(via Krista Higham, Millersville University) Registration is open! Registration is now open for the 2018 Access Services Conference which will be held at the Georgia Tech Global Learning Center in Atlanta, Georgia, November 14-16, 2018! We have two options this year! Conference Registration $325 includes: Welcome reception Wednesday night Two days of Access Services Conference sessions Access to the session archives Lunch and continuous food…
Category: Conferences and Meetings (non-HSLI)
Call for Proposals: MLA NY/NJ Chapter Meeting 2018 (Deadline 8/31)
(via Gregg Stevens, Stony Brook University) Working on a project that you’d like to share with colleagues? The New York/New Jersey Chapter of the Medical Library Association is seeking proposals for lightning talks at its upcoming annual meeting. The meeting will be held Wednesday, October 24 at the SUNY College of Optometry <https://www.suny.edu/campuses/optometry/> in midtown…
Open Education Southern Symposium (Oct. 1-2): Registration Still Open (Through 9/7) and Schedule Available
(via Stephanie Pierce, University of Arkansas) The Open Education Southern Symposium Planning Committee is excited to announce that our program schedule is now live! You may view the session descriptions and full schedule here. As a reminder registration is still open until Friday, September 7. Registration is $99 for our day and a half event…
Call for Proposals: ACRL Delaware Valley Chapter Fall 2018 Program (Deadline 9/15)
(via Jessica Brangiel, Swarthmore College) ACRL DVC 2018 Fall Program Call for Presenters When: October 26, 2018 from 10:00 AM to 3:30 PM Where: Drexel University’s Learning Terrace Theme: Librarians as Advocates: Leading Activism on Your Campus and Beyond This program seeks to provide insight into the activism and advocacy work being done in libraries in…
Reminder: CARLI Seeking Presenters for Resource Sharing Committee’s October 25 Fall Forum
(via Lorna Engels, CARLI) This is a reminder that the Resource Sharing Committee′s fall forum will be held at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library on Thursday, October 25, 2018. The committee is now seeking proposals for presentations related to any of these broad topics: · Statistics & reporting · Marketing, promoting, and patron instruction of…
Call for Proposals–2019 Bridging the Spectrum: the 11th Annual Symposium on Scholarship and Practice (Deadline 9/18/18)
(via Dr. Ingrid Hsieh-Yee, The Catholic University of America) Time: Friday, February 8, 2019. 9:45 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Place: Catholic University of America The Bridging the Spectrum Symposium offers a knowledge-sharing forum and meeting place for practitioners, students, and faculty in Library and Information Sciences and Services. Presentations are selected to showcase innovative practices,…
Invitation for Academic Librarians to Participate in July 31 RAILS Member Update
(via Gwen Gregory, University of Illinois at Chicago, on behalf of Mary Witt, RAILS) For IACRL members in the RAILS service area. You can attend this via videoconference at one of their sites or via live streaming (see below). I hope you all can attend the RAILS Member Update on Tuesday, July 31, from 1:30-3:30…
Save the Date and Registration Open: Michigan Health Sciences Library Association Educational Conference (Oct. 11-12 in Traverse City, MI)
(via Sandy Swanson–Mercy Health Muskegon in Muskegon, MI) Health Information – Don’t leave it to chance! MHSLA (Michigan Health Sciences Library Association) will hold its Annual Educational Conference at the newly remodeled Park Place Hotel in Traverse City on Thursday and Friday, October 11-12, 2018. We are planning an exciting lineup of continuing education courses, vendor…
Free-Learning Conference 2018 to Be Held Online July 20
(via Kelly McAllister, Appalachian State University) This year we’re planning a free, full-day online conference using the web conferencing tool Zoom. The Free-Learning Conference 2018 #FLCon18 will be a day of exploration designed to promote and evaluate effective uses of technology for teaching and learning while also providing opportunities to network with others in the field of…
Call for Proposals: The Library Collective Conference (Deadline for First Round is August 3)
(via Jessica Williams, University of Missouri – Kansas City) A Retro Theme in Honor of Our 5th Anniversary! You (probably) know the movie…and once you’ve seen it, you can’t forget that inspiring teacher, Jaime Escalante, oh, and the film’s awesome 80s hair. Like great teaching, great librarianship requires not just bodacious hair but often bold…