Call for Lightning Talk Proposals - Science Boot Camp for Librarians Southeast

Call for Lightning Talk Proposals

Do you and your library have a new project, program, partnership, or tool that you would like to share with your fellow Science Boot Camp attendees? If so, please propose a Lightning Talk! The Lightning Talks will last 5 minutes per presenter and a laptop with a projector will be provided.  The deadline for proposals is Monday, April 11, 2016.

Submit your proposals at http://guides.libs.uga.edu/sbcse2016/lightning  

See below for more information on Science Boot Camp for Librarians Southeast.

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Dear Science Librarians,

Registration for Science Boot Camp for Librarians Southeast is now open! Please go here to register: http://www.georgiacenter.uga.edu/uga-hotel/conferences-events/register/science-boot-camp-librarians-southeast     

The Boot Camp is from July 6-8 in Athens, Georgia. Registration is limited to 175 attendees.

This conference provides an affordable and immersive opportunity for librarians to learn and explore current science research with expert presenters. The theme of the conference is global change, and the daily sessions will focus on climate change, public health, marine science, science education, and a panel discussion with librarians who work outside of traditional academic settings. The conference includes 18 lightning talks presented by conference attendees and a gala at the UGA Special Collections Library. There will be six scholarships available for library students or recent library school graduates. This event will qualify for 8 CEUs from the Georgia Public Library Service.

Website:

If you would like to learn more about the conference, the lightning talks, or scholarships, please visit the website:  http://guides.libs.uga.edu/sbcse2016       

Like us on Facebook! We will update here as well.  https://www.facebook.com/events/844902242285801/   

Cost:     

$275 includes:

All conference sessions

2 nights' hotel accommodation

2 Breakfasts

1 Lunch

2 Dinners

1 Gala reception

Free Parking

$115 commuter pricing includes:

All conference sessions

2 Breakfasts

1 Lunch

2 Dinners

1 Gala reception

For more information, please contact Diana Hartle (dhartle@uga.edu).

Liz Holdsworth

Reference/Instruction Librarian

MakerSpace Coordinator

UGA Science Library

lizholds@uga.edu

CFP: 2016 Access Conference (Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada - October 2016)

The Access 2016 Program Committee invites proposals for participation in this year’s Access Conference, which will be held on the beautiful campus of the University of New Brunswick in the hip city of Fredericton, New Brunswick from 4-7 October.

There’s no special theme to this year’s conference, but—in case you didn’t know—Access is Canada’s annual library technology conference, so … we’re looking for presentations about cutting-edge library technologies that would appeal to librarians, technicians, developers, programmers, and managers.

Access is a single-stream conference that will feature
•  45-minute sessions,
•  Lightning talks (speakers have five minutes to talk while slides—20 in total—automatically advance every 15 seconds),
•  a half-day workshop on the last day of the conference,
•  and maybe a surprise or two: if you have a bright idea for something different (panel, puppet show, etc.), we’d love to hear it

To submit your proposal, please fill out the form at
http://accessconference.ca/2016-proposal/ by 15 April.

Please take a look at the Code of Conduct too: accessconference.ca/access-
code-of-conduct/

If you have any questions, check out our site at accessconference.ca or write
to David Ross (Chair of the Program Committee) at drross@unb.ca

We’re looking forward to hearing from you!

Merle Steeves
On behalf of the Access 2016 Organizing Committee

CFP: Access Services Conference 2016, Unlocking the 21st Century Library (Atlanta, Georgia November 2016)

Access Services Conference 2016, Unlocking the 21st Century Library

On behalf of the Conference Organizing Committee, we would like to invite you to submit a proposal for the Access Services Conference 2016, Unlocking the 21st Century Library.  This year's event will be held at The Global Learning Center and Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center in Atlanta, Georgia from November 16-18, 2016.

The Access Services Conference is an opportunity for individuals working in all areas of Access Services in libraries to gather information and communicate with other professionals about Circulation, Reserves, Interlibrary Loan, Student Worker Management, Security, Stacks Maintenance, and other topics of interest. 

We invite program and poster proposals until 5pm, May 6, 2016. Accepted programs should be able to fit within a 45 minute segment including time for questions.  Posters will be presented in a dedicated poster session.  Proposals might focus on any of the following areas:

• Customer Service Circulation
• Interlibrary Loan
• Consortia Agreements
• Electronic Resources and Access Services
• Leadership
• Marketing
• Reserves
• Security
• Space Management
• Stacks Maintenance
• Student Worker Management
• Current Technology for Access Service   Enhancement

Program Proposal guidelines:

Please submit an abstract, 150 words or less, with the program or poster title and your name.  Session and poster proposals will be reviewed by the program committee and those presenters who are selected will be notified by May 27, 2016.  Go to http://accessservicesconference.org/present/call-for-proposals/ to submit your proposal.

