(via Gwen Gregory, University of Illinois at Chicago) Join us for the free ACRL Presents webcast, “Get to Know the Revised Standards for Libraries in Higher Education: A Guide for Supporting Planning and Assessment,” on Thursday, May 24, from 1:00 to 2:00 PM CST. Recently updated in 2018, the Standards for Libraries in Higher Education…
Call for Proposals: Library Marketing and Communications Conference (Deadline May 25)
(via Jody Mitori, Washington University in St. Louis) THE CALL FOR PROPOSALS for the 2018 Library Marketing and Communications Conference is now open! The 2018 Library Marketing and Communications Conference (LMCC) Planning Committee invites you to submit presentation proposals for consideration to our 4th Annual LMCC Conference<http://www.librarymarketingconference.org/> in St. Louis, Missouri. The conference will be…
Call for Proposals: ACRL/CLS College Library Information on Policy and Practice Publication Series (Deadline June 15)
(via Mary Francis, Dakota State University) The ACRL/CLS CLIPP (College Library Information on Policy and Practice) Committee invites you to submit a preliminary proposal for its CLIPP publication series. While we welcome proposals on any topic that is relevant for small and mid-sized academic libraries, this call we are specifically looking for proposals looking at…
Call for Participation: Research Questionnaire on Librarians and Chinese Students Using Virtual Library Services (Open Until June 8)
(via Xiaojie Duan, University of Southern Mississippi) Dear all, I am sorry for any cross-posting. My name is Xiaojie Duan, a catalog librarian and assistant professor of the Technical Services Department, University of Southern Mississippi (USM) Libraries. I am conducting a research project using online questionnaire to gain a better understanding of how international Chinese…
Call for Applicants: ACRL Liaison to Council of Independent Colleges (Deadline June 15)
(via Michelle Twait, Gustavus Adolphus College) The ACRL College Libraries Section (CLS) is currently seeking applications to serve a three-year term (July 2019- July 2022) as the ACRL liaison to the Council of Independent Colleges<http://www.cic.edu/Pages/default.aspx> (CIC). Liaisons are responsible for outreach, education, and communication between CIC and ACRL in order to form strong relationships and…
Call for Abstracts: New Review of Academic Librarianship Issue on Innovative Learning and Teaching (Deadline July 2)
(via Sheila Corrall, University of Pittsburgh) The New Review of Academic Librarianship will publish a themed issue on Innovations in Learning and Teaching in Academic Libraries in summer 2019. The guest editors are Sheila Corrall, Professor of Library and Information Science, University of Pittsburgh, USA (scorrall@pitt.edu) and Liz Jolly, Director of Student and Library Services, Teesside University, UK (liz.jolly@tees.ac.uk)….
IACRL and UIC Hosting Viewing of ACRL Webinar “Essentials of Usability Design for Library Research Guides” at Daley Library on June 7
The Illinois Association of College and Research Libraries (IACRL) and the University of Illinois at Chicago’s Richard J. Daley Library are pleased to host a viewing of the Association of College and Research Libraries webinar “Essentials of Usability Design for Library Research Guides”, presented by Jason Puckett. This recorded webinar, lasting approximately one hour, will…
ALA Nominating Committee Seeking Candidates for 2019 Election (Deadline July 11)
(via JoAnne Kempf, American Library Association) The Nominating Committee for the 2019 ALA election is soliciting nominees to run on the 2019 spring ballot for the offices of ALA President-elect, Treasurer, and Councilor-at-large. The Nominating Committee will select two candidates to run for President-elect, two candidates to run for Treasurer, and no fewer than 50…
Call for Participation: Survey on Fake News
(via Mary Taylor, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale) Dear Library Staff: We are faculty members in Library Affairs at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. The purpose of the linked survey is to determine the response of you, your library, and campus to the topic of fake news. The survey will take approximately 15 minutes to…
IMLS-Funded “Digging Deeper” Project Offering Workshops on Text Mining and the HathiTrust Research Center
(via Harriett Green, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) Are you a librarian interested in learning more about digital scholarship methods and text mining? Consider taking a text mining workshop hosted by the IMLS-funded project “Digging Deeper, Reaching Further: Libraries Empowering Users to Mine the HathiTrust Digital Library Resources” (DDRF)! Register for our final summer series…