(via OCLC) OCLC invites ILL professionals and users of OCLC’s resource-sharing solutions to join us online for a series of five sessions that starts on Wednesday, July 8. We’ll discuss how we’re all moving forward together, including best practices and better ways to connect your users with the information they need as your libraries reopen….
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2020 Charleston Conference Updates: Event Moving to All-Virtual Format and Call for Papers Extended to Friday, July 17
(via Courtney McAllister, Yale University) After 39 years, the Charleston Conference regrets to announce we are unable to meet in person as planned this year. We are committing ourselves to providing a top-notch, interactive, and immersive online experience for our attendees. We want to do our best to bring what you know and love about Charleston…
Call for Submissions: Library Juice Press Annual Paper Contest (Deadline Saturday, August 1)
(via Rory Litwin, Library Juice Academy) The intention of this contest is to encourage and reward good work in the field of library and information studies, humanistically understood, through a monetary award and public recognition. The contest is open to librarians, library students, academics, and others. Acceptable paper topics cover the full range of topics…
Registration Open for Western States Government Information Virtual Conference (August 5-6)
(via Susanne Caro, North Dakota State University) The Western States Government Information Virtual Conference is a free, biennial conference hosted by Government Information Librarians in the Western States and open to all. This year’s theme is “Trusted to Serve: Promoting Quality Government Services in Libraries”. The Conference will be held on August 5-6, 2020. Click here for…
Registration Open for MLA 2020 vConference and exhibits (July 27 and Week of August 10-14)
(via the Medical Library Association) Envision our future and celebrate our past at the MLA ’20 vConference, August 10-14, 2020. While the theme, “2020 Vision: The Future in Focus,” encourages us to look forward, we cannot look forward without learning from our history. The 2020 National Program Committee (NPC) spent a good deal of time reviewing…
Registration Open for ACRL Digital Scholarship Section Virtual Professional Development Program on Library Publishing (Thursday, July 23, 1:00-2:00 PM CDT)
(via Brian Vetruba, University of Minnesota) The ACRL Digital Scholarship Section Virtual Professional Development Program for Summer 2020, “Building on What We’ve Learned: Approaches to Library Publishing from Three Different Universities,” will be held on Thursday, July 23, from 1:00 to 2:00 PM CDT. The program will discuss three different models for library publishing, with…
Call for Nominations: ALA 2021 Spring Elections (President-Elect and Councilor-at-Large) — Deadline Friday, July 10
(via the American Library Association) The Nominating Committee for the 2021 American Library Association election is soliciting nominees to run on the 2021 spring ballot for the offices of ALA President-Elect and Councilor-at-Large. The Nominating Committee will select two candidates to run for President-Elect and no fewer than 51 candidates for the 33 at-large Council…
Deadline Extended: Submissions for IACRL People’s Choice Award in Scholarly Publishing (New Due Date Friday, July 10)
(via IACRL) This is a reminder that the Illinois Association of College & Research Libraries (IACRL) Awards Committee is seeking submissions for the People’s Choice Award in Scholarly Publishing. This award will give academic and research librarians throughout Illinois the opportunity to read and evaluate scholarly works by their peers and then vote on a favorite. It will…
Call for Submissions: ILA Reporter and ILA Connector
(via the Illinois Library Association) We are accepting submissions for the ILA Reporter and the ILA Connector. For the ILA Reporter, we are seeking the following types of pieces. articles that explore an issue, rather than promoting a particular initiative or program, with examples from more than one library or type of library writing that considers…
Reminder: ACRL Seeking Volunteers for Diversity Alliance Task Force (Deadline Tuesday, June 30)
(via ACRL) The ACRL Board of Directors approved the establishment of the Diversity Alliance Task Force. The Diversity Alliance Task Force will oversee the ACRL Diversity Alliance program and will be tasked to carry out the recommendations from the current oversight task force, whose terms expire in June 2020, to grow and develop the program….