CFP: We Can Do It!: Retooling Library Instruction for Today's Learning Environments (LOEX 2022 - Ypsilanti, Michigan)

 LOEX 2022: Call for Breakout Session Proposals

We Can Do It!: Retooling Library Instruction for Today's Learning Environments

50th Annual LOEX Conference
May 5-7, 2022
Ypsilanti, Michigan

LOEX is returning in person and going back to its Michigan roots in May 2022 -- the home of Rosie the Riveter and the assembly line. Just as Rosie stepped up to the production line, we invite you to share how you're pushing the boundaries of information literacy instruction in your work. Meet with like-minded colleagues to discuss how both instructional ingenuity and tried-and-true successes can impact 21st century student learning. There may be bumps in the road or breaks in the line, but we can do it!

This year's LOEX tracks are:

• Pedagogy: Instructional Nuts and Bolts
• Assessment: Building in Quality Control
• Innovation: R&D in Information Literacy Instruction
• Leadership: Stepping Up to the Line
• Failures and Problem-Solving: Overhauling and Reinventing
• Collaboration and Outreach: Assembling Diverse Production Teams

Proposals for 50-minute long presentations and interactive workshops can be submitted only through the online submission form and must be received by Monday, November 29, 2021. The primary contact for the proposal will receive a message indicating receipt of the proposal when it is submitted and will be notified if the proposal has been accepted for presentation by Monday, January 17, 2022.

For more details, please visit http://www.loexconference.org/breakout-proposals/

Call for Chapters: Universal Design for Learning in Academic Libraries: Theory into Practice

We invite chapter proposals for this peer-reviewed collection to be published by ACRL press.  We are seeking proposals from academic librarians who work in all spheres of library work. Proposals are due by January 5, 2022.

About the Book

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and other frameworks for applying Universal Design to teaching and learning have been around for over two decades, but have more recently become a topic of interest in academic libraries. Originally conceptualized as a way to support students with disabilities, UDL has now been shown to help all students. While academic librarians and library administrators are interested in adopting UDL, there have been limited practical examples that are relevant to academic libraries. Through this book, we seek to provide academic librarians with both a grounding in UDL theory and a toolkit they can use to implement UDL into their own work.

 

UDL theory has the potential to transform not just academic library instruction programs and websites, but all aspects of what our libraries do, including our services and behind the scenes work in areas like electronic resources, systems, and metadata. This book will explore exactly what UDL might look like in a wide range of academic library applications. As seen in the proposed list of topics, we hope to gather together chapters on how librarians can apply UDL to almost any area of library services.  A variety of approaches are welcome, including chapters focused on theory, case studies, lesson plans, and chapters proposing best practices for specific applications of UDL.

Book Sections

We are seeking proposals related to the topics discussed below or on other topics that fit the theme of the book.

 

Section I:  UDL theory and academic libraries

• What does UDL as a theory mean for academic libraries as a whole?
• How does UDL relate to other frameworks or theories that guide library practices?
• How useful are the existing frameworks (UDL, Universal Instructional Design, Universal Design for Instruction, Universal Design of Higher Education, etc.)  for libraries?
• Should a separate framework be developed for libraries?  If so, what would it look like?
• UDL and its connection to DEI either broadly or suggestions for UDL application to a specific academic library user population.

 

Section II.  UDL in practice—Working directly with students

• How have you applied UDL to your own instruction?
• How have you incorporated UDL theory into digital learning objects?
• What does UDL look like when applied to providing reference services (in-person, chat, FAQs)?
• How can UDL be applied to other library service points or units (circulation desk, special collections/archives, learning commons, maker spaces, etc.)?

 

Section III.  UDL in practice—Behind the scenes

• How have you applied UDL to your library website?
• How can UDL be applied to library functions that mainly occur behind the scenes, including:
• Cataloging/metadata
• Electronic resources
• Systems
• Acquisitions
• Data services
• Open access and OERs
• Scholarly communication
• Collection development
• How can UDL be incorporated into library management?

Submitting a Proposal

Please submit a tentative chapter title and description of 300-500 words, using the proposal form.  The form also requests author names, titles, and institutions.  

Publication Timeline

Proposals are due by January 5, 2022.

