(via Julie Dietrich, Blessing Health Professions Library) Between Starved Rock and a Hard Place: Navigating the Age of COVID The Annual Health Science Librarians of Illinois (HSLI) conference will be held virtually Wednesday, October 27th – Friday, October 29th. Registration is open now! CEs and posters will highlight the conference. FREE for current HSLI members, $10…
Category: Calls and Requests
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Call for Proposals: ACRL e-Learning Program (Deadline Wed., Oct. 13)
(via ACRL) ACRL invites proposal submissions for our ACRL e-Learning program. Submit a proposal for a live webcast or asynchronous online course and share your knowledge and innovative developments with your colleagues. ACRL has identified four key areas in our Plan for Excellence. The organization welcomes proposal submissions on all types of academic and research librarianship, and especially encourages proposals…
Reminder: ILA Seeking Nominations for its 2022 Executive Board Election (Deadline Fri., Oct. 22, 2021)
(via the Illinois Library Association) The ILA Nominating Committee is seeking candidates for the 2022 Executive Board election. In April 2022, members will vote for the ILA Vice-President/President-elect and for four Executive Board positions, which can be public, school, academic, special, or library trustee representatives. These are three-year terms beginning July 2022 and ending June…
Call for Participation: Survey on “The Matter of Collegiality in Librarian Promotion and Tenure” (Closes Thurs., Sept. 30)
(via Jason Coleman, Kansas State University) You are invited to participate in a research survey titled, “The Matter of Collegiality in Librarian Promotion and Tenure”. The goal for this survey is to examine the prevalence, expression, and attitude towards the use of “collegiality” in the academic librarian promotion and tenure process. We are recruiting current tenured/tenure-track librarians for…
Call for Submissions: Journal of Intellectual Freedom and Privacy Papers on COVID-19 Pandemic, Libraries, and Privacy Concerns (Deadline Fri., Dec. 31)
(via Dr. Shannon Oltmann, University of Kentucky) The Journal of Intellectual Freedom and Privacy announces a special call for papers focusing on the COVID-19 pandemic, libraries, and privacy concerns. With this special issue of the Journal of Intellectual Freedom & Privacy, we seek contributions that explore issues of privacy in various types of libraries, stemming from new and modified…
Call for Volunteers: Mentors to 2021-2022 ALA Spectrum Scholars/ILA Sylvia Murphy Williams Awardees (Deadline Fri., Sept. 24)
(via the Illinois Library Association) The ILA Diversity Committee is seeking volunteers to serve as mentors for the 2021-2022 ALA Spectrum Scholars/ILA Sylvia Murphy Williams Awardees. Volunteers should be members of ILA and experienced library professionals. Volunteers must commit to mentoring for six months and provide monthly status updates to Sophie Kenney, the Diversity Committee Mentorship…
Call for Submissions Extended: ACRL Digital Scholarship Section Open Research Discussion Group Virtual Presentations (New Deadline Fri., Oct. 1)
(via Sara Scheib, University of Iowa) The ACRL Digital Scholarship Section Open Research Discussion Group is inviting proposals for virtual presentations. Possible formats might include either lightning talks (10-15 minutes), full session talks (30-45 minutes), or panel discussions (45-60 minutes. You do not need to be a DSS member in order to present, so please share…
Registration Open for Upcoming Virtual Town Halls on Future of RAILS (Oct. and Nov.)
(via Gwen Gregory, Northern Illinois University) RAILS will rely heavily on member input as we develop our new strategic plan, and member contributions will greatly influence our final product. To hear from as many members as possible, we will hold two rounds of virtual town halls via Zoom in October and November, with four different…
Call for Submissions: New ILA Voices Blog
(via the Illinois Library Association) We are excited to announce the launch of our new blog, ILA Voices. ILA Voices was created in response to what ILA perceived to be a need for a thoughtful outlet for the Illinois library community’s thoughts and opinions. We’d like to thank Kate Hall, Executive Director of the Northbrook Public Library and…
Reminder: MLA 2022 Conference (Currently May 2-7 in New Orleans) Abstracts for Contributed Papers and Immersion Sessions Due Wed., Oct. 13
(via the Medical Library Association) Abstract submissions are officially open! The 2022 National Program Committee invites you to submit abstracts for immersion sessions, papers, posters, and lightning talks. There will be two rounds for submissions: Round 1: Contributed papers and immersion sessions (Wednesday, August 18 – Wednesday, October 13, 2021) Round 2: Posters and lightning talks (Wednesday, December 15,…