[Asis-l] Save the Date: Conference on Inclusion and Diversity in Library & Information Science Education, Oct. 15 & 16

[Mary E. Carroll-Mason]

Save the Date: Conference on Inclusion and Diversity in Library & Information Science Education, Oct. 15 & 16

Save the date! The Conference on Inclusion and Diversity in Library & Information Science Education will be held on October 15th and 16th, 2015 at the University of Maryland.  
 
The Symposium on Diversity and Library & Information Science Education is now the Conference on Inclusion and Diversity in Library & Information Science Education (CIDLIS). This name change reflects several important developments in the nature of the event:
1.     It will now be an annual two-day conference. 
2.     Papers will be refereed and published as proceedings in the new open access Journal of Inclusion and Diversity in Library & Information Science Education (JIDLIS).
3.     There will be pre-conference workshops for attendees.  
 
What isn't changing is the fact that it is the one place that practitioners, educators and scholars interested in issues of diversity, inclusion, rights, and justice in LIS can gather to learn, share, and network.  
 
Attendance remains free, though donations will be accepted to help support the event. Sponsors for the 2015 CIDLIS include the Information Policy & Access Center (iPAC), the College of Information Studies at the University of Maryland, the Office of Diversity & Inclusion at the University of Maryland, University of Maryland Libraries, ProQuest, Cecil County Libraries (MD), Harford County Libraries (MD), Prince George's County Memorial Library System (MD), Carroll County Libraries (MD), and Simmona Simmons.  
 
More information will be available soon at: http://ipac.umd.edu 


Mary Carroll-Mason
Communications Coordinator
College of Information Studies, Maryland's iSchool
University of Maryland
301.405.1260
mcmason at umd.edu
@I_UMD