(via Elizabeth Suelzer, Medical College of Wisconsin) Greetings from Milwaukee! The 2019 Midwest Chapter/MLA Annual Meeting planning committee is now accepting abstracts for poster and paper presentations. Submit your poster and paper and paper abstracts so that others can discover and learn about your innovative programs and research findings. Presenting at a conference is a…
Category: Conferences and Meetings (non-HSLI)
Call for Proposals: OCLC Americas Regional Council Conference 2019, Oct. 2-3 in Phoenix (Deadline June 3)
(via Mary Konkel, College of DuPage) Submit a proposal to showcase the great work being done by your institution OCLC is seeking member proposals that will spark conversations around library futures–more specifically, how libraries act as catalysts within their communities by providing new solutions, partnerships, and services to inspire change and innovation. Selected speakers will…
Call for Participants: College Library Director Mentoring Program, 2019-20
(via Gwen Gregory, University of Illinois at Chicago, on behalf of Melissa Jadlos, St. John Fisher College) Are you, or do you know a new College Library Director? If you are a new Library Director at a small college library, please consider joining the College Library Director Mentoring Program. The program, now in its 27th…
Registration Open for Illinois Heartland Library System’s “Design Thinking for Libraries” Workshop on June 12 and 13 (Final Deadline May 27)
(via the Illinois Library Association) This workshop will take a step-by-step approach to guide participants through the process of understanding design thinking to put into practice at their library. Workshops will take place on June 12 and 13, at the IHLS Edwardsville Hub. Cost is $50 through May 15, and $60 May 16-27. For more…
Women in Medicine Summit – Chicago, IL – September 2019
Women In Medicine Summit: An Evolution in Empowerment will be a unification of women in healthcare, with the common goal of finding and implementing solutions towards gender equity. At the Drake Hotel in Chicago from September 20-21, attendees will hear from nationally renowned faculty. There will be breakout sessions with a focus on developing leadership…
Reminder: Registration Still Open for 2019 Reaching Forward South Conference (Friday, May 17, in Carbondale)
(via RAILS) You can still register for Reaching Forward South, an annual professional development conference for library support staff in central and southern Illinois. Make sure to attend “What’s Trending in Digital Lending”, presented by Anna Behm, RAILS E-Content Specialist. This year’s conference will be held on May 17, at the Southern Illinois University Student Center…
Registration Open for Eighth Annual Lake Superior Libraries Symposium (June 7 at Lake Superior College in Duluth, MN)
(via the National Network of Libraries of Medicine – Greater Midwest Region) Registration for the eighth annual Lake Superior Libraries Symposium is now open! LSLS19: Sea Changes in Libraries will be held on Friday, June 7th, 2019 at Lake Superior College. Library staff, administrators, trustees, and students from the Upper Midwest and beyond are invited to attend and…
Call for Applicants: Scholarships for LITA Avramcamp at ALA Annual 2019 (Deadline Friday, May 17)
(via Aisha Conner-Gaten, Loyola Marymount University) Do you want to participate in LITA AvramCamp, a one-day unconference for women and non-binary people working in library technology, at ALA Annual in Washington, D.C.? Would travel funding help you to attend? Thanks to support from individual donors and sponsors, AvramCamp is offering several $500 travel scholarships. Scholarships will be…
Registration Open for CARLI Resource Sharing Open House (Friday, June 14, in Peoria)
(via Lorna Engels, CARLI) Please join the CARLI Resource Sharing Committee for an open house at Bradley University, Peoria, and University of Illinois, Library of the Health Sciences, Peoria, Friday, June 14, 2019 – 10:00am to 3:00pm Resource Sharing Open house at Bradley University, Peoria, and University of Illinois, Library of the Health Sciences, Peoria,…
Registration Open for 2019 ACRL Instruction Section’s Annual Virtual Discussion Forum (1:00 PM CDT on Tuesday, June 11)
(via Beth Black, The Ohio State University) Challenging Deficit Thinking in Academic Libraries: Ideas and Applications A virtual panel discussion convened by Eamon Tewell of Columbia University with panelists Yi Ding of California State University, Northridge; Chelsea Heinbach and Rosan Mitola of University of Nevada, Las Vegas; and Amy Pajewski of West Chester University of…