(via the Illinois Library Association) The ILA Nominating Committee is seeking candidates for the 2022 Executive Board election. In April 2022, members will vote for the ILA Vice-President/President-elect and for four Executive Board positions, which can be public, school, academic, special, or library trustee representatives. These are three-year terms beginning July 2022 and ending June…
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Registration Open for ACRL Fostering Change Cohort (Deadline Mon., Sept. 13)
(via David Free, ACRL) Register by Monday, September 13, to join the first cohort of institutional teams planning their change process! ACRL’s Fostering Change Cohort is a 12-week program designed for teams from institutions planning any type of organizational change. Each team can be made up of between two and five library workers, and a full scholarship will…
IACRL Newsletter Seeking Information on Librarians Who Have Accepted a New Position or Been Published Recently (Deadline Mon., Sept. 13)
(via Jill Harper, Heartland Community College) The IACRL (Illinois Association of College & Research Libraries) Communications Committee is highlighting recent career changes and publications by Illinois academic librarians in the next IACRL Newsletter. If you have: changed positions since March of 2021 been published between March and September of 2021 and would like to be included in our…
Reminder: Deadline to Submit Poster Proposals for ILA Virtual Annual Conference (Oct. 12-14) is Tues., Aug. 31
(via the Illinois Library Association) The Illinois Library Association (ILA) Conference Program Committee invites applications for poster sessions at the 2021 ILA Virtual Annual Conference, taking place October 12-14 (Tuesday-Thursday). Poster sessions will be featured on the ILA website. The online poster session will become available at 9:00 AM on October 12, and posters will continue to be…
Call for Bloggers: ACRLog’s First Year Academic Librarian Experience Series (Deadline Mon., Sept. 13)
(via Alex Harrington, Penn State University) 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 2020-2021 FYAL (First Year Academic Librarian) bloggers Valerie Moore and Kevin Adams. We’d also like to encourage new…
Call for Program Proposals: ACRL ULS Professional Development Webinar Series (Deadline Fri., Sept. 24)
(via ACRL) The ACRL ULS (University Libraries Section) Professional Development Committee 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. Presenters are responsible for recruiting their…
Call for Academic Librarian Program Proposals: 2022 ALA Annual Conference (in Washington, D.C., June 23-28)–Deadline Thurs., Sept. 30
(via Lauren Carlton, ACRL) ACRL invites its committees, sections, interest groups, and individual members to consider submitting program proposals for the 2022 ALA Annual Conference, currently scheduled to take place face-to-face in Washington, DC., from June 23 to 28 (Thursday-Tuesday). Program proposals will be submitted via a centralized submission site for all ALA Divisions, RoundTables,…
Registration Open for Virtual ALA Legislative Summit (Sat., Oct. 16, 12:00-3:30 PM)–Limited to Legislative Liaisons
(via Megan Cusick, ALA) We are pleased to announce that ALA will host a virtual Legislative Summit on Saturday, October 16, from 12:00 to 3:30 PM CDT. Please note that this is not a public event, since it is intended for key legislative liaisons within ALA and its statewide organizations and space is limited. In recent…
Reminder: Applications for 2022 Class of ALA Emerging Leaders Due Mon., Aug. 30
(via Michelle Demeter, New York University) The American Library Association (ALA) is still accepting applications for the 2022 class of Emerging Leaders (EL). Details on the program criteria can be found on the Emerging Leaders webpage. The deadline to apply is Monday, August 30, 2021. Apply now here. The ALA EL program is a leadership…
Registration Open for ALA LRRT Webinar “”Co-Creating Knowledge in LIS Research: An Indigenous Researcher’s Approach” (Fri., Aug. 27, 1:00 PM CDT)
(via Dr. Africa Hands, East Carolina University) Join the ALA Library Research Round Table for a free webinar, “Co-Creating Knowledge in LIS Research: An Indigenous Researcher’s Approach”. The event will take place on Friday, August 27, starting at 1:00 PM CDT. Dr. Sandy Littletree will lead a discussion on an approach to research based on…