(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 Nominations: Library Journal Movers & Shakers (Deadline Mon., Dec. 6)
(via the Illinois Library Association) The editors of Library Journal need your help identifying the emerging leaders in the library world. Movers & Shakers profiles up-and-coming, innovative, creative individuals from around the world-both great leaders and behind-the-scenes contributors-who are providing inspiration and model programs for others, including programs developed this year in response to the…
Legislative News 11/22/2021
Federal News Student Nurses Who Refuse Vaccination Struggle to Complete Degrees (Kaiser Health News, 10/4/2021) FDA guidance calls for voluntary salt reduction in food supply (The Hill, 10/13/21) Bills passed: SB1828: HAVANA Act of 2021 Helping American Victims Afflicted by Neurological Attacks Act of 2021 [became Public Law No. 117-46 on 10/8/2021] Specifically authorizes the…
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…
Call for Submissions: ACRL “Perspectives on the Framework” Column (Deadline Fri., Nov. 19)
(via Maura Seale, University of Michigan) College & Research Libraries News and ACRL’s Student Learning and Information Literacy Committee invite proposals for the publication’s “Perspectives on the Framework” column. This bimonthly column provides a forum for librarians to share practices and perspectives related to the Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education. The column editorial team will…
Reminder: Breakout Session Proposals for LOEX 2022 Conference (May 5-7 in Ypsilanti, Michigan) Due Mon., Nov. 29
(via Dr. Amanda Nichols Hess, Oakland University) Organizers of the 50th Annual LOEX Conference are now seeking proposals for breakout sessions. The meeting is currently scheduled to take place in person from May 5 through 7 (Thursday-Saturday), 2022, in Ypsilanti, Michigan. The theme of the meeting is “We Can Do It!: Retooling Library Instruction for Today’s…
Call for Proposals: Association of Research Libraries Leadership and Career Development Program for 2022-23 (Deadline Fri., Dec. 10, 2021)
(via Gwen Gregory, Northern Illinois University) The ARL (Association of Research Libraries) Leadership and Career Development Program (LCDP) is a yearlong fellowship that aims to prepare mid-career librarians from historically underrepresented racial and ethnic groups to take on leadership roles in their careers and in the profession at large. Since ARL launched the LCDP in 1997,…
Call for Feedback: Current Interlibrary Loan Code for the United States and Explanatory Supplement (Deadline Tues., Nov. 30)
(via the ALA RUSA STARS Codes, Guidelines, and Technical Standards Committee) This is a reminder that the ALA RUSA STARS Codes, Guidelines, and Technical Standards Committee needs your feedback concerning the current Interlibrary Loan Code for the United States and its Explanatory Supplement. Under current RUSA guidelines, the ILL Code and Supplement are reviewed and updated regularly. As part of the…