Five Midwestern communities of the Special Libraries Association (SLA) are partnering to host an online symposium on June 10th. The keynote speakers will be Gary Price and Catherine Lavallée-Welch.
The SLA Midwest Symposium is an annual, online event co-hosted by the Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, and Saint Louis communities of SLA. This year’s event will focus on the theme of the Transformation of Librarianship.
Gary Price is a librarian, writer, consultant, and founder of infoDOCKET. SLA President and academic librarian, Catherine Lavallée-Welch will be providing the opening keynote.
The event will also feature three educational sessions, lightning talks, and opportunities for networking (see below for full agenda).
SLA Midwest Symposium registration is live! We invite all librarians and students to join us for a cross disciplinary look at the transformation of librarianship. SLA members are $10 and nonmembers $20. For more information, please contact Valerie Moore, SLA-IL President-Elect, slailpresidentelect@gmail.com.
Agenda (all times CENTRAL):
9:00 - 9:15 AM
Updates from communities
9:15 - 9:30 AM
Catherine Lavallée-Welch to give opening remarks
9:30 - 10:00 AM - Education Session 1
Library Career Alternatives, Rachael Altman
10:00 - 10:30 AM - Education Session 2
"I’m Afraid We Really Must Dash”: Building Data Dashboards for COVID-19 Response in Dentistry, Nicole Strayhorn
10:30 - 11:00 AM
Break/Networking in breakout room with moderator
10:50 AM - 12:00 PM - Lightning Talks
- Local Informal Network Support and Shared Expertise: the 20-Year Experience of CAMA, Ramune Kubilius & Megan Keller Young
- Creating a Database to Improve Awareness and Output of Scholarly Activity, Margaret A. Hoogland
- Finding Organization In Data Science, Lori Alynn Snyder
- Meredith Bixby Marionette Collection | Organizing and Cataloging Project, Taylor Wegner & Kelsey O'Rourke
- The Librarian as Brand Marketer: Developing, Planning, and Implementing a User Awareness Campaign, Allison Repking
- Confronting Bias in Search Results and Sources, Marydee Ojala
- How to Craft an Effective KM Elevator Pitch, Allison Blanning
12:00 - 12:30 PM - Education Session 3
A Framework for Regulating User Access to Heritage AV Collections at Galter Health Sciences Library, Katie Lattal / Mohammad Hosseini
12:30 - 1:00 PM
Closing keynote with Gary Price