(via Lindsay Harmon, IACRL Past President) Do you know an Illinois academic librarian who is making an outstanding statewide contribution to academic/research librarianship and library development? Nominate them for the Illinois Academic Librarian of the Year award! The award is presented annually by the Illinois Association of College and Research Libraries Forum and sponsored by…
Category: Calls and Requests
User for nominations, proposals and submissions alone with a category (when available) for the organization making the call or request.
CARLI Resource Sharing Committee Seeking Input on Fall Forum Topics
(via Debbie Campbell, CARLI) Save the date for the CARLI Resource Sharing Committee’s Fall Forum that will take place on Thursday, October 25, at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield. To help the committee plan the event, please complete this brief, anonymous survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2018ForumRS You can send any questions about the survey, or the event,…
Program Proposals Deadline for 2018 International Visual Literacy Association Conference (Nov. 1-4 in Chicago) Extended to May 31
(via Dana Stratton, Murray State University) The deadline for 2018 International Visual Literacy Association conference proposal submission has been extended to Thursday, May 31. The 2018 IVLA Conference will be held in Chicago, on November 1-4, and it will be a celebration of the organization’s 50th anniversary. The conference theme is “Viewing the Past, Picturing the Present, Designing…
Call for Panelists: STS Hot Topics Discussion Group Session at ALA Annual
(via Paul Hottinger, Cal Poly Ponoma University) The STS Hot Topics Discussion Group has begun planning for the ALA 2018 session. This year’s session topic will be “Diversity & Inclusion in STEM Librarianship”. If anyone going to ALA would be interested in participating in the panel, please contact me, at prhottinger@cpp.edu, for more information. The…
Call for Peer Reviewers: Choice/ACRL Core Bibliography (Preferential Deadline June 1)
(via Anne Doherty–Project Editor, Resources for College Libraries) Resources for College Libraries (RCL) and RCL: Career Resources, the Choice/ACRL bibliography of essential titles for four-year and two-year institutions, seeks experienced academic librarians and faculty to serve as peer reviewers for the following subjects: *RCL — History and Interdisciplinary/Area Studies* African American Studies :: African History,…
Call for Lightning Round Proposals: Lake Superior Libraries Symposium (Deadline May 11)
(via the National Network of Libraries of Medicine – Greater Midwest Region) The organizers of the Lake Superior Libraries Symposium (LSLS) invite Lightning Round proposals for our seventh annual conference, to be held on June 8, 2018 at the University of Minnesota Duluth Kathryn A. Martin Library. The Lightning Ro9und session will be held after…
Registration Open for 2018 STEM Librarians South Conference (Proposals Due May 14)
(via Mea Warren, University of Houston) The 2018 STEM Librarians South conference committee would like to invite you to consider attending and/or submitting a proposal for our conference this year! Registration is now LIVE! Please Save the Date for July 20, 2018 at the University of Houston Libraries. We are also soliciting proposals for 5-minute…
Call for Submissions: Book on Health-Care Instruction and Information Literacy (Deadline June 22)
(via Elizabeth Hinton, University of Mississippi Medical Center) Please consider submitting a case study proposal to the forthcoming book Framing Health Care Instruction: An Information Literacy Handbook for the Health Sciences, to be published with Rowman & Littlefield in 2019. Below is a more detailed description of the topic. Proposals are due June 22, 2018….
Registration Open for 2018 New England Library Instruction Group Annual Conference (June 8)
(via Melinda Malik, Saint Anselm College) We are pleased to announce our annual conference will be held Friday, June 8, 2018 at Glickman Library, University of Southern Maine in Portland, ME. This year’s program, “Developing Critical Thinkers: Going Beyond Information Literacy,” will explore the role of literacies beyond information literacy that librarians incorporate in instruction. Please join us to…
Registration and Program Available for Makerspaces for Innovation and Research in Academics Conference (July 12)
(via Dr. Vinaya Tripuranei, University Librarian at University of La Verne) Registration is open for MIRA (Makerspaces for Innovation and Research in Academics) Conference to be held on July 12, 2018 at University of La Verne, La Verne , CA. Registration website: http://thespot.laverne.edu/miraconference18 Conference Program website: http://mira18.sched.com Conference website: http://laverne.libguides.com/mira