PTPL Annual Meeting - Call for Proposals
Potomac Technical Processing Librarians (PTPL) is seeking presentation proposals for our Annual Meeting, which will be held online on October 16, 2020
The focus of our meeting this year will be a conversation on ethics in technical services. We encourage submissions that examine the topic through the technical services lens. Potential topics include but are not limited to:
- Subject heading use and the implementation of local subject headings
- Ethical considerations relating to authority record creation
- Patron privacy concerns
- Library-vendor relationships
- Establishing ethical collection development policies
- Unconscious biases in preservation decisions
- Legal ramifications of technical services work
Please include the following information in your proposal:
- Name, job title, institution, and contact information of presenter(s)
- Title of presentation
- Abstract (approx. 150 words)
- Estimated presentation length
Please send your proposals to Kim Edwards (kedwar13@gmu.edu) by September 1st. Presenters will be notified of their selection status on or before September 21st.
We look forward to hearing from you!
