(via Debbie Campbell, CARLI) Please join the CARLI Instruction Committee for an article discussion on “Creating a Student-Centered Alternative to Research Guides”. The discussion will take place virtually on Friday, April 1, from 1:00 to 2:00 PM CDT. Registration is required; please go here. Zoom connection details will be sent to registrants on Thursday, March 31. This…
Day: March 17, 2022
Call for Proposals: 2022 Southeastern Resource Sharing Conference (Oct. 13-14 in Nashville, TN)–Deadline Mon., May 16
(via Jennifer Young, East Tennessee State University) The planners of the 2022 Southeastern Resource Sharing Conference are now accepting program proposals. The Conference is currently scheduled as an in-person event and will take place from October 13 to 14 (Thursday to Friday) at the Scarritt Bennett Conference Center in Nashville, Tennessee. The keynote speaker will be Tina Baich. Come and enjoy…
Call for Participation: MLA Book Project Tentatively Titled Health Humanities for Librarians: A Handbook
(via Laureen Cantwell, Colorado Mesa University and Western Colorado Community College) I am serving as editor for a forthcoming Medical Library Association (MLA) book from Rowman & Littlefield, tentatively titled Health Humanities for Librarians: A Handbook. I am seeking people who may have an interest in being involved in this text and possibly authoring a chapter–alone or in collaboration…
Call for Proposals: STEM Librarians South Meeting (Online Fri., July 29)–Deadline Mon., May 16
(via Matt Hayward, University of Texas at San Antonio) The University of Texas at San Antonio Libraries is soliciting proposals for the virtual STEM Librarians South event. The meeting will take place on Friday, July 29. Individuals and teams in academic and special library settings can submit proposals through Monday, May 16, covering content and services in STEM librarianship. Applicants should…
Call for Submissions: Upcoming Issue of Medical Reference Services Quarterly (Deadline Wed., Aug. 31)
(via Jonquil D’Souza Feldman, Medical Reference Services Quarterly Editor-in-Chief) Sidney Poitier, who passed away in January 2022, was the first Black actor to receive an Oscar for Best Actor. He helped alter racial perceptions that existed in Hollywood and in society in general back in 1964. Yet, in the 48 years since this achievement, racial oppression and inequality, dismissal, and police brutality…