(via Kathleen Schmand, Northern Arizona University) Join us in Washington, D.C. at ALA Annual for an amazing pre-conference learning opportunity! Friday, June 21 Emergency Management, Libraries, and the Incident Command System (A LLAMA Pre-Conference) https://www.eventscribe.com/2019/ALA-Annual/fsPopup.asp?Mode=presInfo&PresentationID=518946 Emergencies and disasters happen. How you are prepared to manage them can make all of the difference. We are excited…
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CARLI Member Libraries Represented in 2019 ALA Elections
(via Michelle Jean Haake, CARLI) Congratulations to several employees at CARLI member libraries who were recently elected to the following positions within ALA. Julie Murphy, Collection Assessment Librarian at Illinois State University, was elected Vice-Chair/Chair Elect of the Collection Development and Evaluation Section (CODES). CODES is a section of the Reference and User Services Association….
Reminder: Proposals Deadline for ACRL Academic Library Services to Graduate Students Interest Group at ALA Annual 2019 is Friday, April 26
(via Hannah Rempel, Oregon State University) The ACRL Academic Library Services to Graduate Students Interest Group welcomes proposals that address graduate student needs, librarian approaches to serving those needs, or collaborative projects with other campus stakeholders to address graduate student needs. The ACRL Academic Library Services to Graduate Students Interest Group meeting will be held…
Call for Proposals: ACRL Academic Library Services to International Students Interest Group at ALA Annual 2019 (Deadline May 7)
(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…
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…