CFP: NASIG Annual 2026 - June 2-4, 2026 Madison, Wisconsin

NASIG is soliciting proposals for its 41st Annual Conference, to be held June 2 - 4, 2026, in Madison, Wisconsin. We are currently seeking in-person presentations. Sessions will be one hour in length on topics related to the areas defined in NASIG’s Core Competencies, including, but not limited to:

• Electronic resource life cycle and management
• Collection analysis, assessment, and development
• Licensing and legal framework of library content
• Ethical issues in technical services
• Standards and systems of cataloging and classification, metadata, linked data, and indexing
• Standards, initiatives, and best practices for library content
• Scholarly communication, including copyright, data management, and assessment and impact metrics
• Institutional repositories, publishing, digital preservation, open educational resources, and open access
• Life cycle and workflow of print continuing resources
• Relationship building between libraries, vendors, publishers, standards bodies, and others involved in the information community
• Supervision and management of staff working in areas relevant to NASIG
• Management of projects related to electronic and/or print resources or scholarly communication
• Use of artificial intelligence (AI) in technical services workflows
• Initiatives and best practices in areas included in the core competencies and awareness of trends and ongoing developments in those areas
• Diversity, equity, and inclusion in relation to libraries

Each session should include approximately 30-45 minutes of content, with remaining time allotted for discussion.  

Co-presenters are welcomed, but we ask that you limit submissions to no more than three presenters. Presenters may be asked to combine sessions with other presenters on similar topics.

Proposals are selected by the Program Planning Committee based on their relevance to NASIG member interests.  Please refer to the Proposal Resources page to see the rubric used by the committee to evaluate submissions, as well as other resources for crafting a successful proposal.

Presenters will have the option of publishing a conference report in the NASIG Conference Proceedings.

More information about the conference is available at https://nasig.org/NASIG-Annual-Conference. Accepted presentations will be offered a 50% discount off qualified registration for the conference.

Please submit all proposals using the online form at https://proposalspace.com/calls/d/1903

The submission deadline is December 19, 2025

Questions? Please email nasigppc@gmail.com

Calls for Spotlight Sessions and Great Ideas poster sessions will be forthcoming. Presenters at these shorter sessions do not qualify for discounted registration.

CJ Garcia

NASIG Social Media Coordinator

Call for Posters: MiALA 2026 Annual Conference (Traverse City, Michigan - May 6-8, 2026) - Michigan Academic Library Association

Call for Poster Proposals is Now Open!

The Michigan Academic Library Association (MiALA) invites you and your colleagues to submit poster proposals for the annual conference to be held May 6-8, 2026, at the Park Place Hotel & Conference Center in Traverse City, MI. Participation from librarians, library staff, LIS students, and administrators from all types of academic libraries is encouraged, so please share this announcement. We welcome posters on any topic related to work in academic libraries, particularly if they have a connection to the conference theme, Finding Our True North: Creating Connections to Light Our Way.

Poster proposals should include a description of no more than 300 words. They will be evaluated on impact on academic libraries and higher education, originality and creativity, and clarity. If you submit a presentation proposal that is not accepted, we encourage you to reframe your topic for consideration as a poster.

Prior to submitting your proposal, please review the Poster Session Guidelines page.

Please submit your poster proposal using the online form here by February 16, 2026.

The primary contact listed on each proposal will receive a message indicating receipt of the proposal when it is submitted, and a decision on proposals by the end of February.

Questions about poster proposals can be sent to Lauren Vogt, LaurenVogt@ferris.edu. Questions about the conference in general can be sent to conference@miala.org.

Presentation opportunity! Seeking technology "geeks" for a virtual forum - RUSA Emerging Technology Section (Virtual event in March 2026)

RUSA Emerging Technology Section:

https://www.ala.org/rusa/sections/ets

The RUSA Emerging Technology Programming committee is organizing a "Speed Geeking" discussion surrounding accessibility, emerging technology, and libraries at a virtual event in March. "Speed geeking," is similar to the concept of "speed dating," in that participants rotate around to different presenters at timed intervals. The presenters ("geeks") would have a very short presentation and Q&A session (~5 minute presentation,~5 minute Q&A, for 10 minutes total) with multiple rotating groups.

