(via Sara Gonzalez, University of Florida, on behalf of Dr. Michelle Nolan, University of Florida) For the Fall 2021 American Chemical Society National Meeting (August 22-26, Sunday-Thursday), I am organizing a symposium on information literacy and librarianship in the times of scientific “fake news” entitled Information Literacy in the Disinformation Era as part of the…
Category: Calls and Requests
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Reminder: CARLI Seeking Nominations for Its Board of Directors Elections (Deadline Wed., March 31)
(via Michelle Haake, CARLI) CARLI is seeking nominations for candidates to fill seats on the CARLI Board of Directors. The Board of Directors is the governing authority of the Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois. CARLI Governing Members will elect one Board member from each of three specified constituencies (public universities, community colleges,…
Call for Proposals: ACRL SLILC Virtual Showcase on OEP Practices (Deadline Thurs., April 1)
(via Andrea Baer, Rowan University) The ACRL Student Learning and Information Literacy Committee (SLILC) invites proposals for a virtual showcase of open educational practices (OEP) in libraries. You can propose either a single presentation (10-12 minutes) or a panel presentation with representatives from 3-4 institutions (40 minutes total). The session will conclude with about 15-20…
Call for Nominations: RAILS Board (Two At-Large Representatives May Come From Any Library Type, Including Academic or Special)–Deadline Fri., March 26
(via Gwen Gregory, Northern Illinois University, on behalf of RAILS) For those living or working in the RAILS service area: RAILS invites nominations for the following positions on our Board: three public library trustees (to be filled by board members at RAILS public libraries) and two at-large representatives (to be filled by individuals representing any…
Save the Date and Call for Proposals: Virtual STEM Librarians South Meeting (July 29-30)–Deadline Fri., May 28
(via Jessica McClean, Texas State University) The 2021 STEM Librarians South conference committee would like to invite you to attend and/or submit a proposal for our conference this year! STEM Librarians South started in 2011 as the Texas STEM Librarians Conference. While we’ve attracted national and international colleagues, we have remained a small, regional conference….
Call for Proposals Extended: Breakout Sessions at Lake Superior Libraries Symposium (Online Fri., June 11)–New Deadline Thurs., March 25
(via Kayleen Jones, University of Minnesota Duluth) The organizers of the Lake Superior Libraries Symposium, or LSLS, invite breakout session proposals for our ninth conference, which will be held virtually on Friday, June 11. There will be no registration cost for this year’s conference. This year’s theme, “Mapping Our Identity”, invites attendees to explore the varied…
Call for Participation: Survey on COVID-19’s Impact Upon Tenure-Track Academic Librarians (Deadline Fri., April 9)
(via Amanda McCormick, State University of New York at Buffalo) If you are a tenure-track librarian at an academic library in the United States, you are invited to participate in a survey titled “Tenure & Covid-19 Impact Survey”. This study is being conducted by Kimberly Plassche, Carolyn Klotzbach-Russell, and Amanda McCormick at the University at…
Reminder: ACRL EBSS Virtual Research Forum Proposals Due Friday, March 19
(via Annie Armstrong, University of Illinois at Chicago’s Daley Library) The ACRL Education and Behavioral Sciences Section Research Committee invites proposals for presentations at their virtual research forum, to be held online in early May, 2021. Our charge is to investigate and propose ways for education and behavioral science librarians to share ideas about new directions…
Call for Proposals: Collaborative Librarianship Issue on EDI (Deadline Monday, March 22)
(via Jill Emery, Portland State University) The co-editors of Collaborative Librarianship invite proposals for a themed, double issue of the journal on collaboration for equity, diversity and inclusion. See below for details. Throughout the world, thousands have been protesting police brutality and systemic oppression following the brutal killings of Black Americans including George Floyd in Minnesota,…
Call for Facilitators: ACRL Fostering Change Cohort (Deadline Friday, April 9)
(via ACRL) The ACRL New Roles and Changing Landscapes Committee seeks up to two facilitators to help launch an online cohort program based on the recent Fostering Change publication. This new professional development program will debut in the summer 2021 for teams of librarians, library workers, and/or administrators from institutions planning an organizational change. The group…