(via OCLC) OCLC invites ILL professionals and users of OCLC’s resource-sharing solutions to join us online for a series of five sessions that starts on Wednesday, July 8. We’ll discuss how we’re all moving forward together, including best practices and better ways to connect your users with the information they need as your libraries reopen….
Category: Conferences and Meetings (non-HSLI)
2020 Charleston Conference Updates: Event Moving to All-Virtual Format and Call for Papers Extended to Friday, July 17
(via Courtney McAllister, Yale University) After 39 years, the Charleston Conference regrets to announce we are unable to meet in person as planned this year. We are committing ourselves to providing a top-notch, interactive, and immersive online experience for our attendees. We want to do our best to bring what you know and love about Charleston…
Registration Open for Western States Government Information Virtual Conference (August 5-6)
(via Susanne Caro, North Dakota State University) The Western States Government Information Virtual Conference is a free, biennial conference hosted by Government Information Librarians in the Western States and open to all. This year’s theme is “Trusted to Serve: Promoting Quality Government Services in Libraries”. The Conference will be held on August 5-6, 2020. Click here for…
Registration Open for MLA 2020 vConference and exhibits (July 27 and Week of August 10-14)
(via the Medical Library Association) Envision our future and celebrate our past at the MLA ’20 vConference, August 10-14, 2020. While the theme, “2020 Vision: The Future in Focus,” encourages us to look forward, we cannot look forward without learning from our history. The 2020 National Program Committee (NPC) spent a good deal of time reviewing…
Call for Posters and Papers: Joint Midcontinental and Midwest Chapter/MLA 2020 Virtual Meeting, Oct. 15-16 (Deadline Friday, July 31)
(via Ramune Kubilius, Galter Health Sciences Library at Northwestern University) Join us at the Virtual Meeting this fall to share your research and innovative practices. The Joint Midcontinental and Midwest Chapter MLA 2020 Annual Meeting planning committee invites paper, lightning talk, and poster submissions on all aspects of health sciences librarianship for the Virtual Meeting…
Call for Proposals: Southeast Data Librarian Symposium 2020 (Online Oct. 7-9) — Deadline Friday, July 24
(via Dr. Nina Exner, Virginia Commonwealth University) The Southeast Data Librarian Symposium (SEDLS) invites proposals for virtual workshops, short talks, and poster presentations for SEDLS 2020! The SEDLS 2020 conference will be held online October 7-9. The deadline for proposals is Friday, July 24. The Southeast Data Librarian Symposium is intended to provide an opportunity…
Registration Open for MHSLA/MiALA (Michigan) Pop-Up Conference (Online Monday, July 27) — Deadline Monday, July 13
(via the National Network of Libraries of Medicine – Greater Midwest Region) The Michigan Health Sciences Libraries Association (MHSLA) and the Michigan Academic Library Association (MiALA) invite you to attend our first ever-joint MHSLA/MiALA Pop-Up Conference! This will be an entirely virtual conference, taking place on Monday, July 27. Registration is free for MHSLA and…
Save the Date: Virtual Midwest Data Librarian Symposium 2020 (October 14-16)
(via Cameron Cook, University of Wisconsin – Madison) The 2020 Virtual Midwest Data Librarian Symposium (MDLS) will be held from Wednesday, October 14, to Friday, October 16. We expect that these will all be half-days in order to make virtual attendance easier for all participants, but further details will be released with the program. MDLS 2020…
Call for Papers — Intersect 2020: From Shushing to Shouting Virtual Conference (Friday, October 2) — Deadline Tuesday, June 30
(via David Schoen, Niagara University) Sponsored by the Western New York Library Resources Council, Intersect 2020: From Shushing to Shouting– Advocacy and Using Your Voice is going virtual. Submit a Session Idea! We ask you submit proposals related to the many directions this theme can apply to, such as (but not limited to): 1. Legislative Advocacy –…
Registration Open for Online ACRL STS Research Forum and Poster Session (June 18 and 19) — UIC’s Goben and NIU’s Osorio are Presenters
(via Rachel Hamelers, Muhlenberg College) Research Forum (separate registration required) Please join us for the ACRL Science and Technology Session Research Forum on Thursday, June 18, from 1:00 to 2:00 PM CDT. Please register for this free event here, so that we can send you a Zoom link to participate. We are pleased to showcase…