(via Michelle Jean Haake, CARLI) The following programs from the Professional Development Alliance are currently on the schedule. Programs are offered on a wide variety of subjects. Check out everything the alliance is making available to our libraries in August! Tuesday, August 3, 1:00-2:00 PM: Fostering Community and Students’ Creativity with Online Library Programming (registration currently open–see below for…
Category: Calls and Requests
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Call for Contributors from Academic Libraries: RAILS My Library Is… Blog
(via Gwen Gregory, Northern Illinois University) You may have seen the My Library Is… blog from RAILS. The Reaching Across Illinois Library System (RAILS) developed the My Library Is… campaign to help member libraries tell your stories and prove your library’s value to stakeholders, including current and potential library users, funders, governing boards, parent institutions/companies, colleagues, elected officials,…
Reminder: ALA Seeking Volunteers for Newly-Created Code of Conduct Committee and Expanded Policy Monitoring Committee & Council Orientation Committee (Deadline Sat., July 31)
(via Holly Robinson, American Library Association) ALA President Patty Wong and ALA President-Elect Lessa Kanani’opua Pelayo-Lozada are pleased to announce a call for volunteers for the newly formed ALA Code of Conduct Committee and expanded Policy Monitoring Committee and Council Orientation Committee, as by ALA Council at the 2021 Annual Conference. All interested volunteers should submit an…
Registration Open for 2021-2022 HEDS Research Practices Survey
(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…
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…