Note: This webinar conflicts with one of the virtual days for the HSLI Annual Conference. (via the Medical Library Association) Registration is open for the MLA webinar “Leveraging AI Tools to Summarize Research Articles”. It will take place on Tuesday, November 11, from 1:00 to 2:30 PM CDT. Please see below for more information, including…
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Call for Nominations: ACRL Instruction Section Innovation Award–Deadline Fri., Dec. 5
(via Mallory Jallas, University of Illinois Springfield) The ACRL Instruction Section Innovation Award Committee is now accepting nominations for its award recognizing outstanding innovation in information literacy instruction or programming. Award Criteria: The award honors projects that demonstrate: Eligibility: Academic library workers or project teams that include an academic librarian are eligible. Projects must have been implemented…
Call for Submissions: College & Research Libraries News “Perspectives on the Framework” Column–Deadline Fri., Dec. 19
(via Abigail Mann, Illinois Wesleyan University) The publication College & Research Libraries News and ACRL’s Student Learning and Information Literacy Committee invite proposals for the publication’s “Perspectives on the Framework” column. This is a great opportunity to share how the Framework for Information Literacy has influenced your work over the past decade. We are particularly…
HSLI Annual Conference to Include MLA CE Session “Navigating Wellness at Work: Using Mindfulness to Combat Burnout in Librarians”–Fri., Nov. 14, in Champaign
“Navigating Wellness at Work: Using Mindfulness to Combat Burnout in Librarians” MLA CE Credits: 2 (C Andresen) (R. Lubker) Instructor Names: Christine Andresen, MLS, MSIT Research and Education Informationist & Associate Professor Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) Libraries & Irene “Rena” Machowa Lubker, PhD, MLS, MPH, RDN, AHIP Research and Education Informationist & Professor…
Registration Open for NNLM Region 6 Listening Sessions Online Mon., Nov. 17, and Tues., Nov. 18–Deadline Mon., Nov. 10 (Limited to Academic Health Sciences Librarians at Region 6 Member Institutions)
(via Jacqueline Leskovec, NNLM Region 6) Calling all academic health sciences librarians! The Network of the National Library of Medicine’s Region 6 wants to hear from you. Here’s your chance to share your comments, kudos, concerns, and questions in one of two semi-structured listening sessions. One session will take place online Monday, November 17, from…
ACRL Board of Directors Approves New AI Competencies for Academic Library Workers
(via ACRL) The ACRL Board of Directors approved new AI Competencies for Academic Library Workers at its October 3, 2025, virtual meeting. The document expands on the broad definition of AI literacy, tailoring it into a comprehensive, library-specific set of competencies applicable to academic library workers. It is meant to serve as a guiding framework for the creation…
HSLI Annual Conference to Include CE Session “Magnet: Its Proven Worth” Online Wed., Nov. 12, 1:00-3:00 PM CDT
Magnet: Its Proven Worth–MLA CE Credits: 2 Helen-Ann Brown Epstein,MLS, MS, AHIP-D, FMLA, Informationist, Virtua Health Throughout her 51 year career, Helen-Ann has concentrated on hospital librarianship, especially clinical outreach, expert searching and teaching. Currently, Helen-Ann is the Informationist for Virtua Health, a 5-hospital community health system in southern New Jersey. Her totally digital library…
Call for Mentors: ACRL Spectrum Scholars–Deadline Fri., Nov. 7
(via Gwen Gregory, Northern Illinois University) Help support a diverse workforce in the next generation of academic librarians by mentoring an ALA Spectrum Scholar through the ACRL Dr. E.J. Josey Spectrum Scholar Mentor Program. This program links library school students and new librarians who are of American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian, Black/African American, Hispanic/Latino, Middle Eastern…
Call for Submissions: Upcoming Library Resources & Technical Services Issue on Change Management in Technical Services–Rolling Submissions with Final Deadline of Fri., May 1, 2026
(via Melissa Zilic, DePaul University) The editors of Library Resources & Technical Services, an ALA Core Division journal, invite submissions and expressions of interest on the topic of change management in technical services. Library Resources & Technical Services publishes high-quality research, case studies, and professional communications open access at no cost to authors or readers….
Registration Open for Next ACRL STS College Science Librarians Virtual Discussion (Thurs., Nov. 20, 12:00-1:00 PM CDT)–Theme “The Cost of Librarianship”
(via Clarissa Ihssen, American University) Please join us for the next ACRL STS (Science and Technology Section) College Science Librarians Virtual Discussion online Thursday, November 20, from 12:00 to 1:00 PM CDT. Hear what is happening with colleagues from far and wide and share strategies that have worked for you in the ever-changing STEM librarianship…