(via Amy Reyes–University of California, Los Angeles) The Journal of the Medical Library Association (JMLA) seeks applicants for editorial board members for 2021-2024. In line with our commitment to equity, we wish to use these positions to bring a greater diversity of perspectives and lived experiences to our team. Individuals who identify as being from an underrepresented group…
Category: Calls and Requests
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Call for Applications: Evidence Synthesis Institute for Librarians Outside of the Health Sciences (Online Aug. 3-6)–Deadline Fri., June 11
(via Megan Kocher, University of Minnesota) We a now accepting applications for the next Evidence Synthesis Institute for librarians. This will be an opportunity to enhance your database searching skills and learn about the possibilities for collaborating with researchers in conducting evidence syntheses across academic areas. On August 3-6 (Tuesday-Friday), the second of 6 Institute of…
Call for Submissions–DttP: Documents to the People Spring 2022 Issue (Deadline Sept. 2021)
(via Laura Sare, Texas A&M University) Do you or your patrons use government data? If the answer is yes, consider submitting an article to DttP: Documents to the People, the official publication of ALA’s Government Documents Roundtable (GODORT). Submissions can be formatted as research articles, case studies, or informational articles; or as multiple author discussions of…
Call for Chapter Proposals: Upcoming Publication Cultural Humility in Libraries (Deadline Thurs., July 1)
(via Shannon Jones, Director of Libraries at Medical University of South Carolina) We are co-editors for an upcoming book tentatively, titled Cultural Humility in Libraries, from Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. We are seeking chapter authors for the book and would like to invite you to share your work in this area. Cultural humility is a process…
Call for Participation: Survey on Professional Reading and Reading Groups in Libraries
(via Holiday Vega, University of Chicago) You are invited to participate in a survey about professional reading and reading groups in libraries. This study explores how reading and reading groups may contribute to the research, professional practice, and overall professional development of librarians and library workers. We expect the survey to take 5-10 minutes to complete. Unless you…
Reminder: Program Proposals for REFORMA National Conference VII (Online Nov. 4-7) Due Sat., May 29
(via REFORMA, The National Association to Promote Library & Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish Speaking) Has your work inspired change? REFORMA wants to hear from you! REFORMA is seeking presenters whose work reflect the theme of the REFORMA National Conference VII & 50th Anniversary Celebration –We are the change / Somos el cambio. The event…
Call for Proposals: Editorials to Appear on ResearchDataQ Website (Deadline Wed., June 30)
(via Andrew Johnson, University of Colorado Boulder) The ResearchDataQ Editorial Board, part of the ACRL Digital Scholarship Section, is seeking proposals for editorials that will be featured prominently on the ResearchDataQ website. We are seeking editorials that describe services, support, or related activities around research data at your institution. Topics could include privacy, ethical data…
Call for 2021-2022 Host Sites: Association of Research Libraries Leadership Fellows Program (Deadline Tues., June 1, 2021)
(via Erin Ellis, Indiana University Bloomington) The ARL Leadership Fellows Program is ARL’s flagship executive leadership development program. Integral to the program are three daylong institutes that bring together fellows and practicing library leaders around the theme of moving leadership learning into practice. Two of these institutes are hosted by ARL member institutions. The ARL…
Call for Submissions: Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship 25th Anniversary Issue (Deadline Fri., Aug. 6)
(via Ginny Boehme, Miami University) Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship (ISTL) is marking twenty-five years as a vehicle for sci-tech librarians to share initiatives and ideas with the wider field. For our 25th anniversary edition, we would like to forward an invitation to submit work that amplifies voices of the future of librarianship. Early…
Call for Chapter Proposals: Upcoming ACRL Publication Creators in the Academic Library (Deadline Mon., July 19)
(via Rebecca Kuglitsch, University of Colorado Boulder) We are excited to invite chapter proposals for our forthcoming ACRL book, Creators in the Academic Library, with an anticipated publication date of Spring 2023. This edited volume seeks to increase the impact of academic libraries on creator communities by bringing together ideas for and approaches to their…