The ALCTS Continuing Education Committee is seeking proposals for our Winter-Spring 2019 webinar series.  The deadline for this call is November 28, 2018.

We are looking for proposals for presentations in the following areas: 

•  Acquisitions
  
• Cataloging and metadata
  
• Collection development and management
  
• Digital services
  
• Institutional repositories
  
• Scholarly communications
  
• Standards and specifications
  
• Serials
  
• Project Management
  
• The use of spreadsheets in technical services
  

Past webinars have covered a variety of topics, including Demand Driven Acquisitions, Archival Materials, Libraries and MARC Holdings, Steps in a Digital Preservation Workflow, Effective Subscription Management and Alternatives, Archival Materials, MOOCs, the Principles of Classification, Licensing Electronic Resources, and BIBFRAME and Linked Data.  For a list of past webinars, visit:   http://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents/past/webinar  . 

About ALCTS:

ALCTS is the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services, a division of the American Library Association. ALCTS is the national association for information providers who work in collections and technical services, such as acquisitions, cataloging, metadata, collection management, preservation, electronic and continuing resources. 

About ALCTS webinars:

ALCTS Webinars are typically one hour in length, with 50 minutes of presentation and 10 minutes for questions and answers.  Webinars are held typically on Wednesdays at 1:00 CST.  The ALCTS Continuing Education Committee provides production and technical support before and during the presentation.   While most attendees of ALCTS webinars are from the United States, we serve members around the world and invite presentations with an international view.

Please submit your proposal via the ALCTS Webinar Proposal Form.  Proposals must be received by November 28 for consideration in our second round of reviews for webinars for February to May, 2019.  For information on developing a webinar and for the webinar proposal form, see: http://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents/upcoming/webinar/faq  andhttp://alctsprogram.wufoo.com/forms/p7x3x5/ .  If this is a series of webinars, one proposal form should be filled out for each webinar.  Webinar presenters are offered a small honorarium.

Thank you for considering presenting for ALCTS!

Sincerely,

María M. Pinkas and Holly Tomren

Co-chairs Webinar Development Sub-Committee

ALCTS Continuing Education Committee

If you have questions, please contact:

María M. Pinkas mpinkas@hshsl.umaryland.edu

Or

Holly Tomren holly.tomren@temple.edu