(via IACRL) This is a reminder that voting for the IACRL People’s Choice Award in Scholarly Publishing closes Monday, August 31. This award gives academic and research librarians throughout Illinois the opportunity to read and evaluate scholarly works by their peers and then vote on a favorite. It also presents Illinois research and academic librarians with the opportunity to…
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Registration Open for October 29 Meeting of IACRL Journal Club (Article “Vocational Awe and Librarianship: The Lies We Tell Ourselves”, by Fobazi Ettarh)
(via Michelle Nielsen Ott, IACRL President) Please join us for our next IACRL Journal Club meeting, via Zoom. Date: Thursday, October 29 Time: Noon – 1:00 PM Article: “Vocational Awe and Librarianship: The Lies We Tell Ourselves” Link to article: click here Leader: Emily Gilbert, Rasmussen College Pre-register here
Reminder: RAILS Seeking Contributors for My Library Is… Blog
(via RAILS) In this recent blog post, Outreach Services Manager Tana Petrov from Fountaindale Public Library District highlights the library’s virtual outreach journey over the past few months. Tana writes, “In the midst of the pandemic, ‘virtual outreach’ gained a new meaning, became a core service, and a public priority.” Read more on the My Library…
Call for Chapter Proposals: ARCL Data Literacy Cookbook (Deadline Wednesday, September 30)
(via Kelly Getz, Eastern Michigan University) The call for chapters for the ACRL Data Literacy Cookbook–edited by Kelly Getz, Eastern Michigan University and Meryl Brodsky, University of Texas – Austin–is now open. We are seeking proposals from academic librarians for chapters describing practiced lesson plans, curriculum map development, activities, and events designed to promote and…
Reminder: Voting Open for IACRL People’s Choice Award in Scholarly Publishing (Polls Close Monday, August 31)
(via IACRL) This is a reminder that voting is open for the IACRL People’s Choice Award in Scholarly Publishing. This award gives academic and research librarians throughout Illinois the opportunity to read and evaluate scholarly works by their peers and then vote on a favorite. It also presents Illinois research and academic librarians with the opportunity to share their…
Call for Proposals: ACRL Publication Critical Ethnic Studies in Academic and Research Libraries (Deadline Friday, October 2)
(via Dr. Raymond Pun, Alder Graduate School of Education) We are issuing a call for proposals for an edited volume tentatively titled Critical Ethnic Studies in Academic and Research Libraries, to be published by ACRL. This book focuses on how academic and research libraries respond and support ethnic studies, an interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary field. The book aims to…
Call for Chapter Proposals: ACRL Press Publication Using Open Educational Resources to Promote Social Justice (Deadline Friday, October 30)
(via CJ Ivory, University of West Georgia) We invite proposals for the forthcoming book from ACRL Press, Using Open Educational Resources to Promote Social Justice. Focus of the Book Many academic institutions recognize the benefits Open Educational Resources (OERs) offer to their students and are investing heavily in the development of open course materials. Several…
Call for Participation: Survey for Upcoming ILA Reporter Article on Challenges of Providing Services Remotely During COVID-19
(via Tana Petrov, Fountaindale Public Library District, and Kim Tipton, McHenry County College) Kim Tipton and I are writing an article for the December, 2020, issue of the Illinois Library Association’s ILA Reporter. The topic is how library team leaders can keep themselves and their staff engaged, inspired, and efficient while working remotely. We would appreciate it…
Second Call for Chapter Proposals: ACRL Press Publication Teaching Critical Reading Skills: Strategies for Academic Librarians (Deadline Thursday, October 1)
(via Rachel Hamelers, Muhlenberg College) This is the second call for chapter proposals for the upcoming ACRL Press publication Teaching Critical Reading Skills: Strategies for Academic Librarians. Have you created library instructional or outreach activities focused on student reading? If you have case studies, lesson plans, stories, or programmatic approaches aimed at developing active, engaged,…
Call for Contributors: Theological Librarianship’s 2021 Diversity Forum Issue (Deadline January 3, 2021)
(via Garrett Trott, University Librarian at Corban University) In light of recent events in the country and in recognition of long-standing inequities in the library profession, Theological Librarianship (TL) is planning to devote the Spring 2021 issue to a forum addressing questions of diversity, equity, and inclusion in theological libraries and librarianship. Such questions take…