Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Call for Proposals: OK-ACRL & OKSLA's Fall 2011 Conference (due September 9th!)

Call for Proposals: OK-ACRL & OKSLA's Fall 2011 Conference (due September 9th!)

OK-ACRL and OKSLA are now accepting conference proposals for their Fall 2011 Create.OK.Lead: Ignore Barriers to Your Creativity, Start Leading Your Library conference at Oklahoma State University's Advanced Technology Research Center in Stillwater, Oklahoma on Friday, November 4, 2011.

Are you an innovative educator?
Are you known for your creative class assignments or structures?
Do you do a lot of work on team leadership or collaboration?
Are you an advocacy champion?

This year the Oklahoma Association of College and Research Libraries (OK-ACRL) and the Oklahoma chapter of the Special Libraries Association (OKSLA) are combining forces to bring you a conference on the theme of creativity and leadership.

Submit a 200 word abstract along with contact information of presenters by September 9, 2011 to create.ok.lead@gmail.com Word document attachments or plain text emails are acceptable; please put "Create.OK.Lead presentation proposal" in subject line.

Final selection of presenters will be made by October 14, 2011.

Presentation topics may include: Creativity in the classroom, team leadership and/or collaboration and advocacy strategies.

Questions? Just email us at create.ok.lead@gmail.com

Conference details--
Title: Create.OK.Lead: Ignore Barriers to Your Creativity, Start Leading Your Library
Where: Oklahoma State University's Advanced Technology Research Center in Stillwater, Oklahoma
When: Friday, November 4, 2011.

Sincerely,
Amanda Elizabeth Lemon
2011 OK-ACRL Chapter President
http://okacrl.okstate.edu/
alemon@occc.edu
(405) 682-1611 ext. 7416

and

Kevin Drees
2011 OKSLA Chapter President
http://units.sla.org/chapter/cok/index.html
kevin.drees@okstate.edu
(405) 744-9751

*Chosen presenters will receive free registration and lunch to the Oklahoma ACRL & SLA Fall 2011 Conference.*