CFP: Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures - ALA 2021 Annual Conference

Submit an ALA 2021 Annual Conference program proposal for ALA’s newest division, Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, which will begin on September 1, 2020.

 

Proposals are due September 30, 2020, and you don’t need to be a Core member to submit a proposal.

 

Submit your idea using this proposal form.

 

Core welcomes topics of interest to a wide range of library professionals in many different areas, including…

 

1. Access and Equity

• Advocacy in areas such as copyright, equity of access, open access, net neutrality, and privacy
• Preservation Week
• Equity, diversity, and inclusion, both within the division and the profession, as related to Core’s subject areas

2. Assessment

• Emphasizing the role of assessment in demonstrating the impacts of libraries or library services
• Assessment tools, methods, guidelines, standards, and policies and procedures

3. Leadership and Management

• Developing leaders at every level
• Best practices for inclusion by using an equity lens to examine leadership structures
• Leadership for talent management and human resources

4. Metadata and Collections

• Best practices and knowledge in work areas that support collections and discovery
• Best practices for equity, diversity, and inclusion in the development and description of collections
• Standards and best practices for selection, acquisition, description, access, and preservation of information resources
• Preservation of both print, media, and digital resources

5. Operations and Buildings

• Changing trends in organizational structures, services, staff operations, and facilities
• Best practices for inclusive practices and design

6. Technology

• Best practices for inclusive practices and design
• Emerging technologies and actionable plans for library services
• Bridging the technology related needs across all types of libraries and operational areas

Submission Process

• To propose an event, please submit an online proposal using the ALA Program Proposal Submission Site.
• Log into the ALA system or create a new user account to begin your online proposal.
• When completing the proposal, be sure to select the Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures to have your proposal reviewed by Core.
• A program is a one-hour educational sessions held at the ALA Annual Conference. A program is audio recorded.
• Anyone can submit a proposal regardless of membership status.
• Submission Deadline: September 30, 2020
• Proposals will be reviewed by the Core Program Committee and proposal submitters will be contacted in October.
• Final decisions will be announced by early December 2020.

We seek and encourage submissions from underrepresented groups such as women, people of color, the LGBTQ+ community, and people with disabilities.

 

For all inquiries regarding content submission for the 2021 ALA Annual Conference, please visit the Submission Site.

 

For further information, including updates, you can also visit the 2021 ALA Annual Conference website, Twitter, YouTube, and Instagram.

 

If you have any questions about submitting a proposal for Core, please contact Tom Ferren, Future Core Program Officer for Professional Development, at tferren@ala.org.

 

Registration for the 2021 ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition opens at 12 p.m. CT on Friday, January 15, 2021.

 

Call for Reference Book Reviewers - Reference & User Services Quarterly

My name is Anita Slack and I'm the editor of the Reference Sources column in Reference & User Services Quarterly.

 

My column reviews reference materials to provide guidance to librarians and decision makers for collection development.  

 

I'm always looking for new librarian reviewers.  I ship review materials to you, and in exchange for your 300-600 word review, you get to keep the item.  The journal is published four times annually.  I make the effort to afford reviewers 4-6 weeks to complete their reviews.  

 

If this is something you're interested in or you have questions, please contact me at aslack@kent.edu.

 

Anita Slack

Reference Sources Editor

Reference & User Services Quarterly

Life & Health Sciences Librarian-Assistant Professor

University Libraries, Kent State University

CFP: DLF Forum (Digital Library Federation) - November 9-10, 2020 @CLIRDLF

The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) and the Digital Library Federation (DLF) are thrilled to announce our new CFP for our virtual DLF Forum this fall. We have a lot of exciting things planned and are excited to share the first steps with you.

 

First, we’ve made some adjustments to the dates on which we’ll hold our events this fall.

• The DLF Forum will take place on Monday, November 9, and Tuesday, November 10.
• Learn@DLF will be presented with the DLF Forum this year. (We expect it to return as a pre-conference workshop day in future years.)
• NDSA’s Digital Preservation 2020 will take place on Thursday, November 12.
• CLIR’s Digitizing Hidden Collections Symposium is postponed to 2022, but all are invited to join for 5 for 5: Conversations on Five Years of Digitizing Hidden Collections, a day of curated programming on Friday, November 13. 

