CFP: Academic BRASS Fall 2024 Issue (Submission Deadline is November 17, 2024)

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.

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. Maybe you have another cool idea - that's fine too - get those submissions in!

*Deadline for submissions for the upcoming issue is November 17, 2024.*

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

The typical length of an Academic BRASS article is 500-800 words, but past articles have been as long as 1,000 words or more. Authors should be guided by what they have to say rather than an arbitrary word length. All articles are subject to editing for length, style, and content, and there is a template on the "About Academic BRASS" page (https://www.ala.org/rusa/sections/brass/publications/academicbrass/about)
that provides formatting guidance. 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 website (http://www.apastyle.org/).

Please send article proposals or submissions to all of the editors Tim Tully (ttully@sdsu.edu), Judy Opdahl (jopdahl@csusm.edu), and Henry Huang (henry.huang@nyu.edu)

Call for Global Postcards Column: International Information & Library Review

INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION & LIBRARY REVIEW:  The International Information & Library Review | Taylor & Francis Online (tandfonline.com) is inviting submissions of 3000 words or longer for its Global Postcards column.

The “Global Postcards” column features news and reports from around the world. Contributions do not need to be lengthy but should be informative. The strength of the column is its broad, international focus, and contributors are encouraged to explore issues and share news relevant to their geographical region, as well as the larger, global audience.

Topics may include (but are not limited to):

• Reports from on-the-ground projects
• Recaps of conferences and meetings around the world
• Accounts of professional development experiences
• Summaries of research projects
• Grants and other funding opportunities

Submission Instructions

Interested authors are invited to submit proposals and articles to Stephen Bales at sbales@tamu.edu.  Manuscripts may be submitted year-round. Articles should be written in Word.

 

Some titles of recently published Global Postcards include:

• Historical View of University Libraries in Azerbaijan: ADA University Library Case Study
• Enhancing Business Competencies in Library and Information Science Program: A Case Study of Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary
• I am Ukraine, We are Strong: Thoughts of a Librarian after a Year of War
• The Libraries at Koç University: Building a World-Class Library in Thirty Years

Call for Participation: Libraries Advancing Community Learning to Reduce Substance Use

 Subject: Call for Participation: Libraries Advancing Community Learning to Reduce Substance Use

 

 

Do you feel that your library could do more to help people in recovery from substance abuse? Do you believe in the healing power of reading? Is your library an innovator in these domains? If you answered yes to any of these questions, we want to hear from you! 

 

We invite applications from public library workers and administrators who are interested in participating in an IMLS-funded national forum (Grant #RE-256563-OLS-24), Libraries Advancing Community Learning to Reduce Substance Use (LACL), which will be held both online and on-site at the Kansas City Public Library on May 15 and 16, 2025. Experts in the library and substance abuse recovery fields will engage participants to envision and create support for people experiencing alcohol use disorder (AUD) and/or substance use disorder (SUD) through reading, bibliotherapy, and peer-to-peer learning circles. 

 

Guided breakout discussion sessions will provide opportunities for participants to share knowledge and develop resources to:

• facilitate social connections
• develop working relationships and partnerships with professionals in the recovery field
• recommend therapeutic uses of literature and provide support for reading groups focusing on AUD and/or SUD
• support library staff suffering from AUD and/or SUD and secondary trauma
• apply effective marketing and outreach tactics that reach people who will benefit from these efforts.

 

The forum will provide the basis for an openly available online toolkit that can be used in public libraries.

 

Selected participants will be able to participate on-site. All on-site participants will expected to actively participate in discussions and contribute to the toolkit. They will be provided with travel, two nights’ accommodation at a hotel near the event space, and a stipend for meals not included at the conference. Any library staff member who wishes to learn and contribute to the event can attend the online sessions for free and will be invited to provide feedback on the preliminary materials.

 

Apply:

On-site event, Kansas City

Online-only event

 

Applications for the on-site event are due October 31, 2024. 

 

The project team will review applications and select 50 participants for the on-site forum. We aim to include adult-services public library workers who represent a diverse cross-section of the U.S. (i.e., urban, rural, diverse socio-cultural demographic characteristics, etc.) and from different sizes of libraries. Priority will be given to applicants who have experience with substance abuse recovery programs, facilitating reading and learning groups, outreach, social services, and/or those who represent underserved communities. 

