Designing for Digital's Program Planning Committee is pleased to announce the opening of the D4D 2016 Call for Proposals. We are currently accepting session, short talk, panel, and workshop proposal submissions for the Designing for Digital Conference program, April 6-7, 2016 in Austin, Texas.
Teach an interactive workshop, share your success story, talk about your digital woes, intrigue us with your research, provoke with a thought piece, or question a current practice. Whatever you have to share with your peers, there could be a great submission in there! We plan to be responsive to the community's interest and needs so submit something that you think you or your peers would like. Also, forward this on to colleagues who you would like to see present at D4D! See the full Call details<http://www.designingfordigital.com/schedule> or read more about it below. D4D is a design conference that aims to approach the library digital experience from a holistic point of view. We consider library services, physical layout, and overall strategy starting with a variety of users and use cases. The conference is meant to bring together UX professionals, web designers, managers, researchers, strategists and librarians of all types to examine the current user's experience of the library and design the future of libraries in the modern, digital world. Tracks areas include: Tools & Methods This track includes testing, accessibility, assessment, usability, tools and techniques, ethnographic research, and project planning UX in Practice This track includes content strategy, design thinking, best practices, case studies, works in progress, leadership in libraries, staffing, making the case for UX within organizations, staff development and training, and project management Service & Physical Space Design This track includes holistic approaches to design in libraries, physical design ideas, and cross-channel/omni-channel UX work and strategy. Trends, Emerging Issues, and the Future of UX This track includes research, thought pieces, and trends analysis of what's coming, what is happening in other industries and new ways to think about design work Submit or learn more<http://www.designingfordigital.com/schedule>. Submission deadline: December 7, 2015 D4D16 dates: April 6-7 2016
