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2018 ALA Annual Conference New Orleans, LA

ALA Conference Services will begin accepting program proposals on May 17, 2017 for the 2018 ALA Annual Conference to take place at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans LA, June 21-26, 2018. For the first time, proposals will be accepted via one submission site for all ALA Divisions, RoundTables, Committees and Offices.

Programs at the Annual Conference are one-hour educational sessions on a topic relevant to the library profession. Submissions are open to anyone, regardless of ALA membership status.

The deadline to submit content will be August 25, 2017 12:00 Midnight (CST). Please use this submission site.

Note your ALA account information will be required to access the submission site.

Schedule:

Submission Site Opens: May 17, 2017

Submission Site Closes: August 25, 2017

Final Decisions: September 29, 2017

Schedule of Sessions Announced: November 8, 2017

With your contribution, we’re looking forward to building a supply of content that is informative, innovative and diverse.  Additional details regarding the submission form, subjects and content types can be found by visiting the submission site.

For all inquiries regarding content submission for the 2018 ALA Annual Conference, please visit the submission site.

Ways to stay in touch and get updates include: Twitter (@alaac and #alaac17), Facebook Event, PinterestTumblrInstagram (#alaac17).

ALA Annual Conference—Transforming Our Libraries, Ourselves

ELI Annual Meeting

January 29–31, 2018
New Orleans, Louisiana

The ELI Annual Meeting is the premier teaching and learning event featuring in-depth seminars, top-notch presenters, and various engaging session formats that support learning, networking and leadership.

This is the one event that explores solutions to our learning community’s key issues, engages innovative technology and service providers, and unites expertise across our institutions.

Seeking Proposals for the ELI Annual Meeting 2018

The EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI) is a community of higher education institutions and organizations committed to advancing learning through information technology innovation. The ELI Annual Meeting provides an opportunity for those interested in learning principles and practices, all dimensions of student success, and innovation in post-secondary learning to explore, network, and share. Find more information about the ELI mission and philosophy here.

Achieving Student Success through New Models of Learning is the theme of the ELI Annual Meeting 2018 in New Orleans. ELI will feature hands-on workshops, interactive presentations, poster sessions, and preconference seminars, along with other ELI session formats. Like every year, there will be numerous opportunities to network and discuss current trends and issues within higher education teaching and learning. Please take some time to read the Call for Proposals, which explains the information you will be asked to provide when submitting your proposal. After reading the CFP document, if you still have questions, please contact the speaker liaison.

Deadline for submission is Aug. 14, 2017

For more information go to https://events.educause.edu/eli/annual-meeting/2018/call-for-proposals

Supporting Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Call for proposals
Advances in Library Administration and Organization 
Supporting Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Publication due 2019
Series Editor: Samantha Hines, Peninsula College
Volume Editor: Janet Crum, Northern Arizona University
Libraries have begun doing more to support entrepreneurship and innovation within their communities. Makerspaces and business incubators have become featured attractions in public and academic libraries and provide a unique way to reach out to a user group that can bolster a community in dynamic ways.  ALAO seeks submissions for the “Supporting Entrepreneurship and Innovation” volume that delve beyond examples and case studies to look at how library leaders can develop support for innovation and entrepreneurship within their libraries.  Examples include but are not limited to: analyzing case studies from several institutions to identify best practices; ways of designing library spaces to ensure they meet the needs of all constituents; theoretical discussions on how activities/spaces supporting entrepreneurship and innovation reflect the mission of libraries; creative ways to get resources to support efforts in these areas; how these areas can lead to new kinds of collaborations that benefit libraries.
Proposals in the following areas would be of particular interest:
  • How the historical and cultural role of libraries has changed (or not) to include services that support creativity and innovation
  • How and why the development of makerspaces and incubators (or other innovative programs) supports the larger community in which the library is situated
  • How innovative and entrepreneurial support develops new partnerships, and how those partnerships can be sustained.
This will be the first volume of Advances in Library Administration and Organization (ALAO) to publish in 2019.
About the Advances in Library Administration and Organization series
ALAO offers long-form research, comprehensive discussions of theoretical developments, and in-depth accounts of evidence-based practice in library administration and organization.  The series answers the questions, “How have libraries been managed, and how should they be managed?” It goes beyond a platform for the sharing of research to provide a venue for dialogue across issues, in a way that traditional peer reviewed journals cannot.  Through this series, practitioners can glean new approaches in challenging times and collaborate on the exploration of scholarly solutions to professional quandaries.
How to submit
If you are interested in contributing to this volume, please send an abstract of 300 words or less as well as author details and estimated length of final submission to Samantha Hines at shines@pencol.edu by August 31, 2017.
Submission deadlines
Submission deadline for proposals: August 31, 2017
Notification of acceptance sent by:  October 31, 2017
Submission deadline for full chapters:  February 15, 2018
Comments returned to authors:  April 30, 2018
Submission deadline for chapter revisions:  June 30, 2018
Samantha Schmehl Hines
Associate Dean for Instructional Resources and Library Director
Peninsula College