New England Science Boot Camp for Librarians

2024

IN PERSON Conference

June 26-28

Host 

University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth

Topics

    Fisheries Oceanography

    Civil & Environmental Engineering

    Community Nursing

Capstone

Citizen Science in Academic Libraries

The New England Science Boot Camp for Librarians programming centers around three topical lectures.  These lectures include one each in the life sciences, physical sciences, and health sciences from researchers in the discipline, most often faculty at the host institution.  Each topical section will feature an overview speaker, who summarizes the interests and scope of the discipline, and a research lecturer, whose presentation goes into more detail on a single research project.  Capstones focus on timely topics of professional development and are intended to be more interactive than the lectures.  Previous capstones include a grant writing workshop, patent searching, behind-the-scenes with the IRB, and data management plan reviewing training.

This in person event offers three registration options:
- the full package including two overnight stays in the campus dormitories and seven meals
 - you will have the option of adding Tuesday night for an additional fee
 - the commuter option, without overnight accommodations
 - one day registration, which includes all meals and programming for one of the three days

While this conference is focused on fostering networking in New England, we welcome interested attendees from anywhere.  We look forward to seeing you for a fun and informative conference.  

Schedule

Wednesday

9:00 am - 1:30 pm Registration

10:15 am - 11:00 am Nursing Simulation Labs Tour

11:15 am - 12:00 pm Brutalist Architecture Campus Tour

12:15 pm - 1:15 pm Lunch

1:30 pm - 4:30 pm Community Nursing 

5:00 pm - 8:00 pm Dinner

8:00 pm - Bedtime Social Hour in the Dorm


Thursday

7:00 am - 8:45 am Breakfast

9:00 am - 11:30 am Civil & Environmental Engineering

11:45 am - 12:45 pm Lunch

1:00 pm - 1:30 pm Travel to SMAST (School for Marine Science & Technology)

1:30 pm - 4:15 pm Fisheries Oceanography

5:30 pm - 8:00 pm Catered Dinner 

7:00 pm - 8:00 pm After Dinner Speaker (same location as dinner)


Friday

7:00 am - 8:45 am Breakfast

9:00 am - 12:00 pm Capstone - Citizen Science in Academic Libraries

12:15 pm - 1:15 pm Lunch

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Friday Afternoon Field Trip - Battleship Cove

Register

Registration is open.  Last day to register is Monday, June 10.

To register, you will need a Sched account.  Account creation is free and you may already have one from a prior event registration.  Sign Up link is available on the Registration site.

Full: $335
- Tuesday night add-on: $45
Commuter: $275
One-Day: $150

Sponsored Registration

Applications closed Friday, April 19, at 12 pm ET.  Awards will be announced on Thursday, April 25.

Thanks to generous support from NNLM Region 7, BLC and the New England Science Boot Camp for Librarians were able to fund thirteen sponsored registrations for those who may lack professional development funding and/or who are underrecognized at this event and in academic librarianship!  

Sponsors

Many thanks to our institutional sponsors for their support of the New England Science Boot Camp for Librarians.  Sponsorship includes both a monetary commitment and the time of one or two librarians towards the work of the planning committee.  Please see the Contact Us page for librarians who participated in planning for 2024.  

Our sponsors' generous support allows us to offer Boot Camp without vendor sponsorship and at an affordable cost.

Bowdoin College Library
Northeastern University Library
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Library
University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
University of New Hampshire Library
Williams College Libraries

In addition to our institutional sponsors, this year the New England Science Boot Camp for Librarians is honored to have been awarded the Health Information Outreach Award from the Network of the National of Library of Medicine, Region 7.