If you have a topic at the intersection of emerging technologies and accessibility in a library setting, and you'd be interested in speaking in a virtual forum setting along with other "geeks," please consider replying privately to me (rachelmenzel@creighton.edu), ideally by the end of the year.

Thank you for your consideration, and I hope you have a pleasant holiday season!

Rachel
RACHEL MENZEL, MLIS
STEM Reference and Instruction Librarian
Research and Instruction Department | University Libraries
she | her | hers
rachelmenzel@creighton.edu

CFP: 2026 Acquisitions Institute at Timberline Lodge (May 17-20, 2026 - On Mt. Hood Oregon)

Call for Proposals: 2026 Acquisitions Institute at Timberline Lodge

Proposals due December 30, 2025

2026 Acquisitions Institute at Timberline Lodge
Sunday, May 17 - Wednesday, May 20, 2026
Timberline Lodge
One hour east of Portland, Oregon on the slope of Mt. Hood
www.acquisitionsinstitute.org

Greetings!

We’re excited to announce the call for proposals for AITL 2026: our small, informal, and stimulating gathering in a convivial and glorious Pacific Northwest setting, focused on the methods and innovation of building and managing library collections.

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):

• Assessment tools, methods, and projects (e.g., linking collections with learning outcomes; usage studies)
• Collection strategies including new models for selection and managing liaison programs
• Government, special, and academic library perspectives in acquisitions and collection development
• 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, representation, 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 initiatives on acquisitions and collection development
• Data curation, including Big Data, and management and other new roles for subject and technical services librarians
• How Generative AI impacts our work

The DEADLINE for submitting a proposal is December 30, 2025. NOTE: Maximum of three presenters per proposal.

Please use our 2026 proposal submission form.
https://forms.gle/xRKZCEuBi2nK8DUi6
Important Dates

• Fri 12/30/25: Proposals due
• Mon 1/19/26: Review of proposals complete, and presenters notified
• Fri 1/23/26: Presenters confirm commitment to present
• Early February: Registration scheduled to open

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The 2026 Acquisitions Institute at Timberline Lodge Planning Committee is:

• Arthur Aguilera, University of Colorado, Boulder
• Damon Campbell, University of Oregon
• Selena Chau, University of California, Santa Barbara
• Allyson Rodriguez, EBSCO
• Kasia Stasik, Harrassowitz
• planning@acquisitionsinstitute.org

CFP: March Mini-Con 2026 (ALA Games & Gaming Round Table) - Online March 20, 2026

 

Call for Proposals: March Mini-con 2026

CFP URL: https://games.ala.org/call-for-proposals-march-mini-con-2026/

Call for proposals open: October 20, 2025 – January 12, 2026
Conference Date: March 20, 2026

The Games & Gaming Round Table (GameRT) of the American Library Association is looking for presenters for its 2026 one day mini conference to be held on March 20th, 2026. The conference will be virtual and free (presenters will join a Streamlabs session that will be livestreamed and recorded on GameRT’s Twitch and YouTube channels).

This year’s theme is Gaming Outside the Box.

We are interested in presentations along two main tracks:

1) how libraries work with non-traditional games, like lawn and playground games, low/no-resource games, solo RPGs, and journaling games, or games distributed in formats that are difficult to collect, like digital games or crowdsourced projects

2) innovative and experimental approaches to games in libraries.

Experimenting with new kinds of games or games programming? We want to hear about it! Proposals should explicitly state their relevance to libraries, but presenters don’t need to be a librarian or GameRT member to present.

Submission Details

To submit a session proposal, please complete this form by January 12, 2026.

Accepted presenters will be notified by February 20, 2026.

Slides and handouts will be due on March 13, 2026.

Presenters will be asked to give a fifteen-minute presentation, with a group question-and-answer session after.

Examples of possible presentation topics (if one of these titles speaks to you, please use it!):

• Honey, They Embiggened the Chess Board?!
• A Good Stick: Using Lawn Games for Library Outreach
• Red Rover Red Rover, Send the Librarians Over: The Role We Play in Social Emotional Learning

Submissions will be evaluated based on the following criteria:

• Connection to library and community
• Topic fits the needs and interests of GameRT and its audience
• Relevance to theme
• Relevance and quality of citations
• Wow/cool/cozy/fun/unique/X factor

Questions?

