(via Kristi Addleman Ritter, Penn State Mont Alto) Please join members of ALA’s Library Instruction Round Table (LIRT) Transitions to College Committee for a one-hour discussion forum on “Planning for Fall: Sustainable Collaborations in High School to College Transitions”. We are hopeful that participants will include those with experience in developing collaborations as well as…
Category: Webinars
Registration Open for “Library Services to Refugees during the COVID-19 Pandemic” Webinar (Fri., June 18, at 12:00 PM CDT)
(via Amber Hayes, American Library Association) In observance of World Refugee Day, UIUC’s Mortenson Center for International Library Programs and the American Library Association have partnered to host a webinar on Friday, June 18, at 12:00 PM CDT. The COVID-19 pandemic has created challenges for communities worldwide and the libraries that serve them. Libraries have…
Registration Open for Free STEM Librarians Collaborative 2021 Meeting (Online July 21-22, Wed.-Thurs.)
(via Jennifer Hart, University of Chicago) Registration is now open for the STEM Librarians Collaborative 2021 Meeting. It will take place on July 21 and 22 (Wednesday-Thursday), from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM CDT each day. This is an online conference via Zoom and is free This conference offers an opportunity to learn from other…
Save the Date and Call for Proposals: Kentucky Medical Library Association Virtual Conference (Fri., July 16)–Deadline Wed., June 23
(via Ramune Kubilius, Galter Health Sciences Library & Learning Center at Northwestern University) The Kentucky Medical Library Association (KMLA) will be hosting a virtual conference on Friday, July 16. The conference planning committee invites poster, presentation, and lightning talk submissions on topics of interest to health sciences academic, medical, or hospital libraries. Library science students…
Registration Open for OLC Accelerate 2021 Hybrid Conference (Virtual Sept. 20-24, In-Person Oct. 5-8)
(via the Online Learning Consortium) Registration is now open for the OLC Accelerate 2021 conference. This year’s meeting will have a hybrid format, with a virtual portion from Monday, September 24, to Friday, September 28, and in-person sessions from Tuesday, October 5, to Friday October 8, in Washington, D.C. The theme of this year’s event is “An Odyssey into…
Illinois Library Association Announces Main Speakers for 2021 Annual Conference (Online Oct. 12-14)
(via the Illinois Library Association) An award-winning author and writer for a nationally renowned magazine, a cartoonist, editor, and professor, a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Librarian, and the American Library Association’s 10th Executive Director are among the speakers for the 2021 ILA Annual Conference. The Conference will be virtual this year–from Tuesday, October 12, to…
Reminder: Registration Still Open for IACRL Spark Event “Looking Back, Looking Forward” (Fri., June 11, 9:30 AM – 12:00 PM)
(via Emily Gilbert, IACRL Vice-President/President-Elect) Registration is still open for this Friday’s IACRL event, “Spark: Looking Back, Looking Forward”. It will take place online from 9:30 AM to 12:00 PM. The event will have three lightning talks from Illinois academic librarians on practices they developed during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and participants will be able to discuss…
Registration Open for Library of Congress Historical Company Research Webinar (Wed., June 9, at 12:00 PM CDT)
(via the Library of Congress) The Library offers a number of orientations/classes and that includes Business Reference. We have given the in-person So…you want to research old companies at the Library of Congress before and because there was interest, we are doing it this time as a webinar! On Wednesday, June 9, starting at 12:00 PM CDT, we are…
CARLI Announces Professional Development Alliance Webinars for June (Part 2 of 2)
(via Nicole Swanson, CARLI) CARLI is pleased to share upcoming Professional Development Alliance events in June. “NCLPBH: Defining Library Accessibility: Services, Programs, & Technology” Monday, June 21, 1:00-2:30 PM CDT Two staff members from the North Carolina Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped will discuss how to ensure that library services, collections, technology, outreach…
CARLI Announces Professional Development Alliance Webinars for June (Part 1 of 2)
(via Nicole Swanson, CARLI) CARLI is pleased to share upcoming Professional Development Alliance events in June. “Black Lives Matter: Programming within an Equity Framework” Monday, June 7, 12:00-1:45 PM CDT An in-depth look at the Black Lives Matter public programming initiative launched by Charlotte Mecklenburg Library in September 2020. Learn how this program began, and…