Category: Calls and Requests

(via Elise Thornley, Binghamton University) The IDS Project’s 13th Annual Summer Conference is July 27 and 28, at SUNY Polytechnic Institute in Utica, NY. This year’s conference theme is “Steering the Future, Together”.  Approximately 200 attendees are expected. The IDS Project Conference Planning Committee is seeking proposals for conference presentations and posters. In particular, IDS…

(via Linda Miles-Hostos Community College, The City University of New York) The Greater New York Metropolitan Area Chapter of ACRL is soliciting presentation proposals for its December 1 Symposium. The theme of this year’s Symposium is the academic library mission within the twenty-first century information environment. The planning committee is accepting proposals for 20-minute presentations…

(via Dr. Christina Chan-Park, Baylor University) Submissions are now being accepted for the 2017 STEM Librarians South Conference, which will take place on Thursday, July 20, and Friday, July 21. The location is Waco, TX. Please submit a presentation falling into one of these categories. 5-minute lightning talk 15-minute short presentations, or 45-minute full papers The presentation…

(via Erin Nagel, Clayton State University) The Southeastern Library Assessment Conference invites proposals for the November 13-14, 2017, conference in Atlanta, Georgia. Program proposals should be designed to fit within a 45-minute timeframe, including Q&A. We encourage thoughtful, timely proposals on any topic related to assessment in libraries of all types, including, but not limited…

(via Nancy Wootton Colborn, Indiana University South Bend) The IU Libraries Information Literary Colloquium invites proposals for a one-day conference on Thursday, August 3, at the IU Southeast campus in New Albany, Indiana. The current sociopolitical climate has brought terms such as “fake news” and “alternative facts” into our collective discourse. Academic librarians are already concerned with…

(via Kelly McCallister, Appalachian State University) The 18th Distance Library Services Conference is going deep into the heart of Texas in 2018, and we want you to be a part of it! The event will take place at The Hyatt Regency in beautiful downtown San Antonio, from Wednesday, April 11, to Friday, April 13. The expected turnout…

(via Meredith Powers, Brooklyn Public Library) The 2017 LITA Forum Committee seeks proposals for the 20th Annual Forum of the Library Information and Technology Association, which will take place in Denver, Colorado, from November 9 to November 12. The Forum Committee welcomes proposals for full-day preconferences, concurrent sessions, workshops, or poster sessions related to all types…