(via the American Library Association) ALA Conference Services will begin accepting program proposals on Wednesday, May 17, for the 2018 ALA Annual Conference to take place at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, Louisiana, from June 21 to June 26, 2018. For the first time, proposals will be accepted via one submission…
Category: Conferences and Meetings (non-HSLI)
Reminder: Lovejoy Library Hosting 2017 Spring Symposium on May 22
(via Karen Gallacci, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville) Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Lovejoy Library will hold its 2017 Spring Symposium, “From Transaction to Transformational: The Changing Role of the 21st Century Librarian”, on Monday, May 22, from 10:00 to 11:00 AM. The event will take place in the library’s third-floor conference room. Hear ten top tips…
Proposal Deadline for IU Libraries Information Literacy Colloquium Extended to May 19
(via Nancy Wootton Colborn, Indiana University South Bend) The IU Libraries Information Literary Colloquium invites proposals for a one-day conference on Thursday, August 3, at the IU Southeast campus in New Albany, Indiana. The current sociopolitical climate has brought terms such as “fake news” and “alternative facts” into our collective discourse. Academic librarians are already concerned with…
Reminder: Proposals for 2017 LITA Forum Due May 19
(via Meredith Powers, Brooklyn Public Library) The 2017 LITA Forum Committee seeks proposals for the 20th Annual Forum of the Library Information and Technology Association, which will take place in Denver, Colorado, from November 9 to November 12. The Forum Committee welcomes proposals for full-day preconferences, concurrent sessions, workshops, or poster sessions related to all…
Call for Volunteers and Appointments: NMRT Resume Review Onsite Service at ALA Annual
(via Gwen Gregory, IACRL Past President) The NMRT Resume Review Service Committee is recruiting volunteer resume reviewers and booth greeters, in addition to taking resume review appointments for the 2017 ALA Annual Meeting. More information is below. Are you on the job market? Is your resume rusty? Are you attending Annual in Chicago? Join us…
Registration Still Open for May 17 NISO Virtual Conference, “Convergence: The Web and Publishing Onto The Web”
(via the National Information Standards Organization) You still have time to register for next week’s NISO Virtual Conference. The conference will take place on Wednesday, May 17, from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM CST. The theme, “Convergence: The Web and Publishing Onto the Web”, will cover what it could mean for your organization, should book production shift…
Call for Proposals: #BUDSC17, “Looking Forward, Looking Back: The Evolution of Digital Scholarship”
Bucknell University, with support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, will host its fourth annual digital scholarship conference (#BUDSC17) from Friday, October 6, to Sunday, October 8. The theme of the conference is “Looking Forward, Looking Back: The Evolution of Digital Scholarship”. #BUDSC17 is committed to expanding the definition of digital scholarship to be more inclusive…
Lovejoy Library Hosting 2017 Spring Symposium on May 22
(via Karen Gallacci, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville) Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Lovejoy Library will hold its 2017 Spring Symposium, “From Transaction to Transformational: The Changing Role of the 21st Century Librarian”, on Monday, May 22, from 10:00 to 11:00 AM. The event will take place in the library’s third-floor conference room. Hear ten top tips for library…
NASIG 2017 Early-Bird Registration Extended to May 12
(via Leigh Ann DePope, University of Maryland) NASIG is pleased to announce that Early Bird registration for the 32nd annual conference has been extended to Friday, May 12. This year, the conference will be held from Thursday, June 8, to Monday, June 12, in beautiful downtown Indianapolis. The Program Planning Committee has been hard at work organizing…
Link to Keynote Address at Information Literacy Summit Available
(via Dr. Troy Swanson, Moraine Valley Community College) I am excited to share the video from the keynote talk at this year’s Information Literacy Summit, which was co-hosted by DePaul University and Moraine Valley Community College. The link to the talk is below, along with background on keynote speaker Dr. Wendy Holliday. “Boundaries and Sovereignties:…