Save the dates! Medical Institutional Repositories in Libraries (MIRL) Symposium - November 19 & 20, 2026 (virtual)
Moore, Steven J.
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By popular demand, MIRL 2026 will be a two-day symposium! Save the dates for the Medical Institutional Repositories in Libraries (MIRL) Symposium, a free virtual event with a focus on Institutional Repository (IR) management, curation, and promotion in a health sciences environment.
- The sixth annual symposium will take place virtually on Thursday, November 19 and Friday, November 20, 2026.
- Daily keynote speakers include Sally Gore, (Manager of Research and Scholarly Communication Services, Lamar Soutter Library, UMass Chan Medical School) and Joshua Cromwell (Scholarly Communications Manager, Cook Library, University of Southern Mississippi).
- A call for papers and presenters will be coming soon.
- There is no cost for participating, but registration will be required.
- Registration information and a program agenda for each half-day will be announced later this summer.
The MIRL Symposium is a platform-neutral conference. Our goal is to gather together IR practitioners and those with an interest in IRs at hospitals, academic medical centers, and other health settings for discussions and sharing of case studies and best practices for digital archiving of institutional content.
The conference will be a mix of presentation types. Potential topics will vary: challenges and successes in innovation, staffing, and workflows; creative use cases and collections; migration of repositories; use of technologies (from APIs to AI); policies to ensure compliance, diversity, and privacy; and strategies for the continued promotion of open access health sciences content. A call for papers and presentations will be coming soon.
Please consider becoming a member of our Google Group to join the conversation on medical IRs year-round. Instructions for joining can be found here.
Questions can be directed to Steven Moore, Librarian at Sladen Library, Henry Ford Health.
MIRL 2026 planning group members:
- Lisa Buda, Rochester Regional Health
- Jennifer Deal, Advocate Health
- Anthony Dellureficio, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
- Sara Hoover, George Washington University Libraries & Academic Innovation
- Ramune Kubilius, Galter Health Sciences Library & Learning Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
- Steven Moore, Sladen Library, Henry Ford Health
- Pam Pierce, Oregon Health & Science University
- Brittany Smith, Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library, George Washington University
- Michael Upshall, Editor, Charleston Briefings
Learn more about the MIRL Symposium at https://scholarlycommons.henryford.com/mirl/
Best,
Steven J. Moore, MSLIS, AHIP
Librarian
Sladen Library, Henry Ford Hospital
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