For more information, please visit the conference website at: http://accessservicesconference.org/

Please direct any questions to

Catherine Jannik Downey           
cdowney@ggc.edu

Vendors or organizations interested in sponsoring the Access Services Conference please contact

Denita Hampton

dahampton@gsu.edu

Call for Proposals for 2nd Upper Midwest Digital Collections Conference (Davenport, Iowa - August 9-11, 2016)

Call for Proposals for 2nd Upper Midwest Digital Collections Conference!

The 2nd Upper Midwest Digital Collections Conference (#UMDCC16) will be held on August 9-11th at St. Ambrose University campus, Davenport, Iowa (Quad Cities). The conference will be held jointly with the 2016 CONTENTdm User Group Meeting, sponsored by OCLC, on August 10-11th. 

Call for Proposals

You can help make this a great conference! Consider sharing your experience and expertise by submitting a program proposal for a session, workshop, or lightning presentation. The planning committee has created a list of potential topics of interest, but proposals on all relevant topics are welcome. Submit your proposal by Friday, April 29, 2016.  

Suggested Topics

Below is an abbreviated list of topics, but you can view the full list here.

• Accessibility and access 
• CONTENTdm user topics
• Digital preservation and content management
• Metadata 
• Project planning & project management
• Promoting use and reuse of digital collections 

Thank you for your consideration, and we look forward to hearing from you!

- Sara Ring (ring0089@umn.edu) and Emily Pfotenhauer (emily@wils.org), on behalf of the UMDCC planning committee

More About the Upper Midwest Digital Collections Conference

The UMDCC provides opportunities for digital collections creators and curators in the region and beyond to network, share best practices, participate in hands-on workshops, and learn from leaders in digital cultural heritage.

Minitex, RAILS, and WiLS, along with a regional planning committee, are the primary organizers of the Upper Midwest Digital Collections Conference. In addition, St. Ambrose University Library is the local host and is donating staff time and planning support for this three-day event. The CONTENTdm Users Group meeting (August 10-11th) is sponsored by OCLC; their support means that this portion of the conference is free to current and potential CONTENTdm users.

Visit the conference website for more information.

CFP: Reading Redefined: Deep Reading, Learning, and the Impact of Digitization (Lansing, Michigan - September 30, 2016)

This is a reminder that the call for proposals is open through the end of March for the September 30 “Reading Redefined: Deep Reading, Learning, and the Impact of Digitization" event to be held in Lansing, Michigan.

This program is for librarians, educators, and others interested in understanding the ways that reading is changing, and is an opportunity to gather, debate, and learn.  For more information about the program and how to submit a proposal visit our even page.  

http://www.mcls.org/training-events/events/reading-redefined/

We are happy to announce that our second keynote speaker will be Dr. Natalie Phillips, Assistant Professor in the Department of English at Michigan State University, where she specializes in 18th-century literature, the history of mind, and cognitive approaches to narrative. Dr. Phillips is currently collaborating on an eye-tracking study comparing reading on a tablet to the traditional paper book. 

Also confirmed is our keynote Maryanne Wolf, Ph.D., Director at the Center for Reading and Language Research at Tufts University and author of Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain.

Program proposal submissions should be 30 minutes in length including time for questions.  Proposals might focus on any of the following areas:

·        Promise and threat of technology or increasing digitization for our youth

·        Role of technology in dissemination of knowledge for libraries

·        What are deep reading skills and how can libraries facilitate deep reading

·        What is the role of the public or academic library in our digital culture

·        The ways that technology is changing the mission and role of libraries

·        Bi-literate children balancing deep reading and technology

·        Online reading/skimming

·        What does reading on different devices mean to education

·        The impact of digital humanities on learning

·        How do librarians balance print and electronic book acquisitions

Please submit a 150-200 word proposal for your presentation here http://tinyurl.com/readingredefined 

This project is supported in part by the Library of Michigan with federal funds from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Additional current sponsors of the program include the Midwest Collaborative for Library Services and the Michigan Cooperative Directors Association.

CFP: Catholic Library World

Submissions are being accepted on an ongoing basis for upcoming issues of Catholic Library World.

