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NEW: CFP EXTENDED TO OCTOBER 1

2012 Joint Conference of Librarians of Color

Call for Proposals
The 2012 Joint Conference of Librarians of Color, JCLC 2012: Gathering at the Waters: Celebrating Stories and Embracing Communities will take place from September 19-23, 2012 in Kansas City, Missouri. The mission of JCLC is to advance the issues affecting librarians of color within the profession and to also explore how best to serve the incredibly diverse and changing communities that use our libraries.

Conference
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
9:00am – 4:00pm
Columbia University

With:
Tom Allen
Robert Darnton
Pamela Samuelson

My plans for the ALA Annual Conference 2011 in New Orleans, to be updated as needed. Note that I haven't looked through the conference planner at all yet, just ...

Milwaukee, Wisconsin
July 8-9, 2011

Calling all zine collectors, information activists, underground bibliographers and barefoot librarians! We’re seeking librarians of all stripes to lead a workshop or discussion at the 2nd bi-annual (un)conference of zine librarians!

Now that library instruction season is winding down, many of my fellow reference and instruction peeps are breathing a sigh of relief and getting back to other projects. However I've got a few events to get through before I can give my full attention to weeding the reference collection, writing annual report documents, and cataloging zines like a mofo. Oh, and finishing settling into my new apartment!

Since when asked questions like "What are you up to these days?" I'm unlikely to give much of a response, here's what I'm up to for April...

Tuesday, March 16, 2010, 8:15AM - 4:00PM
Columbia University, Kellogg Center
15th Floor, 420 West 118th Street, New York City
$100 Early Bird

The Third Annual International Conference
Web 2.0, Social Networking, & Libraries:

How Libraries Are Exploiting Web 2.0 and Social Networking to Improve Service to Library Users and What It Means for Libraries, Library Users, and You, Including Ways to Better Serve Your Own Library Users with Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, Web 2.0, OPAC and Web Site Enhancements, and more

Call for Proposals –
Poster Session proposals are due on January 4, 2010!

The 2010 National Diversity in Libraries Conference, NDLC2010: From Groundwork to Action, will take place from July 14-16, 2010 in Princeton, NJ. The National Diversity in Libraries Conference (NDLC) is a biennial event that serves as a regional meeting for library staff members to discuss diversity issues, especially issues common to the host region's culture.

The 2010 NDLC Planning Committee invites you to submit a poster session proposal for the conference. Proposal submission details...

I went to this CUNY librarians event Institute because I was invited to participate in a "Graying of the Profession" panel.