(via Sarah Miles, National Network of Libraries of Medicine – South Central Region) I know this is a busy time of year for everyone, but we wanted to remind you all to put out next SCR CONNECTions webinar on your calendar. Our next session, Trends in Technical Services featuring guest speaker Eugenia Beh, will take…
Category: Calls and Requests
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Call for Applicants: Mills College Summer Institute for Book and Print Technologies 2018 (June 4-15 in Oakland, CA)
(via Adrienne Suzio, Mills College) The Mills College Book Art Program is pleased to announce the third annual Summer Institute for Book and Print Technologies taking place June 4-15, 2018. The summer institute is open to members of the national book art community and will include 5-day workshops taught at the master class level by…
Call for Speakers: Federal and Armed Forces Round Table Session at ALA Annual (Deadline Jan. 31)
(via Janice Young, U.S. Department of Energy) The Federal and Armed Forces Round Table (FAFLRT) is seeking an enthusiastic and dynamic speaker to present at the 2018 American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference in New Orleans. If you are interested, please scroll down and complete the submission information located at the bottom of the page….
Call for Papers: Document Delivery and Resource Sharing Section Open Session at 2018 IFLA WLIC (Abstracts Due March 1)
(via Seangill Peter Bae, Princeton University) The IFLA Document Delivery and Resource Sharing section is accepting the paper proposal for the Open Session which will be held during 2018 IFLA WLIC in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The theme of the Open Session is “Transform Resource Sharing-exceed expectations.” We invite papers of all sorts but are especially…
Designing for Digital 2018 Early-Bird Registration Open and Session Preview Available
(via Kris Johnson, Montana State University) 2018 SESSION PREVIEW NOW AVAILABLE A preliminary list of session titles for the 2018 D4D Conference is now available. The final schedule will be announced by the beginning of January. CLICK HERE FOR THE SESSION PREVIEW HAVE YOU REGISTERED YET FOR #D4D18? Time is running out to save on…
Save the Date: Social Science Librarians Boot Camp 2018 (June 1 at Tufts University)
(via Dianne Brown, Tufts University) The 8th annual Social Science Librarians Boot Camp will be held on Friday, June 1, at Tisch Library, Tufts University in Medford, MA. The conference is an opportunity for librarians working in the social sciences to come together to hear the latest research on social science topics, learn new skills, and…
Reminder: Great Lakes Resource Sharing Conference Call for Proposals Deadline is Jan. 12
(via Margaret Chambers, CARLI) Mark your calendars for the 5th annual GLRSC: Charting Our Course Together on June 7-8, 2018 at the Hilton Garden Inn in Perrysburg, OH featuring a keynote presentation by George Needham, Director of the Delaware County District Library This conference is an opportunity for individuals working in resource sharing to trade information and…
Reminder: Proposals for Reference Research Forum 2018 at ALA Annual Due Dec. 22
(via David Ward, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) The Research & Statistics Committee of the Reference Services Section of the Reference & User Services Association (RUSA) invites submission of reference service research project proposals for presentation at New Discoveries in Reference: The 24rd Annual Reference Research Forum at the 2018 American Library Association Annual Conference…
Final Call for ALA Annual Panelists: Community College Librarians with Framework-Based Instruction Strategies to Share (Deadline Dec. 15)
(via Andrea Kingston, Monroe Community College) Final call! Proposals are due this Friday, December 15! Are you effectively engaging students with library instruction based on the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy in your community or junior college library? Have you incorporated the Framework into your library’s instruction program or specific lesson plans? Please consider presenting…
Reminder: Survey on Teaching Beliefs and Instructional Practices Closes Dec. 20
(via Maoria Kirker, George Mason University) We are writing to ask you to participate in a research survey on the teaching beliefs and instructional practices of librarians who teach information literacy. The purpose of this study is to discover the epistemological beliefs and practices of teacher librarians. We are particularly interested learning about beliefs relating…