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IFLA Women, Information, and Libraries Call for Proposals

IFLA Women Information and Libraries Call for Paper Proposals for the World Library and Information Congress: 79th IFLA General Conference and Assembly, Singapore, August 2013. IFLA Women, Information and Libraries Special Interest Group (WIL) invite colleagues to submit proposals for its conference session to be held in Singapore, August 2013. Conference Theme LIS professionals improving [...]

WGSS has a new logo!

Here is the winning logo–voted on by our section members. Thank you to ACRL’s Dawn Mueller and members of the WGSS Publications Committee for making it happen.

Congratulations to new section officers

Congrats to the newly elected WGSS officers: Jennifer Mayer (Vice Chair/Chair Elect); Susan Wood (Secretary); and Piper Martin (Member at Large)! Thanks to the Nominating Committee for their work on the slate of officers.

ALA Annual WGSS Meeting Schedule June 2011

2011 Conference Planning:  Sun., June 26/8am–10am/ SHER-Gallier A/B 2012 Conference Planning:  Sun., June 26/8am–10am/SHER-Crescent BdRm 21st Century Scholarly Communication: Conversations for Change: Mon., June 27/8am–10am/MCC-Rm 343 All Committees Meeting:  Sun., June 26/10:30–12:00/SHER-Maurepas Awards Committee Meeting: Sat., June 25/1:30–3:30/SHER-Salon 816 Executive Committee Meeting:  Sun., June 26/4–5:30pm/SHER-Gallery General Membership Forum: Sat., June 25/4–5:30pm/SHER-Napoleon C1 Section Social:  Sat. [...]

WGSS Poster Session Proposals due 3/31/11

This is a reminder that the deadline to submit a proposal for the 2011 Women and Gender Studies Section Research Poster Session will be March 31st. The Poster Session will be held during the WGSS General Membership meeting on Saturday, June 25, 2011, from 4:00-5:30 p.m. The forum seeks to provide an opportunity to present [...]

Time to sign up for a WGSS committee !

Did you miss the sign up date to volunteer for a WGSS committee? It’s not too late! Did you receive an email from ALA notifying you of a committee appointment? If yes, you must reply to ALA via the embedded link or you will not be added to the committee. This is a completely automated [...]

WSS Discussion Group @ Midwinter 2011

Digital Natives and the Myth of the Millennial Student–this WSS hosted discussion group will meet on Monday, January 10th 8:00–10:00am in San Diego Convention Center, Room 25C Please join the discussion!

WSS Social @ Midwinter 2011

The WSS Social will be Saturday, January 8 at 6pm at the Rock Bottom Restaurant in San Diego.

WSS Midwinter 2011 Meetings Schedule

2011 Conference Planning    Sun., Jan. 9    8:00am–10:00am    SDCC-Room 01 B 2012 Conference Planning    Sun., Jan. 9    8:00am–10:00am     SDCC-Room 12 All Committees Meeting        Sun., Jan. 9    10:30am–12:00pm    SDCC-Room 30 A Awards                                       Sat, Jan. 8   1:30pm–3:30pm           MAR-Business Ste. 2 Digital Natives Disc. Group   Mon., Jan. 10  8:00am–10:00am    SDCC-Room 25 C Executive                                   Sun., Jan. 9 4:00pm–5:30pm             SDCC [...]

WSS and NWSA

Congratulations to Cindy Ingold, the newly appointed ACRL Women’s Studies Section liaison to NWSA!