(via Caitlin Stewart, Illinois State University) Given the current sociocultural and political landscape, we invite academic library workers with responsibilities related to children’s literature collections in the United States to respond to the Moral Injury: Academic Library Workers in Children’s Literature Spaces survey that seeks to uncover potentially morally injurious events and reveal the impact…
Category: Calls and Requests
User for nominations, proposals and submissions alone with a category (when available) for the organization making the call or request.
Call for Chapter Proposals: Upcoming MLA Book Health Sciences Library Instruction: Scenarios for Scalable Design–Deadline Tues., March 31
(via Caitlin Plovnick, New York University Health Sciences Library) We are seeking contributors for a forthcoming book we are editing, to be published by MLA Books, in collaboration with Bloomsbury Publishing. The book is entitled Health Sciences Library Instruction: Scenarios for Scalable Design. About the Book Health Sciences Library Instruction: Scenarios for Scalable Design is designed…
Call for Proposals: Lightning Talks and Roundtables at IACRL Spring Sampler, with Focus on AI (Online Wed., April 22, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM CDT)–Deadline Fri., March 20
(via Tamara Jenkins, Illinois Library Association) The IACRL Conference and Continuing Education Committee is seeking lightning talks and roundtable discussions for the upcoming IACRL Spring Sampler (register here), scheduled for Wednesday, April 22, from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM CDT on Zoom. The Committee is looking for academic library workers who are interested in presenting or facilitating…
Call for Submissions Extended: IACRL People’s Choice Award in Scholarly Publishing–New Deadline Fri., March 20
(via Tamara Jenkins, Illinois Library Association) The Illinois Association of College and Research Libraries Forum (IACRL) Awards Committee is seeking submissions for the People’s Choice Award in Scholarly Publishing. This award gives academic and research librarians throughout Illinois the opportunity to read and evaluate scholarly works by their peers and then vote on a favorite. It also…
Call for Nominations: ACRL Academic Library Services for Graduate Students Interest Group’s Notable Works List–Deadline Fri., April 10
(via Alissa Droog, Northern Illinois University) Have you worked on something related to graduate students in libraries since Jan. 2024? The ACRL Academic Library Services for Graduate Students Interest Group’s (ALSGS) Notable Works for Library Support of Graduate Students Working Group seeks nominations for our biannual Notable Works List. Our goal is to recognize and…
Deadline for Illinois Wesleyan University Survey on Art Collections in Academic Libraries Extended to Fri., March 20
(via Stephanie Davis-Kahl, Illinois Wesleyan University) The Ames Library at Illinois Wesleyan University is conducting research about art collections in academic libraries. We are seeking participation in the Art Collection Practices Survey from a variety of academic libraries on different facets of art collection management. These include how the institution came into stewardship of the…
Call for Lightning Talk Proposals: Academic Library Association of Ohio STEM Instruction Showcase (Online Wed., May 13, 1:00-3:00 PM CDT)–Deadline Tues., March 31
(via Kristen Adams, Miami University in Ohio) The Instruction and STEM Interest Groups of the Academic Library Association of Ohio (ALAO) are excited to announce an online instruction showcase this spring. This will consist of a variety of short lighting talks of 7-10 minutes each. The event will be held on Wednesday, May 13, from…
Reminder: Survey on Information Literacy Practices and Knowledge of Science and Technology Librarians Supporting Graduate Students Closes Fri., Feb. 27
(via Rebecca Renirie, Central Michigan University) Thank you very much to everyone who has filled out the survey so far! As a reminder, two STEM faculty librarians at Central Michigan University are collecting data on the information literacy practices and knowledge of science and technology librarians in North America who support graduate students. We are…
Registration Open for Library Evidence Synthesis Services Symposium (Online Mon., June 15 – Thurs., June 18); Proposals Due Fri., Feb. 27
(via Anna Ferri, Colorado State University) Registration and proposal submissions are open for the second Library Evidence Synthesis Services Symposium (LESSS). This fully virtual conference, which will take place from Monday, June 15, to Thursday, June 18, will bring together information professionals involved in providing evidence synthesis support and/or services at their institutions. The 2026…
Reminder: Illinois Wesleyan University Survey on Art Collections in Academic Libraries Closes Fri., Feb. 27
(via Pete Steadman, Illinois Wesleyan University) This is a reminder that the Ames Library at Illinois Wesleyan University is conducting research about art collections in academic libraries. We are seeking participation in the Art Collection Practices Survey from a variety of academic libraries on different facets of art collection management. These include how the institution…