Please save the dates, circulate, and submit a proposal if you have an
applicable project!
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The third annual STEM Mini Conference for Information Professionals is
taking place on March 19th and 20th, 2026 at Barnard College in New York
City, co-sponsored by the Metropolitan New York Library Council and New
York University.
This two-day conference aims to bring together science librarians, other
liaison librarians, archivists, museum curators and workers, library
workers, LIS students, and other information-focused professionals who want
to learn more about information and research services in the sciences.
*Do you have an idea for a session or workshop? Submit your proposal ideas
by January 21st, 2026, using this form: *
https://barnard.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_esqtXCwVl3RPb4W
*The conference committee is looking for people who want to share their
research, programs, events, projects, and more at the intersection of the
sciences and information. *
*Who can submit? *
Anyone involved in a project, research, programming, or an event exploring
sciences and information or information organization.
Early career professionals and people from historically underrepresented
groups are encouraged to apply.
In 2025 our sessions featured artists, public librarians, academic
librarians, a K-12 school librarian, university faculty, data
informationalists, public health experts, medical librarians, archivists,
and other information professionals.
Some examples include completed or in-progress projects on the following:
- Exhibits or displays highlighting science or technology artifacts,
periodicals, or ephemera
- Creative ways to provide library instruction to students majoring in
STEM disciplines
- Observations and studies on how science majors use the library and
archives
- Presentations from librarians and information professionals who are
from science and non-science backgrounds
- A presentation on transitioning to a STEM role from a non-STEM role
- Research on science, technology, math, natural science in literature,
poetry, or experimental fiction
- Nature, sustainability, and information science
- STEM programming in various library, archive, museum or information
settings
- STEM and art
For examples of the sessions offered in 2024, you can visit this link
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1d6wRM-yI-HKzOKKCEzAKvOg2ufAAn4LzFjXnT6x9LYo/edit?tab=t.0>
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*Don’t feel limited by these examples! The sky’s the limit. Propose your
session and let us review it! *
Submit proposals for sessions and workshops through January 21, 2026
<https://barnard.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_esqtXCwVl3RPb4W>.
*Registration is open now through March 12th, 2026.* *In-person
registration might sell out before this deadline, so please register at
your earliest convenience.*
- *In-person *attendees, please register at this Eventbrite link
<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2026-stem-information-professionals-mini-conference-nyc-tickets-1978157672850?aff=oddtdtcreator>
- *Online-only *attendees, please register at this lin
<https://forms.gle/UGRksaXcU6XoXkru8>
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Dan Woulfin, PhD
*Computational Research Instruction Librarian*
Columbia University Libraries
dw3105_at_columbia.edu | ORCID: 0000-0001-5502-9861
<https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5502-9861>
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Received on Mon Jan 05 2026 - 09:38:54 EST