CFP: BRASS Online Symposium Fall 2025 (December 9th and 10th - 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 Tuesday, December 9 and Wednesday, December 10. Potential presenters, mark your calendars for a tech check on Wednesday, December 3. Proposals should describe a 45-minute session (30 minutes for presentation with 15 minutes for facilitated discussion and/or question-and-answer) that relates to an aspect of applied academic 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 and new teaching techniques and content  Research: Planning and/or fulfilling research projects and grants  Outreach: Building sustainable liaison 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 data literacy, career research, social justice, critical librarianship applied to business librarianship, ESG resources, collection development, artificial intelligence, and business information literacy one-shots.  Proposal Components (for inspiration, check out the previous Fall 2024 and Spring 2025 symposia):  Title (50 words or less): Interesting and descriptive  Abstract (250 words or less): Summary of your presentation  Session outcomes (2-3): Describe what participants will learn during your session that they can apply at their library or in their role as a business librarian  Optional Program Description: If you think it would be helpful, please provide additional information about your session. For example, will your session be interactive? Will you use breakout rooms or other polling software? Anything else the committee should know?  The call for proposals will close on Monday, October 6. Please use this submission form 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 Nora Mckenzie (nora.mckenzie@emory.edu) or Kelly LaVoice (kelly.lavoice@vanderbilt.edu).