Catholic Library World is the official journal of the Catholic Library Association. Established in 1929, CLW is an international refereed quarterly journal, publishing articles that focus on all aspects of librarianship. CLW articles are intended for an audience that is interested in the broad role and impact of various types of libraries, including, but not limited to academic, public, theological, parish and church libraries, and school libraries.

The preferred method for submitting manuscripts is as a word-processed attachment in e-mail. Author’s full name, affiliation, and e-mail address must accompany any manuscript submission.

Articles should provide something new to the existing literature. The word count should be 3500- 5000 words and should adhere to The Chicago Manual of Style (humanities is preferred). The style should be accessible and well-documented.

For more information, please visit: https://cathla.org/Main/About/Publications

Send submissions and queries to: Sigrid Kelsey, General Editor, sigridkelsey@gmail.com

Call for Posters SUNY Library Association Conference, Deadline March 21st

CALL FOR POSTERS:
Convergence: Libraries from Every Direction, 2016 SUNYLA Annual Conference
Binghamton University, June 8-10, 2016

The 2016 SUNYLA Conference is seeking poster proposals that align with this year's theme, Convergence: Libraries from Every Direction.

Libraries today are situated at a point of convergence: where traditional and innovative ideas, formats, and practices come together. The SUNYLA 2016 annual conference will explore convergence in academic libraries, including how we navigate the convergence of print and digital worlds; how we balance successful methods of the past with the drive to continuously improve our spaces and services for the future; how all the departments and people within a library work together to achieve our goals; and how libraries grow stronger by collaborating with each other. 

To submit your poster proposal please fill out this Google Form
**Deadline to submit: Monday, March 21, 2016**

We invite all SUNY and non-SUNY librarians, faculty, and staff to submit proposals for the poster session.

Please note:

•  Wifi is available in the poster session area, but electrical outlets are not.  If you plan to use an electronic display, please bring a fully charged device.
•  For information on expense reimbursement, refer to the Guidelines for the SUNYLA Annual Conference Expenses
• More information about the conference can be found through the 2016 SUNYLA Conference Website
• Poster Sessions will be held on Thursday afternoon, June 9, from 4:15 - 6:15

For questions please contact:
Anne Larrivee, larrivee@binghamton.edu 
Andrea Kingston, akingston4@monroecc.edu 
Mandy Babirad, babiradm@newpaltz.edu
Heather Shimon, shimonh@newpaltz.edu
or Laura Evans, evans@binghamton.edu

CFP: Ready to Roll: Incorporating the Framework into Online Instruction (Teaching, Learning, and Technology committee of the Library Instruction Roundtable)

The Teaching, Learning, and Technology committee of the Library Instruction Roundtable seeks presentation proposals for a free Spring webinar on using technology to teach the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy titled, “Ready to Roll: Incorporating the Framework into Online Instruction,” to be held on Friday, May 20th at 1pm CST/2pm EST.

We are looking for innovative proposals that demonstrate real-world, practical, hands-on approaches to teaching online using the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy. Our goal is for attendees with leave with ideas for teaching methods that are adaptable to their online environments.

This program is scheduled for one hour, and presentations are 20 minutes long. We will be accepting 2 presentations, with 5 minutes for questions after each presentation and 10 minutes of general Q&A to follow using Adobe Connect. Following this presentation, attendees will have the option to be enrolled in an asynchronous conversation via Slack to share and review ideas inspired by the panelists in a supportive environment.

Proposals are due by Friday, March 18th 2016, and should include the following elements (please fill out the form):http://bit.ly/1WSwGad

·         Title

·         Brief Description (100 words)

o    2-3 learning objectives: What will participants gain after this session?

·         Strategies to actively engage attendees beyond polls or chat discussion

·         Presenter bio and experience (100 words--please emphasize experience with the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy and experience presenting in a virtual environment)

The registration link to attend the webinar will be shared on the LIRT listserv in April. Not a Library Instruction Round Table member? Make the change to add LIRT to your ALA membership via the ALA Website: http://www.ala.org/membership/joinala

Thank you,

Cinthya Ippoliti (on behalf of the committee)

CFP: ACRL 2017 Workshop Proposals (Baltimore - March 2017)

The 2017 ACRL Workshops Committee is seeking exciting and thought provoking workshop proposals for the ACRL 2017 Conference (http://conference.acrl.org/) in Baltimore in March 2017!

