(via Mark Beatty, American Library Association) Registration is now open for the 2017 LITA Forum. This year’s event will take place from Thursday, November 9, to Sunday, November 12. Join us in Denver, Colorado, at the Embassy Suites by Hilton Denver Downtown Convention Center, for a three-day educational and networking event featuring two preconferences, a pair of keynote sessions,…
Deadline for Submissions to Midwest Chapter MLA & MHSLA Joint Annual Conference Extended to Aug. 1
(via Tyler Nix, University of Michigan – Ann Arbor) The Program Committee of the 2017 Midwest Chapter MLA & MHSLA Joint Annual Conference invites paper and poster abstract submissions on any topic of interest to the health sciences library community. The conference will be held October 13-16 in Ypsilanti, Michigan. Paper sessions will be held Sunday, October 15th…
Illinois Librarians Give Poster Sessions at ALA Annual
A number of Illinois academic and research librarians gave poster sessions at the ALA 2017 Annual Conference. This year’s event took place in Chicago, from June 22 to June 27. The theme was “Transforming Our Libraries, Ourselves”. Major speakers included Rashma Saujani, Julie Todaro, and Hillary Rodham Clinton. The sessions and presenters are listed below….
Reminder: Inaugural OCLC Americas Regional Council Conference This October
(via Dr. Scott Walter, University Librarian at DePaul University) The OCLC Americas Regional Council (ARC) is holding its inaugural Conference this October, in what we hope will be the first of many opportunities to take a regional (and global) perspective on challenges and opportunities in OCLC member libraries and allied institutions. Information on the Conference…
Registration Open for 2017 Indiana University Libraries Information Literacy Colloquium (Deadline July 28)
(via Michael Courtney, Indiana University Bloomington) We are pleased to announce that registration for the 2017 Indiana University Libraries Information Literacy Colloquium is now open! The 2017 Indiana University Libraries Information Literacy Colloquium will take place on Thursday, August 3, at Indiana University Southeast (New Albany, Indiana), and will run from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM. The Colloquium seeks to…
Reminder: Early-Bird Registration for Northwest ILL Conference Ends Monday, July 10
(via Eric Alwine, Reed College) Early-bird registration ends Monday, July 10, for the 2017 Northwest Interlibrary Loan and Resource Sharing Conference! Early-bird registration fee is $175; regular registration is $225. The conference will take place in Portland, Oregon on Thursday, August 10, and Friday, August 11, at Portland State University in downtown Portland. This year’s program includes the…
Registration Deadline for “Designing Search Strategies for Systematic Reviews” Course is June 30
(via Angela Hardi, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis) The deadline to register for “Designing Search Strategies for Systematic Reviews: A Hands-on Course is Friday, June 30. This two-day course-which will take place on Thursday, August 3, and Friday, August 4-is designed to help you learn how to create an effective systematic review literature search,…
Registration Still Open for IDS Project Conference (July 27-28)
(via Elise Thornley, Binghamton University) Registration is still open for the IDS Project’s 13th Annual Summer Conference, which will take place on Thursday, July 27, and Friday, July 28, at the SUNY Polytechnic Institute in Utica, NY. This year’s conference theme is Steering the Future, Together and approximately 200 attendees are expected. The IDS Conference is packed…
Register Now for “PubMed for Librarians” Series
(via Elizabeth Kiscaden, Associate Director for the National Network of Libraries of Medicine – Greater Midwest Region) The National Network of Libraries of Medicine is offering another round of our popular PubMed series, beginning in early September. As many of you know, these classes fill up quickly, so please register this week if you’re interested…
Early-Bird Registration for VIVO 2017 Conference Ends Friday, June 30
(via Terrie R. Wheeler-Director, Samuel J. Wood Library and C.V. Starr Biomedical Information Center at Weill Cornell Medicine) On behalf of the VIVO 2017 Conference Task Force, I am pleased to invite you to attend the 8th Annual National VIVO Conference, which will take place in New York City, NY USA from August 2nd to 4th….