Proposals are invited for presentations in a variety of formats including presentations (formal, demonstrations or panel discussions) and workshops. Panel discussion sessions provide a venue for 2-3 speakers to share their work or perspective on a selected topic with the majority of the session time used to facilitate discussion with the audience. Formal presentations or demonstrations typically consist of 1-3 speakers and often present a paper or other research about the topic. Presentation time for formal presentations and panel discussions should be no more than 60 minutes including at least 10 minutes for questions from the audience.

Ideas for presentations might include:

Curricular Instruction
Assessment
Best Practices
Learning Styles
Distance Education
1st year experience instruction /orientation
Plagiarism instruction
Copyright instruction

Hands-on workshop sessions are interactive, and should teach attendees a program or skill that they can bring back to their library. Attendees will bring laptops or other necessary resources to the workshop in order to begin/complete a sample project during the workshop. Presentation time for workshops should be no more than 3 hours. Ideas for workshops might include:

Engaging exercises
Technology
Prioritizing spending or employees – face to face or online

Submission Information

The deadline for proposal submission is June 16, 2008. Proposals must be submitted through the online submission form http://appserv02.uncw.edu/SelectSurveyNET/TakeSurvey.aspx?SurveyID=765I5m5.

Proposals will include a title, author(s) information, biographical statement, format, and an abstract (maximum 250 words) describing the proposal.

Proposal Review Process

We recommend you include in the proposal title and/or abstract words found on the list of presentation or workshop topics. These lists were developed to provide a structure for organizing the conference presentation/workshop schedule. Proposals will be reviewed by the CUS/CJCL Conference planning committee. Notification of accepted proposals will be provided by July 31, 2008.

Proposal Timeline

Deadline to submit proposals: June 16, 2008
Notification of acceptance of proposals: July 31, 2008
Library Instruction 2.0 Conference: November 17-18, 2008

Additional Information

The conference website http://www.nclaonline.org/cus/Conference.html will provide complete information about the conference including the keynote speaker, lunch program, conference schedule, registration and accommodations.

Due to budgetary considerations, it is not possible to offer a waiver of registration fees to program presenters. All presenters and co-presenters must register for the conference and are responsible for paying their own travel and lodging expenses. Note: Failure to pay the registration fee will result in the cancellation of your presentation/workshop and conference registration.

For any further information, please contact:

Lisa Williams
Coordinator of Research and Information Services
Randall Library
University of North Carolina Wilmington
Email: williamsl@uncw.edu
(910) 962-3688