(via Rory Litwin, Library Juice Academy) Gaming in Libraries Instructors: Lauren Hays and Teresa Slobuski Dates: July 1st through 26th, 2019 Credits: 1.5 CEUs or 15 PDHs Price: $175 http://libraryjuiceacademy.com/126-gaming.php As gaming has grown in our culture, libraries have started to create their own programs. Games can be added to library programming for both recreation…
Call for Host Sites: “Americans and the Holocaust” Traveling Exhibition Tour (Application Deadline August 9)
(via the Illinois Library Association) The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) and the ALA Public Programs Office invite libraries to apply to host Americans and the Holocaust, a traveling exhibition that examines the motives, pressures and fears that shaped Americans’ responses to Nazism, war and genocide in Europe during the 1930s and 1940s. The exhibition…
Registration Open for Free ACRL Presents Webcast “Open and Equitable Scholarly Communications” (12:00 PM on Monday, July 15)
(via ACRL) For many years, the academic and research library workforce has worked to accelerate the transition to more open, inclusive, and equitable systems of scholarship. Learn about ACRL’s new research agenda “Open and Equitable Scholarly Communications: Creating a More Inclusive Future” in a free ACRL Presents webcast on Monday, July 15, 2019. This action-oriented…
Registration Open for Academic Library Association of Ohio Annual Conference and Preconference (Oct. 17-18 in Columbus)
(via the Academic Library Association of Ohio) Registration is underway for the Academic Library Association of Ohio (ALAO) annual conference Academic Libraries Speak Up! Advocate. Collaborate. Educate. The conference will be held on Friday, October 18th at the Nationwide Hotel and Conference Center in Columbus, OH, with a preconference workshop and training on Thursday, October 17th….
Call for Proposals Extended: MLA Mid-Atlantic Chapter Annual Meeting (New Deadline Friday, July 19)
(via Everly Brown – University of Maryland, Baltimore) The MAC Contributed Papers and Posters committees invite you to submit your proposals for the 2019 MAC/MLA Annual Meeting in Durham, NC! We are excited to be at the Millennium Hotel from October 5 through 7, 2019. The theme for this year’s meeting is “Rising to the…
Reminder: Survey on STEMM Librarianship and Diversity Closes Sunday, June 30
(via Gavin Paul, New York University) This survey is closing June 30. If you are a STEMM librarian, you are invited to participate in a brief survey. The Attitudes and Lived Experiences of STEMM Librarians (https://nyu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1zyWrNa4mYVcKwt) In recent years, librarians have brought attention to diversity, inclusion and belonging (DIB) issues within the profession. It has also been reported…
Reminder: ILA Best Practices Committee Survey Closes Sunday, June 30
(via the Illinois Library Association) The ILA Best Practices Committee invites library professionals to participate in a survey to collect best practices for topics that are important to the library community. The survey closes on June 30. To complete the survey, click here.
Call for Volunteers: NNLM Data Thesaurus Advisory Board (Deadline July 1)
(via the National Network of Libraries of Medicine – Greater Midwest Region) The Research Data Management Workgroup of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine is recruiting Advisory Board members to be part of a committee that reviews terms, adds new terms, and suggest connections between terms. If you are interested in being part of…
Registration Open and Call for Award Nominations: Midwest First Year Conference (Friday, September 27, at Illinois State University)
(via Jennifer Sharkey, Illinois State University) Please consider joining your colleagues at the Midwest First Year Conference! This is a regional one-day drive-in conference that provides a forum for academic and student affairs professionals to share ideas, resources, and pedagogy to enhance the first-year experience at 2-year and 4-year institutions. Registration is now open for…
Call for Proposals: The Library Collective 2020 Conference (Deadline August 2)
(via Ashley Maynor, Co-Founder and Program Director of The Library Collective) The Library Collective is back with a 2020 theme so awesomely nerdy, you won’t want to miss it! For The Collective 2020 gathering, we’re challenging librarians to “Roll for Initiative” (that’s right, D&D nerds!). While proposals need not make reference to Dungeons & Dragons…