(via Julie Warga, Kenyon College) In July 2018, the Intellectual Freedom Committee formed a working group that brought multiple voices and a broad range of perspectives together, including representatives from the diversity community, to revise “Meeting Rooms: An Interpretation of the Library Bill of Rights,” adopted by ALA Council at ALA Annual Conference in New…
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Call for Nominations: I Love My Librarian Award (Deadline 10/1)
(via ACRL) Nominations are open through October 1, 2018, for the I Love My Librarian Award. The I Love My Librarian Award encourages library users like you to recognize the accomplishments of exceptional public, school, college, community college, or university librarians. Each year 10 librarians are selected. Each librarian receives a $5,000 cash award, a…
Call for Applicants: Online CE Class “Biomedical and Health Research Data Management Training for Librarians” (Deadline 9/20)
(via Rebecca Brown, University of Utah) Applications for the next round of Biomedical and Health Research Data Management Training for Librarians are now open! Health sciences librarians are invited to apply for the online course, “Biomedical and Health Research Data Management Training for Librarians”, offered by the NNLM Training Office (NTO). Click here to find…
Call for Nominations: 2019 ALCTS Awards (Deadline 12/1/18)
(via Brooke Morris, Association for Library Collections & Technical Services) Nominations are being accepted for the 2019 Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) awards for outstanding achievement and promise in the field of serials and continuing resources. The awards are presented by the Continuing Resources Section of ALCTS. One award honors an individual…
Registration Open for MLA Midcontinental Chapter’s 2018 Virtual Conference on 10/4 and 10/5 (Deadline Extended to 9/15)
(via Rebecca Brown, University of Utah) The 2018 MCMLA Virtual Conference Planning Committee invites you to register for the annual conference on October 4th and 5th of this year. CE is included in your registration and will be offered on October 3rd. Stay tuned for more information. Early registration concludes at the end of the…
Call for Nominations: 2019 Ida and George Eliot Prize (Deadline 11/1/18)
(via Pamela Herring, University of Central Florida) Dear all, How do medical librarians make a difference? What are the standards for our profession…and where can we do better? Who has shown us the data that will help shape our future? The Ida and George Eliot Prize is presented annually for a work published in the…
CARLI Receives IMLS Grant for “CARLI Counts: Analytics and Advocacy for Service Development”
(via Margaret Chambers, CARLI) CARLI Receives IMLS Grant for “CARLI Counts: Analytics and Advocacy for Service Development“ The Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois (CARLI) is pleased to announce its selection as a recipient of an Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program grant, in the amount…
OCLC Announces Agenda for 2018 Americas Regional Council Conference (Oct. 24-26 in Chicago)
(via OCLC) The 2018 OCLC Americas Regional Council Conference agenda is now available on the ARC18 website. More than 50 community leaders will share their learnings, insights, and innovations in the spirit of building game-changing libraries in communities across the world. With 16 breakout sessions spanning four different categories-analytics and data, public purpose, spaces and resources, and technology and…
Virginia ACRL Chapter Survey on Engagement of Academic Librarians in State Organizations
(via the Virginia Chapter of ACRL) Dear Academic Library Colleagues- We invite you to participate in a survey that seeks to examine the engagement of academic librarians in their statewide or regional library organization. The survey seeks your perspective on a range of topics, including your current level and method of engagement in professional service at the state…
NNLM – Greater Midwest Region Seeking Feedback From Member Community Colleges for Needs Assessment
(via Samuel Watson, National Network of Libraries of Medicine – Greater Midwest Region) The GMR is currently in the process of conducting a training needs assessment to help us better understand the needs of the community colleges within our 10-state region. If you are a community college librarian or community college faculty member – or if you know and…