(The following is a blog post from Michelle Zafron, MLS, one of the 2019 winners of the UNYOC Professional Development Award). UNYOC, thank you for awarding me the UNYOC/MLA Professional Development Scholarship! This May, I attended the 2019 Annual Meeting of the Medical Library Association in Chicago, Illinois. It was a busy but very productive …read more
Category: Meetings
IDEAL Conference Reflection
(The following is a blog post from Twanna Hodge, MLIS, one of the 2019 winners of the UNYOC Professional Development Award) On August 6 and 7 2019, the Ohio State University Libraries, the Association of Research Libraries, and the Association of College and Research Libraries hosted IDEAL ’19: Advancing Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility in …read more
UNYOC/MLA 2019 – Online registration is live!
Join us for the 2019 annual UNYOC conference on October 23-25, 2019 in Watkins Glen, NY! Online and paper registration is now available on the Meeting registration page. Please contact Denise Smith (dsmith@mcmaster.ca) or Jennifer McKinnell (mckinn@mcmaster.ca) with any questions. …read more
UNYOC/MLA 2019 – Paper Registration Now Available!
Join us for the 2019 annual UNYOC conference on October 23-25, 2019 in Watkins Glen, NY! Paper registration is now available on the Meeting registration page. Online registration will be available ASAP. Please contact Denise Smith (dsmith@mcmaster.ca) or Jennifer McKinnell (mckinn@mcmaster.ca) with any questions. …read more
Call for Proposals – UNYOC 2019!
Please consider submitting a presentation proposal for the UNYOC 2019 Annual Meeting! Proposals are due August 23, 2019. To submit a proposal, please visit http://unyoc.mlanet.org/annual-meeting/call-for-participants/ . This year’s Annual Meeting will take place in Watkins Glen, NY, from October 23rd-25th, 2019. This year’s theme is “Immersed in the Experience.” Applicants will be notified of their status via …read more
MLA ’19: A Refreshed and Renewed Recap
(The following is a blog post from Rachel Becker, MLIS, one of the 2019 winners of the UNYOC Professional Development Award). Maybe someday I’ll be jaded about attending MLA, but after my 3rd annual meeting I can confidently say I’m not there yet! Thanks to UNYOC’s Professional Development Award, I got another chance to spend …read more
First-time Attendance at MLA
(The following is a blog post from Darcey Mulligan, MLIS, one of the 2019 winners of the UNYOC Professional Development Award). As an early career librarian, my attendance at the annual MLA conference in Chicago was a whirlwind. I am so glad that I was able to attend and experience what so many others have …read more
Breakfast of Champions
Though I am late in submitting this report, my tardiness is not a reflection of my gratefulness to UNYOC for granting me the funding to attend the chapter’s 2018 annual conference in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario. Conscious of the fact that the winter season has already inched well into February, moving me another month past this event …read more
Save the Date – UNYOC / MLA 2019 Annual Meeting!
Join us for the 2019 annual UNYOC conference on October 23-25, 2019 in Watkins Glen, NY! …read more
UNYOC 2018 Poster – Quiet Down at the Library: A Stress Reduction Program Series
At the 2018 meeting, Sandy Iverson and Bridget Morant “drew” people into their poster presentation about stress reduction and wellness in the library. The edges had spaces where attendees could color, making it an interactive experience. Check out their poster here! …read more