(via Peggy Carey, National University of Health Sciences) 2023 resolution: Grow professionally. “Let’s give ’em something to talk about!” Please provide suggestions by Friday, December 9, 2022, to pcarey@nuhs.edu. Anything you’d want to share and discuss by openly voicing your thoughts about implications on your work will be considered–for example, Articles, Podcasts, or Videos. All recommendations are required to be…
ACRL Technical Services Interest Group Holding Fall Meeting on How Libraries and Archives Can Use Wikipedia and Wikimedia to Share Content More Widely (Mon., Nov. 7, at 1:00 PM CDT)–No Registration Required
(via Gwen Gregory, Northern Illinois University) Please join the ACRL Technical Services Interest Group fall meeting on Monday, November 7, at 1:00 PM CDT. Our topic will be how libraries and archives can use Wikipedia and Wikimedia to share content with a larger and more diverse audience. Our guest speaker is Michael Barera, Assistant Archivist…
Call for Participation: Survey on Global Resource Sharing Trends (Deadline Fri., Nov. 18)
(via Melissa Eighmy Brown, University of Minnesota) The following short, 5-minute survey will be open through Friday, November 18, 2022. If you haven’t had a chance to fill it out, there is still time! Many thanks to those of you who have already responded. In the last few years, a number of factors have contributed…
Call for Proposals: The Innovative Library Classroom 2023 Conference in Williamsburg, VA (Pre-Conference on Thurs., June 1; Conference on Fri., June 2)–Deadline Fri., Dec. 16
(via Lucinda Wittkower, Old Dominion University) We are now accepting proposals for The Innovative Library Classroom 2023. It will take place at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. A pre-conference workshop, poster session, and social will take place on Thursday, June 1, with the conference itself following on Friday, June 2. Our…
Registration Open for Free ALA Social Responsibilities Round Table Homelessness Summit (Mon., Nov. 14, 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM CDT)
(via April Sheppard, Arkansas State University) The registration for the ALA SRRT (Social Responsibilities Round Table) Homelessness Summit is now live! As many of you know, November is National Homeless Youth Awareness Month, while November 12-20 is Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Week. To help bring awareness to these issues, both as a social-justice issue and…
Registration Open for Wolters Kluwer Webinar “Raising and Communicating Your Strategic Value to Clinicians: A Panel Discussion with and for Hospital Librarians” (Mon., Nov. 7, at 12:00 PM CDT)
(via Rebecca Runyon, Wolters Kluwer) The Medical Library Association (MLA) is pleased to invite you to a complimentary webinar sponsored by Wolters Kluwer. Membership in MLA is not required to attend. The webinar, titled “Raising and Communicating Your Strategic Value to Clinicians: A Panel Discussion with and for Hospital Librarians”, will take place on Monday,…
Registration Open for Next ACRL STS College Science Librarians Virtual Discussion (Thurs., Nov. 17, at 1:00 PM CDT)–Topic is “Creating Balance and Managing Expectations: Data, Instruction, & Outreach”
(via Elizabeth (Betsy) Sterner, formerly of Governors State University) Please join us for the next ACRL STS (Science & Technology Section) College Science Librarians Virtual Discussion on Thursday, November 17, starting at 1:00 PM CDT. Hear what is happening with colleagues from far and wide, and share strategies that have worked for you in the…
Call for Participation: Kennesaw State University Library System Survey on Work Experiences of Middle Managers at Academic Institutions
(via Kristina Clement, Kennesaw State University) The Kennesaw State University Library System would like to invite librarians and library staff members of academic institutions who consider themselves as “middle managers” to participate in a study examining the effects of “middleness”. Middle managers might experience degrees of middleness–that is, the point along the continuum of middle…
Reminder: Mentors Needed for Spectrum Scholars (Deadline Fri., Nov. 4)
(via Gwen Gregory, Northern Illinois University) Help support a diverse workforce in the next generation of academic librarians by mentoring an ALA Spectrum Scholar through the ACRL Dr. E.J. Josey Spectrum Scholar Mentor Program. This program links library school students and new librarians who are of American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian, Black/African American, Hispanic/Latino, Middle Eastern…
Reminder: Registration Open for IACRL Journal Club’s Next Meeting (Fri., Nov. 11, at 1:30 PM CDT)–Article to Discuss is “Zooming through crisis: Navigating the move to online programming”
(via Christina Norton, IACRL Secretary) The IACRL (Illinois Association of College & Research Libraries) C&CE (Conference & Continuing Education) Committee announces its 1st Journal Club of the fall! When: Friday, November 11, from 1:30 to 2:30 PM CDT Article to discuss: Droog, A, Shotick, K., Swope, K., Finley, W., McGowan, B. & McHone-Chase, S. (Spring 2020). Zooming through crisis: Navigating the move to…