(via Chelsea Sutton, PhD candidate at Dominican University’s School of Information Studies) Dear Colleagues, This is the second and final call for responses to a survey on academic librarian collaborations. This survey is part of a doctoral research study that aims to understand the roles of academic librarians within their institutions including the networks and relationships that…
Category: Calls and Requests
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Call for Proposals: Music Library Association 2020 Annual Meeting (Feb. 26 – March 1 in Norfolk, VA)–Deadline Friday, May 3
(via Michelle Jean Haake, CARLI) The 89th Annual Meeting of the Music Library Association will be held in Norfolk, VA from February 26 – March 1, 2020. The MLA Program Committee invites proposals for program content until 11:59 p.m. on Friday, May 3. The Music Library Association Annual Meeting is open to anyone with an…
Call for Poster Proposals: Health Science Librarians of Illinois 2019 Annual Conference
Do you have a poster that you will be presenting at MLA? If so, you might consider submitting a poster proposal for the 2019 Health Science Librarians of Illinois (HSLI) Annual Conference. This year’s Conference, “Going Forward, Looking Back”, will be held at the I Hotel and Conference Center in Champaign, IL from Wednesday, September…
Call for Applicants: Joint Practicum for Fall 2019 Semester Between UIC and Northwestern’s Galter Health Sciences Library (Deadline June 7)
(via Ramune Kubilius, Galter Health Sciences Library at Northwestern University) The Library of the Health Sciences at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) and the Galter Health Sciences Library of Northwestern University are co-sponsoring a joint practicum for the Fall 2019 semester. This practicum is geared towards LIS graduate students currently enrolled in ALA-accredited…
Registration Open for Free Midwest Business Librarian Summit at Purdue University on July 24
(via Heather Howard, Purdue University) The Indiana Business Librarian Summit has grown up to become the Midwest Business Librarian Summit! Join us on Wed, July 24 for a free summit on all things business librarian! More info here: http://guides.lib.purdue.edu/mbls.
Save the Date: Midwest Data Librarian Symposium (MDLS) 2019 From September 30 to October 1
(via Abigail Goben, University of Illinois at Chicago) SAVE THE DATE! University of Illinois, Chicago in Chicago, IL will be hosting the 2019 Midwest Data Librarian Symposium (MDLS) on September 30 – October 1, 2019. MDLS 2019 is intended to provide Midwestern librarians who support research data management the chance to network and expand their…
Reminder: Nominations for Illinois Library Association Awards and Scholarships Due Wednesday, May 15
(via Gwen Gregory, University of Illinois at Chicago, on behalf of the Illinois Library Association) There are only three weeks left to nominate a colleague, manager, mentor, or yourself for a 2019 ILA Award. The ILA Awards Program recognizes and honors the BEST in librarianship and library service in Illinois. We encourage you to take…
Call for Poster Session Proposals: Illinois Library Association 2019 Annual Conference (Deadline July 31)
(via the Illinois Library Association) The ILA Conference Program Committee is now accepting applications for poster sessions<https://ila.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6e70654dccbd86e15c572ad55&id=cd8d0d2c5d&e=6c7f1a78dd> for the 2019 ILA Annual Conference that will be held October 22-24, 2019, at the Tinley Park Convention Center. Poster sessions will be held in the exhibit hall on Wednesday, October 23, and Thursday, October 24. Submissions are…
Call for Participation: Survey on Academic Library Collaborations (Deadline May 7)
(via Chelsea Sutton, PhD candidate at Dominican University’s School of Information Studies) Dear Colleagues, You are invited to participate in a doctoral research study* about academic librarian collaborations. This study aims to understand the roles of academic librarians within their institutions including the networks and relationships that librarians form, institutional cultural components, and specific experiences…
Registration Open, and Scholarships Available, for 2019 Northwest ILL Conference
(via Miriam Wnuk, City University of Seattle) Registration is now open for the 18th Annual Northwest Interlibrary Loan and Resource Sharing Conference! The conference will take place in Portland, Oregon on September 12-13, 2019 at Portland Community College – Sylvania. Our Keynote speaker this year will be Nancy Pearl, the well-known Seattle-based librarian, literary critic,…