Authors will be notified of their status (accept or decline) by February 1, 2022. 

A first draft of approximately 2000-4000 words (excluding endnotes and bibliography) will be due on May 15, 2021, and after receiving editorial feedback, a final draft will be due on August 15, 2022. Chapters must not be previously published or simultaneously submitted elsewhere.

 

Anticipated book publication is 2023. Chapter authors will be able to make their chapters open access by posting final copies of their chapter in their institutional repositories under a Creative Commons license.

 

For additional information, please email: UDLforAcademic@gmail.com

 

Co-editors:

 

Rachel McMullin

Associate Professor, Humanities Librarian

West Chester University

rmcmullin@wcupa.edu

 

Danielle Skaggs

Associate Professor, Online and Distance Services Librarian

West Chester University

dskaggs@wcupa.edu

CFP: Multimodal Forum in Theological Librarianship #OpenAccessJournal

Multimodal Forum in Theological Librarianship

 

Multimodal scholarship is gaining increasing currency in many areas of scholarly communication in the academy and beyond. A typical peer-reviewed article usually capitalizes on a single mode, usually alphabetic text (while using multimodal elements standardized by convention and style).  In contrast, multimodal scholarship, as the name suggests, presents information in a variety of modes or formats. These multiple modes of communication may include a combination of linguistic, visual, aural, spatial, and gestural means of expressing ideas and information.

 

In order to explore this exciting and developing form of scholarly communication, the fall 2022 issue of Theological Librarianship will host a forum that invites librarians and others to share their experiences with, or reflections on, multimodal scholarship (including archiving and curation). In a brief statement (750-1500 words), contributors are encouraged to share their ideas, to describe how their libraries have engaged or promoted multimodal scholarship, or to consider the ways in which multimodality has intersected or might intersect with theological or religious studies and librarianship. The forum itself will maintain the traditional delivery format and will serve as a prelude to potential future fully multimodal issues.

Theological Librarianship (https://serials.atla.com/theolib) is an open access journal publishing peer-reviewed articles, as well as essays and reviews, on subjects at the intersection of librarianship and religious and theological studies that potentially impact libraries.

 

The deadline for submissions is June 1^st , 2022. Submissions should be made at https://serials.atla.com/theolib/about/submissions. 

 

If you have any questions, please contact the Theological Librarianship editorial team (editors-tl@atla.com).

CFP: Teaching Methods Committee's 2022 Virtual Forum (March 2022) - ACRL Instruction Session

The Teaching Methods Committee invites you to submit a proposal for a presentation at our 2022 Virtual Forum to be held online in March. This is an opportunity for librarians and library workers to showcase innovative teaching methods, assessment, and theoretical approaches. The forum is a 45-minute presentation followed by 15-minutes of Q&A. 

Past topics include critical race pedagogy, gendered labor and instruction, visual literacy, and assessment. See past events on the Instruction Section website. 

Please fill out the proposal form by Friday, December 10, 2021: https://forms.gle/eCUjnY8MEMm8zeVM9

CFP: Mid-Michigan Digital Practitioners - (Virtual Event December 2, 2022)

Mid-Michigan Digital Practitioners Call for Proposals Closes Friday, November 5

Reminder: The Mid-Michigan Digital Practitioners meeting will be held virtually via Zoom on Thursday, December 2.

 We are now accepting proposals for presentations (15-60 minutes), ‘birds-of-a-feather’ discussion topics (20-30 minutes), demonstrations (10 minutes), lightning talks (5 minutes), or a virtual poster. To submit a proposal, please complete the form with your idea: https://bit.ly/mmdp-cfp-f21. Please submit proposals before FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5.

 

As always with MMDP events, REGISTRATION IS FREE.

 

Use the event registration form to register anytime between now and December 2: https://bit.ly/mmdp-reg-f21. We will make the program for the December 2 MMDP Meeting available after November 5.

 

If you have any questions, please send us an email (midmichdp@gmail.com).

