(via Harriett Green, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) This is the final week to register for the University of Illinois-hosted ACRL Scholarly Communications Roadshow, “Scholarly Communication: From Understanding to Engagement,” at the I-Hotel and Conference Center in Champaign, Illinois on Friday, May 4 from 9am to 4:30pm. Registration is open until Wednesday, April 4 and…
Category: Conferences and Meetings (non-HSLI)
Call for Proposals: 2018 LITA Technology Forum (Deadline May 1)
(via Jason Griffey, Harvard University) The Library and Information Technology Association seeks proposals for the 21st Annual LITA Library Technology Forum in Minneapolis, Minnesota from November 8-10, 2018. Building & Leading Our theme for the 2018 LITA Library Technology Forum is: Building & Leading. What are you most passionate about in librarianship and information technology? This…
Registration Open for May 14 “Engaging with the ACRL Framework” Workshop in Normal
(via Michelle Haake, CARLI) Illinois Wesleyan University, Illinois State University, and CARLI are partnering to bring the Engaging with the ACRL Framework Workshop to Normal on May 14. This one-day workshop focuses on engaging more deeply with the Framework and exploring ways that it may help to enrich individual teaching practices, as well as their…
Call for Proposals: Digital Frontiers 2018 Conference (Deadline April 6)
(via Coby Condrey, University of North Texas) At the intersection of a range of disciplines, technologies, and communities, Digital Frontiers is an annual conference that seeks to explore, celebrate, question, and disrupt traditions in scholarship in order to advance an inclusive dialog that spans boundaries and highlights unlikely connections in the field of Digital Humanities. The theme…
Call for Panelists: ACRL 2019 Presentation on Multimodal Instruction
(via Delores Carlito, University of Alabama at Birmingham) I would like to put together a panel for ACRL 2019 on multimodal instruction. Topics can be: – Literacies (visual, media, digital, audio, cultural, spatial, etc.) – Threshold Concepts – Social Semiotics – How you teach students to search for or evaluate items other than “text” –…
Call for Proposals: Academic Library Association of Ohio 2018 Conference (Deadline April 6)
(via the Academic Library Association of Ohio) The Academic Library Association of Ohio (ALAO) conference planning committee invites you to submit proposals for the 44th Annual Conference, Take Action! Conveying Value, Cultivating Success, which will explore our impact on student engagement, student learning and student success. We all do great things that impact students, so let’s…
Registration and Agenda for 2018 Targeting Autism Forum Available
(via Suzanne Schriar, Illinois State Library) The Targeting Autism Forum will be held on May 17-18, 2018 in the atrium of the Illinois State Library in Springfield, IL. The full agenda for the forum is available at the State Library’s website. To register, send an email to Suzanne Schriar with a subject line that reads “Registration for the…
New Date for 5th Annual LILi Conference / Call for Proposals Still Open
(via Esther Grassian, Pierce College and University of California, Los Angeles) Following is a message from Annie Knight, LILi Chair, re a date change for the 5th Free Annual LILi Conference. Please note that the date for the 5th Annual LILi Conference has changed from July 13 to Friday, August 17 (9am-1:30pm). The conference will still take…
Call for Presentations: RUSA STARS ILL Discussion Group at ALA Annual
(via Mark Sullivan, State University of New York at Geneseo) The ILL Discussion Group of the “Sharing and Transforming Access to Resources Section” (STARS) of RUSA invites the submission of 10-20 minute presentation topics for the 2018 American Library Association Annual Meeting in New Orleans. The ILL Discussion Group is a popular and valuable forum…
Reminder: Proposals for CARLI Instruction Showcase Due April 2
(via Debbie Campbell, CARLI) Please share this message with anyone in your institution who may be interested in participating. The CARLI Instruction Committee is seeking presentation proposals for the sixth annual Instruction Showcase on Thursday, May 31st at Dominican University in River Forest, IL. CARLI members are welcome to submit proposals on all library instruction…