The ACRL Women & Gender Studies Section (WGSS) will be presenting “Out of the Library and into the Community: Academic Librarians and Community Engagement“ at the ALA Annual Conference in Chicago on Monday, July 1, 8:30am to 10am. Conversations about democracy, information access, and information distribution within communities continue to gain momentum in both academia [...]
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WGSS 2013 Poster Session Call for Proposals
The ACRL Women & Gender Studies Section will hold its sixth annual Research Poster Session during our General Membership Meeting at the ALA Annual Conference in Chicago on Saturday, June 29, 2013, from 4:30-5:30 p.m. The forum seeks to provide an opportunity to present newly completed research or work in progress. Both beginning and established [...]
ACRL Women and Gender Studies Section Poster Sessions
The Women & Gender Studies Section will hold its sixth annual Research Poster Session during our General Membership Meeting at the ALA Annual Conference in Chicago on Saturday, June 29, 2013, from 4:30-5:30 p.m. The forum seeks to provide an opportunity to present newly completed research or work in progress. Both beginning and established researchers [...]
Summer Announcements
Midwinter 2013 (Seattle) WGSS Meetings to be held online: 2013 Midwinter WGSS committee meetings (including Executive) will be conducted online The WGSS sponsored discussion group, to be convened by Vice-Chair Heather Tompkins, will be the one WGSS Midwinter event held onsite in Seattle. We will have our usual face to face meetings, events and our [...]
WGSS Events @ Annual
WGSS Meeting Schedule for the 2012 ALA Annual Meeting Anaheim, CA Date Time Meeting name Location Saturday June 23 1:30-3:30 Introduction to Women’s Issues Hilton Anaheim Laguna B 4:00-5:30 General Membership Forum Disneyland Hotel Castle C 6:00-8:00 WGSS Social TBD Sunday June 24 8:00-10:00 Conference Program Planning 2012 Disneyland Hotel Explorer 8:00-10:00 Conference Program Planning [...]
WGSS Midwinter meetings–room assignments
Here is the 2012 Midwinter Meeting schedule (Dallas, 1/20-1/24), with room assignments. There will be an offsite social on Saturday night at 6pm, location tba. Thanks to Megan Griffin, our section name abbreviation is now updated to WGSS in the schedule!
Shirley Olofson Memorial Award: funding opportunity
Are you looking for funds to help pay for your trip to ALA’s 2012 Annual Conference in Anaheim? Apply by Monday, December 12, 2011 for the NMRT Shirley Olofson Memorial Award and you may receive a $1000 check to help defray the cost of attendance! Applicants must: Be a member of ALA and [...]
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. [...]
Midwinter Schedule
WSS Meeting Schedule for the 2010 ALA Midwinter Meeting, Boston MA Date Time Meeting name Location Saturday January 16 1:30-3:30 Awards (closed) HYATT-Cambridge 4:00-5:00 General Membership Forum HYATT-Grand BR A 6:00-8:00 WSS Social TBD Sunday January 17 8:00-10:00 Conference Program Planning 2010 WEST-Exec. Bd. Rm. 8:00-10:00 Conference Program Planning 2011 WEST-Lewis 10:30-12:00 All Committees Meeting [...]
Feminists’ Night at the Movies
Feminists’ Night at the Movies 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM Location: Palmer House, Room: Chicago Room Featuring three films from the Women Make Movies catalog: Women’s Kingdom: a film by Xiaoli Zhou and produced by Xiaoli Zhou & Brent E. Huffman. With breathtaking imagery shot in a remote area of southwest China, this short documentary [...]
