2025 New England Science Boot Camp for Librarians: Grid

This year’s New England Science Boot Camp for Librarians will be held on June 25-27, 2025 at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine. Science Boot Camp is a fun and affordable 2 ½ day immersion into science topics offering opportunities for librarians and library students interested in science, health sciences, and technology to learn, meet and network in a fun, laid-back atmosphere.

The topics for this year’s SBC science session are:

Artificial Intelligence
Astronomy
Health Science

Each topical session will include one researcher presenting an overview of the field, followed by a second researcher discussing their own research within the field. This year’s Capstone will feature AI in science librarianship.

Once you have registered, you can sign up for the optional conference activities (see Schedule below). Please note space is limited.

Registration is now closed.

Please email Cate Harriman at charriman@blc.org with any questions.

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Bowdoin Organic Garden	Coles Tower	Learning Lab (3rd Floor), Hawthorne-Longfellow Library	Maker Space	Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum	Searles Science Building	Thorne Dining Hall

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Tour: Bowdoin Organic Garden 10:15am - 11:00am

Tour: Bowdoin Organic Garden 11:15am - 12:00pm

Social Hour (Optional) 8:00pm - 9:00pm

Special Collections Presentation (Drop-ins welcome) 10:00am - 12:00pm

Tour: Maker Space 10:15am - 11:00am

Tour: Maker Space 11:15am - 12:00pm

Tour: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum 10:15am - 11:00am

Tour: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum 11:15am - 12:00pm

Topical Lecture #1 – Overview 1:30pm - 2:45pm

Topical Lecture #1 – Research 3:00pm - 4:30pm

Lunch 11:30am - 1:30pm

Dinner 5:00pm - 7:00pm

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Searles Science Building	Thorne Dining Hall

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Topical Lecture #2 – Overview 9:00am - 10:15am

Topical Lecture #2 – Research 10:30am - 11:45am

Topical Lecture #3 – Overview 1:15pm - 2:30pm

Topical Lecture #3 – Research 3:00pm - 4:15pm

Breakfast 7:00am - 8:30am

Lunch 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Catered Dinner 5:30pm - 8:00pm

After-Dinner Speaker: Matt Klingle 7:00pm - 8:00pm

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Schiller Coastal Studies Center	Searles Science Building	Thorne Dining Hall

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Van to Schiller Coastal Studies... 1:30pm - 2:00pm

Friday Afternoon Field Trip: Schiller Coastal Studies Center 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Capstone 9:00am - 12:00pm

Breakfast 7:00am - 8:30am

Lunch 12:00pm - 1:30pm

2025 New England Science Boot Camp for Librarians

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