Forwarded on behalf of the MiALA Conference Planning Committee. Excuse Duplicate Postings. Please forward to any staff/colleague/list that could benefit from receiving this information. ************************************* [http://www.memberleap.com/message/45195349/975208225/header_MALA.jpg] Michigan Academic Library Association (MiALA) 2019 Annual Conference: Call for Presentation Proposals<https://miala.org/accallforbreakoutproposals.php> Submissions Due Friday, January 11, 2019 OUR VALUE: COMMUNICATING, PROMOTING, VISUALIZING May 13-14, 2019 Saginaw Valley State University MiALA invites you and your colleagues to submit presentation proposals for the 4th annual conference to be held May 13-14, 2019 at Saginaw Valley State University. Please consider sharing your innovations, creative endeavors, and practical solutions for communicating, promoting, or visualizing value in academic libraries. Participation from librarians, library staff, LIS students, and administrators from all types of academic libraries is encouraged. We welcome proposals in any topic related to the conference theme, including, but not limited to: Accessibility Administration Assessment and Evaluation Budgets Cataloging and Metadata Collections Distance or Online Learning Critical Librarianship Education and Curriculum Electronic Resources Instruction and Information Literacy Leadership Mid-Level Management Open Educational Resources Outreach Research Services or Reference Resource Sharing Technical Services Technology User Experience Web Development and Design Proposals for presentations, panels, or facilitated discussions (40 minutes) or mini-presentations (20 minutes) can be submitted using the online submission form<https://www.memberleap.com/members/form.php?orgcode=MALA&fid=1701925> and must be received by Friday, January 11, 2019. The primary contact listed on each proposal will receive a message indicating receipt of the proposal when it is submitted and decisions on all proposals will be communicated to the primary contact by Friday, February 1, 2019. Questions about proposals can be sent to Amie Pifer (piferas1@cmich.edu<mailto:piferas1@cmich.edu>) or Elizabeth Webster (ewebster@msu.edu<mailto:ewebster@msu.edu>). Questions about the conference in general can be sent to conference@miala.org<mailto:conference@miala.org>.