(via Matthew Diven, Colorado State University) The 2022 Colorado Resource Sharing Conference (formerly the Colorado ILL Conference) is returning virtually this year on April 27-28 (Wednesday-Thursday). A preconference event will take place on Wednesday, April 27. The Colorado Resource Sharing Conference is pleased to announce that our 2022 Keynote is Steve Antonuccio. The presentation will explore the 30-year career that Steve Antonuccio spent working in Public and Academic…
Category: Conferences and Meetings (non-HSLI)
Save the Date: Southeastern Resource Sharing Conference (Oct. 13-14 in Nashville)
(via Miriam Wnuk, Vanderbilt University) Join us for the 2022 Southeastern Resource Sharing Conference. It will take place from October 13 to 14 (Thursday and Friday) at the Scarritt Bennett Conference Center in Nashville, Tennessee. Meet colleagues from across the Southeast and discuss ways to strengthen regional resource sharing in all its aspects and among all…
Registration Open for Illinois Information Literacy Summit (Online Fri., April 29)
(via Sveta Stoytcheva, DePaul University) Registration is open for the 20th Annual Illinois Information Literacy Summit, Expanding the Conversation: Digital, Media, and Civic Literacies In and Out of the Library. The event will take place on Friday, April 29. The Information Literacy Summit will be free and virtual this year, featuring our keynote address and a full day…
Registration Open for ALA Core Metadata Interest Group’s Core IG Week Session on Accessibility Metadata (Online Tues., March 8, 1:00-2:00 PM CDT)
(via Dr. Joan Wang, Washington University in St. Louis) Please join the ALA Core Metadata Interest Group for its Core IG Week session on Accessibility Metadata. The meeting will take place virtually on Tuesday, March 8, from 1:00 to 2:00 PM CDT. The full session description is included below. The session is free but requires registration. Register for this session here. This…
Registration Open for IACRL Event SPARK: Open Pathways – Exploring the Intersections of DEI and OERs (Online Fri., April 1, at 10:00 AM)
(via Krista Bowers Sharpe, IACRL Communications Committee Chair) The IACRL Conference & Continuing Education Committee and CARLI are pleased to partner for Spark: Open Pathways – Exploring the Intersections of Diversity Equity and Inclusion and Open Educational Resources. The event will take place via Zoom on Friday, April 1, starting at 10:00 AM CDT. DEI and…
Save the Date: STEM Librarians South Conference (July 28-29; Format TBD)
(via Justin Hayward, University of Texas at San Antonio) The STEM Librarians South Conference convenes July 28-29 (Thursday-Friday). Prospective attendees are encouraged to respond to a poll gauging interest in an in-person event in Downtown San Antonio, or in a virtual conference setting. For more information visit the conference website (lib.utsa.edu/stem22). Now in its 12th year, STEM…
Call for Self-Funded Fellows: 2022 IDEA Institute on Artificial Intelligence (Currently In-Person July 10-15)–Deadline Fri., March 4
(via Dr. Clara Chu, Director and Mortenson Distinguished Professor at Mortenson Center, UIUC Library) We invite applications for self-funded Fellows for the second IDEA (Innovation, Disruption, Enquiry, Access) Institute on Artificial Intelligence (AI). We are seeking library and information professionals and educators interested in enhancing their knowledge of AI to participate in the Institute. The IDEA Institute…
Reminder: Proposals for 2022 OCLC Resource Sharing Conference (Series of Online Events from Late March to June) Due Fri., Feb. 11–Extension Available Through Wed., Feb. 16
(via Carmen Byg, OCLC) OCLC is excited to announce the 2022 OCLC Resource Sharing Conference, a virtual event. Because of your very positive feedback from the RSC21 web series, we will host another series of free virtual events that will focus on topics of interest to the interlibrary loan community. The events will take place from late…
Registration Open for NNLM Virtual Symposium “Advancing Engagement Through Research: New Trends and Opportunities” (March 29-30)
(via Rebecca Brown, Network of the National Library of Medicine) Please join NNLM for the upcoming virtual (and free) symposium “Advancing Engagement Through Research: New Trends and Opportunities”. The event will take place on Tuesday, March 29, and Wednesday, March 30. The agenda is now available, at https://nnlm.vfairs.com/en/agenda-page. The 2022 NNLM Virtual Symposium is designed to provide you an opportunity to…
Slides from 2021 Medical Institutional Repositories in Libraries (MIRL) Symposium Available
(via Ramune Kubilius, Galter Health Sciences Library & Learning Center at Northwestern University) If you missed attending this free virtual symposium “live”, the recordings and the presentation PDFs of the MIRL (Medical Institutional Repositories in Libraries) 2021 meeting are available here. The keynoter was Kathryn Funk (Program Manager of Pubmed Central), from the U.S. National Library of Medicine. The…