(via Carmen Byg, OCLC) We’re excited to announce the 2024 OCLC Resource Sharing Conference (RSC24) virtual web series. Each year, RSC unites the global resource sharing community, letting us connect with one another. This online conference fosters learning, enabling us to collaborate on new ideas as well as share best practices and innovative approaches. The…
Category: Conferences and Meetings – Non-HSLI
Call for Applications: Ysabel Bertolucci MLA Annual Conference Grant (MLA Membership Required)–Deadline Wed., Jan. 31
The Ysabel Bertolucci MLA Annual Conference Grant recognizes Ysabel Bertolucci’s exemplary career as a member of the Medical Library Association (MLA) and her many contributions to its sections, chapters, and board. Endowed in 2014, the Bertolucci Grant recognizes a health sciences librarian who is involved in nursing, allied health, consumer health or international librarianship. The…
Call for Applications: EBSCO/MLA Annual Conference Grant (MLA Membership Required)–Deadline Wed., Jan. 31
(via Brenda Fay, Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center) EBSCO Information Services and the MLA Scholarship Endowment Fund offer travel grants of up to $1000 to enable members to attend the MLA annual conference. Up to four awards are granted each year to assist those who would otherwise be unable to attend the conference in person….
Registration Open for Free NNLM Region 4 Webinar “Library Telehealth Partnerships: Lessons Learned and Looking Ahead”–Wed., Jan. 31, at 2:00 PM CDT
(via Lauren Wittek, University of Arizona) Region 4 of the Network of the National Library of Medicine invites you to join us for our free webinar coming up next month. Registration is required. Please note: You must be a NNLM member to register (it’s free!). Can’t join us live? Register anyway and you’ll receive the recording after the event….
Call for Proposals: Lifelong Information Literacy “Show & Tell” Presentations for 2023-24
(via Esther Grassian, University of California – Los Angeles) Free LILi (Lifelong Information Literacy) “Show & Tell” presentations are beginning again for the 2023-2024 year! We are now accepting proposals. Each Show & Tell will feature a 20-40-minute demonstration by one or two information professionals demonstrating a tool or theory related to teaching information literacy….
Reminder: Registration Open for Illinois Library Association Legislative Meetups, Running from Tues., Nov. 28, to Wed., Dec. 6–Deadline Fri., Nov. 24
(via the Illinois Library Association) This is a reminder that registration is open for the 2023 ILA Library Legislative Meetups. This series of seven legislative events provides an opportunity to meet with your legislators and speak with them firsthand about issues affecting you and your library. Library trustees, directors, and staff from public, school, and…
Call for Proposals: 2024 Bridging the Spectrum Symposium (Online Fri., March 1)–Deadline Fri., Jan. 5
(via Kevin Gunn, Catholic University of America) The Department of Library and Information Science at the Catholic University of America invites researchers, practitioners and students to submit proposals for the 2024 Bridging the Spectrum Symposium, a forum for sharing research findings, best practices, and works in progress in library and information science. The 16th Symposium…
Call for Applications: Next Evidence Synthesis Institute for Librarians (Online Tues., March 5 – Fri., March 8)–Deadline Mon., Dec. 11
(via Amy Riegelman, University of Minnesota) Now accepting applications for the next Evidence Synthesis Institute for librarians. This will be an opportunity to enhance your database searching skills and learn about the possibilities for collaborating with researchers in conducting evidence syntheses across academic areas. On March 5-8 (Tuesday-Friday), 2024, the seventh Institute of Museum and…
Reminder: Proposals Deadline for The Innovative Library Classroom (Thurs., June 6 – Fri., June 7, in Williamsburg, VA) is Fri., Nov. 17
(via Lucinda Wittkower, Old Dominion University) This is a reminder that the deadline to submit proposals for The Innovative Library Classroom is Friday, November 17. The 2024 meeting, themed “Finite Means. Infinite Uses.”, will take place on Thursday, June 6 (pre-conference workshop, poster session, and social) and Friday, June 7 (conference itself). The conference venue is William…
Call for Proposal Peer-Reviewers: Transforming Libraries for Graduate Students Virtual Conference (Tues., March 12 – Wed., March 13, 2024)–Final Decisions Due Sun., Dec. 31
(via Elaine Walker, University of Alabama) The Transforming Libraries for Graduate Students conference committee is seeking peer reviewers to review proposals for the upcoming virtual conference. The event will take place on Tuesday, March 12, and Wednesday, March 13, 2024. Presentations are expected to cover aspects of supporting graduate programs in libraries and professional development…