Questions may be addressed to the GameRT Program Planning Committee via e-mail at gamert@ala.org with “March Mini Con” in the subject line.

You can view previous webinars and virtual conferences on GameRT’s Twitch and YouTube channels.

Submit or Nominate an Online Learning Object for FOLO!

(Thank you for your patience with cross-posting as we try to spread the message far and wide!)

The ACRL Instruction Section Featured Online Learning Objects (FOLO) Committee aims to feature several excellent learning objects each year. 

 

We invite you to submit or nominate a learning object for review by January 11, 2026 to be considered for feature during the 2026 cycle.

 

Learning objects (LOs) may include online modules/tutorials, videos, podcasts, or other relevant media created or substantially updated within the past five years. Please see the linked form for additional submission/nomination and scoring criteria.

 

Reach out to Committee Co-Chairs, Renae Watson and Aimee Gee, with any questions.

 

We look forward to showcasing your excellent work!

- ACRL IS FOLO Committee

CFP: Ungrading in Credit-Bearing Library Instruction: Alternative Assessment Practices #ACRL Publication

Call for Chapter Proposals

Ungrading in Credit-Bearing Library Instruction: Alternative Assessment Practices invites readers to rethink traditional grading and adopt strategies that prioritize reflection, feedback, and student agency. This book will be published through the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), a division of the American Library Association.

Editors will write an introduction exploring the role of librarians as educators, the limits of conventional grading, approaches such as contract, specifications, and standards-based grading, and ungrading's alignment with critical information literacy and equity. They will also provide a conclusion synthesizing key themes, envisioning the future of ungrading in library instruction, and offering a quick-start guide for educators ready to experiment with these transformative practices.

Contributed Chapters

Core chapters feature case studies of real-world applications, from minimalist integrations within traditional systems to comprehensive ungrading models. Contributors will share practical strategies, examples, and candid reflections on challenges and lessons learned. This section could also include essays on theoretical approaches to alternative assessments. 

Call for Proposals

We seek case study chapters that explore ungrading and alternative assessment approaches used in credit-bearing library instruction, whether integrated within traditional grading structures or used as the dominant approach. Chapters should share practical strategies and examples of ungrading or alternative grading methods, such as contract, specifications, or standards-based grading. We are also interested in reflections on challenges, considerations, and lessons learned during implementation, as well as discussions that connect assessment practices to pedagogical values like empowerment, exploration, and lifelong learning.  While most chapters will explore courses in which the librarian is the primary instructor, we also invite chapters that explore librarian partnerships with disciplinary instructors who use alternative assessment approaches.

Submission Guidelines

Use this proposal submission form to submit a proposal. The form will require:

• Author name(s), job title(s), email(s), and institutional affiliation(s)

• A working chapter title

• An abstract of approximately 300–500 words outlining your chapter focus and approach

• A current CV or list of publications

Proposal due date: January 31, 2026, 11:59 pm ET.

Chapter Guidelines

Tentative Chapter Length: 3,000-6,000 words

Tentative Timeline:

• Proposal due date: January 31, 2026

• Proposal notification date: March 1, 2026

• First draft due date: May 31, 2026

• Final draft due date: August 30, 2026

 Accepted authors will receive detailed chapter guidelines and timelines.

Contact Information

Join us in shaping the first book dedicated to ungrading in library education and help inspire a shift toward learner-centered assessment practices.

For questions and inquiries, email: ungradingbook@gmail.com 

• Megan Benson, Assistant Head of Instruction and Outreach, Binghamton University

• Andrea Brooks, Associate Professor, Head of Education & Outreach Services, Northern Kentucky University

• Robyn Hartman, Associate Professor, Information Literacy Librarian, Fort Hays State University

• Lindsay McNiff, Learning and Instruction Librarian, Dalhousie University

CFP: 2026 SOUCABL (Southern University and College Academic Business Librarians Conference) - May 13th & 14th, 2026 - Nashville, Tennessee

Are you an academic librarian with liaison responsibilities in business, finance, or entrepreneurship? In the Southern US? If so, the Southern University and College Academic Business Librarians Conference (SOUCABL) is for you! SOUCABL is a great opportunity to meet other information professionals, develop your regional network of colleagues, share ideas, and brainstorm solutions.

