(via Gwen Gregory, University of Illinois at Chicago) I know you have a lot of great ideas about what academic libraries need to succeed. As your representative on the RAILS Board, I hope you can share some of these with RAILS. They are revising their strategic plan. As a part of this process, Executive Director Deirdre…
Category: Conferences and Meetings (non-HSLI)
Medical Library Association 2018 Conference Registration Open (Early-Bird Ends April 18)
(via Ray Naegele, Medical Library Association) The 2018 National Program Committee and Local Assistance Committee look forward to welcoming you to the 118th Annual Meeting of the Medical Library Association (https://mla.socious.com/page/mla18-general-information) in Atlanta, GA from May 18-23, 2018. MLA’s premier event hosts over 2,200 participants including medical librarians and related health information professionals and exhibitors….
Call for Panelists: LITA Top Trends Program at ALA Annual (Deadline March 31)
(via Mark Beatty, American Library Association) We are currently seeking nominations for panelists for the 2018 ALA Annual Conference LITA Top Tech Trends program in New Orleans, LA! You may nominate yourself or someone you know who would be a great addition to the panel of speakers. Submit your nominations at https://goo.gl/forms/eND5Z4uzfb2n9WZN2. The next LITA Top…
Registration Open for Workshops on Text Mining and the HathiTrust Research Center
(via Harriett Green, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) Are you a librarian interested in learning more about digital humanities methods and text mining? Consider taking a text mining workshop hosted by the IMLS-funded project “Digging Deeper, Reaching Further: Libraries Empowering Users to Mine the HathiTrust Digital Library Resources” (DDRF). The DDRF project is holding a…
Registration for The Innovative Library Classroom Opens Monday, March 19
(via Rebecca Seipp, Hollins University) Please join us for The Innovative Library Classroom (TILC), at the campus of Radford University in Radford, Virginia, on Wednesday, May 9, 2018, from 9 am to 4:30 pm. We will host a preconference social, which includes the poster sessions, on Tuesday evening. We are thrilled to have Jennifer Ferretti, Digital…
Call for Proposals: Access Services Conference 2018 (Deadline May 4)
(via Krista Higham, Millersville University) On behalf of the Conference Organizing Committee, we would like to invite you to submit a proposal for the Access Services Conference 2018, Unlocking the 21st Century Library. This year’s event will be held at The Georgia Tech Global Learning Center in Atlanta, Georgia from November 14-16, 2018. The Access…
ACRL Immersion Scholarship Deadline is Friday, March 2
(via Beth Fuchs, University of Kentucky) The ACRL Immersion Program is all new for 2018! Immersion ’18 will take place at the University of St.Thomas, in St. Paul, Minnesota, July 29-August 3, 2018. The registration deadline is May 4. Scholarships are available for applicants employed at institutions or in positions serving under-represented groups. For more information,…
Reminder: Deadline for Applying to ACRL Immersion is May 4
(via Beth Fuchs, University of Kentucky) In case you’re considering going to Immersion this year, the registration deadline is May 4. See more information about this year’s program and find the registration link here: http://www.ala.org/acrl/conferences/immersion Wondering what Immersion is all about? Here’s the description from the site: The ACRL Information Literacy Program is an intensive,…
Deadline for Applying to “Leading to the Future” ALA Leadership Institute is Friday, March 9
(via JoAnne Kempf, American Library Association) Applications for the 2018 “Leading to the Future” ALA Leadership Institute (August 6-9, Eaglewood Resort, Itasca, Illinois) will be accepted through March 9, 2018. The institute is designed to help future library leaders develop and practice their leadership skills in areas critical to the future of the libraries they lead….
Call for Proposals: IACRL@ILA 2018 in Peoria (Deadline March 16)
(via Lindsay Harmon, IACRL Past President) Academic library colleagues: The deadline for proposals for this year’s ILA Annual Conference is coming up on Friday, March 16! This conference will include an IACRL@ILA programming track that will take the place of a standalone IACRL conference. Please see the email below for details, and feel free to…