(via Ruth Slagle, Jackson State Community College) Registration is now open for the ACRL DOLS (Distance and Online Learning Section) Instruction Committee webinar “Carrying Accessibility Forward”. This free online event will take place Wednesday, December 1, starting at 1:00 PM CDT. See below for more information. This past year certainly cast a spotlight on the…
Category: Webinars
Registration Open for RAILS “Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Elements” Virtual Training Sessions (Dec. 3, 7, and 9)–Limited to Staff from RAILS Member Libraries
(via Gwen Gregory, Northern Illinois University) We invite RAILS members to participate in a series of three virtual equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) training events offered in December. These are part of the RAILS “Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Elements” series. Facilitated by staff from the American Library Association’s Office of Diversity, Literacy, and Outreach Services,…
Reminder: Early Registration for LibLearnX Online Conference (Jan. 21-24) Ends Tues., Nov. 30–Limited to ALA Members
(via the American Library Association) LibLearnX: Library Learning Experience is happening online January 21-24, 2022 (Friday-Monday)–a completely new conference experience built from the ground up based on years of research, exploration, and input from ALA members like you. LibLearnX is education for library professionals, by library professionals, with a focus on active and applied learning…
Registration Still Open for Library Juice Academy Course “Online Instructional Delivery” (Mon., Dec. 6 – Sun., Jan. 2)
(via Ariana Varela, University of Southern California) Registration is still open for the Library Juice Academy course “Online Instructional Delivery”. It will take place from Monday, December 6, to Sunday, January 2. The instructor is Mimi O’Malley, learning technology translation strategist at Spalding University. A description of the course follows. Most online courses begin as…
Call for Proposals: Libraries, Archives & Museums Subject Area of Popular Culture Association National Conference (Online Apr. 13-16)–Deadline Sun., Dec. 5
(via Casey Hoeve, University of Nebraska – Lincoln) Please consider submitting a proposal for the upcoming virtual Popular Culture Association National Conference, taking place on April 13-16 (Wednesday-Saturday). The Libraries, Archives & Museums subject area is soliciting papers dealing with any aspect of popular culture as it pertains to libraries, archives, museums, or research. Possible topics include the following…
Recording Available for Latest RAILS Sparks Podcast, on CARLI’s Open Textbooks Pilot Program Grant
(via Gwen Gregory, Northern Illinois University, on behalf of RAILS) In our latest Sparks podcast, RAILS Executive Director Deirdre Brennan talks with CARLI (Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois) staff members Anne Craig (Senior Director) and Michele Leigh (Senior Coordinator, Open Illinois) about CARLI’s $1.08 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Open Textbooks Pilot Program. The grant will…
Reminder: Registration Open for ILA Marketing Forum on DEI (Fri., Nov. 19, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM)
(via the Illinois Library Association) Join the ILA Marketing Forum for its monthly roundtable discussion on Friday, November 19, from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM CDT. The theme of the discussion will be “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)”. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) is on everyone’s mind, but where do you begin, and how do you integrate it into your…
IACRL Fall Spark Event (Originally Scheduled for Thurs., Dec. 9, 9:30 AM – 12:00 PM) Postponed
(via Dave Matthews, IACRL Vice-President/President-Elect) Spark: Open Pathways – Exploring the Intersections of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and Open Educational Resources, will be delayed until the spring. (The fall event was to have taken place on Thursday, December 9, from 9:30 AM to 12:00 PM.) The date is yet to be determined, but we are…
Call for Speaker Proposals Extended: California Conference on Library Instruction (Online Fri., May 13)–New Deadline Fri., Nov. 19
(via Megan Kinney, City College of San Francisco) In 2022, the California Conference on Library Instruction (CCLI) invites presenters to share the ways their instruction work imagined or adapted something new in their setting or the ways their current work explores and contains the groundwork for a future vision. The Conference, themed “Engaging in Speculative Pedagogy: Reimagining…
Reminder: Registration Open for Free ACRL ULS Webinar “Libraries and Learning Analytics: Facts, False Choices, and Future Forays” (Mon., Nov. 15, 1:00-2:00 PM CDT)
(via Anna Sandelli-University of Tennessee, Knoxville) Registration is now open for the webinar “Libraries and Learning Analytics: Facts, False Choices, and Future Forays”. This free presentation is sponsored by the ACRL University Libraries Section Professional Development Committee. It will take place on Monday, November 15, from 1:00 to 2:00 PM CDT. Register here. More information is below. Learning…