(via Laura Barrett, Dartmouth College) Apply now for the 2018 Librarians Active Learning Institutes at Dartmouth! Librarians Active Learning Institute, July 30-August 1, 2018 Librarians Active Learning Institute–Archives and Special Collections, August 8-11, 2018 When is the last time you were able to spend several days focused solely on your teaching? The Librarians Active Learning…
Call for Proposals: Critical Librarianship & Pedagogy Symposium (Deadline April 30)
(via Nicole Pagowsky, University of Arizona) The University of Arizona Libraries is organizing a second Critical Librarianship & Pedagogy Symposium to be held here on campus November 15-16, 2018. The CFP is now open, and information about the conference and how to submit proposals can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aBPOhV4E3pWIYHF9HL_sEPkPTGoc6vn6tyWGI698S3o/edit. The deadline to submit is April…
RAILS Strategic Planning Session (in Burr Ridge and Virtually) on April 5
(via Gwen Gregory, University of Illinois at Chicago) I know you have a lot of great ideas about what academic libraries need to succeed. As your representative on the RAILS Board, I hope you can share some of these with RAILS. They are revising their strategic plan. As a part of this process, Executive Director Deirdre…
Medical Library Association 2018 Conference Registration Open (Early-Bird Ends April 18)
(via Ray Naegele, Medical Library Association) The 2018 National Program Committee and Local Assistance Committee look forward to welcoming you to the 118th Annual Meeting of the Medical Library Association (https://mla.socious.com/page/mla18-general-information) in Atlanta, GA from May 18-23, 2018. MLA’s premier event hosts over 2,200 participants including medical librarians and related health information professionals and exhibitors….
RAILS Grants Available to Academic Libraries
(via Gwen Gregory, University of Illinois at Chicago) Some grants available to RAILS libraries are below. Continuing Education (CE) Grant Opportunities Expanded RAILS is pleased to announce that grant opportunities to fund continuing education events are now open to RAILS libraries, networking groups, and library consortia. To qualify, CE events must be made available to…
RAILS Board Seeking to Fill Positions
(via Gwen Gregory, University of Illinois at Chicago) We invite nominations for five volunteer positions on the RAILS Board of Directors. Two at-large seats – to be filled by individuals representing RAILS libraries of any type (academic, public, school, or special) Three public library trustee seats – to be filled by board members from RAILS…
Call for Panelists: LITA Top Trends Program at ALA Annual (Deadline March 31)
(via Mark Beatty, American Library Association) We are currently seeking nominations for panelists for the 2018 ALA Annual Conference LITA Top Tech Trends program in New Orleans, LA! You may nominate yourself or someone you know who would be a great addition to the panel of speakers. Submit your nominations at https://goo.gl/forms/eND5Z4uzfb2n9WZN2. The next LITA Top…
Call for Nominations: ILA Intellectual Freedom Award (Deadline May 15)
(via Tracy Ruppman, Loyola University Chicago) The Illinois Library Association is seeking nominations for the Intellectual Freedom Award. This award recognizes groups and individuals for outstanding contributions in either defending or promoting intellectual freedom. More information on the award and a nomination form can be found on the ILA Awards website (https://www.ila.org/about/awards/intellectual-freedom-award).
Call for Papers: Marketing Libraries Journal – Volume 2, Issue 1 (Summer 2018)
(via Beth Heldebrandt, Eastern Illinois University) Call for Papers Marketing Libraries Journal Volume 2, Issue 1 (Summer 2018) Deadline for Submissions: April 1, 2018 (peer reviewed manuscripts) Deadline for Submissions: May 1, 2018 (practical articles) Submit manuscripts online at http://journal.marketinglibraries.org/submit.html Aim and Scope Marketing Libraries Journal (MLJ) is a peer-reviewed, independently published, open access scholarly…
Registration Open for Workshops on Text Mining and the HathiTrust Research Center
(via Harriett Green, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) Are you a librarian interested in learning more about digital humanities methods and text mining? Consider taking a text mining workshop hosted by the IMLS-funded project “Digging Deeper, Reaching Further: Libraries Empowering Users to Mine the HathiTrust Digital Library Resources” (DDRF). The DDRF project is holding a…