(via the Illinois Library Association) The Reaching Forward Committee is now accepting nominations for the Oberman and Rich Reaching Forward Conference Grant, and the Robert Doyle ILA Conference Grant for Support Staff. The grants are awarded annually by the Reaching Forward Committee and support continuing education within librarianship. Nominators must supply supporting reasons for the…
Year: 2019
Call for Proposals — Finding the Balance: 2020 ACRL New England Chapter and New England Library Instruction Group Joint Annual Conference, May 26-27 in Providence, RI (Deadline Jan. 17)
(via Kendall Hobbs, Wesleyan University) Joint Call for Proposals Joint Annual Conference: Finding the Balance 2020 ACRL New England Chapter (ACRL/NEC) & New England Library Instruction Group (NELIG – A Special Interest Group of ACRL/NEC) May 26-27, 2020 Rhode Island Convention Center Providence, RI Library work is often a balancing act. We seek proposals from…
Call for Members: ACRL Diversity Alliance
(via Allison Payne, ACRL Program Manager for Strategic Initiatives) The ACRL Diversity Alliance program unites academic libraries committed to increasing the hiring pipeline of qualified and talented individuals from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups. The commitment of each library leader to create one or more residency positions will expand opportunities available to individuals from professionally…
Call for Proposals: Urban Librarians Unite 2020 (May 1 at Brooklyn Public Library) — Deadline December 31
(via Urban Librarians Unite) Urban Librarians Unite is calling for presenters for our eighth Urban Librarians Conference to be held at the Brooklyn Public Library, Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn NY on May 1, 2020. The theme of this year’s conference is “Caution: Librarians at Work!” and will be focusing on the pragmatic realities of working…
Save the Date: 2020 Open Education Southern Symposium (July 16 – 17 at North Carolina State University)
(via Stephanie Pierce, University of Arkansas) The Open Education Southern Symposium (OESS) planning committee is excited to announce that the next symposium will be held July 16 – 17, 2020 on the North Carolina State University campus in Raleigh, North Carolina. The Open Education Southern Symposium is a day and a half event for open…
Fall Issue of ACRL Chapter Topics Newsletter Features Illinois Association of College & Research Libraries Activities
(via IACRL) The Fall, 2019, issue of ACRL’s Chapter Topics newsletter is now available. The newsletter, which ACRL releases twice annually, highlights meetings, professional-development activities, and other initiatives by statewide ACRL chapters. IACRL has three articles in this issue (all available here). The articles cover the RAILS/IACRL networking events that took place at Waubonsee Community College…
Call for Chapter Proposals: ACRL Publication on Teaching Data Literacy (Deadline February 3)
(via Julia Bauder, Grinnell College) Do you ever help students or faculty with data? Does that work involve helping them to understand: How to find and interpret data? How to be a critical consumer of data? How to be an ethical producer of data? What it means to decolonize data? Why it’s important to document…
Call for Volunteers: ACRL Division, Section, and Representative Appointments (Deadline Feb. 14, 2020)
(via ACRL) Are you looking for ways to expand your professional network and contribute to ACRL? Committee volunteers help shape ACRL by advancing its strategic plan and influencing the direction of academic and research librarianship. Serving on a committee or editorial board is a great way to become involved and make an impact on the…
Call for Proposals Extended: Transforming Libraries for Graduate Students 2020 Conference (March 16-17 in Kingsport, TN) — New Deadline Monday, December 16
(via Dr. Wendy Doucette, East Tennessee State University) We have received a fantastic selection of proposals for “Transforming Libraries for Graduate Students,” the only conference dedicated to graduate librarianship. We are still seeking submissions which focus primarily on copyright, scholarships, OER, data services, publishing, research teams and the research life cycle, and professional development for…
CARLI Instruction Committee Hosting Twitter Chat at 12:00 PM on Friday, Dec. 13 (Topic “New Approaches to Evaluating Information”)
(via Debbie Campbell, CARLI) The CARLI Instruction Committee is excited to host an upcoming Twitter chat! Join us on Friday, December 13, at 12:00 PM CDT, for a conversation on new approaches to evaluating information, #NecessaryEval. What is a Twitter Chat? A Twitter chat is a public Twitter conversation around one unique hashtag! Use the #NecessaryEval…