CFP: “Perspectives on the Framework“ for College & Research Libraries News

College & Research Libraries News and ACRL’s Student Learning and Information Literacy (SLILC) Committee invite proposals for the publication’s “Perspectives on the Framework” column. This bimonthly column provides a forum for librarians to share implementations, best practices, critiques, explorations, and other perspectives developed from and in conversation with the Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education. The goal of the column is twofold: to discuss practical tools and takeaways as well as the theoretical content influencing our praxis. Each column will focus on different topics of interest to academic librarians whose responsibilities are in instruction, information literacy, assessment, and other related work.

This column is managed and edited by a subcommittee of the ACRL Student Learning and Information Literacy Committee. Authors should submit 100-word proposals for columns by April 19, 2019 to crlnframework@gmail.com.

Past columns may be found on College & Research Libraries News archive.

College & Research Libraries News: Instructions for Authors may be found here.

“Perspectives on the Framework” SLILC Editorial Committee:

Smita Avasthi, Joi Jackson, Ray Pun and Donna Witek

Call for Chapters: Makerspaces for Adults: Best Practices and Great Projects

We would like to invite you to submit a chapter proposal for our upcoming publication, Makerspaces for Adults: Best Practices and Great Projects. This edited collection has been accepted for publication by Rowman & Littlefield.

Overview
This book highlights how to integrate your makerspace within university and public libraries and the wider community. Discover how you can connect your makerspace with service learning to support different groups, take your makerspace tools to various points of need through community partnerships, and build relationships with faculty, students, and patrons through makerspace projects. Intended for academic and public librarians, faculty, and staff who would like to implement more making into their classes and build productive collaborations, this book includes sections that cover theory, best practices, and project ideas that provide a clear guide on how to develop and implement your makerspace within the curriculum and make connections with outside partners.

The book will be broken down into 4 main parts:

• Part I: Service Learning - Using makerspace programs to help the community
• Part II: Academic Connections - How the makerspace can be used in an academic library. How professors can use the makerspace with class projects.
• Part III: Public Library Makers - Public library programs focused on adult makers
• Part IV: Community Outreach - Programs outside of the makerspace using makerspace materials.

Each part will consist of two sections:
The first section will include chapters that cover theory and best practices and should be about 3,500 words (10 double-spaced pages in 12-point type). The second section will share 3-5 projects with detailed instructions and images. Each project will consist of about 1,800 words (6 double-spaced pages in 12-point type) and include at least one photograph of the project. Projects may also feature figures and tables that help explain or support readers in implementation. You are welcome to submit multiple abstracts for chapters and/or projects.

Proposal Submissions:
Please send an abstract to makerspacecommunitybook@gmail.com with the following information:

• Name, current title, and institution 
• Proposed chapter or project title. 
• Please also include which part you feel your chapter would best fit. 
• 300-500 word abstract of your proposed chapter

All proposals should be submitted by May 3, 2019.

We welcome proposals from librarians, library professionals, scholars, educators, and community members who work with makerspaces and/or develop programming for makerspace projects.

Contributors will be notified of acceptance by May 24, 2019.

If you have any questions about the book or proposals, please contact Jessie
Long and Jennifer Hicks at makerspacecommunitybook@gmail.com

LLAMA Innovation Incubator Call for Presenters

The LLAMA Innovation Incubator is hosting three webinars in the Fall (September-November with exact dates TBD), and we are looking for presenters who can also help us shape each webinar. Each webinar is on a different topic related to innovation, and all will include elements of diversity, equity, and inclusion as they relate to this work:

1.       Understanding Innovation

1. Participants will analyze the basic elements of innovative thinking and culture from an individual perspective
2. Participants will discuss how DEI is an underlying lens to bring different perspectives and voices as part of the innovation process

2.       Influencing organizational culture to embrace innovation

a.       Participants will examine the elements that have to be in place within an organization to enable innovation

b.       Participants will create a model for how to determine their stakeholders and networks of influence

c.       Participants will explore the link between change management and innovation

3.       Assessing innovation

a.       Participants will explore alternative ways to assess innovation success

b.       Participants will develop a framework for storytelling

If you are interested in presenting, please fill out this Google form by Wednesday, May 3rd. Please let us know if you have any questions, and we look forward to hearing from you!

https://forms.gle/19aWevXNwFrwfXXR6

Cinthya Ippoliti (on behalf of the committee)

Call for Authors - Informed Librarian Online

The Informed Librarian Online seeks article writers --
        
                      The Informed Librarian Online https://www.informedlibrarian.com  is seeking librarians with something to say to author a one-time "Guest Forum" article for our service. We are looking for practical, helpful articles on an issue of interest to YOU (and our readers). Would you like to write a short article (about 1,000 words) for us?  Librarians from all around the world read the articles in The Informed Librarian Online. 

