MI-ALA 2017 Annual Conference: Call for Proposals

Making Connections: Academic Libraries, Communities, and Purpose

May 18-19, 2017

Eberhard Center at Grand Valley State University

Grand Rapids, MI

MI-ALA invites you and your colleagues to submit presentation proposals for the second annual conference to be held May 18-19 in Grand Rapids. Please consider sharing your innovations, creative endeavors, and practical solutions in librarianship. We welcome proposals in any topic related to academic libraries, including, but not limited to:

Administration

Assessment

Budgets

Collections

Critical Librarianship

Failures

Instruction

Leadership

Marketing

Partnerships/Collaboration

Programming

Technology

User Experience

Participation from librarians, library staff, LIS students, and administrators from all types of academic libraries is encouraged.

Proposals for 50-minute long (including Q&A) presentations and workshops can be submitted only through the online submission form and must be received by Friday, December 12, 2016. The primary contact for proposals will receive a message indicating receipt of the proposal when it is submitted and decisions on proposals will be communicated to the primary contact by Friday, January 20, 2017.

Questions about proposals can be sent to Hazel McClure mcclureh@gvsu.edu or Cara Cadena cadenac@gvsu.edu. Questions about the conference in general can be sent to conference@miala.org. Learn more at the conference webpage.

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Ashley Blinstrub

MI-ALA Communications and Marketing Chair

communications@miala.org

Research and Assessment Librarian
Melvin J. Zahnow Library
Saginaw Valley State University
Office: (989)964-7071
Email: ablinstr@svsu.edu