Graphic Medicine: Bringing Comics into Medical Librarianship (Worth 1.5 MLA CE hours)
(via Ramune Kubilius, Galter Health Sciences Library & Learning Center at Northwestern University) If you were interested in the OHSLA (Ohio Health Sciences Library Association) Spring 2021 Program Drawn to Graphic Medicine: Bringing Comics into Medical Librarianship, but could not make it when we held the live class on Apr. 30, the recording is available. You…
Call for Proposals: Editorials to Appear on ResearchDataQ Website (Deadline Wed., June 30)
(via Andrew Johnson, University of Colorado Boulder) The ResearchDataQ Editorial Board, part of the ACRL Digital Scholarship Section, is seeking proposals for editorials that will be featured prominently on the ResearchDataQ website. We are seeking editorials that describe services, support, or related activities around research data at your institution. Topics could include privacy, ethical data…
Call for 2021-2022 Host Sites: Association of Research Libraries Leadership Fellows Program (Deadline Tues., June 1, 2021)
(via Erin Ellis, Indiana University Bloomington) The ARL Leadership Fellows Program is ARL’s flagship executive leadership development program. Integral to the program are three daylong institutes that bring together fellows and practicing library leaders around the theme of moving leadership learning into practice. Two of these institutes are hosted by ARL member institutions. The ARL…
Call for Submissions: Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship 25th Anniversary Issue (Deadline Fri., Aug. 6)
(via Ginny Boehme, Miami University) Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship (ISTL) is marking twenty-five years as a vehicle for sci-tech librarians to share initiatives and ideas with the wider field. For our 25th anniversary edition, we would like to forward an invitation to submit work that amplifies voices of the future of librarianship. Early…
Registration and Agenda Available for 2021 Special Libraries Association Midwest Symposium (Online, Fri., June 4)
(via Dan Bostrom, SLA Illinois President-Elect) It my distinct pleasure to announce the agenda for the 2021 SLA Midwest Symposium. This event takes place on Friday, June 4, 2021, from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM CDT. All sessions take place via Zoom Meeting. Registration for the event is available here. Please see below for the…
Call for Chapter Proposals: Upcoming ACRL Publication Creators in the Academic Library (Deadline Mon., July 19)
(via Rebecca Kuglitsch, University of Colorado Boulder) We are excited to invite chapter proposals for our forthcoming ACRL book, Creators in the Academic Library, with an anticipated publication date of Spring 2023. This edited volume seeks to increase the impact of academic libraries on creator communities by bringing together ideas for and approaches to their…
Registration Open for ACRL CJCLS Webinar “Scholarly Research for Community College Librarians: Demystifying Submission, Review, and Publication Processes” (Thurs., June 10, 2:00-3:00 PM CDT)
(via Linda Miles, Hostos Community College) Registration is now open for the webinar “Scholarly Research for Community College Librarians: Demystifying Submission, Review, and Publication Processes”. It will take place on Thursday, June 10, from 2:00 to 3:00 PM CDT. More information is below. Are you a community college librarian interested in publishing in LIS Journals?…
Reminder: Call for Examples of Libraries’ Open Access Policies (Research for Upcoming ALA Publication)–Deadline Tues., May 25
(via Rachel Scott, Associate Dean for Information Assets at Illinois State University’s Milner Library) Two years ago we emailed to request your input on Open Access policies in your libraries. Our findings were recently published in portal and are available here. We thank you for your input and invite you to offer your feedback on the…
Call for Proposals: Librarian’s Association of the University of California, Berkeley, Online Conference (Oct. 5-6)–Deadline Tues., June 15
(via Liladhar Pendse–University of California, Berkeley) The Librarian’s Association of the University of California, Berkeley (LAUC-B) invites you to submit a proposal for the 2021 conference, Reimagining Libraries Through Critical Library Practices, an online conference that will take place from Tuesday, October 5, to Wednesday, October 6 (12:00-5:00 PM CDT both days). Librarians’ activities are…