(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…
Category: Conferences and Meetings – Non-HSLI
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…
Call for Proposals — SCIENCE LIBRARIANSHIP IN THE TIME OF COVID-19: A Virtual Half Day Conference (Wednesday, August 5) — Deadline Saturday, June 20
(via Jennifer Chaput, University of Connecticut) SCIENCE LIBRARIANSHIP IN THE TIME OF COVID-19: A Virtual Half Day Conference Hosted and Planned by the Boston Library Consortium’s (BLC) Engineering Community of Interest (COI) and the Chemistry Community of Interest (COI) WHEN: Wednesday, August, 5, from 12:00 to 2:00 PM CDT WHERE: Online, via WebEx Since March…
Call for Proposals: Catholic Library Association 2020 Fall Virtual Conference (October 22-23) — Deadline Wednesday, June 10
(via Jack Fritts, University Librarian at Benedictine University – Lisle and CLA President) The Catholic Library Association is now accepting proposals for its 2020 Fall Virtual Conference, which will be held online on Thursday, October 22, and Friday, October 23. Conference Theme: Mission-Driven Leadership in Faith-Based Libraries This year’s conference will look at the “why” as…
Illinois Library Association Annual Conference Changed to All-Virtual Format (October 20-22)
(via Gwen Gregory, University of Illinois at Chicago) Yesterday, the 2020 ILA Annual Conference Program Committee announced that the canceled in-person 2020 Annual Conference will be replaced with a virtual conference. Our survey yielded an overwhelming response (71% of respondents) in favor of holding a virtual conference over outright cancellation. More details will be coming,…