Charleston Comings and Goings-News and Announcements for the Charleston Library Conference
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Charleston Comings and Goings: News and
Announcements for the Charleston Library Conference
by Leah Hinds (Assistant Director, Charleston Conference) <>
P ference! Our dates will be shifted up by one day this year,
lanning is under
way for the upcoming 2017
Charleston
Conso the conference will be held November 6 – 10, Monday
through Friday:
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Monday and Tuesday, November 6 – 7: Preconferences
and Seminars
Tuesday, November 7: Vendor Showcase
Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, November 8 – 10:
Main Conference
We’re also exploring the idea of an optional post-conference event
on Saturday morning, so keep your travel dates flexible! It’s always
nice to have a reason to stay the weekend in Charleston.
Do you have ideas for a preconference or a conference session? Our
Call for Preconferences will open on March 1, and the Call for Papers
will open on April 19. The conference is seeking proposals on topics
related to our over-arching themes of the library and publishing
industries, collection discovery and management, diversity and accessibility,
innovation, collection management and education, etc. Conference
sessions are meant for librarians, publishers, and vendors to discuss
Against the Grain / February 2017
issues of interest to them all. They are not an opportunity for marketing
products or services, and we aim to give opportunities for everyone to
be heard. As such, we encourage proposals that include representation
from the different viewpoints and stakeholders in the scholarly
communications process, so please consider the diversity of your panel.
Check our website for links to the forms when they’re posted: www.
charlestonlibraryconference.com.
In case you missed it, Against the Grain recently announced ATG:
The Podcast, available at www.ATGthePodcast.com. The first episodes
feature audio from the 2016 Charleston Conference plenary and
Neapolitan sessions, as well as the ATG Views from the Penthouse Suite
interviews of several conference speakers. Check it out and subscribe
through iTunes (http://bit.ly/atgpodcast_itunes) or Google Play (http://
bit.ly/atgpodcast_google). New episodes are being added weekly. If
you have suggestions for future topics or speakers for the podcast,
please let me know!
More soon, but in the meantime please send ideas, thoughts,
suggestions, questions, comments, etc., about the 2017 Charleston Conference
to me at <>. I look forward to
hearing from you!
w Send ideas by July 15 , 2017 to any of the Conference Directors listed above . The Call for Papers form will open on April 18 , 2017 at http://www.charlestonlibraryconference.com/participate/call-for-papers/.
w Or send ideas to: Katina Strauch, P.O. Box 799 , Sullivan ' s Island, SC 29482 • 843 - 723 -3536 (voice) • 843 - 509 -2848 (cell) w <> • www.charlestonlibraryconference.com (...truncated)