Michigan Academic Library Association (MiALA) 2023 Annual Conference:
Call for Presentation Proposals
Riding the Waves: Finding Balance in an Age of Uncertainty
In many ways, the world around us seems increasingly unsettled, as libraries face challenges from economic uncertainty, polarized politics, and transitions from paid subscriptions to constantly shifting models of open access. The Michigan Academic Library Association invites you to consider how library professionals can navigate today’s uncertain times and find our own inner stability while providing balanced, reliable and diverse resources and services to our students and faculty.
MiALA invites you and your colleagues to submit presentation proposals for the 8th annual conference to be held in-person, May 17-19, 2023 at Hope College, Holland, Michigan. Participation from librarians, library staff, LIS students, and administrators from all types of academic libraries is encouraged. MiALA membership is not required to submit a proposal. We welcome proposals on any topic related to academic libraries, including, but not limited to:
Access Services
Accessibility
Administration and Management
Archives
Assessment and Evaluation
Budgets
Cataloging and Metadata
Campus and Community Collaboration
Collections
Community College Libraries
Critical Librarianship
Data Management
Digital Humanities
Distance or Online Learning
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Education and Curriculum
Electronic Resources
Fine Arts and Humanities
Health Sciences
Instruction and Information Literacy
Leadership
Library Liaisons Work
Open Educational Resources
Outreach
Research Services (including in-person or virtual reference)
Resource Sharing
STEM
Strategic Planning
Technical Services
Technology
User Experience
Web Development and Design
We are seeking the following presentation formats:
Presentations (45 min.)
Panels (45 min.)
Moderated group discussions or mini-workshops (45 min.). The committee is particularly interested in proposals that include interactive or active learning components.
Mini-presentations (20 min.)
Along with presenter(s) information, program proposals must include title, presentation format, topic tags, abstract (up to 75 words), description (up to 300 words), learning objective(s), and intended audience (up to 25 words). Proposals will be evaluated on relevance to the conference theme, impact on academic libraries, originality, creativity, clarity, audience engagement, and applicability of content and outcomes.
All speakers should be prepared to move their presentations to an online format if conditions merit.
Please submit your breakout session proposal using the application form located here by December 21, 2022. The primary contact listed on each proposal will receive a message indicating receipt of the proposal when it is submitted and decisions on proposals will be communicated to the primary contact in late January or early February.
Questions about proposals can be sent to Jill Spreitzer at werdeljc@udmercy.edu.
Please visit the MiALA 2023 Conference website for further information. Questions about the conference in general can be sent to conference@miala.org.
