(via Dr. Pamela Thomas, Illinois Heartland Library System) There are two more sessions of the Cataloging Maintenance Center’s “Cataloging Basics” online course that have been added to L2. One will last from Monday, June 19, to Sunday, July 30. Register here. The other session will last from Monday, September 11, to Sunday, October 22. Register here. Please note…
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Registration Open for NNLM Webinar “2023 MeSH Highlights” (Tues., Jan. 10, 12:00-1:00 PM CDT)
(via the Network of the National Library of Medicine) Join NLM staff for a highlight tour summarizing the changes for 2023 Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). The webinar will take place on Tuesday, January 10, from 12:00 to 1:00 PM CDT. Every year, updates are made to MeSH, the NLM controlled vocabulary thesaurus used for indexing articles…
Call for Contributions: Hybrid iPRES 2023 Conference (Sept. 19-23, Tues.-Sat., On-Site in Urbana-Champaign)–Deadline Fri., March 10
(via Caitlin Perry, International Image Interoperability Framework) On behalf of the iPRES (International Conference on Digital Preservation) 2023 Program Committee, we are very pleased to announce that the Call for Contributions for iPRES 2023 is now open. The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the Chicago Collections Consortium will host iPRES 2023 from Tuesday, September 19, to…
Registration Open for IASSIST Webinar “An Overview of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Data Management and Sharing Policy” (Wed., Jan. 11, 10:00-11:00 AM CDT)
(via Bobray Bordelon, Princeton University) Please join IASSIST (International Association for Social Science Information Service & Technology) for its Professional Development webinar “An Overview of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Data Management and Sharing Policy” on Wednesday, January 11, from 10:00 to 11:00 AM CDT. The webinar will include a presentation and Q&A session with…
Call for Papers: Journal of Information Ethics (Deadline Wed., Feb. 15)
(via Nicholas Lamb, Harvard Business School) The publication Journal of Information Ethics seeks papers for a special Fall 2023 issue that will address how identity intersects with data and information ethics. We welcome articles and columns that touch upon the following questions: How do issues of identity complicate, inflame, or disrupt the dissemination of information? What is…
Call for Applications: National Library of Medicine Associate Fellows for 2023-2024 (Virtual)–Deadline Fri., Jan. 27, 10:59 PM CDT
(via Erica Lake, Network of the National Library of Medicine – Region 6) The National Library of Medicine (NLM) seeks early and second-career librarians within five years of graduation interested in advancing equitable and innovative futures for biomedical libraries to participate in a one-year fellowship that fosters the development of librarians seeking to lead in…
ILA Announces First Noon Network Webinars for 2023
(via the Illinois Library Association) The ILA Noon Network webinars will return in 2023 with great topics and incredible speakers! The first few webinars scheduled for the new year are listed below, and be sure to check the ILA website for updates on future webinars. The Noon Network webinars take place from 12:00 to 1:00 PM CDT. All webinars are…
Save the Date: Next HSLI Journal Club Meeting (Online Thurs., Feb. 16, 3:00-4:00 PM CDT)–Article to Discuss is “Why are they not accessing it? User barriers to clinical information access”
(via Peggy Carey, National University of Health Sciences) Please join us for the first quarterly 2023 Health Science Librarians of Illinois Journal Club meeting, scheduled for 3:00-4:00 PM CDT on Thursday, February 16. We’ll be virtually discussing the following article, from Journal of the Medical Library Association (see below for more details). “Why are they not accessing it? User barriers…