College & Research Division of the Pennsylvania Library Association: 2012 PaLA Conference, PA Libraries: Leading the Charge

The College & Research Division of the Pennsylvania Library Association invites proposals for presentations or panel sessions for the 2012 PaLA Conference, PA Libraries: Leading the Charge. The conference will take place September 30 through October 3, 2012 at the Wyndham Gettysburg, located at the intersection of Routes 15 & 30 In Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. 

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:

         Academic libraries role in the PA Forward initiative

         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

         Discovery services

         eBooks and their use on an academic campus

         Fund raising/development in an academic setting

         Grant writing

         Information commons

         Information literacy/digital literacy/transliteracy

         iPad /mobile device reference

         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

         Mobile technologies

         Partnerships and collaboration

         Planning library spaces (user, staff & collection spaces)

         Recruiting and educating the next generation of librarians

         Research skills – collaborative projects

         Serving remote users

         Social media

         Technology in instruction

         User satisfaction

         Video streaming

         Volunteer management

All proposals should be submitted online via the program proposal link. For a working copy of the form, or to view the questions in advance of submission, a PDF is available for download. The link to both the online form and PDF will also be available on the PaLA web site.

Submission Deadline: The deadline for proposals is SundayApril 1, 2012.

Proposal Acceptance Notification: The PaLA Program Committee will notify all submitters regarding the acceptance of their proposal(s) in May 2012.

For more information, please contact Linda Neyer at lneyer@bloomu.edu.

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