(via Lisa Romero, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian is now accepting manuscript submissions for volume 36:3. The submission deadline is August 16, 2019. B&SS Librarian is a peer-reviewed, quarterly journal focusing on all aspects of behavioral and social sciences information with emphasis on librarians, libraries and users of social science…
Registration Open for Library Juice Academy Online Course “Introduction to Scholarly Communications” Lasting June 3-28
(via Rory Litwin, Library Juice Academy) Introduction to Scholarly Communications Instructor: Carli Spina Dates: June 3rd through 28th, 2019 Credits: 1.5 CEUs or 15 PDHs Price: $175 http://libraryjuiceacademy.com/152-scholarly-communications.php The scholarly publishing environment continues to evolve, but one aspect that has not changed is the central role that librarians play in this arena. Faculty are looking…
Call for Applicants: Publications Travel Grant for American Chemical Society National Meeting in San Diego on Aug. 24-29 (Deadline June 28)
(via Michael Qiu, America Chemical Society) ACS Publications is excited to announce that applications are now being accepted for our Travel Grant for Librarians and Library School Students to attend the ACS National Meeting in San Diego (August 24-29, 2019). Full details about the award and the application are available on ACS Axial at: https://axial.acs.org/2019/05/23/acs-publications-travel-grant-for-librarians-applications-due-june-28-2019/…
Legislative Update, 05/31/2019
Federal news Bipartisan-proposed health care legislation by Chair of the Senate’s Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, Lamar Alexander (R-TN), and ranking member Patty Murray (D-WA) focuses on five issues ranging from medical costs to improving public health and health information technology. From Roll Call: http://www.rollcall.com/news/congress/alexander-murray-outline-plan-lower-health-costs Draft legislation: https://www.help.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/LHCC%20Act%20Discussion%20Draft%205_23_2019.pdf In the House, Democrats have removed…
Reminder: Early-Bird Registration for Digital Directions 2019 (August 19-20 in Overland Park, KS) Closes Friday, May 31
(via Julie Martin, Northeast Document Conservation Center) Early-bird Discount Ends Next Friday, May 31 — Register Now and Save! *********************************** DIGITAL DIRECTIONS: Fundamentals of Creating and Managing Digital Collections – AUG 19-20, 2019, Overland Park, Kansas — Kansas City Metro Area – ABOUT DIGITAL DIRECTIONS: This unique training conference offers two days of focused instruction…
Reminder: Registration Open for Eighth Annual Lake Superior Libraries Symposium (Early Deadline May 31)
(via the National Network of Libraries of Medicine – Greater Midwest Region) Registration for the eighth annual Lake Superior Libraries Symposium is now open! LSLS19: Sea Changes in Libraries will be held on Friday, June 7th, 2019 at Lake Superior College. Library staff, administrators, trustees, and students from the Upper Midwest and beyond are invited to…
Reminder: Proposals for Access Services Conference 2019, “Unlocking the 21st Century Library”, Due May 31
(via Krista Higham, Millersville University) Final Call for Proposals Access Services Conference 2019, Unlocking the 21st Century Library On behalf of the Conference Organizing Committee, we would like to invite you to submit a proposal for the Access Services Conference 2019, Unlocking the 21st Century Library. This conference will be held at The Georgia Tech…
Reports on Last Fall’s RAILS/IACRL Networking Events Appear in ACRL Chapter Topics Newsletter
ACRL has just released the Spring issue of its Chapter Topics Newsletter, which is published twice annually and features activities and projects by ACRL state and regional chapters. The issue includes two articles on last fall’s RAILS/IACRL networking events. One piece, written by the School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s Mackenzie Salisbury, covers the…
Call for Program Proposals: ACRL at 2020 ALA Annual Conference in Chicago
(via Gwen Gregory, University of Illinois at Chicago, on behalf of ACRL) ACRL invites its committees, sections, interest groups and individual members to consider submitting program proposals for the 2020 ALA Annual Conference in Chicago, Illinois. Program proposals will be submitted via a centralized submission site for all ALA Divisions, Round Tables, Committees, and Offices. …
ACRL Technical Services Interest Group Meeting at ALA Annual (Sunday, June 23, From 4:00 to 5:00 PM)
(via Cynthia Romanowski, Governors State University) The ACRL Technical Services Interest Group announces its program at the ALA Annual conference held in Washington, DC, at the Location: Washington Hilton, Shaw Room, 1919 Connecticut Ave NW When: Sunday, June 23, 2019, from 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM (ET) There will be three 15-minute presentations with time…