Call for Chapters: Text and Data Mining Literacy for Librarians (ACRL Publication)

Call for Chapters: Text and Data Mining Literacy for Librarians

Editors: Whitney Kramer, Evan Muzzall, and Iliana Burgos

We are excited to invite chapter proposals for Text and Data Mining Literacy for Librarians, an edited volume to be published by ACRL. Click this text to fill out the Google Form and start your submission. Please email Whitney Kramer at wbk39@cornell.edu with any questions. 

About the book:

Text and Data Mining Literacy for Librarians will provide librarians with a broad overview of the TDM-specific data literacy skills needed to support researchers. It will include case studies of library-supported TDM projects in a variety of disciplines, from the digital humanities to the social sciences and beyond. This volume will help librarians of all experience levels learn to support researchers utilizing TDM across disciplines and even conduct TDM research of their own. We will prioritize open scholarship principles and data-centric approaches to TDM when applicable and encourage librarians to think critically about the applications of TDM — especially with regards to social impacts, intellectual property rights, and power structures in facilitating TDM. Ultimately, this volume is intended to empower librarians, inform decision makers, and support our research communities as working with textual data becomes further embedded into the research landscape. 

Call for chapters:

We invite chapter proposals for the following sections. If you have experience supporting text and data mining research in any form, please consider submitting a proposal. Do not feel limited by the following suggested topics! We encourage proposals from first-time authors and authors based in any type of college or university setting. 

Section 1 - Essentials of Text Data Literacy

This section will provide a basic understanding of contemporary research topics and skills necessary for librarians to adequately support faculty and students who are conducting TDM research. Sample topics could include:

• How to engage in a TDM “reference interview”

• Data ethics in text data mining research contexts

• Embedding critical theory into text data education

• The role of library administration and management in supporting TDM

Section 2 - Education, Training, and Logistics 

This section will cover the many core mechanics of TDM, including data sources, licensing and legal aspects, collections management, vendor products, and administrative perspectives. Sample topics could include:

• Text data sources and collections management

• Library applications of text data mining: easy examples in context

• Problems of text data mining in libraries: licensing and legal aspects of TDM 

• Labor in supporting TDM education

• Evaluating proprietary and black box TDM products

Section 3 - Practical Applications and Case Studies

This section will provide case studies of library-supported TDM projects in a variety of disciplines in order to help readers understand practical applications for TDM skills in the library. Sample topics could include:

• Electronic health records

• Engaging with ChatGPT and tools powered by artificial “intelligence”

• Large language models

• Law and technology

• Literary text data

• Social media data

• Speech and /audio data

• Text data in the digital humanities

• Text data in the social sciences

• Using TDM for library assessment

• Working with multilingual corpora

Proposal Instructions:

Please submit your proposals using this Google form. The text of the proposals should not exceed 500 words. Be sure to include a working title, 3-5 keywords describing your proposed topic, and one or two learning objectives. (Note: These are not included in the word limit.) 

Submissions are due by July 15, 2023. We expect to notify authors of acceptance by August 15, 2023. See below for the proposed project timeline. Please email Whitney Kramer at wbk39@cornell.edu with any questions. 

Project Timeline:

• CFP closes July 15, 2023 

• Authors notified of acceptance by August 15, 2023 

• Chapter outlines sent to editors by October 2, 2023 

• First drafts due January 15, 2024 

• Draft reviews completed and feedback provided to authors around April 15, 2024 

• Second drafts due May 15, 2024 

• Editor reviews completed around July 1, 2024 

• Final draft submitted to ACRL by August 31, 2024

Call for Proposals- ACRL/NY 2023 Annual Symposium "Embracing Slow Librarianship" - NYC, December 1, 2023

Call for Presentations, Lightning Talks, Panels, & Posters

ACRL/NY 2023 Annual Symposium
Embracing Slow Librarianship

December 1, 2023
Baruch College, City University of New York (CUNY)

Submission deadline: June 15, 2023.
Please submit proposals using this form

In response to the growing fetishization of productivity in academia’s increasingly corporatized climate, writer and librarian Julia Glassman suggests that library communities might benefit from an approach that incorporates principles from “slow” movements (slow food, slow technology, etc.). She describes slow librarianship as addressing the needs and interests of library communities through the “commitment to prioritizing reflection and meaningful practices over chains of impressive-sounding achievements,” which, in turn, presents the possibility of opening “alternative avenues for professional development and recognition."

For this year's ACRL/NY Symposium, we are seeking proposals for presentations, lightning talks, panels, and posters that address the theoretical and practical applications of slow librarianship in academic libraries.

