(via Amanda Boyer, Susquehanna University) We are collecting chapter proposals for an upcoming, edited ACRL publication, Supporting Neurodiverse Students in Libraries (working title, forthcoming Summer 2025). Universities and colleges are seeing a rise in neurodiverse students enrolling in higher education, and due to the pandemic, more students are reporting issues with anxiety and depression. Academic libraries must adapt their spaces,…
Author: Eric Edwards
Call for Participation: ILA Advocacy Committee Survey on Planning Future Legislative Meet-Ups–Deadline Wed., Aug. 23
(via the Illinois Library Association) The Advocacy Committee would like to know your thoughts on ILA’s advocacy program. Prior to the pandemic, ILA would host a series of eight in-person meet-ups across the state. In 2021 and 2022, we held six regional virtual meet-ups. In 2023 we focused on meeting with new members of the…
Registration Open for NNLM’s Free Virtual Disaster Preparedness Forum–Six Sessions Between Tues., Sept. 12, and Thurs, Sept. 28
(via the Network of the National Library of Medicine – Region 6) Join NNLM and partners for its Virtual Disaster Preparedness Forum, a three-week slate of online events that will bring awareness, learning and discussion regarding preparedness and response to unforeseen, traumatic events. This free virtual forum on disaster planning and preparedness will feature expert…
Call for Education Program Proposals: 2024 ALA Annual Conference (Thurs., June 27 – Tues., July 2, in San Diego, CA)–Deadline Mon., Sept. 18
(via Gwen Gregory, Northern Illinois University) The call for education program proposals for the 2024 American Library Association Annual Conference is now open. The 2024 meeting will take place in San Diego, California, from Thursday, June 27, to Tuesday, July 2. Please see below for more information. Proposal Evaluation Criteria The Education Program Proposal Rubric and Poster Proposal Rubric are included…
New Interlibrary Loan Code for the United States with Explanatory Text Now Available
(via Dawn Mick, Iowa State University) The newly-revised Interlibrary Loan Code for the United States with Explanatory Text (2023) has been approved by the ALA RUSA Board of Directors and is now in effect. Anyone in the United States who handles interlibrary loan requests or supervises resource sharing operations should read and familiarize themselves with the new Interlibrary Loan…
Reminder: Registration Open for Next Meeting of Health Science Librarians of Illinois Journal Club (Thurs., Aug. 17, 3:00-4:00 PM CDT)–Article to Discuss is “ChatGTP: What is it and how can nursing and health science education use it?”
(via Peggy Carey, National University of Health Sciences) This is a reminder that the next meeting of the HSLI Journal Club will take place on Thursday, August 17, 2023 from 3:00 to 4:00 PM CDT. We are planning on discussing: ChatGTP: What is it and how can nursing and health science education use it? by Mandy M. Archibald and Alexander M….
Registration Open for Library UX Chicago Workshop on Ethnographic Research Methods in Libraries–Tues., Oct. 3, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM CDT at DePaul University
Library UX Chicago is pleased to host Drs. Donna Lanclos and Andrew Asher for an in-person workshop on ethnographic research methods in libraries held at DePaul University’s John T. Richardson Library on the Lincoln Park campus. This event will take place on Tuesday, October 3, from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM CDT, and is open to all…
Reminder: Survey on Document Delivery Best Practices in U.S. Academic Libraries Closes Fri., Aug. 11
(via Rosemary Humphrey, Kennesaw State University) Researchers at Kennesaw State University Library System and Clemson University Libraries would like to invite US academic library personnel to take part in research regarding document delivery best practices among libraries in the United States. The online survey provided below is part of a research study to evaluate document…
Registration Open for MLA Webinar “Increasing Rigor and Promoting Open Science: New Directions in Scholarly Publishing”–Wed., Aug. 30, 1:00-2:30 PM CDT
(via the Medical Library Association) Registration is open for the MLA webinar “Increasing Rigor and Promoting Open Science: New Directions in Scholarly Publishing”. It will take place on Wednesday, August 30, from 1:00 to 2:30 PM CDT. Please see below for more details, including the link to registration. If you follow science news, you know that…
Call for Chapter Proposals: Upcoming ACRL Publication Teaching the Whole Student: Compassionate Instruction in the Academic Library–Deadline Fri., Sept. 15
(via Elena Rodriguez, College of Charleston) I am excited to invite chapter proposals for Teaching the Whole Student: Compassionate Instruction in the Academic Library, an edited volume to be published by ACRL. About the book:Compassion at its simplest definition is the “sympathetic consciousness of others’ distress together with a desire to alleviate it” (Merriam-Webster). The…