(via the Network of the National Library of Medicine – Region 6) Registration is open for the following NNLM Region 6 Speaker Spotlight Series webinars taking place in February. Please see below for webinar descriptions and registration links. Registering requires having an NNLM user account. Create one here. “Sources of Airborne PCBs in Schools” Wednesday,…
Category: Webinars
Registration Open for ACRL STS Hot Topics Winter Discussion Session “Engaging Undergraduate Students from Marginalized Groups in Research” (Online Mon., Feb. 13, at 1:00 PM CDT)
(via Isabella Baxter, University of Maryland) Registration is open for the ACRL Science and Technology Section Hot Topics Winter Discussion Session “Engaging Undergraduate Students from Marginalized Groups in Research”. It will take place online Monday, February 13, starting at 1:00 PM CDT. Please see below for more details, including the link to registration. It is…
Call for Submissions: Free Virtual 2023 OCLC Resource Sharing Conference Sessions (from Late March into June)–Deadline Fri., Feb. 3
(via Carmen Byg, OCLC) OCLC is excited to announce the 2023 OCLC Resource Sharing Conference, a virtual event. Because of your very positive feedback from the RSC22 web series, we’ll host another series of free virtual events that focus on topics of interest to the interlibrary loan community. The events will take place from late…
Registration Open for Next HSLI Journal Club Meeting (3:00-4:00 PM CDT on Thurs., Feb.16)
(via Peggy Carey, National University of Health Sciences) The meeting will take place on Thursday, February 16, from 3:00 to 4:00 PM CDT. Please see below for links to the article and registration. At least one of the authors will be joining us to virtually discuss the article Why are they not accessing it? User barriers to…
Registration Open for NNLM Online Class “Hosting a Hackathon: Lessons Learned from Libraries”–Tues., Feb. 14, 12:00-1:30 PM CDT
(via the Network of the National Library of Medicine) Registration is open for the NNLM Region 1 class “Hosting a Hackathon: Lessons Learned from Libraries”. It will take place on Tuesday, February 14, from 12:00 to 1:30 PM CDT. Please see below for more details. Join us during Love Data Week for a panel discussion…
Call for Presentation Proposals: IACRL Spark Event “One Weird Trick” on Fri., May 19–Deadline Fri., Feb. 24
(via Christina Norton, IACRL Secretary) What’s your secret for making the workday easier? What tool have you found that makes a routine task more fun or interesting? What’s your “One Weird Trick” to being more organized in life? Come share your software, hotkeys, processes, or other hack(s), big or small, to help your colleagues learn…
Registration Open for Webinar “Creating space and advocating for sustainability at your library” (Thurs., Feb. 2, at 1:00 PM CDT)
(via Beth South, Indiana University School of Library & Information Science) Registration is open for the webinar “Creating space and advocating for sustainability at your library”. It will take place on Thursday, February 2, starting at 1:00 PM CDT. Are you concerned that your library is not focused on sustainability? Does it seem like you’re…
Registration Open for Self-Paced NNLM Online Course “Beyond an Apple a Day: Providing Consumer Health Information at Your Library” (Wed., Feb. 1 – Wed., March 1)
(via Rebecca Brown, Network of the National Library of Medicine) Registration is open for the NNLM online course “Beyond an Apple a Day: Providing Consumer Health Information at Your Library”. The class runs from Wednesday, February 1, to Wednesday, March 1. This 4-week, 4 credit-hour (CHIS Level 1, CHIS Level 2) self-paced online class covers the…
Registration Open for University of Michigan Taubman Library’s Library Talks Webinar “MEDLINE search retrieval issues: A longitudinal query analysis of five vendor platforms” (Thurs., Jan. 12, 12:00-1:00 PM CDT)
(via Whitney Townsend–University of Michigan, Ann Arbor) Registration is still open for the free webinar “”MEDLINE search retrieval issues: A longitudinal query analysis of five vendor platforms”. It will take place on Thursday, January 12, from 12:00 to 1:00 PM CDT. This webinar is an “Author Talk” in the University of Michigan Taubman Health Sciences…
Registration Open for Chicago Collections Consortium Webinar “A Discussion with Gerber/Hart Librarian and Archivist Erin Bell” on Preserving Midwest LGBTQ History and Culture (Thurs., Jan. 19, 12:00-1:00 PM CDT)
(via Gwen Gregory, Northern Illinois University) Join Librarian and Archivist Erin Bell as she shares an overview of Chicago Collections Consortium member Gerber/Hart Library and Archives. Founded in 1981, Gerber/Hart’s collections focus on the culture and history of LGBTQ peoples and additional marginalized sexual and gender minorities in Chicago and the Midwest. Gerber/Hart serves these communities…