(via Charlotte Beyer, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science) Stipends will be available for librarians who work directly with pharmacy educators and pharmacy students to attend the 2017 annual conference of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. This year’s conference will be July 15-19 in Nashville, Tennessee. These stipends are funded by the Grace and…
Category: Conferences and Meetings (non-HSLI)
Reminder: Registration Open for June 9 Social Sciences Librarians Boot Camp
(via Dianne Brown, Tufts University) Registration for the Social Sciences Librarians Boot Camp is now open. Regular registration is $60; the student rate is $30. The seventh annual Social Sciences Librarians Boot Camp will be held Friday, June 9, at Tisch Library, Tufts University. It is a low-cost, day-long program that will feature a faculty panel on community…
2018 ACRL President’s Program Invites Participation
(via Gwen Gregory, IACRL Past President) At ALA Annual 2018 in New Orleans, the ACRL President’s Program will explore the idea of resilience in (hopefully) all of its complexity. As a first step in our planning process, we want to hear your stories about resilience and how you have experienced it in your workplace. We are not…
Call for Proposals: IDS Project Conference 2017 (Deadline is May 19)
(via Elise Thornley, Binghamton University) The IDS Project’s 13th Annual Summer Conference is July 27 and 28, at SUNY Polytechnic Institute in Utica, NY. This year’s conference theme is Steering the Future, Together”. Approximately 200 attendees are expected. The IDS Project Conference Planning Committee is seeking proposals for conference presentations and posters. In particular, IDS…
Call for Proposals–2017 ACRL/NY Symposium: The Mission (Deadline May 5)
(via Linda Miles-Hostos Community College, The City University of New York) The Greater New York Metropolitan Area Chapter of ACRL is soliciting presentation proposals for its December 1 Symposium. The theme of this year’s Symposium is the academic library mission within the twenty-first century information environment. The planning committee is accepting proposals for 20-minute presentations…
Registration Open for IOLUG Spring 2017 Conference (May 19)
(via Franny Gaede, Butler University) Register now for the IOLUG (Indiana Online Users Group) Spring 2017 Conference–“Cloudy with a Chance of Technology”. The Conference will be held on Friday, May 19, at the Indiana Wesleyan University North Campus in Indianapolis, Indiana. We will have Kristi Palmer, the Associate Dean of Digital Scholarship at IUPUI, as…
Call for Submissions: Presentations at STEM Librarians South (July 20-21)
(via Dr. Christina Chan-Park, Baylor University) Submissions are now being accepted for the 2017 STEM Librarians South Conference, which will take place on Thursday, July 20, and Friday, July 21. The location is Waco, TX. Please submit a presentation falling into one of these categories. 5-minute lightning talk 15-minute short presentations, or 45-minute full papers The presentation…
Call for Proposals: 2017 Southeastern Library Assessment Conference (Deadline Friday, April 21)
(via Erin Nagel, Clayton State University) The Southeastern Library Assessment Conference invites proposals for the November 13-14, 2017, conference in Atlanta, Georgia. Program proposals should be designed to fit within a 45-minute timeframe, including Q&A. We encourage thoughtful, timely proposals on any topic related to assessment in libraries of all types, including, but not limited…
Call for Submissions: 2017 Midwest Chapter MLA & MHSLA Joint Annual Conference (Deadline July 1)
(via Lynne Frederickson, University of Michigan – Ann Arbor) The Program Committee of the 2017 Midwest Chapter MLA & MHSLA Joint Annual Conference invites paper and poster abstract submissions on any topic of interest to the health sciences library community. The conference will be held October 13-16 in Ypsilanti, Michigan. Paper sessions will be held Sunday, October 15, and…
Illinois Academic Librarians Present at ALA Midwinter
The following Illinois academic librarians presented at the 2017 ALA Midwinter Meeting. This year’s even took place in Atlanta, GA, from January 20 to 24. John Hernandez (Web & Mobile Services Librarian, Northwestern University) LITA User Experiences Interest Group (Moderator) Dr. Scott Walter (University Librarian, DePaul University) ALA Presidential Candidates Forum Dr. Dane Ward (Dean of Milner Library, Illinois…