 

Bryan Whitledge

Archivist for University Digital Records

Clarke Historical Library

Central Michigan University

989-774-2159

whitl1br@cmich.edu

CFP: Transforming Libraries to Serve Graduate Students (Virtual Conference - March 16-17, 2022)

 Call for Proposals (proposal deadline: November 29, 2021)

Transforming Libraries to Serve Graduate Students

March 16-17, 2022

Virtual Conference

As universities continue to add and diversify their graduate programs, academic libraries have become increasingly responsive to the distinct need for specialized services, instruction programs, and spaces for graduate students. Transforming Libraries for Graduate Students, the only conference dedicated specifically to graduate librarianship, provides the opportunity to share innovative approaches, best practices, research, and empirical initiatives by and for academic librarians serving graduate students and graduate faculty. This two-day, virtual conference will feature individual and small group presentations and poster sessions focused on student services, applied research, and professional development.  

Who should attend?

• Librarians providing support to graduate students, faculty, and programs
• Library administrators responsible for planning and assessing library impact on graduate programs
• Library school students preparing for careers in academic libraries
• Graduate school administrators and faculty interested in fostering collaboration with libraries in graduate education

Proposals

Presentations on all aspects of supporting graduate programs in libraries and professional development for graduate librarians are welcome. In addition to fundamental issues such as research workshops; systematic and literature reviews; copyright; scholarships; and OER, suggestions for additional topics include collaborations with graduate students and faculty; ethics and academic integrity; students as researchers and instructors; scholarly communication; online instruction; non-traditional, international, and under-served students; data services; professional development topics such as tenure and promotion; publishing; research teams and the research life cycle. For Day Two, priority will be given to presentations which address the professional development of graduate librarians, with topics such as continuing education; tenure and promotion; publishing; and the research life cycle.

Session types:

* 25-minute individual or 50-minute group presentations (limit of three presenters)

* poster sessions

 

We welcome your ideas and look forward to continuing the dialogue and relationships built in previous conferences.  Transforming Libraries for Graduate Students is coming…what do you want to say?  

Submit proposals by November 29, 2021 at  https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/gradlibconf/

CFP: Toxic Cultures in Higher Education (ACRL Publication)

CFP: Toxic Cultures in Higher Education

 

Editors: 

Monica D.T. Rysavy, Ph.D., Ed.D. 

Russell S. Michalak, MLIS

Trevor A. Dawes, MLS

Jon Cawthorne, Ph.D.

 

About this Edited Collection

 

With a new decade, there are now emerging challenges in higher education due to COVID, inequity, social justice, food insecurity, wage disparity.  Even before the pandemic, there has not been a broad examination of higher education workplace cultures.  This CFP seeks interested authors who work in higher education to identify the signs, find solutions and collectively address the problems that create and sustain toxic cultures. Toxic cultures in libraries have not been well-documented in the literature. Furthermore, what publications do exist, minimally (if at all) focus on how to effectively navigate or improve the culture of organizations struggling with a toxic culture.

We are soliciting chapters of case studies for our upcoming edited collection (published by ACRL)  that discusses the toxic "us vs. them" culture between libraries, library staff, and any other college and university stakeholder group that is so pervasive in much of higher education. 

 

We are looking for contributions from a broad spectrum of individuals working in higher education. Each chapter should be written through the lens of equity, diversity, and inclusion. 

 

Chapter topics may focus on, but are not limited to the following:

• Challenging situations: Narratives describing specific toxic culture challenges related to any college stakeholder group vs. libraries and/or library staff. 
• Turnaround stories: Toxic culture situations that were turned around through the efforts of individuals working at the specific institution
• Other suggested topics include, but are not limited to toxic cultures and as it relates or contributes to: 
  • wellness, 
  • work/life balance, 
  • financial stresses, 
  • tenure issues, 
  • human behavior, 
  • multigenerational workforce, 
  • compensation, 
  • favoritism, 
  • unions,
  • faculty rank, 
  • DEI, 
  • training and development, 
  • appreciation, 
  • scholarship, and 
  • technical skills

 

Each chapter (3,500 - 5,000 words) should provide lessons learned and/or practical suggestions for readers to provide actionable advice for resolving institutional and organizational concerns related to toxic behaviors in the workplace.