We are now accepting proposals!

https://forms.gle/MvjRNsSAymgSftJD9

Timeline

• Proposals are due Friday, January 9, 2026
• Proposals confirmed no later than Friday, January 30, 2026

We especially encourage proposal submissions from librarians who work at smaller institutions or for whom providing public and technical services for business, finance, sports management, or entrepreneurship education and programming is only part of their job.

Priority will be given to participants from the District of Columbia and 14 states, including Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia.

About the Conference

What: The SOUCABL Conference: Chapter 7 - "Striving & Thriving"
When: Wednesday, May 13 - Thursday, May 14, 2026
Where: Owen Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Cost: No registration fee

• Breakfast and lunch will be provided in addition
• There will be a welcome reception on Wednesday and closing reception on Thursday
• Speakers are responsible for covering their own travel and lodging

Pre-Conference Literacy Lab
The preconference will explore strategies for teaching a range of business information literacies—including data, financial, and related competencies—within the context of today’s evolving landscape of resources, technologies and ethical questions. Sessions will emphasize practical approaches for maximizing the impact of available resources, and highlighting creative methods of instruction. We especially encourage workshops that critically examine pedagogical practices through an ethical lens, considering issues such as equity, accessibility, and responsible use of information. The aim is to inspire attendees with fresh ideas,  and equip them with practical tools and reflective frameworks. Tell us how your workshop might help our community to enhance our teaching in meaningful and conscientious ways.

Striving & Thriving: Start Where You Are, Use What You Have, Do What You Can

The theme of the 2026 conference is “Striving & Thriving.” We invite business librarians to share their creative, practical, and impactful approaches to supporting business information needs with the resources at hand or have sourced new funding in new ways. Whether you’ve developed innovative programs, forged strategic partnerships, leveraged technology in new ways, or found small changes that made a big difference, we want to hear your story. Proposals should highlight successes, lessons learned, and strategies for thriving despite today’s shrinking budgets.

Suggested topics may include, but are not limited to the following:

• Have you adapted or repurposed existing tools, collections, or spaces in ways that had a significant impact?
• What partnerships have helped you extend your reach or offer new services?
• Have you used technology creatively or inexpensively to enhance access, engagement, or efficiency?
• What lessons have you learned from experimenting with new approaches, and how have they shaped your current practice?
• How do you measure or demonstrate the impact of your work on a budget?

Formats

• Pre-conference Workshop: 55 minutes including all interactive elements
• Lightning talk: 10 minutes (includes any Q&A), limited to 5 slides maximum

We are open to accepting different formats. Sometimes a lightning talk can be expanded into a workshop, sometimes a workshop can condense into a lightning talk. We are looking for events that provide impact with the quickest return for time invested. We are also open to innovative formats. If you have an idea to develop it into a program, we’d love to hear from you. We are of course happy to consider different modalities for those who have specific requests.

Please contact Twyckoff@fsu.edu for suggestions for the program or proposals.
Please contact hd.mckay@vanderbilt.edu for any questions about travel and hospitality related to the conference.

Submit your proposals here: https://forms.gle/MvjRNsSAymgSftJD9

Kind regards,
Kara (in my role as a planning committee member)

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Kara Van Abel, MLIS | Associate Professor | Reference Librarian
UAB | The University of Alabama at Birmingham
kvanabel@uab.edu

CFP: MiALA 2026 Annual Conference (Traverse City, Michigan - May 6-8, 2026)

The Michigan Academic Library Association (MiALA) is now accepting presentation proposals for its annual conference, which will be held May 6-8, 2026, at the Park Place Hotel and Conference Center in downtown Traverse City, MI. 

This year’s theme is Finding Our True North: Creating Connections to Light Our Way. Amid an era of rapid and often unsettling change in higher education, Michigan’s academic libraries remain vital centers of integrity, inquiry, and connection. Committed to upholding intellectual freedom, access, inclusivity, privacy, and the pursuit of truth, our “True North” is the shared compass that guides our work and keeps us grounded. We invite the academic library community to reflect on how it can embody our profession’s enduring core values, even when external pressures threaten to pull us off course. This year’s conference seeks to illuminate how academic libraries across Michigan are building resilience, fostering collaboration, and staying true to our values.

