(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…
Category: Webinars
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…
Reminder: Proposals for ACRL Rare Books & Manuscripts Section 2023 Conference (June 27-30, Tues.-Fri., in Bloomington, IN, and Virtually) Due Fri., Jan. 20
(via Elizabeth DeBold, Doctoral Student at Newcastle University) With January upon us, there are somehow only days left to submit a proposal for the ACRL Rare Books & Manuscripts Section 2023 Conference! It’s looking like an exciting batch so far, and the entire committee is looking forward to welcoming you all to Indiana University’s Bloomington…
Registration Open for UIUC Slavic Reference Service Virtual Symposium “Shared Print Collections and the Future of Resource Sharing” (Wed., Feb. 22, at 10:00 AM CDT)
(via Olga Makarova, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) The Slavic Reference Service (SRS) at the University of Illinois will be hosting its 4th Annual Interlibrary Loan Symposium, “Shared Print Collections and the Future of Resource Sharing”. The event will take place via Zoom, on Wednesday, February 22, starting at 10:00 AM CDT. The symposium is…
Registration Open for Upcoming CARLI Professional Development Alliance Webinars in January
(via Nicole Swanson, CARLI) CARLI is pleased to share these upcoming Professional Development Alliance offerings. “Introduction to Instructional Design” Thurs., Jan. 12, 12:00-1:00 PM CDT This webinar is the first in a three-part series that will equip attendees with a strong foundation in instructional design techniques and planning skills that will allow them to expertly…
Call for Proposals: Northeast Chapter of ASIS&T (Association for Information Science and Technology) Annual Conference, Co-Hosted with Simmons ASIS&T (Online Fri., March 3)–Deadline Mon., Jan. 16
(via Cindy Li, Pratt Institute) Please save the date for the NEASIS&T (Northeast Chapter of Association for Information Science and Technology) Annual Conference, which will be held virtually through Zoom on Friday, March 3 (final time TBD). Simmons ASIS&T will co-host the Conference. The theme this year is “Information Science and Technology in Action”. Registration…