The Health Science Librarians of Illinois Conference Planning Committee’s Program Subcommittee invites proposals for posters for the 2019 HSLI Annual Conference, to be held September 11-13 in Champaign, Illinois. This year’s Conference theme, “Going Forward, Looking Back”, celebrates HSLI’s 40th anniversary. We encourage you to take a literal or figurative approach to our theme (use…
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Call for Abstract Submissions: New Review of Academic Librarianship Issue on Student Engagement
(via Dr. Tim Schlak, Robert Morris University) Call for abstracts for 2020 themed issue of New Review of Academic Librarianship: “Involving the community – engaging students in taking academic libraries forward” For the first time ever, the New Review of Academic Librarianship has Guest Editors from two different countries overseeing the annual themed issue. Olaf Eigenbrodt (Germany) and Karen Latimer…
Save the Date: Citizen Artists Forum at Harold Washington Library Center in Chicago (Tuesday, Oct. 1, 6:15-7:30 PM)
(via the Illinois Library Association) The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, in partnership with ALA and ILA, will host its next Citizen Artists Forum from 6:15 – 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, October 1, 2019, at the Harold Washington Library Center. The forum will examine how the First Amendment to the US Constitution impacts…
Call for Proposals: International Journal of Open Educational Resources Special Issue on OER and Libraries (Deadline July 3)
(via Kristina Clement, University of Wyoming) The International Journal of Open Educational Resources (IJOER) will be hosting a fall/winter special issue on Open Education Resources & Libraries. This issue will be hosted by featured guest editors Samantha Cook and Kristina Clement of the University of Wyoming Libraries. This special issue of the International Journal of Open…
Call for Proposals: Louisiana Virtual Academic Library Conference on November 7 (Deadline July 1)
(via Jennifer Hamilton, University of Louisiana at Lafayette) The LLA Academic Section and ACRL-LA are partnering to host a virtual conference on Thursday, November 7, 2019. Present from the comfort of your own office. Proposals due MONDAY, July 1! Submit your proposal relating to library archives, instruction, public services, technical services, leadership, management, and more….
Call for Chapter Proposals: Implementing Excellence in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: A Handbook for Academic Libraries (Deadline August 19)
(via Brian Lym–Hunter College, City University of New York) Call for Chapter Proposals Implementing Excellence in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: A Handbook for Academic Libraries Chapter proposals are requested for an edited volume titled Implementing Excellence in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: A Handbook for Academic Libraries, to be published by the Association of College and…
Registration Open for “Gaming in Libraries” Online Course (Lasts July 1-26)
(via Rory Litwin, Library Juice Academy) Gaming in Libraries Instructors: Lauren Hays and Teresa Slobuski Dates: July 1st through 26th, 2019 Credits: 1.5 CEUs or 15 PDHs Price: $175 http://libraryjuiceacademy.com/126-gaming.php As gaming has grown in our culture, libraries have started to create their own programs. Games can be added to library programming for both recreation…
Call for Host Sites: “Americans and the Holocaust” Traveling Exhibition Tour (Application Deadline August 9)
(via the Illinois Library Association) The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) and the ALA Public Programs Office invite libraries to apply to host Americans and the Holocaust, a traveling exhibition that examines the motives, pressures and fears that shaped Americans’ responses to Nazism, war and genocide in Europe during the 1930s and 1940s. The exhibition…
Registration Open for Academic Library Association of Ohio Annual Conference and Preconference (Oct. 17-18 in Columbus)
(via the Academic Library Association of Ohio) Registration is underway for the Academic Library Association of Ohio (ALAO) annual conference Academic Libraries Speak Up! Advocate. Collaborate. Educate. The conference will be held on Friday, October 18th at the Nationwide Hotel and Conference Center in Columbus, OH, with a preconference workshop and training on Thursday, October 17th….
Call for Proposals Extended: MLA Mid-Atlantic Chapter Annual Meeting (New Deadline Friday, July 19)
(via Everly Brown – University of Maryland, Baltimore) The MAC Contributed Papers and Posters committees invite you to submit your proposals for the 2019 MAC/MLA Annual Meeting in Durham, NC! We are excited to be at the Millennium Hotel from October 5 through 7, 2019. The theme for this year’s meeting is “Rising to the…