CFP: Beta Phi Mu Scholars Series Books by Rowman & Littlefield

CFP: Scholars Series by Rowman & Littlefield

The Beta Phi Mu Scholars Series, published by Rowman & Littlefield, an imprint of Bloomsbury, welcomes book proposals that advance knowledge in the discipline and profession of library and information science. The following broad topics are suggestions that future authors may wish to undertake, but is by no means an exhaustive list:

• The economics of information and libraries
• Innovative service options in different environments
• Technologies that facilitate librarians’ and information specialists’ work
• Examination of the dynamics of communities
• Complexities of decision making
• Developing professionals to make differences in organizations
• Research into communication challenges
• Serving ethnically, culturally, and/or linguistically diverse populations
• Creating models for the sustenance of leadership in organizations

More information about the series can be found here. To see our most recent publications, please view the Rowman & Littlefield website.

Authors are asked to submit proposals that include the following:

1. Working title
2. Expected publication date and anticipated timeline
3. Estimated length of manuscript
4. Summary
5. Outline of chapters
6. Drafted chapter (if possible)
7. Explanation of the significance of the manuscript
8. Resume or vita addressing author’s qualifications

Inquiries, questions, and proposals should be sent directly to the Editor, Andrea Falcone, at bpmseries@gmail.com.


Andrea M. Falcone, Editor
Beta Phi Mu Scholars Series
Dean of Libraries
Binghamton University
afalcone@binghamton.edu

CFP: 2024 Medical Institutional Repositories in Libraries (MIRL) Symposium [free, virtual, Nov. 21, 2024]

The Medical Institutional Repositories in Libraries (MIRL) planning committee is now accepting proposals for the fourth MIRL Symposium (https://scholarlycommons.henryford.com/mirl/), a free event which will take place virtually on Thursday, November 21, 2024 (time to be determined). MIRL is a platform-neutral conference for IR practitioners and those with an interest in IRs at hospitals, academic medical centers, and other health settings to discuss and share case studies and best practices for digital archiving of institutional content. 

 

MIRL 2024 will feature a keynote by Dr. Jennifer Beamer, SPARC | Visiting Program Officer US Repository Network, who will highlight the strategic mission of USRN to create a more cohesive network of repositories in the US, recent activities of the network, and what role medical IRs can play in the stakeholder community.   

 

We are accepting proposals for:

• Presentations (approximately 20 minutes including Q&A)
• Lightning talks (approximately 10 minutes including Q&A)

 

The MIRL planning committee welcomes proposals on a variety of topics including, but not limited to:

• Policies and practices that ensure confidentiality (eg. PHI /personal health identifiers in IRs), accessibility, diversity, equity, and inclusion
• Unusual medical/health sciences institutional repository (IR) content, collections, use cases, collaborations, or challenges
• Migrating repository platforms: stories, processes, and lessons learned
• IRs in a time of budget cuts: ROI and justifying the cost
• Finding your champions, marketing your IR 
• Reporting out: telling your IR story with statistics and metrics 
• IR harvesting and support tools, workflow 
• Strategies for management of faculty/researcher publications, conference posters, student collections, digital exhibits, digital archives, preprints, datasets
• Promoting open access (OA) initiatives
• Use of technologies (from APIs to AI)

 

Submit your proposal here: https://tinyurl.com/MIRLCFP24

 

Dates

• Deadline for submitting proposals: Friday, September 6, 2024
• Acceptance emails will be sent no later than Monday, September 16, 2024
• Registration is free for all attendees and will open on Monday, September 23, 2024

Please contact Steven Moore (smoore31@hfhs.org) for any questions about the proposal process or about MIRL.

 

MIRL 2024 planning group members:

• Lisa Buda, Rochester Regional Health
• Jennifer Deal, Advocate Health
• Anthony Dellureficio, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
• Sara Hoover, The National Institutes of Health Library
• Ramune Kubilius, Galter Health Sciences Library & Learning Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
• Steven Moore, Sladen Library, Henry Ford Health
• Gbadeo Odularu, Howard University
• Lisa Palmer, Lamar Soutter Library, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
• David Stewart, OUWB Medical Library, Oakland University

CFP: NASIG Autumn Virtual Conference - October 15-17, 2024

We are pleased to announce that the NASIG Autumn virtual conference is scheduled to take place online October 15-17, 2024, and the call for proposals is now open. 

 

We are accepting proposals for the following session types:

 

• Short (7 minutes): fitting for concise overviews or burgeoning ideas
• Medium (15 minutes): perfect for case studies
• Long (30 minutes): ideal for more detailed presentations

 

All of the session types are ideal for demonstrations. If you have an idea better suited for a longer session (1 hour), a panel discussion, or a workshop, please consider submitting your idea when the call for proposals for the 2025 NASIG Annual Conference comes out later this year.

 

Please submit your proposals here: https://forms.gle/ZzvitVt69SgCG247A  by Monday, August 19, 2024.

 

Whether you are new to libraries, working towards your MLIS, or have many years of experience, we are interested in learning more about your work with:

 

• New or evolving tools, such as AI
• Open Source library systems
• Collection development and assessment
• Licensing trends and workflows
• Cataloging practices
• And more!

 

Sessions may present a research study report, an analysis of a practical problem-solving effort, new findings related to a previously shared NASIG webinar or conference presentation, or a description of an innovative program that may interest the NASIG community. Demonstrations are particularly effective in the virtual format. This is not an opportunity to promote or denigrate a specific vendor, product, or service.

 

#NASIGAutumn is an entirely virtual event, open to speakers and attendees globally. Speakers will receive free registration. We intend to make NASIG Autumn content more widely available after the conference. Additional details will be included in the Speaker MOU.

 

The deadline for submission is Monday, August 19, 2024, after which our planning committee will convene and review all submissions. If you need an extension or any assistance with your submission, please do not hesitate to contact us at nasig-autumn@nasig.org

 

We would be grateful if you would share this email among your own networks.

 

Many thanks in advance!

 

The NASIG Virtual Conference Committee (VCC)