Potential topics include (but are not limited to):

• Implications for theory and praxis: How does or how might the concept of slow librarianship benefit from specific theoretical approaches, and how might this in turn impact the practical application of slow librarianship as conceptualized through these theoretical lenses?
• Implications for supporting DEI: How might slow librarianship inform our approaches to enhancing diversity in our libraries and advocating for underrepresented groups at all levels in the academic library, including staff, professionals, students, and administration?
• Implications for work within and across specific library units: How might slow librarianship inform the procurement, curation, discovery, preservation, and/or promotion of library collections? How might slow librarianship inform the development, execution, and evaluation of reference and instruction initiatives? How might slow librarianship inform critical considerations regarding the adoption and use of new forms of technology and data in libraries and archives?
• Implications for the library ecosystem and sustainable future: How might slow librarianship inform the development of physical, virtual, and hybrid library spaces that resist the reproduction of toxic productivity, the imperative to do-more-with-less, vocational awe, etc.? How might slow librarianship inform efforts to support solidarity, collaboration, and the idea of staff and patrons as whole people? How might slow librarianship inform our ability to examine and challenge traditional hierarchies, imbalances in labor relations, and barriers to professional development?
• Implications for libraries and the climate crisis and sustainable futures: How can library workers foster a more secure future and social justice within their communities at a time of unprecedented climate risk?

Proposals should be 250-500 words in length, submitted by June 15, 2023.
Please submit proposals using this form
Accepted proposals will be notified by July 15, 2023.

All presentations will take place in person on December 1, 2023 at the Vertical Campus at Baruch College, City University of New York (CUNY) and will be livestreamed.

Questions regarding submitting or about the Symposium in general can be sent to acrlnysymposiumchair@gmail.com

Journal of Business & Financial Librarianship: Call for articles and reviews

I have taken over as editor of the Journal of Business & Financial librarianship (https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/wbfl20/current). JBFL is currently accepting article and review submissions for upcoming issues. Questions about article submissions can be sent to me at stephae@wwu.edu. Questions about book and database reviews can be sent to Lauren Reiter at lmr29@psu.edu.

Not sure if your article idea is right for JBFL? Articles relating to business information literacy; citation analysis, developing videos or other forms of modular tools for business courses; outreach and support from public libraries to the small business community; and other ideas related to business librarianship. JBFL is an academic, peer-reviewed journal published by Taylor & Francis with open-access options (https://authorservices.taylorandfrancis.com/choose-open/publishing-open-access/open-select/). More info on aim and scope, reach, and journal metrics are accessible on/from the Aim & Scope page: https://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?show=aimsScope&journalCode=wbfl20.

Information on submission, including instruction for author and a link to the submissions page, can be found here: https://www.tandfonline.com/action/authorSubmission?show=instructions&journalCode=wbfl20.

Question? Please ask!  Write Elizabeth Stephan at stephae@wwu.edu

Call for Conference Reports - Serials Review

Do you have a professional resolution to write more but continue to put it off? Are you looking to beef up your resume/CV?  

The “Serials Spoken Here” column in Serials Review is seeking contributors to submit conference reports (only 750 words or less!) for issues related to serials from any of these spring conferences:

• ELUNA
• UKSG
• NASIG
• Acquisitions Institute

 

This is an excellent way to inform colleagues who were not able to attend, in addition to completing a writing goal. Please get in touch with me to identify a session and get more details about contributing to the column. 

 

Thank you for considering this request, 

Janetta Waterhouse

Serials Spoken Here co-editor

jwaterhouse@ksu.edu

Serials Review - https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/usrv20

CFP: Upper Peninsula Region of Library Cooperation Annual Conference (UPRLC) - September 14th, 2023 - Sault Ste Marie, Michigan

Conference URL: https://uprlc.org/uprlc-annual-conference-committee/

Looking for an excuse to visit the UP this fall?  Have a great program geared towards small and rural libraries?  Wanting to collaborate with some dynamic, creative and extremely talented librarians?  Then please consider submitting a proposal for this year’s UPRLC Conference.  Located in Sault Ste Marie, this year’s conference theme is Charting the Course, and will be held on September 14th at Lake Superior State University.  A half-day, pre-conference will be hosted at the Superior District Library’s Bayliss Public Library location on September 13th.

If you are interested, please see the attached Call for Proposal for more details.  Deadline is May 31st.  Questions?  You may reach out to Conference Chair, Lisa Waskin at lwaskin@superiordistrictlibrary.org or SLC Director, Dillon Geshel at dgeshel@superiorlandlibrary.org.

UPRLC Annual Conference 2023 Call for Proposals is Open!

This year’s theme is Charting Our Course and will be held at Lake Superior State University in Sault Ste. Marie on September 13th and 14th in the Cisler Center on campus, overlooking the St. Marys River and Canada.

We invite proposals for Breakout Sessions at this year’s UPRLC Annual Conference.  This year we are looking for new ideas, programs, and sessions on what you have experienced in your library as we all continue to navigate library issues in this post-pandemic era.  With recent book challenges on the rise, we are now seeing new issues that we are facing on a daily basis. 

