(via the Medical Library Association) The 2021 National Program Committee invites abstract submissions that support the annual meeting theme, “Transforming Our Diversifying Communities”. The MLA ’21 “Call for Poster and Lightning Talks” has been extended to Monday, February 15. Posters and lightning talks are great ways to share information about research or programs. Submitters must…
Category: Conferences and Meetings (non-HSLI)
Call for Proposals: Virtual Library Instruction Tennessee Conference (Week of June 7-11) — Current Deadline Wed., Feb. 10
(via Sarah Smith, St. Louis Community College) Join us in 2021 for the virtual Library Instruction Tennessee (LIT) Conference! The theme for LIT 2021 is “Persistence & Resilience”. The meeting will take place virtually during the week of June 7-11 (Monday-Friday). Registration will open in later April. This year’s event is free. The call for proposals is…
Reminder: Registration Open for 19th Annual Information Literacy Summit (Online April 29-30)
(via Gwen Gregory, Northern Illinois University) This is a reminder that registration is now open for the 19th Annual Information Literacy Summit, which will take place online from Thursday, April 29, to Friday, April 30. The focus of this year’s meeting will be on challenging the status quo and rethinking information literacy theories and practices, with…
Call for Proposals: ACRL EBSS Virtual Research Forum (Deadline Friday, March 19)
(via Annie Armstrong, University of Illinois at Chicago’s Daley Library) The Education and Behavioral Sciences Section Research Committee of ACRL invites proposals for presentations at their virtual research forum, to be held online in early May, 2021. Our charge is to investigate and propose ways for education and behavioral science librarians to share ideas about new directions…
Reminder: Registration Open for Amigos Online Conference Moving On: Migrating Library Content and Data (Thurs., Feb. 11)–Deadline Mon., Feb. 8
(via Jodi Borgerding, Amigos Library Services) This is a reminder that registration is still open for the Amigos Library Services online conference Moving On: Migrating Library Content and Data. The event will take place on Thursday, February 11. More information is below. “This link worked yesterday – why doesn’t it work now?” “Will all of…
Call for Proposals: ACRL North Carolina Chapter and Community & Junior College Libraries Section (CJCLS) of the North Carolina Library Association Biennial Virtual Conference (Thurs., May 6)–Deadline Sun., March 7
(via Dawn Behrend, ACRL North Carolina Chapter Chair) The ACRL NC Chapter and the Community & Junior College Libraries Section (CJCLS) of the North Carolina Library Association invites you to submit a proposal for their biennial virtual conference on Thursday, May 6. Proposals should align with our conference theme, Transforming Our Future: How Our Practices…
2021 ALA Annual Conference Will Be Virtual (Registration Opens Mon., March 1)
(via Jennifer Sharkey, Illinois State University) The American Library Association has announced that the 2021 Annual Conference will take place virtually. Registration opens on Monday, March 1, at 12:00 PM CDT. The event was originally scheduled for June 23-29 in Chicago. To view the full announcement, please go here. Watch the Conference website for more…
Call for Proposals: Virtual 2021 OCLC Resource Sharing Conference (Exact Dates TBD) — Deadline Fri., Feb. 5
(via OCLC) OCLC is excited to announce the 2021 OCLC Resource Sharing Conference (RSC), a virtual event. Because of your positive feedback from the RSC20 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 Free Midwest Archives Conference Webinar “How to Google for Primary Sources” (Tues., Feb. 2, 1:00-2:30 PM CDT)
(via Sarah Cain, Northern Illinois University) The Midwest Archives Conference (MAC) is hosting a free upcoming webinar, “How to Google for Primary Sources: Teaching Users/Students to Find and Evaluate Archives Remotely”, presented by Robin M. Katz. The webinar will take place on Tuesday, February 2, from 1:00 to 2:30 PM CDT. More information, including a…
Call for Breakout Session Proposals: Lake Superior Libraries Symposium (Online Fri., June 11) — Deadline Sun., March 14
(via Kayleen Jones, University of Minnesota Duluth) The organizers of the Lake Superior Libraries Symposium, or LSLS, invite breakout session proposals for our ninth conference, which will be held virtually on Friday, June 11. There will be no registration cost for this year’s conference. This year’s theme, “Mapping Our Identity”, invites attendees to explore the…