(via Hillary Pearson, American Library Association) With Annual barely in the rearview mirror, ALA is already gearing up for LibLearnX in January, 2024! The event will take place in Baltimore, MD, from Friday, January 19, to Monday, January 22. 2024. The Call for Education Program Proposals is open now through Monday, August 7, 2023. There are four types of…
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Reminder: Proposals for Florida Chapter of ACRL’s 2023 Virtual Annual Conference (Fri., Oct. 20) Due Tues., Aug. 1
(via Sarah Hammill, Florida International University) The Florida Chapter of ACRL (FACRL) is currently seeking proposals for presentations and poster sessions for the 2023 FACRL Virtual Annual Conference, to take place online Friday, October 20. The theme is “Where do we go from here? Best Practices & Trends in Academic Libraries”. This year’s call for proposals…
Call for Judges: Soon to Be Famous Illinois Author Project
(via Gwen Gregory, Northern Illinois University) The Soon to Be Famous Illinois Author Project needs your help! The Project needs judges for adult and young adult fiction by self-published authors. Judges will be required to read six to 10 books over a period of at least 12 weeks beginning in August and fill out evaluation forms on…
Call for Participation: Survey on Open Pedagogy in Academic Library Instruction–Deadline Wed., Aug. 9
(via Elena Azadbakht–University of Nevada, Reno) We would like to invite all current academic librarians who provide information literacy instruction and/or support open education in any capacity at a higher education institution in the United States or Canada to participate in a study to assess knowledge and support of open pedagogy. Fellow librarians at the…
Reminder: Proposals for Upcoming ACRL Publication Advocacy and Policy Work for Academic and Research Library Workers: Perspectives and Strategies Due Mon., July 31
(via Sonya Durney, University of New England) We are issuing a call for proposals for an edited volume tentatively titled, Advocacy and Policy Work for Academic and Research Library Workers: Perspectives and Strategies to be published by ACRL (forthcoming Spring 2024). This book focuses on how academic and research library workers can engage in advocacy and policy work…
Call for Chapter Proposals: Upcoming ACRL Publication Teaching Information Literacy in Political Science, Public Affairs, and International Studies (TILPSPAIS)–Deadline Fri., Aug. 25
(via Rachel Olsen, University of North Carolina Greensboro) The editors of the upcoming ACRL publication Teaching Information Literacy in Political Science, Public Affairs, and International Studies (TILPSPAIS) seek chapter proposals. The book is scheduled for publication in 2025. Book Description As undergraduate students enter classrooms in this pandemic-changed, politically charged social climate, teaching information literacy…
Reminder: Poster Session Proposals for Illinois Library Association Annual Conference (Tues., Oct. 24 – Thurs., Oct. 26, in Springfield) Due Fri., July 28
(via Kristin Pekoll, Illinois Library Association) If you missed the proposal deadline but still want to be a part of this year’s ILA Annual Conference, don’t worry! You can still participate by submitting your proposal as a poster session. The Illinois Library Association (ILA) Conference Program Committee is now accepting applications for poster sessions at the 2023…
Final Call for Nominations: HSLI President-Elect and Secretary–Deadline Fri., July 21
HSLI Members, The offices of President-Elect and Secretary are open for election in the fall of 2023. HSLI members are encouraged to consider running for office or nominating a colleague who is interested in being nominated. Self-nominations are welcome! This is a great opportunity for professional service and leadership development, and there are typically only two…
Call for Chapters (Recipes): ACRL Open Science Cookbook–Deadline Mon., July 31
(via Emily Bongiovanni, Carnegie Mellon University) We are seeking proposals for “how to” chapters, or recipes, for the upcoming ACRL publication Open Science Cookbook. Edited by Emily Bongiovanni, Melanie Gainey, Chasz Griego, and Lencia Beltran, this book will be published in both print and Open Access electronic editions. The Open Science Cookbook joins the ACRL Cookbook series by providing an accessible,…
Call for Participation: Survey on Academic Librarians’ Anti-Censorship Activities–Deadline Wed., Aug. 16
(via Dr. Megan Lowe, Director of University Libraries at Northwestern State University) We are seeking participation from academic librarians who would be willing to take a short survey about their participation in anti-censorship activities. The qualitative data gathered from the survey will be used as part of a book chapter exploring the prevalence of these…