HSLI Newsletter

(via Sarah Wade, Campbell University)

Registration is open for the next NISO (National Information Standards Organization) virtual conference, on the important and timely topic of effective data management. It will last from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM CDT on Wednesday, September 29. Confirmed speakers include Dr. Kristi Holmes, Director of Galter Health Sciences Library & Learning Center at Northwestern University.

Data management is increasingly seen as an essential component of scholarly and scientific research. This includes the need for robust data collection strategies, and for the appropriate management, handling, and preservation of data. But is this being achieved? What practices are seen as worthwhile and fit for purpose? Which processes need improving? Do researchers have access to the right tools and services? What new challenges are emerging?

Registration (discounted for NISO members) includes an unlimited number of attendees from your organization, so sign up now–and spread the word to your colleagues!

(via Arlie Sims, Columbia College Chicago)

Mark your calendars for the second Chicago Research Summit. Themed Exploring Chicago’s Stories: Enhancing Student Learning Through Chicago-Based Research​, this year’s event will take place online Friday, October 15.

Here’s a unique opportunity to learn from over 50 speakers across Chicago who will be discussing best practices in place-based research and pedagogy. Learn about team-based research projects that foster student engagement using Chicago as a rich resource tool and listen to presenters share their efforts in enhancing research based curricula focused on Chicago.​

The 2021 Chicago Research Summit is free and will be hosted virtually on Zoom. Registration is required to attend. To register, please go here.

Direct any questions to Arlie Sims, Head of Reference and Instruction at the Columbia College Chicago Library, or Jeanne M. Long, Executive Director of the Chicago Collections Consortium. Please see below for contact information.

Arlie Sims
Head of Reference and Instruction
Library
Columbia College Chicago
asims@colum.edu
312-369-7059
https://library.colum.edu
he/him/his

Jeanne M. Long
Executive Director
Chicago Collections Consortium
P 773.325.7587
T @ChiCollections
W chicagocollections.org

(via Kristen Adams, Miami University of Ohio)

Registration for the 2021 Midwest Data Librarian Symposium is now open! The cost of registration is free for all attendees.

Now in its seventh year, the Midwest Data Librarian Symposium (MDLS) is intended to provide Midwest-located library professionals who support research data services the chance to network and expand their data-related knowledge base and skill sets. The free symposium is open to all who wish to attend, including those from the Midwest and beyond as well as librarians in training.

MDLS21 will take place virtually during the afternoons of October 18-20 (Monday-Wednesday). The schedule of panel presentations, lighting talks, and discussion sessions is still under construction and will be available soon on our website. The meeting link will be shared with registrants closer to the conference dates. Registration is free and will be capped at 250. We anticipate that spots will fill up quickly. If you miss your chance, please use the registration form to sign up for the waitlist.

To register, please go here. Contact us at mwdatalibsym@gmail.com or on Twitter at @MW_DataLibSym if you have any questions about registration, accessibility support, or other event details.

(via Ramune Kubilius, Galter Health Sciences Library & Learning Center at Northwestern University)

The Chicago Area Medical Archivists (CAMA) group will hold its 2021 Medical History Symposium on Thursday, September 30, from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM CDT. This year’s meeting will take place online.

Registration is free to both members of CAMA and non-members.

The meeting will include an exploration of topics related to Chicago medical history. Specific speakers and their sessions are below.

• “A History of Anatomy Education at Rush Medical College”
  Amy Beresheim, PhD
  Rush Medical College
• “Learning By Doing: My Midyear Experiences Working on a Film Digitization Grant”
  Katie Lattal, MA
  Galter Health Sciences Library
  Northwestern University
• “‘Every earthly thing but its character:’ A Hospital’s Survival After the Chicago Fire”
  Susan Sacharski, Archivist
  Northwestern Memorial Healthcare
• “Northwestern University Medical School: Milestones and Vignettes”
  Edward Winslow, MD
  Northwestern University

To register, go here. Please direct any questions to Kelly Reiss, at kelly.reiss@rosalindfranklin.edu.

(via Jeremy Gunnoe, Howard University)

On Tuesday, September 14, and Wednesday, September 15, the Louis Stokes Health Sciences Library and the Vernon E. Jordan, Jr., Esq. Law Library at Howard University will hold a two half-day virtual symposium with a focus on the Challenges and Legal Implications of Misinformation in Health Disparities and Health Policies that Affect Minority Groups in the U.S. Keynote speakers include Dr. Robert Pearl, author of Mistreated: Why We Think We’re Getting Good Health Care–And Why We’re Usually Wrong and Uncaring: How the Culture of Medicine Kills Doctors and Patients; and Olajumoke Obayanju, Director of the National Racial Equity Initiative (NREI) for Social Justice at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Inc. (CBCF).

Registration is free. To view the daily agendas and sign up for the event, go here. Please note that a Zoom account is necessary to register for and participate in the meeting.

(via Corliss Lee–University of California, Berkeley)

The 2021 LAUC-B (Librarian’s Association of the University of California, Berkeley) Conference Committee is thrilled to announce that registration* is open for our biennial conference. This year’s theme is, “Reimagining Libraries Through Critical Library Practices”. The conference will be held online October 5-6 (Monday-Tuesday); registration to the conference is free, and open now! Register here.

Librarians’ activities are embedded in and inherently tied to socio-political circumstances. This conference will emphasize and examine critical librarianship through the lens of social justice, diversity, equity, inclusion and anti-racist work. Go here for the program, which has more information on the conference schedule and content. Attendees are asked to review the conference code of conduct in advance of the conference.

We have an inspiring program lined up; keynote presentations will be delivered by Dr. Clara Chu, from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Lalitha Nataraj, from California State University, San Marcos.

We hope you will join us for what is sure to be an exciting and challenging event. Please spread the word and forward this e-mail to anyone you think may be interested!  Our conference hashtag is #laucb2021. Also, if you have any questions, please feel free to contact one of the committee members listed below. We’re looking forward to seeing you on October 5-6!

*Registration will be capped at 300 attendees with 100 spots reserved for University of California employees.

We recognize that the UC (University of California) Libraries Forum is occurring the same month. “Reimagining Libraries Through Critical Library Practices” is a separate conference with a separate registration.

LAUC-B Conference Committee (all members work at University of California campuses):

Paromita Biswas, UCLA (Los Angeles campus); Kelsey Brown, UCI (Irvine campus); Kristina Bush, UCB (Berkeley campus); Lia Friedman, UCSD (San Diego campus); Ann Glusker, UCB (Berkeley); Shannon Kealey, UCB (Berkeley campus), co-chair; Corliss Lee (Berkeley campus), co-chair; Natalie Marquez, UCI (Irvine campus); Jin Moon, UCSD (San Diego campus); Erica Newcome, UCB (Berkeley campus); Liladhar Pendse, UCB (Berkeley campus); Scott Peterson, UCB (Berkeley campus); and Christina Velazquez Fidler, UCB (Berkeley campus)