Call for Chapter Proposals We are seeking chapter proposals for an edited volume published by Rowman & Littlefield. The chapters will be peer reviewed and publication date is tentatively expected for Spring 2027. Working Title: Pathways for Change: Strategic Programs for Cultivating Diversity in the Library Workforce Abstract submission deadline: Friday, May 9, 2025 Editors:…
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Reminder: Journal of Graduate Librarianship Submissions Due Mon., April 14
(via Dr. Wendy Doucette, East Tennessee State University) The Journal of Graduate Librarianship (JGL) is again accepting submissions! Manuscripts are welcome until Monday, April 14, 2025. JGL invites manuscripts on any aspect or type of graduate librarianship. We especially seek manuscripts that exemplify the qualities contained in the acronym SHOP: Shared Honest Open Practice. Authors are encouraged…
Call for Presentation Proposals: IFLA Online Event “Shaping the Future: The Impact of AI in Social Sciences Librarianship” (Potential Presentation Dates Tues., June 3 – Thurs., June 5)–Deadline Fri., April 25
(via Robin Kear, University of Pittsburgh) The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions Social Science Libraries Section invites proposals for our upcoming online event titled, “Shaping the Future: The Impact of AI in Social Sciences Librarianship”. This virtual event will bring together library professionals, academic faculty and staff, and technology experts to explore the…
Volunteer Period for 2025-2028 CARLI Committees Now Open–Deadline Fri., May 2
(via Michelle Haake, CARLI) The Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois is seeking volunteers to serve on advisory committees. Volunteers chosen will serve a three-year term, July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2027. The application period will close on Friday, May 3, at 5:00 PM CDT. Faculty and staff members from all CARLI…
Call for Participation: Governors State University Doctoral Capstone Study “Beating the odds: female leadership in academic libraries”
(via Cari Didion, Governors State University) I am seeking participants for my doctoral capstone study of female academic library administrators (dean/associate dean, director/associate director). This qualitative study aims to understand women’s difficulties in attaining an administrative position within an academic library to articulate best practices to encourage other women to seek an administrative role. The…
Call for Public Comment and Endorsement: CARLI Statement on the Importance of Librarians in Academic Libraries
via Anne Craig, CARLI Senior Director) At its September, 2024, meeting, the CARLI Governance Board discussed the growing national climate of budget cuts, mergers, and closures in higher education, for colleges and their libraries. In response to this disturbing trend, the Board approved the Statement on the Importance of Librarians in Academic Libraries. With this statement specifically,…
Call for Submissions: “Biz of Digital” Column in Upcoming Issues of Against the Grain
(via Michelle Flinchbaugh–University of Maryland, Baltimore County) “Biz of Digital” is a column in Against the Grain. It features discussions by working librarians on digital collections, digital repositories, digital scholarship, data services, and technology. Its audience is librarians in all types of libraries and vendors of products, services, and systems that support library digital services. Its…
Call for Guest Submissions: “Technology” Column in Future Issues of Public Services Quarterly
(via Joy DuBose, Mississippi State University) The editor of the “Technology” column in Public Services Quarterly is seeking guest column authors for future issues. The purpose of the “Technology” column is to examine current and developing technology topics in academic libraries. The column’s focus is creative uses of technology; introductions to new technologies; and critiques of…
Call for Submissions: “Biz of Digital” Column in Against the Grain
(via Michelle Flinchbaugh–University of Maryland, Baltimore County) “Biz of Digital” is a column in Against the Grain. It features discussions by working librarians on digital collections, digital repositories, digital scholarship, data services, and technology. Its audience is librarians in all types of libraries and vendors of products, services, and systems that support library digital services….
Call for Papers and Special Issue Editors: Journal of Intellectual Freedom and Privacy (Rolling Submissions)
(via Dr. Emily Knox–School of Information Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) The Journal of Intellectual Freedom and Privacy announces a call for papers and special issue editors. The Journal of Intellectual Freedom & Privacy (JIFP), a double-blind peer reviewed publication, is topically focused on practical, moral, ethical, philosophical, and theoretical issues of intellectual freedom and informational privacy within the…