 

Tentative Timeline: 

 

• November 1, 2021 - CFP opens
• November 19, 2021 - CFP closes
• December 10, 2021 - Notification of submission status (accepted or declined) sent
• February 7, 2022: 1st Draft Due*
• February 25, 2022: 1st round revisions are sent by Editors to Contributors
• May 7, 2022:  2nd round revisions* are due by Contributors to Editors
• 3rd round revisions: As needed
• July 8, 2022: Final Manuscript submitted to Publisher

 

* Please note that all chapters will be reviewed by potentially all editors for commenting and track changes. 

How to Submit Your Proposal

 

Please submit your proposal by completing the proposal submission form available by visiting https://airtable.com/shrZEzzlTcgy7H1i2. 

 

Please note that a 500-word abstract is required (and must be submitted via a shared Google doc in the submission form) and should include an overall outline of the proposed chapter with clearly labeled relevant headings that address the topic of the edited collection as described in this CfP. Please make sure to also address, even if only at a high level, what lessons learned / practical actionable next steps readers can take away from your chapter to hopefully help address similar concerns they may be facing. 

Questions or concerns? Please submit let us know by visiting https://airtable.com/shro0UUiWFA43N0uC

 

CFP: Comic Studies & Practices Symposium (CSPS) - July 2022, San Diego, California

The University of San Diego’s Copley Library invites proposals for our inaugural Comic Studies & Practices Symposium (CSPS) to be held mid-July 2022 on the beautiful USD campus in San Diego, California.

CSPS is designed to complement existing conference offerings like Comic Conference for Educators and Librarians (CCEL) by providing a higher education-focused space for approximately 150 LIS professionals, scholars, & graduate students to discuss comics studies and practice. Due to generous funding from the SCELC Project Initiatives Fund (SPIF), registration fees will be no more than $50 for general attendees. Accepted presenters will receive a special discounted registration code.

We welcome proposals addressing, but not limited to:

• Collections (management, acquisitions, etc.)
• Academic & Pleasure Uses of Comics/Comic Studies (teaching, comics in pop culture, derivative use of comic characters, etc.)
• Cataloging/Technical Services (subject analysis, metadata, discovery, etc.)
• Diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (representation, critical analysis, etc.)
• Archival or historical comic studies (representation, collections, etc.)

**We’re using comics & comics studies to encompass comics, graphic novels, manga, webtoons, and other sequential arts.**

Session formats include:
45 minute interactive session with 15 minute Q&A
45 minute roundtable discussion with 15 minute Q&A
15 minute poster session

We encourage a wide variety of proposals from LIS professionals, scholars & graduate students. Proposals from those identifying as a member of an underrepresented population (race, ethnicity, gender, sexual identity, disability, etc.) are especially encouraged.

Proposals due: Monday, December 13, 2021 at 11:59pm PT
Initial notification of acceptance or rejection: February 2022

Proposal form: https://bit.ly/csps2022

Accepted presenters will have the option to include a session paper in our first conference proceedings in addition to uploading supplemental materials for the planned session. The Comic Studies & Practices Symposium conference proceedings will be an open access publication hosted by Digital USD, our institutional repository. Session papers will receive editorial review from the symposium planning committee. More information will be provided to accepted presenters at a later date.

We intend for CSPS to be an on-campus conference. If necessary for participant health or safety, CSPS will move to a virtual conference.

Contacts: V. Dozier (vdozier@sandiego.edu) or Millie Fullmer (mfullmer@sandiego.edu)

Call for ATG Reporters - Charleston Conference @ATG_NewsChannel @chsconf

 Charleston Conference URL: https://www.charleston-hub.com/the-charleston-conference/

CALL FOR ATG REPORTERS

“Against the Grain” (ATG) reporters (on-site and virtual conference attendees) are being sought to write brief reports for the “And They Were There” column that will be published in ATG, beginning in early 2022.

OPTION A - Individual session report/s

A short report (100-200 words) on an individual session or sessions. Highlight what resonated, met the reporter’s expectations (or didn’t), and any take-away memorable points.

