Monday, January 22, 2018

CFP: 2018 Texas Conference on Digital Libraries (TCDL) - May 2018, Austin Texas

2018 Texas Conference on Digital Libraries (TCDL) Call for Proposals

Exploring Perspectives at the 2018 Texas Conference on Digital Libraries

We’re planning an exciting program for The Texas Conference on Digital Libraries (TCDL) 2018, and we’d love your help.  If you have a project or topic that Explores Perspectives, we invite you to submit a proposal by January 29, 2018.

2018 TCDL Theme

This year’s theme, Exploring Perspectives, seeks to spotlight underrepresented and under acknowledged communities, voices, and points of view relating to digital outputs. The program committee additionally solicits traditional TCDL-addressed topics such as discussions, presentations, or work on any step in the life-cycle of digital projects or the development of software and applications in the digital library world.

Sessions can take a number of forms, including:
·         Presentations: (25-minutes)
·         Panels: (60-minute or 80-minute)
·         24x7 Presentations: (24 slides in 7 minutes)
·         Posters
·         Workshops or Tutorials
·         Birds-of-a-Feather Sessions

Important Information
·         September 22Call for Proposals
·         January 29 : Deadline for all conference proposals
·         March 16Notification of acceptance
·         April 6Early-bird registration deadline
·         Conference Dates: May 15-17, 2018  @Commons Learning Center on the J.J. Pickle Research Campus in Austin, Texas

How to submit
Visit our 
Call for Proposals website to get started and submit here when you’re ready. The proposal deadline is January 29, 2018.

Complete proposals must include a title, abstract (no more than 500 words), and information for each speaker (name, title, institution, brief bio, and email address).