(via Sam Harlow, University of North Carolina Greensboro) Librarianship has made strides in incorporating feminism into library services, but have you considered how librarians can embrace their personal beliefs as feminists within our scholarly pursuits? Librarians may be less aware of library research that incorporates feminism, or how we might already be putting feminist theory into practice without realizing it….
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Seats Still Available in Upcoming Online with the CMC Courses
(via Dr. Pamela Thomas, Illinois Heartland Library System) There are still seats available in the three Online with the CMC (Cataloging Maintenance Center) courses listed below. If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Pamela Thomas, Bibliographic Project Coordinator for the Illinois Heartland Library System, at pthomas@illinoisheartland.org. “Subject Analysis”: Monday, July 12 – Sunday, August 22 (registration is open until Monday, July 5, and the course is capped…
Reminder: Deadline to Apply for CARLI Scholarship is Wed., June 30
(via Anne Craig, CARLI Senior Director) This is a reminder that the deadline to apply for the CARLI Scholarship is this Wednesday, June 30. More details are below. Purpose The CARLI Scholarship provides financial assistance to current employees of CARLI Governing Member Libraries pursuing graduate studies leading to a Master’s Degree in Library and Information Science at the University…
Reminder: Proposals for Editorials to Appear on ResearchDataQ Website Due Wed., June 30
(via Andrew Johnson, University of Colorado Boulder) The ResearchDataQ Editorial Board, part of the ACRL Digital Scholarship Section, is seeking proposals for editorials that will be featured prominently on the ResearchDataQ website (https://researchdataq.org/). We are seeking editorials that describe services, support, or related activities around research data at your institution. Topics could include privacy, ethical data sharing, replication/reproducibility, or…
Call for Nominations: ALA’s I Love My Librarian Award (Deadline Mon., Sept. 27)
(via RAILS) Nominations for this year’s I Love My Librarian Award are open through Monday, September 27. The award recognizes the service of exceptional public, school, college, community college, and university librarians who have gone above and beyond to promote access to education and improve the lives of their community members. ALA invites all library users to nominate their favorite librarians for…
Final Reminder: ALA Nominating Committee Seeks Candidates for 2022 Election (Deadline Thurs., July 1, 2021)
(via Dr. Raymond Pun, Hoover Institution) The Nominating Committee for the 2022 ALA election is soliciting nominees to run on the 2022 spring ballot for the offices of ALA president-elect, treasurer, and councilor-at-large. Specifically, the Nominating Committee will select candidates to run for president-elect and treasurer and no fewer than 51 candidates for the 34…
Library Workers Encouraged to Apply for ALA’s Libraries Transforming Communities: Focus on Small and Rural Libraries Grants (Deadline Thurs., Sept. 16)
(via Hannah Arata, ALA) The American Library Association invites library workers to apply for Libraries Transforming Communities (LTC): Focus on Small and Rural Libraries. Up to 100 libraries will be awarded in this round of grantmaking, part of ALA’s longtime community engagement initiative. Library workers may apply online for grant funding by Thursday, September 16, here. Library workers will complete a free ALA…
Registration Open for Library Services for Dementia/Alzheimer’s Interest Group Online Meeting (Thurs., June 24, at 12:15 PM CDT)
(via ALA) Just a reminder that the Library Services for Dementia/Alzheimer’s Interest Group (LSDA – formerly IGARD) will be hosting an open discussion meeting via Zoom on Thursday, June 24, at 12:15 PM CDT. Anyone interested in this topic is welcome to join us by registering using the link below. Learn more about LSDA and what fellow libraries are doing…
Additional Date Open for Webinar Comfortable Access to Library Buildings by Users and Staff with Disabilities: Going Beyond the Americans with Disabilities Act Minimums (Tues., July 20, 10:00-11:30 AM)
(via Nicole Swanson, CARLI) Due to high interest in Dr. Fred Schlipf’s webinar Comfortable Access to Library Buildings by Users and Staff with Disabilities: Going Beyond the Americans with Disabilities Act Minimums, a second offering of the program will be held on Tuesday, July 20, from 10:00 to 11:30 AM CDT. To register, please go…
Reminder: Registration Open for ILA Marketing Forum’s June Online Roundtable, “Copyright, Fair Use, and Attribution Oh My” (Fri., June 18, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM)
(via the Illinois Library Association) Join the ILA Marketing Forum for its monthly virtual roundtable on Friday, June 18, from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM. This month the forum will welcome Sara Benson, copyright librarian and assistant professor at the University of Illinois Library at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, who will present “Copyright, Fair Use,…