OPTION B - A report of “top 3”

In 200-300 words per report, spotlight a themed conference experience (pick one or more):

The top three things I learned at the 2021 Charleston Conference Three things I learned at 2021 Charleston Conference keynote or Neapolitan sessions My three favorite concurrent sessions/presentations from the 2021 Charleston Conference (and why) What I learned after viewing the 2021 Charleston Conference posters What I learned after visiting the 2021 Charleston Conference vendor showcase

NOTE: The succinct reports should re-cap highlights and general impressions. Minute details are NOT needed, since recordings are available, many speakers post their presentation slides

in the conference website, and / or submit their papers to the conference Proceedings.

PRIOR TO THE CONFERENCE: Send compiler, Ramune Kubilius <r-kubilius@northwestern.edu> your preference/s. You will receive confirmation and a reminder.

Option A: Send the schedule link/s to the session/s on which you plan to report. Option B: Send the preferred type of report you will be doing.

Specify whether you will be an on-site or a virtual attendee.

AFTER THE CONFERENCE: By December 12th, send the reports to compiler Ramune Kubilius <r-kubilius@northwestern.edu>.

CFP: Big Talk From Small Libraries 2022 (Online Meeting - February 25, 2022) #BTSL2022

 Full site and details: http://nlcblogs.nebraska.gov/bigtalk/

 

The Call for Speakers for Big Talk From Small Libraries 2022 is now open!

 

This free one-day online conference is aimed at librarians from small libraries; the smaller the better! We are looking for speakers from small libraries or speakers who directly work with small libraries. Small libraries of all types – public, academic, school, museum, special, etc. – are encouraged to submit a proposal. We’re looking for seven 50-minute presentations and four 10-minute “lightning round” presentations.

 

Submit your proposal by Friday, January 14, 2022.

 

Big Talk From Small Libraries 2022 will be held on Friday, February 25, 2022 between 9:45 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. (ET) via the GoToWebinar online meeting service.

This free, online event is provided by the Nebraska Library Commission. Please visit the links provided here for more details or contact them directly with questions.

CFP: 2022 Acquisitions Institute at Timberline Lodge (Mt. Hood, Oregon - May 21-24, 2022)

 2022 Acquisitions Institute at Timberline Lodge

Saturday, May 21 - Tuesday, May 24, 2022

Timberline Lodge

One hour east of Portland, Oregon on the slope of Mt. Hood

www.acquisitionsinstitute.org

 

Call for Proposals - Applications due December 31, 2021

 

WHAT IS The Acquisitions Institute?

• Since 2000, the pre-eminent conference located in Western North America on acquisitions and collection development, held at Timberline Lodge.
• A three-day conference focusing on the methods and innovation of building and managing library collections.
• A small (capped at 80 attendees), informal and stimulating gathering in a convivial and glorious Pacific Northwest setting.

 

WHAT TOPICS are we looking for?

The planning committee is seeking submissions on all aspects of library acquisitions and collection management. Presenters are encouraged to engage the audience in discussion, whether the presentation leans more toward the practical "here's what we did" sessions or toward the more abstract "here's what we think" sessions. The committee may also seek to achieve balance in the program by bringing individual proposals together to form panels, or by recommending that a proposal be converted to a table talk. We invite you to indicate whether or not you'd be interested in these opportunities on the submission proposal form.

 

Topics we and/or prior year's attendees are interested in include (in no particular order):

• Collections analysis projects (e.g., GreenGlass or Gold Rush experiences, altmetrics, etc.)
• Assessment tools, methods, and projects (e.g., linking collections with learning outcomes; usage studies)
• Managing liaison programs
• Public library and/or small academic library perspectives in acquisitions and collection development
• New models for selection
• Sustainable models for publishing/pricing
• Effective management of collections with constrained resources
• Vendor and publisher evaluation, including business skills to determine financial viability
• Diversity, inclusion and social justice in acquisitions and collections
• Negotiation skills and how to use them, including during library-vendor and library-publisher meetings
• Innovative vendor-librarian relationships and/or partnerships
• Staffing, training and development, and recruiting issues, challenges, successes (e.g., onboarding new acquisitions and/or collections staff)
• Using data visualization techniques to tell our stories (e.g., budget, collections, staff successes, etc.)
• Impacts of Open Access and Open Repositories on acquisitions and collection development
• Data curation, including Big Data, and management and other new roles for subject and technical services librarians
• Digital scholarship

The DEADLINE for submitting a proposal is December 31, 2021.

