(via the Illinois Library Association) Register today for the 2021 ILA Awards Ceremony! This year’s event is pre-recorded, and we are inviting the Illinois library community to view it via Zoom on Thursday, October 14, at 4:00 PM CDT. A list of this year’s awardees is available here. Honorees will include Sue Franzen, the 2021 Illinois Academic Librarian of the Year Award winner. If…
Category: Webinars
Call for Presenters: Illinois Library Association’s Career Pathways Talk Series (Deadline Extended to Mon., Oct. 18)
(via the Illinois Library Association) The ILA Students and New Professionals (SANP) Forum is seeking emerging and experienced library professionals to partake in the Career Pathway Talk Series. This season of the series will focus on three different topics: networking, career changers, and the retention of BIPOC library professionals and students. The series will be held every two…
Registration Open for October CARLI Professional Development Alliance Webinars (Part 2 of 2)
(via Nicole Swanson, CARLI) “One is the Loneliest Number: DEI Perspective” Thursday, October 14, 1:00-2:30 PM CDT Panelists share their diverse perspectives on being the “only one” or “one of the few” BIPOC librarians in their library. During this important talk, panel members will discuss what support, if any, they receive from leadership, navigating workplace…
Registration Open for Together We RISE Conference (Online Fri., Oct. 15)
(via Steve Brantley, Eastern Illinois University) The 5th Annual Together We RISE (Reaching Inclusivity for Student Excellence) Conference is just two weeks away! We invite you to join us for our keynote address or one session, two sessions or four sessions. We are excited to have Dr. Teresa Maria Linda Scholz, Vice President for Equity, Inclusion and Diversity…
Registration Open for October CARLI Professional Development Alliance Webinars (Part 1 of 2)
Please excuse any cross-posting. (via Nicole Swanson, CARLI) “Being A Team of One: A Panel on Community College Libraries” Monday, October 4, 1:00-2:00 PM CDT How does a librarian juggle teaching information literacy, staffing the desk, managing the collection, and building relationships on campus? Panelists from community colleges around NC will share practical advice for…
Final Reminder: Registration Open for Inquiring Teachers Online Course “Information Literacy in Politically Polarized Times” (Oct. 4 – Nov. 2)
(via Dr. Andrea Baer, Inquiring Teachers) Inquiring Teachers is offering the online course “Information Literacy in Politically Polarized Times” from Monday, October 4, to Tuesday, November 2. This course lasts four weeks and meets asynchronously. The cost is $175, and participants who complete the course will earn 1.5 CEUs. In Brief At a time of political polarization – when digital environments lend themselves to the spread…
Call for Proposals Extended: Amigos Online Conference “Facing the Future of Resource Sharing” (Wed., Dec. 8)–New Deadline Thurs., Oct. 7
(via Jodie Borgerding, Amigos Library Services) Amigos Library Services is now accepting proposals for its upcoming conference, “Facing the Future of Resource Sharing”. Take a closer look at the future of resource sharing on Wednesday, December 8, as we explore resource sharing trends on the horizon and ways of providing patrons with better access to library collections and…
Registration Open for Inaugural RUSA Business Reference And Services Section Fall Thing (Online Tues., Oct. 19 – Thurs., Oct 21)
(via Rashelle Nagar, Stanford University) On behalf of RUSA-BRASS, we are delighted to invite you to register for the first-ever BRASS (Business Reference And Services Section) Fall Thing. This three half-day event lasts from Tuesday, October 19, to Thursday, October 21, and it features live content focusing on business information literacy and a vault of pre-recorded videos pertaining to AACSB accreditation…
Call for Proposals Extended–Bridging the Spectrum: The 14th Annual Symposium on Scholarship and Practice (Online Fri., Feb. 18, 2022); New Deadline Wed., Sept. 29
(via Dr. Ingrid Hsieh-Yee, Catholic University of America) The Department of Library and Information Science at Catholic University of America invites researchers, practitioners and students to submit proposals for the 2022 Bridging the Spectrum Symposium, a forum for sharing research findings, best practices, and works in progress in library and information science. The 14th Symposium…
Call for Proposals: ACRL ULS Current Topics Discussion Group Webinars (Deadline Fri., Oct. 22)
(via Sara Scheib, University of Iowa) The ACRL University Libraries Section Current Topics Discussion Group will meet virtually in 2021-2022 in lieu of meeting in-person at ALA conferences. We are inviting proposals for two virtual presentations in the fall/winter and spring/summer, dates TBD. Possible formats might include either lightning talks (10-15 minutes) or full session…