A workshop session at ACRL offers a presenter a unique opportunity to deliver an engaging learning experience to attendees. This year, workshop sessions are available in either a two or three-hour format, providing flexibility to meet your learning outcomes. Keeping with the conference theme, "At the helm, leading transformation," proposals for topics in traditionally underrepresented areas such as community college libraries, technology or systems librarian services, access services, and technical services are especially welcome! Special attention will be given to proposals that,
*         demonstrate innovative thinking;
*         generate ideas that contribute to ongoing discussion about the future of academic and research libraries;
*         contribute ideas for positioning academic and research librarians to be leaders both on and off campus;
*         present strategies for effectively implementing new ideas and technology; and
*         encourage active learning among conference attendees.

Information about submitting a proposal (http://conference.acrl.org/conference-content/how-to-submit/) is online, as is a recording of the ACRL 2017 Proposal Tips Webcast (http://squirrel.adobeconnect.com/p6g7mkinxys/) that was recorded March 3. The submission deadline is May 6, 2016.

Feel free to contact the Workshop Committee Co-Chairs, Curtis Brundy (curtis.brundy@wartburg.edu) or Cynthia Steinhoff (cksteinhoff@aacc.edu) if you have any questions.

Thank you,
Barbara Norelli
Member, ACRL 2017 Workshops Committee

CFP: Michigan Innovative Users Group Meeting (Lansing, Michigan - July 29, 2016)

The Michigan Innovative Users Group (MIUG) Steering Committee is now accepting proposals for the 2016 MIUG Conference, to be held at the Lansing Community College West Campus on Friday July 29, 2016.

We invite you to share your expertise, tips and tricks in any of the modules of Sierra or Millennium. The Steering Committee is looking for presentations that will last about 50 minutes, with a portion of that time set aside for Q&A.  We are also open to forum ideas where an expert, or panel of experts, discuss a topic with an audience.  Poster sessions are also welcome. In addition, if you are presenting at the IUG Conference in March, please consider presenting at MIUG.

You may submit your proposals using the Program Proposal form. Deadline for proposals is Monday, April 25, 2016. The Steering Committee will notify all submitters regarding the acceptance of their proposal(s) in early May.

We look forward to hearing from you and we thank you in advance for your support and commitment to MIUG.

Jeff Crocker
Support Services Coordinator

West Bloomfield Township Public Library
4600 Walnut Lake Road
West Bloomfield, MI 48323
Main Phone: 248-682-2120
Branch Phone: 248-363-4022
http://www.westbloomfieldlibrary.org

CFP: SustainRT Lightning Rounds Event - ALA's Sustainability Round Table at ALA Annual (Orlando)

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

SustainRT Lightning Rounds Event

Deadline to submit: Monday, April 4, 2016
Do you have a sustainability-related library story to tell?

ALA's Sustainability Round Table (SustainRT) is looking for people to share their sustainability-related library projects during its program at ALA Annual 2016 in Orlando.

Format: Presenters will have five minutes each to tell their story, with follow-up questions at the end of the program. Presenters may opt to use one fixed image (electronic or otherwise) as part of their presentation. The program will be held at ALA Annual on Sunday, June 26th from10:30-11:30AM. 

Eligibility: Anyone may submit a proposal, though preference will be given to SustainRT members.

Purpose: To share creative and important work that contributes to a more resilient, harmonious and holistic community through economic, environmental and social aspects of sustainability work being done in libraries of all kinds.  We are seeking a diverse representation of innovative sustainability projects that go beyond the traditional "greening" of libraries.

To submit a proposal, send an email to Jason Nosek <jnosek@chipublib.org> with the following:
- Name
- Institution or organization
- Phone
- Email
- SustainRT member Y/N
- Title of your presentation
- Description of the presentation you are proposing to make
- Brief statement telling us what excites you about your topic and/or the sustainability movement within the library profession

Proposals are due by Monday, April 4, 2016.

For more information about SustainRT: http://www.ala.org/sustainrt/

Thank you for your consideration.

Regards,

Jason D. Nosek | Librarian
Business, History & Sciences Division, Harold Washington Library Center | Chicago Public Library
400 S. State Street | Chicago, IL  | 312-747-4467
jnosek@chipublib.org

CFP: Language, Modes of Communication, and the Contemporary Academic Library (Edited book)

CALL FOR PROPOSALS for an edited book with the working title:

Language, Modes of Communication, and the Contemporary Academic Library

EDITORS

Melanie Boyd, University of Calgary

Natasha Gerolami, Huntington University

Courtney Waugh, University of Western Ontario

We are inviting proposals for an edited collection of papers to investigate and challenge how language is used in the academic library milieu. We seek papers that offer – through an interdisciplinary lens – a critical analysis of the values and meanings embedded in contemporary academic library discourse and modes of communication. 

