(via Joe Lenkart, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) Community and junior college libraries serve one of the most diverse user groups in higher education. From supporting language learning programs and academic support services to collaborating with faculty on curriculum development, community college librarians are adapting to various challenges brought on by the global pandemic, as…
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Reminder: Proposals for Editorials to Appear on ResearchDataQ Website Due Wed., June 30
(via Andrew Johnson, University of Colorado Boulder) The ResearchDataQ Editorial Board, part of the ACRL Digital Scholarship Section, is seeking proposals for editorials that will be featured prominently on the ResearchDataQ website (https://researchdataq.org/). We are seeking editorials that describe services, support, or related activities around research data at your institution. Topics could include privacy, ethical data sharing, replication/reproducibility, or…
Call for Nominations: ALA’s I Love My Librarian Award (Deadline Mon., Sept. 27)
(via RAILS) Nominations for this year’s I Love My Librarian Award are open through Monday, September 27. The award recognizes the service of exceptional public, school, college, community college, and university librarians who have gone above and beyond to promote access to education and improve the lives of their community members. ALA invites all library users to nominate their favorite librarians for…
Kentucky Medical Library Association Virtual Conference (Fri., July 16) Submission Deadline Extended (Wed., June 30) and Registration Now Free for Grad. Students
(via Ramune Kubilius, Galter Health Sciences Library & Learning Center at Northwestern University, on behalf of Stephanie Henderson, KMLA President) We’ve extended the deadline for submission of paper, lightning talk, and poster submissions to the 2021 KMLA Virtual Conference: the new deadline is next Wednesday, June 30. To make a submission, go here. The KMLA Virtual…
Final Reminder: ALA Nominating Committee Seeks Candidates for 2022 Election (Deadline Thurs., July 1, 2021)
(via Dr. Raymond Pun, Hoover Institution) The Nominating Committee for the 2022 ALA election is soliciting nominees to run on the 2022 spring ballot for the offices of ALA president-elect, treasurer, and councilor-at-large. Specifically, the Nominating Committee will select candidates to run for president-elect and treasurer and no fewer than 51 candidates for the 34…
Call for Participation: Survey on Library Services for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (Closes Tues., July 6)
(via Gerard Shea, Seton Hall University) All academic librarians are invited to participate in a survey about library services for students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). We are interested in investigating what library services are being provided for college students with autism spectrum disorder at academic libraries in the United States. If you are an…
Library Workers Encouraged to Apply for ALA’s Libraries Transforming Communities: Focus on Small and Rural Libraries Grants (Deadline Thurs., Sept. 16)
(via Hannah Arata, ALA) The American Library Association invites library workers to apply for Libraries Transforming Communities (LTC): Focus on Small and Rural Libraries. Up to 100 libraries will be awarded in this round of grantmaking, part of ALA’s longtime community engagement initiative. Library workers may apply online for grant funding by Thursday, September 16, here. Library workers will complete a free ALA…
Call for Proposals: Annual Conference of the International Visual Literacy Association (Online Nov. 4-6)–Deadline Mon., Aug. 9
(via Stephanie Beene, University of New Mexico) We invite you to submit a proposal for the 53rd Annual Conference of the International Visual Literacy Association, an online event hosted by the University of Toledo and the Toledo Museum of Art. The conference theme is Seeing Across Disciplines: Visual Literacy and Education. The conference will bring together different theoretical…
Call for Participation: Survey on Covid-19’s Impact Upon Yoga Programs at Academic Libraries (Deadline Wed., June 30)
(via Brian Quinn, Texas Tech University) Please consider taking the following survey. Yoga programs are very popular on campuses across the US; however, yoga as outreach has been written about in the library literature with the focus on the programs in public libraries. This survey will ask about higher education outreach yoga programs that have been…
Call for Proposals Extended: Librarian’s Association of the University of California, Berkeley, Online Conference (Oct. 5-6)–New Deadline Fri., June 25
(via Liladhar Pendse–University of California, Berkeley) The Librarian’s Association of the University of California, Berkeley (LAUC-B) invites you to submit a proposal for the 2021 conference, Reimagining Libraries Through Critical Library Practices, an online conference that will take place from Tuesday, October 5, to Wednesday, October 6 (12:00-5:00 PM CDT both days). Librarians’ activities are embedded in and inherently tied to…