The 16th Distance Library Services Conference is heading to Denver in 2014, and we want you to help build on 30 years of thought-provoking contributions in the field of distance librarianship!
The Distance Library Services Conference is librarianship’s most respected venue for sharing research, ideas, perspectives, and best practices in providing library resources and services at a distance.  If you have a topic of interest to distance librarianship, we invite you to submit a proposal by June 10, 2013.  Possible topic areas include, but are not limited to, the following:
Advocacy 
Assessment 
Budgets 
Collaboration 
Collection development 
Copyright 
Customer service 
Digital resources 
Diversity 
Document delivery 
eBooks 
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Electronic resources 
Embedded librarians 
Emerging technologies 
Hot topics/wild card 
Information literacy 
Innovation 
Instruction 
Leadership & management 
Marketing 
Mobile technologies 
Organizational change 
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Outreach/engagement 
Patron access 
Professional/staff development 
Reference 
Social media 
Technology 
Trends & forecasting 
User experience 
Web development 
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Presentations from the previous conference can be found at http://gcls2.cmich.edu/ conf2012/presentations.php.
Session formats include paper presentations, panel discussions, poster sessions, and workshops.
Benefits of presenting at the Distance Library Services Conference include:
·        Conference proceedings are published in the Journal of Library and Information Service for Distance Learning
·        Opportunity to present your work to a large and diverse audience of distance librarians, educators and administrators
·        Registration fee discount
·        And it’s loads of fun!
Submit your proposal today!
http://libguides.cmich.edu/ dls2014/call
http://libguides.cmich.edu/
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Thad Dickinson
Conference Coordinator
16th Distance Library Services Conference