{"id":5008,"date":"2017-06-21T14:54:11","date_gmt":"2017-06-21T14:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hsli.org\/?p=5008"},"modified":"2017-06-21T14:54:11","modified_gmt":"2017-06-21T14:54:11","slug":"hsli-annual-conference-2017-prep-for-your-travel-to-bloomington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/hsli-annual-conference-2017-prep-for-your-travel-to-bloomington\/","title":{"rendered":"HSLI Annual Conference 2017: Prepping for Your Travels to Bloomington!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bloomington-Normal are the host cities for the Health Science Librarians of Illinois Annual Conference this year, October 25th to 27th. As you are planning out your library budget for the new fiscal year, think about requesting travel\u00a0<\/span>funds to attend this fall’s conference. The conference will host many professional networking and presentation opportunities, as well as continuing education sessions for health sciences librarians. Below are some important numbers and links in helping you plan your tri<\/span>p.<\/span><\/p>\n

The HSLI Conference fee is set to be $200 for full conference registration for members of HSLI. The conference hotel will be\u00a0<\/span>the Chateau in Bloomington<\/a><\/span>, with a room rate of $78 plus taxes and fees. Activities are scheduled for conference attendees from Wednesday evening to\u00a0<\/span>early Friday afternoon,<\/span>\u00a0so please make your hotel reservation accordingly to partake in all that the conference has to offer.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Bloomington-Normal<\/a><\/span>\u00a0is located off of the major interstate highways of 39, 55, and 74. There is also an\u00a0<\/span>Amtrak station<\/a><\/span>\u00a0located in downtown Normal with quick\u00a0<\/span>bus<\/a><\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>taxi<\/a><\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0Lyft<\/a><\/span>, or\u00a0<\/span>Uber<\/a><\/span>\u00a0access to the hotel.<\/span>\u00a0For transportation travel reimbursement rates to estimate your budget, check the\u00a0<\/span>Illinois CMS Reimbursement Schedule<\/a><\/span>\u00a0for mileage, per diem rates, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Finally,\u00a0<\/span>Bloomington and Normal<\/span>\u00a0<\/b>are beautiful cities with many activities, shopping<\/span>\u00a0spots<\/span>, and events. Think about attending a\u00a0<\/span>tour of the Beer Nuts factory<\/a><\/span>, taking a\u00a0<\/span>walk on th<\/a><\/span>e Constitution Trail<\/a><\/span>, or enjoying\u00a0<\/span>shopping in the area’s many boutiques<\/a><\/span>. To learn more, take a look at the\u00a0<\/span>Bloomington-Normal Visitors Bureau website<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/b>to help in planning your trip to the area.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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For any questions about the HSLI Annual Conference, please contact Emily Johnson,\u00a0emj11@uic.edu<\/a>, Publicity Chair for the HSLI Conference Planning Committee.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bloomington-Normal are the host cities for the Health Science Librarians of Illinois Annual Conference this year, October 25th to 27th. As you are planning out your library budget for the new fiscal year, think about requesting travel\u00a0funds to attend this fall’s conference. The conference will host many professional networking and presentation opportunities, as well as…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[46,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2017-conference","category-member-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5008","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\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5008"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5008\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}