(via ACRL) The publication College & Research Libraries News (C&RL News) is looking for images from library collections to feature on upcoming covers. If you have items in your collections that you think would make attractive C&RL News covers, we would love to see them. To submit images (or image collections), send URLs for Web-based…
Category: Calls and Requests
User for nominations, proposals and submissions alone with a category (when available) for the organization making the call or request.
Save the Date: Virtual Midwest Data Librarian Symposium 2020 (October 14-16)
(via Cameron Cook, University of Wisconsin – Madison) The 2020 Virtual Midwest Data Librarian Symposium (MDLS) will be held from Wednesday, October 14, to Friday, October 16. We expect that these will all be half-days in order to make virtual attendance easier for all participants, but further details will be released with the program. MDLS 2020…
Call for Nominations: ACRL Instruction Section Featured Teaching Librarian (Deadline Wednesday, July 15)
(via Caroline Sinkinson, University of Colorado Boulder) Do you know someone who is an amazing teaching librarian? If yes, consider nominating them as a Featured Teaching Librarian! If you’re an amazing teaching librarian, consider nominating yourself. The ACRL Instruction Section Teaching Methods Committee wants to highlight excellent teaching librarians. Several times during the year, the…
Call for Chapter Proposals: ALA Editions Publication on Teaching Research Data Management (Deadline Friday, August 14)
(via Julia Bauder, Grinnell College) Do you ever help students or faculty with research data management? Does that work involve teaching them the knowledge, skills and abilities they need to manage research data on their own? Then you are invited and encouraged to submit chapter proposals for an upcoming book to be published by ALA Editions,…
Call for Participation: Survey on Academic Library Work During COVID-19 (Deadline Monday, July 13)
(via Dr. Lori Birrell, University of Arkansas) Many, if not most, employees in academic libraries transitioned to working remotely for the first time in their careers in March 2020. Understanding that employees have been working remotely within the context of a global pandemic in which many of us juggle childcare, work duties, and possibly family…
Call for Papers — Intersect 2020: From Shushing to Shouting Virtual Conference (Friday, October 2) — Deadline Tuesday, June 30
(via David Schoen, Niagara University) Sponsored by the Western New York Library Resources Council, Intersect 2020: From Shushing to Shouting– Advocacy and Using Your Voice is going virtual. Submit a Session Idea! We ask you submit proposals related to the many directions this theme can apply to, such as (but not limited to): 1. Legislative Advocacy –…
Registration Open for Cataloging Maintenance Center Continuing-Education Courses (Deadlines June 22, August 10, and September 28–Seats Limited)
(via Dr. Pam Thomas, Illinois Heartland Library System) The Cataloging Maintenance Center (CMC) is offering several Moodle courses this year. They are all 6-weeks and asynchronous (log in when it is convenient for you). Register in L2 (links below). If you have any topics that you would like us to cover in the future, then…
Health Science Librarians of Illinois 2020 Conference Cancelled–Rescheduled for Oct. 27-29, 2021, at Starved Rock Lodge & Conference Center in Oglesby, IL
(via Royden Jones, HSLI President) The Health Science Librarians of Illinois (HSLI) 2020 Conference, previously scheduled for September 2-4 at Starved Rock Lodge & Conference Center (located in Oglesby, IL), has been cancelled. It is rescheduled for Wednesday, October 27, through Friday, October 29, 2021, at the same location. The many uncertainties surrounding the current…
Registration Open for Online LITA Program “Troublesome Technology Trends: Bridging the Learning Divide” (1:00-2:30 PM CDT on Wednesday, June 17)
(via Evelyn Cunico, information and management consultant) Beyond the digital divide is the “division of learning”, a term coined by Shoshana Zuboff in her 2019 book, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, to describe the rift between today’s data-hungry tech giants and the people using these platforms who are kept unaware of how their personal information…
Registration Open for FY21 Online with the CMC Webinars
(via Dr. Pamela Thomas, IHLS) Registration is now open for the Online with the CMC webinars listed below. Please direct any questions to Dr. Pamela Thomas, Bibliographic Project Coordinator at Illinois Heartland Library System, at pthomas@illinoisheartland.org. September 17, 2020: “The CMC Revealed: Getting to Know the CMC Staff” This is your chance to get to…