(via Beth Fuchs, University of Kentucky) The ALA Library Instruction Round Table (LIRT) welcomes your submissions for two awards created to recognize excellence in information literacy and instruction. Submissions from all types of libraries (public, school, special, academic) are encouraged. Winners will receive a $1,000 award, a plaque, and a $500 travel stipend to be…
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Electronic Petitions to Run for ALA President-Elect and Councilor-at-Large Available (Filing Deadline Dec. 6)
(via JoAnne Kempf, American Library Association) Interested in running for ALA President-elect or Councilor-at-Large but weren’t approached by the Nominating Committee? You can still get your name on the 2018 spring ballot by completing a petition form and obtaining the signatures of no fewer than 200 ALA current personal members for president-elect and 25 signatures…
ACRL Offering Online Course “Engaging with the ACRL Framework” (October 16 – November 17, 2017)
(via Chase Ollis, American Library Association) The ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education – with its emphasis on self-reflective and lifelong learning and on conceptual understandings about information, research, and scholarship and encouraging – has prompted many librarians to consider their teaching practices from fresh angles, as they explore their evolving instructional roles…
CARL 2018 Conference Call for Proposals Extended (Deadline Oct. 15)
(via Allison Carr, California State University San Marcos) Call for Proposals CARL (California Academic and Research Libraries) 2018: The Academic Library in Times of Change April 13-15, 2018 Pullman San Francisco Bay Hotel, Redwood City, California California Academic & Research Libraries DEADLINE EXTENDED to October 15, 2017 hange is an inevitable and can be a…
Call for Proposals: Emerging Learning Design Conference (Deadline Nov. 1)
(via Michelle Brannen, University of Tennessee Knoxville) 8th Annual Emerging Learning Design Conference – Call for Proposals Emerging Learning Design is now accepting proposals for the 8th Annual Emerging Learning Design Conference (#ELDc18) May 31st – June 1st, 2018 at Montclair State University. The theme for this year’s conference is From Learner Centered to Learner…
Call for Proposals: 2018 National Joint Conference of Librarians of Color (Deadline Nov. 15)
(via Sofia Leung, Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Call for Proposals Deadline November 15, 2017 Submit proposals here: JCLC 2018 Conference Proposal Submission Site The 3rd National Joint Conference of Librarians of Color in 2018, “Gathering all Peoples: Embracing Culture & Community” will take place September 26-30, 2018 in Albuquerque, NM. The conference is promoted by…
ACRL ULS Academic Outreach Committee Offering Online Roundtable Discussion: “Library Outreach in Civic Engagement” (Oct. 3, 4, or 5)
(via Beth Roszkowski, George Mason University) The ULS Academic Outreach Committee offers a series of Online Roundtable Discussions on topics related to Academic Outreach endeavors. October’s Topic: Library Outreach in Civic Engagement This month’s discussion will focus on the library’s involvement in civic engagement. We will talk about how libraries define “civic engagement,” working with on-campus…
Call for STS Liaison as ACRL Contact for the March for Science Group (Deadline Oct. 6)
(via Ginny Pannabecker, Virginia Tech University) Are you a member of ACRL and STS? Would you like to be more involved in STS, or would if you “had the time?” Are you passionate about events and movements like the March for Science, and actions that promote and communicate the social value of scientific research and education?…
LOEX 2018 Conference: Call for Breakout Session Proposals (Deadline Jan. 12, 2018)
(via Bethany Herman, Houston Community College) You are invited to Houston for LOEX 2018, to showcase your innovations in library instruction. The 2018 conference, which will be the 46th annual meeting and will have the theme “New Frontiers: Exploring and Innovating in Uncharted Territory”, will take place May 3-5. We are excited to see how librarians…
Registration Open for October 11 SCR CONNECTions Webinar “Holistic Data for Healthy Libraries”
(via Sarah Miles, NNLM South Central Region) We are very excited to announce our next SCR CONNECTions webinar, to be held on Wednesday, October 11, from 10:00 to 11:00 AM CST. Guest speaker Annie Norman, Director and State Librarian for the Delaware Division of Libraries, will present “Holistic Data for Healthy Libraries”. No registration is required…