The SLA San Diego Chapter Fall Seminar is back! Read on for event details and our call for proposals.
Date and Venue
This year’s seminar will be held on Friday, October 11, at Marina Village. It is a great venue and offers beautiful spaces to explore on breaks. Just look!
Photo Courtesy of Marina Village
Theme and Call for Proposals
Alone Together: Building a Community of Librarians
Often working in a “special” library can mean being the lone information expert in your organization or your specific role. The goal of this year’s seminar is to bring together information professionals from disparate environments, backgrounds, and organizations to address the challenges this always changing, and sometimes strange, profession brings with it. How can we work together to create meaningful relationships and knowledge sharing practices to build your community of experts helping experts? How can we leverage our connections, resources, and skills to make our services more valuable and visible in our organizations?
We call for proposals by those who have improved their services, collections, spaces, outreach, and marketing practices. We are looking for presentations that share knowledge and insights about the tools, methods, practices, and skills that help us learn more about ways to succeed in situations where we find ourselves in need of support, ideas, or personal/professional growth. How does your special, academic, or public library respond to challenges or create opportunities when you find yourself alone in your space, your initiative, or your growing skill set to adapt to everyday situations or long-range planning? We encourage leaders who have experience with innovative techniques, strategies, ideas or programs that foster inclusion and diversity within the profession to come share what they know.
Proposals will be accepted in two formats: Individual/Group Presentation (30-45 minutes) and Round Table Discussions (20-25 minutes). Presentations and Round Table Discussions may address, but are not limited to, the following topics:
- Isolation: A Library of One
- Remote Work: A Library Without Walls
- Getting Buy-In: Building Consensus For New (or Unpopular) Ideas
- Visibility: Promoting Yourself Within Your Organization
- Visibility: Promoting the Library (When No One Knows What You Do)
- Futurism: What Will Information Services Look Like in 10 years? 25 years?
- Increasing Efficiencies: How Can You Do More When You Are a Solo Operator?
- Suddenly Alone: What to Do When You Find Yourself Alone in Your Role?
- Navigating Non-Traditional Library Roles or Tasks: Breaking Out of Traditional Roles and Expectations for Librarians
Proposals are accepted from information professionals working in all types of environments; SLA membership is not required. Speakers will receive complimentary registration. Please include in your proposal submission:
- Speaker information: Name, affiliation, contact information
- Description: A title and brief summary of your presentation or round table discussion (up to 500 words)
- Presentation format – individual speaker, team presentation, panel discussion OR Round Table
- Note: Presentations should be approximately 30-45 minutes in length for Individual/Group Presentations and Round Table discussions, please be prepared to facilitate your presentation up to 3 times for 20 minutes.
Please submit your proposal to us at SLA.SD.FallSeminar@gmail.com by Friday, May 17, 2019. The seminar committee will select presentations by Friday, May 31, 2019. Contact us at SLA.SD.FallSeminar@gmail.com with any questions.
A big thank you to our 2019 Fall Seminar Sponsors!
Breakfast Sponsor
Lunch Sponsor
