(via David Ward, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) Internet Reference Services Quarterly, a peer-reviewed journal by Taylor & Francis, welcomes articles covering topics on the online, electronic and digital aspects and nature of library reference and information services, including reference practices, research consultations, reference sources and tools, professional librarianship, electronic communications, information literacy, instruction, online…
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: ACRL ULS Professional Development Committee’s Online Presentation Series (Deadline Wed., Sept. 23)
(via Dr. Laura Gariepy, Virginia Commonwealth University) The ACRL ULS (University Libraries Section) Professional Development Committee, or PDC, welcomes proposals for online programs that further ACRL members’ professional development, knowledge, and practice. Proposals should be grounded in theory and/or practice. We encourage the use of panels and multiple presenter models to convey a variety of viewpoints….
Reminder: Lightning-Talk Proposals for Online Distance Library Services Conference Due Mon., Sept. 14
(via the Distance Library Services Conference planning committee) The 2020 Distance Library Services Conference will take place online from Tuesday, November 3, to Wednesday, November 4. We are seeking proposals for 15 minute talks focusing on how Distance Librarianship has been impacted over the past six months, or during other times of major upheaval and…
IACRL Communications Committee Seeking Information on New Jobs or Recent Publications Among Illinois Academic Librarians
(via Krista Bowers Sharpe, IACRL Communications Committee Chair) The IACRL Communications Committee is highlighting recent career changes and publications by Illinois academic librarians in the next IACRL Newsletter. If you have: changed positions since February of 2020 been published since February of 2020 and would like to be included in the Fall, 2020, IACRL Newsletter,…
Reminder: HSLI Nominating & Elections Committee Seeking Candidates to Run for Treasurer (Deadline Friday, September 11)
(via Elizabeth (Betsy) Sterner, HSLI Nominating & Elections Committee Chair) The HSLI office of Treasurer is the only office open for election in the fall of 2020. It is a two-year term. The duties of the Treasurer include the following responsibilities. to keep a register of the paid members to collect assessments, maintain the funds…
Call for Volunteers: Illinois Association of College & Research Libraries Committees and Task Force
(via Emily Gilbert, Rasmussen College) Are you looking for more ways to get involved with professional development? Do you want to meet more of your peers in academic libraries across Illinois? Would you like to give back to the Illinois academic library community? Join an IACRL Committee! IACRL is seeking members for all committees, plus…
Call for Bloggers: ACRLog’s First Year Academic Librarian Experience Series (Deadline Saturday, September 12)
(via Alex Harrington, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine) With the new academic year coming up soon (or perhaps, for some of you, already begun!), we’re looking to bring on a few new bloggers here at ACRLog. We’d like to thank our 2019-2020 FYAL bloggers, Karina Hagelin and Yoonhee Lee, for their terrific posts this past…
Reminder: RAILS Seeking Examples of EDI Initiatives for Its New Library Pulse Page
(via RAILS) RAILS is very interested in hearing about all of our member libraries’ activities related to EDI (equity, diversity, and inclusion) so we can share this information with other libraries via our new EDI Pulse Page on the RAILS website. We’re interested in anything and everything you’re doing. It doesn’t have to be a…
Reminder: Proposals for ACRL Programs at 2021 ALA Annual Conference in Chicago Due Sept. 30, 2020
(via ACRL) The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) invites its committees, sections, interest groups, and individual members to consider submitting program proposals for the 2021 ALA Annual Conference in Chicago. Program proposals will be submitted via a centralized submission site for all ALA Divisions, RoundTables, Committees, and Offices. ACRL members must choose “ACRL” on…
Reminder: Illinois Library Association Seeking Submissions for Fun Fact and True Story of the Week Features
(via the Illinois Library Association) Submit your library’s fun facts and true stories for a chance to be featured in a future issue of the Alert and on ILA’s Facebook page. Share an experience of a celebrity visiting your library or who was an employee, a unique award your library has received (locally or nationally), anything interesting (or…