(via Nicole Swanson, CARLI) Registration is now open for the following CARLI Professional Development Alliance (PDA) webinars taking place in March and early April. See below for descriptions, dates and times, and registration links. “Intellectual Freedom and Social Justice: Core Values of Librarianship” Dr. Emily Knox states: Throughout my work, I argue that intellectual freedom leads…
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Registration Open for CARLI Professional Development Alliance Webinars Taking Place in February
(via Nicole Swanson, CARLI) Registration is now open for the following CARLI Professional Development Alliance (PDA) webinars taking place in February. See below for descriptions, dates and times, and registration links. “Myths and Truths about Regional Public Universities” Regional Public Universities (RPUs) educate 20% of all undergraduate students each year and serve as anchor institutions…
Registration Open for CARLI “Are you as conflicted as we are? Challenges with teaching subject headings and keywords” Online Discussion (Fri., Feb. 11, 1:00-2:00 PM)
(via Debbie Campbell, CARLI) Join the CARLI Instruction Committee via Zoom on Friday, February 11, from 1:00 to 2:00 PM CDT, for a discussion about teaching subject headings and keyword searching. We will provide a few brief stories about the inconsistencies we’ve encountered with subject heading indexing and how these findings challenged whether to teach students to…
Reminder: CARLI Commercial Products Committee Seeking Proposals for Accessibility in Libraries Forum (Online Wed., April 6)–Deadline Mon., Feb. 14
Please excuse any cross-posting. (via Gwen Gregory, Northern Illinois University, on behalf of CARLI) The CARLI Commercial Products Committee is seeking proposals for a forum on accessibility efforts in your library. The form will take place via Zoom on Wednesday, April 6, at 10:00 AM CDT. CARLI Members are encouraged to submit proposals on any…
Registration Open for NNLM Webinar “Health Statistics on the Web” (Wed., March 2, 1:00-2:00 PM CDT)
(via Rebecca Brown, Network of the National Library of Medicine) Please join the Network of the National Library of Medicine on Wednesday, March 2, from 1:00 to 2:00 PM CDT, for the webinar “Health Statistics on the Web”. This live, 1-hour class will focus on the importance and relevance of health statistics in various contexts, and on the location,…
Call for Proposals: ACRL Distance and Online Library Instruction Virtual Poster Session (April 25-29, Mon.-Fri.)–Deadline Fri., Feb. 11
(via the Poster Session organizers) Calling all library workers! Do you have a tool, project, or great idea about teaching and learning online that you’d like to share with your peers? The ACRL Distance and Online Learning Section Instruction Committee (DOLS-IC) invites you to submit a proposal to our fourth annual Distance and Online Library Instruction Virtual Poster…
Call for Proposals Extended: 20th Annual Information Literacy Summit (Online Fri., April 29)–New Deadline Fri., Feb. 4
(via Jason Ertz, College of DuPage) DePaul University Library and College of DuPage Library are pleased to announce that we will be partnering to co-host the 2022 Information Literacy Summit on Friday, April 29. This will be an all-virtual event. We are seeking presenters to lead engaging and interactive discussions about information literacy and library instruction. We…
Registration Open for ACRL Diversity Alliance Webinar “Residency Interest Group’s (RIG) Diversity Residency Toolkit & Resident-Centered Framework” (Mon., Feb. 7, at 1:30 PM CDT)
(via Annie Bélanger, Dean of University Libraries at Grand Valley State University) The ACRL Diversity Alliance Taskforce is hosting a series of webinars on diversity residencies, inclusive hiring, and onboarding for inclusion and retention. The first webinar, with Grand Valley State University Libraries as the sponsor, is titled “Residency Interest Group’s (RIG) Diversity Residency Toolkit & Resident-Centered…
Reminder: Proposals Deadline for 20th Library Research Forum (Online April 26-27) is Fri., Feb. 4
(via Megan Fitzgibbons, Concordia University in Montréal) Proposals are now being accepted for the 20th Library Research Forum at Concordia University (Montreal, Canada). This year’s Research Forum will again be held virtually, in the afternoon of April 26 and 27 (Tuesday and Wednesday). The annual Research Forum provides an opportunity for librarians, archivists, graduate students, teaching faculty, and information professionals to…
Reminder: Planning Committee for 2022 Learning Innovations Conference (Online Wed., April 27) Seeking Presentation Proposals
(via Angelina Mabrey, Rend Lake College) We are excited to welcome everyone back to the Learning Innovations Conference! This year the Conference will be held as a virtual one-day conference via Zoom on Wednesday, April 27. We are seeking presenters to host an array of topics related to “Innovative Diverse, Equitable, and Inclusive Technology”. We encourage discussion,…