*ACRL/NY 2020 Annual Symposium*
Civic Engagement: Democracy and the Library
*December 4, 2020 *
*Virtual Symposium*
For this year's ACRL/NY Symposium, we are seeking proposals for
*presentations* and* panels* about the intersection of libraries and
research institutions with civics, governance, and democracy. How are civic
issues impacting collections and services? How do libraries foster
engagement with civic issues and the democratic process throughout the
community? How do ideas of “library neutrality” affect how we engage with
these issues? We welcome proposals from all positions of library staff.
Potential perspectives include but are not limited to:
*Diverse voices: *participation of diverse groups in decision making and
programming
*Ethical Leadership: *explorations of *institutional authority* and power
dynamics, formal and informal practices of good governance and resistance
*Public Services, Outreach, and Instruction: *library programming, creative
partnerships in and outside the institution, information literacy
*Acquisitions/Collection Development: *new and interesting collections
meant to encourage civic discussion and activism, purchasing issues,
resources sharing
*Technical Services and Access: * authority control and the algorithmic
impact of information retrieval, scholarly communications, artificial
intelligence
Format: The ACRL/NY 2020 Symposium will be held completely virtually. We
are seeking proposals to fill 60 Minute (50-minute presentation; 10 minutes
Q&A) and 30 Minute (20-minute presentation; 10 minute Q&A) slots. We are
open to a mixture of presentation types and formats.
Proposals should be 250-500 words in length. Proposals must be submitted by
June 26th .
Abstracts of presentations can be submitted using this form:
https://acrlnyforms.wufoo.com/forms/acrlny-2020-symposium-save-the-date-cfp/
Questions regarding submitting or about the Symposium, in general, can be
sent to acrlnysymposiumchair_at_gmail.com
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Linda Miles
MLS, MA, PhD
lmiles.librarian_at_gmail.com
917-902-6963
http://lindamiles.wordpress.com/
http://www.linkedin.com/in/lindamilesnyc
@lmiles
Received on Tue Jun 09 2020 - 12:09:53 EDT