(via Carolyn Caffrey Gardner, California State University Dominguez Hills) We are soliciting chapter proposals for our forthcoming ACRL Publications book, Hidden Architectures of Information Literacy Programs: Structures, Practices, and Contexts with an anticipated publication date of fall 2019. Chapter proposals are due August 1st, 2018. Read the full Call for Proposals, including a book chapter…
Registration Open for August 3 NNLM Webinar “Resistance to Change in RDM”
(via Sarah Miles, University of North Texas Health Science Center) We are thrilled to announce our upcoming webinar, Approaching Resistance to Change in Research Data Management! This session is part of the new Research Data Management Webinar Series being sponsored by NNLM, and our guest speaker Amanda Rinehart has a great presentation in store. Mark…
Call for Proposals: ACRL Delaware Valley Chapter Fall 2018 Program (Deadline 9/15)
(via Jessica Brangiel, Swarthmore College) ACRL DVC 2018 Fall Program Call for Presenters When: October 26, 2018 from 10:00 AM to 3:30 PM Where: Drexel University’s Learning Terrace Theme: Librarians as Advocates: Leading Activism on Your Campus and Beyond This program seeks to provide insight into the activism and advocacy work being done in libraries in…
Call for Submissions: The Ideabook of Positive Change in the Library Workplace Anthology (Deadline 9/5)
(via Heather Seibert, East Carolina University) Call for papers and essays http://bit.ly/2NZ7NMQ Working Title: The Ideabook of Positive Change in the Library Workplace Editors: Heather Seibert, Amanda Vinogradov, Amanda H. McLellan – East Carolina University, Joyner Library. Deadline for drafts: September 5, 2018 Publisher: American Library Association Press (ALA Press) Submission Form: https://goo.gl/forms/wny3vqnKvRRsLVxz1 We are…
Reminder: CARLI Seeking Presenters for Resource Sharing Committee’s October 25 Fall Forum
(via Lorna Engels, CARLI) This is a reminder that the Resource Sharing Committee′s fall forum will be held at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library on Thursday, October 25, 2018. The committee is now seeking proposals for presentations related to any of these broad topics: · Statistics & reporting · Marketing, promoting, and patron instruction of…
Call for Proposals–2019 Bridging the Spectrum: the 11th Annual Symposium on Scholarship and Practice (Deadline 9/18/18)
(via Dr. Ingrid Hsieh-Yee, The Catholic University of America) Time: Friday, February 8, 2019. 9:45 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Place: Catholic University of America The Bridging the Spectrum Symposium offers a knowledge-sharing forum and meeting place for practitioners, students, and faculty in Library and Information Sciences and Services. Presentations are selected to showcase innovative practices,…
Registration Open for Webinar on Institutional Repositories in Health Care (Thursday, July 26, from 1:00 to 2:00 PM CST)
(via Stacey Knight-Davis, Eastern Illinois University, on behalf of Brenda Fay, Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center in Milwaukee, WI) Hi everyone, In case you are interested, Jennifer Deal and I will be speakers for a bepress/Digital Commons webinar, based on our experiences starting up an institutional repository in a health care environment. If you have…
Call for Writers: ACRLog Blog Team (Deadline August 15)
(via Maura Smale–New York City College of Technology, City University of New York) Are you interested in writing about issues that affect academic libraries? We’re looking to bring on a few new bloggers here at ACRLog! Members of the ACRLog blog team write on any issue or idea that impacts academic librarianship, from current news…
Call for Nominations: ACRL Instruction Section’s Featured Teaching Librarian (Deadline 9/7)
(via Sarah Scheib, University of Iowa) Do you know someone who is an amazing teaching librarian? If yes, consider nominating them as a Featured Teaching Librarian! If you’re an amazing teaching librarian, consider nominating yourself. The ACRL Instruction Section Teaching Methods Committee wants to highlight excellent teaching librarians. Several times during the year, the committee…
Reminder: Chapter Proposals Deadline for ACRL Monograph on Student Wellness Efforts is 8/15
(via Sara Holder, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) Call for Chapter Proposals: ACRL monograph tentatively titled Student Wellness and Academic Libraries: Case Studies and Activities for Promoting Health and Success Student wellness, particularly mental health, is emerging as a key issue in higher education. Academic libraries play an essential role in supporting teaching and student learning…