 

Notifications of acceptance will be issued by November 30, and selected participants must confirm their participation by December 15. 

 

Jenny S. Bossaller

Associate Professor

School of Information Science & Learning Technologies

University of Missouri

CFP: Figuring It Out: The Search for Meaningful Metrics - Advances in Library Administration and Organization

Call for Proposals

Advances in Library Administration and Organization
Volume 45: Figuring It Out: The Search for Meaningful Metrics

Series Editor/Volume Co-Editor: David Ketchum, University of Oregon
Volume Co-Editor: Katy Miller, University of Central Florida

Telling the story of one’s library through assessment has always been an essential aspect of library administration and management, but doing this work effectively can be challenging. Even for experienced library leaders, sustaining awareness of varying audiences and changing priorities, as well as keeping up with best practices for assessment and reporting, require ongoing consideration and adaptation. This is particularly true if the goal is to enhance perception and build support among stakeholders while securing essential funding and resources.

ALAO seeks chapter submissions for a volume entitled Figuring It Out: The Search for Meaningful Metrics. This volume will examine the concepts, challenges, and successes of assessment and storytelling in libraries.Proposals that emphasize research-based and methodologically strong projects will be prioritized and proposals in the following areas would be of particular interest:

• Knowing your audience and what to assess
• Using data to tell effective stories
• Learning from approaches that proved less effective
• Approaches that demonstrate impact rather than just outcomes
• Challenges and issues
• Deciding to use qualitative vs. quantitative metrics
• Success stories

ALAO (https://www.emerald.com/insight/publication/issn/0732-0671) publishes long-form research and content, theoretical and philosophical discussions, and in-depth accounts of practice related to library administration and organization. The series helps answer the questions, “How have libraries been managed and how could they be managed better?” Through this series, readers explore library-related challenges and solutions and glean new approaches to library administration and organization.

How to Submit
We are currently seeking proposals for the 2026 volume, Figuring It Out: The Search for Meaningful Metrics. If you are interested in contributing to this volume, please complete this form - including a brief author bio and chapter proposal - no later than September 30, 2024, https://forms.gle/eYExtzc8V3n8EEpa8. 

Chapters with multiple authors are welcome! Contact David Ketchum at  dketchum@uoregon.edu  if you have any questions.

Deadlines

• Submission deadline for chapter proposals: September 30, 2024
• Notification of acceptance: October 31, 2024
• Submission deadline for full chapters: January 31, 2025
• Comments returned to authors: March 31, 2025
• Submission deadline for chapter revisions: May 15, 2025

Propose a Topic for the ITAL "From the Field" Column

Information Technology and Libraries (ITAL), the quarterly open-access journal published by ALA’s Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures division, is looking for contributions to its newly-established ”From the Field” column for the December 2024, March 2025, and June 2025 issues. This column will highlight a technology-based project, practice, or innovation from any library in the GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums) community. Proposals are due by September 20, 2024.

Topics could include:

• Community engagement through technology
• Virtual programming, education, and learning
• Technology that expands diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility
• Open source software
• Digital libraries
• Digital archiving and preservation
• Web usability and UX, design thinking, design systems
• Innovations in materials checkout or handling 
• Privacy and cyber-security
• Virtual and augmented reality
• Artificial intelligence, NLP, LLMs
• Data science and analytics 
• Geographic information systems and mapping
• Self-service technology
• Anything else related to GLAM institutions and innovations in technology

 

Columns are in the 1,000-1,500 word range and may include illustrations. These will not be research articles but are meant to share practical experience with technology development or uses within the library.

Since this is a non-peer-reviewed column, there is also an opportunity to engage in new ways or different formats, so creative submissions will also be considered. (Examples: comics, zines, videos, autoethnography, case studies, white papers, policy documents, interviews, reports, or other pieces commonly referred to as "grey literature.") If you would like your column to be in a format that differs from a standard editorial essay, please explain in your proposal.

Those who are interested in being an author for this column should submit a brief proposal / abstract that outlines the topic to be covered. Proposals should be no more than 250 words. Please submit your proposals via this form no later than September 20, 2024.

