{"id":17416,"date":"2025-06-06T13:19:57","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T13:19:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/?p=17416"},"modified":"2025-06-06T13:19:57","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T13:19:57","slug":"call-for-proposals-extended-2025-special-libraries-association-midwest-symposium-online-fri-aug-1-900-am-200-pm-cdt-new-deadline-fri-june-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/call-for-proposals-extended-2025-special-libraries-association-midwest-symposium-online-fri-aug-1-900-am-200-pm-cdt-new-deadline-fri-june-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for Proposals Extended: 2025 Special Libraries Association Midwest Symposium (Online Fri., Aug. 1, 9:00 AM &#8211; 2:00 PM CDT)&#8211;New Deadline Fri., June 20"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(via Ramune Kubilius, Galter Health Sciences Library &amp; Learning Center at Northwestern University)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 2025 SLA (Special Libraries Association) Midwest Symposium will take place <strong>virtually (via Zoom) on Friday, August 1, from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM CDT<\/strong>. The Symposium will feature invited keynotes, in addition to presentations from colleagues. This year, the planning committee is looking for presentation proposals on a wide variety of topics, including (but not limited to) the following ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Case studies and practical applications of data<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>New, innovative projects or programs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Leadership insights, tips, &amp; tricks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Advocacy for special libraries<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ROI for specialized libraries<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Presentation opportunities include educational sessions (20 minutes) and lightning talks (10 minutes).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Presentations from all types of specialized libraries (corporate, government, non-profits, health sciences, law, business, etc.) and specialized collections are invited. Membership in SLA is not required (nor is being from the Midwest). We strongly encourage students to propose a session!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Registration will be required, but this will be a free symposium. <\/strong>Please complete this <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/1metJPW6kgIxtn0yEpJLp4gH9vE2ENryS8Ulruc6WONk\/viewform?edit_requested=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">form<\/a> by <strong>Friday, June 20<\/strong>. Speakers will receive notification by Friday, July 4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For questions, please contact Marydee Ojala, at <a href=\"mailto:marydee@xmission.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">marydee@xmission.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(via Ramune Kubilius, Galter Health Sciences Library &amp; Learning Center at Northwestern University) The 2025 SLA (Special Libraries Association) Midwest Symposium will take place virtually (via Zoom) on Friday, August 1, from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM CDT. The Symposium will feature invited keynotes, in addition to presentations from colleagues. This year, the planning committee&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,8,38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-calls-and-requests","category-conferences-and-meetings-non-hsli","category-webinars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17416"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17416\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17417,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17416\/revisions\/17417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}