Nominations are being accepted for the 2010 Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) Esther J. Piercy award. This award, a $1,500 grant and citation donated by YBP, Inc., recognizes contributions to library collections and technical services by a librarian with no more than 10 years of professional experience who has shown outstanding promise [...]

The Springer journal Naturwissenschaften is publishing a special issue “Beyond the Origin: Charles Darwin and Modern Biology” to commemorate Darwin’s On the Origin of Species which was published 150 years ago in November 1859. Guest editor and author of the lead article is Dr. Ulrich Kutschera, professor of plant physiology and evolutionary biology at the [...]

Proposals are now being accepted for the ACRL 2011 National Conference to be held March 30 – April 2, 2011, in Philadelphia. Contributed paper, panel session, preconference, and workshop proposals are due May 10, 2010. Cyber Zed Shed presentation, poster session, roundtable discussion, and Virtual Conference Webcast proposals are due November 1, 2010. Submit proposals [...]