 

Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by September 27, 2024 with the submission deadline for our quarterly issues on the first of December, March, and June quarterly issues. Completed column submissions should be roughly 1500-2000 words. 

 

Please contact Cindi Blyberg, Guest Editor, at cindi.blyberg@uky.edu with any questions. Please forward to any colleagues who may be interested. Thank you!

CFP: ai4Libraries Conference - October 23, 2024 (Virtual Conference)

ai4Libraries is now accepting proposals for the second-year conference. The conference is a free, virtual event that is scheduled to take place on October 23, 2024 (time to be determined). Please note that the registration limited to 500 attendees this year. 

We are accepting proposals for the following session types: 

• Lightning Talk (10 minutes, includes Q&A)
• Presentation or Library Project Demo (20 Minutes, includes Q&A)

 

We are particularly interested in learning more about your AI projects with:

• Technical Services, including cataloging
• Electronic resource workflow
• Collection development and assessment
• Licensing workflows
• Archives projects

Submit your proposal here: bit.ly/4caBLax

Important Dates

• Submission deadline: Friday, September 2, 2024
• Acceptance notifications: September 16, 2024
• Registration opens: Monday, September 30, 2024

 

Sincerely,

ai4Libraries Conference Planning Team

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)

CFP: Women in Leadership Conference - Cambridge, Massachusetts - July 16-17, 2025

Women in Leadership Conference - Harvard Faculty Club | July 16-17, 2025

Empower. Inspire. Lead.

Join us at the 2025 Women in Leadership Conference, a prestigious gathering of trailblazing women in higher education. We're seeking dynamic speakers and panelists to illuminate key topics shaping the future of academia.

We're looking for speakers on:

• Leadership & Governance
• AI & Technology's Impact
• Women's Career Advancement
• Creative Fundraising & Finance
• STEM Education & Research
• Multicultural Perspectives & Equity
• Emerging Trends in Higher Education

We are looking for panelists on: 

• The Future of Higher Education: Visions from University Presidents
• Strategic Leadership: Provosts' Role in Shaping Institutional Vision
• Advocacy and Governance: How Deans Influence Policy
• Guiding the Way: Women at the Forefront of State Higher Education Systems
• Women Leading in Non-Traditional Roles: Athletic Directors, ROTC, and Beyond
• Navigating the Shift: From Faculty Expertise to Administrative Leadership
• AI & Education: The Integration of Artificial Intelligence in Academia 
• Financial Acumen: Budgeting and Financial Planning for Higher Ed Leaders
• Engaging Stakeholders: Keeping Faculty, Students, and Donors Informed When It Matters Most
• Transforming Tomorrow: Shaping the Future of STEM Education
• And more!

Share your story:

Whether you have a transformative success story, pioneering strategies, or groundbreaking research, we invite you to submit your proposal. With over 60 panel opportunities available, you can contribute as a speaker, panelist, or both.

Multiple opportunities available:

• Speaker presentations
• Panel discussions (60+ openings!)

How to submit: 

Just use the speaker submission form to submit your proposal (or apply for both!). The early-selection deadline is July 31, 2024.
 

Conference Details

Location: Harvard Faculty Club, Cambridge, Mass. (Google map)
Date: July 16-17, 2025
Audience: Mid-to-senior career higher-ed administrators and faculty 
 

Thanks so much for your support!

Best regards,

Lynn Larkin (she/her/hers)
Women in Leadership 2024 | Oct. 8-9, 2024 | Cambridge, MA
Women in Leadership 2025 | July 16-17, 2025 | Cambridge, MA
Office: 702-900-8651 
Web: https://natdc.org

 

Call for Chapters: From Fargo to Hawkins: Exploring 21st Century Midwestern Culture

