Professional Development

Conference reports and more from ZSR Librarians

NASIG 2024 According to Chris

This year, NASIG held its annual conference in Spokane, Washington, the location for the conference in 2020 if it had not been for COVID-19. It was a unique conference for me because I am serving on the NASIG’s Executive Board once again as a member-at-large and as a liaison to the Conference Planning Committee. Conference... more

ZSR at TILC 2024

The Innovative Library Classroom 2024 On June 6-7, the Innovative Library Classroom (TILC) conference celebrated its 10th annual conference this year, and the 100 available seats filled up in four hours this year! In her opening remarks, Candice Benjes-Small from William & Mary, who leads the steering committee, referred to this small and mighty conference... more

Colleen at EBP for HSL in Charleston

In the effort to continue developing both my instruction and systematic review skills, I had the extraordinary opportunity to attend the Evidence-Based Practice for Health Science Librarians (EBP for HSL) Workshop from June 23 – 26 at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) in Charleston. Previously held at the University of Colorado Denver Anschutz... more

Spring 2024 ASERL meeting

The University of South Carolina hosted the spring meeting of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL), May 22-23. I always enjoy these meetings and the opportunity to network with regional deans and directors. It was also an important meeting for ASERL as for the second time in recent years, we added a new member,... more

ZSR Library at the TALA Conference

TRIAD ACADEMIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION – TALA 10TH YEAR CELEBRATION!!! May 22, 2024 High Point University Colleen Foy’s Experience This year’s conference was my first at HPU and as a TALA committee member. I attended the session, “It is Within You: How Adobe Can Change Your Perspective” with Winston-Salem State University O’Kelly Library’s Technical Services Reference... more

Kate at ACSC

Two weeks ago, I had the opportunity to attend the Association of Centers for the Study of Congress annual meeting in Washington, DC. This is somewhat of a catch-all group of congressional archivists as well as researchers of congressional collections. The conference was held in the National Archives building, which was an incredible opportunity in... more

Denice @ NC LIVE in-person in Wilmington, North Carolina

I attended the NC LIVE in-person conference on Friday, May 17, 2024. It was good to see librarian colleagues from around the state and beyond as well as reconnect to new individuals I met at the NCICU Resources meeting on Thursday, May 16th at Campbell University. The 2024 theme “Wellness in Libraries” resonated with me... more

Maia and Jemma at NC Live 2024

On Monday, we gave our first conference presentation: “Making, Managing, and Marketing a Wellness Collection in an Academic Library” at NC Live’s Annual Conference, a conference fittingly focused on Wellness in Libraries! It was a great first time experience for us both in submitting a proposal, and preparing and giving a presentation. From the time... more

TPD @ C4L in A2

TPD @ C4L Last week, I traveled to Ann Arbor, Michigan for the Code4Lib conference. Code4Lib is a loosely organized group of coders, hackers, and a merry band of the tech-savvy and tech-interested from around Library Land. I started with a tour of U-M’s Shapiro and Hatcher libraries. In my time there, the Shapiro was... more

⁤Will at the 2024 NC LIVE Annual Conference

On Friday I attended the 2024 NC LIVE Annual Conference at Cape Fear Community College in Wilmington. ⁤⁤The theme of conference was “Wellness in Libraries.” ⁤⁤And considering all of our work in Public Services on our Wellness Collection, I was excited about this conference and looking forward to learning what others are doing in the... more