(via the Illinois Library Association) The ILA Awards Committee is excited to announce that nominations for the 2025 ILA awards, including the Illinois Academic Librarian of the Year Award, are now being accepted! ILA awards recognize excellence in librarianship and library services in Illinois. The time has come to recognize colleagues, friends, managers, mentors, mentees,…
Category: Calls and Requests
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Call for Submissions: “Biz of Digital” Column in Upcoming Issues of Against the Grain, with Focus on Digital Collections
(via Michelle Flinchbaugh—University of Maryland, Baltimore County) “Biz of Digital” is a column in Against the Grain. It features discussions by working librarians on digital collections, digital repositories, scholarly communication, digital scholarship, data services, and technology. Its audience is librarians in all types of libraries and vendors of products, services, and systems that support library…
Call for Proposals: Wisconsin Association of Academic Libraries Conference (Mon., Oct. 27 – Tues., Oct. 28, in Middleton, WI)–Deadline Fri., May 9
(via Tristan Draper, Beloit College) The Wisconsin Association of Academic Libraries (WAAL) Conference Planning Committee invites breakout session, poster and lightning talk proposals for the conference, “Concentric Communities: Academic libraries serving campus and beyond”. This in-person event will take place from Monday, October 27, to Tuesday, October 28, at the Madison-Marriott West in Middleton, WI,…
Final Reminder: Deadline to Volunteer for a CARLI Committee is Fri., May 2
(via CARLI) If you have been considering volunteering for a CARLI committee, the time is now! The application period will remain open until Friday, May 2. Volunteers chosen for a committee will serve a three-year term. Faculty and staff from all CARLI member libraries are encouraged to apply! Service on CARLI committees and task forces…
Call for Chapter Proposals: Upcoming ACRL Publication The Open Pedagogy Cookbook–Deadline Fri., May 2
(via Melissa Chim, Excelsior University) I’m excited to invite chapter proposals for The Open Pedagogy Cookbook, an edited volume to be published by ACRL. About the Book Open pedagogy promotes students as active creators of information, rather than passive consumers of it. It relies on the use and creation of Open Educational Resources (OER). In…
Call for Participation: Survey on Teaching Attitudes and Culturally Responsive Teaching Strategies of Academic Librarians at Minority Serving Institutions–Deadline Sat., May 10
(via Jocelyn Castillo, PhD candidate at St. John’s University) You are invited to participate in a research study examining teaching attitudes and culturally responsive teaching strategies of academic librarians at minority serving institutions in the United States. This study aims to understand the relationship between teaching experience and attitudes of academic librarians, while also identifying…
Proposals Deadline for STEM Librarians South Annual Conference (Online Tues., July 15, and in Arlington, TX, on Thurs., July 17, and Fri., July 18) Extended to Mon., April 28
(via Elizabeth Bittner, University of Texas at Arlington) Join us at the STEM Librarians South Annual Conference! We are accepting proposals for this virtual and in-person event. Proposals should be related to science, technology, engineering, or math librarianship. We welcome submissions from librarians and information professionals. Product pitches will not be considered; however, informational sessions…
Call for Participation: Survey on Approaches to Social Science Data Literacy Instruction, Given Current Availability of Government Data
(via Whitney Kramer, Cornell University) You are invited to participate in a research study that will examine how librarians are approaching social science data literacy instruction, in light of recent changes to the availability of government data. This study aims to understand how librarians are rethinking education around data literacy and the availability of government…
Call for Proposals: Accessing Higher Ground 2025 Conference on Accessibility in Higher Ed.–Mon., Nov. 17, to Fri., Nov. 21, in Denver, with Virtual Presentation Option Available
(via Catherine Lantz, University of Illinois Chicago) The Accessing Higher Ground 2025 Conference is now accepting proposals for talks. See the requirements and submit a proposal here. Submitting a proposal requires having an Accessing Higher Ground account. Presentations can be in-person or virtual. This accessibility conference is not a library conference; it is a higher…
Call for Participation: Survey on How Institutional Repositories are Responding to AI
(via Ashlea Green, Appalachian State University) I ‘m conducting a study on how institutional repositories (IRs) are responding to AI, including their acceptance of AI-assisted works, measures to address AI’s use of IR content, stakeholder concerns, and perspectives on AI’s impact on IR management and engagement. If you work with a U.S.-based institutional repository (IR)–whether you manage it, provide…