The Library Association at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (LAUNC-CH) Conference Committee invites you to submit a proposal for the virtual LAUNC-CH Conference, scheduled for Monday, March 14, 2022. Registration fees for this year's conference have been waived.
The 2022 conference theme is:
Great Expectations: Building Unity and Strengthening Community with keynote speaker Sofia Leung.
The conference committee is calling for presentations, workshops, and posters that examine how we approach expectations of ourselves, our work, and our coworkers in a hybrid world. Tell us about your successes and failures so that we can learn from one another.
We are particularly interested in 20 or 40-minute presentations and workshops that cover:
· Creating new expectations for ourselves, our work, and our coworkers
· Reinventing ourselves and how we do our work - being proactive instead of reactive
· Rethinking our definitions of productivity
· Unity: How do we maintain connections in a hybrid work life? How do we build community in and outside of work in this hybrid time?
· Work-life balance strategies
· Best practices for work from home while setting boundaries
· Advocating for workplace culture that supports mental health, belonging, and flexible ways of working
We also invite posters that feature research or work related to the conference theme.
Please submit your presentations, workshops, or poster proposals at: go.unc.edu/2022LAUNCCHproposal
If you have any questions, or if you’re wondering whether your topic fits the conference theme, please contact Alison Barnett: ammurray@email.unc.edu.
Preference for presentations, workshops, and posters will be given to proposals that match the conference theme, although other topics will be considered. We welcome proposals from library employees at and beyond UNC-Chapel Hill. We strongly encourage submissions from public libraries, special libraries, and academic institutions outside of the Triangle.
Please submit proposals by January 6, 2022.
LAUNC-CH is committed to making this conference accessible for all attendees. Once we accept a proposal, we’ll ask that all presentation materials (slides, documents, images, etc.) meet WCAG accessibility standards. For best results, provide material in Word or PowerPoint, utilizing the accessibility checkers and correction tools those applications provide. For guidance please visit: https://digitalaccessibility.unc.edu/resources/documents/. A conference liaison will be on call to help you if you need assistance.
We look forward to hearing from you. More details on the 2022 LAUNC-CH conference will be posted to the LAUNC-CH website in the coming weeks: http://launcch.web.unc.edu/