Greetings friends,
We hope you are having an amazing summer and are starting to make your travel plans for the fall. Put the Access Services Conference on your list for this year. The 2022 Conference will be November 15-17 and held at the Loudermilk Conference Center in Atlanta, GA. It is once again affordable and packed with rich information for access and public service professionals in your library. If your travel budget is tight again this year, no worries, we are offering virtual packages that include access to all sessions, both synchronous and asynchronous. We offer group virtual packages that are a great bargain for your institution as well. Though, we hope to see as many of you in person as possible. Nothing beats those face-to-face engagements, even if we are masked. We have another year of excellent programming selected for you and we hope to see you in November.
More information on registration costs, programming, and lodging can be found here: https://www.eventleaf.com/e/2022AcessServicesConference
We are excited to announce the Keynote Speaker for the 2022 conference will be Jill Morris.
Jill Morris is the Executive Director of PALCI, the Partnership for Academic Library Collaboration & Innovation, a regional nonprofit library consortium made up of 71 academic and research libraries in Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, and West Virginia. Since 2009 Jill has enjoyed playing leadership roles in large library consortia where her primary responsibilities have centered around organizational leadership, collaborative collections, and eResource licensing and negotiations. Jill became PALCI’s Executive Director in January 2019, after previously serving as the organization’s Senior Program Officer and Associate Director. Prior to her time at PALCI, Jill was the Assistant Director and Interim Executive Director of the statewide NC LIVE consortium, supporting 200 public and academic libraries in North Carolina. Jill received her MSLS from UNC Chapel Hill and holds a BA in History and Adolescent Education from SUNY Geneseo.
We are now accepting nominations for the Distinguished Achievement in Access Services Award and Support Staff Travel Awards
Do you know someone who deserves special recognition for their work and dedication in Access Services?
For the eighth year, the Access Services Conference will be presenting the Distinguished Achievement in Access Services Award to an individual who has made an extraordinary contribution to our field.
The Distinguished Achievement in Access Services Award is an annual award recognizing an individual for outstanding achievement, contributions, and commitment to the field of Access Services. Generously sponsored by Atlas Systems, Inc., the recipient will receive an award of $500, a citation in the conference program, and registration to the annual Access Services Conference held November 15-17, 2022 at Loudermilk Conference Center in Atlanta, GA.
More information on nominations can be found here: Distinguished Achievement in Access Services Award
Do you know a support staff member who deserves special recognition for their work and dedication in Access Services?
The Access Services Conference will be presenting travel grants to two individuals who have demonstrated outstanding work in our field.
The Access Services Conference Support Staff Travel Grant is sponsored by the Access Services Conference. The award recognizes two support staff members for outstanding work and commitment in the field of Access Services. The recipients will receive a citation in the conference program, travel grant of $1,000 (issued directly to the recipient), and registration for the Annual Access Services Conference held November 15-17 2022 at the Loudermilk Conference Center in Atlanta, GA.
More information on nominations can be found here: https://www.accessservicesconference.org/support-staff-travel-scholarship/
Georgia Tech Library Tour and Reception
This year we are excited to offer a tour of the newly renovated Georgia Tech Library as well as a reception held on on the highest floor of the GT Library. The views of Atlanta are spectacular. You don’t want to miss it. Don’t forget to sign up when you register. The tour and reception will be held on Tuesday evening, November 15.