(via Susan Schreiner, Grays Harbor College) Want to help someone new to the profession, or more experienced but seeking your wisdom? Sign up to be a mentor! The University Library Section (ULS) Membership Committee is providing its “On-the-Fly” Mentoring Service, which allows a mentee to talk with a mentor for a 20-minute session, on a…
Category: Calls and Requests
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Call for Nominations: Beta Phi Mu Award (Deadline February 3)
(via Emily Bergman) The American Library Association and the jury for the Beta Phi Mu encourages you to submit nominations for someone who deserves to be known for their work in education for librarianship. The award consists of $1,000 and a 24k gold framed citation of achievement. This annual award is for a library school faculty member…
Call for Participation: Survey on Potential Revisions to the Information Literacy Competency Standards for Nursing
(via Laureen Cantwell, Colorado Mesa University) As you may or may not be aware, the Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education (“the Standards”) was replaced by the Framework for Information Literacy in Higher Education (“the Framework”) in 2015. This means that the Information Literacy Competency Standards for Nursing, established in 2013, is in need…
Call for Program Proposals: Illinois Library Association 2020 Annual Conference (Oct. 20-22 in Springfield) — Deadline March 16
(via the Illinois Library Association) The ILA 2020 Annual Conference Program Committee is seeking program proposals for this year’s conference. This year’s theme — Many Libraries, One State — We Are ILA — focuses on what brings us together and how we can remove barriers to collaboration. Therefore, we highly encourage you to widen the…
Call for Nominations: ACRL Instruction Section Recognition (Deadline Jan. 25)
(via Caroline Sinkinson, University of Colorado Boulder) Do you know someone who is an amazing teaching librarian? If yes, consider nominating them as a Featured Teaching Librarian! If you’re an amazing teaching librarian, consider nominating yourself. The nomination form is here. The ACRL Instruction Section Teaching Methods Committee wants to highlight excellent teaching librarians. Several…
Call for Proposals: Open Education Southern Symposium 2020 (July 16 – 17 at North Carolina State Univ.) — Deadline Feb. 16
(via Stephanie Pierce, University of Arkansas) Theme: Open Connections: Regional and Local Community Building for Equity and Sustainability The Open Education Southern Symposium (OESS) is now accepting proposals for its day and a half conference on Thursday, July 16 and Friday, 17, 2020 at the James B. Hunt Jr. Library on the beautiful North Carolina…
Registration Open for 2020 Bridging the Spectrum Symposium (Feb. 14 in Washington, D.C.)
(via Dr. Ingrid Hsieh-Yee, Catholic University of America) We are pleased to announce that registration for the 2020 Bridging the Spectrum Symposium opens on December 17, 2019. The Symposium will take place on Friday, February 14, 2020, at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. This is the only DC-area symposium that brings together…
Save the Date and Upcoming Call for Proposals: 2020 Library Instruction Tennessee Conference (Friday, June 12, in Clarksville, TN)
(via Sarah Smith, Dean of Libraries at St. Louis Community College) Join us in 2020 for the Library Instruction Tennessee Conference! The theme for LIT 2020 is TRANSFORMATION Friday, June 12, 2020 Austin Peay State University Clarksville, Tennessee More information on the Conference is available here. Call for Proposals – Sent early January 2020, due…
Call for Chapter Proposals — Transfer Student Success: Advancing Outcomes from the Library Book (Deadline Jan. 6)
(via Ann Marshall, Purdue University Fort Wayne) Do you work with transfer students at your institution, and would you like to share your experiences with fellow librarians? We are seeking a few final proposals for an edited book tentatively titled Transfer Student Success: Advancing Outcomes from the Library, to be published by ALA Editions in…
Call for Applications: 2020 Institute for Research Design in Librarianship (IRDL), June 6-14 in Los Angeles — Deadline January 27
(via Collen Mullally, Pepperdine University) The Institute for Research Design in Librarianship (IRDL) is now accepting applications for the 2020 cohort. IRDL is a continuing education program for academic and research librarians designed to prepare novice researchers for careers as librarian-researchers. The Institute takes place at the William H. Hannon Library in Los Angeles, CA. IRDL provides social…