(via ACRL) Nominations for ACRL’s 2021 awards program are due Friday, December 4. Please consider acknowledging those who have influenced your thinking, practice, and growth as an academic or research library worker. ACRL urges you to nominate colleagues whose work you admire, and whose contributions merit recognition by the profession. Your nominations will ensure that…
Category: Calls and Requests
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Call for Participation: Survey for Student Success in Academic Libraries Research Project (Deadline Fri., Jan. 8, 2021)
(via Mallory Jallas, Illinois State University) All academic librarians in the United States and Canada are invited to participate in a survey about student success in academic libraries. The research project is an examination and analysis of student success initiatives in academic libraries. The researchers seek to find out how institutions define student success, how…
Reminder: CARLI Seeking Presenters for Spring 2021 Webinar Series on Undergraduate Research (Deadline Mon., Dec. 7)
(via Nicole Swanson, CARLI) The CARLI Program Planning Committee is seeking presenters for a series of webinars in Spring 2021 focused on academic library support of undergraduate research. The Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) defines undergraduate research as “an inquiry or investigation conducted by an undergraduate student that makes an original intellectual or creative contribution…
Call for Proposals–New England Library Instruction Group Winter Program: Virtual Instruction Workshop and Swap, on Mon., Dec. 7 (Deadline Tues., Nov. 23)
(via Samuel Boss, University of Connecticut) The call for proposals is now open for the New England Library Instruction Group (NELIG) Winter Program: Virtual Instruction Workshop & Swap. The event will take place on Monday, December 7, from 8:00 to 11:00 AM CDT. More information is below. This year, the NELIG Winter Instruction Workshop & Swap…
Call for Participation: Survey for Upcoming ILA Reporter Article on Developing a Professional-Reflection Practice (Deadline Fri., Nov. 20)
(via Kim Tipton, McHenry County College) The following survey will inform an article being written for the March, 2021, issue of the ILA Reporter. The article topic is “developing a professional-reflection practice”. Do you currently have a professional-reflection practice? We’d love to hear about it! Please take a few minutes to answer this survey. We…
Reminder: Deadline to Submit a Program Proposal for Reaching Forward 2021 Conference is Friday, November 20
(via the Illinois Library Association) The Reaching Forward Forum is accepting program proposals for the 2021 conference. We want to hear how you and your libraries responded pandemic. What has worked? How did you adapt to challenges and alter your plans when needed? How did you transition to virtual programming? What new and innovative projects…
Call for Participation: OCLC Survey on Libraries and the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) — Deadline Sun., Jan. 31, 2021
(via Mary Konkel, College of DuPage and OCLC Global Council Delegate for the Americas Regional Council (ARC)) Dear Colleagues, Libraries can bring unique strengths and collective muscle to global sustainability challenges. To inspire more conversations, expanded engagement, and action that leads to impact, OCLC Global Council has set its FY21 area of focus on the…
Save the Date: College Science Librarians’ Discussion Group (Thurs., Dec. 3, 1:00 PM CDT)
(via Betsy Sterner, Governors State University, on behalf of Rachel Hamelers, Muhlenberg College) Please save the date for the next College Science Librarians’ Discussion Group on Thursday, December 3, at 1:00 PM CDT. If you are a science or technology librarian in a small or medium size library, or interested in chatting about current issues…
Call for Submissions: ILA Reporter Library Buildings Issue (Deadline Wed., Jan. 20)
(via the Illinois Library Association) Has your library undergone renovations or new building in 2020? Share the news with the library community by submitting the project for the ILA Reporter “Library Buildings 2020” article in the March 2021 issue. Submissions should include: At least one high-resolution image of the exterior At least one high-resolution image of the interior…
Call for Nominations Extended: MLA Research Advancement in Health Sciences Librarianship Award (New Deadline Friday, November 13)
(via Nancy Crabtree, Roseman University of Health Sciences) Increase the visibility of your organization’s contributions to health information research and evidence-based practice! The Medical Library Association is seeking nominations for recipients of the Research Advancement in Health Sciences Librarianship Award. The nomination deadline has been extended to Friday, November 13. The MLA Research Advancement in Health…