(via the Medical Library Association)
Abstract submissions are officially open! The 2022 National Program Committee invites you to submit abstracts for immersion sessions, papers, posters, and lightning talks. There will be two rounds for submissions.
- Round 1: Contributed papers and immersion sessions (Wednesday, August 18 – Wednesday, October 13, 2021)
- Round 2: Posters and lightning talks (December 15, 2021 – January 26, 2022)
Acceptance notices for papers and immersion sessions will be sent on December 6. Abstracts that are not accepted in Round 1 can be resubmitted for poster and lightning talks in Round 2. Acceptance notices for posters and lightning talks will be sent on February 21, 2022.
To submit an abstract, go here. If you do not have an MLA account, you will need to create one first.
Abstract Guidelines
Your abstract will be categorized into one of seven MLA Areas of Practice.
- Clinical Support
- Education
- Global Health & Health Equity
- Information Management
- Information Services
- Innovation & Research Practice
- Professionalism & Leadership
Contributed papers are 10-15 minute presentations that are program description abstracts related to products, programs, technologies, administrative practices, and services conducted by librarians and information professions or are research abstracts on designing, conducting, and analyzing a research project.
Immersion sessions are up to 75 minutes of “deep dives” into a single topic. The format may include interactive panel presentations, role-playing, gamification, discussions, working groups, and other activities engaging with the audience.
Additional FAQs are available here.
The 2022 meeting is currently scheduled to take place in person from May 2 to 7 (Monday-Saturday) in New Orleans, LA. Please check here for additional information and updates as they become available.