Conference reports and more from ZSR Librarians
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 ›
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 ›
On May 27th-28th 2026, I attended the Southern Library Support Staff (SLSS) conference at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. I was looking forward to attending a conference focusing on support staff and library assistants, since so many conferences are focused solely on MLS degree holders. Sessions were offered on a large variety of topics, and... more ›
I’m terribly late in writing this up (sorry, stuff got in the way), but I want to share a bit about a meeting I attended in Denver back on April 16th and 17th. As the incoming President of Core (a Division of the American Library Association) ALA sent me to a CEO Symposium put on... more ›
Several members of the ZSR Library recently attended the 12th annual Triad Academic Library Association (TALA) Conference hosted this year at UNC Greensboro. Their reflections are below. Meg Sturdevant This was my first TALA conference, and it was an enlightening experience. There were so many points I found delightful. During the keynote presentation our dean... more ›
Rebecca @ SNCA/SCAA I attended the SNCA conference last week for a quick, enjoyable, and interesting experience. The first session I attended was “To Be an Archivist in the Carolinas in These Times: An Informal, Moderated, Discussion” moderated by Randi Beem, Adreonna Bennett, and Dawn Schmitz (all from UNC-Charlotte). I enjoyed the honest reflections that... more ›
From May 19 – 22, the Medical Library Association held its 128th annual meeting in Milwaukee, Wisconsin where the cheese puns were a-plenty. They weren’t just cheddar than gouda, or more than extra sharp, they were actually un-brie-lievable! Yep, I heard them all, because hey, ricotta make it work, right? The last time MLA was... more ›
The Best Practices Exchange ‘un’conference took place last week at the University of Indiana—Indianapolis (May 18-20, 2026), an informal get-together for librarians, archivists, and other information specialists to discuss digital information management, preservation, and access. I was fortunate enough to deliver a talk at the event, and even more fortunate to attend some really interesting... more ›
The day after Commencement, and as the university shared the news that Peter Rodriguez will be our fifteenth president, I was in Miami to represent ZSR and Wake Forest at the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries Annual Meeting and Spring Membership Meeting. This was my second ASERL gathering. I have been so impressed at how... more ›