The Innovative Library Classroom 2015: New Wine, New Bottles
The call for proposals for The Innovative Library Classroom closed on November 21, 2014.
The idiom “Old wine, new bottles” refers to ideas which are packaged as new but in reality are same-old, same-old. We want to hear about your truly innovative projects, thoughts, and explorations. And sometimes old ideas really are improved with new packaging, so if you have a new “bottle” for a sound idea, submit it! Whether your preferred drink is wine, beer, soda, or something else, we want to hear from you.
Possible topics may include:
- Changing roles for instruction librarians
- Proposed ACRL framework for information literacy
- Threshold concepts
- Emerging technologies
- Instructional design
Proposals are invited for three
different session types:
- 50 minute presentation
- 50 minute conversation starters
- 7 minute lightning talk
Presentations: 50 minutes
Presentations are designed for authors to be able to explore a topic, research project, or case study in depth. The presentation may be a single speaker or a panel of multiple speakers. These sessions are 50 minutes in length; please plan to leave about 10 minutes for questions.
You will need to submit a title, 150-word session abstract, 3 learning goals/objectives, and a 300-word long abstract.
You will need to submit a title, 150-word session abstract, 3 learning goals/objectives, and a 300-word long abstract.
Conversation Starters: 50
minutes
Conversation Starters are opportunities for authors to introduce a provocative topic and lead a group discussion with the participants. Authors will submit discussion questions and/or activities as part of the proposal. The introduction should be about 10 minutes long, with the remainder of time for the conversation and any activities. You will have a total of 50 minutes.
You will need to submit a title, 150-word session abstract, a brief outline of your session including discussion questions, and a description of how you will engage audience members during the session.
You will need to submit a title, 150-word session abstract, a brief outline of your session including discussion questions, and a description of how you will engage audience members during the session.
Lightning Talks: 7
minutes
Lightning Talks allow you to focus on a single idea or question that you have been considering, and would like to bring forward. The lighting talk format is completely flexible, but you must stay within your 7 minutes.
You will need to submit a title and 150-word session abstract.
You will need to submit a title and 150-word session abstract.
Submission Guidelines and
Selection Criteria
- Submissions should be about teaching and learning in libraries and contribute value to the field of teaching and learning in libraries
- Submissions should explore new applications of teaching methods, technologies, thoughts, or ideas
- Submissions should emphasize the significance of the topic proposed, and explain what is new, innovative, or original about the idea(s) described in the proposal
- Submissions should report on original research, projects, or initiatives
At least one
author must register for and attend the conference.
View successful ideas that were presented at The Innovative Library Classroom 2014 by browsing our 2014 program and presentation page.
Selection Process
For The Innovative Library Classroom 2015, two levels of review will take place. In addition to the traditional peer review process, we will crowdsource reviews and interest in the topics submitted by authors. Abstracts submitted by authors will be blinded for the crowdsourced portion. Conference coordinators will make the final selections, basing decisions on both the peer review process and the crowdsourced information.
Submissions will be scored on
the following components:
- Clarity of goals/outcomes for the session
- Relevance of topic
- Creativity and innovation of both the topic and proposed presentation of it
