(via Deb Villavicencio-Eschinger, CHOICE) “Toward Inclusive Excellence”, the DEIA content channel from CHOICE/ACRL, seeks guest blog post contributors for Winter-Spring 2022. If you are interested in writing about issues of equity, diversity, and inclusion, particularly, as they affect the academic library community, please e-mail dvillavicencio@ala-choice.org, with your thoughts on a possible topic and a brief…
Category: Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL)
Call for Submissions: ACRL “Perspectives on the Framework” Column (Deadline Fri., Nov. 19)
(via Maura Seale, University of Michigan) College & Research Libraries News and ACRL’s Student Learning and Information Literacy Committee invite proposals for the publication’s “Perspectives on the Framework” column. This bimonthly column provides a forum for librarians to share practices and perspectives related to the Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education. The column editorial team will…
Reminder: Registration Open for Free ACRL ULS Webinar “Libraries and Learning Analytics: Facts, False Choices, and Future Forays” (Mon., Nov. 15, 1:00-2:00 PM CDT)
(via Anna Sandelli-University of Tennessee, Knoxville) Registration is now open for the webinar “Libraries and Learning Analytics: Facts, False Choices, and Future Forays”. This free presentation is sponsored by the ACRL University Libraries Section Professional Development Committee. It will take place on Monday, November 15, from 1:00 to 2:00 PM CDT. Register here. More information is below. Learning…
Registration Open for Free ACRL EBSS Instruction for Educators Committee Webinar “The ACRL Framework and Teacher Education: Shaping the Companion Document for Instruction for Education” (Fri., Dec. 10, 1:00-2:00 PM CDT)
(via Robin Ewing, St. Cloud State University) Registration is now open for the free ACRL EBSS (Education and Behavioral Sciences Section) Instruction for Educators Committee webinar “The ACRL Framework and Teacher Education: Shaping the Companion Document for Instruction for Education”. It will take place on Friday, December 10, from 1:00 to 2:00 PM CDT, via Zoom. More…
Call for Nominations: ACRL Board of Directors 2023 Elections (Deadline Wed., Feb. 15, 2022)
(via ACRL) ACRL is dedicated to enhancing the ability of library and information professionals to dream big and shape our new future. Be a part of shaping that future! The ACRL Leadership Recruitment and Nominations Committee (LRNC) encourages members to nominate themselves or others to run for the position of ACRL Vice-President/President-Elect and Director-at-Large in…
UIUC iSchool Student Brandi Hart is ACRL Member of the Week for October 25
(via ACRL) Brandi Hart is a graduate student at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s School of Information Sciences. She has been a member of ACRL for one year and is the ACRL Member of the Week for October 25, 2021. Her responses to some questions on her involvement in ACRL and her professional goals…
Call for Interest in Attending or Presenting: ACRL PPIRS Vendor/Publisher Liaison & Review Committee’s Lightning Talks on Political-Science Data (Tues., Nov. 9, at 1:00 PM CDT)
(via Mark Robinson, University of Notre Dame) Calling everyone who’s passionate about political-science data! The ACRL PPIRS (Politics, Policy & International Relations Section) Vendor/Publisher Liaison & Review Committee is organizing a round of lightning talks on this topic. Interested in learning more about data sets and tools for political science? Have a favorite resource that…
Call for Proposals: Upcoming ACRL Publication Leading Libraries through Uncertain Times (Deadline Fri., Jan. 14)
(via Christine Bombaro, Dickinson College) I am seeking proposals for a forthcoming edited ALA publication with the working title Leading Libraries through Uncertain Times, expected to be published in mid-2023. The Covid-19 pandemic illuminated and amplified challenges that have been facing library leaders for decades. Along with other institutional leaders, librarians have had to contend with disruptions…
Registration Open for Free ACRL ULS Webinar “Libraries and Learning Analytics: Facts, False Choices, and Future Forays” (Mon., Nov. 15, 1:00-2:00 PM CDT)
(via Anna Sandelli–University of Tennessee, Knoxville) Registration is now open for the webinar “Libraries and Learning Analytics: Facts, False Choices, and Future Forays”. This free presentation is sponsored by the ACRL University Libraries Section Professional Development Committee. It will take place on Monday, November 15, from 1:00 to 2:00 PM CDT. Register here. More information is below. Learning…
Reminder: Chapter Proposals for Upcoming ACRL Publication Closing a College Library Due Mon., Nov. 1
(via Stephanie Sopka, Goucher College) A forthcoming ACRL publication, Closing A College Library, is now accepting chapter proposals to be included in the edited volume, slated for a Fall/Winter 2022 release date. We are seeking authors with firsthand experience with some aspect of closing a small college library in the United States. The United States is facing a…