(via the American Library Association) Applications for the 2017 “Leading to the Future” ALA Leadership Institute (August 7-10, Q Center, St. Charles, Illinois) will be accepted through Thursday, April 13. The institute is designed to help future library leaders develop and practice their leadership skills in areas critical to the future of the libraries they lead. Building…
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Reminder: : UIC Peoria Hosting March 22 MLA Webinar on Finding Grey Lit. for Systematic Reviews
(via Deborah Lauseng, University of Illinois at Chicago Library of the Health Sciences – Peoria) Reminder: UIC Peoria hosting MLA Webinar on Finding Grey Lit on March 22 The University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) Library of the Health Sciences (LHS) – Peoria is pleased to be hosting the upcoming MLA Webinar Finding Grey Lit for…
Call for Contributed Papers: 2017 Special Libraries Association Conference Biomedical and Life Sciences Division
(via Jeanne Sadlik, Loyola University Chicago) Biomedical & Life Sciences Division Special Libraries Association Conference Phoenix, Arizona June 16-20 2017 Share your scholarship with colleagues in Phoenix. The Contributed Papers Committee invites proposals for papers presenting original research, innovative projects, collaborations or other professional activities of interest to the SLA Biomedical and Life Sciences Division….
Chicago Distance Library Services April Event: “Create Winning Conference Proposals”
(via Ariel Orlov, Adler University) Join the Chicago Distance Library Services Group for our spring event on Friday, April 7 at 2:00 p.m. at Elmhurst College’s A.C. Buehler Library. We’re hosting a panel discussion on creating conference proposals that get accepted, just in time for the April 23 deadline to submit proposals to the 2018 Distance…
NN/LM – Greater Midwest Region Offering March 22 Webinar on Evidence-Based Public Health
(via the National Network of Libraries of Medicine – Greater Midwest Region) On Wednesday, March 22, from 11:00 to 12:00 PM CST, the National Network of Libraries of Medicine – Greater Midwest Region will be hosting the webinar “From Problem to Prevention: Evidence Based Public Health”. More information is below. Curious about evidence-based public health (EBPH) but…
NN/LM – Greater Midwest Region Holding April 26 Webinar on HealthReach
(via the National Network of Libraries of Medicine – Greater Midwest Region) The National Network of Libraries of Medicine – Greater Midwest Region is holding a webinar, titled “HealthReach: Health Information in Many Languages”, from 2:00 to 3:00 PM CST on Wednesday, April 26. HealthReach, a quality multilingual, multicultural public health resource developed by the National Library of Medicine….
Next NN/LM – Greater Midwest Region Update on Monday, March 20
(via the National Network of Libraries of Medicine – Greater Midwest Region) The next monthly update from the National Network of Libraries – Greater Midwest Region will take place on Monday, March 20 (the third Monday of the month), from 2:00 to 3:00 PM CST. The update will include information on what is new and exciting in the…
ALA Offering Workshop (March 15 and 22) on Serving Patrons with Autism Spectrum Disorder
(via the American Library Association) The American Library Association is offering a two-part workshop (totaling three hours), “Serving Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder”, on Wednesday, March 15, and Wednesday, March 22. Both sessions will take place from 1:30 to 3:00 PM CST. The facilitator is Dr. Lesley S. J. Farmer, a professor at California State University (CSU)…
Register Now for April 28 “Open Data: Science, Health, Community” Symposium
(via Debra Werner, University of Chicago) Registration is now open for the fifth biennial Kathleen A. Zar Symposium, “Open Data: Science, Health, Community”. This year’s event will take palace on Friday, April 28, at the University of Chicago’s John Crerar Library. To register, click here. A description of the event is below. Open data are data…
2017 MLA Midwest Chapter Meeting to Be Held Oct. 13-16 in Michigan
(via Miranda Shake, HSLI President) Please save the dates of October 13-16 for the Joint Conference of the Midwest Chapter of the Medical Library Association (MLA) and the Michigan Health Sciences Libraries Association (MHSLA). This conference, being held at the Ann Arbor Marriot at Eagle Crest in picturesque Ypsilanti, offers numerous learning and networking opportunities. These include MLA CE…