 

Full info about the new VIRTUAL DLF Forum CFP is here, but we can’t resist sharing some other details with you here: 

• Our guiding focus for this year’s Forum is building community while apart, chosen as a top priority by respondents to our recent DLF community survey. As one step to this end, all of our 2020 events will be free of charge, and resources will be made widely available after our events. Later this summer we’ll share information about how to register for our events.
• While we welcome proposals from anyone with interesting work to share, this year the planning committee will prioritize submissions from BIPOC people and people working at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and other BIPOC-centered libraries, archives, and museums, in alignment with our commitment to do more to ensure marginalized voices have better and more central representation. 
• Accepted presentations and panels will be delivered via pre-recorded video that will “go live” at specific times during the conference, and there will be some method for community discussion during “watch parties” as videos are posted.
• Because of our virtual format and our emphasis on bringing our community together, we will be offering a greatly reduced number of sessions than we typically offer in our traditional in-person DLF Forum. To make space for as many voices as possible, individuals may present only once on the conference program. However, we will offer additional ways for community members to share content and resources whether conference proposals are accepted or not.

 

More information and full details about the new VIRTUAL DLF Forum CFP are here: https://forum2020.diglib.org/call-for-proposals 

 

If you submitted a proposal to the original CFP, you should have received an email from us already about next steps. If you did not receive an email, reach out at forum@diglib.org.

 

The deadline to submit to the new Forum CFP is Monday, August 17, at 11:59pm Eastern Time.

 

If you have any questions, please write to us at forum@diglib.org.

 

Thanks,

Aliya for Team CLIR/DLF

 

P.S. Want to stay updated on all things #DLFforum? Subscribe to our Forum newsletter or follow us at @CLIRDLF on Twitter.

Call for Webinars - ALA’s newest division, Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures

Submit a webinar proposal for ALA’s newest division, Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, which will begin on September 1, 2020.

 

Proposals are due September 1, 2020, and you don’t need to be a Core member to submit a proposal. Early submissions are encouraged and will be considered for September and October presentations.

 

Submit your idea using this proposal form.

 

Core webinars reach a wide range of library professionals in many different areas, including…

 

1. Access and Equity

· Advocacy in areas such as copyright, equity of access, open access, net neutrality, and privacy

· Preservation Week

· Equity, diversity, and inclusion, both within the division and the profession, as related to Core’s subject areas

2. Assessment

· Emphasizing the role of assessment in demonstrating the impacts of libraries or library services

· Assessment tools, methods, guidelines, standards, and policies and procedures

3. Leadership

· Developing leaders at every level

· Best practices for inclusion by using an equity lens to examine leadership structures

· Leadership for talent management and human resources

4. Metadata and Collections

· Best practices and knowledge in work areas that support collections and discovery

· Best practices for equity, diversity, and inclusion in the development and description of collections

· Standards and best practices for selection, acquisition, description, access, and preservation of information resources

· Preservation of both print, media, and digital resources

5. Operations and Buildings

· Changing trends in organizational structures, services, staff operations, and facilities

· Best practices for inclusive practices and design

6. Technology

· Best practices for inclusive practices and design

· Emerging technologies and actionable plans for library services

· Bridging the technology related needs across all types of libraries and operational areas

You can review upcoming and past webinar offerings from the three ALA divisions that have come together to create Core by visiting the following webinar pages:

· LLAMA Webinars page

· ALCTS Webinars page

· LITA Webinars page

Presenters will be offered a $150 honorarium for presenting a Core webinar. Presentations are usually limited to a maximum of 3 presenters.

 

We seek and encourage submissions from underrepresented groups such as women, people of color, the LGBTQ+ community, and people with disabilities.

 

If you have any questions or would like more information, please contact Julie Reese, future Core Director of Leadership and Learning at jreese@ala.org. 