 

Proposal submission form: http://acquisitionsinstitute.org/2022-call-for-proposals/

 

COVID-19 Policy

In the interest of keeping everyone safe, the Institute will adhere to local, state, and federal health and safety protocols related to COVID-19. More detailed information about these protocols will be shared as the event approaches.

Important Dates

Fri 12/31/21: Proposals due

Mon 1/17/22: Review of proposals complete, and presenters notified

Fri 1/21/22: Presenters confirm commitment to present

Mon 2/7/22: Registration scheduled to open

 

________________________________________

The 2022 Acquisitions Institute at Timberline Lodge Planning Committee is:

Damon Campbell, University of Oregon

Kristina DeShazo, Oregon Health & Science University

Kerri Goergen-Doll, Oregon State University

Jamie Hazlitt, Loyola Marymount University

Kathleen Spring, Librarian at Large

Kasia Stasik, Harrassowitz

planning@acquisitionsinstitute.org

CFP: Academic BRASS Newsletter Fall 2021 Issue

The Business Reference in Academic Libraries Committee of BRASS is seeking articles for the next issue of its online publication Academic BRASS. Academic BRASS is a newsletter--not a journal--that publishes issue-based articles and information for the general and educational interest of BRASS members and academic business librarians. feature articles can extend to 1000 words or more, but a more typical length is 500-800 words. Deadline for submissions for the upcoming issue is November 19, 2021.

Topics of interest to the editors are those dealing with business librarianship, such as resources, liaison and outreach activities, strategies, and instruction. Reviews of books, databases, and web sites are welcome as well. For more information, please visit the publication about page (https://www.ala.org/rusa/sections/brass/publications/academicbrass/about).

All articles are subject to editing for length, style, and content. The newsletter follows the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 7th edition for all matters of style and citation. Authors whose articles include references to print or Internet resources are urged to observe the conventions set forth in that publication and on the APA web site (http://www.apastyle.org/).

For access to the full text articles of past issues of Academic BRASS, see http://www.ala.org/rusa/sections/brass/publications/academicbrass

Please send article proposals or submissions to both of the editors, Wendy Pothier wendy.pothier@unh.edu  and LuMarie Guth lumarie.guth@wmich.edu  . If you have any questions, please query the editors.

Call for proposals, BRASS Online Symposium in the Fall #BusinessLibrarianship

The Business Reference in Academic Libraries Committee of BRASS seeks proposals for engaging presentations to be part of an online symposium via Zoom on December 14th between 12PM-5PM Eastern Time. Proposals should describe a 45-minute session (30 minutes for presentation with 15 minutes for facilitated discussion and/or question-and-answer) that relates to an aspect of applied academic business librarianship.

Please share your experience with us! Suggested topics should fall under the broad heading of lessons learned from the experience of living and working during an ongoing global pandemic. During this time, we've adapted to online services and perhaps now we are readjusting back to an in-person or hybrid learning/working environment. We welcome interactive proposals that discuss and address professional change and we encourage materials that attendees can take-away in such topics as:

• Instruction: Designing effective instruction and new teaching techniques and content
• Research: Planning and/or fulfilling research projects and grants
• Outreach: Building sustainable liaison relationships and collaborations
• Professional development: Navigating the new terrain of connecting, networking, and engaging for learning and growing
• Services: Expanding service offerings as an information professional

Proposal Components:

• Title (50 words or less): Interesting and descriptive
• Abstract (250 words or less): Summary of your presentation
• Session outcomes (2-3): Describe what participants will learn during your session that they can apply at their library or in their role as a business librarian
• Long Description: Describe how you will engage participants in an online session and make your presentation interactive. Detail the practical components of your presentation -- what will you teach attendees that will enrich their professional practice?

The call for proposals will close on November 2nd at 5PM Eastern Time. Please use  https://forms.gle/TfgfoC5fwGgiagd29 to submit proposals. Proposals may be submitted by anyone, but priority consideration will be given to proposals from BRASS members. Check out the BRASS webinar best practices guide for tips and tricks: https://brass.libguides.com/webinar_best_practices.



Questions can be directed to Charissa O. Jefferson at CharissaJ@Princeton.EDU