We are looking for proposals that will elevate the ideas in our areas of special interest which include teambuilding, staff structuring, mental health, community development, strengthening relationships, innovative programs, Diversity and Inclusion, Intellectual Freedom, and digitizing collections. Each breakout session should be approximately 45-50 minutes long.  

The UPRLC Annual Conference registration fee will be waived for all those presenting a breakout session at the meeting.

To submit a program for review, please fill out the attached proposal submission form and return to lwaskin@superiordistrictlibrary.org by Wednesday, May 31st.  

Please submit your proposal and help us all to continue Charting the Course towards great library services for all.

Ticker: The Academic Business Librarianship Review - Call for Submissions

Ticker URL: https://journals.publishing.umich.edu/ticker/

Ticker: The Academic Business Librarianship Review is seeking peer-reviewed research articles for Volume 9, Issue 1, to be published in the Spring of 2024. 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 have 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 December 01, 2023. Editorials will be due March 01, 2024. 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 (The Ohio State University), Editor in Chief & Kelly LaVoice (Vanderbilt University), Managing Editor

Call for Submissions and Nominations for PRIMO (Instructional Materials)

Call for Submissions and Nominations for PRIMO

 The Peer Reviewed Instructional Materials Online (PRIMO) Committee of the ACRL Instruction Section invites you to submit your online information literacy tutorial, virtual tour, or other online library instruction project for review and possible inclusion in PRIMO: Peer-Reviewed Instructional Materials Online.

 

***Deadlines for Spring 2023*** 

Nominations:  April 26 2023

Submissions:  May 10 2023

 

Additional information about PRIMO, as well as the submission and nomination information, is available from the following link: https://acrl.ala.org/IS/instruction-tools-resources-2/pedagogy/primo-peer-reviewed-instruction-materials-online/

Site submissions for PRIMO are accepted continually, but are reviewed for possible inclusion twice per year.  If you would like to submit your own project for consideration, please use the Submission Form. If you would like to nominate a site, please email the PRIMO co-chairs. For further information, please contact committee co-chairs Brittany O’Neill at oneillb@uncw.edu and Janna Mattson at jmattso1@gmu.edu.

 

**Important note** All submissions will be acknowledged shortly after the submission deadline. If you submit a project for review and do not receive an acknowledgment after the submission deadline, please contact the PRIMO co-chairs with a request for verification that your submission was transmitted successfully. 

 

Brittany & Janna

Co-chairs, ACRL IS PRIMO Committee 

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Brittany O’Neill

Information Literacy Librarian

University of North Carolina Wilmington

oneillb@uncw.edu 

she/her/hers

 

Janna Mattson

Online Learning Coordinator & Instruction Librarian

George Mason University

jmattso1@gmu.edu

she/her/hers

CFP: MLA 2023 Annual Conference (Kalamazoo, Michigan - October 18-20, 2023) - Michigan Library Association

MLA 2023 Annual Conference Call for Proposals

CFP URL: https://www.milibraries.org/call-for-proposals

The MLA 2023 Annual Conference Call for Proposals is open! Our theme this year is Connecting the Dots. Submit a proposal by Friday, May 12, 2023, and help us connect the dots between all library professionals. Learn more

We invite proposals for Breakout Sessions at the MLA 2023 Annual Conference, October 18 - 20, 2023, at the Radisson Hotel in Kalamazoo.

We are seeking Breakout Session proposals from emerging thinkers that relate to our theme, "Connecting the Dots”. We are looking for proposals that elevate the ideas of intellectual freedom, networking, equity, diversity, inclusion, collaboration, programming, management, and more. Submit your proposal and help us connect the dots between all library professionals.

This invitation extends to all library professionals and partners, from first-time to experienced presenters, as well as professional speakers and subject matter experts. Proposals are due Friday, May 12, 2023.

Deadlines and Due Dates

• Friday, May 12, 2023 — Final day to submit proposals. This deadline is firm and will not be extended.
• Friday, June 16, 2023 — Selection notifications distributed via email from MLA to all presenters.
• Friday, July 28, 2023 — Presenter agreements due to MLA office.
• Monday, October 2, 2023 — Handouts received for posting on MLA website and mobile app
• Wednesday – Friday, October 18-20, 2023 — MLA 2023 Annual Conference, Radisson Hotel, Kalamazoo

CFP: ANTHOLOGY ON ACCESS SERVICES TRENDS IN CANADIAN ACADEMIC LIBRARIES

CFP: ANTHOLOGY ON ACCESS SERVICES TRENDS IN CANADIAN ACADEMIC LIBRARIES 

We are pleased to invite Canadian academic library professionals and researchers to submit their papers for an upcoming anthology on access services trends in academic libraries. The anthology aims to bring together a collection of high-quality papers that explore the latest trends, practices, and challenges in access services in Canadian academic libraries. Access services in an academic library refers to the functions and resources provided to patrons to ensure they can find, borrow, and use library materials and services effectively to achieve their research goals.

Send a 250-word proposal or abstract to kwatmough@tru.ca with name, credentials, affiliation and contact information by June 7th, 2023. 

