(via RAILS) Please continue to update the COVID-19 survey. Yes! Really! This means YOU! We know how busy everyone is. With the Governor and Illinois Department of Public Health evaluating and changing their recommendations and restrictions often, we are asking you please to update your library’s information on the survey on the RAILS Pulse Page every…
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 Proposals — Moving On: Migrating Library Content and Data Online Conference (Feb. 11, 2021) — Deadline Thurs., Dec. 3, 2020
(via Jodie Borgerding, Amigos Library Services) “This link worked yesterday – why doesn’t it work now?” “Will all of our local MARC fields migrate when we change catalogs?” When it comes to integrated library systems and electronic resources platforms, the one constant is change. Whether it’s migrating all your MARC records to a new catalog…
Reminder: Nominations for 2021 ACRL Awards Due Friday, December 4
(via ACRL) Nominations for ACRL’s 2021 awards program are due Friday, December 4. Please consider acknowledging those who have influenced your thinking, practice, and growth as an academic or research library worker. ACRL urges you to nominate colleagues whose work you admire, and whose contributions merit recognition by the profession. Your nominations will ensure that…
Call for Participation: Survey for Student Success in Academic Libraries Research Project (Deadline Fri., Jan. 8, 2021)
(via Mallory Jallas, Illinois State University) All academic librarians in the United States and Canada are invited to participate in a survey about student success in academic libraries. The research project is an examination and analysis of student success initiatives in academic libraries. The researchers seek to find out how institutions define student success, how…
Reminder: CARLI Seeking Presenters for Spring 2021 Webinar Series on Undergraduate Research (Deadline Mon., Dec. 7)
(via Nicole Swanson, CARLI) The CARLI Program Planning Committee is seeking presenters for a series of webinars in Spring 2021 focused on academic library support of undergraduate research. The Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) defines undergraduate research as “an inquiry or investigation conducted by an undergraduate student that makes an original intellectual or creative contribution…
Call for Proposals–New England Library Instruction Group Winter Program: Virtual Instruction Workshop and Swap, on Mon., Dec. 7 (Deadline Tues., Nov. 23)
(via Samuel Boss, University of Connecticut) The call for proposals is now open for the New England Library Instruction Group (NELIG) Winter Program: Virtual Instruction Workshop & Swap. The event will take place on Monday, December 7, from 8:00 to 11:00 AM CDT. More information is below. This year, the NELIG Winter Instruction Workshop & Swap…
Call for Participation: Survey for Upcoming ILA Reporter Article on Developing a Professional-Reflection Practice (Deadline Fri., Nov. 20)
(via Kim Tipton, McHenry County College) The following survey will inform an article being written for the March, 2021, issue of the ILA Reporter. The article topic is “developing a professional-reflection practice”. Do you currently have a professional-reflection practice? We’d love to hear about it! Please take a few minutes to answer this survey. We…
Reminder: Deadline to Submit a Program Proposal for Reaching Forward 2021 Conference is Friday, November 20
(via the Illinois Library Association) The Reaching Forward Forum is accepting program proposals for the 2021 conference. We want to hear how you and your libraries responded pandemic. What has worked? How did you adapt to challenges and alter your plans when needed? How did you transition to virtual programming? What new and innovative projects…
Call for Participation: OCLC Survey on Libraries and the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) — Deadline Sun., Jan. 31, 2021
(via Mary Konkel, College of DuPage and OCLC Global Council Delegate for the Americas Regional Council (ARC)) Dear Colleagues, Libraries can bring unique strengths and collective muscle to global sustainability challenges. To inspire more conversations, expanded engagement, and action that leads to impact, OCLC Global Council has set its FY21 area of focus on the…
Save the Date: College Science Librarians’ Discussion Group (Thurs., Dec. 3, 1:00 PM CDT)
(via Betsy Sterner, Governors State University, on behalf of Rachel Hamelers, Muhlenberg College) Please save the date for the next College Science Librarians’ Discussion Group on Thursday, December 3, at 1:00 PM CDT. If you are a science or technology librarian in a small or medium size library, or interested in chatting about current issues…