The College & Research Division of the Pennsylvania Library Association invites proposals for presentations or panel sessions for the 2011 PaLA Conference, Touchdown! Winning Strategies for Libraries. The conference will take place October 2-5, 2011 at the Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel located in State College, PA.
If you have a topic of interest to academic librarians, we invite you to submit a proposal for a session. Examples of possible topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
Agile budgeting for tight times
Aspects of Managing Print and Electronic Publications
Assessment of services or programs
Changing role of technical services
Community college initiatives
Digital library projects
Digital Rights management
Diversity, including GLBTQ topics
Federated Searching
Fund raising/development in an academic setting
Grant writing
Information Commons Information Literacy
Leadership development
Legal Issues for Academics (Copyright, Patriot Act, etc.)
Library management and HR
Library role in instructional technology
Library security
Marketing and advocacy in Academic Libraries