From EEdwards at ILSOS.GOV Tue Dec 21 17:23:20 2021 From: EEdwards at ILSOS.GOV (Edwards, Eric A) Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2021 17:23:20 +0000 Subject: [spcollig] call for proposals and registration open: 20th Library Research Forum (online April 26-27)--proposals deadline Fri., Feb. 4 In-Reply-To: <1640107368819.14852@ILSOS.GOV> References: <1640107368819.14852@ILSOS.GOV> Message-ID: <1640107400038.41798@ILSOS.GOV> Please excuse any cross-posting. (via Megan Fitzgibbons, Concordia University in Montr?al?) Proposals are now being accepted for the 20th Library Research Forum at Concordia University (Montr?al?, Canada). This year's Research Forum will again be held virtually, in the afternoon of April 26 and 27 (Tuesday and Wednesday). The annual Research Forum provides an opportunity for librarians, archivists, graduate students, teaching faculty, and information professionals to describe and promote their completed or in-progress research, practical case studies or projects. The Forum also provides a venue for researchers to seek suggestions for enhancing their research interests, to identify potential new partners for projects, to test the effectiveness of their undertakings, and to promote research in academic libraries. Registration is free. This year's plenary session will be a conversation with David James Hudson, an award-winning writer, a library and information studies scholar, and an associate librarian at University of Guelph. David's creative and scholarly work is primarily concerned with race, racism, and anti-racism, especially with the ways in which these phenomena have come to be conceptualized (both historically and in the present day) and the interests such conceptualizations have served. He explores such questions with particular attention to contexts of library and information work, Black diasporic life, colonialism, and capitalism. His writing has appeared in such publications as up//root*, Journal of Critical Library and Information Studies, Journal of Information Ethics, and the edited collections Topographies of Whiteness and Information Ethics and Global Citizenship. Information about these and other works can be found at his website, https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.davidjameshudson.ca__;!!DZ3fjg!qWrXQTHJOuEUpZEzmE_yvJnMMnijuKtG_gURnWwak8ROTzQnqaGz5GdRG_cCwx2SxK6emnQ$ . Themes Proposals are invited on research or case studies in any area of Library and Information Science, including, but are not limited to, the following ones. * Equity, diversity & inclusion * Social justice * Decolonization and indigenization * Universal design and accessibility * Community engagement and outreach * Scholarly communication and publishing * Assessment and impact * Digital and information literacy * Special collections and preservation Session Formats * Presentation - A 20-minute formal presentation, followed by a 10-min Q&A * Poster - A visual summary of the project (e.g. digital poster, infographic) to be discussed in small interactive groups Language Presentations and posters can be in English or French. Submission To submit a proposal, please fill out the form at https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=hfFpVS_SE06YUM5bGrzS6D2g9qkYnqtKrF9C86sX87tUOE9GMEtZQTdESjlNTUhaN0tEUENKRlBCTy4u__;!!DZ3fjg!qWrXQTHJOuEUpZEzmE_yvJnMMnijuKtG_gURnWwak8ROTzQnqaGz5GdRG_cCwx2SHvFyxE0$ . The deadline is Friday, February 4. The Forum Committee will notify presenters who are selected by Monday, February 28. For more information, please visit library.concordia.ca/about/staff/forum. Questions? Please contact Chloe Lei, Chair of the Forum Committee, at chloe.lei at concordia.ca. Eric A. Edwards Interlibrary Loan Librarian Illinois State Library Gwendolyn Brooks Building 300 S. 2nd Street Springfield, Illinois 62701-1796 eedwards at ilsos.gov (217) 558-1928 (217) 782-4446--Fax ************************************************ Disclaimer - This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and contain privileged or copyright information. 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Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be the views of the Office of the Illinois Secretary of State. ************************************************ From EEdwards at ILSOS.GOV Tue Dec 28 22:26:58 2021 From: EEdwards at ILSOS.GOV (Edwards, Eric A) Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2021 22:26:58 +0000 Subject: [spcollig] save the date: free virtual ALA Core symposium on future of library binding (Wed., Jan. 26, 12:00-4:00 PM CDT) In-Reply-To: <1640730383810.45125@ILSOS.GOV> References: <1640730383810.45125@ILSOS.GOV> Message-ID: <1640730418390.68148@ILSOS.GOV> Please excuse any cross-posting. (via Miriam Nelson, Ohio University) Please save the date for an ALA Core symposium on the future of library binding. The event will take place via Zoom on Wednesday, January 26, from 12:00 to 4:00 PM CDT?. The symposium will feature updates from the LOC Preservation Directorate, perspectives on the state of the industry, and a discussion on current practice and the need to pivot in response to changing commercial binding landscape. Keep an eye out for further updates and registration information in early January (see the link below). For more information on the event as it becomes available, along with background on the ALA Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures division, please go to https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://alacorenews.org/2021/12/21/save-the-date-core-symposium-on-the-future-of-library-binding/__;!!DZ3fjg!swFpGtyptqpBOAZeIiWUB0ZGjdB9kb7KSpE12S-bDPFqryNReVCLIBKWICzIqWrSGJ-FHM4$ . This event will be free and recordings will be available for later viewing. Eric A. Edwards Interlibrary Loan Librarian Illinois State Library Gwendolyn Brooks Building 300 S. 2nd Street Springfield, Illinois 62701-1796 eedwards at ilsos.gov (217) 558-1928 (217) 782-4446--Fax ************************************************ Disclaimer - This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and contain privileged or copyright information. You must not present this message to another party without gaining permission from the sender. If you are not the intended recipient you must not copy, distribute or use this email or the information contained in it for any purpose other than to notify the Office of the Illinois Secretary of State. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately, and delete this email from your system. 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