(via Margaret Chambers, CARLI, on behalf of the Great Lakes Resource Sharing Conference) Register NOW for the 5th annual GLRSC: Charting Our Course Together on June 7-8, 2018 at the Hilton Garden Inn in Perrysburg, OH. Don’t miss out on the conference room rate. Reserve your room by May 14! Schedule in brief: Thursday, June 7, 2018 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. or…
Category: Conferences and Meetings (non-HSLI)
Call for Proposals: Library Marketing and Communications Conference (Deadline May 25)
(via Jody Mitori, Washington University in St. Louis) THE CALL FOR PROPOSALS for the 2018 Library Marketing and Communications Conference is now open! The 2018 Library Marketing and Communications Conference (LMCC) Planning Committee invites you to submit presentation proposals for consideration to our 4th Annual LMCC Conference<http://www.librarymarketingconference.org/> in St. Louis, Missouri. The conference will be…
IMLS-Funded “Digging Deeper” Project Offering 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 scholarship 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)! Register for our final summer series…
Registration Open for New Jersey Library Association Annual Conference (UIUC’s Dr. Cooke is Keynote Speaker)
(via Nancy Weiner, William Paterson University of New Jersey) Join your ACRL-NJ colleagues at the New Jersey Library Association Annual Conference in Atlantic City! Along with a terrific schedule of programs (http://njlaconference.info/schedule?field_sponsoring_groups_tid%5B%5D=11 sponsored by the ACRL-NJ/NJLA CUS section, join us as we welcome back our former NJ academic colleague, Dr. Nicole A. Cooke (http://njlaconference.info/), assistant professor…
Reminder: Early-Bird Registration for 2018 NASIG Annual Conference Closes May 11
(via NASIG) Early bird registration rates for the 33rd NASIG Annual Conference close on Friday, May 11. Registration for the full conference includes NASIG on Demand: Features of the 2018 Conference, NASIG’s newest offering, which consists of recordings of six concurrent sessions that cover a variety of important topics touching on the conference theme of “Transforming the Information Community.” Those…
CARLI Resource Sharing Committee Seeking Input on Fall Forum Topics
(via Debbie Campbell, CARLI) Save the date for the CARLI Resource Sharing Committee’s Fall Forum that will take place on Thursday, October 25, at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield. To help the committee plan the event, please complete this brief, anonymous survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2018ForumRS You can send any questions about the survey, or the event,…
Program Proposals Deadline for 2018 International Visual Literacy Association Conference (Nov. 1-4 in Chicago) Extended to May 31
(via Dana Stratton, Murray State University) The deadline for 2018 International Visual Literacy Association conference proposal submission has been extended to Thursday, May 31. The 2018 IVLA Conference will be held in Chicago, on November 1-4, and it will be a celebration of the organization’s 50th anniversary. The conference theme is “Viewing the Past, Picturing the Present, Designing…
Call for Panelists: STS Hot Topics Discussion Group Session at ALA Annual
(via Paul Hottinger, Cal Poly Ponoma University) The STS Hot Topics Discussion Group has begun planning for the ALA 2018 session. This year’s session topic will be “Diversity & Inclusion in STEM Librarianship”. If anyone going to ALA would be interested in participating in the panel, please contact me, at prhottinger@cpp.edu, for more information. The…
Reminder: Deadline to Register for 6th Annual CARLI Instruction Showcase is May 14
(via Debbie Campbell, CARLI) Reminder that registration is open; please share with those in your institution who may be interested! The CARLI Instruction Committee is coordinating its sixth annual Instruction Showcase on Thursday, May 31st at Dominican University in River Forest, IL. The showcase features innovative elements in library instruction and assessment, where presenters demonstrate…
Registration Deadline for CALA (Chinese American Librarians Association) Midwest Chapter Conference in Chicago is May 4
(via Gwen Gregory, University of Illinois at Chicago) The Midwest Chapter of the Chinese American Librarians Association is having its Annual Conference next week in Chicago. There’s still time to register and see some interesting sessions. The deadline is Friday, May 4. 2018 CALA Midwest Chapter Annual Conference Date: May 11, 2018 (Friday) Format of Conference: Hybrid Physical…