(via Dr. Leila Rod-Welch, University of Northern Iowa) Call for Proposals – ACRL Academic Library Services to International Students Interest Group ALA Annual 2019 https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScd-UatjE239-E7n4RbT5oPz6i1WpnEyImAVko55iPUi-t6TA/viewform You are invited to submit a proposal for the ACRL Academic Library Services to International Students Interest Group, ALA Annual 2019. The ACRL Academic Library Services to International Students Interest…
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UIUC iSchool’s Sharon Han Wins 2019 LITA/Ex Libris Student Writing Award
(via the Illinois Library Association) Sharon Han has been selected as the winner of the 2019 Student Writing Award<http://ala.org/lita/awards/exlibris> sponsored by Ex Libris Group and the Library and Information Technology Association (LITA) for her paper titled “Weathering the Twitter Storm: Early Uses of Social Media as a Disaster Response Tool for Public Libraries During Hurricane…
ALA Working Committee on Eliminating Monetary Library Fines as a Form of Social Justice Seeking Input for Creating Toolkit (Deadline Friday, April 12)
(via Sarah Houghton, California Digital Library) I was recently appointed to the ALA Working Committee on Eliminating Monetary Library Fines as a Form of Social Justice. This group was formed as a result of the passage of a Resolution on Monetary Library Fines as a Form of Social Inequity at ALA Midwinter 2019. We are…
Call for Proposals: ACRL Academic Library Services to Graduate Students Interest Group at ALA Annual 2019 (Deadline 4/26)
(via Mark Lenker–University of Nevada, Las Vegas) Call for Proposals – ACRL Academic Library Services to Graduate Students Interest Group ALA Annual 2019 The ACRL Academic Library Services to Graduate Students Interest Group meeting will be held on Saturday, June 22 from 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm. in Washington D.C. Presentations will be given in person….
Call for ALA Annual Proposals: ACRL Technical Services Interest Group (Deadline April 30)
(via Erin Finnerty, Temple University) The ACRL Technical Services Interest Group (TSIG) invites presentation proposals for its ALA Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 23rd from 4:00-5:00 p.m. We are looking for 15-20 minute presentations or facilitated conversations. Areas of interest include (but are not limited to): collection development collection management acquisitions metadata services resource discovery and delivery in academic libraries Please complete the online…
Registration Open for LIRT Teaching, Learning, and Technology Committee Webinar “Ready OER Not, Here We Come? Intentionally Planning for Open, Sustainable, & Learning-Analytics-Ready Resources” (1:00-2:00 PM CST on March 12)
(via Cinthya Ippoliti, University of Colorado Denver) Next week! Please join the ALA Library Instruction Round Table’s Teaching, Learning, and Technology Committee on Tuesday, March 12, at 1:00 PM CST for an exciting, free webinar: https://ucdenver.zoom.us/j/651009967. The session will be recorded and made available on the LIRT website after the event. Please note that the…
Call for Feedback: ALA IFC’s “Education and Information Literacy: An Interpretation of the Library Bill of Rights” Document (Deadline 3/1)
(via ACRL) In anticipation of a new edition of the Intellectual Freedom Manual, the ALA Intellectual Freedom Committee (IFC) is continuing to update intellectual freedom-related documents. The IFC would appreciate feedback on “Education and Information Literacy: An Interpretation of the Library Bill of Rights” by Friday, March 1. The interpretation was adopted by ALA Council…
Registration Open for RUSA eForum “Past, Present, and Future of Virtual Reference & Emerging Technologies” (Feb. 26 and 27)
(via Steven Miller, Jr., Wareham Free Library) Join RUSA’s Virtual Reference Services and Managing of Emerging Technology committees on February 26th and 27th from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM CST in a discussion of the state of reference services today. Whether you are just starting with virtual reference or have expanded existing services with new…
Call for Applications: 2019 ALA Leadership Institute, August 5-8 in Oak Brook (Deadline March 8)
(via the American Library Association) The application<http://www.ala.org/cfapps/leadershipinstitute/index.cfm> process for the 2019 Leadership Institute is now open. Applications will be accepted through March 8, 2019. Selected participants will be notified in mid-May. Applicants may nominate<http://www.ala.org/cfapps/leadershipinstitute/index.cfm> themselves or be nominated by their employer. Cost per participant is $1,650 which includes training, materials, lodging, breakfast and lunch on…
Nominations Deadline for RUSA Achievement Awards Extended to 2/15
(via RUSA) The deadline to submit nominations for Achievement Awards has been extended to February 15, 2019. RUSA encourages members to nominate their colleagues whose work has influenced their thinking and performance and whose outstanding contributions merit recognition by the profession. RUSA has, and will continue to, nominate, select and honor the very best in…