2023 SLA Midwest Symposium

Special Libraries Association

The 2023 SLA Midwest Symposium will take place on Friday, August 11 from 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM Central.

Find out why the Midwest is home to some of the most innovative thinking in information services and specialized libraries! This year’s theme is Unusual Librarianship. You&#x27;re invited! Please join us for this fun and professional half-day event. Schedule At-A-GlancePlease note all times listed in Central TimeKeynote 1 - 9:00 - 9:30 AMSeema Rampersad, SLA Update - A New ChapterEducation Session 1 - 9:30 - 10:00 AMSusan Klopper &amp; Nora McKenzie, It Takes a Village: Creating Digital Content (No Prior Experience Necessary!)Education Session 2- 10:00 - 10:30 AMCarrie Meyer &amp; Darby Kurtz, Museum Professionals in Special Collections and Library Exhibit DevelopmentBreak/Networking - 10:30 – 11:00 AMLightning Talks - 11:00 AM - 12:00 PMLightning Talk 1 - 11:00 - 11:10 AMRaymond Pun, Advocacy Work for Special Libraries and Library Workers: Opportunities to Impact Public PoliciesLightning Talk 2 - 11:10 - 11:20 AMYonah Levenson, Language Metadata Table: No More Tower of Babel!Lightning Talk 3 - 11:20 - 11:30 AMJezmynne Amergin &amp; Joe Hess, The Power of API Compels YouLightning Talk 4 - 11:30 - 11: 40 AMLaura Fu, How to Be a DAM LibrarianLightning Talk 5 - 11:40 – 11:50 AMAlex Hauser, Behind the Curtain: Illuminating the Labor of Librarian “Magic”Lightning Talk 6 - 11:50 – 12:00 PMRamune Kubilius, Roles for (Special) Librarians? The Case of Lithuanian Diaspora Cultural Memory InstitutionEducation Session 3 - 12:00 - 12:30 PMHannah Rutledge, A Library Like No Other: Building a Research Library at a Biocultural Reserve in the YucatanKeynote 2 - 12:30 - 1:00 PMMichelle Roell - Never Unusual, but Always MemorableRegistration: <ul><li>SLA Member - $10</li><li>SLA Non-member - $20</li><li>Students, speakers, and planning committee - Free</li></ul>

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