(via ACRL) Are you ready to be considered for an opportunity to advance learning and transform scholarship through a committee appointment? ACRL Vice-President/President-Elect Beth McNeil invites you to volunteer to serve on a 2023-24 division or section committee. Face-to-face attendance at conferences is not required and committee work can be completed virtually throughout the year….
Category: Calls and Requests
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Call for Lesson Proposals: “Lessons for Librarians in Open Science Principles and Methods” Project (Deadline Tues., Jan. 31)
(via Lee Adams–California State University, East Bay) The UCLA Library is pleased to announce a call for proposals for “Lessons for Librarians in Open Science Principles and Methods”, a two-year (2023-2024) project funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Service (IMLS) to incentivize lesson authors to develop and refine seven lessons each year (total 14 lessons) through two-year sequential summer workshops. This call is…
Call for Proposals: Northeast Chapter of ASIS&T (Association for Information Science and Technology) Annual Conference, Co-Hosted with Simmons ASIS&T (Online Fri., March 3)–Deadline Mon., Jan. 16
(via Cindy Li, Pratt Institute) Please save the date for the NEASIS&T (Northeast Chapter of Association for Information Science and Technology) Annual Conference, which will be held virtually through Zoom on Friday, March 3 (final time TBD). Simmons ASIS&T will co-host the Conference. The theme this year is “Information Science and Technology in Action”. Registration…
Reminder: Nominations for ACRL Board of Directors 2024 Elections Due Wed., Feb. 15, 2023
(via Ali Larsen, Siena College) In November, the call for nominations for the ACRL Board of Directors was announced. Candidates for the positions of ACRL Vice-President/President-Elect and Director-at-Large are being sought for the 2024 elections. The ACRL Leadership Recruitment and Nomination Committee (LRNC) encourages members to nominate themselves or others to fill these important roles….
Reminder: Applications for RAILS CE Event Grants Due Fri., Feb. 10
(via Gwen Gregory, Northern Illinois University) RAILS again invites networking groups, consortia, and libraries to apply for a RAILS Continuing Education Event Grant. This grant supports CE events for RAILS member libraries towards the development of library staff and trustees. To qualify, CE events must be made available to all RAILS member libraries. RAILS will prioritize events focused on equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility…
Call for Submissions: Second Annual Graphic Medicine International Collective Award (Deadline Tues., Feb. 14)
(via Matthew Noe, Harvard University) With the new year comes time for the second annual Graphic Medicine International Collective (GMIC) Award! This award recognizes an outstanding health-related comics project published in the prior year (in this case, comics published in 2022). Last year was the inaugural year and the shortlist makes an excellent reading list…
Call for Proposals: 21st Annual Illinois Information Literacy Summit (at College of DuPage Fri., April 28)–Priority Deadline Mon., Jan. 23
(via Sveta Stoytcheva, DePaul University) Illinois Information Literacy Summit Stronger Together: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Media & Information Literacy Date: Friday, April 28, 2023 Location: College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, IL The College of DuPage Library and the DePaul University Library are pleased to announce the call for proposals for the 21st Annual Illinois Information…
Call for Submissions: Upcoming ILA Reporter Article on 2022 Expansion, Renovation, and New Building Projects (Deadline Fri., Jan. 20)
(via the Illinois Library Association) Has your library undergone renovations or new building in 2022? Share the news with the library community by submitting the project for the ILA Reporter “Library Buildings 2022” article in the March, 2023 issue. Submissions should include: At least one high-resolution image of the exterior At least one high-resolution image…
Reminder: ACRL Science & Technology Section Future Modalities Task Force Seeking Volunteers (STS Membership Not Required)
(via Hannah Gascho Rempel, Oregon State University) Are you a librarian with responsibilities or interests in the sciences? Do you have ideas and opinions on the different formats (e.g., virtual, in person, different timings) or other creative solutions that the ACRL Science and Technology Section (STS) can use for meetings, events, and gatherings moving forward?…
Call for Nominations: RUSA Federal Achievement Award and Federal Rising Stars Initiative
(via Adria Olmi–Director, Army Logistics University Library) Please consider nominating deserving colleagues for RUSA (Reference & User Services Association) achievement awards. There are many fabulous feds that work daily advancing the causes of library and information sciences, promoting the information profession, passionately devoting themselves to their profession through numerous activities. We would love to celebrate…