(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…
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 the Use of Design Thinking in Library Settings
(via Sarah Allison, Ball State University) Dear Colleagues, Have you participated in the design thinking process within a library setting? Have you used design thinking for problem-solving needs or remodeling of library spaces? Have you used design thinking to refine your library public services? We are working on exploratory research about how design thinking is…
Call for Papers: Special Issue of The Journal of Academic Librarianship on Libraries’ Adaptations to the COVID-19 Pandemic (Priority Deadline Thurs., Dec. 1)
(via Bernd Becker, San Jose State University) The sudden changes brought about by the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic gave libraries little time to prepare for what was to come. Universities suddenly closed their doors and either shifted services to an online environment or halted them altogether. These changes were equally significant for every function and service…
Call for Participation: Research Survey Measuring Academic Librarians’ Teaching Self-Efficacy Beliefs (Deadline Fri., July 29)
(via David Lemmons, George Mason University) We are writing to ask you to participate in a research survey measuring academic librarians’ teaching self-efficacy beliefs. The purpose of this study is to test a scale for measuring teaching self-efficacy of librarians working in higher education. Any person working in an academic library with teaching responsibilities is…
Call for Host Organizations: “Privacy and Library Learning Analytics” Half-Day Workshop During 2022-2024 (Priority Deadline Mon., Aug. 15, 2022)
(via Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) We are pleased to announce this call for expressions of interest to host the “Privacy and Library Learning Analytics” workshop. The “Privacy and Library Learning Analytics” workshop is an offering of Prioritizing Privacy, a multi-faceted continuing education program to train United States academic library practitioners to…
Call for Proposals: ACRL Digital Scholarship Section Virtual Professional Development Series (First Deadline Mon., July 18)
(via Taylor Davis-Van Atta, University of Houston) The ACRL Digital Scholarship Section’s Professional Development Committee (PDC), in collaboration with both the Outreach Committee and the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee, seeks proposals for its 2022 DSS virtual professional development series. The Committee accepts proposals on a rolling basis, with the following review dates this season:…
Call for Proposals Extended: New Mexico Library Association Conference (in Albuquerque Oct. 26-28, Wed.-Fri.)–New Deadline Fri., July 15
(via Erin Renee Wahl, New Mexico State University) It’s been decided to extend the New Mexico Library Association Conference proposals deadline to Friday, July 15. This year’s Conference will take place in Albuquerque from October 26 to 28 (Wednesday through Friday). The New Mexico Library Association Conference is a great state conference, and I have…
Call for Participation: Pre-Screening Survey for Study on the Phenomenon of Caring Relations Among Academic Librarians Engaged in Research/Reference Assistance
(via Laureen Cantwell, PhD student at University of Buffalo) Dear academic librarians, My name is Laureen Cantwell, and I am a PhD student in the Information Science program, within the Graduate School of Education, at the University at Buffalo. I am conducting a research study exploring the phenomenon of caring relations among academic librarians engaged…
Call for Participation: Survey on Archivists’ and Librarians’ Preferences for In-Person vs. Virtual Conferences (Deadline Wed., Aug. 31)
(via Dr. Anne Marie Hamilton-Brehm, Associate Dean at Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Morris Library) Dr. Anne Marie Hamilton-Brehm of Southern Illinois University Carbondale Morris Library is conducting a research survey of archivists and librarians to investigate preferences for in-person and/or virtual conference attendance before and during the past two years and looking ahead to the…
Call for Candidate Nominations: Spring 2023 Elections for ALA President-Elect and Councilor-at-Large (Deadline Fri., Sept. 30, 2022)
(via the American Library Association) The Nominating Committee for the 2023 ALA election is soliciting nominees to run on the 2023 spring ballot for the offices of ALA President-Elect and Councilor-at-Large. The Committee will select candidates to run for President-Elect and no fewer than 50 candidates for the 33 at-large Council seats to be filled in…