(via the Online Learning Consortium) Registration is now open for the OLC Accelerate 2021 conference. This year’s meeting will have a hybrid format, with a virtual portion from Monday, September 24, to Friday, September 28, and in-person sessions from Tuesday, October 5, to Friday October 8, in Washington, D.C. The theme of this year’s event is “An Odyssey into…
Category: Conferences and Meetings (non-HSLI)
Illinois Library Association Announces Main Speakers for 2021 Annual Conference (Online Oct. 12-14)
(via the Illinois Library Association) An award-winning author and writer for a nationally renowned magazine, a cartoonist, editor, and professor, a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Librarian, and the American Library Association’s 10th Executive Director are among the speakers for the 2021 ILA Annual Conference. The Conference will be virtual this year–from Tuesday, October 12, to…
Reminder: Registration Still Open for IACRL Spark Event “Looking Back, Looking Forward” (Fri., June 11, 9:30 AM – 12:00 PM)
(via Emily Gilbert, IACRL Vice-President/President-Elect) Registration is still open for this Friday’s IACRL event, “Spark: Looking Back, Looking Forward”. It will take place online from 9:30 AM to 12:00 PM. The event will have three lightning talks from Illinois academic librarians on practices they developed during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and participants will be able to discuss…
Registration Open for ACRL President’s Program at ALA Annual Virtual Conference (Thurs., June 24, 2:15-3:15 PM CDT)
(via ACRL) Join ACRL for its President’s Program at the 2021 ALA Annual Virtual Conference. Hosted by ACRL President Jon E. Cawthorne, this program will take place from 2:15 to 3:15 PM CDT on Thursday, June 24, live during the conference. Titled “Making Change: Organizing for Action While Caring for Each Other“, this program will feature Mariame…
Registration and Schedule Available for ACRL STS Research Forum (Thurs., June 17) and Poster Sessions (Mon., June 21 and 28)
(via Chapel Cowden, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga) Please join us for the annual ACRL Science & Technology Section Research Forum & Poster Sessions! Attendance is free and open to all. This year’s sessions will be presented virtually via Zoom. STS Research Forum Date/Time: Thursday, June 17, 1:00-2:00 PM CDT Registration Link: bit.ly/stsresearch2021 (deadline Tuesday,…
Reminder: Registration Still Open for IACRL Spark Event, “Looking Back, Looking Forward”, on Fri., June 11
(via Emily Gilbert, IACRL Vice-President/President-Elect) Registration is still open for IACRL’s next event, “Spark: Looking Back, Looking Forward”. The event will take place on Friday, June 11, from 9:30 AM to 12:00 PM. The event will have three lightning talks from Illinois academic librarians on practices they developed during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and participants will…
Call for Lightning-Talk Proposals: Great Lakes Science Boot Camp 2021 (Online July 16-20)–Deadline Fri., June 11
(via Jennifer Hart, University of Chicago) Have a topic in science librarianship that you would like to give a five minute talk on? We are now taking submissions for the Great Lakes Science Librarian Bootcamp 2021. This year’s event will take place entirely online, from Friday, July 16, to Tuesday, July 20. Proposals are to be submitted…
Final Reminder: Submissions Deadline for 2021 MCMLA/Midwest Joint Chapter Meeting (Online Oct. 13-15) is Fri., June 4
(via Ramune Kubilius, Galter Health Sciences Library & Learning Center at Northwestern University) The Joint Research Program Committee invites poster, paper, and lightning talk abstract submissions on any health sciences librarianship topic for the 2021 MCMLA (Midcontinental Chapter of the Medical Library Association)/Midwest Joint Chapter Meeting. The meeting will take place virtually from October 13 to…
Reminder: Registration Open for Library Instruction Tennessee 2021 Conference, Online June 7-10 (Presenters Include UIUC’s Wong)–Deadline Thurs., June 3
(via Sarah Smith, Dean of Libraries St. Louis Community College) Register today for Library Instruction Tennessee (LIT) 2021–it’s free! LIT 2021 will be held virtually via Zoom from Monday, June 7, to Thursday, June 10. The theme of this year’s meeting is “Persistence & Resilience”. Check out the great slate of speakers and their sessions here. The presenters include…
Save the Date: 2021 Virtual CARLI Annual Meeting & Directors Meeting (Wed., Nov. 10, and Thurs., Nov. 4)
(via CARLI) Please mark your calendars for the Virtual CARLI Annual Meeting, being held on Wednesday, November 10. The Governing Directors Meeting will also be held virtually, in place of a regularly scheduled Governing Directors Check-in Sessions, on Thursday, November 4. Registration information will be shared as soon as it becomes available.