(via Gwen Gregory, Northern Illinois University) On behalf of REFORMA, the National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish Speaking, thank you for your interest in this survey. This survey is part of the project entitled “Telling Our Stories: Community Building and Leadership, Recruit and Retain Latinx to the Library…
Category: Calls and Requests
User for nominations, proposals and submissions alone with a category (when available) for the organization making the call or request.
Call for Chapter Proposals: Upcoming ACRL Book Spatial Literacy in Public Health (Deadline Thurs., Sept. 30)
(via Laureen Cantwell, Colorado Mesa University) Chapters are sought for the forthcoming ACRL book Spatial Literacy in Public Health, focusing on collaborative spatial literacy teaching and learning initiatives across the college campus. Public health has been at the forefront of global news and conversations since early 2020, resulting in an increased awareness of and interest in…
Call for Presentation Proposals: Preserve This Free Webinar Series on Current Events in Preservation (Deadline Thurs., July 1)
(via Carmen Cowick, Preserve This) Preserve This is hosting a free webinar series during the month of September on the topic of current events in preservation. Webinars will be 45 minutes in length (including Q and A time at the end) and given every week during the month of September. Presentation proposals are now being…
Save the Date and Call for Proposals: Kentucky Medical Library Association Virtual Conference (Fri., July 16)–Deadline Wed., June 23
(via Ramune Kubilius, Galter Health Sciences Library & Learning Center at Northwestern University) The Kentucky Medical Library Association (KMLA) will be hosting a virtual conference on Friday, July 16. The conference planning committee invites poster, presentation, and lightning talk submissions on topics of interest to health sciences academic, medical, or hospital libraries. Library science students…
Call for Applicants: CARLI Counts Cohort 3 (Deadline Thursday, July 15)
(via Anne Craig, CARLI Senior Director) Applications are available for the extremely popular CARLI Counts Cohort 3, funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. CARLI Counts is a continuing education library leadership immersion program that prepares librarians to make effective use of research findings on the impact of academic libraries on student success…
Call for Feedback: ACRL Visual Literacy Task Force’s Draft of The Framework for Visual Literacy (Deadline Wed., July 7)
(via Dana Thompson, Murray State University) The ACRL Visual Literacy Task Force is currently seeking feedback on The Framework for Visual Literacy. We are asking you to consider how you might use this document. We would also like to understand how it could be improved to better align with your needs. We thank you in advance…
Call for Cover Art: Upcoming Issues of College & Research Libraries News
(via ACRL) The publication College & Research Libraries News (C&RL News) is looking for images from library collections to feature on upcoming covers. If you have items in your collections that you think would make attractive C&RL News covers, we would love to see them. To submit images (or image collections), send URLs for Web-based images or images directly as…
Call for Submissions: The Christian Librarian Fall 2021 Issue’s Forum on Teaching (Deadline Fri., Oct. 1)
(via Garrett Trott, University Librarian at Corban University) As many librarians teach, and some have taught for quite some time, many of us have learned the ins and outs of teaching the hard way: by making mistakes and by learning what is terrible and what works great. The Christian Librarian (TCL) will be doing a forum…
Call for Nominations: ACRL IS Teaching Methods Committee Featured Teaching Librarian (Deadline Fri., July 16)
(via Rachel Edford, University of Central Florida) Do you know someone who is an amazing teaching librarian? If yes, consider nominating them as a Featured Teaching Librarian! If you’re an amazing teaching librarian, consider nominating yourself. The ACRL Instruction Section Teaching Methods Committee wants to highlight excellent teaching librarians. Several times during the year, the…
Call for Proposals: Journal of Information Ethics Fall 2022 Issue on Social Justice and Information Ethics (Deadline Sun., Aug. 15, 2021)
(via Katie Chamberlain, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s iSchool) The Journal of Information Ethics seeks articles on social justice and information ethics for its Fall, 2022, edition. This special issue will address how social justice intersects with information ethics and affects society, law, and policy. We welcome articles and columns discussing the ethical dimensions, implications, and challenges associated with…