(via Camella Ashment, HEDS Consortium) The 2021-2022 HEDS (Higher Education Data Sharing) Research Practices Survey is open for registration. Fall administrations can begin as soon as Sunday, August 1. The link to registration is here. The survey assesses students’ research experiences and their skills in finding, evaluating, and citing sources. The two-part survey first evaluates…
Category: Calls and Requests
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Call for Mentors and Mentees: ACRL STS Mentoring Program
(via Alyssa Young, James Madison University) Would you like to expand your views on a science technology librarianship? Are you a library student or new librarian with lots of questions, and looking to find some insight into the profession and hear more advice? Are you considering a career change switching to STEM librarianship or looking…
Call for Proposals: Digital Library Federation’s #DLFTeach Toolkit Volume 3 (Deadline Wed., Sept. 1)
(via Hillary Richardson, Mississippi University for Women) The DLF (Digital Library Federation) Digital Library Pedagogy group invites all interested digital pedagogy practitioners to contribute to a literacy and competency centered #DLFteach Toolkit, an online, open resource focused on lesson plans and concrete instructional strategies. The toolkit will emphasize the teaching of literacies and competencies foundational for…
Final Call for Focus Group Participation: Student Success Librarians (July 27, 28, and 30)
(via Mallory Jallas, Illinois State University) We have a few spaces left for the last of our focus group sessions, on Tuesday, July 27; Wednesday, July 28; and Friday, July 30. Please consider participating. Academic librarians in the United States and Canada who are currently working as a Student Success Librarian are invited to participate in an hour-long…
Call for Chapter Proposals: Upcoming ABC-CLIO Publication Sustainable Online Library Services and Resources: Learning from the Pandemic (Deadline Fri., July 30)
(via Samantha Harlow, University of North Carolina at Greensboro) COVID-19 has impacted and shifted how all libraries and public institutions provide services and resources; the future of libraries will depend on librarians, teachers, and designers to learn and grow from these transitions. Different types of libraries (academic, public, special, and school) were impacted by the…
Call for Proposals: Virtual 2021 Medical Institutional Repositories in Libraries Symposium on Wed., Nov. 17 (Deadline Fri., Sept. 3)
(via Ramune Kubilius, Galter Health Sciences Library & Learning Center at Northwestern University) The Medical Institutional Repositories in Libraries (MIRL) planning committee is now accepting proposals for the inaugural Medical Institutional Repositories in Libraries (MIRL) Symposium, a free event that will take place virtually on Wednesday, November 17 (time to be determined). MIRL is a platform-neutral conference and…
Call for Participation: Survey on Academic Librarian Productivity While Working from Home During a Pandemic
(via Abby Moore, University of North Carolina at Charlotte) Librarians at UNC Charlotte and NC State University are researching academic librarian perceptions of productivity while working from home during a pandemic. This online survey will add to the scholarly conversation regarding academic librarians’ ability to work effectively and creatively in home offices. We hope that the…
Call for Proposals: Southeast Data Librarian Symposium 2021 (Online Oct. 13-15)–Deadline Fri., Aug. 13
(via Melissa Chomintra, Tulane University) The Southeast Data Librarian Symposium, or SEDLS, invites proposals for virtual workshops, short talks, and poster presentations for SEDLS 2021! The SEDLS 2021 conference will be held online from October 13 to 15 (Wednesday-Friday). Submit your proposal here. The deadline for proposals is Friday, August 13. Check out last year’s program to view abstracts, posters, and presentation recordings for…
Call for Proposals: 25th Atmospheric Science Librarians International Conference (Currently Jan. 23-27, 2022, in Houston)–Deadline Tues., Aug. 3, 2021
(via Elise Gowen, Penn State University) The 25th Atmospheric Science Librarians International (ASLI) Conference will be held 23-27 January 2022 in Houston, TX, in conjunction with the American Meteorological Society’s (AMS) Annual Meeting. For this conference, sessions will be in person and virtual. The theme for the 102nd AMS Annual Meeting is “Environmental Security: weather, water and climate for a more…
Call for Proposals: Midwest Data Librarian Symposium (Online Oct. 18-20)–Deadline Mon., Aug. 16
(via Kristen Adams, Miami University in Ohio) The Midwest Data Librarian Symposium invites proposals for its second virtual symposium, taking place on October 18-20 (Tues.-Thurs.). The theme of this year’s event is “Open and Emerging from the Pandemic”. The Midwest Data Librarian Symposium, or MDLS, is an unconference for data and librarians. MDLS is intended to enable Midwestern…