 

We welcome proposals on topics covering any aspect of academic libraries. We are especially interested in those proposals that explore how academic libraries are reaffirming their “True North”—the guiding principles that sustain and inspire our work. Proposals are currently being accepted for the following formats: 

 

• Presentations, panels, or moderated discussion sessions (45 min.)
• Interactive workshops (105 min.)
• Lightning Talks (10 min.)

 

Note: Poster presentation proposals will open in early December. Participation from librarians, library staff, LIS students, and administrators from all types of academic libraries is encouraged. MiALA membership is not required to submit a proposal.

 

Please submit your presentation proposal using the application form by January 12, 2026. There is also a Breakout Session Collaboration Sheet available to find potential collaborators around a topic or idea.

• Questions about proposals can be sent to Stephanie Swanberg  at sswanberg@msp.edu. 
• Questions about the conference in general can be sent to conference@miala.org. 

 

Join us as we come together in Traverse City to reflect, reconnect, and rediscover our collective direction. Let’s amplify the stories, strategies, and sparks of inspiration that remind us of who we are and why our work matters.

CFP: Librarians to Write About Digital Tools for IT (Information Today) Magazine

Call for Articles: Librarians Wanted to Write About Digital Tools for IT Magazine

Information Today (IT) magazine (https://www.infotoday.com/it/) is seeking feature article writers for its Insights on Content: Making Sense of the Digital Maze section. If you're a library worker who engages with digital tools and/or e-resources and you have knowledge you'd like to share, please reach out to editor in chief Brandi Scardilli (bscardilli@infotoday.com) with your topic idea(s). You can propose one article or multiple. Articles will appear in the quarterly issues of 2026, and they should be a maximum of 800 words. IT pays $200 per article.

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Brandi Scardilli

she/her | Muck Rack

Editor in Chief, Computers in Libraries

Editor in Chief, Information Today

Editor in Chief, ITI NewsBreaks, ITI NewsLink

Contributor, Streaming Media

Ebook Coordinator, ITI/Plexus

CFP: EBSCO Users Group 2026 - Omaha, Nebraska (May 5-8, 2026)

EBSCO User Group 2026 Call for Proposals Extended
May 5-8 | Omaha, NE
Conference URL: https://ebscousergroup.org/

Submission URL: https://ebscousergroup.org/submit-a-session/
Sessions will be held in one of three formats:

• Standard Presentation – 50 minutes, including time for Q&A (1-2 speakers)
• Panel Presentation – 50 minutes, including time for Q&A (3-4 speakers)
• Innovation Session – 10 minutes, lightning round format, back-to-back with Q&A at the end (1-2 speakers)

Proposals can cover a wide range of topics across EBSCO products and services, including:

• Configuration & Optimization
• UX, UI & Online Presence
• User Research Journey
• Collection Development
• Reporting & Analytics
• Tips & Tricks
• Library Landscape & Community
• Technology & Trends
• Implementation & Migration

You needed more time, and we listened. Our call for proposals for EBSCO User Group 2026 has been extended to December 1st, 2025. We are still accepting standard, panel and lightning round session proposals. Visit our website to learn more and submit your proposals.

Call for Proposals now closes 12/1/25 at 11:59pm ET.

CFP: Call for Contributors to the BizLibratory Blog! (Business and Social Science Librarianship)

Are you passionate about business or social science librarianship, creative pedagogy, or emerging trends in research and instruction? Do you have ideas, insights, or stories to share with a vibrant community of academic and professional librarians? If so, we’d love to feature your work on BizLibratory (https://bizlibratory.wordpress.com/)!

BizLibratory is a collaborative platform that explores the intersections of business, social science, librarianship, and innovation. From sharing successful teaching strategies to highlighting emerging tools and resources, our blog fosters dialogue and professional growth within the business and social science librarianship community.