The anthology seeks original research papers, case studies, and theoretical articles, not previously published that address topics such as: 

• The changing role of access services in academic libraries
• New and innovative approaches to providing access services
• Best practices in user-centered access services 
• The impact of technology on access services in academic libraries 
• The integration of access services with other library functions 
• Evaluation and assessment of access services 
• Staff training and development in access services 
• Collaboration and partnerships in access services 
• Access services and equity in Canadian academic libraries 
• Innovative practices and strategies in access services 
• Pandemic pivots in access services 
• User experience in access services 
• Emerging technologies and access services 
• Indigenous author topics in access services, including Truth and Reconciliation initiatives, Indigenizing and/or decolonizing services.  
• Resource sharing topics 
• Relationships with student success and access services (including reference services) 
• Assessment and evaluation of access services 
• Collaboration and partnerships in access services 
• Professional development and training in access services 
• Emerging trends and best practices in reference services 
• Innovative approaches to reference services 
• Collaborative reference services and partnerships 
• Assessment of reference services and user satisfaction 
• Reference services for underrepresented groups 

Accepted papers should be between 4500 and 6500 words and should be formatted according to the APA style guide. All chosen papers will be subject to a rigorous peer-review process. Selected papers will be included in the anthology. The anthology will be submitted for publishing to organizations that offer open access.

Submission Guidelines: 

• Papers should be submitted via email to the editors at kwatmough@tru.ca by August 31st, 2024, after your acceptance of proposal or abstract has been received. 
• Papers should be in Microsoft Word format and should include a title page with author information (name, affiliation, and contact information) and an abstract of no more than 250 words. 
• Papers should be original and should not have been published or submitted for publication elsewhere. 

We look forward to receiving your submissions and to showcasing the latest research and practices in access services in Canadian academic libraries. 


Editors:

• Katherine Watmough, MLIS, Access Services and Resource Sharing Librarian, Thompson Rivers University.
• Barbara Sobol, MLIS, Public Services Librarian, University of British Columbia Okanagan.
• Shannon Moist, MLIS, Head of Reference Services, Douglas College. 

CFP: Going Local: A Comparative Study of the Historical Evolution of Local Civil Society Organizations

Call for Contributions: 

Going Local: A Comparative Study of the Historical Evolution of Local Civil Society Organizations

Dipendra KC, Thammasat University, Thailand

Patricia Maria Emerenciano Mendonca, University of São Paulo, Brazil

Emmanual Kumi, University of Ghana

Anna Domaradzka, University of Warsaw, Poland

Elizabeth Bloodgood, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada

Christopher Pallas, Kennesaw State University, United States

Abstract: We are seeking interested authors to submit a 500-word proposal for contributions to an edited volume examining the origin and evolution of local civil society organizations. We are particularly interested in the perspectives of local experts who can provide deep understanding of local civil society organizations (CSO) populations and the processes by which they have historically managed both local interests and global influences.

 

Call: Civil society organizations (CSOs) have arisen organically in nearly every country and culture, serving vital social, political, and economic functions. Yet the origins and evolution of local CSOs remains under-researched, particularly for CSOs from the Global South. Academic research on local CSOs has often focused on the role of global philanthropy and national regulations, emphasizing the period from the 1970s to the 2000s when international donors sought CSOs as partners to deliver foreign aid, promote democracy, and advance human rights. However, local CSOs’ operations long predate these trends, and CSOs’ responses to these national and international trends reflect local culture and history.

 

For this volume, we seek to explore how local CSOs’ agency has interacted over time with national and international pressures to reshape CSOs’ operations and change the local population of CSOs. We are looking for country chapter contributions that will help readers better understand the origins and evolution of CSOs in eight to ten selected countries in an empirically nuanced fashion based on deep national narratives by local experts who can reveal layers of complexity and challenge unidirectional and linear accounts of civil society development. In so doing, we aim to not only expand our understanding of local civil society, but also promote a decolonized discourse in which the historical assumptions and approaches of Northern scholars can be challenged and debated.

 

By building locally informed, empirically grounded understandings of the historic evolution of local CSOs in low- and middle-income countries, we aim to capture the diverse array of types of CSOs, with different scales and degrees of formalization, found around the world. We consider why some organization types survive over time as others fade out while the nature of state-society relations, political and economic environments, national demographics, and the nature of international integration also change.

 

We propose an initial set of framing questions for each chapter to address but we will organize a collaborators meeting on Zoom among selected contributors to further refine these questions before chapters are drafted.

• How has the ecosystem or population of CSOs in your country changed over time? What did the original CSOs look like?  What did CSOs look like during key historical eras?  What have been the relative numbers of formal and informal CSOs and relationships between them? What types of CSOs have survived to the present day and which have not?

• What is the relationship between the state (including any pre-colonial government or colonial government, as well as modern governments) and CSOs, and how has this shifted over time? What factors can be linked to (may have caused) these shifts?

