(via Elizabeth Clarage, Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois) This is a reminder that registration for the 2017 CARLI Collections Data Analysis and Maintenance Forum, jointly sponsored by the Collection Management and Technical Services Committees, closes on Wednesday, April 12. The link for registering is here. More information is below. The Collections Data Analysis and…
Category: Professional Development
Call for Proposals: Chapters in The Future Academic Librarian’s Toolkit (Deadline April 15)
(via Megan Hodge, Virginia Commonwealth University) Chapter proposals are invited for The Future Academic Librarian’s Toolkit, a book collecting practical strategies on landing a first academic librarian position and building and enhancing one’s professional reputation. The publisher is ACRL Press, and the Editor is Megan Hodge, Teaching & Learning Librarian at Virginia Commonwealth University. Proposals are…
Registration Open for “Lets Talk About Power” Webinar on April 19 (Presented by UIUC’s Dr. Nicole A. Cooke)
(via Jewel Davis, Appalachian State University) Join us for our latest Culture Conversations with NCLA’s REMCo, “Let’s Talk About Power: Why Diversity and Cultural Competence are Important to LIS” with Dr. Nicole A. Cooke of the iSchool at Illinois. As microcosms of larger society, libraries are faced with issues of inequity, discrimination, social privilege, and…
Early-Bird Registration Deadline for Canadian Health Libraries Association Conference is April 10
(via Janice Kung, University of Alberta) We are very excited to welcome you to Edmonton, Alberta, for the 2017 Canadian Health Libraries Association. The Conference will take place from Tuesday, May 16, to Friday, May 19. The theme for this year’s event is “Northern Illumination”. Through a series of plenary and parallel sessions, posters and…
Registration Still Open for ACRL New England Annual Conference (May 12 in Burlington, VT)
(via Sarah Hutton, University of Massachusetts-Amherst) The Association of College and Research Libraries New England Chapter invites you to attend its 2017 Annual Conference. This year’s event, themed “Reframing Librarianship in the 21st Century”, will take place Friday, May 12, at the Davis Center, University of Vermont, in Burlington, VT. More information about the event is below. It…
Call for Proposals: Academic Library Association of Ohio 2017 Conference (Deadlines April 10 and May 15)
(via the Academic Library Association of Ohio) The Academic Library Association of Ohio (ALAO) conference planning committee invites you to submit proposals for the 43rd Annual Conference. This year’s event, themed “Libraries Act, Respond, Transform: The A.R.T. of Empowerment”, will take place on Friday, October 27, at the Nationwide Hotel & Conference Center in Columbus, Ohio….
Registration Open for 16th Annual Information Literacy Summit (May 5)
(via Jennifer Schwartz, DePaul University) Registration is now open for the 16th Annual Information Literacy Summit. This year’s event, themed “From Teaching to Learning: Context and Collaboration”, will take place on Friday, May 5, from 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM. The DePaul University Library and the Moraine Valley Community College Library will host the meeting,…
Deadline Extended–Call for Proposals: NASIG Great Ideas Showcase and Snapshot Sessions
(via Leigh Ann DePope, NASIG) The NASIG Program Planning Committee (PPC) invites proposals for the Great Ideas Showcase and the Snapshot Sessions for the 32nd NASIG conference in Indianapolis, IN, June 8 to 11. The theme of the conference is “Racing to the Crossroads”. The Great Ideas Showcase will be held on Friday, June 9, from 3:45…
Reminder–Chicago Distance Library Services Event Next Week: “Create Winning Conference Proposals”
(via Ariel Orlov, Adler University) Join the Chicago Distance Library Services Group for our spring event and lunch on Friday, April 7 at Elmhurst College. We’ll meet for lunch at 12:30 PM at Pints, between the Metra station and the College, and our program will begin at 2:00 PM at Elmhurst College’s A.C. Buehler Library. We’re hosting a…
Registration Open for Wisconsin Health Literacy Summit (April 4-5)
(via Molly Olmstead, National Network of Libraries of Medicine – Greater Midwest Region) The National Network of Libraries of Medicine – Greater Midwest Region will present a poster at the Wisconsin Health Literacy Summit, which will take place on Tuesday, April 4, and Wednesday, April 5, in Madison, WI. The theme of this year’s summit is “Heath…