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The Conference on Academic Library Management (CALM) focuses on practical management skills and concrete practices. Returning in 2026! #LibCALM www.conferenceonacademiclibrarymanagement.com
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We are happy to share that our Call for Volunteers for CALM 2026 is now open! From now until August 22 at noon Eastern time, you can volunteer for 5 different committees or to be a proposal reviewer. Visit www.conferenceonacademiclibrarymanagement.com/volunteer for more information! #LibCALM
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August 8, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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🐾August 26th is World Dog Day, and we want to celebrate your fur-tastic friends! Show off your pup’s most pawsome moments by sharing their photos and stories with us. 📸#WorldDogDay #PawsAndPlay

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August 9, 2024 at 6:16 PM
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🎉 Get ready for the CALM Forum on August 1st-2nd at the University of California, San Diego! 🌟

Attendees, be sure to check your email for FAQs and schedule details if you haven't already. Check-in starts at 8:30 AM—don’t miss it! 📧✨
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July 29, 2024 at 11:11 PM
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Do you have a furry (or scaly!) friend you'd love to show off? Share your pet's adorable moments with us and join our #PetsOfCalm community! Submit your pet's photo and details through this Google form. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Get your cameras ready and let your pets shine 📸
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July 18, 2024 at 7:29 PM
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In case you missed it, we announced the launch of our brand new CALM Chronicle Archive page on the CALM website!
Now you can easily access all of our past newsletters in one convenient place. www.conferenceonacademiclibrarymanagement.com/calm-chronic...
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July 11, 2024 at 6:16 PM
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📢 The June CALM Chronicle is out! 🌟

If you missed our Newsletter this month, no worries! Keep up to date with all things CALM by subscribing to our newsletter! Check out our June edition and stay connected: lib.ucsd.edu/3RI4yvB

