We'd like to remind you that the ALCTS Continuing Education Committee is seeking proposals for our Fall 2019 webinars. The deadline for this call is May 10, 2019.

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
Foreign language collections
Webinars given in the Spanish language for any of the topics listed above

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, MOOCs, the Principles of Classification, Licensing Electronic Resources, Research and Publication Basics, and BIBFRAME and Linked Data. Spanish language webinars have been on RDA, and Institutional Repositories. For a list of past webinars, visit: http://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents/past/webinar .

ALCTS Continuing Education encourages and promotes equity, diversity, and inclusion in the content of their webinars as well as proposals from persons of underrepresented groups.

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 usually 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 May 10 for consideration in our review for webinars for August to December, 2019. For information on developing a webinar and for the webinar proposal form, see: http://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents/upcoming/webinar/faq and http://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

Posted on behalf of the ALCTS Continuing Education Committee