(via Jodie Borgerding, Amigos Library Services) Healthy habits matter. Unfortunately, navigating accurate health information to develop and practice suitable healthy habits is often difficult. Both as information professionals and centers of the community, libraries are in a unique position to inform their communities, students, and staff about health and wellness as well as encourage and aid…
Category: Conferences and Meetings – Non-HSLI
Call for Proposals: Midwest Data Librarian Symposium (Sept. 30 – Oct. 1 at UIC’s Chicago Campus)–Deadline Wednesday, July 31
(via Thomas Gerrish, Purdue University) Midwest Data Librarian Symposium (MDLS) invites session proposals for its 5th symposium taking place at University of Illinois at Chicago (Chicago, IL) on September 30 – October 1, 2019. MDLS is a low-cost, 2-day, hands-on, unconference style event for Midwesterners who support research data management and research data services (RDS)…
Call for Nominations: Access Services Conference Awards (Deadline July 31)
(via Krista Higham, Millersville University) Support Staff Travel Award Do you have a motivated and deserving staff member who could really benefit from attending the 2019 Access Services Conference (November 21-22 in Atlanta, GA)? The Awards Committee is accepting nominations for the Support Staff Travel Scholarship! #ASCATL Nominate today: https://tinyurl.com/ASC-Travel19 Distinguished Achievement in Access Services Do you…
Registration Open for ACRL Workshop: “Standards for Libraries in Higher Education” (Oct. 29 at UIC’s Daley Library)–FOR CARLI MEMBERS
(via Elizabeth Clarage, CARLI) The University of Illinois at Chicago, Northwestern University, and CARLI are pleased to host the Association of College and Research Libraries: Standards for Libraries in Higher Education Workshop <http://www.carli.illinois.edu/acrl-workshop-standards-libraries-higher-education> at the University of Illinois at Chicago from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on October 29, 2019. The learning outcomes for the…
Save the Date and Call for Proposals: 2019 Free-Learning Conference (Online–Tuesday, August 13)
(via Kelly McCallister, Appalachian State University) This year’s 2019 Free–Learning Conference will be held online in Zoom on Tuesday, August 13th. We welcome and and encourage any of you who’d be willing to present, to submit a proposal for an online session. Historically, this conference has attracted about a hundred participants from higher ed in our region. The group has been primarily made up of faculty, librarians, instructional…
Call for Applications: Sewell Travel Stipends to Attend APHA Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, Nov. 2-6 (Deadline July 16)
(via the National Network of Libraries of Medicine – Greater Midwest Region) The Sewell Travel Award for Public Health (STAPH) Committee invites applications for 2019 Sewell Stipends to attend the APHA Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, PA, November 2-6, 2019. The theme this year is “Creating the Healthiest Nation: For science. For equity. For action. For…
Call for Proposals Extended: 2019 Texas Library Association Instruction Round Table Summit on Sept. 13 (New Deadline July 15)
(via Heather Adair, Sam Houston State University) We are extending the call for proposals for the 2019 TxLA Library Instruction Round Table (LIRT) Summit. Tell Me More. TxLA’s LIRT Summit is a one-day conference focused on topics related to library and information literacy instruction in academic, public, school and/or special libraries. Attendees will interact with other library instruction enthusiasts…
Reminder: Registration Open for Free 6th Annual LILi Conference: “Creating Connections: Extending Our Instructional Reach Through Collaborations and Community Partnerships” (Friday, August 2, in Northridge, CA)
(via Esther Grassian, UCLA and Pierce College) Please join us for the 6th Annual LILi Conference taking place on Friday, August 2, from 9:30 am – 2:00 pm at the California State University, Northridge Oviatt Library. The theme of this year’s conference is “Creating Connections: Extending Our Instructional Reach Through Collaborations and Community Partnerships.” Program<https://lili.libguides.com/LILI2019/program>,…
Reminder: Poster Proposals for ILA 2019 Annual Conference Due Wednesday, July 31
(via Gwen Gregory, University of Illinois at Chicago, on behalf of the Illinois Library Association) The ILA Conference Program Committee is accepting applications for poster sessions for the 2019 ILA Annual Conference at https://www.ila.org/events/annual-conference/submit-a-poster-session. This year’s conference will be held at the Tinley Park Convention Center in Tinley Park, IL. Poster Sessions will be held…
Call for Proposals: 6th Biennial Kathleen A. Zar Symposium (Sept. 6 at Univ. of Chicago Library) on High-Impact Collaboration–Deadline July 19
(via Rebecca Starkey, University of Chicago) 6th Biennial Kathleen A. Zar Symposium High Impact Collaboration: Libraries and Undergraduate Research Partnerships September 6, 2019 The University of Chicago Library More information about the Kathleen A. Zar Symposium: Web Page: https://www.lib.uchicago.edu/conferences/zar-symposium/ Email: zarsymposium@lib.uchicago.edu Call for Proposals The organizers of the 6th biennial Kathleen A. Zar Symposium, High…