(via Sheila Stoeckel, University of Wisconsin-Madison) The 2018 Instruction Section Program Planning Committee is planning the annual program. This year’s program will be offered online in May/June (date pending based on presenter availability) instead of at conference. The program will focus on discussing curriculum mapping. Curriculum mapping is a systematic approach in which a review curriculum and identification of…
Category: Conferences and Meetings (non-HSLI)
Great Lakes Resource Sharing Conference Call for Proposals (Deadline 1/12/18)
(via Margaret Chambers, CARLI) Mark your calendars for the 5th annual GLRSC: Charting Our Course Together on June 7-8, 2018, at the Hilton Garden Inn in Perrysburg, OH. The event will feature keynote presentation by George Needham, Director of the Delaware County District Library. This Conference is an opportunity for individuals working in resource sharing to trade…
Call for Proposals: ALA Annual Video Round Table Chair’s Program (Deadline Nov. 10)
(via Laine Thielstrom, Colby College) Have you heard about the President’s/Chair’s programs that are happening at ALA Annual this year? As part of this series, each round table and division can sponsor a one-hour program on a topic of interest to members. The ALA Video Round Table Program Committee (VRT) needs your good ideas and…
Call for Proposals: Digital Initiatives Symposium 2018 (Deadline Nov. 17)
(via Hugh Burkhart, University of San Diego) Call for Proposals: Digital Initiatives Symposium 2018 The Digital Initiatives Symposium at the University of San Diego is accepting proposals for its full day conference on Tuesday, April 24, 2018. Proposals should fall into one of three formats: Panel discussions: 90 minutes (please allow 10-15 minutes for Q&A) Concurrent…
Health-Sciences-Related Sessions at 2017 Charleston Conference: Issues in Book and Serial Acquisitions (Nov. 6-10)
(via Ramune Kubilius, Galter Health Sciences Library at Northwestern University) Hopefully, many people have been able to attend the regional MLA conferences this fall. They provide a great opportunity to network in a smaller group and to also have some longer discussions with vendor and publisher reps. Another fall conference tradition is the Charleston Conference:…
Call for Session Proposals and Proposal Reviewers: Library Instruction West 2018 (Formerly LOEX of the West)
(via Laureen Cantwell- Colorado Mesa University & Western Colorado Community College) July 19-20, 2018 – Colorado Mesa University in Grand Junction, Colorado will host the 2018 Library Instruction West (LIW) conference. We are very excited to be the site and the organizers of such a great, small conference focused on Library Instruction. Conference Theme: The Confluence…
Apply by Nov. 17 to Host Subsidized ACRL Scholarly Communication RoadShow in 2018
(via ACRL) Academic and research librarians increasingly recognize scholarly communication as a core competency of the profession. Whether helping researchers meet their funder’s mandates for public access and data sharing, guiding responsible copyright practice, or supporting new types of scholarship and instruction, librarians are leading change across campus and around the world. ACRL empowers our…
Call for Proposals: 2018 Kentucky Library Association/Special Libraries Association Joint Spring Conference (Deadline Dec. 15)
(via Lindsay Harmon, IACRL Past President, on behalf of Andrew Adler, Georgetown College) 2018 Joint Spring Conference – User Experience: Where the Library and Patrons Meet The planning committee of the 2018 KLA/SLA Joint Spring Conference is pleased to announce the call for proposals for mini-sessions and poster presentations is now open. Built around the…
Reminder: Dadline for Submissions for MLA 2018, “Adapting Transforming Leading”, is October 10
(via Ray Naegele, Medical Library Association) Your abstract for a contributed paper, poster, lightning talk, or special-content session that supports the theme “Adapting Transforming Leading” is due by 6:00 PM CST on Tuesday, October 10. To submit your abstract, review the instructions and the paper and poster FAQs, then begin the online submission process. Also, the MLA ’18 Schedule at a Glance is now…
Call for Proposals: WILU (Workshop for Instruction in Library Use) 2018 Conference, “Information Into Action” (Deadline Nov. 13)
(via Patrick Labelle, University of Ottawa) The 2018 WILU (Workshop for Instruction in Library Use) meeting, themed “Information Into Action”, will take place from June 6 to June 8. The University of Ottawa Library-located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada-is proud to host Canada’s premier conference devoted to issues of teaching and learning in libraries. The Call for proposals is now…