(via Cynthia Romanowski, Governors State University) The ACRL Technical Services Interest Group invites you to join us for three presentations on: Date: Saturday, January 26th 2019 Time: 4:30-5:30 PM Place/Room: Washington State Convention Center, Room 211 Following the BIBFLOW Roadmap: First Steps toward a Linked Data Environment Marcia Barrett, Cataloging & Metadata Strategies Librarian University…
Category: Conferences and Meetings (non-HSLI)
Call for Presenters–March 26 CARLI Symposium on Emerging E-Resources: Streaming Video and Usage Statistics (Deadline Jan. 28)
(via Cindy Clennon, CARLI) The CARLI Commercial Products Committee is planning a symposium on March 26, 2019 in Champaign focusing on two emerging issues in e-resources: streaming video and usage statistics. The Committee is soliciting volunteers who would be willing to participate in a moderated panel and/or a breakout session addressing the following topics: Streaming…
Reminder: Registration Open for April 2 CARLI Forum, “Change is Good: You Go First! Leading Others To and Through Change”
(via Elizabeth Clarage, CARLI) Registration expands to 2 people per CARLI member library on January 11th. The CARLI Technical Services Committee and Collection Management Committee invite you to attend “Change is Good: You Go First! Leading Others To and Through Change”. This all-day event on change management will be held at the University of Illinois…
Call for Presentations: Reference Research Forum at 2019 ALA Annual Conference (Deadline Extended to 1/11)
(via Jennifer Hunter, Princeton University) The Research & Statistics Committee of the Reference Services Section of the Reference & User Services Association (RUSA) invites submission of reference service research project proposals for presentation at the New Discoveries in Reference: The 25th Annual Reference Research Forum at the 2019 American Library Association Annual Conference in Washington,…
Call for Proposals: ALA International Relations Round Table Pre-Conference at ALA Annual (Deadline 1/18)
(via Dr. Gloria Creed-Dikeogu, Ottawa University) The American Library Association (ALA) International Relations Round Table (IRRT) invites you to submit presentation proposals for their 2019 Pre-conference in Washington, DC on Friday, June 21, 2019, from 8:00am – 1:00pm. Libraries today continue to be attuned to meeting the needs of their communities. In the 21st century,…
Reminder: Chicago Library Legislative Meet-up to Take Place February 1
(via Gwen Gregory, University of Illinois at Chicago, on behalf of the Illinois Library Association) The third annual Chicago Library Legislative Meet-up will take place on February 1, 2019. Don’t miss out on this chance to talk to your legislators! You can meet them in person and talk about issues affecting libraries and higher education, including…
Call for Project Proposals: 2019 National Institutes of Health Hackathon (Deadline January 7)
(via the National Network of Libraries of Medicine – Greater Midwest Region) The NCBI will host a collaborative biodata science hackathon on the NIH Campus in Bethesda, Maryland February 20-22. We are now collecting project proposals focusing on building tools and pipelines for advanced analysis of biomedical datasets including text, images, next generation sequencing data,…
Registration Open for 2019 Conference on Libraries & Learning (1/31 at University of Wisconsin – La Crosse)
(via Elizabeth Humrickhouse, University of Wisconsin – La Crosse) Registration is now open for the 2019 Conference on Libraries & Learning (CALL). This year’s conference will take place on the University of Wisconsin – La Crosse campus on Thursday, January 31, and will address the emotional labor of librarianship. During the day, presenters will explore…
Call for Volunteers: ALA NMRT Resume Reviewers and Booth Greeters at ALA Midwinter
(via Jillian Hayes, NMRT Resume Review Service Committee Chair) The ALA New Members Round Table Resume Review Service Committee is recruiting volunteer resume reviewers and booth greeters as well as taking resume review appointments for the 20189 ALA Midwinter Meeting! This is a free in-person service that will be located in the ALA Job Placement Center…
Registration Open for 2019 Bridging the Spectrum Symposium (Deadline January 25 or Earlier)
(via Dr. Ingrid Hsieh-Yee, Catholic University of America) Registration is now open for the 11th Annual Bridging the Spectrum Symposium that will be held on Friday, February 8, 2019. Registration will close on January 25 or when all seats are filled, whichever comes first. To ensure your place, please go to: cua.irisregistration.com/Form/LIS2019 ***Note: If you cannot access the form…