Month: February 2024

• The deadline for proposals for the ILA/ACRL & IPAL Spring Conference has been extended to March 15!
• We invite your proposals for 6-minute lightning talks and 50-minute concurrent sessions. Proposals for lightning talks are especially welcome!
• The Conference Planning Committee will notify applicants of proposal acceptance by March 29.
• Direct questions to the Conference Planning Committee Chair Kris Stacy-Bates (kksb@iastate.edu).

Here are the March 2024 professional development opportunities both free and paid opportunities!

If you know of webinars, classes, conferences, publishing opportunities, etc. that would be of interest to fellow Iowa library folks, please pass it along to one of us on the ILA/ACRL Professional Development Committee. 

Sarah Slaughter
Laura Kerr
Liz Riordan
Sarah Voels

Free Opportunities

News Literacy Project

• Is it misinformation? March 20^th

Network of the National Library of Medicine NNLM (selected) 

• Blue Marble Librarians: Libraries Helping Their Communities Prepare for Extreme Weather and Foster Socially and Ecologically Conscious Culture March 12^th, 2024
• Health Programming at Your Library March 22^nd, 2024
• Advancing Climate Resilience, Sustainability, and Environmental Justice: A Public and Academic Libraries Partnership in San Diego County March 27, 2024
• Fostering Connection: Addressing Library Employee Loneliness, A Region 6 Spotlight Speaker Webinar March 26^th, 2024
• See More

OCLC (selected)

• Creating a Person-Centered Library: Supporting Patrons While Avoiding Burnout March 13^th
• Leveraging Choreo Insights: Aligning your library collections with emerging curriculum priorities and trends March 19^th 2024
• See More

On-demand webinars

Paid Opportunities

Online Learning from ACRL

• Online Programing Managers in Higher Education: The Role of Academic Libraries Tuesday March 5^th 1:00-2:00pm Central time
• Core Webinars
• Infopeople
• Library Supervision and Management March 5^th-April 15^th, 2024

Library Juice Academy (Selected)

• Curriculum Mapping Information Literacy for Academic Librarians
• Implementing and Managing Organizational Change
• An Introduction to the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning – 2024-03 (Mar)
• See More

Preserve This (selected)

• Preservation of Photographic Materials
• Preservation Techniques and Methods
• See More

RUSA

Upcoming Conferences

• Information Literacy Summit April 19, 2024 – Glen Elyn, IL
• Midwest Archives Conference May 2-4, 2024 – Des Moines, IA
• 2024 ILA/ACRL Spring Conference May 29-30, 2024 – Ames, IA

Welcome to the 2024 edition of your monthly professional development opportunities! With the exception of February, you can typically expect these emails around the start of the month.

If you know of webinars, classes, conferences, publishing opportunities, etc. that would be of interest to fellow Iowa library folks, please pass it along to one of us on the ILA/ACRL Professional Development Committee. 

Sarah Slaughter
Laura Kerr
Liz Riordan
Sarah Voels

Free Opportunities

Choice-ACRL

• The Inside-Out Library – How OA is Changing the Role of the Librarian – Feb. 27, 2024

News Literacy Project

• When Science and Health Misinformation Go Viral: How to Help Students Find Facts – Feb. 13, 2024
• Election 2024: Are you informed or influenced? – Feb. 29, 2024

NNLM (selected) 

• Love Data Week: Artificial Intelligence & Healthcare – An Overview for the Curious – Feb. 13, 2024
• How PubMed Works (series) – Starts Feb. 20, 2024
• Integrating Research, Publishing, and Presenting Into Your Career – Feb. 21, 2024
• Opioid Toolkit: A Professional Aid Created for Understanding the Opioid Crisis – Feb. 27, 2024
• See more

OCLC (selected)

• Switching it Up! Creating a Video Game Collection for Your Library – Feb. 22, 2024
• Co-Creating Library Services for Transformative Impact – Feb. 27, 2024
• Meeting the evolving needs of academic libraries: A demonstration of WorldShare Management Services – Feb. 28, 2024
• See more

On-demand webinars

Paid Opportunities

• Core Webinars
• Infopeople
• Library Juice Academy
• Preserve This
• RUSA

Upcoming Conferences

• Information Literacy Summit April 19, 2024 – Glen Elyn, IL
• 2024 ILA/ACRL Spring Conference May 29-30, 2024 – Ames, IA

Join us for the next ILA/ACRL Town Hall Meeting next Wednesday, February 14, 2024, from 10:00 to 10:50 a.m. to catch up with your colleagues across the state. Mark your calendars for our upcoming meetings!

Check your email for the Zoom link and more details!
Town Hall Meeting, Wednesday, February 14, 2024, from 10:00 to 10:50 a.m., Topic: Informal Conversations
Town Hall Meeting, Thursday, March 21, 2024, from 1:00 to 1:50 p.m., Topic: TBD
Town Hall Meeting, Wednesday, April 10, 2024, from 10:00 to 10:50 a.m., Topic: TBD
Town Hall Meeting, Thursday, May 9, 2024, from 1:00 to 1:50 p.m., Topic: TBD