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The Graphic Medicine International Collective has hosted the yearly Graphic Medicine Conference (GMC) since 2010 for cartoonists, clinicians, and educators whose work aligns with health humanities concepts and health comics. This year’s meeting was held at Johns Hopkins University’s (JHU) Homewood and East Campuses in Baltimore, Maryland from July 23 – 25 and marked my... more ›
LOEX returned to the East Coast this year for its annual conference, which was held in Norfolk, Virginia on Mother’s Day Weekend. This year’s theme was “Oceans of Knowledge: Diving into Information Literacy,” but the abundant puns and metaphors in presentation titles pointed to the challenges of navigating stranger tides (prime example – a strong... more ›
Core Operations The Public Services Department is in the process of planning the 2026 Public Services Department Retreat. The selected date for the retreat is Wednesday, August 12th in the Heritage Room, located in the Reynolda Hall. The department’s management team is working on the staff position description project, which will update staff position descriptions... more ›
I attended my first ALA 26 years ago and my rough back-of-the-envelope math tells me that the 2026 one was my 13th or 14th ALA annual over the course of my career. Just like my first one, this one was in my favorite big city in the US – Chicago. ALA has changed a lot... more ›
This year was NASIG’s year for an in-person conference after going to an in-person/online-only model a few years ago. The 2026 conference was held in Madison, Wisconsin, on the campus of the University of Wisconsin, a return of sorts to the early days of the organization when college campuses hosted the conference, from meeting spaces... more ›
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