2021 VALE/ACRL-NJ/NJLA-CUS Users’ Conference
Open, Adaptable and Resilient
Date/Time: Wednesday, January 6, 2021 | 8:30am – 4pm
Location: Virtual
Call for Proposals
The Planning Committee for the 2021 VALE Users’/ACRL-NJ/ NJLA CUS Conference seeks proposals for Poster and Breakout Sessions to be presented at the next conference, Wednesday, January 6 using the dynamic and interactive online platform vconference.
This year’s theme is: “Open, Adaptable and Resilient”
The Planning Committee welcomes poster sessions, breakout sessions, round tables and lightning talk proposals showcasing partnerships, policies, programs, services, and other initiatives that demonstrate how your library is adapting and staying resilient. There is no initiative that is too small to share.
Proposal requirements
- For Breakout sessions, Lightning Talk & Roundtable proposals, please use this form: https://forms.gle/
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For questions about Breakout Session or Lightning Talk Proposals, please contact: Hilary Westgate, Breakout Subcommittee Chair, email: hwestgat@ramapo.edu - For Poster session proposals, please use this form: https://forms.gle/
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For questions about Poster session proposals, please contact: , Poster Session Subcommittee Chair, email: janelle.bitter@raritanval.edu
**Note: Poster Presenters will have their own “room” where attendees can interact with them and ask about their poster in real time.
Deadline & Notification
Completed proposals are due no later than Friday, October 23, 2020. Decisions regarding the proposals will be announced by Friday, November 13, 2020. Please feel free to forward this announcement to colleagues or post it to other appropriate email lists for New Jersey academic librarians.
We look forward to your ideas and contributions for what promises to be a most rewarding day!
Vendor Support
2020VALE Conference Vendor Support
Our Annual Conference is the largest gathering of academic librarians in the state.
Every year we have capacity attendance of nearly 300 academic librarians and this year’s exciting agenda and keynote speaker will again draw a large crowd.
This year’s theme is Inclusive Libraries: Connecting Users in the Digital Age
In an effort to offset conference costs we invite you to become a sponsor of the conference.
SPONSORSHIP ADS:
Full Page Ad (7 ¾” HIGH x 4 ¾” WIDE) – $ 600
Half Page Ad (3 ¾” HIGH x 4 ¾” WIDE) – $ 300
The copy/art should be emailed as a PDF in black and white. If the ad is in color, please convert it to black and white. If Pagemaker or Quark is used, the printer will need a copy of all the fonts used plus a copy of all the original art. The copy/art needs to be sized to the dimension it will be printed in (no bleeds). Ads should be sent to melissa.lena@njedge.net
Ad deadline: coming soon