[Michlib-l] Call for Presentation Proposals: Michigan Academic Library Association 2025 Annual Conference

[Heidi Keppen Palmer]

Michigan Academic Library Association (MiALA) 2025 Annual Conference:

Call for Presentation Proposals

Driving Excellence: Navigating the Challenges & Opportunities



“Driving Excellence: Navigating the Challenges & Opportunities” allows us
to explore new

pathways into the future as we are guided by the wisdom, openness, and
tenacity of our profession to provide the best outcomes for library users.
New opportunities and technologies can challenge our beliefs about academic
integrity and impact a variety of library collections and services. Has
your library staff taken a new strategic approach, designed an innovative
service, developed a new policy, or begun a new area of professional
development that you would like to share? If so, we invite you to share
your challenges, successes, and solutions with your academic library
colleagues as we guide academic libraries down the road of innovation and
into the future.

MiALA invites you and your colleagues to submit presentation proposals for
the 10th annual conference to be held in-person, May 18-20, 2025 at the
University of Michigan-Flint, Flint, MI. 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 topics covering any aspect of academic
libraries.

We are seeking the following presentation formats:


   -

   Presentations, panels, or moderated discussion sessions (45 min.)
   -

      Individual or group presentations, panel sessions, and moderated
      discussion sessions are all welcome. Each of these sessions will be 45
      minutes, including a Q&A.
      -

   Interactive workshops (105 min.)
   -

      An opportunity to teach and explore current and emerging topics in a
      collaborative atmosphere. Workshops encourage a hands-on experience that
      may combine active learning, collaboration, and discussion.
      -

   Lightning Talks (10 min.)
   -

      A short individual presentation addressing a specific topic or
      project. Lightning talks provide attendees the opportunity to hear
      about a range of innovative ideas from a broad and varied group of
      colleagues in a short amount of time. Lightning talks will be
grouped into
      sessions that may or may not be themed. Lightning talk sessions
will be 45
      minutes, including a Q&A.


Along with presenter(s) information, program proposals must include title,
presentation format, presentation description (up to 300 words), short
abstract (up to 75 words), and learning objective(s). Proposals will be
evaluated on relevance to the conference theme, impact on academic
libraries and higher education, originality, creativity, and clarity. For
workshops, include plans for interactivity and audience engagement in the
session description.

If you have a topic you’d like to explore and are looking for
collaborators, consider adding your session idea to the Breakout Session
Collaboration spreadsheet
<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1r18Q1Q55ykk2TIW-Xf5xfgfMd58566ztwb9Yp47dQzI/edit?usp=sharing>.
This spreadsheet is not monitored by MiALA or the Program Committee and is
not part of the official submission process.

Please submit your breakout session proposal using the application form
<https://www.memberleap.com/members/form.php?orgcode=MALA&fid=7395223> by
January 10, 2025. 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 in late
January or early February.

Questions about proposals can be sent to werdeljc at udmercy.edu.
Questions about the conference in general can be sent to
conference at miala.org.

Heidi Keppen Palmer, send on behalf of the MiALA 2025 Conference Planning
Committee
LTS Librarian - Mardigian Library
University of Michigan-Dearborn
313-583-5401 | she/they

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