(via Mary Pelich, Illinois State Library) Registration has been extended until April 19th, 2019 for the 5th Annual Targeting Autism National Forum May 16-17, 2019 on the campus of Dominican University in River Forest, Illinois. This year’s forum theme is autism and human/civil rights. We will have several national speakers to explore this important topic…
Category: Conferences and Meetings (non-HSLI)
Reminder: Registration Deadline for 7th Annual CARLI Instruction Showcase is May 8
(via Marielle McNeal, North Park University) We hope you’ve saved the date! Registration is now open, please share with anyone at your institution who may be interested! The CARLI Instruction Committee is coordinating its seventh annual Instruction Showcase on Thursday, May 23rd at North Park University in Chicago, IL. The showcase features innovative elements in…
Registration Open for Library Carpentry Event on Computing (May 23-24 in Chicago)
(via Gwen Gregory, University of Illinois at Chicago) General Information https://pitviper6.github.io/2019-05-23-chicagoMSTech/ Library Carpentry is made by people working in library- and information-related roles to help you: automate repetitive, boring, error-prone tasks create, maintain and analyze sustainable and reusable data work effectively with IT and systems colleagues better understand the use of software in research and much…
Reminder: Registration Open for May 8 CARLI Preservation Workshop, “Choosing and Constructing Protective Enclosures for Library Materials” (Final Deadline April 23)
(via Nicole Swanson, CARLI) The CARLI Preservation Committee invites you to attend the workshop “Choosing and Constructing Protective Enclosures for Library Materials”. This all-day program will be held at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield on May 8, 2019. The workshop will include a presentation about protective enclosures, and two hands-on sessions to learn…
ACRL’s Library Marketing and Outreach Interest Group (LMOIG) Event Announcement and Call for Proposals
(via Gabrielle (Abby) Annala, Lewis University) Calling all librarians and library staff with an interest in marketing! Inspired by ACRL? Didn’t get to go and want to share your project related to marketing and outreach? ACRL’s Library Marketing and Outreach Interest group (LMOIG) is hosting an inaugural Chicago area meetup for librarians interested in forming…
Reminder: DPLAFest2019 to Be Held April 17-18 at Chicago’s Harold Washington Library Center (Registration Required)
(via the Illinois Library Association) DPLAFest2019 will be held April 17-18, 2019, at the Harold Washington Library Center in Chicago. This event will explore how libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural organizations across the country leverage technology to serve, inform, and empower communities. The complete program is now available on the event website. Cost to attend is…
Reminder: Registration for 2019 Digital Initiatives Symposium (April 29-30) in San Diego Closes April 19
(via Amanda Makula, University of San Diego) Last Call: Final Registration<https://2019-dis.eventbrite.com/> for the 2019 Digital Initiatives Symposium<https://digital.sandiego.edu/symposium/2019/>! – Six Pre-conference Workshops: – Collections as Data: Digital Collections for Emerging Research Methods by Stewart Varner, University of Pennsylvania – Two Peas in a Pod: On Information Literacy and Open Educational Resources by Michelle Reed, University of…
Reminder: Registration Open for Spring RAILS/IACRL Networking Events (April 25 at Waubonsee Community College and April 29 at Methodist College)
The April 29 event at Methodist College has only four registrants so far. If you know of any academic librarians in the Peoria area who might be interested in attending, please share this announcement with them. (via Dan Bostrom, RAILS) In April, RAILS and IACRL will host two more networking events for academic librarians. These…
Reminder: Program Proposals for 2019 Reaching Forward South Conference Due Monday, April 15
(via the Illinois Library Association) Reaching Forward South, an annual professional development conference for library support staff in central and southern Illinois, is now accepting conference <https://ila.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6e70654dccbd86e15c572ad55&id=4758096daf&e=6c7f1a78dd> proposals<https://ila.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6e70654dccbd86e15c572ad55&id=da855dbaf9&e=6c7f1a78dd>. The theme is The Future is Always Beginning Now, and proposals should consist of ideas and practices in strategic planning, forward-thinking programming, and current events or endeavors…
Reminder: Registration Deadline for April 29 CARLI OER Workshop at Loyola University Chicago is April 24
(via Elizabeth Clarage, CARLI) The CARLI Open Educational Resources Task Force invites you to attend an OER Workshop at Loyola University Chicago at their Water Tower Campus on Monday, April 29. Please register by Wednesday, April 24, for this program. The workshop will include a keynote from Rebel Cummings-Sauls from the Florida Academic Library Services…