CFP: UPRLC 2024 Annual Conference in Escanaba (Upper Peninsula, Michigan - September, 2024)

I am excited to share the UPRLC 2024 Annual Conference call for proposals! This year’s theme is Bold Library Futures, and the conference will be held at the Joseph Heirman University Center on the campus of Bay College in Escanaba on September 25th and 26th.  

We invite proposals for Breakout Sessions at this year’s UPRLC Annual Conference.  This year we are looking for new ideas, programs, and sessions that help us explore a bold and positive future for our libraries. The past several years have been challenging, and we’re setting our sights on where libraries will go next in service to their patrons, staff and communities.

We are looking for proposals that will elevate the ideas in our areas of special interest which include:

• Artificial intelligence
• The library as community center
• Library access in a post-pandemic world
• Shifting customer service expectations and boundaries
• Tackling personal and professional burnout 

Each breakout session should be approximately 45-50 minutes long. The UPRLC Annual Conference registration fee will be waived for all those presenting a breakout session at the meeting.

To submit a program for review, please fill out a proposal submission form  at this link: https://form.jotform.com/240394558704159 by Friday, May 17th.  

Please submit your proposal and help us create Bold Library Futures! 

Thank you!

Dillon

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Dillon Geshel, Director

Superiorland Library Cooperative 

1615 Presque Isle, Marquette MI 

(906) 228 7697 Ext.1

CFP: Kraemer Library Copyright Conference (Colorado Springs, USA - June 11-13, 2024) - The Future is Now: Navigating the Intersection of Copyright, AI, and Libraries

 The 11th Annual Kraemer Copyright Conference

The Future is Now: Navigating the Intersection of Copyright, AI, and Libraries

Call for proposals open now, due February 16.  

Join us for the 11th Annual Kraemer Copyright Conference at the Ent Center for the Arts, located on the University of Colorado Colorado Springs campus from June 11-13, 2024.

There are 2 tracks, AI and copyright, and also an open track for any topic related to copyright and libraries. Registration for the conference will open soon.  

The Kraemer Copyright Conference is a dynamic and enriching free annual conference that offers academic, public, special, and school librarians the opportunity to learn about U.S. Copyright Law, recent updates to the law, and how it impacts the services we offer our library users. This conference provides an opportunity for professionals at every level and across libraries to discuss the importance of copyright in libraries.

Questions about the conference can be emailed to kcc@uccs.edu

Call for proposals, BRASS Online Symposium Spring 2024 (April 24, 2024 - Virtual)

The Business Reference in Academic Libraries Committee of BRASS seeks proposals for engaging presentations to be part of an online symposium via Zoom on April 30th & May 1st. Potential presenters, mark your calendars for a tech check on April 24th. Proposals should describe a 30 or 45-minute session (a presentation with time built-in for facilitated discussion and/or question-and-answer) that relates to an aspect of business librarianship.

Please share your experience with us!  We welcome interactive proposals that discuss and address professional change, and we encourage materials that attendees can take-away in such topics as:

  *   Instruction: Designing effective instruction/programs and new teaching techniques and content
  *   Research: Planning and/or fulfilling projects and grants
  *   Outreach: Building sustainable relationships and collaborations
  *   Professional development: Navigating the terrain of connecting, networking, and engaging for learning and growing
  *   Services: Expanding service offerings as an information professional

We are especially looking for sessions relating to themes of social justice, critical librarianship applied to business librarianship, ESG, collection development strategies, artificial intelligence (AI), and business information literacy.

Proposal Components (for inspiration, check out the previous Fall 2023 and Spring 2023 symposia).

The call for proposals will close on Friday, March 8th. Please use this form: https://und.libwizard.com/f/brass_spring_2024_proposals to submit proposals. Proposals may be submitted by anyone, but priority consideration will be given to proposals from BRASS members. Check out the BRASS webinar best practices guide for tips and tricks: https://brass.libguides.com/webinar_best_practices.

Questions can be directed to Brian Garrison (brian.garrison@und.edu).

CFP: AI and Libraries Mini-Conference (Virtual) - March 21, 2024

 

Our first Library 2.024 mini-conference: "AI and Libraries: Applications, Implications, and Possibilities," will be held online (and for free) on Thursday, March 21st, 2024, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Time. Our call for proposals is now open (see immediately below), and we are announcing today our closing keynote speaker, Dr. Maggie Melo. More information on Dr. Melow is at the bottom of the keynote bios.

We've also set a record for initial registrations with this event--over 3,300 just from the first email. We hope you will join us for this popular topic!

CONFERENCE OVERVIEW:

How has artificial intelligence impacted library services, resources, and work so far? How have libraries responded to these evolving technologies to better support their communities? It's been over a year since generative artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT and Dall-E have been introduced in public spaces and consciousness, but AI has been around long before these tools yet there are still lingering concerns, challenges, and considerations. Join us for this free virtual conference to learn how libraries and library workers are engaging with artificial intelligence tools in their libraries from research support to information literacy to technical services. The conversations held in the conference will address the practical implications of these tools in the profession.

Our special conference chair is Dr. Raymond Pun, the Academic and Research Librarian at Alder Graduate School of Education, and the Immediate Past President of the Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA) and a Past President of the Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA).

We look forward to gathering online with you for this event!

REGISTRATION:

This is a free event, being held live online and also recorded.
REGISTER HERE
to attend live and/or to receive the recording links afterward.
Please also join the Library 2.0 community to be kept updated on this and future events. 

Everyone is invited to participate in our Library 2.0 conference events, which are designed to foster collaboration and knowledge sharing among information professionals worldwide. Each three-hour event consists of a keynote panel, 10-15 crowd-sourced thirty-minute presentations, and a closing keynote. 

Participants are encouraged to use #library2024 and #aiandlibraries on their social media posts about the event.

CALL FOR PROPOSALS

Proposals for 30-minute concurrent presentations are now being accepted. Proposals will be evaluated and accepted in the order received. The link to submit proposals is HERE.

We are encouraging conference session submissions that focus on: 

• How artificial intelligence has specifically impacted library services, resources, and work so far;
• How libraries have responded to these evolving technologies to better support their communities;
• How libraries and library workers are engaging with artificial intelligence tools in their libraries, from research support to information literacy to technical services;
• Practical implications of these tools in the profession;
• Specific concerns, challenges, and considerations that libraries, library staff, and library leaders have faced with artificial intelligence.