(via the Medical Library Association) Registration is open for the MLA webinar “It Takes a Working Group to Create Strong Reviews: Enhancing Systematic Review Support and Services”. It will take place on Tuesday, August 8, from 1:00 to 2:30 PM CDT. Systematic reviews are dynamic, time and resource-intensive projects. Eileen Wafford, co-author of over 20 reviews and…
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Registration Open for ACRL Webinar “What is NSSE and Why Does it Matter?”–Mon., Aug. 7, 1:00-2:00 PM CDT
(via Dr. Carrie Forbes, Southern Oregon University) Registration is open for the ACRL webinar “What is NSSE and Why Does it Matter?”. It will take place on Monday, August 7, from 1:00 to 2:00 PM CDT. Please check below for more information, including the link to registration. The National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) is an annual survey…
ACRL Announces Candidates for 2024 ALA/ACRL Elections–Slate Includes IIT’s Devin Savage for Vice-President/President-Elect
(via Elois Sharpe, ACRL) ACRL is pleased to announce the slate of candidates for the association’s Board of Directors for the 2024 ALA/ACRL elections. Vice-President/President-Elect:Brad Warren, Augusta UniversityDevin Savage, Illinois Institute of Technology Director-at-Large: Rachel M. Minkin, Michigan State University Libraries Rodney Lippard, University of Central Arkansas Director-at-Large: Carrie Forbes, Southern Oregon UniversityWayne Bivens-Tatum, Princeton University…
Reminder: Proposals for Upcoming ACRL Publication Advocacy and Policy Work for Academic and Research Library Workers: Perspectives and Strategies Due Mon., July 31
(via Sonya Durney, University of New England) We are issuing a call for proposals for an edited volume tentatively titled, Advocacy and Policy Work for Academic and Research Library Workers: Perspectives and Strategies to be published by ACRL (forthcoming Spring 2024). This book focuses on how academic and research library workers can engage in advocacy and policy work…
Call for Chapter Proposals: Upcoming ACRL Publication Teaching Information Literacy in Political Science, Public Affairs, and International Studies (TILPSPAIS)–Deadline Fri., Aug. 25
(via Rachel Olsen, University of North Carolina Greensboro) The editors of the upcoming ACRL publication Teaching Information Literacy in Political Science, Public Affairs, and International Studies (TILPSPAIS) seek chapter proposals. The book is scheduled for publication in 2025. Book Description As undergraduate students enter classrooms in this pandemic-changed, politically charged social climate, teaching information literacy…
Reminder: Poster Session Proposals for Illinois Library Association Annual Conference (Tues., Oct. 24 – Thurs., Oct. 26, in Springfield) Due Fri., July 28
(via Kristin Pekoll, Illinois Library Association) If you missed the proposal deadline but still want to be a part of this year’s ILA Annual Conference, don’t worry! You can still participate by submitting your proposal as a poster session. The Illinois Library Association (ILA) Conference Program Committee is now accepting applications for poster sessions at the 2023…
ACRL Health Sciences Interest Group Holding Next First Friday Forum on Aug. 4 at 11:00 AM CDT (No Registration Required)–Topic is “How has the COVID-19 pandemic influenced reference, research, and instruction in health sciences libraries?”
(via Anna Ferri, Colorado State University) What reference, research, and instruction work did you do during the pandemic? How has academic health sciences librarianship changed since the pandemic hit? What adjustments have you made? How have faculty expectations and library administration changed regarding reference, research and instruction? Let’s talk about it on Friday, August 4, at…
Call for Chapters (Recipes): ACRL Open Science Cookbook–Deadline Mon., July 31
(via Emily Bongiovanni, Carnegie Mellon University) We are seeking proposals for “how to” chapters, or recipes, for the upcoming ACRL publication Open Science Cookbook. Edited by Emily Bongiovanni, Melanie Gainey, Chasz Griego, and Lencia Beltran, this book will be published in both print and Open Access electronic editions. The Open Science Cookbook joins the ACRL Cookbook series by providing an accessible,…
Western Illinois University’s Jade Kastel Named Illinois Academic Librarian of the Year
(via the Illinois Library Association) Jade Kastel, Assistant Professor, Music Librarian, and Library Diversity Officer at Western Illinois University (WIU) Libraries, is the 2023 recipient of the Illinois Library Association’s (ILA) Illinois Academic Librarian of the Year Award. The award, presented by the ILA Illinois Association of College and Research Libraries (IACRL) Forum, recognizes an…
Call for Submissions: Virtual Projects Section in Journal of the Medical Library Association–Deadline Thurs., Aug. 3
(via the Medical Library Association) The Journal of the Medical Library Association (JMLA) Virtual Projects Section Advisory Committee is seeking current, innovative, and notable technology projects in health sciences libraries for the 2024 JMLA Virtual Projects Section. The Virtual Project Section appears on an annual basis in an issue of JMLA and recognizes projects that exemplify the range and direction of…