(via Megan Lowe–Director of the Library, University of Louisiana at Monroe) The title Violence in Libraries has been changed and expanded to Crisis Management and Aversion in Modern Libraries. Please find the updated, expanded, and extended “Call for Chapters” below. Introduction Librarians are no strangers to crises of all sorts. Drug overdoses, tornadoes, domestic violence,…
Reminder: Conference Buddies Needed for First-Time Attendees at ALA Annual (Deadline June 20)
(via Gwen Gregory, University of Illinois at Chicago, on behalf of Rachel Minkin, Michigan State University) We anticipate over 260 ACRL members will be attending their firstĀ ALA Annual Conference in New Orleans. We’d like to help our first-time attendees make the most of their conference experience. Experienced conference goers attending ALA Annual 2018 are invited…
ACRL Science & Technology Section Liaisons Committee Holding Virtual Annual Meeting on June 13 (2:00 PM CDT)
(via Ginny Pannabecker, Virginia Tech University) The STS Liaisons Committee Annual Meeting will be held online at 2:00 PM CDT on Wednesday, June 13.This meeting is open to all, so if you have an interest in this committee or would like to know more about STS Liaisons, please join us! Below is the meeting login…
ACRL Student Learning & Information Literacy Committee Sponsoring Two Sessions at ALA Annual
(via Sheila Stoeckel, University of Wisconsin-Madison) The ACRL Student Learning & Information Literacy Committee has two events open to all ALA Annual attendees: SLILC Discussion Forum: Where Do We Stand? The Accreditation Process and the Library Saturday, June 23, 10:30-11:30 AM Morial Convention Center, Rm 218-219 Accreditation is an issue that affects all librarians at…
Reminder: ACRL Program Proposals for 2019 ALA Annual Conference Due August 31, 2018
(via Megan Griffin, ACRL) ACRL invites its committees, sections, interest groups and individual members to consider submitting program proposals for the 2019 American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference in Washington, DC. For the second year, program proposals will be submitted via a centralized submission site for all ALA Divisions, RoundTables, Committees, and Offices. ACRL members…
Registration Open and Scholarships Available for Northwest ILL and Resource Sharing Conference
(via Jessica Bower, Yale University) Registration is now open for the 17th Northwest Interlibrary Loan and Resource Sharing Conference! The conference will take place in Portland, Oregon on September 13-14, 2018, at Portland State University in downtown Portland. This year’s program topics include: Copyright issues and interlibrary loan Leadership and management in resource sharing ILL…
Call for Mentors: ACRL University Libraries Section “On-the-Fly” Mentoring at ALA Annual
(via Chris Miller, Cornell University) Once again, the University Library Section (ULS) Membership Committee is providing the “On-the-Fly” mentoring service during the ALA Annual Conference in New Orleans. The service allows a mentee to talk with a mentor for a twenty minute session, on a drop-in basis. At Midwinter 2018, we had a great turnout…
Call for Applicants: College Library Director Mentoring Program (for New Directors at Small Colleges)
(via Melissa Jadlos, St. John Fisher College) Are you, or do you know a new College Library Director? If you are a new Library Director at a small college library, please consider joining the College Library Director Mentoring Program. The program, now in its 26th year, is designed to enhance leadership capabilities of new college…
Voting for Best Illinois Books (in Honor of Bicentennial) Closes June 8
(via Bonnie Matheis, Illinois State Library) Illinois’ bicentennial best-of voters have until 11:59 PM on Friday, June 8, to pick the state’s best books. (Voting is open to all Illinois residents.) The latest Illinois Top 200 list is focusing on books written by Illinois authors or about Illinois subjects. “The Jungle” by Upton Sinclair is…
Legislative Update 06/06/18
Federal: The EPA’s Science Advisory Board voted on May 31, 2018 to review two recent proposals by EPA administrator Scott Pruitt: (1) to require that only publicly-available data be used to make environmental regulations, and (2) to repeal the Obama-era Clean Power Plan. Since public health data are often restricted to protect patient privacy, there…