Language both reflects and shapes the values and priorities at work in academic libraries and the broader socio-political environment in which they operate. We are interested in the patterns language creates – patterns that may be unconscious or unnoticed, yet have effects on and implications for library theory, practice and culture.

We welcome interdisciplinary papers that unearth and examine how language and other modes of communication in libraries form, and are formed by, societal forces – be they political or economic systems, racial, gender or class structures, or the military-industrial complex, to name a few. Papers might consider questions such as: What are dominant or accepted “languages” or modes of communication in academic libraries? What values do they imply? Must we engage in them? Should we? Why? If not, what are alternatives? What are barriers to alternatives? In responding to such questions, this book will address how language reflects and influences academic library culture and values, as well as librarians’ ability to engage with library users and each other, with their own institutions, and with the larger library milieu and the public.

Paper topics include but are not limited to:

-          Digital messaging: the language of screens and websites

-          Racial bias in library language

-          Indigenous voices

-          What do spaces, places and placement ‘say’?

-          “Branding”: academic library as market place

-          Shift from silence to noise in the academic library

-          Emotion in workplace language

-          Absent language (e.g. “problem” is a problem word)

-          Codes of conduct

-          Corporate language

-          Discourse around “professionalism”

-          Crisis culture

-          Micro-aggression (verbal and nonverbal)

-          Rhetoric as activism

-          Rhetoric as replacement for action

-          The “respectful workplace” and the silencing of disagreement and dialogue

-          Library jargon

-          Litany of literacies – info, 21^st century, critical, etc.

-          Traditional mode of the academic library paper

-          Trickledown effect: Messages in management modelling and mentorship

The editors will contribute to the collection. Melanie Boyd, with linguist Ozouf Amedegnato, will address the use of war and military metaphor in academic library culture. Natasha Gerolami will assess the implications of the discourse of secularism and neutrality in academic libraries. Courtney Waugh will analyze neoliberal language in academic library strategic plans.

Proposal submissions

The editors are especially interested in papers co-written by a librarian (as lead author) and a scholar from a discipline outside Library and Information Science. Such an intersection of scholars integrates two strengths, potentially raising many different ways of thinking about issues important to the library and, it follows, the whole academic community. Proposals for single-authored papers are also welcome, and will receive equal consideration.

Proposals and papers must be in English. Proposals for papers that use innovative or non-traditional writing approaches will be considered. Only previously unpublished papers will be accepted.

Authors whose proposals are accepted will be invited to submit a full paper for consideration. Papers will be subject to editorial assessment and blind peer review.

Proposals are to include: title, description (no more than 500 words), and a brief biography of the author(s). Remit the proposal as a word document in an email to Melanie Boyd maboyd@ucalgary.ca with the subject line: Proposal: Language Academic Libraries: Last Name(s).

Deadlines

Proposal submissions: May 1, 2016.

Authors will be notified by May 31, 2016 whether or not their proposal is accepted. 

The deadline to submit full papers is September 1, 2016. 

Please feel free to contact Melanie Boyd to discuss a potential topic or with any questions you may have. 

CFP: Against the Grain special issue: Emerging from the Dark(room): Tales of Adversity and Triumph in Collection Development.

Call for Papers: Against the Grain special issue: Emerging from the Dark(room): Tales of Adversity and Triumph in Collection Development.

Do you have a noteworthy tale of woe in the sphere of collection development? I invite you to submit brief abstracts (1-2 paragraphs) no later than Friday, April 1 for the September 2016 issue of Against the Grain. Completed articles are expected in June with review and feedback in July.

Please send your ideas to Lindsey Reno: lreno@uno.edu.

Topics include, but are not limited to:

• Banned or challenged books. 
• Budget problems. 
• The difficulties of taking on new subject areas. 
• Inter-personal conflicts. 
• Issues of policy. 
• Backlash or Push-back from collection development projects (weeding, etc.). 

For more information about Against the Grain, please follow this link: http://www.against-the-grain.com/about/

Call for Posters - SLA 2016 Business & Finance Division - Innovative Practices in Business Information, Research & Librarianship

Call for Posters at SLA 2016 – Submissions Due March 25

Theme: Innovative Practices in Business Information, Research & Librarianship
Location: 2016 SLA Annual Conference — Philadelphia, PA
Date: Tuesday, June 14, 2016
Time: TBA -Presenters at posters for “speed round” presentations
Posters on display in the Exhibit Hall from 12 pm – 2 pm

In this call for posters, the Business & Finance Division of SLA is providing an opportunity for business librarians to share ideas and develop research collaborations.

