Friday, September 6, 2024

It's conference season: Midwest Chapter MLA, WLA, MIRL, Charleston Conference

Despite MLA taking place in spring, I've always thought that fall felt like conference season. To that end, here are a few upcoming library and library-related conferences you might be interested in. 

Remember that WHSLA is offering a second $500 Professional Development award in 2024. To be eligible you must submit your name for the drawing by Friday, September 13, 2024 at noon. For more on eligibility requirements, see Dora's WHSLA email from Thursday, Sept 5.


Midwest Chapter MLA (virtual)

  • Support our MLA regional conference and hear what your Midwest hospital and health science librarians are working on. 
  • Virtual from October 9-11, 2024
  • $

Wisconsin Library Association (Green Bay, WI)

  • This year's theme is "All In: Include and Innovate" and features librarians from across the state representing different types of libraries. 
  • In-person from November 5-8, 2024 
  • $$

Charleston Conference (virtual and Charleston, SC)

  • This serials and acquisitions conference is a great opportunity to network with publishers, vendors, and librarians interested in licensing, acquisitions, new purchasing models, publisher/library collaborations and more
  • In-person from November 11-15, 2024
  • Virtual from December 9-13, 2024
  • $$$
Medical Institutional Repositories in Libraries (MIRL) 24 (virtual)
  • Even if your institution doesn't have an institutional repository, consider attending this free symposium. You'll hear from small and large medical, health science, and hospital libraries about how they support, promote, and preserve the scholarly output coming out of their institutions
  • Virtual event takes place on November 21, 2024
  • Free; registration opens on September 23, 2024

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