Join us for this year’s Health Science Librarians of Illinois (HSLI) Annual Conference. The conference will take place in person on Friday, September 22 from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM (with a “happy hour” event from 4:00 PM to 5:00 pm), at the Hilton Garden Inn Naperville/Warrenville (28351 Dodge Dr. in Warrenville). REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN on the…
Registration Open for Next Meeting of Health Science Librarians of Illinois Journal Club (Thurs., Aug. 17, 3:00-4:00 PM CDT)-Article to Discuss is “ChatGTP: What is it and how can nursing and health science education use it?”
(via Peggy Carey, National University of Health Sciences) The next meeting of the HSLI Journal Club will take place on Thursday, August 17, 2023 from 3:00 to 4:00 PM CDT. We are planning on discussing: ChatGTP: What is it and how can nursing and health science education use it? by Mandy M. Archibald and Alexander M. Clark. First published: 21 March…
Registration Open for GIS Librarians for Open Workflows (GLOW) Virtual Forum on Tues., July 25
(via Cecilia Smith, University of Chicago) The GIS Librarians for Open Workflows (GLOW) project focuses on the workflows of librarians and library staff charged with supporting geographic information systems (GIS) and its use across diverse academic disciplines. Funded by the Institute of Library and Museum Services (IMLS) and under the direction of the University of Chicago library,…
ACRL Health Sciences Interest Group Holding Next First Friday Forum on Aug. 4 at 11:00 AM CDT (No Registration Required)–Topic is “How has the COVID-19 pandemic influenced reference, research, and instruction in health sciences libraries?”
(via Anna Ferri, Colorado State University) What reference, research, and instruction work did you do during the pandemic? How has academic health sciences librarianship changed since the pandemic hit? What adjustments have you made? How have faculty expectations and library administration changed regarding reference, research and instruction? Let’s talk about it on Friday, August 4, at…
Registration Open for NNLM Webinar “ClinicalTrials.gov for Librarians”–Thurs., Aug. 17, 1:00-2:00 PM CDT
(via the Network of the National Library of Medicine) Registration is open for the NNLM webinar ” ClinicalTrials.gov for Librarians”. It will take place on Thursday, August 17, from 1:00 to 2:00 PM CDT. This is a National NNLM class. ClinicalTrials.gov is the openly available federal registry and results database of publicly and privately funded clinical studies conducted in…
Final Call for Nominations: HSLI President-Elect and Secretary–Deadline Fri., July 21
HSLI Members, The offices of President-Elect and Secretary are open for election in the fall of 2023. HSLI members are encouraged to consider running for office or nominating a colleague who is interested in being nominated. Self-nominations are welcome! This is a great opportunity for professional service and leadership development, and there are typically only two…
Call for Chapters (Recipes): ACRL Open Science Cookbook–Deadline Mon., July 31
(via Emily Bongiovanni, Carnegie Mellon University) We are seeking proposals for “how to” chapters, or recipes, for the upcoming ACRL publication Open Science Cookbook. Edited by Emily Bongiovanni, Melanie Gainey, Chasz Griego, and Lencia Beltran, this book will be published in both print and Open Access electronic editions. The Open Science Cookbook joins the ACRL Cookbook series by providing an accessible,…
Registration Still Open, and Schedule Posted, for STEM Librarians Collaborative–Online Wed., July 26 – Fri., July 28
(via Sam Hansen, University of Michigan) The schedule for next week’s STEM Librarians Collaborative is now live, here. Also, registration is still open; please see the link at the top of the schedule. There is a wonderful collection of sessions, ranging from a keynote about Open Science to Interactive Learning Sessions about the Research Impact tool Bibliometrix, to first-person…
Call for Participation: Survey on Academic Librarians’ Anti-Censorship Activities–Deadline Wed., Aug. 16
(via Dr. Megan Lowe, Director of University Libraries at Northwestern State University) We are seeking participation from academic librarians who would be willing to take a short survey about their participation in anti-censorship activities. The qualitative data gathered from the survey will be used as part of a book chapter exploring the prevalence of these…
Call for Proposals: 2023 Medical Institutional Repositories in Libraries (MIRL) Symposium (Online Thurs., Nov. 16)–Deadline Fri., Sept. 1
(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 third MIRL Symposium, a free event that will take place virtually on Thursday, November 16 (time to be determined). MIRL is a platform-neutral conference for IR practitioners and those with an interest in…