 

 

Best regards,

Chrishelle

 

Chrishelle M. Thomas

Membership and Marketing Manager, LITA

American Library Association

225 N Michigan Ave, Suite 1300, Chicago IL 60601

P: 312-724-9251, ext. 4268

cthomas@ala.org

CFP: Library Resource Sharing During and After Pandemic Conditions (Special Issue of Journal of Interlibrary Loan, Document Delivery & Electronic Reserve)

Library Resource Sharing During and After Pandemic Conditions
CFP URL: https://think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issues/interlibrary-loan-document-delivery-electronic-reserve/?utm_source=Author_Services&utm_medium=cms&utm_campaign=JPG15686
Special Issue of Journal of Interlibrary Loan, Document Delivery & Electronic Reserve

Special Issue Editor(s)

Beth Posner, The Graduate Center, CUNY

bposner@gc.cuny.edu

The library community's response to the global pandemic of COVID-19 was necessarily swift; and, it is continually evolving, with many successes and many challenges. Stay at home orders, remote work, closed library stacks and limited access to print collections mean that interlibrary loan, document delivery and electronic reserves services are more essential than ever. At the same time, policies and procedures have had to change in ways that are having clear short term and quite possibly long term effects on the work of libraries and library resource sharing. This issue of JILLDDER will highlight the experiences of library resource sharing specialists and the lessons we are learning about library information and resource sharing in 2020 that can help us navigate our current and future information landscape and support the information needs of current and future library users.

Potential topics include:

- Managing remote work
- Licensing
- International experiences
- Copyright and Fair Use
- Controlled digital lending
- E-book access
-Consortia projects
-OCLC response
-Open Access and OER
-Purchase on Demand
-Budget and staffing uncertainty
-Scanning and digitization
-Document delivery services
-Statistics and stories
-Value of library print collections
-Communicating with library users
-Electronic reserves

Call for contributions to column in the Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship

This is a call for contributions to the "E-Resource Round Up" column for volume 32, issue 4 of the Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship (JERL). Submissions can be related to any aspect of electronic resources and their use in libraries, including in-person or virtual conference reports, professional discussion groups, meetings, and practices in using electronic resources in-house. While our libraries are facing many challenges with the current pandemic, electronic resources may be more important than ever as we look for ways to continue our mission of serving our users. We would welcome submissions that address how libraries and librarians are using electronic resources to provide services to users in both the physical and virtual worlds and how we can successfully face short-term and long-term challenges in our profession.

 

The editors would like to receive contributions to the column by Friday, August 21, 2020. Contributions should not be published elsewhere.

 

If you have a submission or questions, please contact the column editors:

 

Bob Wolverton

Mississippi State University Libraries

(662) 325-0548

bwolverton@library.msstate.edu

 

Karen Davidson

Mississippi State University Libraries

(662) 325-3018             

kdavidson@library.msstate.edu

CFP: 50+ Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed Reality Programs in Libraries

CALL FOR CONTRIBUTORS
We are seeking contributing authors who would like to author projects in an upcoming book 50+ Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed Reality Programs in Libraries, edited by Ellyssa Kroski to be published by The American Library Association.

50+ Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality Programs in Libraries will be an all-in-one guide to how to plan, organize, and run all types of new and emerging virtual events in libraries. Programs will range from simple gaming activities utilizing VR headsets to augmented reality events and exhibits in the library, to STEM educational programs.  Programs encompassing new technologies such as augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), and even mixed reality (MR) will also be included.  Programs will also consist of those that instruct patrons how to make the most of their own equipment as well as develop applications with these technologies.

Each program will include step-by-step instructions, a materials and equipment list, budget, and recommendations for age ranges and type of library. Programs will range in cost, topic, and difficulty so there will be something for every size and type of library.  This book will provide real-world programming ideas for public, school, and academic libraries.  This will be an A-Z guidebook for how to implement these types of events, exhibits, tours, and more.

Publication Date: Early 2021

We are seeking project authors for these and other topics:

•       Virtual Reality Programs
Virtual Reality Programs encompass simulated gaming and educational experiences that are viewed through a specialized VR headset which provides images and sounds immersing the viewer in an artificial world.  These types of programs involve using equipment ranging from inexpensive Google Cardboard viewers to costly Oculus Rift and HTC Vive headsets. Virtual Reality is being used in libraries for gaming programs as well as training and educational programs that utilize applications such as Google Expeditions and CoSpaces to provide virtual field trips to landmarks and art museums, driver safety programs, 3D coding environments, and even simulated space exploration.  These programs may involve organizing workshops, establishing lending programs, or teaching patrons to utilize their own VR equipment.
o       Program Example: How to Implement an Oculus Rift Gaming Program

