(via Pam Hackbart-Dean, University of Illinois Chicago) The deadline to apply for the 2025 Georgia Archives Institute is midnight Saturday, March 15. The Institute will take place from Monday, June 2, to Friday, June 13, again at the Georgia Archives, located in Morrow, GA, just outside Atlanta. Christina Zamon, Head of Special Collections and Archives…
Category: Calls and Requests
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Call for Participation Among Academic Library Managers Who Identify as Female: Research Study “Implicit Bias, Leadership, and Power Dynamics in the Academic Library”
(via Kelee Pacion, Princeton University and student at University of Southern California) My name is Kelee Pacion, and I am a student at the University of Southern California. I also hold a role as a librarian at Princeton University. I am conducting a research study on the lived experiences of women in academic librarianship as…
Call for Participation: Survey on How Prepared Early-Career Academic Library Employees Feel for Taking on Management and Leadership Roles
(via Cathy Austin, Mississippi State University) Our names are Lauren Geiger and Cathy Austin, academic librarians at Mississippi State University Libraries. Currently, we are conducting a survey study to explore how early-career academic library employees feel prepared for taking on management and leadership roles. This research is for residents of the United States who are…
Call for Chapter Proposals: Upcoming Book Inhospitable: The Lived Experiences of Librarians–Deadline Fri., Jan. 10
(via Christina Holm, Kennesaw State University) Researchers Holm, Marcano, and Guimaraes welcome chapter proposals on topics related to the lived experiences of library professionals working within dysfunctional organizations. We have outlined several suggested chapter topics; however, we also welcome proposals for topics that we have not identified. Working Title: Inhospitable: The Lived Experiences of Librarians…
Call for Proposals: Free Southern Miss Institutional Repository Conference (Thurs., April 24 – Fri., April 25, in Hattiesburg, MS, and Online)–Deadline Fri., Jan. 17
(via Josh Cromwell, The University of Southern Mississippi) The University of Southern Mississippi Libraries are now accepting proposals for the 2025 Southern Miss Institutional Repository Conference (SMIRC), which will take place from Thursday, April 24, to Friday, April 25, on campus in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and online. We are accepting proposals for short concurrent sessions (approx….
Call for Team Applications from Academic Institutions: Inaugural Values-Enacted Leadership Institute (Sun., July 13 – Fri., July 18)–Deadline Wed., Feb. 12
(via Nicky Agate, Carnegie Mellon University) The HumetricsHSS team is thrilled to open applications for teams from institutions of higher education interested in attending the inaugural Values-Enacted Leadership Institute (VELI) from Sunday, July 13, to Friday, July 18. Since 2016, Humetrics has conducted workshops, consultations, and research across a wide range of higher education institutions, helping units…
Call for Proposals Extended: 2025 Research Analytics Summit (Mon., April 7 – Wed., April 9, in Albuquerque, NM)–New Deadline Fri., Jan. 10
(via Dr. Baron Wolf, University of Kentucky) The call for abstracts for the 2025 Research Analytics Summit has been extended until Friday, January 10. The meeting will take place in Albuquerque, New Mexico, from Monday, April 7, to Wednesday, April 9. Please consider submitting a proposal today or joining a colleague and submitting a collaborative…
Call for Proposals: ACRL IS Virtual Engagement Committee’s Online Lightning Round and Discussion on Student Engagement in the Classroom (Date and Time TBD)–Deadline Wed., Jan. 8
(via Mallory Jallas, University of Illinois Springfield) The ACRL Instruction Section (IS) Virtual Engagement Committee (VEC) is seeking 3-4 presenters for a lightning round and discussion about enhancing student engagement in the classroom. What has worked well for you in classroom or workshop instruction, whether in person or online? Has there been a new teaching…
Call for Papers: Library Trends Issue on Compelling Tensions in Library and Information Science–Deadline Fri., Jan. 3
(via Laura Saunders, Simmons University) The publication Library Trends is pleased to announce a call for papers for an issue on compelling tensions in library and information science. The field of library and information science (LIS) has compelling tensions similar to those explored by Thomas Kuhn in the fields of science. Many of these tensions…
Call for Proposals: Library Track at Teaching & Learning with AI Conference (Wed., May 28 – Fri., May 30, in Orlando, FL)–Deadline Fri., Jan. 17
(via Rachel Mulvihill, University of Central Florida) The University of Central Florida Libraries’ is pleased to announce the third annual Teaching & Learning with AI conference, which features a Library Track, to be held from Wednesday, May 28, to Friday, May 30, in Orlando, Florida. The call for proposals is now open and we invite…