(via Dena Hutto, Reed College) Would you like to expand your professional network and contribute to the advancement of college libraries? Serving on a committee is a great way to become involved in ACRL and make an impact on our profession. If this sounds interesting to you, I encourage you to volunteer to serve on…
Category: Calls and Requests
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Call for Program Proposals: LACUNY Institute 2018, “Librarianship in Challenging Times” (Deadline Feb. 16)
(via Mark Aaron Polger, College of Staten Island) Call for Proposals LACUNY Institute 2018: Librarianship in Challenging Times: Advocating for Intellectual Freedom, Democracy, and Equity Friday May 11, 2018 | John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York (CUNY) This year’s keynote speaker is Trevor A. Dawes, Vice Provost for Libraries and…
Call for Presentations and Posters: Colloquium on Libraries and Service Learning (Deadline March 9)
(via Natasha Johnson, Purdue University) Call for Proposals: Colloquium on Libraries & Service Learning Critically Engaged Librarianship: Exploring Service Learning and Community Involvement August 9-10, 2018 American University, Washington, D.C. Join us for the 2018 Colloquium on Libraries & Service Learning! Conference Focus: The intended community for this colloquium includes all who are interested in…
Reminder: Chapter Proposals for ACRL Monograph Leading Change in Academic Libraries Due Feb. 28
(via Dr. Colleen Boff, Bowling Green State University) We invite chapter proposals for consideration in the publication of a forthcoming ACRL monograph titled Leading Change in Academic Libraries. Contributing authors are asked to describe and reflect on a recent change in their academic library in which they worked with others in the organization to reorganize, reengineer,…
Reaching Forward Conference Registration Open and Awards Applications Available
(via the Illinois Library Association) The 29th annual Reaching Forward Conference will be held Friday, May 4, at the Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont. The conference features a full day of programming, with morning coffee and a plated lunch. Reaching Forward programming is designed for library staff at all levels of experience and types of…
Call for Responses: Survey on Reporting Censorship Challenges (Deadline Jan. 31)
(via Tracy Ruppman, Loyola University Chicago) I am Tracy Ruppman and I am one of your Illinois Library Association Intellectual Freedom Committee co-chairs. You may have seen communication from the American Library Association about reporting censorship challenges for 2017 and ILA is helping them get the word out. The ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF)…
ACRL Instruction Section Filling Positions (Deadline to Apply Jan. 26)
(via Merinda Kaye Hensley, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) The ACRL Instruction Section has two Committee slots to fill, IL in the Disciplines and Discussion Group Steering. Also, if you are a community college librarian, we are looking for another person (possibly more than one) to serve on the Building Virtual Community Task Force. If one is interested in…
Call for Papers: International Association of Technical and University Libraries Conference (Deadline Feb. 1)
(via Dr. Tod Colegrove-University of Nevada, Reno) Early bird registration is now open for the 39th Annual IATUL Conference, to be held in Oslo, Norway, from June 18 to 21 (https://iatul2018.hioa.no). More information about the call for papers is below. Call for papers The IATUL 2018 Program Committee invites proposals for papers and posters, which should reflect…
Resources for College Libraries Seeking Subject Editors
(via Anne Doherty, American Library Association) Resources for College Libraries (RCL), the bibliography of essential titles for undergraduate libraries, is announcing editorial openings. RCL is a continuously-updated, peer-reviewed core collection that includes over 85,000 resources in 61 curriculum-specific subject areas. Available online at http://rclweb.net, the RCL database is co-published by Choice/ACRL and ProQuest. RCL is currently seeking…
Call for Applications: Travel Grant for The Innovative Library Classroom conference (Deadline Feb. 19)
(via Rebecca Seipp, Hollins University) The Innovative Library Classroom (TILC) is pleased to announce a grant to attend the 2018 conference, held at Radford University in Radford, VA on May 8th and May 9th. The grant will help someone from an underrepresented and/or marginalized group attend the conference by providing funding for registration or accommodations…