(via Hillary Pearson, American Library Association) With Annual barely in the rearview mirror, ALA is already gearing up for LibLearnX in January, 2024! The event will take place in Baltimore, MD, from Friday, January 19, to Monday, January 22. 2024. The Call for Education Program Proposals is open now through Monday, August 7, 2023. There are four types of…
Registration Open for MLA Webinar “It Takes a Working Group to Create Strong Reviews: Enhancing Systematic Review Support and Services” (Tues., Aug. 8, 1:00-2:30 PM CDT)–Northwestern University’s Eileen Wafford is Presenter
(via the Medical Library Association) Registration is open for the MLA webinar “It Takes a Working Group to Create Strong Reviews: Enhancing Systematic Review Support and Services”. It will take place on Tuesday, August 8, from 1:00 to 2:30 PM CDT. Systematic reviews are dynamic, time and resource-intensive projects. Eileen Wafford, co-author of over 20 reviews and…
Reminder: Proposals for Florida Chapter of ACRL’s 2023 Virtual Annual Conference (Fri., Oct. 20) Due Tues., Aug. 1
(via Sarah Hammill, Florida International University) The Florida Chapter of ACRL (FACRL) is currently seeking proposals for presentations and poster sessions for the 2023 FACRL Virtual Annual Conference, to take place online Friday, October 20. The theme is “Where do we go from here? Best Practices & Trends in Academic Libraries”. This year’s call for proposals…
Call for Judges: Soon to Be Famous Illinois Author Project
(via Gwen Gregory, Northern Illinois University) The Soon to Be Famous Illinois Author Project needs your help! The Project needs judges for adult and young adult fiction by self-published authors. Judges will be required to read six to 10 books over a period of at least 12 weeks beginning in August and fill out evaluation forms on…
Registration Open for ACRL Webinar “What is NSSE and Why Does it Matter?”–Mon., Aug. 7, 1:00-2:00 PM CDT
(via Dr. Carrie Forbes, Southern Oregon University) Registration is open for the ACRL webinar “What is NSSE and Why Does it Matter?”. It will take place on Monday, August 7, from 1:00 to 2:00 PM CDT. Please check below for more information, including the link to registration. The National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) is an annual survey…
ACRL Announces Candidates for 2024 ALA/ACRL Elections–Slate Includes IIT’s Devin Savage for Vice-President/President-Elect
(via Elois Sharpe, ACRL) ACRL is pleased to announce the slate of candidates for the association’s Board of Directors for the 2024 ALA/ACRL elections. Vice-President/President-Elect:Brad Warren, Augusta UniversityDevin Savage, Illinois Institute of Technology Director-at-Large: Rachel M. Minkin, Michigan State University Libraries Rodney Lippard, University of Central Arkansas Director-at-Large: Carrie Forbes, Southern Oregon UniversityWayne Bivens-Tatum, Princeton University…
Call for Participation: Survey on Open Pedagogy in Academic Library Instruction–Deadline Wed., Aug. 9
(via Elena Azadbakht–University of Nevada, Reno) We would like to invite all current academic librarians who provide information literacy instruction and/or support open education in any capacity at a higher education institution in the United States or Canada to participate in a study to assess knowledge and support of open pedagogy. Fellow librarians at the…
Reminder: Proposals for Upcoming ACRL Publication Advocacy and Policy Work for Academic and Research Library Workers: Perspectives and Strategies Due Mon., July 31
(via Sonya Durney, University of New England) We are issuing a call for proposals for an edited volume tentatively titled, Advocacy and Policy Work for Academic and Research Library Workers: Perspectives and Strategies to be published by ACRL (forthcoming Spring 2024). This book focuses on how academic and research library workers can engage in advocacy and policy work…
Call for Chapter Proposals: Upcoming ACRL Publication Teaching Information Literacy in Political Science, Public Affairs, and International Studies (TILPSPAIS)–Deadline Fri., Aug. 25
(via Rachel Olsen, University of North Carolina Greensboro) The editors of the upcoming ACRL publication Teaching Information Literacy in Political Science, Public Affairs, and International Studies (TILPSPAIS) seek chapter proposals. The book is scheduled for publication in 2025. Book Description As undergraduate students enter classrooms in this pandemic-changed, politically charged social climate, teaching information literacy…
Reminder: Poster Session Proposals for Illinois Library Association Annual Conference (Tues., Oct. 24 – Thurs., Oct. 26, in Springfield) Due Fri., July 28
(via Kristin Pekoll, Illinois Library Association) If you missed the proposal deadline but still want to be a part of this year’s ILA Annual Conference, don’t worry! You can still participate by submitting your proposal as a poster session. The Illinois Library Association (ILA) Conference Program Committee is now accepting applications for poster sessions at the 2023…