(via Matthew Johnson–University of California, Los Angeles) Matthew Johnson, MSLS, from the Library at the University of California, Los Angeles, is conducting a research study about feelings of job control and burnout among academic librarians who have at least some instructional responsibilities. If you are an academic librarian with at least some instructional responsibilities, I invite your…
Category: Calls and Requests
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Call for Submissions: ACRL Community & Junior College Libraries Section Fall 2022 Newsletter (Deadline Thurs., Sept. 15)
(via Suzanne Bernsten, Lansing Community College) It seems like we just published our Spring 2022 Newsletter, and now it is time to get ready for our Fall 2022 Newsletter! We would love to publish articles by community college librarians about what it happening in your libraries and communities. Please submit any questions, as well as…
Call for Chapter Proposals: Upcoming ACRL Publication Valuing The Community College Library: Powerful Impact for Institutional Success (Deadline Wed., Oct. 26)
(via Spencer Brayton, Director of Library Services at Waubonsee Community College) The editors of the upcoming publication Valuing The Community College Library: Powerful Impact for Institutional Success seek chapter proposals. To be published by ACRL, this edited volume provides a holistic approach to exhibiting community college library value through historical context, practical applications, and future…
Call for Article or Podcast Suggestions: Next Meeting of Health Science Librarians of Illinois Journal Club (Online Thurs., Sept. 29, at 3:00 PM CDT)–Final Decision Fri., Sept. 16
(via Peggy Carey, National University of Health Sciences) Have you heard or read something lately that you’d like to discuss with your colleagues? Please share your insights! Consider suggesting an article or podcast for the next Health Science Librarians of Illinois (HSLI) Journal Club virtual meeting, to convene on Thursday, September 29, at 3:00 PM CDT….
Call for Participation: Research Study “Personal Identity of Chronically Ill Health Sciences Library Workers”
(via Anna Ferri, Roseman University of Health Sciences) Dear Current, Former, or Future Library Worker, We are contacting you to request your participation in a research study titled “Personal Identity of Chronically Ill Health Sciences Library Workers”, reviewed and approved as exempt research by the Texas Christian University Institutional Review Board and the University of…
Call for Submissions: ACRL Instruction Section Newsletter (Deadline Mon., Sept. 19)
(via Maya Hobscheid, Grand Valley State University) The IS Newsletter is soliciting content! We would love to have your content that addresses one or more of the following topics. Active learning techniques Learning object creation Student learning outcomes & pedagogy Assessment Instructional design (online, universal, backward, accessibility, etc.) Instruction for specific populations (e.g., faculty, international…
Call for Participation: Survey on Academic, Public, and Special Library Services for Currently and Formerly Incarcerated People
(via Dr. Jeanie Austin, San Francisco Public Library) As part of San Francisco Public Library’s Mellon-funded Expanding Information Access for Incarcerated People project, a group of researchers are attempting to identify academic, public, and special library services that libraries outside of jails, juvenile detention centers, and prisons provide to incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people. We’ve…
Call for Participation: Survey on Information Literacy Instruction Practices at Rural Community Colleges (Deadline Fri., Sept. 30)
(via Heather VanDyne, Fort Hays State University) If you are a community college librarian at a rural institution this message is for you. Participants are needed in a study examining information literacy instruction practices at rural two-year institutions over the last three years. Any person working in an academic library with instruction duties is encouraged…
Call for Proposals: Upcoming ACRL Publication Collaborations and Outreach for Student Success: Initiatives for College and Small University Libraries (Deadline Mon., Oct. 31)
(via Camille Abdel-Jawad, Park University) We are excited to invite innovative, creative, and practical chapter proposals for our upcoming publication, Collaborations and Outreach for Student Success: Initiatives for College and Small University Libraries, from ACRL. The volume has an expected release date of Spring, 2024. The publication Collaborations and Outreach for Student Success: Initiatives for…
Call for Nominations: Janet Doe Lectureship Award for 2024 Annual MLA Conference in Portland, OR (Deadline Sat., Oct. 15, 2022)
(via Michelle Zafron, University at Buffalo) Do you have a colleague who has made a substantial contribution to medical librarianship? Would they give a compelling lecture at the Medical Library Association’s annual meeting? Please take the time to nominate the person for the Janet Doe Lectureship award, one of the most prestigious awards given by…