(via Gwen Gregory, Northern Illinois University) RAILS again invites networking groups, consortia, and libraries to apply for a RAILS Continuing Education Event Grant. This grant supports CE events for RAILS member libraries towards the development of library staff and trustees. To qualify, CE events must be made available to all RAILS member libraries. RAILS will prioritize events focused on equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility…
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Call for Submissions: Upcoming ILA Reporter Article on 2022 Expansion, Renovation, and New Building Projects (Deadline Fri., Jan. 20)
(via the Illinois Library Association) Has your library undergone renovations or new building in 2022? Share the news with the library community by submitting the project for the ILA Reporter “Library Buildings 2022” article in the March, 2023 issue. Submissions should include: At least one high-resolution image of the exterior At least one high-resolution image…
Reminder: ACRL Science & Technology Section Future Modalities Task Force Seeking Volunteers (STS Membership Not Required)
(via Hannah Gascho Rempel, Oregon State University) Are you a librarian with responsibilities or interests in the sciences? Do you have ideas and opinions on the different formats (e.g., virtual, in person, different timings) or other creative solutions that the ACRL Science and Technology Section (STS) can use for meetings, events, and gatherings moving forward?…
Registration Open for Three-Part Webinar Series “Programming Library Spaces for Institutional Impact” (Feb. 9, 16, and 23, all Thursdays, 1:00-2:00 PM CDT Each Day)
(via Joan Lippincott–Associate Executive Director Emerita, Coalition for Networked Information) If you are involved with library space planning, whether for a large or small project, I hope you’ll join my co-editors of the Designing Libraries for the 21st Century book, along with some of the chapter authors and myself, for a webinar series in February, 2023….
Call for Nominations: RUSA Federal Achievement Award and Federal Rising Stars Initiative
(via Adria Olmi–Director, Army Logistics University Library) Please consider nominating deserving colleagues for RUSA (Reference & User Services Association) achievement awards. There are many fabulous feds that work daily advancing the causes of library and information sciences, promoting the information profession, passionately devoting themselves to their profession through numerous activities. We would love to celebrate…
Registration Open for CARLI Professional Development Alliance Webinar “Over-servicing at your Library at the Expense of a Healthy Life Balance” (Tues., Feb. 14, 10:00-11:00 AM CDT)
(via Nicole Swanson, CARLI) Registration has opened for “Over-servicing at your Library at the Expense of a Healthy Life Balance”, the first webinar of the Honest Conversations about Finding Personal/Professional Life Balance Series available to CARLI members and those of the Professional Development Alliance. In 2016, Fobazi Etarh, an academic librarian and a queer woman…
Call for Round 2 Submissions: Posters and Lightning Talks for Medical Library Association / Special Libraries Association 2023 Conference in Detroit May 16-19 (Deadline Thurs., Jan. 26)
(via the Medical Library Association) Posters and Lightning Talks are great ways to share information about research or programs. And now that submitters have received feedback from Round 1 of submissions, it’s a good opportunity to take a moment and consider revising your abstract and submitting for a Poster or Lightning Talk. The 2023 National…
Reminder: Submissions for ALA Library Instruction Round Table Awards Due Sun., Jan. 15
(via Bridget Farrell, University of Denver) In this season of gifts and gratitude, consider gifting someone else or yourself the honor of a LIRT Awards submission! The ALA LIRT (Library Instruction Round Table) welcomes your submissions for two awards created to recognize excellence in information literacy and instruction. Submissions from all types of libraries are…
Call for Proposals: Core Project Management Interest Group Session During Core Virtual IG Week (Wed., March 8, at 10:00 AM CDT)–Deadline Mon., Jan. 30
(via Nicole Lewis, Brigham Young University) The Core Project Management Interest Group (PMIG) is seeking presentation proposals for its meeting during the Core Virtual IG Week in March 2023. The PMIG session will take place on Wednesday, March 8, at 10:00 AM CDT. Presentations should be no more than 15 minutes in length including brief…
Call for Proposals Extended: ALA Library Instruction Round Table President’s Program on Universal Design for Learning at ALA Annual Conference (in Chicago, June 22-27, Thurs.-Tues.)–New Deadline Fri., Jan. 13
(via Julie Hornick, Florida Southern College) Proposals for the LIRT President’s Program at the ALA Annual Conference in Chicago, IL (June 22-27, Thursday-Tuesday, 2023) are currently being accepted. Those received by Friday, January 13, will receive priority consideration. Program Title: “Universal design for learning – planning for all learners” Universal design for learning is an educational…