CMLE encourages members to get involved with the profession – and a great way to do that is to submit a conference proposal!! Want some tips? Check out our Linking Our Libraries podcast episode on attending and presenting at Conferences! Or, check in with us and we can help you put together a great proposal.
(And come on – the conference is going to be at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum. That’s right here!! You should go!)
From MLA:
The Academic & Research Libraries Division (ARLD) of the Minnesota Library Association is seeking session proposals for ARLD Day 2018 which will be held April 27, 2018 at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum (http://www.arboretum.umn.edu/
We encourage you to submit a session proposal for ARLD Day 2018. Please complete the session proposal form by February 9, 2018. Anyone, including current MLIS students, can submit a presentation. Our planning committee will select presentations and notify presenters in early March.
Conference session types will include:
- Breakout sessions – Breakout sessions are 50 minutes long and may include presentations, panel sessions, workshops, etc.
- Lightning round sessions – Lightning round sessions maximize the amount of information shared about innovative and exciting projects, services, or ideas. Each presenter will be given five minutes to present on a topic, followed by three minutes of audience Q&A. Each lightning round session is limited to one presenter.
Possible presentation topics might include but are not limited to:
- Teaching and learning
- Reference
- Assessment and impact
- Collaborative partnerships
- Space planning and renovation projects
- Library ethics
- Leadership in the library
- Institutional repositories and other digital archives
- Technical services, cataloging, and metadata
- Project management
- Collection management
- Maker spaces or creation spaces
- Open access publishing and scholarly communication
- Outreach, marketing, promotion, and advocacy
- Diversity
The deadline for proposals is Friday, February 9, 2018. Questions? Contact Jodi Carlson Grebinoski at jlcarlso@d.umn.edu.
EVENT DETAILS
- ARLD Day 2018
- April 27, 2018
- 8:30am–4:00pm
- Minnesota Landscape Arboretum
Disclaimer: The University of Minnesota is not endorsing or sponsoring the activities conducted by Minnesota Library Association on the University of Minnesota campus. The relationship between the University of Minnesota and Minnesota Library Association is solely that of licensor and licensee.