Are you planning to attend Nancy’s Reception at this year’s Health Science Librarians of Illinois Annual Conference. In addition to eating great food, browsing poster sessions, and watching a chemistry “magic show”, you will have the opportunity to speak with vendors from five library-related organizations and companies. More information about each one is below. (Click…
Day: October 23, 2017
HSLI 2017 Conference Sessions for the Afternoon of Thursday, October 26
If you are planning to attend the Health Science Librarians of Illinois Annual Conference in Bloomington this week, remember that two sessions will take place the afternoon of Thursday, October 26. More information is below. From 1:00 to 2:45 PM, first watch a recording of the National Library of Medicine’s webinar “Infographics: Communicating Information Visually” (the recording…
Call for Proposals: Digital Initiatives Symposium 2018 (Deadline Nov. 17)
(via Hugh Burkhart, University of San Diego) Call for Proposals: Digital Initiatives Symposium 2018 The Digital Initiatives Symposium at the University of San Diego is accepting proposals for its full day conference on Tuesday, April 24, 2018. Proposals should fall into one of three formats: Panel discussions: 90 minutes (please allow 10-15 minutes for Q&A) Concurrent…
UIUC’s iSchool Seeking Input for Curriculum Planning
(via Dr. Nicole Cooke and Dr. Linda Smith, iSchool at UIUC) Input sought for curriculum planning The iSchool at Illinois is conducting a brief survey intended to identify core skills and knowledge areas for the MS in library and information science program. We are interested in which skills and knowledge areas you perceive to be…
Health-Sciences-Related Sessions at 2017 Charleston Conference: Issues in Book and Serial Acquisitions (Nov. 6-10)
(via Ramune Kubilius, Galter Health Sciences Library at Northwestern University) Hopefully, many people have been able to attend the regional MLA conferences this fall. They provide a great opportunity to network in a smaller group and to also have some longer discussions with vendor and publisher reps. Another fall conference tradition is the Charleston Conference:…