Call for Proposals: What We Talk About When We Talk About Value
CARL Biennial Conference March 31-April 2, 2016
Westin South Coast Plaza, Costa Mesa, CA
California Academic & Research Libraries (CARL) invites you to participate in its biennial conference to be held in Costa Mesa, CA, March 31-April 2, 2016. The conference offers librarians and allied professionals across disciplines a space to share research and scholarship, discuss professional issues, and develop and maintain relationships.
2016 Theme
What We Talk About When We Talk About Value: Valuing Academic Libraries in a New Era
In 2010 ACRL launched its Value of Academic Libraries initiative, the purpose of which is primarily to advance a “research agenda” that encourages the library profession to answer the question, “How does the library advance the missions of the institution?” Methods used by academic libraries to demonstrate value within and without their institutions have included assessment, metrics, user experience studies, citation studies, and other data-driven methods. Concurrently academic librarians have been concerned with articulating and demonstrating the less-quantifiable values of the profession such as diversity and inclusion, love of learning, serving the public good, social responsibility, and preserving confidentiality and privacy.
How are you:
- demonstrating the value of your library to your institution and communities;
- cultivating the value of your library and/or values of librarianship;
- putting the values of librarianship into practice in your library, your institution, your community;
- reframing the focus on value (as in return on investment) to one of valuing (people, social justice, democratic spaces, etc.)?
We are interested in diverse perspectives and areas within academic/research libraries:
- Acquisitions and Collection Development,
- Archives and Special Collections,
- Teaching and Learning,
- Research and Liaison Services,
- Access and Public Services,
- Systems and Technology,
- Assessment and User Experience,
- Cataloging and Metadata,
- Scholarly Communication,
- Discovery and E-resource Management,
- Outreach/Marketing/Public Relations, etc.
Proposals
The Program Planning Committee invites proposals for preconferences, workshops, panels, best practices, and contributed papers sessions. All proposals should include type of session, identify an area with academic/research librarianship, and provide contact information for all presenters.
- Preconference Sessions: Preconferences are 3-to 4-hour long workshop sessions that will offer in-depth, interactive learning for participants. Preconferences that address the conference theme are especially encouraged. Proposal should include an example of activity/ies planned for the session outcomes. Please submit a 400-500 word proposal as well as learning outcomes.
- Workshop Sessions: Propose a 75-minute session that offers participants an opportunity to engage an issue, learn a new skill, develop an action plan, or some other hands-on activity. Workshop proposal must include an example of activity/ies planned for the session. Please submit a 400-500 word proposal.
- Panel Sessions: Panel sessions bring together 2-5 presenters into a cohesive conversation addressing the conference theme. These 75-minute sessions are intended to engage audience members in participating in the discussion from multiple perspectives. Please submit a 400-500 word panel proposal as well as a 200-400 word abstract for each presenter.
- Contributed Papers Sessions: These 75-minute sessions will include 3-4 paired papers (15 minutes per paper including Q&A). We invite research and position papers that challenge participants to think creatively and critically about the conference theme. Papers may report the results of completed research, describe research in progress, or present a position on a compelling problem or issue relevant to the conference theme. Research papers should highlight the problem, results, and conclusions while very briefly touching on method. In an effort to maximize interactivity and to provide more opportunities for participation, papers will be grouped in threes or fours, and each paper must be delivered in a maximum of 15 minutes in order to reserve time for Q&A. Please submit a 400-500 word proposal.
- Best Practices Sessions: Best Practices session will include 5 10-minute prepared presentations in which presenters share successful programs, services, practices, and processes related to the conference theme. Presenters will bring a handout or business card with URL for further information. Please submit a 400-500 word proposal.
Please feel free to contact the Program Planning Committee with questions:
Submit proposals on the conference website.
Deadline for proposals: May 1, 2015
Notification of accepted proposals expected: July 3, 2015
A call for posters is forthcoming. Watch for it this fall.
We are pleased to share the CARL Conference Code of Conduct.
For full information about the 2016 CARL Conference and submission instructions, with the conference website. |
