(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…
Category: Conferences and Meetings (non-HSLI)
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…
Call for Proposals: ACRL Academic Library Services to Graduate Students Interest Group at ALA Annual 2019 (Deadline 4/26)
(via Mark Lenker–University of Nevada, Las Vegas) Call for Proposals – ACRL Academic Library Services to Graduate Students Interest Group ALA Annual 2019 The ACRL Academic Library Services to Graduate Students Interest Group meeting will be held on Saturday, June 22 from 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm. in Washington D.C. Presentations will be given in person….
Save the Date: Michigan Health Sciences Libraries Association Annual Conference (October 2-4 in Lansing, MI)
(via Linda Feinberg, NorthShore University Healthsystem, on behalf of the Mid-Michigan Chapter of the MHSLA) The Mid-Michigan Chapter of the Michigan Health Sciences Libraries Association invites you to save the date for the 2019 MHSLA Annual Conference October 2-4, 2019 Radisson at the Capitol Lansing, MI Visit the conference website (https://sites.google.com/view/mhsla2019/mhsla2019) for more information about…