From Fargo to Hawkins: Exploring 21st Century Midwestern Culture

Midwestern culture in the 2000-2025 era entered a distinct phase. The ubiquity of the internet, the coming of iphones, the demise of movie rental stores, the collapse of once-powerful urban newspapers, the thinning out of the cinema infrastructure, the fragmentation of media spaces, and the persistence and decline of institutions of regional culture all transformed the Midwest’s media and cultural landscape. Hastings College Press seeks proposals exploring all of these developments and various aspects of Midwestern culture throughout the first quarter-decade of the twenty-first century. Topics could include, but are not limited to, the Omaha-based movies of Alexander Payne, the Golden Age of television or prestige TV (did it pass the Midwest by?), the friction between a postmodern v. a traditional Midwest and the collapse of metanarratives, the creation of new literary journals (and their termination), new literary voices such as J. Ryan Stradal, the rise of new Muslim voices (--that novel set in Indiana, can’t remember at moment), the complexities of Rust Belt identity, Native American media (“Reservation Dogs”)) and writers (David Trauer), Barack Obama’s Kansas and Chicago, the television series “Fargo,” the Indiana of “Stranger Things,” how the Midwest was excluded from the Marvel Universe, Cleveland jokes (on “Thirty Rock” and elsewhere), the rise and exhaustion of trauma plots, essayists like Meghan O’Gieblyn, Roxanne Gay, and Debra Marquart, the emergence of gay rights themes (“Boys Don’t Cry”), Covid battles in the Midwest, Hannah Horvath (Lena Dunham) in Oberlin and Iowa City, the Caitlyn Clark media phenomena, the effective end of Prairie Home Companion, the free speech debate (the University of Chicago statement) as intertwined with CRT and wokeness, the “pretendian” controversy and Native American identity, the weakening of traditional Midwestern masculinity, and the “middle-ness” (or Midwest-ness) of Middle Earth and the Shire in the LOTR trilogy. Please send vita and 300-word proposals to Jon.Lauck@usd.edu, who will edit the collection to be published by Hastings College Press in 2026. Proposal deadline January 1, 2025.

Contact Email - Jon.Lauck@usd.edu
URL - https://sites.google.com/hastings.edu/hastings-college-press/calls-for-proposals

CFP: Ticker: The Academic Business Librarianship Review #OAJournal #BusinessLibrarianship

Hello!

Ticker: The Academic Business Librarianship Review is seeking articles for Volume 10, Issue 1, to be published in the Summer of 2025. This is a great opportunity for librarians interested in doing research in any and all areas related to business librarianship. We are an open access journal committed to promoting the widest possible discussion of original and translational research, evidence-based pieces, case studies, and more. 

Recent peer-reviewed research featured in our journal has included:

• Hartman-Caverly, S., (2022) “ ‘The Da Vinci Code for IP Research’: Case Study of a Course-Integrated Educational Escape Room for Entrepreneurship Education”, Ticker: The Academic Business Librarianship Review 7(1): 2. doi: https://doi.org/10.3998/ticker.2931 
• Hosoi, M., (2021) “Free Lunch? Vendor Offers during COVID-19”, Ticker: The Academic Business Librarianship Review 6(1). doi: https://doi.org/10.3998/ticker.1377
• McCauley, A. et. al, (2020) “Investigation of British Columbia Entrepreneurs' Secondary Market Research Habits and Information Needs”, Ticker: The Academic Business Librarianship Review 5(1). doi: https://doi.org/10.3998/ticker.16481003.0005.107 

If you’re interested in sharing your insights and ideas in a non-peer-reviewed format, we also publish editorials in a number of areas including:

• Teaching and Learning
• Tips
• Business Libraries by Design
• International Outlook 
• Conference Reports; and, 
• Opinions & Thought Pieces

We especially encourage submissions from early career librarians and those interested in supporting a fully open access publication! Peer-review articles will be due October 18, 2024. Editorials will be due January 10, 2025. 

For more information about each section and their requirements, please visit our journal's website: https://journals.publishing.umich.edu/ticker/site/about/.

Please reach out to Ash Faulkner, Editor in Chief with any questions at faulkner.172@osu.edu. 

Best,

Ash Faulkner, Editor in Chief

Kelly LaVoice, Managing Editor

CFP: New “ITAL &” column in Information Technology and Libraries (ITAL)

Information Technology and Libraries Journal (ITAL) is seeking authors for a new column titled “ITAL &”.

The “ITAL &” column is a non-peer-reviewed, featured column that focuses on ways in which the library’s role continues to expand and develop in the information technology landscape. The emphasis will be on emerging ideas and issues, with a particular aim to recruit new-to-the-profession columnists.