• Are there identifiable inflection points which mark major changes in civil society in your country? Can you put approximate dates to these shifts and identify likely drivers of change? Are the changes sharp or gradual? At these inflection points, what has stayed the same and what has changed? Do you have a sense of why? How does this compare to neighboring countries or the broader region? 

• What role, if any, did global political, legal, economic, or social factors play in the changes in civil society?  How did local CSOs act to mitigate or adapt to international pressures or events?  What local practices have had global effects or been diffused elsewhere?

 

We are looking for a 500-word proposal for chapters of roughly 6,000-8,000 words to be submitted to Elizabeth Bloodgood (elizabeth.bloodgood@concordia.ca). Each chapter will be a single country narrative of the historical evolution of CSOs from beginning to present. We are seeking four to six chapters of CSO evolution in low- to middle-income countries which are underrepresented in the global literature on civil society in addition to chapters on Brazil, Ghana, Nepal, and Poland. The selected contributors will help to refine and then apply a shared framework to organize the narratives. The concluding chapter of the edited volume will compare across countries to identify common and divergent themes and outcomes for civil society evolution. Chapter contributors will be selected according to country and depth of expertise CSOs in their country. Contributors will participate in two virtual workshops in late summer and early fall to receive feedback on their chapters from other participants in the volume and relevant academic communities.  Once the list of contributors has been established, a complete proposal for the volume will be submitted to Georgetown University Press.

 

Timeline: 

Author information and a 500-word proposal due April 17, 2023

Editorial collaboration will select and contact potential contributors by May 17, 2023

Zoom collaborator meeting to develop project and framework early June 2023

Draft chapters due September 30, 2023

 

Any questions can be sent to Elizabeth Bloodgood (elizabeth.bloodgood@concordia.ca). Brief proposals for chapters, as well as author(s) identifying information should be emailed to elizabeth.bloodgood@concordia.ca by April 17, 2023.

CFP - Beyond the Numbers 2023 (November 6th-8th, 2023 - St. Louis, Missouri)

Call for Proposals for Beyond the Numbers 2023

Submission deadline: Friday, June 9, 2023

Conference URL: https://research.stlouisfed.org/conferences/beyond-the-numbers/

The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis seeks submissions for its biennial conference on economic information. This conference will bring together librarians, information professionals, data researchers, and data managers to improve understanding of economic resources and how to find, use, and share them.

We encourage users, educators, creators, curators, and managers of economic, business, and financial information to share their expertise and provide insights into the challenges they face. If you have attended before, consider presenting and sharing your expertise!

Possible topics include but are not limited to:

Data Literacy

• How do we cultivate it for ourselves?
• How do we teach it?
• How do we combat economic illiteracy and misinterpreted data?

Data Management

• Access, preservation, sharing, and reuse
• Data management plans and changing requirements to secure research funding
• Best practices for promoting FAIR principles (findability, accessibility, interoperability, and reuse)

Data Tools and Resources

• New, misunderstood, underused, or non-traditional economic information tools and sources
• Library instruction using economic data: case studies, best practices
• Accessing data through APIs
• Data wrangling and cleanup
• Finding hidden economic information (e.g., data stored in archives and institutional repositories)
• Economic data visualization: best practices, tools, and what to avoid

Hot Topics in Business, Economics, and Data Librarianship

• Environmental, social, and governance (ESG)
• Artificial intelligence, ChatGPT, and related topics
• Cryptocurrency, blockchain, and related topics

Choose your preferred presentation type:

• Lightning talk: 5-7 minutes
• Session: 20 minutes

Abstracts for each proposal should be no more than 250 words. Clearly state the aim of the presentation, the topic, and the specific knowledge attendees will gain.

All proposals will be reviewed by the Conference Organizing Committee and must be submitted by Friday, June 9, 2023, to research.event.services@stls.frb.org. 

Please include the following information in your submission:

• Title
• Presenter(s)
• Presenter affiliation
• Presenter email(s)
• Presentation type
• Abstract (250 words)

CFP: Academic BRASS Spring 2023 Issue #BusinessLibrarianship

Interested in seeing your name in print? Want to add another line to your CV? Have something to share with other business librarians? 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 April 21, 2023.

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, LuMarie Guth  (lumarie.guth@wmich.edu), Tim Tully (ttully@sdsu.edu), and Katie Hut 

(khut@american.edu).

CFP: Practical Academic Librarianship #OpenAccess #SpecialLibrariesAssociation

CFP: Practical Academic Librarianship

Journal Home Page: https://pal-ojs-tamu.tdl.org/pal/

Interested in sharing your research? Want to get more involved in your professional community? Consider submitting your work to Practical Academic Librarianship!

