HSLI Newsletter

(via Theresa Kline, Cleveland Clinic)

Early Bird Registration opens this Saturday, April 14^th, for the 2018 Midwest Chapter/MLA Conference in Cleveland, Ohio! We are excited to have you join us for three days of fun in the city of Rock and Roll! Some of the conference highlights include the following:

• Take a CE class on Saturday morning or afternoon to expand your knowledge or learn a new skill!
• Join us for our Keynote Speaker, Patricia Flatley Brennan, on Sunday, October 7^th!
• Walk a few blocks and tour the Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame on any of these days. Take advantage of the conference discount with the “Show Your Badge” program by ordering a ticket online (even day of) before your visit.
• Participate in Jam Sessions to discuss the latest technology used by librarians and our patrons on Sunday afternoon.
• Conclude conference by listening to the Medical Humanities Panel on Monday afternoon!

We encourage you to take a few moments and reserve your spot today by clicking here! In addition to Rock ‘n Roll, the Cleveland Indians or Browns – maybe both – might be playing in Cleveland. Consider purchasing tickets to see a game!

Because Cleveland residents and out-of-town fans might drive into town for a game, while participants are at the conference, we encourage you to make reservations at the Westin Cleveland Downtown to get the hotel rooms at the conference rate today!

Ask Cathy Murch Cathy.Murch@lakehealth.org about Registration

Contact Don Pearson dpearson@mchs.com with website updates or suggestions

Email Jessica DeCaro jessica.decaro@case.edu if you have questions about the conference venue

(via Margaret Chambers, CARLI)

Registration is now OPEN! Reserve your space for the 5^th Annual Great Lakes Resource Sharing Conference at the Hilton Garden Inn in Perrysburg, OH on June 7 & 8, 2018.

Schedule in brief:

Thursday, June 7, 2018

• 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. or 3:30 to 5:00 p.m. – Northwest Book Depository Tours
• 1:00 to 1:15 p.m. – Welcome
• 1:15 to 3:15 p.m.  – Lightning rounds
• 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. – OCLC Update
• 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. – Opening reception and trivia contest
• 6:30 p.m. and later – Dine-arounds or dinner on your own

Friday, June 8, 2018–8:00 a.m. to 3:45 p.m.

• Keynote address
• Three tracks of concurrent sessions
• Breakfast, lunch, and breaks included

Keynote Address: Promises and Pitfalls of 21st Century Resource Sharing – In this presentation, George Needham will discuss the roots of interlibrary loan in the early 20th century, consider the impact of technology in the forms of the MARC record, OCLC, and the web, and then look at what forms resources sharing may take in the years to come.

Conference Rates:

The conference registration fee is $125 ($150 for registration after May 29) and includes all sessions, as well as the reception on Thursday and breakfast and lunch on Friday.

Join your resource sharing partners in charting our course together.

For hotel reservations and other information, visit the conference website.

(via Julie Martin, Northeast Document Conservation Center)

Join us in Atlanta!

DIGITAL DIRECTIONS: Fundamentals of Creating and Managing Digital Collections October 15-16, 2018 Commerce Club – Atlanta, Georgia

Guided by a faculty of national experts, join colleagues from institutions large and small for two days of instruction on best practices and practical strategies for the creation, curation, and use of digital collections. Network with colleagues who have similar challenges, interact with faculty one-on-one, and gain a comprehensive introduction to digitization and digital preservation.

Are you just getting started in digitization and digital preservation? Trying to bring several digital projects together into a cohesive digital preservation program? Or are you well into a digital collections project and need a refresher on the latest standards and best practices?

The Digital Directions conference is geared toward professionals working with digital collections at archives, libraries, museums, historical organizations, government agencies, business and special libraries and archives, and other organizations that steward digital collections. Discounted student rate is available.

FOR COMPLETE INFORMATION: http://bit.ly/DD18About

(via Dianne Brown, Tufts University)

Registration for the Social Science Librarians Boot Camp is now open – https://www.regonline.com/sslbc2018.  Regular registration is $60; the student rate is $30.

The eighth annual Social Science Librarians Boot Camp will be held Friday, June 1, 2018 at Tisch Library, Tufts University (Medford, MA).  It is a low-cost, day-long program that will feature expert lectures from Dr. Claire Wardle on fighting misinformation, and Eric Huntley on data visualization, a panel discussion with first generation college students, and a bevy of afternoon workshops on topics such as zines, copyright, losing your fear of public speaking, mapping Census data, research data management, and text analysis for the social sciences.   Once again, we’ll be offering informal discussion groups with topics generated by the attendees in advance.  Take a look at the preliminary information on speakers and sessions at the 2018 SSLBC website.

A few more things

• We’ve updated our Code of Conduct this year.  Take a look before you register.
• We can no longer offer free parking for attendees.  Parking is available for $8 in the Dowling Hall garage.  The Medford/Somerville campus is well-served by bus lines, and is about a 15 minute walk from the Davis Square T stop.  Check out our Travel Info page for more detail.

If you have any questions about the registration process, reach out to martha.kelehan@tufts.edu.  For questions about the program, you can email sslbc2018@elist.tufts.edu.

(via the Academic Library Association of Ohio)