This year's New England Science Boot Camp for Librarians presents topical lectures from different disciplines within an overarching theme of Climate Change and Sustainability. 

This virtual event will run via a live-stream webcast. Registrants will receive a single link via email several days before the conference date.  You may tune in as you have time or for the topics that interest you the most. 

We look forward to seeing you online for a fun and informative conference!  While this conference is being organized in New England, we welcome any interested attendees from anywhere.

Schedule

12:00pm - 12:15pm: Welcome and Logistics

Welcome from Anne Langley, Dean of UConn Library

Code of Conduct, SBC Code of Conduct Committee

12:15pm - 12:40pm: UConn Sustainability Overview

Patrick McKee, UConn Sustainability Program Manager

12:40pm - 1:40pm: Emerging Infectious Disease Research - Health Science Topical Lecture

A Ticking Bomb: Climate, Health, and Development of Vaccines for Emerging Vector-Borne Diseases 

Dr. Paulo H. Verardi, Associate Professor of Virology and Vaccinology at the University of Connecticut

1:40pm-1:50pm: Break

1:50pm - 2:50pm: Climate Modeling - Physical Science Topical Lecture

Climate Change:  The Urgency and Opportunity

Dr. Anji Seth, Professor of Geography, University of Connecticut

2:50pm - 3:00pm: Break

3:00pm - 4:00pm: Island Ecology and Climate Change - Life Science Topical Lecture

Island in the Storm: Resistance and Resilience of Puerto Rico’s Biota to Global Change 

Dr. Michael Willig, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Director of the Center for

Environmental Sciences and Engineering, University of Connecticut

4:00pm - 4:10pm: Closing remarks

Times listed in ET.

Visit the Speakers page to learn more about our presenters, their talks, and their research.

Register

Registration is now open!  Please visit the registration site provided by UConn Conference and Events to sign up.

Registration fee = $10

Sponsored registrations are available on a first-come, first-serve basis until our funding limit is reached.  If you are without professional development funding and require assistance, please email Anne Graham: anne@umass.edu
- Please provide your name, employer, and position title; or unemployed, retired, or student status.
- We request that sponsored registration recipients commit to filling out the event evaluation form.
- If you are interested in being connected with a science librarian mentor for the conference, please indicate that in your email to Anne.
- If you are interested in writing about your experience at this conference for posting on a librarian blog, please indicate that in your email to Anne.

Registration will be handled by UConn's Event and Conference Services.  We will not be able to accept checks this year due to the events office operating remotely.

Sponsors

This year's New England Science Boot Camp for Librarians is generously supported by the University of Connecticut Library and the NIH's Network of the National Library of Medicine, New England Region.  Thank you!