(via Sarah Wade, Campbell University) Registration is now open for the webinar “How to Integrate Cochrane Interactive Learning to Deliver Systematic Review Training for Early-Career Stage Healthcare Researchers”. It will take place on Tuesday, September 7, from 10:00 to 11:00 AM CDT, via Zoom. This is part of the Rocky Mountain U.S. Cochrane Network Affiliate/Colorado…
Category: Webinars
Registration Open for Amigos Library Services Webinar “Identifying, Evaluating and Lifting Barriers to Services in your Library” (Wed., Sept. 15, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM CDT)–Deadline Fri., Sept. 10
(via Jodie Borgerding, Amigos Library Services) Registration is now open for the Amigos Library Services webinar “Identifying, Evaluating and Lifting Barriers to Services in your Library”. It will take place on Wednesday, September 15, from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM CDT. A description is below Though few are intentional, many barriers to services exist in…
Registration Open for MLA – Liberty Chapter’s Inaugural Annual Meeting (Online Oct. 18-19, Mon.-Tues.)
(via Betsy Judge, Tower Health) On behalf of the Planning Committee, we welcome you to attend the inaugural Annual Meeting of the Medical Library Association – Liberty Chapter. It will take place on Monday, October 18, and Tuesday, October 19, via Zoom. This special online event is being planned conjointly by members that formerly represented…
Registration Open for Free NNLM Webinar on Disaster Preparedness (Wed., Sept. 22, 12:00-1:00 PM CDT)
Please excuse any cross-posting. (via Sarah Wade, Campbell University) Please join NNLM (Network of the National Library of Medicine) for a 60-minute webinar on Wednesday, September 22, from 12:00 to 1:00 PM CDT. The webinar is titled “Less Ostrich, more Owl. Five Steps to Quickly Improve Your Library’s Ability to Respond to a Sudden Disaster Registration”, and…
Registration Open for ACRL Fostering Change Cohort (Deadline Mon., Sept. 13)
(via David Free, ACRL) Register by Monday, September 13, to join the first cohort of institutional teams planning their change process! ACRL’s Fostering Change Cohort is a 12-week program designed for teams from institutions planning any type of organizational change. Each team can be made up of between two and five library workers, and a full scholarship will…
Call for Proposals Extended: 2022 Atmospheric Science Librarians International Conference (Jan. 23-27 in Houston and Online)–New Deadline Wed., Sept. 8
(via Elise Gowen, Penn State University) The 25th Atmospheric Science Librarians International (ASLI) Conference will be held January 23-27 (Sunday-Thursday), 2022, in Houston, TX, in conjunction with the American Meteorological Society’s (AMS) Annual Meeting. For this conference, sessions will be in person and virtual. The theme for the 102nd AMS Annual Meeting is “Environmental Security: weather, water and climate for a more secure world”. With this theme, the AMS…
Reminder: Registration Open for Inquiring Teachers Online Course “Information Literacy in Politically Polarized Times” (Oct. 4 – Nov. 2)
(via Dr. Andrea Baer, Inquiring Teachers) Inquiring Teachers is offering the online course “Information Literacy in Politically Polarized Times” from Monday, October 4, to Tuesday, November 2. This course lasts four weeks and meets synchronously. The cost is $175, and participants who complete the course will earn 1.5 CEUs. In Brief: At a time of political polarization – when digital environments lend themselves to the spread of…
Call for Submissions Extended: Workshop on AI in Information Research and Practice: Fostering Interconnected Communities (Hybrid Sat., Oct. 30)–New Deadline Tues., Sept. 7
(via Dr. Clara Chu–Director and Mortenson Distinguished Professor at Mortenson Center, UIUC Library) The submissions period for the hybrid event Workshop on AI in Information Research and Practice: Fostering Interconnected Communities has been extended to Tuesday, September 7. The workshop is part of the ASIS&T (Association for Information Science & Technology) Annual Meeting, which will take place on-site in…
Call for Lightning-Talk Proposals Extended: The Evolving Health Information Landscape Symposium (Thurs., Dec. 2)–New Deadline Fri., Sept. 10
(via Cathleen de Groot, Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar) What would you say about health information if you had seven minutes with your medical information colleagues across the Middle East region? What pressing issues should we consider? What projects will make a difference? What tools should we be using? The Distributed eLibrary team at Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar…
Reminder: Deadline to Submit Poster Proposals for ILA Virtual Annual Conference (Oct. 12-14) is Tues., Aug. 31
(via the Illinois Library Association) The Illinois Library Association (ILA) Conference Program Committee invites applications for poster sessions at the 2021 ILA Virtual Annual Conference, taking place October 12-14 (Tuesday-Thursday). Poster sessions will be featured on the ILA website. The online poster session will become available at 9:00 AM on October 12, and posters will continue to be…