Thursday, December 12, 2013

Great Lakes Resource Sharing Conference Call for Proposals

Great Lakes Resource Sharing Conference Call for Proposals


On behalf of the Conference Program Committee, we would like to invite you to submit a proposal for the Great Lakes Resource Sharing Conference.  The event will be held in Toledo, OH at the Hilton Garden Inn at Perrysburg  on Friday, June 6, 2014.

This conference is an opportunity for individuals working in resource sharing to gather information and communicate with other colleagues.

We invite program proposals from September 16, 2013 to January 17, 2014.

Accepted program proposal submissions should be 45 minutes in length including time for questions.  Proposals might focus on any of the following areas:
·        Resource Sharing Best Practices
·        Regional collection development projects
·        Statistics – local, regional, impact on collection development
·        Assessment
·        Tips and Tricks
·        Marketing Services
·        Managing Student Workers
·        Electronic Resources and Resource Sharing
·        Workflow improvements
·        Coordinated collection development
·        Training        
·        Purchase on Demand

Please submit a 150-200 word proposal for your presentation at

Program proposals will be reviewed by the program committee and those presenters who are selected will be notified by February 14, 2014.

Please direct any questions to Lorna Newman at lorna.newman@uc.edu .