(via the Illinois Library Association) Registration is now open for an upcoming ILA Noon Network webinar, “We Can Walk Together: Creating Meaningful Dialogue on Race in our Communities”. It will take place from 12:00 to 1:00 PM on Wednesday, August 12. More information on the content and the presenter is below. James A. Bowey, artist…
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Registration Open for August IACRL Journal Club Discussion–“How Students Engage with News” (Tuesday, August 11, 1:00-2:00 PM)
(via Michelle Nielsen Ott, IACRL President) Join IACRL for our next Journal Club discussion via Zoom on Tuesday, August 11, at 1:00 PM. Everyone is invited to attend. We will be discussing “How Students Engage with News: Five Takeaways for Educators, Journalists, and Librarians”. Please access the article here. We will only focus on the first…
Call for Proposals Extended: Papers, Lightning Talks, and Posters for Joint Midcontinental and Midwest Chapter MLA 2020 Virtual Meeting (Oct. 14-16) — New Deadline Fri., Aug. 14
(via Ramune Kubilius, Galter Health Sciences Library & Learning Center at Northwestern University) The deadline to submit proposals for papers, lightning talks, and posters for the Joint Midcontinental and Midwest Chapter MLA 2020 Virtual Meeting has been extended to Friday, August 14. Please consider submitting a proposal to communicate your important work in any aspect…
Voting Open for IACRL People’s Choice Award in Scholarly Publishing (Polls Close Monday, August 31)
(via the Illinois Association of College & Research Libraries) Voting is now open for the IACRL People’s Choice Award in Scholarly Publishing. This award gives academic and research librarians throughout Illinois the opportunity to read and evaluate scholarly works by their peers and then vote on a favorite. It also presents Illinois research and academic librarians with the opportunity…
Call for Proposals: Association of Moving Image Archivists 2020 Annual Conference (Online Nov. 16-21) — Deadline Extended to Sat., Aug. 15
(via Laura Rooney, Association of Moving Image Archivists) The Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA) invites additional proposal submissions for papers, sessions, and workshops for the 2020 Annual Conference – online November 16-21, 2020. The deadline to submit a proposal is now Saturday, August 15. Thank you all who responded to our survey – overwhelmingly,…
Registration Open for Free ACRL STS Webinar “Government Public Health Information During the COVID-19 Pandemic” (Thursday, August 6, at 3:00 PM CDT)
(via Britt Fagerheim, Utah State University) Please join the ACRL Science & Technology Section Government Information Committee for an online discussion, “Government Public Health Information During the COVID-19 Pandemic”, with three health sciences speakers, who will be discussing how they are sharing information and providing access to data during the COVID-19 pandemic. Where: Online via Zoom When:…
Registration and Call for Proposals Open for Distance Library Services 2020 Conference (Online Nov. 3-4)
(via Anne Marie Casey, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University) The Distance Library Services 2020 Conference will take place virtually, from Tuesday, November 3, to Wednesday, November 4.While we may be going to a digital platform, that doesn’t mean that we will be missing out on many of the “extras” that conference attendance provides. We will have social…
Call for Proposals Extended: Southeast Data Librarian Symposium (Online Oct. 7-9) — New Deadline Monday, Aug. 10
(via Nina Exner, Virginia Commonwealth University) The 2020 Southeast Data Librarian Symposium (SEDLS) invites proposals for virtual workshops, short talks, and poster presentations at its 2020 meeting. More information on the event is available here. Important dates and deadlines are below. The SEDLS 2020 conference will be held online from Wednesday, October 7, to Friday, October…
Registration Open for ASIS&T Virtual Symposium: Data Curation and Visualization in the Arts & Humanities (Wed., Aug. 5, 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM CDT)
(via the Association for Information Science and Technology ) A half-day virtual symposium hosted by The Association for Information Science and Technology’s Special Interest Group for the Arts & Humanities will be filled with educational insight pertaining to data curation and visualization from various information professionals from the United States. The symposium starts with a…
Reminder: ILA Seeking Poster Proposals for 2020 Virtual Conference (Oct. 20-22) — Deadline Monday, August 31
(via the Illinois Library Association) The Illinois Library Association (ILA) Conference Program Committee invites applications for poster sessions at the 2020 ILA Virtual Annual Conference, taking place October 20th – 22nd. Poster sessions will be featured on the ILA website (an example can be found here. The online poster session will become available at 9:00 AM…