(via Anna Ferri, Roseman University of Health Sciences) Please join the ACRL Health Sciences Interest Group at 1:00 PM CDT on Friday, July 23, for the webinar “Workplace Empowerment and Engagement during the Pandemic”. The presenters are Susanne Markgren and Linda Miles. A description is below. How engaged are you right now? Have you felt…
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Registration Open for MLA Webinar on Building Institutional Research Relationships to Advance Data Support (Tues., July 13, 1:00-2:30 PM CDT)–Closes July 13
(via the Medical Library Association) Registration is now open for the Medical Library Association webinar “Getting by With a Little Help from Your (Institutional Research) Friends: Building Relationships to Advance Data Support”. The event will take place on Tuesday, July 13, from 1:00 to 2:30 PM CDT. The presenter is Amanda Rinehart, Life Sciences Librarian…
Registration Open for Libraries Transforming Communities Round 3 Pre-Application Webinar (Wed., July 21, 1:00-2:00 PM CDT)
(via Hannah Arata, ALA) Are you applying for the third round of Libraries Transforming Communities: Focus on Small and Rural Libraries? Join ALA Public Programs Office staff for a pre-application webinar where you’ll get an intensive look at the application, tips on how to write a comparative narrative, and the opportunity to ask questions. The webinar…
Call for Participation: Survey on Library Instruction Adaptations and Support During and Beyond COVID-19 (Deadline Fri., Aug. 13)
(via CARLI) Calling all library employees at CARLI Institutions who provide library instruction. The CARLI Instruction Committee seeks input from library employees at CARLI member institutions who provide instruction for a research study. The purpose of this study is to explore the degree to which library employees have altered their approach to instruction throughout and…
Call for Applicants: NNLM Region 6 2021-2022 Awards (Deadline Mon., Aug. 2)
(via the Network of the National Library of Medicine) We are excited to announce a call for applications for the 2021-2022 awards cycle. To accomplish the NNLM’s (Network of the National Library of Medicine’s) mission and goals, Region 6 extends funding to its network partners to achieve the following subaward program objectives: First, to support a…
Registration Open for ACRL Asynchronous Online Course “A Practical Guide to Implementing UDL in Libraries” (August 2 – 22)
(via ACRL) Universal Design for Learning (UDL) has been around for some time and many librarians have heard of it. Yet, it remains challenging for librarians to implement UDL, as much of the available literature is focused on classroom faculty and often does not match our needs. It is one thing to understand the theory…
Registration Open for Free ACRL ULS Webinar “Incorporating Feminist Practice into Library Research” (Mon., July 26, 1:00-2:00 PM CDT)
(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….
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…