Poster Session Proposals Sought for WAAL Conference

The WAAL 2012 Conference Planning Committee is accepting proposals for posters to be presented at Quest for Excellence: WAAL 2012. The conference will take place at the Grand Geneva Resort in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, April 17-20, with the poster session scheduled for Thursday April 19 from 3:30-5PM.

To submit a poster session proposal, please send the following information to Leah Ujda (ujda@wisc.edu):

1. Abstract of the poster content (150 words or less). The submitted abstract for accepted proposals will appear in the conference program.
2. Presenter name(s), institutional affiliation(s), and contact information.
3. Type of equipment you will bring.

All poster presenters will be assigned a skirted table space. No other equipment will be provided. Wireless Internet access will be available.

Poster session proposals are welcome from all who have ideas to share with Wisconsin's academic library community.

Ribbons will be awarded for Best Content, Best Visual Display, and Best Student Poster.

Proposals are due by Friday January 13, 2012. Please send all proposals and questions to Leah Ujda (ujda@wisc.edu) via email.

--Leah Ujda, WAAL Conference Committee

Call for WAAL Conference Programs

The WAAL 2012 Conference Planning Committee invites proposals for 75-minute breakout sessions for Quest for Excellence: WAAL 2012 at the Grand Geneva in Lake Geneva, WI, April 17-20.

Proposals and recommendations for presentations, panels, and active workshops are welcome.  Target areas for sessions from the 2011 conference evaluations and possible topic ideas include (but are NOT limited to):

• Access Services
• Digital Preservation and/or Data Management
• Distance Librarianship
• E-Collection Development
• Emerging Technologies
• Information Literacy
• Instruction and Teaching
• Marketing and Outreach
• Resource Sharing
• Serving Nontraditional Students
• Technical Services

To submit a breakout session proposal please forward the following information:

1. Abstract of the program (300 words or less)
2. Presenter name(s), institutional affiliation(s), and contact information
3. Format (presentation, panel discussion, workshop, etc.)
4. Equipment needs

Proposals are due by October 24, 2011.

Please send via email all proposals and questions to Sheila Stoeckel (sstoeckel@library.wisc.edu)

WAAL Conference 2011 Call for Volunteers

If you plan to attend “WAAL 2011: Renew, Energize, Sustain” (April 26-29 in Stevens Point), please consider volunteering.

Volunteers are needed to play the following roles:
1)    Assist at the Registration Desk with on-site registration and pick-up of conference materials.
2)    Introducer/Room Monitors introduce the speaker(s) or panelists for a program of their choice and also serve as that room’s monitor (assessing room conditions and media, counting attendees, and assisting speaker(s) with distribution of materials).

Volunteers may contact Josh Hickman at hickmanj@beloit.edu.

The WAAL Conference planning committee would like to thank you for volunteering.  A small donation of your time and talents will help assure a successful conference for all participants.
Volunteers should specify which role they would like to play and identify the time(s) when they would be available.

Please visit the WAAL Conference website for more information about the conference.