Call for Proposals :: ALAO 33rd Annual Conference

Call for Proposals

Presentation and Poster Session Proposal Deadline: May 4, 2007

The ALAO Program Planning Committee invites you to present your ideas, experiences and views to generate exciting discussions with your colleagues on innovative tools and techniques that are transforming our profession. Change, like taxes and death, is a fact of life. The library community has often been in the forefront of exploring new technologies and strategies to create innovative services for our users, as well as enhancing our operational procedures. Not only have we blazed trails in new ways of doing things, we are also one of the first professions to address the needs of the new generation of the "millennial" users, as well as responding to the impact of the "baby boomer" to "generation X" staff transition.

Listed below are a few ideas to stimulate your thoughts on these topics. Please consider sharing your practical solutions, creative approaches and exploration of the impact these issues have upon libraries.

Tools	Techniques	Transformations
Adopting current and/or new technologies Developing collections that balance local needs with OhioLINK shared resources Designing & adapting facilities for new technologies and student learning styles	Planning for future changes Developing strategies to address budget constraints Mentoring new staff Educating the next generation of library staff Collaborating with others Instructing information literate users	Implementing new user services or operational procedures Assessing existing services & procedures resulting in change Addressing the impact of new and diverse generations of users and staff upon services and operations

Presentations may take the form of contributed papers, demonstrations or panel discussions.
Poster session proposals may address the conference theme or may include original research and/or creative approaches to issues and challenges facing libraries.
To encourage support staff participation, the 2007 Program Planning Committee will sponsor a Support Staff Presenter Grant for staff members who want to present at the 33rd ALAO Annual Conference.
To access the proposal forms and to find out more details concerning the conference, please go to the ALAO web site: http://www.alaoweb.org. Look for the ALAO 2007 Conference link.

Please contact:
Stephena Harmony
Email: stephena.harmony@uc.edu
Telephone: 513-936-1547