From Problem To Prevention: Evidence-Based Public Health Date: August 12, 2026 Time: 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CDT Curious about evidence-based public health (EBPH) but not sure where to start? This session will explain the basics of evidence-based public health (EBPH) and highlight essentials of the EBPH process such as identifying the problem, forming a question, searching…
President’s Message–August 3, 2026
All: It’s hard to believe another year has already flown by! As we enter Fall, it’s time to register for our annual conference, which will be held virtually from September 29 to October 1. The theme is “Preserving the past, inspiring the present: Librarians advancing health science.” Registration is now open! As always, if you…
Registration Open for CMC Moodle course “Focus on Deriving a Record”
(via Dr. Pamela Thomas, Illinois Heartland Library System) Registration is open for the Cataloging Maintenance Center two-week crash course “Focus on Deriving a Record.” It will take place asynchronously from September 21-October 4, 2026. Have you found records in OCLC that are almost a match, but you need to create a new bibliographic record, or do…
Call for Proposals: Research Intelligence in Academic Libraries: Enhancing Institutional Impact and Output
(Via Medical Library Association) We are pleased to invite chapter contributions for an upcoming edited volume to be published with the Association of College and Research Libraries, entitled: Research Intelligence in Academic Libraries: Enhancing Institutional Impact and Output. This volume will address the broad range of options available for building an in-depth picture of the…
Call for Proposals/Demos- What We’ve Learned: Confronting AI’s Challenges in Libraries
(via ACRL Science and Technology Section) Title: What We’ve Learned: Confronting AI’s Challenges in Libraries Date: November 16-17, 2026 (Monday and Tuesday) Time: 10am-2pm GST-Please note all presentation and demos must be given live at the conference time Format: Presentations and Demos of AI tool use. The call for proposals for ” What We’ve Learned: Confronting AI’s…
Call for Proposals: Health Science Librarianship: Teaching, Research, Collections, and Engagement
(via the Medical Library Association listserv) We are excited to invite chapter proposals for our forthcoming ACRL book, Health Science Librarianship: Teaching, Research, Collections, and Engagement. This edited volume brings together a series of cases that illustrate various facets of health sciences librarianship today. It foregrounds the lived realities of librarians working in academic, hospital,…
Registration open for Online with the CMC webinar “In the Right Order: The Sequence of Series Authority Records” August 13 10-11am CDT
(via Dr. Pamela Thomas, Illinois Heartland Library System) Registration is open for the Cataloging Maintenance Center Online with the CMC webinar In the Right Order: The Sequence of Series Authority Records. It will take place on August 13, 2026 10am-11am CDT. Join CMC Cataloger Mary Cornell as they look at the basics of series authority records, including fields…
Call for Contributions: Help Build the OSCLIP Open Science Instructional Resources Repository
(Via Nicole Helregel through the ACRL Science and Technology listserv) We invite you to contribute your instructional resources to a new Open Science Collaborative of Library and Information Professionals (OSCLIP) initiative dedicated to building a comprehensive knowledge bank for open science instruction for library and information professionals. Our goal is to collect, organize, and share high-quality instructional…
Call for Participation: Self-Censorship in Academic Libraries
(Via Brittany Fiedler through the ACRL University Libraries Section) You are invited to participate in a research study that will examine to what extent, if any, the current United States administration’s passing of anti-equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) policies, laws, and executive orders, have resulted in censorship or self-censorship in student-facing work. This study has…
Call for Participation: Survey on Libraries and Inclusive Access Programs
(Via Rachel Scott through the ACRL listserv) The study is being conducted via an online survey and should take approximately 10–15 minutes to complete. Your responses will help us better understand how libraries are navigating the adoption of inclusive access programs and what effects, if any, these programs have had on library affordability efforts –…