(via Sarah LeMire, Texas A&M University) We would like to invite you to join us at this fall’s Libraries & Veterans National Forum. The Forum, which was rescheduled due to COVID, will be an online conference format for the safety of our participants. There is no cost to attend due to a grant from the Institute of Museum…
Category: Webinars
Registration Open for Collection Evaluation & Assessment IG Session (Online Mon., July 26, 1:00-2:00 PM CDT)
(via Stephanie Church, Case Western Reserve University) All are welcome to join the virtual Collection Evaluation & Assessment IG Session, where several of our colleagues will share their expertise. The session is on Monday, July 26, from 1:00 to 2:00 PM CDT, and is free to attend. Each presentation will be approximately 7-10 minutes in length followed…
Registration Open for Amigos Library Services Webinar “Let It Go: Weeding Your Library’s Collection” (July 27 and 28, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM CDT)–Deadline Fri., July 23
(via Jodie Borgerding, Amigos Library Services) Registration is now open for the Amigos Library Services webinar “Let It Go: Weeding Your Library’s Collection”. This webinar will take place on Tuesday, July 27, and Wednesday, July 28, from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM CDT both days. It’s no secret that information professionals have strong opinions when it comes to…
Call for Proposals: Virtual 2021 Medical Institutional Repositories in Libraries Symposium on Wed., Nov. 17 (Deadline Fri., Sept. 3)
(via Ramune Kubilius, Galter Health Sciences Library & Learning Center at Northwestern University) The Medical Institutional Repositories in Libraries (MIRL) planning committee is now accepting proposals for the inaugural Medical Institutional Repositories in Libraries (MIRL) Symposium, a free event that will take place virtually on Wednesday, November 17 (time to be determined). MIRL is a platform-neutral conference and…
Registration Open for Free 2021 South Carolina Conference on Information Literacy (Online Aug. 4-6)
(via Shannon Jones, Director of Libraries at Medical University of South Carolina) Registration is now open for the 2021 South Carolina Conference on Information Literacy (SCCIL). The event will take place virtually from Wednesday, August 4, to Friday, August 6. There is no cost to register. The South Carolina Conference on Instruction Literacy is a new…
Call for Proposals: Southeast Data Librarian Symposium 2021 (Online Oct. 13-15)–Deadline Fri., Aug. 13
(via Melissa Chomintra, Tulane University) The Southeast Data Librarian Symposium, or SEDLS, invites proposals for virtual workshops, short talks, and poster presentations for SEDLS 2021! The SEDLS 2021 conference will be held online from October 13 to 15 (Wednesday-Friday). Submit your proposal here. The deadline for proposals is Friday, August 13. Check out last year’s program to view abstracts, posters, and presentation recordings for…
Call for Proposals: 25th Atmospheric Science Librarians International Conference (Currently Jan. 23-27, 2022, in Houston)–Deadline Tues., Aug. 3, 2021
(via Elise Gowen, Penn State University) The 25th Atmospheric Science Librarians International (ASLI) Conference will be held 23-27 January 2022 in Houston, TX, in conjunction with the American Meteorological Society’s (AMS) Annual Meeting. For this conference, sessions will be in person and virtual. The theme for the 102nd AMS Annual Meeting is “Environmental Security: weather, water and climate for a more…
Registration Open for Allyship: Coalition Building for Sustainable Change Virtual Conference (July 22-23, Thurs-Fri.)
(via the Online Learning Consortium) Registration is now open for Allyship: Coalition Building for Sustainable Change. This virtual summit, co-hosted by Bay Path University on Thursday, July 22, and Friday, July 23, will encourage open, collaborative dialogue about equity and inclusions solutions, interventions, and innovations that empower leaders seeking to build more authentically diverse and inclusive teams and communities. The…
Call for Proposals: Midwest Data Librarian Symposium (Online Oct. 18-20)–Deadline Mon., Aug. 16
(via Kristen Adams, Miami University in Ohio) The Midwest Data Librarian Symposium invites proposals for its second virtual symposium, taking place on October 18-20 (Tues.-Thurs.). The theme of this year’s event is “Open and Emerging from the Pandemic”. The Midwest Data Librarian Symposium, or MDLS, is an unconference for data and librarians. MDLS is intended to enable Midwestern…
Registration Extended for Self-Paced Amigos Online Course “GIS and GeoWeb Applications in Libraries” (New Deadline Thurs., July 15)
(via Jodie Borgerding, Amigos Library Services) Join Amigos Library Services for the self-paced course “GIS and GeoWeb Applications in Libraries”. Registration for this four-week class has been extended through Thursday, July 15. 80% of digital data available to us as information users have a geographic component. Geographic Information System (GIS) technology is widely used in research,…