(via Rebecca Brown, Network of the National Library of Medicine) Please join NNLM for the upcoming virtual (and free) symposium “Advancing Engagement Through Research: New Trends and Opportunities”. The event will take place on Tuesday, March 29, and Wednesday, March 30. The agenda is now available, at https://nnlm.vfairs.com/en/agenda-page. The 2022 NNLM Virtual Symposium is designed to provide you an opportunity to…
Category: Webinars
ACRL Health Sciences Interest Group Holding General Meeting, with Focus on Library Work Tools (Online Thurs., Feb. 10, at 12:00 PM CDT)
(via Anna Ferri, Roseman University of Health Sciences) Please join us for the ACRL Health Science Interest Group (HSIG) General Meeting on Thursday, February 10, at 12:00 PM CDT. Both current members and those interested are invited. Zoom information below. For the first 30ish minutes, we will get updates from our committees (Programming, Membership) and the…
Registration Open for LILi Show & Tell Presentation “Reimagining Library Spaces and Services to Meet the Needs of Pandemic-Traumatized Faculty and Students” (Online Wed., Feb. 9, 12:00-1:00 PM CDT)
(via Esther Grassian, UCLA and Pierce College) Registration is now open for the next LILi (Lifelong Information Literacy) Show & Tell webinar. Titled “Reimagining Library Spaces and Services to Meet the Needs of Pandemic-Traumatized Faculty and Students”, the webinar will take place from 12:00 to 1:00 PM CDT on Wednesday, February 9. The presenters are Zoia Falevai…
Slides from 2021 Medical Institutional Repositories in Libraries (MIRL) Symposium Available
(via Ramune Kubilius, Galter Health Sciences Library & Learning Center at Northwestern University) If you missed attending this free virtual symposium “live”, the recordings and the presentation PDFs of the MIRL (Medical Institutional Repositories in Libraries) 2021 meeting are available here. The keynoter was Kathryn Funk (Program Manager of Pubmed Central), from the U.S. National Library of Medicine. The…
Registration Open for MLA 2022 Annual Meeting and Exhibition (May 4-6 in New Orleans, with Virtual Option)–Early-Bird Deadline Thurs., March 31
(via the Medical Library Association) Registration is now open for the first in-person MLA meeting in two years. The 2022 Annual Meeting and Exhibition will take place from Wednesday, May 4, to Friday, May 6, with CE courses the afternoon of Tuesday, May 3, preceded by a virtual kick-off and conference Opening Session on Wednesday, April 27 ….
Registration Still Open for Remaining ILA Library Legislative Meet-ups (Held Virtually Between Feb. 4 and Feb. 28)
(via the Illinois Library Association) Registration is still open for the remaining ILA 2022 Library Legislative Meet-ups. This annual series of events provides an opportunity to meet with your state and federal legislators and hear their thoughts firsthand about issues affecting libraries in your area. The ILA President will bring welcoming remarks; ILA Legislative Consultant Derek Blaida and ILA…
Registration Open for CARLI Professional Development Alliance Webinars Taking Place in March and Early April
(via Nicole Swanson, CARLI) Registration is now open for the following CARLI Professional Development Alliance (PDA) webinars taking place in March and early April. See below for descriptions, dates and times, and registration links. “Intellectual Freedom and Social Justice: Core Values of Librarianship” Dr. Emily Knox states: Throughout my work, I argue that intellectual freedom leads…
Registration Open for CARLI Professional Development Alliance Webinars Taking Place in February
(via Nicole Swanson, CARLI) Registration is now open for the following CARLI Professional Development Alliance (PDA) webinars taking place in February. See below for descriptions, dates and times, and registration links. “Myths and Truths about Regional Public Universities” Regional Public Universities (RPUs) educate 20% of all undergraduate students each year and serve as anchor institutions…
Registration Open for CARLI “Are you as conflicted as we are? Challenges with teaching subject headings and keywords” Online Discussion (Fri., Feb. 11, 1:00-2:00 PM)
(via Debbie Campbell, CARLI) Join the CARLI Instruction Committee via Zoom on Friday, February 11, from 1:00 to 2:00 PM CDT, for a discussion about teaching subject headings and keyword searching. We will provide a few brief stories about the inconsistencies we’ve encountered with subject heading indexing and how these findings challenged whether to teach students to…
Reminder: CARLI Commercial Products Committee Seeking Proposals for Accessibility in Libraries Forum (Online Wed., April 6)–Deadline Mon., Feb. 14
Please excuse any cross-posting. (via Gwen Gregory, Northern Illinois University, on behalf of CARLI) The CARLI Commercial Products Committee is seeking proposals for a forum on accessibility efforts in your library. The form will take place via Zoom on Wednesday, April 6, at 10:00 AM CDT. CARLI Members are encouraged to submit proposals on any…