(via Cathleen de Groot, Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar) What would you say about health information if you had seven minutes with your medical information colleagues across the Middle East region? What pressing issues should we consider? What projects will make a difference? What tools should we be using? The Distributed eLibrary team at Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar…
Category: Webinars
Reminder: Deadline to Submit Poster Proposals for ILA Virtual Annual Conference (Oct. 12-14) is Tues., Aug. 31
(via the Illinois Library Association) The Illinois Library Association (ILA) Conference Program Committee invites applications for poster sessions at the 2021 ILA Virtual Annual Conference, taking place October 12-14 (Tuesday-Thursday). Poster sessions will be featured on the ILA website. The online poster session will become available at 9:00 AM on October 12, and posters will continue to be…
Call for Proposals Extended: Lightning Talks and Posters for HSLI 2021 Conference (Online Oct. 27-29)–New Deadline is Tues., Sept. 7
(via Charlotte Beyer, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science) Do you have ideas to share? Consider sharing those ideas at the Health Sciences Librarians of Illinois 2021 Annual Conference, which this year is a virtual conference on October 27-29 (Wednesday-Friday). This year you have the option of presenting your ideas as a poster or lightning…
Registration Open for Amigos Library Services Webinar “Understanding and Using Library Data” (Sept. 13 and 15, 1:00-3:00 PM CDT Both Days)
(via Jodie Borgerding, Amigos Library Services) Registration is now open for the Amigos Library Services webinar “Understanding and Using Library Data”. The webinar will take place in two sessions, one on Monday, September 13, and the other on Wednesday, September 15. Each session will last from 1:00 to 3:00 PM CDT. Effective collection, interpretation and display of library…
Call for Program Proposals: ACRL ULS Professional Development Webinar Series (Deadline Fri., Sept. 24)
(via ACRL) The ACRL ULS (University Libraries Section) Professional Development Committee welcomes proposals for online programs that further ACRL members’ professional development, knowledge, and practice. Proposals should be grounded in theory and/or practice. We encourage the use of panels and multiple presenter models to convey a variety of viewpoints. Presenters are responsible for recruiting their…
Call for Proposals: Medievalist Librarian Sessions at International Congress on Medieval Studies (Online in May, 2022)–Deadline Wed., Sept. 15
(via Allison McCormack, University of Utah) The International Society of Medievalist Librarians is hosting two sessions at the International Congress on Medieval Studies, which will be held virtually in May of 2022. The two sessions are “Beyond Manuscripts and Rare Books: Medievalist Librarians outside Special Collections Departments” and “Show Your Work: New Projects, Collaborations, and…
Registration Open for Virtual ALA Legislative Summit (Sat., Oct. 16, 12:00-3:30 PM)–Limited to Legislative Liaisons
(via Megan Cusick, ALA) We are pleased to announce that ALA will host a virtual Legislative Summit on Saturday, October 16, from 12:00 to 3:30 PM CDT. Please note that this is not a public event, since it is intended for key legislative liaisons within ALA and its statewide organizations and space is limited. In recent…
Registration Open for LIS Pedagogy Chat “Some Best Practices in Collaborative Teaching with Faculty Colleagues: What I Learned in 2020, and What I Know for Sure in 2021” (Fri., Aug. 27, at 1:00 PM CDT)
(via Dr. Laura Saunders, Simmons University) Please join us for the next LIS Pedagogy Chat on Friday, August 27, at 1:00 PM CDT. This session’s topic is “Some Best Practices in Collaborative Teaching with Faculty Colleagues: What I Learned in 2020, and What I Know for Sure in 2021”, with a brief framing by Leslie…
Registration Open for ALA LRRT Webinar “”Co-Creating Knowledge in LIS Research: An Indigenous Researcher’s Approach” (Fri., Aug. 27, 1:00 PM CDT)
(via Dr. Africa Hands, East Carolina University) Join the ALA Library Research Round Table for a free webinar, “Co-Creating Knowledge in LIS Research: An Indigenous Researcher’s Approach”. The event will take place on Friday, August 27, starting at 1:00 PM CDT. Dr. Sandy Littletree will lead a discussion on an approach to research based on…
Reminder: Deadline to Submit Lightning Talk and Poster Proposals for HSLI 2021 Annual Conference (Online Oct. 27-29) is Fri., Aug. 27
(via Charlotte Beyer, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science) Do you have ideas to share? Consider sharing those ideas at the Health Sciences Librarians of Illinois 2021 Annual Conference, which this year is a virtual conference on October 27-29 (Wednesday-Friday). This year you have the option of presenting your ideas as a poster or lightning…