(via Jonna Peterson, Loyola University Chicago) Please consider sharing your ideas at the virtual Health Sciences Librarians of Illinois annual meeting on September 7-9, 2022 (Wednesday-Friday). This year you have the option of presenting your ideas as either a poster or a lightning talk. Proposal Types Lightning Talks The afternoon of Wednesday, September 7, has…
Category: Calls and Requests
User for nominations, proposals and submissions alone with a category (when available) for the organization making the call or request.
Reminder: Illinois Library Association Seeking Poster Session Proposals for 2022 Annual Conference in Rosemont, IL (Sessions Oct. 19-20, Wed.-Thurs.)–Deadline Fri., July 29
(via Gwen Gregory, Northern Illinois University) The Illinois Library Association (ILA) Conference Program Committee invites applications for poster sessions during the 2022 ILA Annual Conference at the Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, IL. The Conference will take place from Tuesday, October 18, to Thursday, October 20. Poster sessions will be held in the exhibit hall on Wednesday,…
Call for Submissions: Federal & Armed Forces Libraries Interest Group July Newsletter (Deadline Sun., July 10)
(via Ebony McDonald, Louisiana State University) FAFLIG (the American Library Association’s Federal & Armed Forces Libraries Interest Group) is now seeking content for its July, 2022, newsletter! We would most love to hear from others in or interested in federal and military libraries about the following topics. Work practices of federal and military librarians: Are you…
Call for Session Proposals and Scholarship Applications: ACRL 2023 Conference (March 15-18 in Pittsburgh, PA)–Proposals Deadline Thurs., Oct. 13
(via Gwen Gregory, Northern Illinois University) ACRL invites proposals for the ACRL 2023 Conference, to be held March 15-18 (Wednesday-Saturday) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Higher education has changed dramatically over the last few years. Academic libraries are addressing an increased emphasis on remote learning, rising calls for social justice, and an acknowledged need for flexibility that…
Call for Proposals: 2022 Florida ACRL Virtual Annual Conference (Fri., Oct. 21)–Deadline Fri., July 8
(via Rachel Edford, University of Central Florida) The Florida Chapter of ACRL, FACRL, currently seeks proposals for presentations and poster sessions for the 2022 FACRL Virtual Annual Conference. Themed “Information Ethics & Access”, the meeting will take place online Friday, October 21. Information access is one of the cornerstone values of the library profession. How…
Call for Applicants Extended: 2022/23 NLM/AASHL Leadership Fellows Program (New Deadline Fri., June 24)
(via Pat Thibodeau–Program Director at NLM/AASHL Leadership Fellows Program) The National Library of Medicine (NLM) and AAHSL (Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries) seek applicants for the 2022/2023 Leadership Fellows Program. The application deadline is now Friday, June 24. The Program seeks candidates who are emerging leaders in health sciences libraries and who are passionate about…
Call for Participation: “Survey on Library Support for People with Disabilities” (Deadline Mon., June 20)
(via Nancy Bolt–Chair, IFLA Retired Members Round Table) The UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) is looking at how the needs of people with disabilities are being met in the context of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. We are pleased that UN DESA thought to ask IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations…
Call for Chapter Proposals: Upcoming ALA Publication Person-Centered Management in Academic Libraries (Deadline Fri., July 29)
(via Maoria Kirker, George Mason University) We are excited to share that an edited volume, tentatively titled Person-Centered Management in Academic Libraries, will be published in 2024 by ALA Editions. This volume will be edited by Dani Brecher Cook, Maoria J. Kirker, and Diann Smothers. We are currently soliciting proposals for chapters that relate to…
Call for Proposals: Free Beyond the Numbers Conference (in St. Louis Nov. 8-10, Tues.-Thurs.)–Deadline Thurs., June 30
(via Stephanie Crowe, University of North Carolina Wilmington) Beyond the Numbers will be in-person at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, November 8-10 (Tuesday-Thursday), 2022. Consider submitting a proposal for this free conference on the challenges of economic data and information! The submission deadline is Thursday, June 30. Possible topics include the following. New,…
Call for Proposals: Journal of New Librarianship Column on “New Generation of Librarianship”
(via Tarida Anantachai, North Carolina State University) The Journal of New Librarianship seeks short columns (500 to 1000 words) that explore, examine, and discuss issues surrounding the New Generation of Librarianship, wherein the “new generation” is broadly conceived to include any person who is new to the field, regardless of age, background, etc. We invite…