One of two peer-reviewed journals published by the Special Libraries Association Academic & Education Community, Practical Academic Librarianship (PAL) is an open access, double blind peer-reviewed journal focused on innovative writing from new and established academic librarians and information professionals serving academic departments or affiliated institutions including centers, institutes, specialized collections, and special units within or related to academic units. Well-written manuscripts that are of interest to these communities will be considered, including:

• implementation of new initiatives and best practices;
• original and significant research findings with practical applications;
• analysis of issues and trends;
• descriptive narratives of successful and unsuccessful ventures;
• examination of the role of libraries in meeting specialized client needs.

Articles: We accept articles reporting on empirical research, professional practice, case studies, and other studies focused on practical applications to academic library work. Submissions should be include a literature review, methods section, results, conclusions, and bibliography, and should be accompanied by an abstract up to 300 words. Article length will vary depending on topic, but should not be more than 25 manuscript pages, single spaced.

Think Pieces: These articles are intended to spur discussion and are not subject to double-blind peer review; however, they are screened by the Co-Editors. The pieces should aim to ask provocative questions for future research and debate, rather than provide definitive answers. Think pieces should run approximately 3-15 manuscript pages, single-spaced, 1000-6000 words total. The use of visual aids such as images, video clips, or links is encouraged.

Membership in SLA is not required for publication. Practical Academic Librarianship publishes items as soon as they are ready by adding articles to the current volume’s Table of Contents. The journal publishes two issues a year: the first issue runs January 1 - June 30 and the second issue runs July 1 - December 31.

For more information about Practical Academic Librarianship, including author guidelines, visit the PAL journal page. We look forward to hearing from you!

CFP: Conference Reports for the 'Serials Spoken Here' Column in Serials Review

Are you attending the Electronic Resources & Libraries (ER&L) Conference in March or the UKSG Annual Conference in April?

The “Serials Spoken Here” column in Serials Review (https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/usrv20) is seeking contributors to submit conference reports by May 1. Coverage of any session is welcome, and conference reports are 750 words or less.

This is an excellent way to inform colleagues who were not able to attend, complete a publication goal, and contribute to the body of literature. If you are presenting, you may write about your own session.

Please reach out for more details about contributing to the column or with a session you would like to claim.

Best,

Roxanne
“Serials Spoken Here” Co-Editor

Roxanne Backowski (she/her/hers)
Assistant Professor, Head of User Services
McIntyre Library | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
backowrm@uwec.edu

CFP: 10th Annual Virtual LILi (Lifelong Information Literacy) Conference - July 27-28, 2023 - Virtual Conference

 CFP URL: https://lili.libguides.com/lili2023/

FREE 10th Annual Virtual LILi (Lifelong Information Literacy) Conference

CALL FOR PROPOSALS

 

• Proposal Deadline: April 1, 2023
• Decision Made By: May 15, 2023
• Conference Theme: Small Victories in Information Literacy!
• Conference Dates: 
• Thursday July 27, 2023, 12:30 pm - 3:30 pm PDT
• Friday, July 28, 2023, 9:30 am - 1:30 pm PDT

Proposal and presentation considerations

LILi (Lifelong Information Literacy) is accepting proposals for lightning talks, presentations, and poster sessions relating to this year’s virtual conference theme, Small Victories in Information Literacy! We are celebrating small victories in information literacy that others can adapt or model. We recognize that not all wins are on a grand scale and not everyone is in a position to change a program completely or start something big. Small scale victories (and even failures!) can offer clues and data to support new or even updated initiatives. And, upon reflection some of our greatest successes arise from a series of small experiments and victories!

Possible presentation topics may include, but are not limited to:  

• Making an impact with minimal resources
• Adapting the old to meet new needs
• Different modes of instruction
• Growing from failure
• Promoting different types of information literacy and lifelong learning
• Teaching to diverse audiences
• Active learning instruction techniques
• Assessment
• Information literacy in non-academic environments
• Artificial Intelligence and Information Literacy
• Games and Information Literacy
• Critical thinking

Proposal submission:

To be considered, complete proposals must include a title, abstract of up to 300 words, and 1-3 main learning objectives/takeaways for the audience. Presenters must also agree that sessions will be recorded and publicly posted online following the conference. Please visit our FAQ for presenter information, including session formats and important dates. We invite proposals from diverse voices, giving priority to people from marginalized communities during the submission process.

Submit proposals here (https://tinyurl.com/yfvxvhvn) by April 1, 2023

For questions, please contact:

Conference Co-Chairs: Esther Grassian, esthergrassian@gmail.com, or April Sheppard, asheppard@astate.edu

Core Forum Call for Proposals Now Open - New Orleans, LA, October 19-21, 2023 #LibraryLeadership

Core wants to hear from you! Share your interesting projects, research, perspectives, or experiences at Core Forum in New Orleans, October 19-21, 2023. We're looking for presentations on hot topics and innovative content in the following areas:

• Access & Equity
• Assessment
• Buildings & Operations
• Leadership & Management
• Metadata & Collections
• Preservation
• Technology

Presentations should be thought-provoking and highly relevant to practitioners. Complete this form to submit your proposal for a 60-minute session, poster, or pre-conference workshop.

