(via the Association of College and Research Libraries) Join us in the Mile High City for the day-long workshop “Engaging with the ACRL Framework: A Catalyst for Exploring and Expanding Our Teaching Practices,” offered at the 2018 ALA Midwinter Meeting. The event will take place on Friday, February 9, from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM….
Category: Conferences and Meetings – Non-HSLI
Reminder: Bob Doyle Retirement Reception (Jan. 11) and Intellectual Freedom Fund
(via Reina Williams, Rush University Medical Center) After 21 years as ILA’s Executive Director, Bob Doyle retired on December 1, 2017. Please join us for a cocktail reception to celebrate Bob’s two decades of distinguished leadership. Thursday, January 11, 2018, 4:00 – 6:00 PM, at The University Club, Michigan/Monroe Room, 76 East Monroe Street, in…
Call for Volunteers: LLAMA Buddy Program at ALA Midwinter
(via Aisha Conner-Gaten, Loyola Marymount University) Reminder to be a buddy for ALAMW! Meet new people a few times and gain service experience! Are you a new ALA Conference attendee and would like tips on how to get the most out of your conference experience? Are you an experienced ALA Conference attendee and willing to…
Reminder: Moderators Sought for MLGSCA/NCNMLG 2018 Joint Meeting Roundtables
(via Kathryn Houk, University of Nevada – Las Vegas) We are still looking for at least *4 volunteers* to moderate and take notes (or delegate to another RT participant) one of the following discussions at the 2018 Northern California & Nevada Medical Library Group / Medical Library Group of Southern California & Arizona Joint Meeting….
Call for Applicants: ALHHS Joan E. Klein Travel Scholarship (Deadline March 14)
(via Amy Suiter, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis) The scholarship committee of the Archivists and Librarians in the History of the Health Sciences (ALHHS) is currently accepting submissions for the Joan E. Klein Scholarship to attend the ALHHS annual meeting. This award is open to ALHHS or MeMA members who are students…
Call for Applicants: Medical Library Association InSight Initiative Summit in Chicago (Deadline Jan. 15)
(via the Medical Library Association) The MLA InSight Initiative’s first summit, Engaging Users in a Disruptive Era, will take place March 6-7, 2018, in Chicago, Illinois. Confirmed participating organizations are American Psychiatric Association Publishing, Annual Reviews, BMJ Publishing, Elsevier, F1000, The JAMA Network, McGraw-Hill Education, NEJM Group, Springer Nature, and Wolters Kluwer. MLA seeks twelve…
Call for Applicants: Mills College Summer Institute for Book and Print Technologies 2018 (June 4-15 in Oakland, CA)
(via Adrienne Suzio, Mills College) The Mills College Book Art Program is pleased to announce the third annual Summer Institute for Book and Print Technologies taking place June 4-15, 2018. The summer institute is open to members of the national book art community and will include 5-day workshops taught at the master class level by…
Call for Speakers: Federal and Armed Forces Round Table Session at ALA Annual (Deadline Jan. 31)
(via Janice Young, U.S. Department of Energy) The Federal and Armed Forces Round Table (FAFLRT) is seeking an enthusiastic and dynamic speaker to present at the 2018 American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference in New Orleans. If you are interested, please scroll down and complete the submission information located at the bottom of the page….
Call for Papers: Document Delivery and Resource Sharing Section Open Session at 2018 IFLA WLIC (Abstracts Due March 1)
(via Seangill Peter Bae, Princeton University) The IFLA Document Delivery and Resource Sharing section is accepting the paper proposal for the Open Session which will be held during 2018 IFLA WLIC in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The theme of the Open Session is “Transform Resource Sharing-exceed expectations.” We invite papers of all sorts but are especially…
Designing for Digital 2018 Early-Bird Registration Open and Session Preview Available
(via Kris Johnson, Montana State University) 2018 SESSION PREVIEW NOW AVAILABLE A preliminary list of session titles for the 2018 D4D Conference is now available. The final schedule will be announced by the beginning of January. CLICK HERE FOR THE SESSION PREVIEW HAVE YOU REGISTERED YET FOR #D4D18? Time is running out to save on…