(via Lauren Hays, MidAmerica Nazarene University) Call for panelists for the ACRL IS Current Issues Virtual Discussion Forum, 2018 ALA Annual Meeting The IS Current Issues Virtual Discussion Forum is an excellent opportunity for instruction librarians to explore and discuss current topics related to library instruction and information literacy. The steering committee welcomes proposals from individuals…
Call for Proposals: 2018 Chinese American Librarians’ Association Midwest Annual Conference (Deadline April 20)
(via Gwen Gregory, University of Illinois at Chicago, on behalf of Mingyan Li, UIC) The Chinese American Librarians’ Association (CALA) Midwest Professional Development Committee invites you to submit a proposal for the 2018 CALA Midwest Annual Conference. In nowadays’ digital and technological world, library practices have been greatly impacted in one way or the other….
Call for Proposals: CARLI Instruction Showcase 2018 (Deadline April 2)
(via Lorna Engels, CARLI) The CARLI Instruction Committee is seeking presentation proposals for the sixth annual Instruction Showcase on Thursday, May 31, at Dominican University in River Forest, IL. CARLI members are welcome to submit proposals on all library instruction topics, and encouraged to draw inspiration from the committee’s theme this year, “We Can’t Do…
2nd Call for Responses: International Survey on Clinical Librarian Services and Impact
(via Rebecca Carlson McCall, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) The Health Sciences Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is conducting a research study on the essential services provided by clinical librarians. This study addresses a gap in the clinical librarianship literature on the activities and impact of services by…
Call for Student Snapshot Sessions for 2018 NASIG Annual Conference
(via NASIG) The NASIG Student Outreach Committee (SOC) invites proposals for the Great Ideas Showcase and the Student Snapshot Sessions for the 33rd NASIG conference in Atlanta, GA, June 8 to 11. The theme of the conference is “Transforming the Information Community.” The Great Ideas Showcase will be held on Friday, June 8, from 3:45 to…
Call for Applicants: 2018 Librarians Active Learning Institutes at Dartmouth (Deadline March 12)
(via Laura Barrett, Dartmouth College) Apply now for the 2018 Librarians Active Learning Institutes at Dartmouth! Librarians Active Learning Institute, July 30-August 1, 2018 Librarians Active Learning Institute–Archives and Special Collections, August 8-11, 2018 When is the last time you were able to spend several days focused solely on your teaching? The Librarians Active Learning…
Call for Proposals: Critical Librarianship & Pedagogy Symposium (Deadline April 30)
(via Nicole Pagowsky, University of Arizona) The University of Arizona Libraries is organizing a second Critical Librarianship & Pedagogy Symposium to be held here on campus November 15-16, 2018. The CFP is now open, and information about the conference and how to submit proposals can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aBPOhV4E3pWIYHF9HL_sEPkPTGoc6vn6tyWGI698S3o/edit. The deadline to submit is April…
RAILS Strategic Planning Session (in Burr Ridge and Virtually) on April 5
(via Gwen Gregory, University of Illinois at Chicago) I know you have a lot of great ideas about what academic libraries need to succeed. As your representative on the RAILS Board, I hope you can share some of these with RAILS. They are revising their strategic plan. As a part of this process, Executive Director Deirdre…
Medical Library Association 2018 Conference Registration Open (Early-Bird Ends April 18)
(via Ray Naegele, Medical Library Association) The 2018 National Program Committee and Local Assistance Committee look forward to welcoming you to the 118th Annual Meeting of the Medical Library Association (https://mla.socious.com/page/mla18-general-information) in Atlanta, GA from May 18-23, 2018. MLA’s premier event hosts over 2,200 participants including medical librarians and related health information professionals and exhibitors….
RAILS Grants Available to Academic Libraries
(via Gwen Gregory, University of Illinois at Chicago) Some grants available to RAILS libraries are below. Continuing Education (CE) Grant Opportunities Expanded RAILS is pleased to announce that grant opportunities to fund continuing education events are now open to RAILS libraries, networking groups, and library consortia. To qualify, CE events must be made available to…