(via Sandra McCarthy, Washtenaw Community College) The Nursing Information Literacy Framework Working Group is still seeking feedback on their draft Companion Document to the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education: Nursing. We thank you in advance for your input to ensure this document is thoughtful and useful. Please access the various frames here. We have a…
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 Participation: Research Study on Experiences of Historically Marginalized Academic Library Workers with Microaggressions While Serving on DEI Committees
We are conducting a research project aimed at examining the experiences of historically marginalized academic library workers who have experienced microaggressions while serving on diversity, equity, and inclusion committees within academic libraries. (These committees use different names, which may include words like social justice, accessibility, belonging, etc.) Our goal is to publish our work as a…
Call for Proposals: Upcoming ACRL Publication Advocacy and Policy Work for Academic and Research Library Workers: Perspectives and Strategies–Deadline 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…
Deadline for Survey Asking About Effects of Long COVID on Academic Librarians Extended to Sun., June 25
(via Amanda Folk, The Ohio State University) If you have experienced Long COVID while working in an academic library in the United States (including territories) or Canada, I invite you to participate in this exploratory survey-based study. The results of this exploratory study will be used to highlight potential implications for academic libraries going forward, including recommendations…
Call for Presentation Proposals: Kennesaw State University’s Virtual Open Access Week 2023 (Oct. 23-26, Mon.-Thurs.)–Deadline Mon., July 31
(via Chelsee Dickson, Kennesaw State University) We invite all interested parties to submit a presentation proposal for KSU Libraries’ celebration of Open Access Week 2023! The event will take place from Monday, October 23, to Thursday, October 26. All sessions will be virtual. This year’s theme is “Community over Commercialization”. Speakers can choose from different tracks related to this theme, and…
Call for Participation: Study on Experiences of Library Workers Living with Disabilities at Public Colleges and Universities Who Have Sought Accommodations Since the Beginning of the COVID-19 Pandemic
(via Dr. Abigail Phillips, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Information Studies) This study seeks participants to explore the experiences of library workers living with disabilities at public colleges and universities that have sought accommodations since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Accommodations and accommodation requests vary from institution to institution. According to the Americans with Disabilities…
Call for Proposals: Midwest Data Librarian Symposium (Mon., Oct. 9 – Wed., Oct. 11, in Cincinnati, OH)–Deadline Fri., July 14
(via Kristen Adams, Miami University) The Midwest Data Librarian Symposium (MDLS) invites session proposals for its 9th symposium, co-hosted by the University of Cincinnati, Miami University, and The Ohio State University. MDLS provides librarians who support research data management and research data services the chance to connect with colleagues and expand their research data-related knowledge…
Call for Proposals: Special Libraries Association Midwest Symposium (Online Fri., Aug. 11, 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM CDT)–Deadline Mon., June 19
(via Ramune Kubilius, Galter Health Sciences Library and Learning Center at Northwestern University, on behalf of the Special Libraries Association) The SLA (Special Libraries Association) Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas-Western Missouri, Michigan, Minnesota, and St. Louis communities invite you to share your knowledge and experiences! Take part in an exciting annual virtual event featuring colleagues from…
Call for Chapter Proposals: Upcoming ACRL Publication Navigating Disability in the Academic Library Workplace–Deadline Fri., June 30
(via Samantha Peter, University of Wyoming) We are seeking chapters for an upcoming ACRL publication, Navigating Disability in the Academic Library Workplace. The goal of this publication is to explore disability not from a patron or user point of view, but from the people who work in academic libraries. Recognizing that there are a large…
Call for Program Proposals: ACRL/NY 2023 Annual Symposium (Fri., Dec. 1, in New York City and Livestreamed)–Deadline Thurs., June 15
(via Dr. Linda Miles, Hostos Community College) The organizers of the ACRL/NY (The Greater New York Metropolitan Area Chapter of ACRL) 2023 Annual Symposium seek program proposals. This year’s meeting, with the theme “Embracing Slow Librarianship”, will take place on Friday, December 1, at the Vertical Campus of Baruch College, City University of New York…