Three Illinois librarians will be giving a joint presentation at this year’s Brick and Click conference, which will be held in Maryville, Missouri, on Friday, November 6. The presenters are Yi Han, International Student Library Services Liaison at the Illinois Institute of Technology; Pattie Piotrowski, Assistant Dean for Public Services at the Illinois Institute of Technology; and John Dorr, Assistant Head, Research and Information Services at Northwestern University. Their presentation, titled “A Toolkit for Reframing Services for a Diverse Group: A Research Study of International Students at Illinois Institutions“, will take place from 2:00 PM to 2:50 PM, in Meeting Room C at Northwest Missouri State University. The program will discuss various strategies for reaching out to international students and making them more aware of, and comfortable with using, library resources.
Brick and Click is an annual, one-day event meeting hosted by Northwest Missouri State. The name of the conference comes from its focus on the needs of both in-person (“brick”) and virtual (“click”) library staff and users. Common topics at the conference include the latest library technologies, approaches to solving problems, and other relevant issues. For more information about the conference (registration for this year’s event has passed), go here.
Also, if I missed any Illinois librarians who are presenting at this year’s conference, please let me know.