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The CALM Chronicle: 2024 CALM Conference Key Takeaways: 1. All work has dignity, all work has value. 2. Relationship building is important and takes time. 3. Clear, compassionate communication is key. 4. Challenges to be good managers are tied to societal and institutional systems and structures that are problematic. 5. Implementing person-centered practices can be small scale changes that stack up over time. 6. As much as we care for others, we also need to care for ourselves Forum Participants Confirmed: We are thrilled to announce that the participants for our upcoming forum have been confirmed! 43 library workers with a broad variety of backgrounds and experiences from the United States and Canada will be joining the Forum from July 31 to August 2, 2024, on the UC San Diego campus. Have questions? Feel free to send them to identifyinggaps@gmail.com. Next CALM Conference in 2026! Mark your calendars! The next Conference on Academic Library Management will be held in 2026.
June 21, 2024 at 9:11 PM
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Help shape the future of professional development for managers in academic libraries by completing this survey! Your input could lead to positive changes in our field! Plus you could win a $10 gift card! bit.ly/identifyingg... #LibraryLeaders #LibraryManagement #Librarian
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June 3, 2024 at 8:14 PM
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We're wrapping CALM 2024 at 3:30 ET with our closing session and keynote! We're pleased to welcome our Katherine Goldstein of The Doubleshift (www.thedoubleshift.com/about) for her talk "Our Job to Care: Bold Ideas and Concrete Solutions for Caregivers at Work." #LibCALM
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May 16, 2024 at 7:18 PM
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Our next set of concurrent sessions start at 2:15pm ET! On the docket are a BIPOC-only session on women of color managers, emergent strategy and radical library management, human-centered approaches to supporting accommodations, and empathetic approaches to tenure. #LibCALM
Nine outlines of BIPOC women arranged in a square of three rows and three columns. The title reads: BIPOC-Only Session | Stuck in the Middle: Women of Color Middle Managers and Their Experiences in Academic Libraries With Treshani Perera, Sherise Kimura. and Kristyn Seo Taff. Four stone-like shapes in muted peach, salmon, tan, and green, with an off-white title square in front of them. The title reads: Emergent Strategy and Radical Library Management & Engagement With Roxane Pickens. Colorful drawn flowers and leaves in orange, green, pink, and violet, framing each of the corners. The title reads: Human-Centered Approaches to Supervisors and Managers Supporting Accommodations in Libraries With Abigail L. Phillips and Dustin Fife. Four peach flowers with a few tiny pink flowers and peach and blue dots emerging from on top of them, against a deep navy background. The title reads: Support in All the Right Places: An Empathic Approach to Tenure With Sandy Hervieux and Katherine Hanz.
May 16, 2024 at 6:02 PM
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Time for day 3! Our first set of sessions today at 1:00pm ET will be covering openly communicating library budgets, reimagining the search experience of internal candidates, navigating interim leadership roles, and person-centered management in unionized libraries. #LibCALM
A string being threaded through a sewing needle against a dark plum background. The title reads: Threading the Needle: Communicating Library Budget Information Up and Down the Chain of Command With Jonathan Shank. Soft pink flowers gently falling against a faded background. The title reads: Reimagining the Search Experience of Internal Candidates with Ethics of Care With Merinda McLure, Wendy Holliday, and Kaetrena Davis Kendrick. A bright watercolor painting with swaths of yellow, fuchsia, and teal, with a white circle in the center. The title reads: Everything Everywhere All At Once: How to Tackle Interim Leadership Responsibilities for Beginners With Heather Cyre. A lime-yellow circle framed with two shades of light blue, emerging from the bottom like a sunset against a medium blue background. The title reads: From Individual to Collective: Applying Person-Centered Management in Unionized Libraries With Joanna Messer Kimmitt.
May 16, 2024 at 4:34 PM
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We have four sessions on the docket at 2:30pm ET! They'll address embedding feminist practice into interviewing, retention through compassionate progressive discipline, exploring job control among instruction librarians, and supporting colleagues approaching retirement. #LibCALM
A hunter green background with three white lines swirling within it. The title reads: Change is Hard when the System Rewards the Privileged: Inclusive Interviewing as a Feminist Practice With Amanda Albert, Rebecca Hyde, Jamie Emery, and Sarah Fancher. Tall trees within a forest, with faint rays of sunlight peeking through. The title reads: Retention Through Empathy: An Invitation to Compassionate Progressive Discipline With Jessica Garner and Kate Coates. The top of a mountain range looking out upon a cloudy, sunset sky. The title reads: Meaningful Work & Librarian Agency: Exploring Job Control Among Academic Instruction Librarians With Matthew Weirick Johnson. An expanse of orangey clouds against a sunlit, light purple sky. The title reads: Talking Honestly and Compassionately About Retirement With Joanna Messer Kimmitt.
May 15, 2024 at 6:33 PM
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Hope you enjoyed the first sessions of Day 2! Up next at 1:15 pm ET we have presentations on an update on #LibCALM's IMLS grant, sustainable workloads for instruction librarians, and building leaders through relational practices.
IMLS, spelled out in giant letters fading from blue to red to orange. The title reads: Identifying Gaps and Opportunities in Professional Development Support for Managers Grant Update From the CALM Steering Committee Maoria Kirker, Shawnta Smith-Cruz, Diann Smothers, Heather James, Veronica Arellano Douglas, Dani Brecher Cook, and Kat Bell. Two trees standing next to a lake, with the sun's rays shining through one of the tree's branches. The title reads: The Role of Supervisors in Maintaining Sustainable Workloads for Academic Instruction Librarians With Shanti Freundlich. A single daisy against a faded background. The title reads: The Reflexive Library Leader: Building Better Academic Library Leaders Through Relational Practices With Julia Davis.
