(via Eamon Tewell–Long Island University, Brooklyn) The ACRL Women & Gender Studies Section (WGSS) and Theatre Library Association (TLA) are looking for panelists attending ALA Annual 2018 in New Orleans who are at the intersection of librarianship, the arts, and social justice. Are you an artist? Do you work with artists? This discussion panel might…
Category: Conferences and Meetings (non-HSLI)
Registration Open for CARLI Preservation Committee Tours of University of Chicago Library and Oriental Institute
(via Elizabeth Clarage, CARLI) The CARLI Preservation Committee invites staff from CARLI members to the University of Chicago Library and the University of Chicago Oriental Institute to visit their facilities and learn about their preservation activities on Friday, April 20, 2018. During the morning, the University of Chicago Library welcomes CARLI members to visit their…
Save the Date/Call for Proposals: 5th Free Annual LILi Conference
(via Esther Grassian, Pierce College and University of California, Los Angeles) Save the Date / Call for Proposals 5th Annual LILi Conference Friday, July 13, 2018, 9 am – 1:30 pm Glendale Public Library 222 E Harvard St, Glendale, CA 91205 It’s Not Just Academic: Bridging Gaps with Information Empowerment in All Libraries Proposal Deadline:…
Call for MLA 2018 Twitter Correspondents (Deadline April 1)
(via Emily Johnson, University of Illinois at Chicago Library of the Health Sciences – Peoria) Official Meeting Twitter Correspondents engage attendees by promoting and live tweeting MLA’18 activities, events, and more. As a Correspondent, you provide a unique perspective about the MLA’18 meeting and begin a larger conversation of the event. You can tweet before…
“Engaging with the ACRL Framework” Workshop on May 14 in Normal, IL
(via Gwen Gregory, University of Illinois at Chicago, on behalf of Chad Kahl, Illinois State University) Illinois Wesleyan University, Illinois State University, and the Consortium of Illinois Academic and Research Libraries (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…
Call for Applicants: Minnesota Institute for Early Career Librarians From Traditionally Underrepresented Groups (Deadline March 10)
(via Gwen Gregory, University of Illinois at Chicago) The University of Minnesota Libraries is pleased to offer the 11th biennial Minnesota Institute for Early Career Librarians from Traditionally Underrepresented Groups. The Institute focuses on the development of library leaders from diverse backgrounds who are in the first three years of their professional careers. Participants will develop specific leadership abilities…
Registration Open for 2018 Kentucky Library Association/Special Libraries Association Joint Spring Conference
(via Carolyn Ciesla, IACRL President, on behalf of Andrew Adler, Georgetown (KY) College) Registration is now open for the 2018 KLA/SLA Joint Spring Conference being held at General Butler State Resort Park in Carrollton, KY on April 4 – 6, 2018. The theme of this year’s Conference is “User Experience: Where the User and the…
Call for Proposals: Makerspaces for Innovation and Research in Academics Conference (Deadline Extended to March 1)
(via Dr. Vinaya Tripuranei, University Librarian at University of La Verne) CALL FOR PROPOSALS EXTENDED TO MARCH 1, 2018!!! Submit proposals here: http://laverne.libguides.com/mira The Makerspaces for Innovation and Research in Academics (MIRA) conference planning Committee seeks proposals for its first inaugural annual conference at University of La Verne, La Verne, CA on July 12, 2018. The…
Reminder: Mentoring Volunteers Needed at ALA Midwinter
(via MD Galvin, University of Oregon) As we get closer to Midwinter, I hope that you will consider spending an hour of your time mentoring fellow librarians and students. If you have time and consider this a worthy activity, please sign up here: https://goo.gl/sCGbEJ. Mentoring-on-fly will be located in the Placement Center of the Colorado…
Registration Open for Millikin University’s Staley Library and University Commons Open House
(via Elizabeth Clarage, CARLI) The CARLI Public Services Committee is pleased to sponsor an Open House at Millikin University?s new University Commons on Thursday, March 15, 2018 from 9:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Featured presentations will showcase Staley Library service areas, the New Technologies Studio, and the library?s instruction program. After lunch, there will be…