Professional Development

Conference reports and more from ZSR Librarians

NASIG 2025 According to Chris

NASIG held its 2025 Conference online this year, which coincided with the fortieth anniversary of the organization! I served as the NASIG Board liaison to the Conference Planning Committee again this year, and the conference was very well run from start to finish. Live sessions were presented via Zoom, while pre-recorded sessions were uploaded to... more

Ashelee and Rebecca @ TILC 2025

In early June, Ashelee and Rebecca travelled to Williamsburg for The Innovative Library Classroom (TILC) Conference. Hu has already written a wonderful blog post describing some of the highlights. Here are a few key takeaways from Ashelee and Rebecca. Rebecca @ TILC I attended the poster session and other sessions that Hu mentioned in his... more

Ashelee at SNCA

I recently attended the 41st Annual meeting of the Society of North Carolina Archivists hosted at East Carolina University. This year’s conference theme, “Outreach and Engagement in a Digital World”, supported interesting presentations that highlighted ways for attendees to navigate professional engagement by incorporating technology into outreach, networking, and access. The conference commenced with an... more

Metrolina Library Conference 2025: InspireACTION: Connecting Ideas, Empowering Change

On Wednesday, June 4, 2025 I attended the Metrolina Library Association (MLA) Conference in Charlotte North Carolina as a poster presenter alongside Will Ritter. Our presentation focused on the Public Service Department’s Student Employee Chronicles and was titled, “Check Us Out!: A Blog Empowering Student Workers to Reflect and Belong.” The idea of the blog... more

Jemma at NC LIVE 2025

I had the pleasure of attending this year’s NC LIVE Conference both in-person (Friday, May 16) and virtually (Monday, May 19), and once again, it was an absolute blast! I’ve been a fan of NC LIVE’s programming since my public library days because their sessions are always timely, practical, and full of inspiration. This year’s... more

Amanda, Elizabeth, and Joy at LOEX 2025

Amanda, Elizabeth, and Joy @ LOEX 2025 – Pasadena, California Opening Keynote (All) This year’s opening keynote was Allison J. Head from Project Information Literacy. Her presentation reflected on the close to 15~ years of Project Information Literacy research projects, looking for common themes among the findings, even as technology has rapidly changed. Head described... more

ZSR @ ACRL 2025

Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to get through this…recap of ZSR at ACRL 2025! From April 2 – 5, a contingent of ZSR folks descended on Minneapolis, Minnesota (Prince, Mall of America, Lakes, Cheese Curds!) for the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) Biennial Conference. Here is what we got up to!... more

Leslie at MLA 2025

This year’s meeting of the Music Library Association was held online, and, following the latest trend, offered several sessions on generative AI. Metadata discussions posed the question “Can AI be an author?” In both copyright law and cataloging standards, the answer appears to be “no”: the legal term “author” applies only to humans; RDA, the... more

Kevin at ER&L 2025

Last month, I attended my first ER&L (Electronic Resources and Libraries), a conference for e-resources, digital services, and related library folks. In past years, I would have attended Designing for Digital (D4D), a conference for UX and libraries, held in Austin, TX (and online) in March. Unfortunately, D4D has been retired. Picking up the slack,... more

Morgan & Summer @ SOUCABL

If there is a thick level of yellow pollen on the hood of my car then it must be time for SOUCABL! Typically held every spring, the Southern University College and Academic Business Librarians’ Conference (SOUCABL) is a can’t miss event if you happen to be… you guessed it… a Business Librarian* (check) at an... more