(via Anne Marie Casey, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University) The Distance Library Services 2020 Conference will take place virtually, from Tuesday, November 3, to Wednesday, November 4.While we may be going to a digital platform, that doesn’t mean that we will be missing out on many of the “extras” that conference attendance provides. We will have social…
Category: Conferences and Meetings (non-HSLI)
Call for Proposals Extended: Southeast Data Librarian Symposium (Online Oct. 7-9) — New Deadline Monday, Aug. 10
(via Nina Exner, Virginia Commonwealth University) The 2020 Southeast Data Librarian Symposium (SEDLS) invites proposals for virtual workshops, short talks, and poster presentations at its 2020 meeting. More information on the event is available here. Important dates and deadlines are below. The SEDLS 2020 conference will be held online from Wednesday, October 7, to Friday, October…
Registration Open for ASIS&T Virtual Symposium: Data Curation and Visualization in the Arts & Humanities (Wed., Aug. 5, 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM CDT)
(via the Association for Information Science and Technology ) A half-day virtual symposium hosted by The Association for Information Science and Technology’s Special Interest Group for the Arts & Humanities will be filled with educational insight pertaining to data curation and visualization from various information professionals from the United States. The symposium starts with a…
Reminder: ILA Seeking Poster Proposals for 2020 Virtual Conference (Oct. 20-22) — Deadline Monday, August 31
(via the Illinois Library Association) The Illinois Library Association (ILA) Conference Program Committee invites applications for poster sessions at the 2020 ILA Virtual Annual Conference, taking place October 20th – 22nd. Poster sessions will be featured on the ILA website (an example can be found here. The online poster session will become available at 9:00 AM…
Reminder: Registration Open for CARLI Annual Meeting (Currently Scheduled for Friday, November 13, in Champaign)
(via CARLI) The 2020 CARLI Annual Meeting will be held on Friday, November 13, at the I Hotel and Conference Center in Champaign. Staff at any CARLI member library is invited to attend. A meeting of the CARLI Governing Directors will precede the Annual Meeting. Registration is available from the CARLI Calendar. Please note that a…
Registration Open for Online Conference Science Librarianship in the Time of COVID-19 (Wed., Aug. 5, 12:00-3:15 PM) — Deadline Mon., Aug. 3, at 4:00 PM
(via Peter Larsen, University of Rhode Island) Registration is now open for Science Librarianship in the Time of COVID-19: A Virtual Half-Day Conference, hosted by the Boston Library Consortium’s (BLC) Science and Engineering Community of Interest. The Conference will take place on Wednesday, August 5, from 12:00 to 3:15 PM CDT. More information is below….
Call for Proposals: ACRL Programs at 2021 ALA Annual Conference in Chicago (Deadline Sept. 30, 2020)
(via ACRL) The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) invites its committees, sections, interest groups, and individual members to consider submitting program proposals for the 2021 ALA Annual Conference in Chicago. Program proposals will be submitted via a centralized submission site for all ALA Divisions, RoundTables, Committees, and Offices. ACRL members must choose “ACRL” on…
Reminder: Poster, Paper, and Lightning-Talk Proposals for Joint Midcontinental and Midwest Chapter/MLA 2020 Annual Meeting (Online Oct. 14-16) Due Friday, July 31
(via Ramune Kubilius, Galter Health Sciences Library at Northwestern University) This is a reminder that proposals for papers, posters, and lightning talks at the Joint Midcontinental and Midwest Chapter MLA 2020 Annual Meeting are due soon. More information is below. Dates: October 14-16, 2020 (online) Theme: Becoming a Health Literacy Superhero Registration cost: $25 for…
Reminder: Registration Open for SLA Midwest Symposium (Online Friday, July 31) — Deadline Thursday, July 30
(via the Reaching Across Illinois Library System) On Friday, July 31, the Midwest Special Libraries Association (SLA) communities are happy to present the first annual Midwest Symposium, a day of networking, small-group conversations, and education sessions. This event will include the following presentations. David Stern, Saint Xavier University, “Needle, Meet Haystack: Connecting Users to Journals” Samuel Hansen,…
Reminder: Proposals for Visual Resources Association 2021 Conference (March 23-26 in Chicago) Due Monday, July 27
(via the Illinois Library Association) The Visual Resources Association (VRA), a multidisciplinary organization dedicated to furthering research and education in the field of image management within the educational, cultural heritage, and commercial environments, is accepting proposals for papers, sessions, special interest/user groups, and workshops for its 2021 conference program. The VRA 2021 Annual Conference will…