                 The Informed Librarian Online is a monthly compilation of the most recent tables of contents from over 300 titles - valuable domestic and foreign library and information-related journals, e-journals, magazines, e-magazines, newsletters and e-newsletters. This current awareness service helps keep you informed and abreast of all library trends. It is an easy, timesaving way to tame your professional reading tiger, and is very popular among all types of library and information professionals.
        
                 As a small token of our appreciation, the article author would receive a complimentary one year Premium Membership in The Informed Librarian Online.  If you are interested in writing for The Informed Librarian Online, email aeis@optonline.net a brief description of your proposed subject matter.

CFP: BitCurator Users Forum 2019: Communities of Practice (New Haven, CT October 2019)

Call for Proposals

BitCurator Users Forum 2019: Communities of Practice

The BitCurator Consortium (BCC) invites proposals for the 2019 BitCurator Users Forum, to be held October 24-25 at Yale University. An international, community-led organization with 42 member institutions, the BCC promotes and supports the application of digital forensics tools and practices in libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural heritage organizations.

In previous years, the BitCurator Users Forum has focused on sharing strategies, approaches, and best practices for using digital forensics tools and methods within processing workflows in archives, libraries, and museums. While we still encourage proposals in these topic areas, this year we are seeking to expand the scope and discussions at the 2019 Users Forum to explore themes and concepts across organizations and fields of practice, such as collaboration, advocacy, ethics, and other areas. We particularly welcome participation from organizations and individuals working outside of academic and special collections libraries, as well as individuals working outside of the United States. See more details on our Call for Proposals page.

Please note that the BitCurator Users Forum is open to all. You don't need to be a BCC member to submit a proposal and/or attend the event.

The first day of the BitCurator Users Forum will feature an introduction to digital forensics workshop aimed at practitioners who are just getting started working with digital forensics tools and methods. This workshop will include an overview of digital forensics concepts, and will mostly focus on hands-on exercises and activities. Other programming on both days of the Forum will include a variety of sessions, from to participant-driven workshops to panel presentations.

Submission Information

Deadlines

Submission Deadline: May 17, 2019

Acceptance Notification: June 14, 2019

Participant-focused session formats

Sessions facilitated by individuals or groups welcome. 60 minutes - 4 hours

Please submit a 250-word (maximum) abstract describing the session format and topic(s).

The Program Committee particularly encourages participant-focused session formats that incorporate interactivity. This can include any type of non-traditional session format, such as peer-to-peer learning sessions, collaborative working sessions, roundtables, etc.

Presentations

Individual or group submissions welcome. 30 - 60 minutes

Please submit a 250-word (maximum) abstract. If submitting as an solo speaker, individual panelists may be matched by the BCC Program Committee based on complementarity of subjects or overarching themes.

We encourage presentations to move beyond the case study and address pressing issues, best practices, opportunities for collaboration, visions, and expanded uses for digital forensics in libraries, archives, museums, and beyond. The Program Committee strongly encourages proposals from underrepresented groups, and/or those that feature the perspectives of a variety of roles, organizations, or fields. We particularly welcome alternative panel formats (pecha kucha, group discussions, or others) that will facilitate dialogue and enlarge participation.

Lightning Talks

1 presenter, 5-12 minutes

Please submit an abstract of no more than 250 words.

Lightning talks are a great format for case studies, digital forensics “success stories” or “tragic tales,” and research updates.

Themes

The BCC Program Committee recognizes that the field of digital forensics is broad and diverse, and accepts proposals that focus on any related topic from any field. We particularly encourage proposals to consider areas of interest such as:

• Integration and Collaboration
• How have cross-departmental or intra-institutional projects helped to build, teach, or improve digital archives workflows and outcomes?
• Are there examples of tools or systems that have been linked or leveraged to improve preservation outcomes? What areas of opportunity exist for future integrations?
• What communities of practice exist around digital archives?
• What challenges and opportunities are involved in cross-disciplinary digital archives collaborations?
• Advocacy and Building Capacity
• How are you building capacity through “in-reach” and cross-training?
• How does your work with digital archiving connect to other forms of advocacy and organizing?
• What does successful advocacy for digital archives, preservation, and forensics look like?
• How can we better demonstrate the value of digital archives and digital forensic work?
• How can staff at small or underfunded organizations advocate for the time, tools, and expertise to conduct digital archives work?

