Call for Presentation Proposals 

ILA/ACRL Spring Conference 2009

Friday, April 17, 2009 – Hawkeye Community College, Waterloo, Iowa 

Future Proofing your Library 

Deadline for Receipt of Proposals:  Friday, February 27, 2009 

Librarians, library support personnel, faculty, and collaborators from academic libraries are invited to submit proposals on topics relevant to the future of academic, broadly interpreted. Focuses may include, but are not limited to: 

• Developing a technologically savvy staff with a skill set that allows them to be comfortable with change.
• Collaborating with campus information technology units to bring the most up-to-date resources and services to the campus community.
• Engaging library staff in creative planning processes that build on our already substantial social capital to ensure the support of the college or university administration
• Promoting innovative teaching strategies that effectively foster student growth and learning
• Partnering with other educational/cultural institutions to provide services or resources that would otherwise be unavailable to the campus community
• Demonstrating the sort of accountability that illustrates that investment in the library is a cost-effective use of resources
• Working innovatively with faculty to create technologically rich, contemporary learning experiences and/or environments

Sessions are one hour and we recommend that presentations be approximately 45-50 minutes with 10-15 minutes for questions. 

The committee will be looking at the proposals from these perspectives: organization and clarity, demonstrated knowledge of the subject, adaptability to other institutions, interest to the academic library staff, relevance to the conference theme, and collaboration among or within institutions. For more detailed criteria, see the ILA/ACRL conference website. 

Submission Procedure

Please e-mail the following documents by Friday, February 27, 2009 to:

Beth McMahon

ILA/ACRL Spring Conference Planning Committee Member

mcmahone@central.edu

a)  one copy of the proposal form (see below)

b)  one copy of your summary (200 – 350 word description of your presentation) with identifying information (names, affiliations, and presentation title) on a cover sheet. 

The Selection Committee will review the submitted proposals without attached cover sheets. The Committee will communicate the results to applicants via e-mail by March 13, 2009.

Download Proposal form