Questions about submitting a proposal? Join us for an "All About Core Forum" webinar session, 3 pm Eastern on Thursday February 23. Please register here.

Deadline to submit your proposal: Wednesday March 15, 2023

About Core 

Core: Leadership, Infrastructures, Futures is the national association that advances the profession of librarians and information providers in central roles of leadership and management, collections and technical services, and technology. It is a division of the American Library Association. Core’s mission is to cultivate and amplify the collective expertise of library workers in core functions through community building, advocacy, and learning.

Call for Proposals - BRASS Research Grant Award sponsored by Emerald Publishing

For those of us in BRASS and/or the field of business librarianship, the Research Grant Award sponsored by Emerald Publishing is a great way to boost research that is already taking place or pave the way for completely new research.

This award presents a citation and $2,000 to an individual or team seeking support to conduct research in business librarianship. Applicants do not need to be a member of BRASS. However,  ALA membership is required for individual applicants or at least one member of a team.

Applicants are encouraged to observe the evaluation criteria listed on the website to maximize their chance of submitting a winning proposal. This award is made possible by the generous support of Emerald Publishing.

The deadline for proposal submission is February 17th, 2023.

To submit a proposal, please complete the BRASS Research Grant Award nomination form<https://forms.gle/ZioWZea5Spm9qXz67>.

Questions should be directed to the committee chair, Orolando Duffus at oaduffus@uh.edu

For more information, including award criteria and submission guidelines, please see the BRASS Research Grant Award page: http://www.ala.org/rusa/brass-research-grant-award

Please help us get the word out by alerting librarians in your unit (or consider applying yourself).

CFP: The Evolving Library through Professional Development - LACUNY Institute 2023 - May 11 & 12, 2023 (virtually)​

***Apologies for cross posts***
LACUNY Institute 2023

May 11 & 12, 2023 (virtually)​

Call for Proposals : The Evolving Library through Professional Development

Proposal Deadline: March 3, 2023

*****Submit proposals https://form.jotform.com/230295494444158 *****

Professional development is an integral component of librarianship. As a field that’s always evolving and that is intertwined with technology, librarians, library workers, and information professionals across related fields and disciplines often seek professional development opportunities that contribute to their professional growth. As the needs of users change, information professionals must adapt, share knowledge, and learn new skills. Changes in the field at large can also change the landscape of information work and shift the job responsibilities of library workers. A preoccupation with change (and the future) of the field, is itself the subject of critique and discussion both in LIS literature and within professional development and institutional contexts.

For LACUNY Institute 2023, we invite proposals that explore professional development and information work. We welcome case studies, theoretical explorations, panel discussions, poster presentations, and creative or imaginative proposals on topics such as but not limited to:



· Activism/Social Justice Efforts
· Austerity and Change
· Professional Development Funding
· Obsolescence
· Job Creep and Burnout
· Assessment Culture
· Building Scholarship and Publishing Skills and Networks
· Developing Grant Writing Abilities
· Establishing Leadership Skills
· Improving Services for Users with Accessibility Needs
· Incorporating Universal Design within the Library
· Networking with Other Teachers and Librarians
· Online Instruction and Remote Teaching
· Strengthening Librarian Wellness & Mental Health
· Technology Training for Accessibility Standards
· Open Access and Open Educational Resources


Please Note: Conference registration starts on Monday, March 20, 2023.

Contact Info:

For any questions regarding the LACUNY Institute 2023, please contact:
· Professor Derek Stadler (dstadler@lagcc.cuny.edu)
Co-Chair, LACUNY Institute 2023

· Professor Nelson Santana (nelson.santana02@bcc.cuny.edu)
Co-Chair, LACUNY Institute 2023

CFP: Internet Librarian 2023 (Virtual - October 17-19, 2023)

Internet Librarian 2023 (Virtual - October 17-19, 2023)

CFP URL: https://internet-librarian.infotoday.com/2023/CallForSpeakers.aspx

Call for Speakers

Community Impact: Connecting People & Evolving Tech

Submit your proposal

Deadline April 10

What will our world be like when almost everyone can use AI to be an “artist,” a “coder,” or a “journalist”? And what about those people on the other side of the ever-widening digital divide? Digital inclusion/literacy is even more important for Internet Librarians who shine as tech leaders in their communities, whether it’s through training and enabling discovery, developing studios and makerspaces, providing access to the world’s resources, guiding community partnerships, identifying misinformation, experimenting with AI and XR to find new spaces and processes in the metaverse, or retooling the community for jobs of the future. Creating digital/multimedia content that helps connect people, libraries, communities, and their ideas and stories is at the forefront for leading libraries and this event showcases those that are excelling around the world.

