(via Michelle Haake, CARLI, on behalf of Lesley Zavediuk, IHLS) Is your library interested in providing access to eMagazines, exclusive eAudiobooks, and more for your patrons? If the answer is yes and you work at a public or academic library in IHLS, you should attend an upcoming in-person demonstration of RBdigital. Pick the location and time that works best…
Day: April 22, 2018
Proposals Deadline for New Librarian Summit Extended to April 27
(via Laurie Borchard, San Jose State University) To support early career Librarians, the New Librarian Summit (NLS) Organizing Committee invites proposals for its second annual Conference on the specific theme, “Exploring New and Innovative Approaches in LIS.” This event aims to provide practical strategies, hands-on methods, networking, and professional development opportunities to recently graduated and/or recently appointed…
Call for Peer Reviewers–Weave: The Journal of Library User Experience (Deadline May 18)
(via Courtney Greene McDonald, Indiana University Bloomington) Weave: The Journal of Library User Experience, is seeking library and UX experts to serve as peer reviewers. Peer reviewers should have strong writing skills, have experience with peer review (either as an author who has published peer-reviewed work or as a peer reviewer for a journal), and…
Call for Submissions and Nominations: ACRL Instruction Section’s PRIMO: Peer-Reviewed Instructional Materials Online
(via Sarah LeMire, Texas A&M University) The Peer Reviewed Instructional Materials Online (PRIMO) Committee of the ACRL Instruction Section invites you to submit your online information literacy tutorial, virtual tour, or other online library instruction project for review and possible inclusion in PRIMO: Peer-Reviewed Instructional Materials Online. ***Deadlines for Spring 2018 *** Nominations: Wednesday, April 25 Submissions: Wednesday,…
Registration Open for June 22 ACRL Big Easy RoadShow, “Assessment in Action” (UIUC’s Hinchliffe is Presenter)
(via Chase Ollis, Association of College and Research Libraries) The ACRL Big Easy RoadShow Assessment in Action: Demonstrating and Communicating Library Contributions to Student Learning and Success ACRL Preconference at ALA Annual Conference Friday, June 22 | 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM | New Orleans, LA Program Higher education institutions of all types are facing intensified…
Registration Open for “Data Storytelling: Structures and Strategies” Event at University of Chicago on May 4
(via Devin Savage, Illinois Institute of Technology) Data Storytelling: Structures and Strategies Combine classical storytelling techniques with data to communicate value to stakeholders. Friday, May 4 | 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM University of Chicago Regenstein Library | Room 122 | 1100 E. 57th St., Chicago, IL 60637 To register, go here. Description Librarians often face similar challenges across…
Call for Proposals: Open Education Southern Symposium (Deadline May 31)
(via Stephanie Pierce, University of Arkansas) CFP: Open Education Southern Symposium OPENING EDUCATION: Using Open Education & Open Pedagogy to Transform Learning and the Educational Experience The Open Education Southern Symposium at the University of Arkansas is accepting proposals for its day and a half conference on Monday, Oct. 1 and Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018….
Call for Co-Panelists: ACRL 2019 Session on the Framework and IL Skills of First-Year Students
(via John Oliver, The College of New Jersey) Are you using the Framework to assess, structure, or advocate for first-year information literacy learning? Care to be an ACRL co-panelist? Student transitions to college are challenging and ever-evolving. From their very first days in our classrooms, we want students to learn what they need to know…