(via Jewel Davis, Appalachian State University) Join us for our latest Culture Conversations with NCLA’s REMCo, “Let’s Talk About Power: Why Diversity and Cultural Competence are Important to LIS” with Dr. Nicole A. Cooke of the iSchool at Illinois. As microcosms of larger society, libraries are faced with issues of inequity, discrimination, social privilege, and…
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Delta Serials Conference Call for Proposals Extended to April 23 (Regular Sessions) and May 31 (Posters)
(via Star Holloway, Arkansas State University) We have extended the deadline for regular session proposal submissions for the inaugural Delta Serials Conference through Sunday, April 23. Proposal for poster sessions will be accepted through Wednesday, May 31. Further information is below. Take part in the inaugural Delta Serials Conference–from Thursday, July 27, to Friday, July…
Early-Bird Registration Deadline for Canadian Health Libraries Association Conference is April 10
(via Janice Kung, University of Alberta) We are very excited to welcome you to Edmonton, Alberta, for the 2017 Canadian Health Libraries Association. The Conference will take place from Tuesday, May 16, to Friday, May 19. The theme for this year’s event is “Northern Illumination”. Through a series of plenary and parallel sessions, posters and…
Applicants Sought for ALA Annual Conference NMRT Professional Development Attendance Award
(via Amelia Vander Heide, San Jose Public Library) This year’s Annual Conference Professional Development Attendance Award Committee is happy to announce that they are now accepting applications for the 2017 cycle. This award will allow two recipients to attend a ticketed event of their choice ($100 or less) at the 2017 American Library Association Annual…
ACRL IS Holding Teaching Methods Virtual Forum on April 25
(via Brandon West, SUNY Geneseo) Join the ACRL IS (Instruction Section) Teaching Methods committee for a conversation with Melissa Bowles-Terry and Cassandra Kvenild, authors of Classroom Assessment Techniques for Librarians (ALA 2015). Bowles-Terry and Kvenild will discuss how they integrate assessment into their instruction and give practical tips on how to adjust and customize assessment for specific…
UIUC’s Timothy Cole wins 2017 LITA/OCLC Kilgour Research Award
(via the Library and Information Technology Association) Timothy Cole, Head of the Mathematics Library and Professor of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, has been selected as the recipient of the 2017Â Frederick G. Kilgour Award for Research in Library and Information Technology, sponsored by OCLC and the Library and Information Technology…
Doody Core Seeking Volunteers to Review Nursing Books
(via Kirstin Duffin, Eastern Illinois University) If you are interested in health sciences or nursing librarianship, Doody Core is in need of librarian reviewers for different areas. You work virtually and at your own pace (with deadlines). This year, there are still a few subject areas that need some librarians to review titles and make…
Association of Research Libraries Holding Digital Scholarship Institute (June 5-9)
(via the Association of Research Libraries) The ARL Digital Scholarship Institute (DSI), an exciting new initiative of the ARL Academy, is a five-day, cohort-based opportunity for professionals in ARL member libraries who are new to digital scholarship to develop their skills in an intensive, yet supportive, learner-centered environment. Guided by the principles of community, diversity, impact, openness, and…
Registration Still Open for ACRL New England Annual Conference (May 12 in Burlington, VT)
(via Sarah Hutton, University of Massachusetts-Amherst) The Association of College and Research Libraries New England Chapter invites you to attend its 2017 Annual Conference. This year’s event, themed “Reframing Librarianship in the 21st Century”, will take place Friday, May 12, at the Davis Center, University of Vermont, in Burlington, VT. More information about the event is below. It…
Call for Proposals: Academic Library Association of Ohio 2017 Conference (Deadlines April 10 and May 15)
(via the Academic Library Association of Ohio) The Academic Library Association of Ohio (ALAO) conference planning committee invites you to submit proposals for the 43rd Annual Conference. This year’s event, themed “Libraries Act, Respond, Transform: The A.R.T. of Empowerment”, will take place on Friday, October 27, at the Nationwide Hotel & Conference Center in Columbus, Ohio….