(via Patricia Devine, University of Washington) Are you looking for funds to attend the Medical Library Association Annual Meeting this year? EBSCO Information Services has made available four awards of up to $1000 for MLA members who are currently employed as health sciences librarians and who will have 2-5 years of experience at the time…
Category: Conferences and Meetings – Non-HSLI
Application Deadline for Ysabel Bertolucci MLA Annual Meeting Grant is Dec. 1
(via Carolyn Ching Dennison, University of Hawai’i at Manoa Library) Need something to do after feasting on Thanksgiving Day? Consider applying for the Ysabel Bertolucci MLA Annual Meeting Grant! This grant recognizes Ysabel Bertolucci’s exemplary career as a member of the Medical Library Association and her many contributions to its Sections, Chapters and Board. Endowed…
Save the Date: Data Science and Visualization Institute for Librarians (June 4-8, 2018)
(via Hilary Davis, North Carolina State University) Save the Date! The Data Science and Visualization Institute for Librarians will be held June 4 – 8th, 2018 at the James B. Hunt Jr. Library, North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina. Applications for the Institute will be accepted beginning on Dec 12, 2017. https://www.lib.ncsu.edu/data-science-and-visualization-institute The…
Call for Nominations: Routledge Distance Learning Librarianship Conference Sponsorship Award (Deadline Dec. 1)
(via Cynthia Thomes-University of Maryland, University College) Do you know or could you be the next recipient of the Routledge Distance Learning Librarianship Conference Sponsorship Award? If so, the Distance Learning Section (DLS) of the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) wants to hear from you! This prestigious award, sponsored by the Routledge, Taylor…
Call for Proposals: ACRL New England Chapter 2018 Conference, “Failing Forward” (Deadline 1/19/18)
(via Katherine Freedman, University of Massachusetts Amherst) Call for Proposals Failing Forward: Experimentation and Creativity in Libraries 2018 ACRL New England Chapter Annual Conference Friday, May 4, 2018 Hotel 1620 Plymouth Harbor Plymouth, Massachusetts https://acrlnec.org/annual-conference/call-for-proposals #acrlnec18 We often talk at conferences about projects that went well. In contrast, we rarely discuss initiatives that failed, or…
Call for Applications to Attend the Institute for Research Design in Librarianship 2018
(via Lorna Dawes, University of Nebraska – Lincoln) We are issuing a call for applications for the Institute for Research Design in Librarianship (IRDL) 2018. We are seeking novice librarian researchers who are employed by academic libraries or research libraries outside an academic setting in the United States to participate in the Institute. We define…
Call for ALA Annual Panelists on Open Educational Resources (Deadline Dec. 22)
(via Mike Courtney, Indiana University) Are you a distance or online librarian with experience in OER projects? Then we want to hear from you! The Distance Learning Section has teamed up with the CMS Collection Development Librarians of Academic Libraries Interest Group and are looking for panelists with OER experience to participate in our co-sponsored…
Registration Now Open for STELLA 2018 Unconference on STEM Librarianship (May 18-19)
(via Anna Sackman–University of California, Berkeley) STELLA 2018 Where: University of California, Berkeley When: May 18-19, 2018 Registration is now open for the 2018 STELLA Unconference! Sign up at bit.ly/stella2018. The University of California, Berkeley, is excited to host the next STELLA Unconference, taking place on Friday May 18 – Saturday May 19, 2018. This…
Save the Date: CARLI Public Services Committee Open House at Millikin (March 15, 2018)
(via Denise Green, Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois) The CARLI Public Services Committee is pleased to sponsor an Open House that has an emphasis on the changing nature of library spaces. Please save the date of March 15, 2018 to visit Millikin University’s University Commons. Their newly remodeled and reconfigured space opened…
Call for Applications: ACRL Travel Scholarship to National Library Legislative Day (Deadline Dec. 19)
(via Gwen Gregory, University of Illinois at Chicago) Apply for ACRL Travel Scholarship to National Library Legislative Day (May 7-8, 2018) // ACRL Insider — News and information from the Association of … http://www.acrl.ala.org/acrlinsider/archives/14756 Are you interested in federal legislation and policy affecting libraries and your campus community? Are you willing to work with your…