The Instruction and Information Literacy Committee of the ACRL Anthropology & Sociology Section is seeking your input on a draft sociology companion document to the Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education. Please consider providing feedback on the draft by completing the ANSS IIL Framework for Information Literacy in Sociology […]
The Choice Outstanding Academic Titles (OAT) list for 2020 has been announced. This prestigious list, released on December 1, reflects the best scholarly titles reviewed by Choice during the previous calendar year, as chosen by the editors. This year’s list features 531 books and digital resources from 123 publishers. Despite […]
Join the ALA Copyright, Legislation, Education, and Advocacy Network (CLEAN) for a free CopyTalk webinar at 2:00 p.m. Eastern on Thursday, December 3. “Modern Interlibrary Loan Practices: Moving Beyond the CONTU Guidelines” will provide information on the ARL whitepaper published in August 2020. This whitepaper reexamines the role of the […]
Nominations are open through November 9, 2020, for the I Love My Librarian Award. The I Love My Librarian Award encourages library users to recognize the accomplishments of exceptional public, school, college, community college, or university librarians. Each year, 10 librarians are selected to receive a $5,000 cash award and […]
Join the ALA Copyright, Legislation, Education, and Advocacy Network (CLEAN) for a free CopyTalk webinar at 2:00 p.m. Eastern on Thursday, October 1. “Fair Use as Cultural Appropriation: What the ‘Forgotten Factor’ Matters” will explore how copyright is an inadequate fit for combatting cultural appropriations – it allows some publicly […]
The Library Copyright Alliance (LCA), whose members are the American Library Association, the Association of Research Libraries, and ACRL, submitted comments on September 2 to the U.S. Copyright Office in response to their notice of inquiry on sovereign immunity. At the request of Congress, the Copyright Office is undertaking a […]
ALA invites library workers to apply to be part of Resilient Communities: Libraries Respond to Climate Change, a pilot program to help public and academic libraries engage their communities in programs and conversations that address the climate change crisis. The project will fund in-person and virtual film screenings, community dialogues […]
There’s still time to register for ALA Virtual: Community through Connection coming June 24-26, 2020. ALA Virtual features a variety of exciting education sessions, notable speakers, COVID-19 information for libraries, live author chats, a virtual exhibit hall, and more. Join us as we learn, grow, and most importantly, lean on […]
Join us on Thursday, June 4, from 1:00-2:15 p.m. Central for a free webinar, “The Library Community Moving Forward in the New Normal,” presented by AASL, ACRL, PLA, and the ALA Chapter Relations and Public Programs offices, with support from United for Libraries. The webinar will features insight and discussion […]
Jennifer K. Sheehan of the Grolier Club has been appointed to the post of Reviews Editor of RBM: A Journal of Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Cultural Heritage, ACRL’s journal covering issues pertaining to special collections libraries and cultural heritage institutions. Sheehan will serve a three-year term beginning July 1, 2020. […]
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