Some examples of possible topics include:

AI: How will the rise of artificial intelligence and machine learning change various aspects of librarianship and different types of libraries? How are library professionals working with or fighting against artificial intelligence? Are libraries using generative AI in marketing materials or using large language models to streamline workflows? What cybersecurity implications arise?

General technology review: Looking back at the ten-year range, what are the major changes or improvements in library technologies that have occurred since 2014? What are the current and emerging technologies that enable telecommuting, cloud computing, and hybrid learning in libraries? What are the potential scenarios and implications of library technologies in the next five and ten years, and what are the best practices and strategies to prepare for them? This column could provide a platform to discuss and envision prospective library technologies.

Other topics of interest could include, but are not limited to: disability and accessibility, cybersecurity and privacy, the open movement / open pedagogy, linked data and metadata, digital humanities / digital praxis, digitization efforts, programming and workshops, the overlap between library technology and other library departments (acquisitions, readers advisory, information literacy and instruction, scholarly communications), or other emerging technologies and their implications for library work.

This column is intended to be practitioner-focused, and we will happily entertain submissions from folks who have expertise in libraries and technology but who may not work in a traditional “library” environment or role. We are also happy to work with first-time authors and folks based outside of North America, though columns need to be submitted in English.

Since this is a non-peer-reviewed column, there is also an opportunity to engage in new ways or different formats, so creative submissions will also be considered. (Examples: comics, zines, videos, autoethnography, case studies, white papers, policy documents, interviews, reports, or other things commonly referred to as "grey literature.") If you would like your column to be in a format that differs from a standard editorial essay, please explain in your proposal.

Those who are interested in being an author for this column should submit a brief proposal / abstract that outlines the topic to be covered. Proposals should be no more than 250 words. Please submit your proposals to this Google Form no later than June 30, 2024.

Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by July 8, 2024, with the submission deadline for our quarterly issues on the first of February, May, August, and November. Completed column submissions should be roughly 1500-2000 words.

Please contact column editor Shanna Hollich (shollich@gmail.com) with any questions. Please forward this call to any colleagues who may be interested. Thank you!

Call for Chapters: A Handbook for Trans and Gender Diverse Inclusion in Library Work #ACRL Publication

The editors of A Handbook for Trans and Gender Diverse Inclusion in Library Work (tentative title) invite chapter proposals. The book will be published by ACRL Publications, and will be an edited volume focusing on how library workers in different library types and across different services can concretely implement trans and gender diverse inclusion. It will highlight real-world case studies, research-based guidance, and recommended practices for how library workers can support trans and gender diverse people in the course of their many different jobs and duties to help library workers bridge the gap between meaning well toward trans people, and implementing trans and gender diverse inclusion in library work.

Proposals are due August 31, 2024. More information can be found on the book’s proposal page.

For those interested in submitting a proposal or learning more about the book, the editors will be holding two identical information sessions to introduce the project and to answer questions from potential authors. Information sessions will take place over Zoom and will not be recorded. Register to attend using this form.

• June 18, 4-5 PM EST
• June 20, 2-3 PM EST

If you are unable to attend an information session, want to run an idea by the editors before submitting your proposal, or have other questions, email the editors at tgdhandbook@gmail.com.

CFP: SUNY OER Summit 2024 - Open Educational Resources: Supporting Faculty, Empowering Students (Virtual - October 16th & 17th)

Announcing the SUNY OER Summit 2024 - Open Educational Resources: Supporting Faculty, Empowering Students

Virtual, October 16-17, 2024

This summit aims to bring together practitioners from SUNY and beyond to explore innovative approaches, successful case studies, and emerging trends, and to promote community and collaboration around OER.
We invite you to participate in this exciting event and share your expertise by submitting a proposal for a presentation, interactive demo/discussion, or lightning presentation. This is a unique opportunity for you to showcase your work, insights, and experiences related to OER and make a valuable contribution to the summit.
We welcome proposals on a wide range of topics, including but not limited to:

• OER Implementation, Adoption and Assessment
• Impact of OER and Affordable Learning Initiatives
• OER Institutional Support and Sustainability
• Open Education and Open Pedagogy
• Future Directions and Challenges

Deadline for submission: July 31, 2024
To submit your proposal and view additional information, please visit the conference website at https://sunycpd.eventsair.com/soer24

Registration will open in September.