•       Augmented Reality Programs
Augmented Reality incorporates virtual information such as images and videos as overlays on top of real-world environments and objects that can be viewed through the camera on a mobile device.  AR programs in libraries encompass enhancing library exhibits, creating interactive book displays, engaging history programs, guided library tours, and scavenger hunts, as well as playing games such as the wildly popular Pokémon Go. Other programs may teach patrons how to design their own augmented reality layers with free applications.
o       Program Example: How to create an AR Orientation Tour of Your Library

•       Mixed Reality Programs
Mixed Reality is a hybrid technology combining virtual reality and augmented reality to produce new environments and visualizations.  Although still bleeding edge, libraries may choose to educate patrons about this tech and accompanying equipment including headsets such as the Microsoft HoloLens and new Google Glass.
o       Program Example: All About Developing for Mixed Reality

TO EXPRESS INTEREST IN SUBMITTING A PROGRAM:
o       Please fill out form here:
https://ellyssa.wufoo.com/forms/50-virtual-augmented-and-mixed-reality-programs/

DEADLINE TO EXPRESS INTEREST IN INVOLVEMENT:  August 15, 2020

QUESTIONS: Contact ellyssakroski@yahoo.com

Share your lived experience of peer review in LIS #Libraries #Library

Share your lived experience of peer review in LIS

 

Seeking any and all stories from LIS professionals and students about peer review. If you’re an author, a referee, an editor, or even someone who hasn’t done these things but wants to, I want to hear your experience and to share it with our LIS community. When we share our lived experiences with others, we create dialogue and we can begin to reflect as a community about this important publishing process.

 

·      What was it like to have your work undergo peer review for the first time?

·      How did peer review improve your work?

·      How did you learn to referee?

·      How do you approach requests to referee works? What is your refereeing philosophy?

·      Have you participated in open peer review? What was it like?

·      What other experiences have you had with peer review?

 

No story is too big or too small, and no experience is insignificant. Your participation consists of a synchronous online interview and a brief review of your story before it is published on the Stories of Open website.

 

This project builds upon the work of a forthcoming book from ACRL Press, Stories of Open: Opening peer review through narrative inquiry, as well as work presented in Tell Me YourStory: Narrative inquiry in LIS research, an article in the March 2020 issue of College & Research Libraries.

 

Interested in sharing your story? Please email Emily Ford (forder@pdx.edu).

 

Funding for this project has been provided by a Portland State University Faculty Development Grant.

 

--

Emily Ford

(she/hers)

Associate Professor

Urban & Public Affairs Librarian

Portland State University Library

CFP: Building Community Engagement and Outreach (Advances in Library Administration and Organization)

Revised/extended Call for Proposals

Advances in Library Administration and Organization

Building Community Engagement and Outreach

Publication due 2021

Series Editor: Samantha Hines, Peninsula College

Volume Editors: Joanne Hélouvry - Enoch Pratt Free Library

Kathryn Crowe University of North Carolina at Greensboro (Emerita)

Although the library has always been an integral part of its community, the outreach and

engagement role has expanded dramatically over the last few decades. In addition to

providing access to materials and resources, all types of libraries now serve as critical

centers that enhance and improve their communities through a wide variety of services,

programs and resources. ALAO seeks submissions for the “Building Community

Engagement and Outreach” volume that delve beyond examples and case studies to examine

this crucial changing role of libraries in our communities. Proposals should be from the

library management perspective.

Proposals in the following areas would be of particular interest

● Social infrastructure/social capital and libraries

● Blockchain/quantum computing as infrastructure

● Expectation of seamlessness in material acquisition/provision

● Data or assessment informing library value and impact in the community

● Libraries and public health

● Libraries in times of community crisis

● Engagement with other community organizations and agencies to provide programs

● Educational, cultural and job-seeking programs

● Services to marginalized communities including minority and LGTBQ persons.

This will be the first volume of Advances in Library Administration and Organization (ALAO)

to publish in 2021.

About the Advances in Library Administration and Organization series

ALAO offers long-form research, comprehensive discussions of theoretical developments,

and in-depth accounts of evidence-based practice in library administration and

organization. The series answers the questions, “How have libraries been managed, and

how should they be managed?” It goes beyond a platform for the sharing of research to

provide a venue for dialogue across issues, in a way that traditional peer reviewed journals

cannot. Through this series, practitioners can glean new approaches in challenging times

and collaborate on the exploration of scholarly solutions to professional quandaries.