The 27th Internet Librarian event highlights some of these exciting possibilities in a global virtual event. There are so many positive possible futures for libraries in every community—campuses, municipalities, hospitals, schools, corporate and nonprofit enterprises, governments, and more! The trick is to channel the passion that librarians have into building awareness and relationships in their communities; taking action and not waiting for citizens, students, researchers, business folks or faculty to come to them; creating and experimenting with innovative programs and services using new and evolving technologies; securing solid partnerships to expand programs and resources; and futurizing strong, collaborative, successful, and sustainable communities! Internet Librarian 2023 highlights how libraries are using AI and machine learning to save time for new programs, dealing with big data to pinpoint insights, using sensors and other “internet of things” devices to improve and extend services, experimenting with extended realities like augmented and virtual reality to delight their communities, and tracking and sharing applications of smart technology with their campuses, organizations, and neighborhoods. Internet Librarians never, however, lose sight of people in their communities as they futurize and transform to make sure they are relevant and valuable in their communities.

Join us at the most comprehensive conference for library and information professionals interested in technology to discover the insights, strategies, and practices that allow us to push the envelope in expanding the internet, take advantage of evolving technologies, manage libraries and digital information, and enhance the information sharing and learning experience of people in our communities. Internet Librarian Connect 2023 provides attendees with lots of opportunities to meet and hear from leading “movers and shakers” in the global information industry in all types of environments. Leaders in the information industry are integrating content and delighting their clients, organizing and managing digital content in creative ways, setting the context for excellence in information utilization in their organizations, revolutionizing the roles of info pros, creating new learning and discovery areas with makerspaces, and building strong collaborative communities among their customers, colleagues, and partners, as well as using new and evolving technologies in exciting ways. This conference encourages you to bring and share your ideas and champion new practices—this is where ideas and action come together, catalysts are born, and innovation ignites.

Information Today Inc., a key provider of technology conferences for more than 40 years, is pleased to announce the 27th annual Internet Librarian event—the only conference for information professionals who are using, developing, and embracing internet- and web-based strategies in their roles as information architects and navigators; digital managers, developers, and integrators; content evaluators and curators; taxonomists; searchers; community builders, managers, and partners; information providers, trainers, and guides; and more. This comprehensive conference and exhibition offer a wide-ranging program designed to meet the needs of librarians, information managers, systems professionals, researchers, content managers, curators and information specialists. Internet Librarian Connect 2023 caters to all interests and all levels of knowledge with four simultaneous tracks, plus many workshop and networking opportunities.

This year’s tracks encompass such topics as Discovery & Navigation, Makerspace Strategies & Creative Services, Smart Tools & Technologies, Integrating Evolving Technologies, AI & Machine Learning, User Experience, Curating Digital Assets, Resetting & Inspiring Innovation, Web Presence Development & Management, Enterprise Trends, Social Media & Networking, Collaborating With New Community Partners, Content Management, and more. Speakers are knowledgeable, authoritative and focus on practical applications, new tools and techniques, and case studies as well as technical and managerial issues. Please consider sending us a proposal to speak. Following is a list of some topics we hope to cover, but don’t let this list limit your imagination! We look forward to hearing from you.

For more information - visit: https://internet-librarian.infotoday.com/2023/CallForSpeakers.aspx

Call for ALA Conference Panelists: Learners of 2030: Preparing for Literacies and Skills of the Future

The ACRL Distance and Online Learning Section (DOLS) Conference Program Planning Committee is soliciting speakers for their panel presentation, “Learners of 2030: Preparing for Literacies and Skills of the Future.” This program will be a 60-minute interactive panel presentation held at the ALA Conference, June 22 through June 27, 2023 in Chicago, Illinois (exact date and time are pending schedule announcements from ALA). The program description is as follows:

Abstract: All types of libraries are shifting workflows and materials to teach patrons the expertise needed for job skill sets required to be successful in careers that do not yet exist. Join this panel session to hear from a diverse set of librarians on their perspectives, resources, and services related to needed skills, literacies, technologies, and the ways digital and online learning can be leveraged for the future. Engage with colleagues to begin to understand this new landscape and how we can prepare to better serve our patrons in academic, public, and school libraries.

We are seeking speakers from a variety of academic libraries, especially libraries serving a diverse student population. Speakers should be knowledgeable about and experienced with identifying and teaching new literacies, selecting and using technologies to craft an equitable and ethical future for all learners, and able to present on one of the session’s proposed learning outcomes:

Learning Outcomes:

• Attendees will be able to describe projected shifts in the job market and in the composition of learner populations.

• Attendees will be able to identify new literacies, critical thinking, and technology skills that will be needed to be successful in the future.

• Attendees will be able to develop strategies to prepare for these needs at their libraries.

If you are interested in participating in this panel presentation as a speaker, please fill out our speaker interest form by February 17. Speakers will be selected and notified by February 24.

For questions about the program, contact:

Melissa Atkinson

Co-chair, ACRL DOLS Conference Program Planning Committee 2023

melissa.atkinson@acu.edu