(via Laura Abate, George Washington University) Call for Proposals: Biomedical Scholarly Communications in the Digital Age The MLA Books Panel seeks to publish a comprehensive overview of scholarly communications in the life and health sciences for librarians and biomedical professionals. The publication will define scholarly communications in the 21st century through discussion of current concepts…
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Call for Authors: MLA Newsletter’s “Expert Searching” Column
(via Melanie Norton, Yale University) Authors are needed for the MLA Newsletter “Expert Searching” column. Even if you don’t consider yourself an expert searcher, you probably have search strategies and skills that are new to some of your colleagues. In other words, what may seem apparent to you, may be new to others. Consider sharing your…
Book Project Seeks Interviews with Instruction Librarians Who Work with First-Year Students
(via Maggie Murphy, University of North Carolina at Greensboro) I am looking to interview instruction librarians working in particular roles in college and university libraries for a book I am co-writing about library instruction for first-year college students: someone with the title of “First-Year Experience Librarian” (or something similar) who does library instruction for first-year…
Call for Papers: American Association for the Advancement of Science, Pacific Division, Library Science Symposium (Deadline April 2)
(via Amy Besnoy, University of San Diego) AAAS, Pacific Division 99th Annual Conference Pomona, CA, June 12-15, 2018 Call For Papers: Library Science Symposium General and Interdisciplinary Section (Conference info: http://pacific.aaas.org/2018POMONA/index.html) Final deadline for submission: April 2, 2018. Submissions will be accepted on a rolling basis, so early submission is highly encouraged! The American Association for the…
Reminder: Chapter Proposals for ACRL Monograph Leading Change in Academic Libraries Due Feb. 28
(via Dr. Colleen Boff, Bowling Green State University) We invite chapter proposals for consideration in the publication of a forthcoming ACRL monograph titled Leading Change in Academic Libraries. Contributing authors are asked to describe and reflect on a recent change in their academic library in which they worked with others in the organization to reorganize, reengineer,…
Call for Papers: International Association of Technical and University Libraries Conference (Deadline Feb. 1)
(via Dr. Tod Colegrove-University of Nevada, Reno) Early bird registration is now open for the 39th Annual IATUL Conference, to be held in Oslo, Norway, from June 18 to 21 (https://iatul2018.hioa.no). More information about the call for papers is below. Call for papers The IATUL 2018 Program Committee invites proposals for papers and posters, which should reflect…
Resources for College Libraries Seeking Subject Editors
(via Anne Doherty, American Library Association) Resources for College Libraries (RCL), the bibliography of essential titles for undergraduate libraries, is announcing editorial openings. RCL is a continuously-updated, peer-reviewed core collection that includes over 85,000 resources in 61 curriculum-specific subject areas. Available online at http://rclweb.net, the RCL database is co-published by Choice/ACRL and ProQuest. RCL is currently seeking…
Call for Column Authors: Issues in Science & Technology Librarianship
(via Cristina Sewerin, University of Toronto) Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship (www.istl.org) welcomes contributions to our tech column, “There’s an App for That”. This is your opportunity to explore trends, spark thought, or share successful initiatives and best practices in the use of technology in sci-tech libraries. The scope of the column is broad,…
Registration Open for Research Data Access and Preservation 2018 Summit (March 21-23 in Chicago)
(via Cameron Cook, University of Wisconsin – Madison) Registration is now open for the Research Data Access and Preservation (RDAP) Summit, which will take place in Chicago, IL from March 21-23, 2018. To view the program/schedule and register please visit: https://www.asist.org/rdap This national conference will feature panel presentations, lightning talks, workshops, and a poster session reception. Managers,…
Call for Anthology Chapter Submissions: Creativity and Personal Growth for Librarians, Social Justice and Activism in Libraries, and Homeschooling and Libraries (Deadline Feb. 28)
(via Linda Bostrom, Illinois Library Association, on behalf of Carol Smallwood) 1. Creativity for Success and Personal Growth for Librarians Book Publisher: McFarland Vera Gubnitskaia, co-editor, Library Partnerships with Writers and Poets (McFarland, 2017); public, academic librarian, indexer. Carol Smallwood, co-editor, Gender Studies in the Library (McFarland, 2017); public library administrator, special, school librarian. One…