• People and Policy
• What training curricula exist for working with digital archives and forensics? Are existing options sufficient?
• How do people come to work with digital archives, preservation, and forensics? What skills from past experience have proven valuable?
• How do digital archivists learn on the job?
• What policies impact the experiences of digital archives workers?
• How can we balance the need to maintain existing infrastructure with innovation and responding to new technologies?

• Ethics
• How do privacy and security, donor relations, institutional risk tolerance, and other ethical issues affect your work with digital archives?
• How do we address the fact that doing one’s work often means relying on tools and techniques that were originally developed for the law enforcement community?
• How do we address the environmental impact of large digital archives while managing researcher’s expectations of immediate/online access to digital materials?

How to Submit

Submit proposals here.

How Proposals will be Evaluated

The BCC Program Committee will review all 2019 BitCurator Users Forum proposals. To see the criteria used to evaluate proposals, click here.

Eligibility & Requirements

We welcome proposals from archivists, librarians, digital forensics software and systems providers (vendors), scholars, students, and other individuals working with digital forensics on a regular basis, regardless of BCC membership or organization size. We particularly welcome submissions from individuals working outside of the United States and/or outside of academic and special collections libraries.

Presenters must register for and attend the conference. Presenters must also designate their permission in the submission form related to livestreaming their presentation during the event, making a recording of their presentation available online, and posting their presentation slides online.

BitCurator Consortium

The BitCurator Consortium (BCC) is an independent, community-led membership association that serves as the host and center of administrative, user and community support for the BitCurator environment. Its purpose is to support the curation of born-digital materials through the application of open-source digital forensics tools by institutions responsible for such materials.

Sam Meister

Preservation Communities Manager, Educopia Institute

sam@educopia.org

http://educopia.org

@samalanmeister

CFP: Creative Ideas in Technical Services Interest Group of ALCTS (CITSIG) at ALA Annual - Washington DC June 22, 2019

Call for Proposals - ALA Annual 2019

The Creative Ideas in Technical Services Interest Group (CITSIG) of ALCTS seeks facilitators for roundtable discussions for its session at ALA Annual Meeting on Saturday June 22, 2019 from 4:00-5:00PM in Washington D.C.

Housed within the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services division of ALA, the Creative Ideas in Technical Services Interest Group was created to provide a forum to discuss issues related to the evolution of technical services. The group is especially interested in exploring the interdependency between departments and the ways in which technical services affects, and is affected by, technology and publishing trends.

Roundtable discussions are small, informal group discussions intended to give participants the opportunity to network, discuss best practices, and share information. Table size for roundtable discussions is capped at 10 participants per table. Discussion facilitators are responsible for identifying and developing a topic, creating discussion questions, and facilitating a discussion at the American Library Association’s Annual Meeting, June 22, 2019 in Washington D. C. If similar proposals are submitted and accepted, facilitators may be asked to co-facilitate. If your discussion topic does not have any participants, chosen facilitators will be asked to present a 3 minute lightning talk.

Based on feedback from previous attendees, for Annual 2019 we will allow for the submission of discussion proposals from individuals not able to attend the session.  If such proposals are accepted, the CITSIG chair and vice-chair will solicit a discussion facilitator.

Those interested in participating as a discussion facilitator should submit a proposal that includes:

·         The topic you wish to explore. Topics should relate to acquisitions, cataloging, metadata, classification, or preservation in academic, public, special, or school libraries.

·         An abstract which explains the topic and how it applies to the evolution of technical services.

·         Three sample discussion questions.

To help you formulate a discussion proposal, recent attendees have expressed interest in the following topics:

·         Outreach from Technical Services staff to users.

·         Cross-departmental collaboration and building relationships outside of Technical Services.

·         Conducting research as Technical Services staff.

·         Staff development and administrative mentorship.

·         Team building within Technical Services departments.

·         E-resources and the future of acquisitions

·         Special tools, applications, and workflows

·         Transitions in leadership, management, and practices

·         Core competencies for technical services staff and cataloging education

·         Hiring in technical services

·         Critical cataloging

Please submit your proposal by Friday, April 26, 2019 via this form:

https://alctsprogram.wufoo.com/forms/citsig-annual-conference-2019-proposal-form/

Call for Vice Chair:

The Creative Ideas in Technical Services Discussion Group seeks an interested person to serve as Vice-Chair from July 2019-June 2020 and as Chair from July 2020-June 2021.

