(via Dr. Emily Knox–School of Information Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) The Journal of Intellectual Freedom and Privacy announces a call for papers and special issue editors. The Journal of Intellectual Freedom & Privacy (JIFP), a double-blind peer reviewed publication, is topically focused on practical, moral, ethical, philosophical, and theoretical issues of intellectual freedom and informational privacy within the…
Category: Calls and Requests
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Call for Proposals: CARLI Instruction Showcase (Online Tues., June 18)–Deadline Fri., March 8, at 5:00 PM CDT
(via Denise Green, CARLI) The CARLI Instruction Committee is seeking presentation proposals for the 12th annual Instruction Showcase, to be held virtually on Tuesday, June 18. CARLI members and Illinois LIS students are welcome to submit proposals on all library instruction topics, and are encouraged to draw inspiration from the committee’s theme this year: New…
Call for Proposals Extended: 22nd Annual Illinois Information Literacy Summit (Fri., April 19, in Glen Ellyn)–New Deadline Thurs., Feb. 15
(via Jason Ertz, College of DuPage) Proposals for the 22nd Annual Information Literacy Summit are now due on Thursday, February 15. The Summit, themed “Tuning In: Navigating Capacity, Collaboration, & Cognition in Information Literacy”, will take place at the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, IL, on Friday, April 19. Please see below for more…
Call for Proposals: Georgia State University’s Open Education Week Symposium, Open for Student Success (Online Fri., March 8, 8:30 AM – 3:30 PM CDT)–Deadline Wed., Feb. 7
(via Charlene Martoni, Georgia State University) Georgia State University Library is accepting proposals for our virtual Open Education Week symposium, Open for Student Success, to take place via WebEx on Friday, March 8, from 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM CDT. We welcome proposals by faculty and staff working in higher education for this free online symposium, which…
Call for Submissions: Network of the National Library of Medicine’s Data Visualization Challenge–Deadline Sun., March 31
(via Ramune Kubilius, Galter Health Sciences Library & Learning Center at Northwestern University) Have you attended an NNLM training, joined an NNLM event, or received an NNLM grant? Are you a health sciences librarian or staff in a library or non-library setting? Are you a library or information student? If you are, consider submitting your…
Call for Participation: Illinois Library Association’s Strategic-Planning Survey–Open to Members and Non-Members
(via the Illinois Library Association) ILA is currently developing its three-year strategic plan (2024-2027). The current strategic plan was adopted by the ILA Executive Board on April 18, 2019. Originally intended to be a three-year plan in effect from 2019-20 through 2021-22, it was extended for one year by the Executive Board vote in September…
Call for Proposals: Kennesaw State University’s All Things Open Week (Online Mon., April 15 – Thurs., April 18)–Deadline Fri., March 1
(via Chelsee Dickson, Kennesaw State University) We invite all interested parties to submit a presentation proposal for Kennesaw State University Libraries’ second annual celebration of All Things Open Week, co-hosted by Texas Tech University Libraries! The event will take place from Monday, April 15, to Thursday, April 18. All sessions will be virtual. You might…
Call for Proposals: ACRL Critical Digital Humanities Cookbook–Deadline Fri., Feb. 23
(via Fiona Kovacaj, Toronto Metropolitan University) We are accepting chapter (“recipe”) proposals on instructional activities for teaching about the Digital Humanities through a critical lens. Activities in this cookbook will encourage participants to think about theoretical and methodological issues in the field. Some theoretical paradigms/frameworks that can be applied to the recipes include critical media…
Call for Participants: Hackathon to Develop Teaching and Learning Materials for AI literacy (Wed., April 3, at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA)–Deadline Mon., Feb. 5
(via Emily Bongiovanni, Carnegie Mellon University) Participate in the creation of a dynamic, multimodal, diverse, sustainable collection of openly-licensed materials to enhance algorithm and AI literacy! The Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) Libraries is hosting a hackathon to develop teaching and learning materials for AI literacy. The goal of the Hackathon is to gather academic librarians,…
Reminder: Survey on Experiences of Public Librarians Transitioning to Roles in Health Sciences or Hospital Libraries Closes Fri., Feb. 16
(via Ramune Kubilius, Galter Health Sciences Library & Learning Center at Northwestern University, on behalf of Courtney Pyche, University of Florida) I am a librarian at the University of Florida’s Health Science Center Library in Gainesville, FL and a member of the Association of College and Research Libraries. I am conducting an anonymous survey with…