(via Ewa Dziedzic-Elliott, The College of New Jersey) The next free webinar hosted by the Special Libraries Association Academic & Education Community and ACRL’s Education and Behavioral Sciences Section Education Committee will occur at 11:30 AM CDT on Friday, October 10. It will feature Cara Marcus. who will discuss cybersecurity. The webinar will be hosted…
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MLA Hospital Library and Collection Development Caucuses Holding Online Discussion on Hospital Library Collection Development–Thurs., Oct. 9, at 1:00 PM CDT (No Registration Necessary)
(via Ramune Kubilius, Galter Health Sciences Library & Learning Center at Northwestern University) The Medical Library Association’s (MLA) Hospital Library and Collection Development Caucuses invite you to join an informal discussion and forum on hospital library collection development. It will take place online Thursday, October 9, at 1:00 PM CDT. Join the meeting here. Registration…
Registration Open for ALA Core Consortium Management Interest Group Webinar “Crossing Back Over: Insights from Consortial Veterans in the Library”–Wed., Sept. 24, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CDT
(via the ALA Core Consortium Management Interest Group) The ALA Core Consortium Management Interest Group is excited to announce its first virtual program of fall 2025, “Crossing Back Over: Insights from Consortial Veterans in the Library”. This program will feature the insights of three library leaders who previously held leadership roles at library consortia. Our speakers…
Registration Open for Next SLA and ACRL A&E Inside Bytes Webinar, on Ethical Integration of Emerging Technologies into Society–Fri., Sept. 12, at 11:30 AM CDT
(via Ewa Dziedzic-Elliott, The College of New Jersey) The next free webinar in the A&E Inside Bytes series, hosted by the Special Libraries Association Academic & Education Community and ACRL’s EBSS Education Committee, will take place on Friday, September 12, at 11:30 AM CDT. It will feature Dr. Brady D. Lund, who is an assistant…
Registration Open for ALA Library Research Round Table Webinar “Supporting College Readiness: How Public and Academic Libraries Can Foster College Literacy and Fluency”–Tues., Sept. 9, at 12:00 PM CDT
(via Dr. Amanda Harrison, University of Central Missouri) Registration is open for the ALA LRRT (Library Research Round Table) webinar “Supporting College Readiness: How Public and Academic Libraries Can Foster College Literacy and Fluency”. It will take place on Tuesday, September 9, at 12:00 PM CDT. Description How are students supposed to know where to…
Call for Feedback: Draft of Updated ACRL Companion Document for Information Literacy for Higher Education: Social Work–Deadline Wed., Dec. 31
(via Maureen Barry, Bowling Green State University) The Association of College and Research Libraries Education and Behavioral Sciences Section’s Social Work Committee seeks feedback for the draft of the updated Companion Document for Information Literacy for Higher Education: Social Work. The Committee revised the original companion document (published in 2021) to reflect changes made to the National…
Registration Open for ACRL ULS Professional Development Committee Webinar “A Discussion of Faculty and Predatory Journals: The Potential Role of Librarians”–Wed., Sept. 17, 1:00-2:00 PM CDT
(via Jessica Dai, University of Delaware) Registration is open for the free ACRL University Libraries Section Professional Development Committee webinar “A Discussion of Faculty and Predatory Journals: The Potential Role of Librarians”. It will take place on Wednesday, September 17, from 1:00 to 2:00 PM CDT. The complexities of predatory publishing arise from two phenomena….
Call for Mentees: ACRL Community & Junior College Libraries Section’s Mentorship Program–Deadline Sun., Sept. 14
(via Spencer Brayton, Waubonsee Community College) Are you new to community college libraries and looking to expand your professional knowledge and skills? The CJCLS (Community & Junior College Libraries Section of ACRL) Mentoring Program Committee invites you to participate in the CJCLS Mentorship Program! The CJCLS Mentoring Program continues to be a success, and we are…
Call for Participation: ACRL Chapters Council Survey on Potential Resources to Meet Academic Librarians’ Advocacy Needs–Deadline Fri., Sept. 5
(via Leslin Charles, ACRL Chapters Council Past Chair) ACRL Chapters Council is working in partnership with the ALA COLA Ecosystem Initiative to better understand the advocacy needs of academic librarians in leveraging their individual ecosystem to develop useful tools that would assist ACRL members to implement advocacy in their daily job activities. This survey is…
Call for Participation: ACRL Access Services Interest Group Survey on Usefulness of A Framework for Access Services Librarianship–Deadline Mon., Sept. 22
(via Christine Forbes, Shenandoah University) The ACRL Access Services Interest Group is seeking feedback from Access Services information professionals regarding their opinions of and experiences with A Framework for Access Services Librarianship. Survey results will be used by ASIG to assess the efficacy and accuracy of the current Framework and inform future revisions or additions…