(via Ramune Kubilius, Galter Health Sciences Library & Learning Center at Northwestern University) The Medical Library Association (MLA) Collection Development Caucus is excited to announce the publication of Health Sciences Collection Development: An Overview of Fundamental Knowledge and Practices (second edition), an update to the caucus’s Collection Development Best Practices document published in 2019. You…
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Registration Open for Three-Part Webinar Series “Programming Library Spaces for Institutional Impact” (Feb. 9, 16, and 23, all Thursdays, 1:00-2:00 PM CDT Each Day)
(via Joan Lippincott–Associate Executive Director Emerita, Coalition for Networked Information) If you are involved with library space planning, whether for a large or small project, I hope you’ll join my co-editors of the Designing Libraries for the 21st Century book, along with some of the chapter authors and myself, for a webinar series in February, 2023….
Call for Papers: Society of Mississippi Archivists Publication The Primary Source (Deadline Tues., Jan. 31)
(via Carrie Mastley, Mississippi State University) On behalf of the Society of Mississippi Archivists, The Primary Source Editorial Board is pleased to announce its latest call for papers. Please feel free to pass this call along to colleagues and students who may have an interest in publishing with us. About The Primary Source, the official journal of the…
Call for Papers: Journal of Information Ethics (Deadline Wed., Feb. 15)
(via Nicholas Lamb, Harvard Business School) The publication Journal of Information Ethics seeks papers for a special Fall 2023 issue that will address how identity intersects with data and information ethics. We welcome articles and columns that touch upon the following questions: How do issues of identity complicate, inflame, or disrupt the dissemination of information? What is…
Call for Preliminary Proposals: ACRL College Libraries Section’s CLIPP Committee Publication Series (Deadline Wed., Feb. 1)
(via Gwen Gregory, Northern Illinois University) The ACRL College Libraries Section’s College Library Information on Policy and Practice (CLIPP) Committee invites you to submit a preliminary proposal for its CLIPP publication series. The CLIPP series allows library staff to share information on practices and procedures they have implemented to address common issues or concerns. Each…
Reminder: Deadline to Submit Article, Podcast, or Video Suggestions for Health Science Librarians of Illinois Journal Club’s Next Meeting (Thurs., Feb. 16, 3:00-4:00 PM CDT) is Fri., Dec. 9
2023 resolution: Grow professionally. “Let’s give ’em something to talk about!” Please provide suggestions by Friday, December 9, 2022, to pcarey@nuhs.edu. Anything you’d want to share and discuss by openly voicing your thoughts about implications on your work will be considered-for example, Articles, Podcasts, or Videos. All recommendations are required to be freely accessible and of digestible length. Please join…
Call for Submissions: “Biz of Digital” Column in Against the Grain
(via Michelle Flinchbaugh–University of Maryland, Baltimore County) “Biz of Digital” is a column in Against the Grain. It features discussions by working librarians on digital collections, digital repositories, digital scholarship, data services, and technology. Its audience is librarians in all types of libraries and vendors of products, services, and systems that support library digital services….
Call for HSLI Journal Club Content Selectors
(via Peggy Carey, National University of Health Sciences) HSLI members, might you find the time to help decide the selection of suggested articles or media for the HSLI Journal Club’s upcoming discussions? Currently-planned quarterly discussions for 2023 will take place the third Thursday of the month at 3:00 PM CDT. Those dates are February 16, May 18, August…
Special Call Extended: Journal of Intellectual Freedom & Privacy Commentaries on Access to Information in Carceral Institutions (Deadline Fri., Dec. 2)
(via Dr. Emily Knox, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) Journal of Intellectual Freedom & Privacy Special Call for Papers: Access to Information in Carceral institutions “Book restriction regulations with the United States carceral system represent the largest book ban policy in the United States” (Tager 2019). Despite advocacy on the part of currently and formerly…
Call for Abstract Proposals: Reference Services Review Special Issue on Inclusive Pedagogies and Services (Deadline Fri., Dec. 2)
(via Sabine Dantus, Florida International University) How do we create cultures of inclusivity in libraries where librarians not only value inclusive principles but enact them in meaningful ways? Reference Services Review (RSR) seeks abstract proposals for Volume 52, Issue 4 – a special issue on inclusive pedagogies and services that offers examples, models, and theories to…