(via Carrie Pirmann, Bucknell University) Stressed about getting your BUDSC22 (Bucknell University Digital Scholarships Conference 2022) proposal in on time? You’re in luck, because we have extended the deadline to Sunday, July 31! We look forward to reading your proposals! The theme of this year’s Conference is “Converging Paths: Digital Scholarship, Social Justice, and Intersecting…
Category: Calls and Requests
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Call for Participation: Survey on Academic Library Services, Including COVID-19 Impact, for Non-Degree-Seeking Older Adults
(via Giovanna Badia, McGill University) My colleague, April Colosimo, and I are interested in learning more about academic library services for non-degree-seeking older adults who are pursuing lifelong learning opportunities. We are also interested in the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on these services. We are looking for survey participants from academic libraries…
Call for Proposals: New Review of Academic Librarianship Special Issue on “Diversifying, Decentering and Decolonizing Academic Libraries” (Deadline Fri., Aug. 19)
(via Dr. Tim Schlak–Director, University Library at Robert Morris University) The New Review of Academic Librarianship is an international journal that publishes reviews, research, critiques and exemplar case studies on substantive topics relevant to those providing library and information services to academic communities. The themed issue for 2023 will be “Diversifying, Decentering and Decolonizing Academic…
Call for Participation: Research Survey on Critical Information Literacy at Academic Institutions
(via Simone Williams, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville) Simone Williams, Assistant Professor and Diversity and Engagement Librarian and Elizabeth Kamper, Assistant Professor and Information Literacy Librarian at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, is inviting you to participate in a research study. The goal of this research study is to collect data to determine threat levels to implementing…
Call for Proposals: Hybrid 7th Empirical Librarians Conference (March 9-10, 2023; In-Person Option in Richmond, VA)–Deadline Fri., Sept. 2, 2022
(via Dana Thompson, Murray State University) We are excited to announce that after a two-year hiatus, the Empirical Librarians Conference will return on March 9-10 (Thursday-Friday), 2023! Empirical Librarians is a small event that specifically focuses on the unique place of original research and original researchers in the larger information environment. We are a place…
Call for Nominations: HSLI Treasurer (Deadline Friday, August 5)
HSLI Members, The office of Treasurer is open for election in August 2022. 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 HSLI Board meetings…
Call for Nominations: I Love My Librarian Award (Deadline Fri., Sept. 30)
(via the American Library Association) The American Library Association is inviting library users across America to submit nominations for the I Love My Librarian Award through Friday, September 30. Ten outstanding librarians will receive $5,000 and the honor of a lifetime, including being celebrated on stage at ALA’s LibLearnX Conference in New Orleans in January,…
Final Reminder: Nominations for JoVE Library Innovation Award in STEM Education and Research Due Mon., July 18 (Deadline Extension Possible)
(via Marita Eleftheriadou, JoVE) If you are a librarian who has supported STEM education and research at your institution using video resources, you could be the next JoVE (Journal of Visualized Experiments) Librarian Innovation Award winner! All you need to do is the following. submit your essay in English (1000 words max) at the above link, describing…
Final Reminder: Paper, Lightning Talk, and Poster Proposals for 2022 MLA Midwest Chapter Annual Meeting (Sat., Oct. 22 – Mon., Oct. 24, in Bloomington, IN) Due Mon., July 18
(via Ramune Kubilius, Galter Health Sciences Library & Learning Center at Northwestern University) It’s your last chance to submit an abstract for the Medical Library Association’s 2022 Midwest Chapter Annual Meeting. The event will take place in Bloomington, Indiana, from Saturday, October 22, to Monday, October 24. We are accepting research or program description abstracts…
Call for Proposals: Texas Library Association Library Instruction Round Table Summit (Online Fri., Oct. 14)–Deadline Fri., July 29
(via Kelly Hoppe, West Texas A&M University) The call for proposals for the 2022 Texas Library Association (TLA) Library Instruction Round Table (LIRT) Summit is now open! The LIRT Summit is a virtual, one-day conference focused on topics related to library and information literacy instruction in academic, public, school or special libraries. Attendees will interact…