We’re seeking contributors for upcoming blog posts! Whether you’re a seasoned writer or new to blogging, we welcome diverse perspectives and fresh voices. Topics we’re particularly excited about include:

• Innovative teaching practices for business research
• Insights on supporting entrepreneurship and startups
• Tools, technologies, and resources enhancing business librarianship
• Reflections on the evolving role of the business librarian
• Case studies, program highlights, or collaborative initiatives
• Don’t see your idea listed? That’s okay! We’re open to creative pitches that align with the spirit of the blog.

How to Contribute:

Tip: If you’re new to this blog, we recommend skimming a few entries of
BizLibratory to get a sense for the tone.

1. Submit your blog pitch (a few sentences outlining your topic and approach) to bizlibratory@gmail.com.
2. We’ll work with you to shape your post and provide editorial support if needed.
3. Completed blog posts typically range from 500-800 words, though this is flexible. Read more about our formats, suggested topics and editorial process here. (https://bizlibratory.wordpress.com/contribute/)

This is a great opportunity to engage with peers, showcase your expertise, and spark meaningful discussions. We can’t wait to hear your ideas and amplify your voice in the BizLibratory community.

Questions or ready to submit your pitch? Contact us at bizlibratory@gmail.com

Warm regards,
Editors, BizLibratory (Summer Krstevska, Nancy Lovas, & Angel Truesdale)

CFP: 2026 Library Publishing Forum: CFP now open and two scholarships available (Seattle, Washington - June 17-18, 2026)

 

We are excited to present two announcements: The call for proposals for the 2026 Library Publishing Forum is now open We are offering two scholarships to attend the Forum About the Library Publishing Forum The Library Publishing Forum is an annual conference bringing together representatives from libraries engaged in (or considering) publishing initiatives to define and address major questions and challenges; to identify and document collaborative opportunities; and to strengthen and promote this community of practice. The Forum includes representatives from a broad, international spectrum of academic library backgrounds, as well as groups that collaborate with libraries to publish scholarly works, including publishing vendors, university presses, and scholars. The Forum is sponsored by the Library Publishing Coalition, but you do not need to be a member of LPC to attend.

2026 Library Publishing Forum Call for Proposals

The Library Publishing Coalition (LPC) is now accepting in-person and a limited number remote proposals for the 2026 Library Publishing Forum! We are thrilled to offer an in-person conference at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA, on June 17 and 18, 2026, with active remote engagement also planned.  Proposals may address any topic of interest to the library publishing community. The proposal deadline is December 12, 2025. Proposal submissions are welcome from LPC members and nonmembers, including library employees, university press employees, scholars, students, and other scholarly communication and publishing professionals. Again, we welcome proposals from first-time presenters and representatives of small and emerging publishing programs. We are committed to expanding the diversity of perspectives we hear from at the Library Publishing Forum. Working towards some of the “Continuing Initiatives” from the LPC Roadmap for Anti-Racist Practice, we ask all proposals to explicitly address how they are inclusive of multiple perspectives, address DEI, or incorporate anti-racist and anti-oppressive approaches. Presentations about specific communities should include members of that community in their speaker list, and for sessions with multiple speakers, we seek to avoid demographically homogeneous panels. Everyone submitting a presentation will also have an opportunity to complete a brief, anonymous demographic survey so we can better understand who is submitting proposals to LPF. Learn more and submit a proposal.