Questions? Contact Cori Wilhelm at Cori.Wilhelm@suny.edu For registration questions, please contact Meghan Martin at Meghan.Martin@suny.edu. 

Supported by
SUNY Center for Professional Development
cpd.suny.edu | cpdinfo@suny.edu

and

SUNY OER Services
oer.suny.edu | oer@suny.edu

Call for Submissions - UKSG 2025, Brighton UK

UKSG 2025: Call for suggestions

We are pleased to announce that an in-person event is scheduled to take place from 31 March-2 April 2025 in Brighton, UK.

The conference attracts delegates from across the global knowledge community, including librarians, publishers, intermediaries, technology vendors, consultants and more. It provides a friendly and inclusive forum with a reputation for showcasing initiatives, exploring trends and connecting people from across the sector. You can see this year's programme here: https://bit.ly/48EKfpS

Like many conferences, we welcome developed proposals from those who wish to deliver or co-deliver plenary sessions, breakout sessions, workshops and lightning talks. These proposals ultimately form the core of our programme. However, we also welcome suggestions on themes, topics, and initiatives. In all cases, we welcome recommendations for speakers alongside topic ideas. This approach is one of the distinctive and defining features of how we co-develop our programme. It enables us to explore the issues that matter most to us as a community. You can see the whole programme for 2024 here https://bit.ly/48EKfpS to get an idea of topics/level etc.

Please submit your suggestions via the UKSG website: https://bit.ly/3wgNS78

A critical part of our strategic vision is that UKSG will represent the diversity of the global knowledge community. Our annual conference should reflect a variety of perspectives and backgrounds - and we particularly want to encourage and include those from under-represented communities.
If you have something interesting to say but do not feel you are ready for a plenary, break-out session or workshop, we can provide supportive mentors to help you prepare, or you might consider presenting a shorter lightning talk or poster.
If you need any assistance with any aspect of your submission, including any accessibility needs, then please do not hesitate to contact me.
Our call for suggestions closes on Tuesday 30 July 2024. Our programme committee will then review all submissions and communicate outcomes in August.

I would be grateful if you would share this email far and wide to your own networks - many thanks in advance!

Bev Acreman
Executive Director
UKSG
bev@uksg.org
www.uksg.org

CFP: Emergent Strategy in Library Instruction: Stories, Reflections, and Imaginings (Forthcoming Book)

Call for Proposals for forthcoming book, Emergent Strategy in Library Instruction: Stories, Reflections, and Imaginings

CFP URL: https://litwinbooks.com/call-for-proposals-contributions-for-emergent-strategy-in-library-instruction-stories-reflections-and-imaginings/

Have you had an experience in the classroom, a reference consultation, or other teaching interaction where a subtle shift in attention, a pause to give space for internal processing, or a choice to value presence over the plan resulted in an unexpectedly meaningful learning moment?  Whether you knew it or not, you were likely engaging in emergent strategy, and we would love for you to share your story and your voice in a new collection, Emergent Strategy in Library Instruction: Stories, Reflections and Imaginings, forthcoming from Library Juice Press in 2026, edited by Leah Morin and Hazel McClure. 

This book is inspired by adrienne maree brown's concept of emergent strategy, a feminist, afrofuturist exploration of human relationships to each other and nature, responses to change, and our capacity to dream for and enact more just and beautiful futures.

The emergent strategy core principles brown illuminates in Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds and Holding Change: The Way of Emergent Strategy Facilitation and Mediation, published by AK Press, are summarized as follows:

• Change is constant. Be like water.
• Small is good, small is all. The large is a reflection of the small.
• Less prep, more presence.
• What you pay attention to grows.
• There is a conversation in the room that only these people in this moment can have. Find it. 
• Move at the speed of trust: focus on critical connection more than critical mass.
• Trust the people. If you trust them, they become trustworthy.
• Never a failure, always a lesson.
• There is always enough time for the right work.

We're open to pieces of varying lengths, genres, and formats, but in all pieces we'd like it to be evident where the connection is to an emergent strategy, and how this approach led to learning.  For more information and a link to our proposal submission form, please see our official Call for Proposals. Proposals are due by June 21, 2024.

https://litwinbooks.com/call-for-proposals-contributions-for-emergent-strategy-in-library-instruction-stories-reflections-and-imaginings/