The Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship (CJAL) invites submissions to our special issue on the place of teaching in academic librarians’ work. CJAL is an open access, peer-reviewed journal published by the Canadian Association of Professional Academic Librarians (CAPAL).
"Librarians teach. It might not be what we planned to do when we entered the profession, or it may have been our secret hope all along. Either way, we teach." (Oakleaf et al. 2012, 6)
Teaching has become a core activity in academic libraries over the last decades, but librarians may find their teaching role to be a complicated one. Formal instruction largely began in the 1960s and 1970s as a grassroots movement led by librarians rather than library administrators or library schools (Mellon 1987), and some librarians still feel their library administrations do not understand or value their teaching. New librarians may still feel their education has left them unprepared for teaching. At the same time, some administrations are now creating dedicated teaching units and high-level administrative positions focused on teaching and learning, as well as providing greater support for learning to teach. Many librarians identify as teachers or educators as well as librarians, but may not consider themselves as teachers in the same way as faculty, and may not consistently define their work as teaching (Davis, Lundstrom, and Martin 2011). Some may feel anxious or ambiguous about the role (Lundstrom, Fagerheim, and Van Geen 2021; Mattson, Kirker, Oberlies, and Byrd 2017).
We invite authors to contribute to these ongoing conversations by submitting proposals for inclusion in this special issue of CJAL. Both big picture and narrow focus on specific contexts/topics are welcome, including conceptual pieces, empirical studies, and case studies of practice.
Authors interested in participating are asked to submit a proposal (maximum 800 words plus bibliography) as an email attachment (Word document or PDF) to can.j.acad.lib(a)gmail.com by December 20, 2022.
For more information, please see the full CFP on the CJAL website: https://cjal.ca/index.php/capal/announcement/view/872.
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La Revue canadienne de bibliothéconomie universitaire (RCBA) invite des soumissions de propositions pour son numéro spécial sur la place de l'enseignement dans le travail des bibliothécaires universitaires. La RCBA est une revue en libre accès, évaluée par des pairs et publiée par l'Association canadienne des bibliothécaires universitaires professionnels (CAPAL).
"Les bibliothécaires enseignent. Ce n'était peut-être pas ce que nous avions prévu de faire lorsque nous sommes entré.e.s dans la profession, ou c'était peut-être notre espoir secret depuis le début. D'une manière ou d'une autre, nous enseignons." (Oakleaf et coll. 2012, 6)
L'enseignement est devenu une activité centrale dans les bibliothèques universitaires au cours des dernières décennies, mais les bibliothécaires peuvent trouver leur rôle d'enseignant.e compliqué. L'enseignement formel a commencé en grande partie dans les années 1960 et 1970 en tant que mouvement populaire dirigé par des bibliothécaires plutôt que par des administrateurs de bibliothèque ou des écoles de bibliothéconomie (Mellon 1987), et certain.e.s bibliothécaires ont encore l'impression que leurs administrations de bibliothèque ne comprennent pas ou n'apprécient pas leur rôle en enseignement. Les nouveaux bibliothécaires peuvent encore avoir l'impression que leur éducation les a laissé.e.s mal préparé.e.s pour enseigner. Parallèlement, certaines administrations créent désormais des unités d'enseignement dédiées et des postes administratifs de haut niveau axés sur l'enseignement et l'apprentissage, ainsi qu'un soutien accru à l'apprentissage de le pédagogie. De nombreux bibliothécaires s'identifient comme enseignant.e.s ou éducatrices.teurs ainsi que bibliothécaires, mais peuvent ne pas se considérer comme enseignant.e.s de la même manière que les professeur.e.s et peuvent ne pas définir systématiquement leur travail comme de l' enseignement (Davis, Landsturm et Martin 2011). Certains peuvent se sentir anxieuses.eux ou ambigu.e.s quant au rôle (Landsturm, Fagerheim et Van Geen 2021 ; Mattson, Kirker, Oberlies et Byrd 2017).
Nous invitons les auteurs à contribuer à ces conversations en cours en soumettant des propositions à inclure dans ce numéro spécial de CJAL. Les auteurs sont les bienvenus, qu'ils aient une vue d'ensemble ou qu'ils se concentrent sur des contextes/sujets spécifiques, y compris les articles conceptuels, les études empiriques et les études de cas pratiques.
Les auteur.e.s intéressé.e.s à participer sont invité.e.s à soumettre une proposition (maximum 800 mots plus bibliographie) en pièce jointe (document Word ou PDF) à can.j.acad.lib(a)gmail.com d'ici le 20 décembre 2022.
Pour plus d'informations, veuillez consulter l’appel de proposition complet sur le site du CJAL: https://cjal.ca/index.php/capal/announcement/view/872.
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Emily Carlisle-Johnston (she/her), MLIS
Research and Scholarly Communication Librarian
University of Western Ontario
London, ON, Canada
p. 519-661-2111 ext. 84382
This message is sent on behalf of Dr. Surita Jhangiani (surita.jhangiani(a)ubc.ca)
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Dear colleagues,
The team behind the Decolonizing Together Symposium at UBC is pleased to invite contributions to their forthcoming Multimedia Ally Toolkit. Hosted on the Decolonizing Teaching Indigenizing Learning website<https://indigenizinglearning.educ.ubc.ca/decolonizing-together-symposium/>, this open toolkit will feature text-based, podcast, and video content to bring to light the perspectives and experiences of racialized and marginalized people previously absent in teacher education programming. Through this medium, they aim to address how Indigenous erasure, racism, ableism, and multiple other forms of oppression are taken up in the Faculties of Education at UBC and how to address existing gaps through changes to practice and policy.
