(via Jennifer Schwatz, DePaul University) 18th Annual Information Literacy Summit News, Media and Disinformation: Making Sense in Today’s Information Landscape Friday, April 5, 2019, 8:30am-3:30pm Presented by DePaul University Library and Moraine Valley Community College Library Located at the Moraine Valley Community College campus (Palos Hills, IL) Registration is Open<https://goo.gl/forms/V8sC4UJ0OEx64UqF3> Keynote Address: Dr. Nicole A….
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Call for Applications: 2019 Librarians Active Learning Institute at Dartmouth College
(via Laura Barrett, Dartmouth College) 2019 Librarians Active Learning Institute (LALI) Applications Now Open! When is the last time you were able to spend several days focused solely on your teaching? Dartmouth College is pleased to announce that applications are open for the annual Librarians Active Learning Institute (LALI) and the Archives and Special Collections…
Registration Open for 2019 Digital Initiatives Symposium (April 29-30 in San Diego)
(via Amanda Makula, University of San Diego) Registration is now open for the 2019 Digital Initiatives Symposium! – Six Pre-conference Workshops: – Collections as Data: Digital Collections for Emerging Research Methods by Stewart Varner, University of Pennsylvania – Two Peas in a Pod: On Information Literacy and Open Educational Resources by Michelle Reed, University of Texas at Arlington –…
Call for Proposals: IOLUG 2019 Conference (Deadline March 1)
(via the Indiana Online Users Group) IOLUG 2019 Conference Tackling Data in Libraries: Opportunities and Challenges in Serving User Communities Submit proposals at www.iolug.org Deadline is Friday, March 1, 2019 Submissions are invited for the IOLUG Spring 2019 Conference, to be held May 10th in Indianapolis, IN. Submissions are welcomed from all types of libraries and…
Registration Open for Immersion 2019, August 2 in Chicago (First-Come, First-Served)
(via Gwen Gregory, University of Illinois at Chicago) Registration is now available for the 2019 Immersion Program. Immersion ’19 will be held at Loyola University Chicago, July 28-August 2, 2019. Immersion ’19 is an intensive 4 ½ day program designed for those who contribute to the educational role of libraries in higher education. Through a critical examination of…
Registration Open for Empirical Librarians 2019 (March 7-8 at Virginia Commonwealth University)
(via Nina Exner, Virginia Commonwealth University) Registration is now open for Empirical Librarians 2019 at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, VA. Empirical Librarians is a small conference focused on librarians doing research and librarians supporting original research. Empirical Librarians provides a great venue for learning, networking, and discussion about the many ways that research and…
Save the Date: Great Lakes Science Boot Camp 2019 (July 17-19 at the University of Chicago)
(via Daniel Dotson, The Ohio State University) SAVE THE DATE! Great Lakes Science Boot Camp for Librarians July 17-19, 2019 University of Chicago Chicago, IL Please save the date (July 17-19, 2019) for the Great Lakes Science Boot Camp for Librarians! This immersive 2 ½ day conference offers librarians an opportunity to learn about current…
Reminder: Illinois Library Association’s 2019 Legislative Meet-ups Begin Friday, February 1
(via Gwen Gregory, University of Illinois at Chicago, on behalf of the Illinois Library Association) This is an opportunity to talk with state legislators about the importance of higher education funding. ——————————————————————- 2019 Legislative Meet-ups Still not sure you should attend a Legislative Meet-up? Check out our new resource, How to Prepare for a Meet-up, intended…
Call for Host Sites: RAILS/IACRL Networking Events for Spring of 2019
RAILS and IACRL co-sponsored two networking events last fall, one at Northwestern University’s Evanston campus and the other at Prairie State College. Due to the positive feedback from attendees at those events, we would like to hold several similar gatherings in the spring. We are looking for academic libraries in Illinois that would be willing…
Call for Proposals: ACRL Distance Learning Instruction Section’s Spring 2019 Digital Poster Session (Deadline 2/13)
(via Michelle Keba, Palm Beach Atlantic University) Calling all distance learning library workers… Do you have a tool, project, or great idea about teaching and learning online that you’d like to share with your peers in the ACRL Distance Learning Instruction Section (DLS-IS)? We’re looking for digital poster proposals for our Spring 2019 Digital Poster…