The ALCTS Continuing Education Committee is seeking proposals for our Spring 2020 webinars.  The deadline for this call is November 15, 2019.

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

 

Past webinars have covered a variety of topics, including Demand Driven Acquisitions, Digital Preservation, Cataloging Special Formats, Classification and Subject Headings, Licensing Electronic Resources, Data Visualization, Assessment and Leadership in Technical Services, Research and Publication Basics, Research Data Management, and BIBFRAME and Linked Data. Spanish language webinar topics have included 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 November 15 for consideration in our review for webinars for January to June, 2020.  

 

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,

Holly Tomren and Alejandra G. Barbón

Co-chairs, Webinar Development Subcommittee

ALCTS Continuing Education Committee