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.
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.
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
- Online-only attendees, please register at this link