May 15, 2024 at 5:11 PM
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Day 2! Up first at 12:00 pm ET are session we have sessions on improving department culture, strategies to hire the right people for the job, and our session on beyond a land acknowledgement. See you online! #LibCALM
A view of a desk from above, showing part of a laptop keyboard, a smartphone, and a glass of coffee. The title reads: Leading From Where You Are: Taking Ownership in Improving Department Culture With Cara Calabrese and Masha Stepanova. An arrow that splits into three directions on a dark pavement, with a person's feet standing at the intersection. The title reads: Getting the Right People on the Bus With Tatiana Usova. A warm, gradient orange circle slowly fading into the background. The title reads: Beyond a Land Acknowledgement Listening Session Facilitated by the CALM Logistics Committee.
May 15, 2024 at 3:25 PM
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Up next at 4:00pm ET are concurrent sessions on using priority matrices to build transparency, project-based approaches for increasing engagement in antiracism and DEI, universal design and library management, and balancing organizational needs with manager well-being. #LibCALM
A group of illuminated desktop folders, fading into a darkened background. The title reads: Matrix Mavens: Visualizing Priorities to Promote Team Transparency and Project Monitoring With Harriet Wintermute and Heather Campbell. A grassy field with a small brook running through it, with mountains and an emerging sunrise in the background. The title reads: Project-Based Approaches for Increasing Engagement in Antiracism, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Work at Colorado College Libraries With Dustin Fife and Carlos Duarte. A blueish background that fades into black in the bottom left corner, and to a warm orange in the upper right corner, with faded horizontal lines throughout. The title reads: Towards a Universal Design of Library Management With KT Vaughan. Three small wooden balls balancing two small wooden planks between each of them. The title reads: Seeing Our Managers as People: Balancing Organizational Needs with Manager Well-Being with Dory Rosenberg and Erin Davis.
May 14, 2024 at 7:48 PM
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We're getting ready for our first group of concurrent #LibCALM sessions! Coming up at 2:45pm ET are sessions on creating a neuro-inclusive workplace, managing legacy toxicity, managing your team's workload, and emotional intelligence in the workplace.
An outline of a head looking in profile with colorful flowers coming out from it. The title reads: Creating a Neuro-Inclusive Workplace: Supportive Hiring Practices for Neurodiverse Candidates with Liz Bellamy, Alexandra Flores Glosson, James Glosson, Mary Oberlies, Michael Runyon, and Paul Showalter. A dark green background dotted with a few yellow stars, framed by a dark peach and a lighter pink border. The title reads: Managing Legacy Toxicity with a Trauma-Responsive Approach With Lauren Slingluff and Elizabeth Dill. Stacking stones balanced carefully upon themselves, fading into a deep green background. The title reads: Who’s Doing the Work? Managing Your Team’s Workload Effectively With Elizabeth Galoozis, Kendra Macomber, and Ashley Riordan. A pastel background with deep diagonal swaths of yellow, pale pink, and salmon. The title reads: EI in the Workplace: Creating an Emotionally Intelligent Library Culture With Jason Martin.
May 14, 2024 at 6:36 PM
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We're excited to kick off #LibCALM 2024 with our opening keynote panel, "Can Managers Even Take a Critical Stance": A Conversation on the Value of CMS in Library Management with Danya Leebaw, Elaina Norlin, and Reece Steinberg, with Silvia Vong moderating. Join us at 1:00pm ET!
#LibCALM Opening Keynote: "Can Managers Even Take a Critical Stance?" A Conversation on the Value of CMS in Library Management. Featuring Dayna Leebaw, Elaina Norlin, and Reece Steinberg, with Silvia Vong moderating
May 14, 2024 at 4:55 PM
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Registration for CALM 2024 is now open! Visit calm2024.sched.com to grab one of our 1,500 spots! Get 'em while they're hot! #LibCALM
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April 17, 2024 at 7:24 PM
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It's almost time! Registration for CALM 2024 opens TODAY (April 17) at 3:00pm EDT. Thanks to our institutional sponsors, registration is free! Spots are limited to 1,500 registrants, so get ready to get in while you can! #LibCALM
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April 17, 2024 at 1:56 PM
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Mark your calendars! Registration for CALM 2024 will open on April 17 at 3:00pm EDT! 🗓️

Curious what's in store? The schedule is also now live at calm2024.sched.com! We'll update it as we do any final polishes over the next week, so keep watching this space! ✅ #LibCALM
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April 8, 2024 at 8:51 PM
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Interested in exploring the professional development needs of academic library managers? Our "Identifying Gaps and Opportunities in Professional Development Support for Managers" grant team is hosting an in-person forum 7/31-8/2! Applications are due 4/26. forms.gle/sFbeDgXBCYhc...
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April 5, 2024 at 9:30 PM
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We're finalizing the schedule for CALM 2024 and can't wait to share it with you all! Stay tuned: the schedule (and registration) will be opening up in the coming weeks! #LibCALM
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April 2, 2024 at 8:05 PM
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We're exactly two months out from CALM 2024! And we're excited to share that CALM is now also on Instagram! We'd love to connect with the #LibCALM community there, so if you're there too, come and find us! www.instagram.com/calmconference
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March 14, 2024 at 5:27 PM
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Have you heard? The 2024 #LibCALM proposal notifications have now all gone out! If you submitted a proposal but didn't receive an email, reach out to us at calmconf@gmail.com and we'll be in touch!
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February 14, 2024 at 11:20 PM