The Southern University and College Academic Business Librarians Conference (SOUCABL) is now accepting proposals for our 2024 Conference.
The conference will be held in March 7, 2024 at the University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC. (Hold the date!)
Timeline
- Proposals are due Friday December 8, 2023.
- Proposals confirmed no later than January 15, 2024.
For more info on the theme and formats, and to submit your proposal, please visit:
https://forms.gle/mX4JLQEXxw9h
2024 SOUCABL: Proposal Submission Form
The theme of 2024 is “Taking stock”. It builds on last year’s theme of ‘Expanding Visions’ and how libraries are changing in the new era of pandemics. With sweeping change, it’s easy to lose the things we value most. This year we invite you to consider, how might our traditions serve as a rudder as we demonstrate adaptive leadership? How do we hold on to the core values of business librarians as we remake our profession to stay relevant to our students, faculty and staff?
Suggested topics may include, but are not limited to the following:
Suggested topics may include, but are not limited to the following:
- Incremental changes that have led to excellence over the long-term
- Bi-directional mentoring or coaching experiences and programs that harness the value of both experienced wisdom and fresh thinking
- Collection development approaches that leverage new data analytics, cooperative models
- New service models that uses our core collections in new ways to deliver more value and impact
- New ways of working with vendors of familiar products that open up more possibilities that help us live our values more fully as business librarians
- Evolving staffing models that allow librarians to move up in the value chain as equal partners at the table
- Community building models that extend our impact beyond the library
- Relationship building with faculty by business librarians new and experienced
Abstracts from past SOUCABL conferences are available on the conference archive pages.
Please send any questions about proposals or the conference to brittany.champion@furman.edu .
