Thank you for your interest in submitting a program proposal for the 2021 ILA Virtual Annual Conference, October 12-14. This document will provide the information you need to submit your proposal.
If you have any questions, please contact Cyndi Robinson at robinson@ila.org.
Submitting Your Proposal
You will be asked to provide the following information about your proposed session:
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Speaker(s) names and contact information
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Program title and description
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Program track and session tags
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Learning outcomes for attendees
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Speaker qualifications
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Preferred day and time
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Target audience and program level
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Additional information about your proposed program
Step 1: Search for Speaker Information
Have you presented a session at a past ILA Annual Conference or Reaching Forward Conference? If so, your information should already be in our system. Before you create a new record for yourself or any additional speaker(s), you can save time by searching for existing contact information from previous conferences. Please enter a Last Name, Email Address, or Company/Library Name in the text boxes below and click Search. If you do not have an existing record, you will be prompted to create one after your search.
Step 2: Submit Primary Speaker/Organizer Information
If you have an existing record from a previous conference, please confirm that your information is correct. If you are creating a new record, you will submit the following information.
Required Fields: First Name, Last Name, Institution, Email, Address, City, State, Zip, Phone
Are you employed by or a trustee of a library (academic, public, school, special), a library agency, or library school located in Illinois?
- YES
- NO
If no, are you requesting a honorarium?
Please note: honoraria will not be paid to staff or trustees of Illinois libraries, library agencies, or library schools.
- YES
- NO
If yes, what is the requested honorarium?
Speaker Bio and Photo
A speaker biography and photo can be submitted at this point, or later if the program proposal is accepted.
Step 3: Abstract Information
Program Title
While creative and interesting session titles help capture the attention of both the proposal review committee and prospective conference attendees, be sure that your title clearly communicates your topic.
Program Abstract
In 200 words or less, describe your session using the guidelines below. Try to get to the core of what your session is about, while making it sound informative and interesting. Refer to the call for proposals for guidance in crafting your abstract. If accepted, this copy will appear in the final program listing on the conference website, in the conference app, and in the conference program book. Direct this description to conference attendees, not to the review committee. Additional background information about your proposal can be entered later in the submission process.
- Do not include presenter's names or biographical information in the description; speakers' information will be submitted elsewhere.
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Do not use abbreviations or acronyms without clarification.
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Sessions cannot be an advertisement for a vendor or demonstration of a vendor-provided product or service. Specific products or services may be described if essential for understanding a session's topic. Library staff who use the product or service must participate in the presentation.
Program Track
Please select a primary track for your abstract. The Conference Program Committee reserves the right to change primary program tracks or list programs in additional tracks.
Collections and Technology
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Outreach Services
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Core Values
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User Services
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Leadership, Management, and Staff Development
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Teaching and Lifelong Learning
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Session Tags
Select up to three (3) tags that describe the content of the proposed session. The tags will help conference attendees identify additional sessions that may be of interest to them.
Access Services | Accessibility and ADA-Compliance | Administration |
Adult Services | Advocacy | Assessment and Evaluation |
Best Practices and Standards | Budget Conscious Programming/Services | Budget Planning and Finance |
Buildings and Facilities | Campus-wide Initiatives | Career Advice |
Cataloging | Change Management | Circulation |
Civic/Community/Campus Engagement | Collaboration | Collection Development |
Continuing Education and Professional Development | Customer Service | Data-Driven Decisions |
Design Thinking | Digital Literacy | Digital Resources |
Digitization | Disaster Planning | Distance/Online Learning |
Early Literacy | eBooks | Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion |
Facilitation | Failure | Friends Groups and Foundations |
Fundraising and Development | Future Forecasting | Games and Gaming |
Genealogy | Government Documents and Services | Guidelines and Standards |
Human Resources | IACRL @ ILA (academic-focused) | Information Literacy |
Innovation | Instructional Design | Intellectual Freedom and Ethics |
Intellectual Property | Leadership | Library School Education |
Local History |
Makerspace | Management |
Marketing |
Mentoring | Metadata |
Mindfulness | Mobile Technology | Multi-Generational Engagement |
Multi-Type | Networking | Open Access |
Open Education Resources | Organizational Change | Outreach Services |
Partnerships and Collaboration | Personal Growth | Personnel, Staffing, Remote Working |
Popular Culture and Fandom | Preservation | Privacy |
Programming | Project Management | Public Policy/Government Relations |
Public Services | RDA | Readers’ Advisory |
Recruitment and Retention | Reference Services | Research |
Resource Sharing | Rural and Small Libraries | Self Care |
Serials | Scalable Programming/Services | Scholarly Communication |
Special Collections/Archives | Special Needs Populations | Strategic Planning |
Sunsetting | Teaching and Learning | Technical Services |
Technology | Training | Trends and Forecasting |
Trustees | Urban Libraries | User Experience |
Work/Life Balance | Young Adult Services | Youth Services |
Learning Outcomes
Please identify three (3) learning outcomes for your session. Learning outcomes should use active verbs, be measurable, and state what the participants should know or be able to do after attending your session. Learning outcomes should not simply repeat topics that will be addressed or activities that will take place during the session. Phrase each learning outcome as a completion of this sentence: “At the end of this session, participants will…”
How are the proposed speakers qualified to speak on this topic? Have they presented on this topic before?
Please Note: This question speaks to the qualifications of the speakers. You will need to submit each speaker's information as the final step of your submission. Do not enter speaker contact information in this field.
Preferred Program Day
We will attempt to honor requests, but there is no guarantee you will receive your requested time or date.
- No Preference
- Tuesday 10/12
- Wednesday 10/13
- Thursday 10/14
Preferred Program Time of Day
We will attempt to honor requests, but there is no guarantee you will receive your requested time or date.
- No Preference
- AM Preferred
- PM Preferred
Please indicate if this program is being submitted on behalf of an ILA Forum or Committee
Check the appropriate Forum(s) and/or Committee(s).
Program Audience
Please check all that apply:
- Academic
- Public
- School
- Special
Program Level
- Beginner (little to no experience with the topic)
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Intermediate (some experience with the topic)
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Advanced (expertise in the topic)
Is there any additional information you'd like the committee to have about this program?
Enter any additional comments here.
Please Note: Do not enter speaker contact information in this field. You will need to submit each speaker's information as the final step of your submission.
Step 4: Submit Additional Speaker Information
You will repeat the process in Steps 1 and 2. You will be prompted to search for additional speakers' records, just as you searched for your record.
Step 5: Submit Your Program
You will receive an email confirmation with login information for the Abstract Service Center, where you can edit your proposal.