(via Dr. Gloria Creed-Dikeogu, Ottawa University) The American Library Association (ALA) International Relations Round Table (IRRT) invites you to submit presentation proposals for their 2019 Pre-conference in Washington, DC on Friday, June 21, 2019, from 8:00am – 1:00pm. Libraries today continue to be attuned to meeting the needs of their communities. In the 21st century,…
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January 23 Online Meeting for Creating Networking group (For-Profit and Small Libraries)
(via Gwen Gregory, University of Illinois at Chicago, on behalf of Dan Bostrom, Reaching Across Illinois Library System) Librarians interested in helping create a networking group for for-profit and small academic libraries are invited to join a kickoff call on Wednesday, January 23, 2019, 12:00-1:00 p.m. This event will take place via GoToMeeting. Currently, no…
National Library of Medicine Recruiting for 2019-2020 Associate Fellows (Application Deadline 1/25/19)
(via Ramune Kubilius, Northwestern University, on behalf of Dr. Kathel Dunn, National Library of Medicine) Position(s): National Library of Medicine Associate Fellows You will: Select projects ranging from operations to research and development; project opportunities are in data science, data management, open science, public access, vocabularies and ontologies, consumer health, common data elements, genetics, natural…
Call for Feedback on Draft ACRL Research Agenda – Deadline Extended to January 11
(via Dr. Kara Malenfant, ACRL) Feedback on Draft ACRL Research Agenda – Deadline Extended to January 11 https://www.acrl.ala.org/acrlinsider/archives/16913 ACRL’s Research and Scholarly Environment Committee together with Rebecca Kennison and Nancy Maron – the authors selected by ACRL to design, develop, and deliver a new ACRL research agenda for scholarly communications and the research environment –…
Reminder: ALA Intellectual Freedom Committee Seeking Feedback on Challenged-Resources Interpretation (Deadline Jan. 7)
(via Julia Warga, Kenyon College) This is the third request for feedback from the ALA Intellectual Freedom Committee (IFC). In anticipation of a new edition of The Intellectual Freedom Manual, the IFC is in the process of updating intellectual freedom-related documents. The IFC would appreciate feedback on “Challenged Resources: An Interpretation of the Library Bill…
Call for Project Proposals: 2019 National Institutes of Health Hackathon (Deadline January 7)
(via the National Network of Libraries of Medicine – Greater Midwest Region) The NCBI will host a collaborative biodata science hackathon on the NIH Campus in Bethesda, Maryland February 20-22. We are now collecting project proposals focusing on building tools and pipelines for advanced analysis of biomedical datasets including text, images, next generation sequencing data,…
Registration Open for 2019 Conference on Libraries & Learning (1/31 at University of Wisconsin – La Crosse)
(via Elizabeth Humrickhouse, University of Wisconsin – La Crosse) Registration is now open for the 2019 Conference on Libraries & Learning (CALL). This year’s conference will take place on the University of Wisconsin – La Crosse campus on Thursday, January 31, and will address the emotional labor of librarianship. During the day, presenters will explore…
Call for Volunteers: ALA NMRT Resume Reviewers and Booth Greeters at ALA Midwinter
(via Jillian Hayes, NMRT Resume Review Service Committee Chair) The ALA New Members Round Table Resume Review Service Committee is recruiting volunteer resume reviewers and booth greeters as well as taking resume review appointments for the 20189 ALA Midwinter Meeting! This is a free in-person service that will be located in the ALA Job Placement Center…
Registration Open for 2019 Bridging the Spectrum Symposium (Deadline January 25 or Earlier)
(via Dr. Ingrid Hsieh-Yee, Catholic University of America) Registration is now open for the 11th Annual Bridging the Spectrum Symposium that will be held on Friday, February 8, 2019. Registration will close on January 25 or when all seats are filled, whichever comes first. To ensure your place, please go to: cua.irisregistration.com/Form/LIS2019 ***Note: If you cannot access the form…
Site for Submitting MLA 2019 Poster and Lightning-Talk Proposals Open Until January 25
(via the Medical Library Association) The MLA ’19 site for poster and lightning-talk submissions is open as of today: Wednesday, December 12, 2018. The site will remain open until Friday, January 25, 2019. Submit <https://www.conferenceabstracts.com/cfp2/LoginSSO.asp?EventKey=CIIMKJMV&UserEmail=&UserPassword=&User=&memberID=> your poster or lightning talk structured abstract with a description of a research project or program using the guidelines on…