Call for Applications for the 2026 Library Publishing Forum Scholarships

About the Forum scholarships The Library Publishing Coalition is offering scholarships to offset travel costs for first-time Forum attendees from the United States and Canada, with a focus on individuals who will bring new and diverse perspectives to the community. There are two scholarships available, each of which will cover up to $2,500 USD in travel-related expenses, including airfare, hotel, and meals. Scholarship awardees will have Forum registration fees waived and will be paired with a community mentor to help introduce them to the conference and the community. For awardees from non-member institutions, the award includes guest access to the LPC community for the year following the in-person Forum. This would include access to the listserv and service opportunities, and the opportunity to participate in the peer mentorship program. All recipients will also receive a waived registration to the virtual Forum planned for May 2027. Eligibility This round of the scholarship program will only be open to applicants from the United States and Canada.  Applications will be accepted from individuals at both Library Publishing Coalition member and non-member institutions.  Anyone who has not attended a previous in-person Library Publishing Forum is eligible to apply. (Anyone who has -only- attended the Library Publishing Forum virtually is encouraged to apply for this scholarship for travel funding to the 2026 in-person Forum.) Applicants new to their librarianship career (first 3–5 years), new to the field of library publishing, and/or who identify as members of a group (or groups) underrepresented among library and publishing practitioners will be given preference.  These groups include – but are not limited to – members of a racial/ethnic minority, first-generation college graduates, immigrants and refugees, persons with a disability, and LGBTQIA+ individuals.  Applications from people who could contribute to the diversity of perspectives at the Forum in other ways are also warmly welcomed. How to apply for a scholarship To apply for a scholarship, please fill out the application form. Applications are due by December 12, 2025. The Library Publishing Coalition’s Forum Scholarship Committee will review applications and notify applicants by Early February 2026. Questions? Email contact@librarypublishing.org.

CFP: The Reference Librarian Special Issue on Staffing

The Reference Librarian is planning a special issue addressing how instruction librarians manage their information literacy and liaison programs while adapting to budget cuts and changes in organizational structures. How do you effectively deliver information literacy instruction while maintaining other critical services and adhering to professional standards when changes in budgeting and staffing make it difficult or impossible to specialize?

We are seeking case studies or research articles from libraries that are experiencing challenges including, but not limited to:

• The staff is too small for a liaison program to match subject experts with academic departments
• The library has lost a significant number of staff including instruction librarians, liaison librarians, or other staff positions
• Requiring librarians to fill multiple roles outside their area of expertise

Questions you might answer include:

• How have you used alternative staff models such as well-trained peer tutors, interns, or staff support to deliver instruction?
• How have you used a shared repository that any librarian or other staff members can use to teach?
• In what ways do you rely on online teaching resources rather than in-person delivery?
• How have you implemented a "train the trainer" model, e.g., by training faculty to teach information literacy?
• Or do you have another innovative model for delivering information literacy that can be adapted by other libraries experiencing similar challenges?

How do you make it work and still fulfill accreditation and other professional standards? Tell us about it!

Use the Call for Special Issue on Staffing (https://harrisburgu.libwizard.com/f/_wrefSP2526) link  to submit a 500-word proposal to by December 19, 2025.

The Reference Librarian uses the APA style, 7th ed.

Questions can be directed to co-editors Lauri Rebar (Lrebar@fau.edu) and Christine Bombaro (cbomb22@gmail.com).

All manuscripts are subject to double-blind peer review. An invitation to submit an article does not guarantee publication in the final issue. For more information about the journal, see The Reference Librarian's website at: https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/wref20.

Call for CLIPP Survey Participation: Student Advisory Groups

 NOTE: Bit off topic - but for a good cause.

Please help me learn more about student advisory groups at small to medium-sized college and university libraries by completing this survey by Friday, December 19, 2025.

The survey should take about 10-15 minutes to complete. Your willingness to participate is appreciated, and thanks to a faculty research grant from the College of Charleston (my current institution), the first 100 respondents to complete the survey will receive a $15 gift card.

This survey will contribute to an ACRL College Library Information on Policy and Practice (CLIPP) series book. In addition to basic questions about your institution, the survey contains questions about recruitment, membership, meetings, funding, time investment, and events/projects involving student advisory boards, committees, councils, and other student-centered and -run groups that are supervised, facilitated, or advised by faculty and staff.

Like all CLIPP surveys, it will allow you to upload electronic copies of documentation that you think would be helpful to other libraries. If you have created or revised example documents relevant to this topic in the last five years, I strongly encourage you to share them via the survey or send them by email (as attachments or stable URLs) to acrlclipp49@gmail.com. 

I am also interested in speaking with student advisory groups and the library faculty and staff who supervise, facilitate, or advise them. If you or others directly involved in this work are interested in an interview, please indicate that at the end of the survey or send an email to acrlclipp49@gmail.com. 

Thank you for your consideration of this survey; your participation is essential to the success of the CLIPP program!

Sincerely,

Amanda Kraft

UX & Engagement Coordinator

College of Charleston Libraries