HSLI Newsletter

(via Mary Pelich, Illinois State Library)

Registration has been extended until April 19^th, 2019 for the 5^th Annual Targeting Autism National Forum May 16-17, 2019 on the campus of Dominican University in River Forest, Illinois.

This year’s forum theme is autism and human/civil rights.  We will have several national speakers to explore this important topic with us, including: John Elder Robison, Chantal Sicile-Kira and Tom Iland.  We will also have an exhibit hall and poster exhibits at this year’s forum.

You can find more information about the forum and this year’s speakers on our blog here, or check out the Targeting Autism Facebook page or Twitter @TargetingAutis.

Hotel accommodations will be provided for attendees on May 15 and May 16 at the Carleton Hotel of Oak Park (unless you reside nearby) as well as a light breakfast and lunch during both days of the forum.  Dinner is on your own.  There will be shuttle service to and from the hotel to Dominican University on both days.

The Carleton hotel is 11.6 miles from O’Hare airport and 10.4 miles from Chicago Midway airport and the hotel is just 2 miles from Dominican University.

There are still a few seats available, so register soon by sending an email to: Suzanne Schriar at sschriar@ilsos.gov.

(via Gwen Gregory, University of Illinois at Chicago)

General Information https://pitviper6.github.io/2019-05-23-chicagoMSTech/

Library Carpentry is made by people working in library- and information-related roles to help you:

• automate repetitive, boring, error-prone tasks
• create, maintain and analyze sustainable and reusable data
• work effectively with IT and systems colleagues
• better understand the use of software in research
• and much more…

Library Carpentry introduces you to the fundamentals of computing and provides you with a platform for further self-directed learning. For more information on what we teach and why, please see our paper “Library Carpentry: software skills training for library professionals“.

Who: The course is for people working in library- and information-related roles. You don’t need to have any previous knowledge of the tools that will be presented at the workshop.

Where: 200 E. Randolph St., Suite 200, Chicago, IL 60601. Get directions with OpenStreetMap or Google Maps.

When: May 23-24, 2019. Add to your Google Calendar.

Requirements: Participants must bring a laptop with a Mac, Linux, or Windows operating system (not a tablet, Chromebook, etc.) that they have administrative privileges on. They should have a few specific software packages installed (listed below).

NOTE: There will not be catering provided, but there are a wide variety of coffee and lunch options available close to the venue.

(via the Illinois Library Association)

DPLAFest2019 will be held April 17-18, 2019, at the Harold Washington Library Center in Chicago. This event will explore how libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural organizations across the country leverage technology to serve, inform, and empower communities. The complete program is now available on the event website. Cost to attend is $150 and registration is required.

(via Amanda Makula, University of San Diego)

Last Call: Final Registration<https://2019-dis.eventbrite.com/> for the 2019 Digital Initiatives Symposium<https://digital.sandiego.edu/symposium/2019/>!
– Six Pre-conference Workshops:

– Collections as Data: Digital Collections for Emerging Research Methods by Stewart Varner, University of Pennsylvania
– Two Peas in a Pod: On Information Literacy and Open Educational Resources by Michelle Reed, University of Texas at Arlington
– Text Mining with HathiTrust: Empowering Librarians to Support Digital Scholarship Research by Eleanor Dickson Koehl, HathiTrust
– Results-Driving OER Programs by Nicole Finkbeiner, Rice University
– Metadata for Digital Projects: An Overview of Practical Issues and Challenges by Murtha Baca, Getty Research Institute and UCLA
-Strategies and Tools for Digital Repository Selection and Migration by Todd Crocken and Anne Washington, University of Houston

– Outdoor Wine and Cheese Welcome Reception held on Day 1

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Keynote speakers:

Virginia Steel, Norman and Armena Powell University Librarian, UCLA
“Open, Equitable, Affordable, and Transparent: Progress on the Road to True Open Access”

Leslie Chan, Associate Professor and Associate Director of the Centre for Critical Development Studies, University of Toronto Scarborough
“Platform Capitalism and the Governance of Knowledge Infrastructure”

Featured speaker:

Yasmeen Shorish, Data Services Coordinator / Associate Professor, James Madison University
“Centering Humanity in Digital Scholarship”
Deans’ Panel:

David Lewis, Dean Emeritus, IUPUI University Library
“Digital Infrastructure: Paying for the Pipes”

with responses from:
Adriene Lim, Dean of Libraries and Philip H. Knight Chair, University of Oregon Libraries
Alexia Hudson-Ward, Director of Libraries, Oberlin College and Conservatory
Shan Sutton, Dean of University Libraries and Katheryne B. Willock Endowed Chair, University of Arizona

-10-Minute “Lightning Talks”:
“Lever Press: A Game Changer for Scholarly Publishing” by Jennifer Nutefall, Santa Clara University
“Re/Mapping the Archives: Repository Content for the Digital Humanities and Cartographer” by Michael R. Howser, SDSU
“Can This Be Redacted? Developing an Institutional Repository and Addressing Privacy Issues” by Pamela Pierce, OHSU
“The Language Archive: Migrating to an Easier, Sustainable Open-Source Solution” by Jeroen Geerts, Max Planck Institute Nijmegen
“Pushing PCP and Dismissing Diversity: Platforms, Competition, and Profit” by Paige Mann, University of Redlands

Plus, 12 Concurrent Sessions and 4 User Groups (Digital Commons, DSpace, Fedora and Islandora)

WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU IN SAN DIEGO!

(via the Illinois Library Association)

Reaching Forward South, an annual professional development conference for library support staff in central and southern Illinois, is now accepting conference <https://ila.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6e70654dccbd86e15c572ad55&id=4758096daf&e=6c7f1a78dd> proposals<https://ila.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6e70654dccbd86e15c572ad55&id=da855dbaf9&e=6c7f1a78dd>. The theme is The Future is Always Beginning Now, and proposals should consist of ideas and practices in strategic planning, forward-thinking programming, and current events or endeavors that could change the way libraries and their staff will function in the future. The deadline to submit a proposal is Monday, April 15.

This year’s conference will be held on Friday, May 17, 2019, in Carbondale, IL. For additional information or questions regarding Reaching Forward South, visit the website<https://ila.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6e70654dccbd86e15c572ad55&id=b23969e52f&e=6c7f1a78dd> or contact Ryan Franklin<https://ila.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6e70654dccbd86e15c572ad55&id=4a114db1b8&e=6c7f1a78dd> at the Illinois State Library.