(via Gwen Gregory, University of Illinois at Chicago) The ACRL Immersion Program is all new for 2018! The 4.5-day program will take place at the University of St. Thomas, in St. Paul, Minnesota from July 29 to August 3, 2018. The new, more central location will provide easy travel access, while still providing the small…
Category: Conferences and Meetings (non-HSLI)
Call for Proposals: Library Research Round Table Research Forum at ALA 2018 Annual Conference (Deadline Jan. 12)
(via Jennifer Sweeney, San Jose State University) The Library Research Round Table (LRRT) is accepting paper submissions for the LRRT Research Forum at the 2018 American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference in New Orleans. The LRRT Research Forum will feature 15-minute presentations of library and information science (LIS) research followed by discussion. Proposals are due…
Reminder: Proposals Deadline for 2018 KLA/SLA Joint Spring Conference is Dec. 15
(via Lindsay Harmon, IACRL Past President, on behalf of Andrew Adler, Georgetown College) The submission deadline for proposals is fast approaching! Thinking about submitting one? Please do so by the 15th. We want to see you – and your work – in Kentucky! 2018 Joint Spring Conference – User Experience: Where the Library and Patrons…
Call for Proposals: Illinois Library Association 2018 Conference (Deadline March 16)
(via Cyndi Robinson, Illinois Library Association) Libraries of all types are places of refuge for members of our communities and institutions. The 2018 Illinois Library Association Conference, Libraries: All Inclusive, is a chance for us to come together and share our ideas about promoting inclusivity in our communities, among our patrons, and within our staffs….
Call for ALCTS News Reporters at 2018 Midwinter Meeting in Denver
(via Chelcie Rowell, Boston College) ALCTS News is looking for volunteers to report on ALCTS preconferences, programs, and forums at the 2018 ALA Midwinter Meeting in Denver, Colorado. Are you attending one of the sessions listed on the call for reporters announcement on the ALCTS News site? Would you like to share what you learn with the ALCTS community?…
Call for Participants: ALA New Members Round Table President’s Program (Deadline Jan. 5)
(via Dani Brecher Cook, University of California – Riverside) The NMRT President’s Program Committee seeks potential speakers for an in-person preconference program at ALA Annual 2018 (New Orleans, LA) on the theme of authenticity and the library profession. In this preconference workshop, we will examine the presidential theme of “You Belong Here” by considering ways…
Voting Open for Designing for Digital 2018 Conference Sessions (Deadline Dec. 6)
(via Kris Johnson, Montana State University) One of the many ways Designing for Digital (D4D) planners build programming is through an open call for proposals and a community vote on all submissions.The Designing for Digital Program Planning Committee welcomes and encourages the community to participate in an open, easy and anonymous community vote of the…
Call for Proposals: Northern California Technical Processes Group 2018 Meeting (Deadline Dec. 13)
(via the Northern California Technical Processes Group) We are pleased to announce that the next Annual Meeting of the Northern California Technical Processes Group (NCTPG) will take place in San Francisco April or May 2018. Our 81st annual meeting will be organized under the theme “Choosing Your Battles.” For 2018, we will have two options…
Call for Papers: ALA Annual 2018–New Research in Collection Management and Development (Deadline Dec. 18)
(via Jennifer Bazeley, Miami University in Ohio) The Publications Committee of the Collection Management Section of ALCTS is sponsoring the program “New Research in Collection Management and Development” (previously known as the Annual Collection Management & Development Research Forum) at the 2018 American Library Association Annual Conference held in New Orleans, LA from June 21-26,…
Second Call: Proposals for the 2018 Reference Research Forum (Deadline Dec. 22)
(via David Ward, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS: 2018 REFERENCE RESEARCH FORUM The Research & Statistics Committee of the Reference Services Section of the Reference & User Services Association (RUSA) invites submission of reference service research project proposals for presentation at New Discoveries in Reference: The 24rd Annual Reference Research Forum at…