Forwarded on behalf of the MiALA Conference Planning Committee. Excuse posting to multiple lists. Please forward to anyone that may be interested in this message.

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The deadline to submit a poster session proposal for the MiALA Annual Conference is tomorrow, Friday, February 21. Don’t delay!!!

Grounded and Growing

The need to grow and change is a constant for libraries as we respond and adapt to our evolving academic environments. As we celebrate 5 years of MiALA and look towards the future of the organization, we will explore the ways academic libraries are initiating and managing change, not just redefining and reevaluating, but growing from a place that is grounded in our strengths and aligned with community needs. How do we continue what is working and critically examine and pivot from what is not?

MiALA invites you and your colleagues to submit poster proposals for the 5th annual conference to be held May 14-15, 2020 at Ferris State University. Participation from librarians, library staff, LIS students, and administrators from all types of academic libraries is encouraged.  MiALA membership is not required to submit a proposal. We welcome proposals on any topic related to academic libraries, including, but not limited to:

Access Services

Accessibility

Administration

Assessment and Evaluation

Budgets

Cataloging and Metadata

Collections

Critical Librarianship

Distance or Online Learning

Education and Curriculum

Electronic Resources

Fine Arts

Health Sciences

Instruction and Information Literacy

Leadership

Michigan Alma

Mid-Level Management

Open Educational Resources

Outreach

Research Services or Reference

Residency

Resource Sharing

STEM

Technical Services

Technology

User Experience

Web Development and Design

****Prior to submitting your proposal, please review the information provided on the Poster Session Guidelines page.****

Please submit your poster proposal using the application form located here by February 21, 2020. The primary contact listed on each proposal 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, March 13, 2020.

Questions about proposals can be sent to David Scott DavidScott@ferris.edu. Questions about the conference in general can be sent to conference@miala.org.