It's no secret that today's changing technology and more demanding management expectations require information professionals to demonstrate a positive impact on their organizations. You have to be a great researcher and manager, but you also have to help your organization put knowledge to work as a strategic asset--across the enterprise, day in and day out. At SLA 2010, we'll be taking your career to new heights. How to develop it. Maintain it. And, yes, how to flaunt it.
What should I know about the SLA Annual Conference and INFO-EXPO?
The SLA Annual Conference and INFO-EXPO is the premier networking and educational event for information professionals. The conference takes place over four days, with additional days for continuing education and local tourism. For more information, visit the conference Web site.
What should I know about conference planning?
The SLA annual conference is planned on an 18-month timeline. The Annual Conference Advisory Council sets the parameters of conference programming, including (but are not limited to), schedule, keynotes, time blocks, and theme. In addition to this council, divisions and caucuses devise the educational sessions that are put on Monday through Wednesday of the conference. If you are a member of SLA, you should approach your unit chair or unit planner with your conference programming idea before submitting it to SLA headquarters. Proposals submitted to SLA headquarters will be forwarded to the appropriate unit(s). Continuing education courses may be organized either through divisions or through SLA headquarters.
What types of submissions are you looking for?
* Presentations
Educational sessions are held Monday through Wednesday of the conference. Sessions may be 60, 90 minutes or 120 minutes. Presentation ideas should be submitted to the unit chair or unit planner. These presentations can be panels, lectures, roundtables or any learning format that you think would be appropriate.* Contributed Papers
An opportunity to share your knowledge! Are you using your expert knowledge and talents to shape the future? Do you have a vision of what the future will look like? Are others inspired by your ideas, innovations, and passion? How is your workplace preparing for the future? Do you have valuable insight from lessons learned that could help other information professionals? If so, here is your opportunity to engage in scholarship and share that knowledge with your peers. Accepted papers will also be published on the SLA Web site and in Information Outlook.* Continuing Education Courses
By submitting a CE course proposal, you demonstrate your commitment to helping information professionals become indispensable through learning and help broaden our growing understanding of library and information profession practice in the 21st Century. Courses are offered on Saturday and Sunday, 12-13 June. Courses may be half-day or whole-day, and are open to members and non-members. Continuing education courses may be organized through either divisions or SLA headquarters.
Who attends the SLA Annual Conference?
SLA 2009 is a must for information professionals, research/intelligence professionals, knowledge managers, information analysts, content managers, content rights managers, information center managers, web developers, educators, library/information school students...and the ambitious.
What are the deadlines for submitting proposals?
* Presentations for 2010
14 January 2009: SLA Unit conference planners meet at Leadership Summit to begin the 2010 planning process and brainstorm program ideas/collaborations.
15 May 2009: Proposals are due to unit planners by this date. Conference proposals not submitted at the SLA unit level must be turned in to Kristin Foldvik, SLA's events director, at kfoldvik@sla.org. (Only accepted proposals will be notified)
3 August 2009: Final presentation descriptions are due to the Annual Conference Advisory Council by SLA Units.
* Contributed Papers for 2009
12 December 2008: Proposals (250-300 words) are due. Please submit proposals to Justine Wheeler at contributedpapers@sla.org.
31 January 2009: Twelve to fifteen proposals will be chosen and all applicants will be notified of a decision.
1 May 2009: Authors must submit their completed paper and copyright assignment to SLA.
14-17 June 2009: Conference presentations. Authors will deliver a 15-minute presentation of their papers (along with three to four other authors) during a 90-minute contributed papers session.
* Continuing Education Courses for 2010
21 August 2009: Proposals are due to SLA HQ at learning@sla.org. Both units and individuals may submit proposals. Please visit this page for the proposal form: http://www.sla.org/content/learn/callcourses.cfm.
28 September 2009: Presenters notified of proposal acceptance.
5 October 2009: Courses finalized for inclusion in preliminary conference program.
Please direct questions to Kristin Foldvik, director of events, at kfoldvik@sla.org or +1.703.647.4947.
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