We are looking for case studies or practical applications on how business librarians and information professionals are reinventing, revolutionizing, expanding, and creating new practices in business information, research and librarianship. We are also interested in practical studies or examples of business libraries or research functions or practices that have been remodeled or refashioned in order to better create, share, or transform business information or research. Examples include but are not limited to:

• Innovative methods in sharing business information with relevant patrons
• Inventing or promoting development of business intelligence in a profound and unique way
• Transforming the mission of your institution and the functional results of the transformation, such as social engagement, asset management, marketing and more
• Innovations of advancing the non-traditional role of librarianship or stepping out of the traditional librarianship position
• Initiatives in promoting a paperless library, electronic resources and embedding in an innovative environment
• Radical approaches to solving typical information needs or obstacles
• Reforming fiscal management in unexpected ways to deal with new budgetary objectives

New Innovative practices for the B&F Poster Session:

1. We will also consider inspirational, theoretical posters this year if the proposal includes enough detail to justify a poster presentation. For instance, if you have an idea that fits the innovative theme that you have not been able to implement yet, we will still consider the idea for a poster presentation.
2. While the traditional poster session format will continue, we will update it by adding a “speed round” tour of all the posters at a designated time. Each poster presenter will have 1 minute to pitch his or her poster to the group.
3. There will be an award for best poster this year, judged by past Chairs of the B&F Division. Posters will be judged based on the following criteria: contribution to the field, innovative ideas, and effective presentation and delivery.

Guidelines for materials and layout of poster presentations are available on the SLA Business & Finance Division Poster Guidelines page.

The deadline for abstract submissions is Friday March 25, 2016. Please submit your name, institution, email address, poster title, and description (250 words or less) by email to Jean Clenney at clenneyj@mailbox.sc.edu

This session is sponsored by the Business & Finance Division. Any SLA Member is welcome to submit an abstract for consideration. In the event that a greater number of submissions are received than can be accommodated, members of the Business & Finance Division will be given preference. If you are interested in becoming a member of the SLA Business & Finance Division, join at http://www.sla.org/ 
All applicants will be notified no later than April 8, 2016 as to whether or not their proposal has been accepted. After we have received 20 acceptable quality submissions, we will not be able to accept anymore. If that occurs before 3/4/16 we will post a notice to this listserv and the B&F website. If you have questions about this session, contact:

Jean Clenney
Darla Moore School of Business | University of South Carolina
clenneyj@mailbox.sc.edu
Cell: 205.936.1700

CFP: Connections, Collections and Communities (Amigos Online Conference - May 11 and 12, 2016)

Call for Proposals - Connections, Collections and Communities

Title: Connections, Collections and Communities

When: May 11 and 12, 2016

Where: Online

Amigos Members: Admission is free!

CFP URL: http://www.amigos.org/node/3711

Libraries are places where community members gather to explore, interact and grow! They connect communities like no other institution and are leveraging collections to strengthen their communities. Data shows that assessing your community can help your library build a better collection, and that assessing your collection can help you connect to your community.

This conference will highlight some of the work in which libraries are engaged in connecting their collections and their communities.

Possible presentations could be on floating collections, focus groups to find out the ideal community and how the local library can build that community, establishing popular fiction collections in academic libraries, and more. Libraries continue to prove themselves increasingly creative in developing programs that connect their communities to their collections, and we would love to feature your library’s unique story. In this online conference, we intend to offer experiences from a wide array of libraries, including public, academic and special libraries.

We're looking for presenters to share their experiences. If you are interested in presenting, complete and submit our Call for Proposals form by March 7, 2016. If you know of others who may be interested, feel free to pass this information along to them.

If you've never presented online before, don't worry; it's easy. We will be happy to help you prepare your session and provide you plenty of experienced technical support during your presentation. Online conference sessions will run 45 minutes each throughout the day.

For more information about this conference, contact Tracy Byerly, byerly@amigos.org(link sends e-mail) or 800-843-8482, ext. 2893.

Kyla Hunt

Public Services and Technology Trends Specialist

Amigos Library Services

14400 Midway Road, Suite 200, Dallas, TX 75244-3509

800-843-8482 x2867 | 972-340-2867 (direct)

http://www.amigos.org | hunt@amigos.org