(via Jennifer Knievel, University of Colorado Boulder) The Dudley Award Subcommittee is now accepting nominations for the Miriam Dudley Instruction Librarian of the Year Award, which honors a librarian who has made a significant contribution to the advancement of instruction in a college or research library environment. Winners will receive a $1,000 prize. For more…
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Medical Library Association 2018 Conference Submissions Due October 10
(via the Medical Library Association) The 2018 National Program Committee seeks abstracts for contributed content for the theme, “Adapting | Transforming | Leading.” The call for submissions provides information on how to submit your abstract. You will rank how you prefer to present your content: paper, poster, or lightning talk. The National Program Committee also…
Call for Proposals: Designing for Digital (D4D) Conference (Deadline Nov. 14)
(via Kris Johnson, Montana State University) The D4D Program Planning committee has opened the 2018 call for proposals and is currently seeking three-hour workshops, 90-minute seminars, 45-minute sessions, and 20-minute short talks in these recently-revised tracks. tools and methods UX in practice service and physical space design trends, emerging issues, and the future of UX…
Call for Proposals: NASIG 2018 Annual Conference, “Transforming the Information Community”
(via NASIG, formerly the North American Serials Interest Group, Inc.) The NASIG 33rd Annual Conference, themed “Transforming the Information Community”, will take place June 8-11, 2018, in Atlanta, GA. Publishers, vendors, librarians, and others in the fields of electronic resources, serials, library publishing and scholarly communication are encouraged to submit proposals relating to scholarly communication,…
STS Signal Call for Submissions (Deadline Oct.2)
(via Melissa Johnson, Augusta University) As the co-editor of the Signal, the newsletter of ACRL’s Science & Technology Section, I am soliciting news to include in the Fall edition. Can you please send any information you’d like included to Melissa Johnson (mjohns69@augusta.edu) by Monday, October 2? To see the types of content included in past…
Early-Bird Registration for Midwest MLA / MHSLA 2017 Conference Ends Sept. 23
(via Miranda Shake, Health Science Librarians of Illinois President, on behalf of the Midwest MLA / MHSLA Publicity Committee) Join us for “Pure Information”, the joint conference of the Midwest Chapter of the Medical Library Association and the Michigan Health Sciences Libraries Association, Oct. 13 – 16, 2017. This conference, being held in Ypsilanti, MI,…
Call for Papers: MLA Meyerhoff Prize (Deadline Nov. 1)
(via Lisa McGuire, University of Minnesota) The Erich Meyerhoff (formerly Murray Gottlieb) Prize is awarded annually by the Medical Library Association for the best unpublished scholarly paper about a topic in the history of the health sciences. The purpose of the prize is to recognize and stimulate interest in the history of the health sciences….
“Background of Health Sciences Librarians” Survey Open Until October 25
(via Jessica Koos, State University of New York at Stony Brook) Are you currently employed as a health sciences or medical librarian in the United States or Canada? If so, please consider participating in the “Background of Health Sciences Librarians” survey. The purpose of this study is to explore the various professional and educational factors…
Reminder: Student Volunteers Needed for HSLI 2017 Annual Conference (Application Deadline Sept. 22)
(via Emily Johnson, University of Illinois at Chicago Library of the Health Sciences – Peoria) If you are a health sciences library hosting a graduate assistant this semester or know of a graduate student interested in health sciences librarianship, we hope you will forward the message below to the person. We are accepting applications until…
Call for ACRL College Libraries Section Fall 2017 Newsletter Items
(via Lindsay Davis, University of California Merced) The ACRL College Libraries Section Communications Committee invites you to submit an article for the Fall, 2017, CLS Newsletter. Did you present at a conference? Are you having a program at ALA Midwinter? Did your library launch an interesting service this fall? Did your library have a successful…