How to submit

We are currently seeking proposals for the 2021 volume on Building Community

Engagement and Outreach. If you are interested in contributing to this volume, please send

a 250-500 word proposal including author details and estimated length of final submission

to Samantha Hines at shines@pencol.edu by September 1.

Submission deadlines

• Submission deadline for proposals: September 1, 2020
• Notification of acceptance sent by: October 15, 2020
• Submission deadline for full chapters: February 14, 2021
• Comments returned to authors: April 15, 2021
• Submission deadline for chapter revisions: May 31, 2021

CFP: Libraries During a Global Health Crisis: Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

Currently, I am in the process of editing a forthcoming publication entitled, Libraries During a Global Health Crisis: Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic please see https://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/call-details/4711 to be published by IGI Global, an international publisher of progressive academic research. I would like to take this opportunity to cordially invite you to submit your work for consideration in this publication.

I am certain that your contribution of scholarly work on this topic and/or other related research areas such as emerging research, technology, (IoT, AI, AR, VR, Blockchain, etc) and/or challenges depicting library case studies faced during the COVID-19 pandemic will make an excellent addition to this publication.

 You can also find detailed manuscript formatting and submission guidelines at http://www.igi-global.com/publish/contributor-resources/before-you-write/. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me. Thank you very much for your consideration of this invitation, and I hope to hear from you with your proposal no later than August 17, 2020

 

Barbara Holland https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3729-0147

barland1@gmail.com

CFP: Library 2.020 mini-conference - Sustainability in Libraries (October 14th, 2020) #library2020

We're excited to announce our third Library 2.020 mini-conference: "Sustainability in Libraries," which will be held online (and for free) on Wednesday, October 14th, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Daylight Time (click for your own time zone).

This mini-conference will center on the concept of "Sustainable Thinking" which aligns the core values of libraries with the "Triple Bottom Line" definition of sustainability--i.e. the intersection of environmental stewardship, social equity, and economic feasibility--to inspire investment and build support for your library in the future.

Library leaders must mobilize to ensure libraries take an active, visible role in building sustainable and resilient communities, particularly in light of the events of 2020. Our future depends on citizens who are able to work together with empathy, respect, and understanding to adapt to the many challenges and opportunities facing society today. As we struggle with the concurrent challenges of COVID-19, the resulting financial crisis, the political landscape and the increasing effects of climate change, we also find opportunities in these moments such as the rise of the Black Lives Matter/Solidarity Movement in the face of the “I Can’t Breathe” protests and an increasing call for locally driven solutions to problems impacting us on a global scale.

Through this mini-conference we will explore the importance of infusing the new core value of sustainability into everything we do and demonstrate how libraries - of all types - that lead into the future using “sustainable thinking” to fulfill our mission as libraries in new and innovative ways.

Conference sessions will include topics related to:

• Libraries as Inspiration & Catalyst - topics and examples related to how libraries may provide leadership and serve as a model for sustainable practices through facility stewardship, innovative service design, and outreach and partnership practices.
• Libraries as Conveners & Connectors - topics and examples related to how libraries work collaboratively through visionary partnerships to facilitate collective impact work to address existing challenges and opportunities with a focus on community well-being and self-reliance
• Libraries as Contributors to Community Resilience - topics and examples of how libraries contribute to future community resilience from disaster preparedness, & response and recovery efforts to work that contributes to creating a culture of respect, understanding, and empathy in the library’s service area.

This event is being organized in partnership with Rebekkah Smith Aldrich, the Executive Director of the Mid-Hudson Library System and co-chair of the American Library Association's (ALA) Special Task Force on Sustainability, Learn more about Rebekkah at http://SustainableLibraries.org. Participants are encouraged to use #library2020 and #sustainabilityinlibraries on their social media posts leading up to and during the event.

This is a free event, being held live online and also recorded.
REGISTER HERE
to attend live and/or to receive the recording links afterward.
Please also join this Library 2.0 network to be kept updated on this and future events. 

Everyone is invited to participate in our Library 2.0 conference events, which are designed to foster collaboration and knowledge sharing among information professionals worldwide. Each three-hour event consists of a keynote panel, 10-15 crowd-sourced thirty-minute presentations, and a closing 30-minute keynote. A mini-conference FAQ (frequently asked questions) page is here. 

The call for proposals is now open. We encourage all who are interested to submit to present a 30-minute session on the conference topic. More information here. You can view the current proposals that have been submitted here.