Category: Conferences and Meetings (non-HSLI)

If you are attending the joint conference in Peoria, the following sessions might be of interest. Presentations Thursday, October 22 10:45-11:45 AM “52 Weeks of STEM @ Your Library”–gain ideas for STEM activities that you can easily incorporate into your library and that will draw users of all backgrounds and ages “Getting Started with Information…

Registration is still open for this year’s Library Information and Technology Association Forum, which will be held in Minneapolis, from Thursday, November 12, to Sunday, November 15. The deadline to register is Sunday, November 8. (Early-bird registration has already passed.) The cost is $390 for LITA and LLAMA members, $475 for ALA members who do…

(via Gwen Gregory, incoming IACRL President) For those interested in services to Latinos and the Spanish-speaking: FALL 2015 MEETING REFORMA MIDWEST CHAPTER LOYOLA UNIVERSITY INFORMATION COMMONS Held by conference call from different locations 6501 N Kenmore Ave, Chicago, IL 60660 3:00-4:30 PM CST on Friday, October 9, 2015 Conference Call Information: Dial-in Number: (712) 775-7031…

(via Gwen Gregory, IACRL President-Elect) 2016 ALA Midwinter Meeting attendees have the chance to inspire and entertain colleagues in the popular five-minute “Ignite” sessions, always standing-room-only and high energy events. Session proposals are accepted now through the end of the day on Friday, Oct. 9, 2015. Find out more and submit proposals now<http://2016.alamidwinter.org/schedule-meeting>. Each five-minute Ignite…

(via Josh Sopiarz, Governors State University) I would like to propose a panel on the academic library and student veterans in response to the call that went out for IACRL 2016: Raise Your Voice: Librarians in the Lead. If you or anyone at your institution’s library has worked–or is working–with student veterans I would love…

(via Dr. Dane Ward, Dean of Milner Library at Illinois State University) RAILS is a co-sponsor of the “Better Together: Libraries in the New Economy,” preconference at the “Library State of Mind<http://railslibraries.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2c51285b8d63e23716bce030f&id=89994d3588&e=b2cda01cb5>” conference in Peoria (October 21-24). All staff working in all types of libraries (academic, public, school, and special) are welcome to join this…

(via Gwen Gregory, IACRL President-Elect) The deadline to book your hotel room for A Library State of Mind is Wednesday, September 30. Conference room rates will not be honored after September 30. The Pere Marquette Hotel and Courtyard by Marriott room blocks are full, but space is still available at the Embassy Suites East Peoria….

(via Steve Brantley, IACRL conference planning committee) The Illinois Association of College & Research Libraries<http://www.iacrl.net/> Conference Committee is seeking program submissions for the 2016 IACRL Conference: Raise Your Voice: Librarians in the Lead. The conference takes place on March 18, 2016 at the Marriott Chicago O’Hare<http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/chiap-chicago-marriott-ohare/>. We are currently accepting proposals for Presentations, Panels, and…

(via Rebecca Raszewski, UIC Library of the Health Sciences – Chicago campus) The Library of the Health Sciences at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) and the Galter Health Sciences Library of Northwestern University are co-sponsoring a joint practicum for the Winter 2016 semester.This practicum is geared towards library science graduate students from ALA…

(via Debbie Baaske, Reaching Across Illinois Library System) There’s still time to register for “A Library State of Mind” the 2015 Illinois Academic, Public, School, and Special Libraries Conference, in Peoria (October 21 – 24). If you are attending, don’t miss the preconference, “Better Together: Libraries in the New Economy,” on Wednesday, October 21, 10:30 a.m. – 5:45…