(via the Illinois Library Association) Are you interested in serving on an ILA committee? If you are, now is the time to submit a committee interest form! Appointments begin July 1, and most committee members serve two- or three-year terms. ILA’s committees provide major support services for ILA membership, leadership, special interest groups, and the Executive…
Category: Calls and Requests
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Call for Applications: ALA’s Libraries Transform Communities Engagement Grant (Deadline Tues., Feb. 1)
(via the American Library Association) ALA invites library workers to apply for the Libraries Transform Communities Engagement Grant, an annual award supporting innovative and meaningful community engagement efforts in libraries. The Libraries Transform Communities Engagement Grant recognizes, promotes and supports innovative and meaningful community engagement efforts in libraries. It will provide two grants of $2,000…
Call for Proposals: NASIG 2022 Annual Conference (June 5-9, in Baltimore and Online)–Deadline Wed., Dec. 15
(via NASIG) NASIG (formerly the North American Serials Interest Group, Inc.) is soliciting proposals for its 37th Annual Conference, to be held June 5 to June 9 (Sunday-Thursday) in Baltimore, MD and online. We are currently seeking in-person presentations. The NASIG Conference presenters and attendees will be expected to follow hotel COVID-19 safety protocols. All presenters will create…
Call for Proposals: 2022 Reference Research Forum (Deadline Mon., Jan. 10)
(via Qiana Johnson, Northwestern University) The Research & Statistics Committee of the Reference Services Section (RSS) of the Reference & User Services Association (RUSA) invites submission of reference service research project proposals for presentation at the New Discoveries in Reference: The 28th Annual Reference Research Forum at the 2022 American Library Association Annual Conference in Washington, DC….
Call for Applications: 2022 IDEA Institute on Artificial Intelligence–Deadline Tues., Feb. 1 (Informational Session Fri., Jan. 7)
(via Dr. Clara Chu, Director and Mortenson Distinguished Professor at Mortenson Center, UIUC Library) We invite applications for the inaugural IDEA (Innovation, Disruption, Enquiry, Access) Institute on Artificial Intelligence (AI). We are seeking library and information professionals holding full-time positions in US institutions interested in enhancing and applying their knowledge of AI in their workplace, to…
Call for Proposals: North Carolina Community College Library Association Annual Conference (Online March 14-18)–Deadline Mon., Jan. 10
(via Brittany Champion, Pitt Community College) Please consider submitting a proposal for the 2022 North Carolina Community College Library Association Annual Conference. The Conference theme is “You Me We Belong”, which focuses on encouraging sustainable changes that promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in community college libraries for the benefit of all who utilize our library spaces. Shamella…
Call for Bloggers: ACRLog (Deadline Mon., Jan. 31)
(via Jen Jarson, Penn State University) Interested in writing for ACRLog? We’re looking for a few new bloggers to join our team! We aim to have a group of bloggers who represent diverse perspectives on and career stages in academic librarianship. We are especially seeking librarians interested in writing about technical services, scholarly communication, technology,…
Call for Proposals Extended: Distance Library Services Conference 2022 (July 26-28 at Purdue University, with Hybrid Virtual Option)–New Deadline Mon., Dec. 20
(via Anne Casey, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University) The 2022 Distance Library Services (DLS) Conference is currently scheduled to occur from July 26 to 28 (Tuesday-Thursday) at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. The Conference will take place in person, with a hybrid virtual option. More information about the meeting is available here. The call for proposals…
Call for Grant Proposals: CARLI’s Illinois Support for the Creation of Open Educational Resources Project (Opens after Wed., Dec. 1)–Informational Webinars on Dec. 14, Jan. 18, and Jan. 26
(via Anne Craig, CARLI Senior Director) The Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries of Illinois (CARLI) seeks grant proposals for the creation of Open Educational Resources (OER) for courses that focus on “The Human Condition: Care, Development, and Lifespan”. This project, Illinois Support for the Creation of Open Educational Resources (Illinois SCOERs), is fully funded…
Call for Blog Post Contributors: CHOICE/ACRL “Toward Inclusive Excellence” DEIA Content Channel
(via Deb Villavicencio-Eschinger, CHOICE) “Toward Inclusive Excellence”, the DEIA content channel from CHOICE/ACRL, seeks guest blog post contributors for Winter-Spring 2022. If you are interested in writing about issues of equity, diversity, and inclusion, particularly, as they affect the academic library community, please e-mail dvillavicencio@ala-choice.org, with your thoughts on a possible topic and a brief…