• ARL Leadership and Career Development Program 2022–2023: Call for Applications by December 10, 2021

According to ARL News “The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is seeking applications for the 2022–2023 Leadership and Career Development Program (LCDP). The ARL LCDP is a yearlong fellowship that aims to prepare mid-career librarians from historically underrepresented racial and ethnic groups to take on leadership roles in their careers and in the profession at large…”

• Internet Archive Seeking AAP, Publisher Communications in Scanning Lawsuit

Publishers Weekly reports that “In a filing last week, lawyers for the Internet Archive told a federal judge that the plaintiff publishers and the Association of American Publishers are refusing to properly comply with discovery requests in their closely-watched lawsuit over the scanning and lending of print library books, and is asking the court to intervene…”

MORE LIBRARY AND PUBLISHING NEWS FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES

• China leads the way in researching clean energy innovation to achieve net zero, reveals new Elsevier study

• Frontiers and the Akershus University Hospital announce open access publishing agreement

• Charles University is first Czech Institution to adopt Ex Libris Alma Library Services and Primo Discovery

• Axiell’s integrated MuseTech Ecosystem chosen by the Historic New Orleans Collection

• Out Now: October 2021 Issue of IFLA Journal: Special Issue on Indigenous Librarianship (via IFLA)

• NIST Seeks Public Input on Consumer Software Labeling for Cybersecurity

CONFERENCES, MEETINGS &WEBINARS

• CFP: Transforming Libraries to Serve Graduate Students (Virtual Conference – March 16-17, 2022) …”Transforming Libraries for Graduate Students, the only conference dedicated specifically to graduate librarianship, provides the opportunity to share innovative approaches, best practices, research, and empirical initiatives by and for academic librarians serving graduate students and graduate faculty. This two-day, virtual conference will feature individual and small group presentations and poster sessions focused on student services, applied research, and professional development…  

• The London Book Fair International Excellence Awards open for 2022 submissions. The London Book Fair (LBF) has announced the opening of submissions for the ninth annual International Excellence Awards.
  Celebrating publishing achievement across eleven categories, the International Excellence Awards recognise the hard work of organisations and individuals demonstrating passion, creativity, and innovation within the industry. In addition to returning categories including Library of the Year, Bookstore of the Year and Audiobook Publisher, the International Excellence Awards 2022 will mark the introduction of the Educational Innovation Award, acknowledging those producing tools or initiatives which enhance learners’ experience. Individuals can also be nominated for the London Book Fair Lifetime Achievement Award, given to those whose publishing career has broken down barriers and made positive change within the industry…

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