{"id":18891,"date":"2026-04-01T13:44:47","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T13:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/?p=18891"},"modified":"2026-04-01T13:44:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T13:44:47","slug":"registration-open-and-call-for-proposals-extended-iacrl-spring-sampler-online-wed-april-22-1000-am-100-pm-cdt-new-submission-deadline-fri-april-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/registration-open-and-call-for-proposals-extended-iacrl-spring-sampler-online-wed-april-22-1000-am-100-pm-cdt-new-submission-deadline-fri-april-17\/","title":{"rendered":"Registration Open and Call for Proposals Extended: IACRL Spring Sampler (Online Wed., April 22, 10:00 AM &#8211; 1:00 PM CDT)&#8211;New Submission Deadline Fri., April 17"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(via IACRL)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Join the Illinois Association of College and Research Libraries Forum (IACRL) Conference and Continuing Education Committee for its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ila.org\/forums\/illinois-association-of-college-research\/iacrl-spring-sampler-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Spring Sampler 2026<\/a> <strong>online Wednesday, April 22, from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM CDT<\/strong>. This free, virtual conference is a great way to network and see the work being done by academic libraries and library workers across the state of Illinois and in all areas of library work.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year&#8217;s theme is \u201cAI in Academic Libraries\u201d and will feature keynote speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/the-digital-librarian.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nick Tanzi, The Digital Librarian<\/a>. The event will also include lightning talks and roundtable discussions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Submit a lightning talk or roundtable discussion!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Committee is looking for academic library workers who are interested in presenting and\/or facilitating discussions about the many ways AI is impacting the library and your work. Submissions for one or both formats can be entered through the form at <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSfOO3ikVHliB2i250_eon7Rk5nioim3v0YnWKFQl846ysmMwQ\/viewform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">this link<\/a>. The submission deadline <strong>has been extended to Friday, April 17<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Questions about the event, the call to participate, or proposals? Contact Nestor Osorio, IACRL President-Elect, at&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:nosorio@niu.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">nosorio@niu.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(via IACRL) Join the Illinois Association of College and Research Libraries Forum (IACRL) Conference and Continuing Education Committee for its Spring Sampler 2026 online Wednesday, April 22, from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM CDT. This free, virtual conference is a great way to network and see the work being done by academic libraries and library&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,8,58,18,38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-calls-and-requests","category-conferences-and-meetings-non-hsli","category-illinois-association-of-college-and-research-libraries","category-library-associations-non-hsli","category-webinars"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18891","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=18891"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18891\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18892,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18891\/revisions\/18892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}