(via the Illinois Library Association) Are you a member of ILA seeking to become more involved? If you’re a current member seeking increased engagement, or considering joining ILA for a more active role in the Illinois library community, take advantage of the opportunities on ILA’s Forums! Participating in Forums offers you a glimpse into working alongside professionals…
Category: Calls and Requests
User for nominations, proposals and submissions alone with a category (when available) for the organization making the call or request.
Call for Nominations: Vacant at-Large Seat on RAILS Board for Term Ending June 30, 2024–Deadline Thurs., Dec. 28, at 5:00 PM CDT
(via Gwen Gregory, Northern Illinois University) Due to a resignation from the RAILS Board, we have an opening for an at-large seat for a term ending on Sunday, June 30, 2024. Any individual representing a RAILS academic, public, school, or specialized library is eligible to self-nominate for this seat by Thursday, December 28, 2023, at 5:00 PM…
Call for Participation: Survey on Leadership Emergence of Librarians and Archivists–Deadline Fri., Dec. 15
(via Dr. Ashley Todd-Diaz, Towson University) Thank you to everyone who has participated in my survey thus far! If you haven’t yet, I would like to invite you to consider participating in a short survey that focuses on the leadership emergence of librarians and archivists. Librarians and archivists share many professional values, priorities, and education. However, research has shown there…
Call for Proposals: C&RL News “Perspectives on the Framework” Column–Deadline Wed., Dec. 20 (Informational Session Mon., Dec. 4, at 1:00 PM CDT)
(via Gina Kessler Lee, Saint Mary’s College) College & Research Libraries News and ACRL’s Student Learning and Information Literacy Committee invite your proposals for the publication’s “Perspectives on the Framework” column. This bimonthly column provides a forum for librarians to share practices and perspectives related to the Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education. Now…
Call for Proposals: Lifelong Information Literacy “Show & Tell” Presentations for 2023-24
(via Esther Grassian, University of California – Los Angeles) Free LILi (Lifelong Information Literacy) “Show & Tell” presentations are beginning again for the 2023-2024 year! We are now accepting proposals. Each Show & Tell will feature a 20-40-minute demonstration by one or two information professionals demonstrating a tool or theory related to teaching information literacy….
Call for Nominations: ALA Sustainability Roundtable’s SustainRT Citation for Wellness in the Workplace–Deadline Fri., March 15
(via Aja Bettencourt-McCarthy, University of Cincinnati) To acknowledge the fact that library staff are our greatest asset in building and supporting sustainable libraries and communities, the ALA Sustainability Roundtable (SustainRT) is recognizing libraries that go above and beyond in meeting the wellness needs of their staff with the SustainRT Citation for Wellness in the Workplace….
Call for Proposals: 2024 Bridging the Spectrum Symposium (Online Fri., March 1)–Deadline Fri., Jan. 5
(via Kevin Gunn, Catholic University of America) The Department of Library and Information Science at the Catholic University of America invites researchers, practitioners and students to submit proposals for the 2024 Bridging the Spectrum Symposium, a forum for sharing research findings, best practices, and works in progress in library and information science. The 16th Symposium…
Call for Applications: Next Evidence Synthesis Institute for Librarians (Online Tues., March 5 – Fri., March 8)–Deadline Mon., Dec. 11
(via Amy Riegelman, University of Minnesota) Now accepting applications for the next Evidence Synthesis Institute for librarians. This will be an opportunity to enhance your database searching skills and learn about the possibilities for collaborating with researchers in conducting evidence syntheses across academic areas. On March 5-8 (Tuesday-Friday), 2024, the seventh Institute of Museum and…
Call for Presentation Proposals: ACRL Instruction Section Teaching Methods Committee’s 2024 Virtual Forum (in March of 2024, Date TBD)–Deadline Fri., Dec. 8
(via Camille Abdeljawad, Park University) The ACRL Instruction Section Teaching Methods Committee invites you to submit a proposal for a presentation at our 2024 Virtual Forum to be held online in March (date to be determined based on speaker(s) availability). This is an opportunity for librarians and library workers to showcase innovative teaching methods, assessment,…
Reminder: Proposals Deadline for The Innovative Library Classroom (Thurs., June 6 – Fri., June 7, in Williamsburg, VA) is Fri., Nov. 17
(via Lucinda Wittkower, Old Dominion University) This is a reminder that the deadline to submit proposals for The Innovative Library Classroom is Friday, November 17. The 2024 meeting, themed “Finite Means. Infinite Uses.”, will take place on Thursday, June 6 (pre-conference workshop, poster session, and social) and Friday, June 7 (conference itself). The conference venue is William…