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Grow, Evolve, Serve: The Conference for Entrepreneurial Librarians

October 12, 2018

Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Call for Proposals

The sixth Conference for Entrepreneurial Librarians <http://entrelib.org/> (
entrelib.org) will explore how librarians have been entrepreneurial in
their own professional development and how this drives the way we serve our
communities. In the last several years we’ve seen a variety of new
positions emerge to meet new opportunities in academic, public and special
libraries. This year’s theme “Grow, Evolve, Serve” will explore where the
profession has been recently and where it needs to go in order to meet
these challenges. The conference goal is twofold: to inspire
entrepreneurial action among librarians and to create a community among
those who do.

The conference will be held at the Wake Downtown campus
<https://wakedowntown.wfu.edu/> of Wake Forest University on October 12,
2018.  It is sponsored by the libraries at Wake Forest University
<http://www.wfu.edu/> and The University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
<http://www.uncg.edu/>

We seek librarians and information professionals to present about projects
related to the conference theme. Topics may include but are not limited to:

Evolving roles of librarians and related professions such as social
work, data librarians, digital humanities, and community historians
archivists.

Growth of outreach and marketing, collaboration, and new types of
partnerships that get us out of our silos.

Expansion of services such as data visualization, data management, and
institutional repositories.

Education for future professionals to respond to these changing needs

Privacy and the library.

Analytics, assessment and evaluation and using these techniques for
decision making and planning.

Presentation Format:

Break-out sessions (45 minutes including Q&A) may be panels or single
presenters.  Proposals should include an abstract of no more than 250
words.

Please submit
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSevz459NB–q9hSPEJrsyHWXL4d3JjH2HO0giRSyukCtT5T5Q/viewform?>
your proposal at http://bit.ly/entrelib18
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSevz459NB–q9hSPEJrsyHWXL4d3JjH2HO0giRSyukCtT5T5Q/viewform?>

Presenters are encouraged to develop and submit papers based on their
presentations for publication in the open-access proceedings.
<https://libjournal.uncg.edu/index.php/pcel>

Presenters will be expected to register for the conference.

Submission Deadline:

Proposals will be accepted until April 20, 2018.

Presenters will be notified by May 11, 2018.

For more information about keynote speakers and scheduling see the conference
website <http://entrelib.org/> (entrelib.org) or contact:

Mary Scanlon scanlomg@wfu.edu

Kathy Crowe kmcrowe@uncg.edu

Global Learn 2018

Global Conference on Learning and Technology

April 17-18, 2017

University of Central Florida

Orlando, FL

Proposals due Dec. 29, 2017

For more information go to: https://conf.aace.org/glearn/submission/

This annual conference serves to further the advancement and innovation in learning and technology. As the educational world becomes increasingly global, new ways to explore, learn, and share knowledge are needed. Global Learn is a means to connect and engage creative educators, researchers, consultants, training managers, policy makers, curriculum developers, entrepreneurs, and others in the topics and fields in which they are passionate. Global Learn offers an opportunity to meet and discuss their ideas, findings, and next steps.

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

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