(via Elise Gowen, Penn State University) The 25th Atmospheric Science Librarians International (ASLI) Conference will be held 23-27 January 2022 in Houston, TX, in conjunction with the American Meteorological Society’s (AMS) Annual Meeting. For this conference, sessions will be in person and virtual. The theme for the 102nd AMS Annual Meeting is “Environmental Security: weather, water and climate for a more…
Registration Open for Allyship: Coalition Building for Sustainable Change Virtual Conference (July 22-23, Thurs-Fri.)
(via the Online Learning Consortium) Registration is now open for Allyship: Coalition Building for Sustainable Change. This virtual summit, co-hosted by Bay Path University on Thursday, July 22, and Friday, July 23, will encourage open, collaborative dialogue about equity and inclusions solutions, interventions, and innovations that empower leaders seeking to build more authentically diverse and inclusive teams and communities. The…
Call for Proposals: Midwest Data Librarian Symposium (Online Oct. 18-20)–Deadline Mon., Aug. 16
(via Kristen Adams, Miami University in Ohio) The Midwest Data Librarian Symposium invites proposals for its second virtual symposium, taking place on October 18-20 (Tues.-Thurs.). The theme of this year’s event is “Open and Emerging from the Pandemic”. The Midwest Data Librarian Symposium, or MDLS, is an unconference for data and librarians. MDLS is intended to enable Midwestern…
Call for Participation: Survey on Information Literacy Instruction and Writing Curriculum
(via Danielle Hinrichs, St. Catherine University) You are invited to participate in a research study about connections between information literacy instruction and writing curriculum at colleges and universities in the United States. Participants will answer 12 questions about information literacy and writing instruction at their institutions. The survey will take approximately 20-40 minutes to complete….
Call for Volunteers: ALA, Council, and Joint Committees for 2022-2024 (Deadline Thurs., Sept. 30, 2021)
(via the American Library Association) Lessa Kanani’opua Pelayo-Lozada, American Library Association (ALA) President-Elect, encourages members to lead together for change with her by volunteering to serve on ALA, Council, and Joint committees for the 2022-2024 term (beginning July 1, 2022). Serving on a committee provides members with leadership experience, new networking avenues, and the opportunity to…
Reminder: Deadline to Apply for CARLI Counts Cohort 3 is Thurs., July 15
(via Anne Craig, CARLI Senior Director) Have you wanted your library to… Create a powerful impact narrative for your library? Use data in a compelling way to tell your library’s story to your stakeholders? Demonstrate how your library supports graduation and retention rates? I’m excited to announce that applications are available for the extremely popular…
Registration Extended for Self-Paced Amigos Online Course “GIS and GeoWeb Applications in Libraries” (New Deadline Thurs., July 15)
(via Jodie Borgerding, Amigos Library Services) Join Amigos Library Services for the self-paced course “GIS and GeoWeb Applications in Libraries”. Registration for this four-week class has been extended through Thursday, July 15. 80% of digital data available to us as information users have a geographic component. Geographic Information System (GIS) technology is widely used in research,…
ALA Announces 2021-22 Spectrum Scholars, Including 11 Studying at Illinois Institutions
(via the American Library Association) The American Library Association’s (ALA) Office for Diversity, Literacy and Outreach Services awarded the 2021 Spectrum Scholarships to 61 exceptional students pursuing graduate degrees in library and information studies. Since 1997, the ALA has awarded more than 1,300 Spectrum Scholarships. During the 2021 application cycle, the Spectrum Scholarship Program received…
Registration Open for ACRL’s Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Off-RoadShow Pilot Webcast Series (July 19 and 26 and Aug. 2)
(via Chase Ollis, ACRL) Don’t miss ACRL’s upcoming Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Off-RoadShow pilot webcast series! The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) is a movement in higher education to study the teaching and learning that occurs on college campuses in order to improve student learning. Librarians are uniquely situated to impact the learning of students in…
Reminder: Chapter Proposals for Upcoming ACRL Publication Creators in the Academic Library Due Mon., July 19
(via Rebecca Kuglitsch, University of Colorado Boulder) We are excited to invite chapter proposals for our forthcoming ACRL book, Creators in the Academic Library, with an anticipated publication date of Spring 2023. This edited volume seeks to increase the impact of academic libraries on creator communities by bringing together ideas for and approaches to their unique information needs….