(via Abigail Smith, Upstate Medical University) Are you a librarian, nurse, social worker, or professional who wants to enhance your health literacy proficiency? Sponsored by Health @ CLRC and Upstate Medical University’s Health Sciences Library and presented via Zoom, the Communication for Health Literacy: a Health @ CLRC and Upstate Health Sciences Library Professional Development Event…
Category: Webinars
Save the Date: 10th Annual CARLI Instruction Showcase (Online Fri., May 20)
(via Debbie Campbell, CARLI) Please save the date to attend the 10th annual CARLI Instruction Showcase. It will take place online Friday, May 20, from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM. The call for presenters and the opening of registration are both forthcoming. Check here for additional updates as they become available. Please send any questions…
Registration Open for National Library of Medicine Office Hours on PubMed (Fri., Jan. 28, 11:00-11:45 AM CDT)–Limited to 100 Participants
(via Rebecca Brown, Network of the National Library of Medicine) The National Library of Medicine (NLM) staff and the Network of the National Library of Medicine (NNLM) staff invite you to join us to talk about NLM’s products. Each office hour will feature a specific NLM product. We’ll begin with a brief demo or interactive…
Call for Proposals: 2022 OCLC Resource Sharing Conference (Series of Online Events from Late March to June)–Deadline Fri., Feb. 11
(via Carmen Byg, OCLC) OCLC is excited to announce the 2022 OCLC Resource Sharing Conference, a virtual event. Because of your very positive feedback from the RSC21 web series, we will host another series of free virtual events that will focus on topics of interest to the interlibrary loan community. The events will take place…
Call for Proposals Extended: North Carolina Community College Library Association Annual Conference (Online March 14-18)–New Deadline Mon., Jan. 31
(via Brittany Champion, Pitt Community College) Please consider submitting a proposal for the 2022 North Carolina Community College Library Association Annual Conference. The Conference theme is You Me We Belong, which focuses on encouraging sustainable changes that promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in community college libraries for the benefit of all who utilize our library…
Save the Date: LILi Virtual Conference (Fri., July 8)
(via Liz Cheney–University of California, Northridge) Please save the date for the free 2022 LILi (Lifelong Information Literacy) Virtual Conference, “Teaching and Learning: Introducing New Topics, Pivoting Online, and Starting from Scratch”. This year’s event will take place on Friday, July 8, from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Watch the LILi website for more information as…
Call for Submissions: IACRL People’s Choice Award in Scholarly Publishing (Deadline 5:00 PM on Mon., Feb. 7)
(via Sue Franzen, IACRL Past President) The Illinois Association of College & Research Libraries (IACRL) Awards Committee is seeking submissions for the People’s Choice Award in Scholarly Publishing. This award will give academic and research librarians throughout Illinois the opportunity to read and evaluate scholarly works by their peers and then vote on a favorite….
Registration Open for NNLM Webinar “Grants and Proposal Writing” (Thurs., Feb. 10, 1:00-2:00 PM CDT)
(via the Network of the National Library of Medicine) Registration is now open for the NNLM webinar “Grants and Proposal Writing”. It will take place on Thursday, February 10, from 1:00 to 2:00 PM CDT. This live webinar is worth 1.00 hour of MLA CE credit. A description and the link to registration are below. Designed…
Reminder: Registration Open for ILA’s 2022 Library Legislative Meet-ups (Held Virtually Between Jan. 24 and Feb. 28)
(via the Illinois Library Association) We are pleased to announce registration is now open for ILA’s 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…
Call for Participation: Survey to Plan ALA RUSA STARS Licensing & Legislation Committee’s Licensing 101 Workshop
(via Joshua Zeller, Mount St. Joseph University) The ALA RUSA STARS Licensing & Legislation Committee is currently in the process of planning its free spring 2022 workshop, which will have the broad theme of “licensing 101,” and be free to all attendees. We would be grateful if you could take a few minutes to fill…