Building on the thought-provoking presentations during the two Decolonizing Together Symposiums in October 2021 and January 2022, they continue to aim at cultivating a diverse community to create and sustain equitable and inclusive campuses and teacher education experiences. Topics addressed in this toolkit may include anti-racism, anti-oppression, anti-ableism, sexuality and gender discrimination, inclusive learning practice, and settler of colour experiences. Their goal is to provide in-service and pre-service teachers with practical and applicable approaches to addressing this content in their teaching, or for facing challenges related to these issues as they arise in day-to-day practice.
Interested contributors are asked to send a brief proposal (maximum 300 words) to the team by March 1, 2023.
Final papers and other content are due July 1, 2023.
Parameters for final works:
* Papers: 3500–5000 words (not including references)
* Audio: 10–15 minutes of podcast feed or other audio recording
* Video: 10 minutes in length
Submission timeline:
* Proposals due: March 1, 2023
* Acceptance notification: April 1, 2023
* Final works submitted: July 1, 2023
* Publication: September 1, 2023
The original call for proposals document is attached. Please direct any questions to Dr. Surita Jhangiani (surita.jhangiani(a)ubc.ca)
Best,
Arianna Cheveldave [Hear my name]<http://nmdrp.me/ariannacheveldave>
Coordinator, Open Education, BCcampus
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Would you be interested in helping your community learn about current, important books and products? The Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communications is seeking librarians and other scholarly communications professionals to write brief (500-1000 word) reviews of books or products that are relevant to the community. A list of the available items for review is available online<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19BIQW14vPVjZLFWAlQGL9jrBFceBT8FmEJv…>.
Prospective authors are requested to submit a brief proposal outlining the review they would like to write. For further information and guidelines for authors of the Brief Reviews, please see the Guidelines for Brief Reviews of Books and Products<https://iastatedigitalpress.com/jlsc/site/sections/>. Contact co-editors Christie Hurrell and Angela Hackstadt at jlscreviews(a)jlsc-pub.org.
Have you written a book or developed a product (platform, tool, software, app, website, etc.) that you would like to see reviewed in JLSC? Please email the reviews editors and we will add it to the list we share with reviewers. Because these reviews are intended to be independent and critical rather than promotional, we do not accept reviews written by authors, publishers, or developers of the work under review.
Please see our full call for contributors here: https://iastatedigitalpress.com/jlsc/news/57/
Thank you
Christie
Christie Hurrell (she/her/hers)
Co-Editor of Reviews, Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication
Dear Colleagues,
Following up on Alexandre’s message to this list a little bit ago with more information! 😊
We are excited to announce the second annual offering of The Open Education Talks<https://werklund.ucalgary.ca/teaching-learning/instructor-resources/opened>, first offered in 2022 as The Open Pedagogy Talks, a series of lightning talks focusing on open education in postsecondary institutions. These 15-minute talks will be about facets of open education, including open pedagogy and learning, utilizing open educational resources, and integrating open strategies in higher education.
The purpose of these talks is to create an accessible, virtual space to engage in conversations about open education. We encourage talks that are student-led or otherwise showcase the important role of student-educator collaborations in open education, and welcome proposals from educators, students, administrators, librarians, instructional designers, and all other roles related to the design, delivery, and evaluation of open education in postsecondary institutions.
For these talks, we share our understanding of open education, which is from the UNESCO Cape Town Declaration:
“…open education is not limited to just open educational resources. It also draws upon open technologies that facilitate collaborative, flexible learning and the open sharing of teaching practices that empower educators to benefit from the best ideas of their colleagues'' (UNESCO Cape Town Declaration, 2018).
Interested speakers are invited to submit a proposal for a 15-minute talk that falls under the umbrella of one of the following topics:
* Exploring Open Education:: These talks focus on the facets of open education, why it has been impactful in higher education, and examples in higher education.
* Open Learning Design: These talks focus on integrating open learning principles into current and future program and course designs.
* Creating Open Educational Resources: These talks focus on creating, identifying, using, and sharing open educational resources in higher education.
* Open Scholarship and Research Practices: These talks focus on how educators and learners integrate open research into their courses and scholarship of teaching and learning practices.
Important Dates:
* Proposal Deadline: December 10, 2022
* Speakers Notified: January 10, 2023
* Registration Open: February 1, 2023
Talks Schedule: Every Wednesday in March, 2023 at 12:30 PM MST
Submission: Please submit your proposal<https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=7KAJxuOlMUaWhhkigL2RUUg…> by December 10, 2022.
Open Education Talks Working Group: This initiative has been developed in partnership with the University of Calgary, Thompson Rivers University, Concordia University (Edmonton), the University of Alberta, and the University of British Columbia, Vancouver.
If you have questions or would like more information, you can contact me: christina.hendricks(a)ubc.ca<mailto:christina.hendricks@ubc.ca>.
Please feel free to share this invitation with your network. Thank you and we look forward to learning alongside you in this endeavor!
Warm regards,
Christina Hendricks
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Christina Hendricks PhD (she, her, hers<https://equity.ubc.ca/resources/gender-diversity/pronouns/>)
Professor of Teaching, Philosophy
Academic Director, Centre for Teaching, Learning, and Technology
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus | xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Territory
214 – 1961 East Mall | Vancouver BC | V6T 1Z1 Canada
christina.hendricks(a)ubc.ca<mailto:christina.hendricks@ubc.ca>