Housed within the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services division of ALA, the Creative Ideas in Technical Services Interest Group was created to provide a forum to discuss issues related to the evolution of technical services. The group is especially interested in exploring the interdependency between departments and the ways in which technical services affects, and is affected by, technology and publishing trends.

The Chair and Vice Chair work closely together to plan and execute all aspects of the roundtable discussions that are held during the Interest Group’s Midwinter and Annual meetings. Tasks include sending call for proposal emails to listservs, vetting proposals, sending promotional emails to listservs, coordinating logistics with round table discussion facilitators, and managing all aspects of the in-person meetings. Interested people should be able to attend in-person the 2019 and 2020 Midwinter and Annual meetings of ALA.  The Creative Ideas in Technical Services Interest Group meets at 4:30 pm on the Saturday of both conferences.

Those interested in becoming Vice-Chair of the Creative Ideas in Technical Services Discussion Group should submit a letter of interest that includes:

A short biographical sketch: who are you and why does this group interest you?

Your availability to attend ALA Midwinter and Annual meetings in 2019 and 2020

Your resume or CV as an attachment

Please submit your letter of interest by April 26th, 2018 to Ryan Mendenhall (Chair),  trm2151@columbia.edu and Jennifer Maddox Abbott (Vice Chair), maddox5@illinois.edu

CFP: ACRL Academic Library Services to Graduate Students Interest Group ALA Annual 2019 (Washington DC - June 22, 2019)

Call for Proposals - ACRL Academic Library Services to Graduate Students Interest Group ALA Annual 2019

The ACRL Academic Library Services to Graduate Students Interest Group meeting will be held on Saturday, June 22 from 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm. in Washington D.C. Presentations will be given in person.

The ACRL Academic Library Services to Graduate Students Interest Group welcomes proposals that address graduate student needs, librarian approaches to serving those needs, or collaborative projects with other campus stakeholders to address graduate student needs. The presentations will be 10-minutes long. Please include a proposal title and 200-300 word abstract, along with a statement about the practical implications for other libraries via the submission link below.

Proposals are due April 26. 

SELECTION CRITERIA 

Proposals will be evaluated based on the extent to which they: 

1. Measure or investigate issues of high interest to librarians, especially those working with graduate students. 

2. Represent innovative projects

3. Show evidence of a carefully planned research project or program with implications for other librarians. 

Research that has been previously published or accepted for publication will not be considered. 

Please submit your proposal via this link.

https://forms.gle/GTbMUMhsqVa9cuw87 

If you have questions please email Hannah Gascho Rempel, Convener of the ACRL Academic Library Services to Graduate Students Interest Group, at Hannah.rempel@oregonstate.edu

CFP: ALCTS Interest Group, Role of the Professional Librarian in Technical Services (RPLTS-IG) - ALA Annual - Washington DC June 22, 2019

ALCTS RPLTS Interest Group Meeting - Call for Proposals

The ALCTS Interest Group, Role of the Professional Librarian in Technical Services (RPLTS-IG) is seeking proposals for presentations at ALA Annual 2019 in Washington DC. RPLTS-IG will meet on Saturday, June 22, from 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. 

Our program theme will be: Strategies for Training for New Trends in Technical Services.

Each presentation will be allotted approximately 15-20 minutes.

Possible topics include:

     •   Creative and innovative ways of training librarians and academic professionals 

     •   Techniques for cross-training throughout different library units or consortia

     •   Implementing low-budget training

     •   New topics in training in the library community

If you are interested in presenting, please email Kristin (klflachsbart@gmail.com) and Suzhen (suzhen@hawaii.edu) your presentation topic and brief description by April 30th, 2019. 

RPLTS-IG Co-Chairs

   •  Suzhen Chen

   •  Kristin Flachsbart

RPLTS-IG Co-Vice Chairs

    • Christine Davidian

    • Sai Deng

Call for Panelists – 2019 ALA Annual LITA Top Tech Trends Program @ALA @ALA_LITA

Nominate yourself or someone you know for the next LITA Top Tech Trends panel of speakers!

Submit your nominations – the deadline is April 29.

The session will be held on Sunday, June 23, 2019, 1:00 – 2:30 pm, at the  2019 ALA Annual Conference in Washington DC. A moderator and several panelists will each discuss trends impacting libraries, ideas for use cases, and practical approaches for evaluating them.

LITA encourages participation from underrepresented groups, such as women, people of color, and LGBTQA+ individuals. We also value diverse perspectives from different types and sizes of libraries, as well as those who can bring a fresh voice. Speakers will be selected based on their proposed trends, experiences, and overall balance to the panel. View the submission guidelines.