(via David Duggar, SCC/MLA President-Elect) The Program Committee invites poster, paper, lightning talk, and round table abstract proposal submissions on any health sciences librarianship topic for the 2021 South Central Chapter Annual Meeting. The meeting will be held online October 12-14 (Tuesday-Thursday). See the conference webpage for complete details. Your presentations will make the annual meeting…
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Call for Applicants: Free E-Learning Course “Privacy and Library Learning Analytics.” (Oct. 3 – Nov. 12)–Deadline Wed., Sept. 8
(via Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) We are pleased to announce this call for expressions of interest for participation in a free e-learning course on “Privacy and Library Learning Analytics”. The course will take place from Sunday, October 3, to Friday, November 12. There are 50 slots available, and there is no…
Call for Poster Session Submissions: ILA Virtual Annual Conference (Oct. 12-14)–Deadline Tues., Aug. 31
(via the Illinois Library Association) The Illinois Library Association (ILA) Conference Program Committee invites applications for poster sessions at the 2021 ILA Virtual Annual Conference, taking place October 12-14 (Tuesday-Thursday). Poster sessions will be featured on the ILA website. The online poster session will become available at 9:00 AM on October 12 and posters will…
Reminder: Proposals for Annual Conference of the International Visual Literacy Association (Online Nov. 4-6) Due Mon., Aug. 9
(via Dana Thompson, Murray State University) 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…
Call for Presenters: ILA’s Library Card Sign-Up Month Town Hall (Online Mon., Aug. 16, 12:00-1:30 PM)–Deadline Mon., Aug. 9
(via the Illinois Library Association) Do you have a successful Library Card Sign-up Month activity, idea, or program that attracts new patrons and increases library card sign-ups at your library? If so, share it with your Illinois library colleagues! We are hosting a town hall to help libraries prepare for Library Card Sign-up Month and…
Reminder: Seeking Responses to Survey on Information Literacy Instruction and Writing Curriculum
(via Danielle Hinrichs, St. Catherine University) You are invited to participate in a research study about connections between information literacy instruction and writing curriculum at colleges and universities in the United States. Participants will answer 12 questions about information literacy and writing instruction at their institutions. The survey will take approximately 20-40 minutes to complete…
Call for Lightning Talk and Poster Proposals: Health Science Librarians of Illinois 2021 Annual Conference (Online Oct. 27-29)–Deadline Fri., Aug. 27
(via Charlotte Beyer, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science) Do you have ideas to share? Consider sharing those ideas at the Health Sciences Librarians of Illinois 2021 Annual Conference, which this year is a virtual conference on October 27-29 (Wednesday-Friday). This year you have the option of presenting your ideas as a poster or…
Call for Proposals Extended: Texas Library Association’s Library Instruction Round Table Summit (Hybrid on Fri., Oct. 15)–New Deadline Mon., Aug. 16
(via Heather Adair, Sam Houston State University) We are extending the call for proposals for the 2021 Texas Library Association (TLA) Library Instruction Round Table (LIRT) Summit. LIRT Summit is a one-day conference focused on topics related to library and information literacy instruction in academic, public, school, or special libraries. Attendees will interact with other library…
Call for Participation: Survey on Challenges of Finding Jobs in Academic Librarianship
(via Stacey Knight-Davis, Eastern Illinois University, on behalf of Aubrey Iglesias, New Mexico State University) Dear colleague, Are you 18 years of age or older, earned a graduate degree in Library and Information Science (LIS) from an institution in the United States during the academic years 2009/2010 – 2018/2019 while living in the U.S. (including…
CARLI Announces Professional Development Alliance Webinars for August
(via Michelle Jean Haake, CARLI) The following programs from the Professional Development Alliance are currently on the schedule. Programs are offered on a wide variety of subjects. Check out everything the alliance is making available to our libraries in August! Tuesday, August 3, 1:00-2:00 PM: Fostering Community and Students’ Creativity with Online Library Programming (registration currently open–see below for…