The 2015 LITA Forum Committee seeks proposals for excellent pre-conferences,
concurrent sessions, and poster sessions for the 18th annual Forum of the
Library Information and Technology Association<http://litaforum.org/>, to be
held in Minneapolis Minnesota, November. 12-15, 2015 at the Hyatt Regency
Minneapolis. This year will feature additional programming in collaboration
with LLAMA, the Library Leadership & Management Association.
The Forum Committee welcomes creative program proposals related to all types of
libraries: public, school, academic, government, special, and corporate.
Proposals could relate to any of the following topics:
* Cooperation & collaboration
* Scalability and sustainability of library services and tools
* Researcher information networks
* Practical applications of linked data
* Large- and small-scale resource sharing
* User experience & users
* Library spaces (virtual or physical)
* "Big Data" - work in discovery, preservation, or documentation
* Data driven libraries or related assessment projects
* Management of technology in libraries
* Anything else that relates to library information technology
Proposals may cover projects, plans, ideas, or recent discoveries. We accept
proposals on any aspect of library and information technology, even if not
covered by the above list. The committee particularly invites submissions from
first time presenters, library school students, and individuals from diverse
backgrounds. Submit your proposal through http://bit.ly/lita-2015-proposal by
February 28, 2015.
Presentations must have a technological focus and pertain to libraries.
Presentations that incorporate audience participation are encouraged. The
format of the presentations may include single- or multi-speaker formats, panel
discussions, moderated discussions, case studies and/or demonstrations of
projects.
Vendors wishing to submit a proposal should partner with a library
representative who is testing/using the product.
Presenters will submit draft presentation slides and/or handouts on ALA Connect
in advance of the Forum and will submit final presentation slides or electronic
content (video, audio, etc.) to be made available on the web site following the
event. Presenters are expected to register and participate in the Forum as
attendees; discounted registration will be offered.
Please submit your proposal through http://bit.ly/lita-2015-proposal
More information about LITA is available from the LITA
website<http://www.ala.org/lita/>, Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/LITA.ALA>
and Twitter<http://twitter.com/LITAForum>.
Tammy Allgood Wolf
Manager of Discovery Services
Informatics and Cyberinfrastructure Services
Arizona State University Libraries
480-965-1797
