The Medical Institutional Repositories in Libraries (MIRL) Planning Committee is now accepting proposals for the fifth MIRL Symposium (https://scholarlycommons.henryford.com/mirl/), a free event which will take place virtually on Thursday, November 20. MIRL is a platform-neutral conference for IR practitioners and those with an interest in IRs at hospitals, academic medical centers, and other health settings to discuss and share case studies and best practices for digital archiving of institutional content. MIRL 2025 will present a keynote panel featuring leaders from the medical IR community. We are accepting proposals for:Presentations (approximately 20 minutes including Q&A)Lightning talks (approximately 10 minutes including Q&A) The MIRL planning committee welcomes proposals on a variety of topics including, but not limited to:Policies and practices that ensure confidentiality (eg. PHI /personal health identifiers in IRs), accessibility, diversity, equity, and inclusionUnusual medical/health sciences institutional repository (IR) content, collections, use cases, collaborations, or challengesMigrating repository platforms: stories, processes, and lessons learnedIRs in a time of budget cuts: ROI and justifying the costFinding your champions, marketing your IR Reporting out: telling your IR story with statistics and metrics IR harvesting and support tools, workflow Strategies for management of faculty/researcher publications, conference posters, student collections, digital exhibits, digital archives, preprints, datasetsPromoting open access (OA) initiativesUse of technologies (from APIs to AI) Submit your proposal here: https://tinyurl.com/MIRLCFP25 DatesDeadline for submitting proposals: Friday, September 5, 2025Acceptance emails will be sent no later than Monday, September 15, 2025Registration is free for all attendees and will open on Monday September 22, 2025 Please contact Steven Moore (smoore31@hfhs.org) for any questions about the proposal process or about MIRL. MIRL 2025 planning group members:Lisa Buda, Rochester Regional HealthJennifer Deal, Advocate HealthAnthony Dellureficio, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterJimmy Ghaphery, Virginia Commonwealth University LibrariesSara Hoover, George Washington University Libraries & Academic InnovationRamune Kubilius, Galter Health Sciences Library & Learning Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of MedicineSteven Moore, Sladen Library, Henry Ford HealthPam Pierce, Oregon Health & Science University Brittany Smith, Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library, George Washington UniversityMichael Upshall, Editor, Charleston Briefings A Library Writer’s BlogRead More
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