<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><span><b>Call for Proposals Deadline Extension - Thursday, January 31, 2019</b><br></span></div>

<p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">The deadline has been extended for presentation proposals
for the 28th Annual North Carolina Serials Conference, to be held on Monday,
April 1, 2019 at The William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education in
Chapel Hill.</p>

<p class="MsoNormal">The Planning Committee is currently accepting proposals for
presentations that reflect the 2019 conference theme: Communication is Key:
Facilitating Discovery and Delivery to Connect Users to Information.</p>

<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>

<p class="MsoNormal">Possible topics could include:</p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span>  </span>-<span>  </span>Using effective communication to foster
successful business and collegial relationships</p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span>  </span>-<span>  </span>Interacting with stakeholders, such as
patrons, vendors, publishers, aggregators, colleagues, LIS students and faculty</p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span>  </span>-<span>   </span>Advocacy for our users</p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span>  </span>-<span>  </span>Responding to user needs through our collections</p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span>  </span>-<span>  </span>Providing access to resources through
cataloging skills, metadata creation, knowledge base management, and the
library’s online catalog and discovery service</p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span>  </span>-<span>  </span>Promoting and marketing resources to inform
users</p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span>  </span>-<span>  </span>License negotiation as a critical
communication skill</p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span>  </span>-<span>  </span>Working with vendors on renewals, accounting
transactions, adding new resources, troubleshooting, library advisory boards,
new acquisitions models, and projects in partnership</p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span>  </span>-<span>  </span>Communicating within a consortium</p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span>  </span>- <span> </span>Skills in communicating within the department,
team, institution</p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span>  </span>-<span>  </span>Collaboration and project management</p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span>  </span>-<span>  </span>Assessment and data visualization as tools to
tell our story</p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span>  </span>-<span>  </span>Communicating through training: the value of
professional development opportunities</p>

<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>

<p class="MsoNormal">Proposals may address any aspect of the serials industry or
serials management and may be submitted by any member of the community
including librarians, staff, students, publishers, and vendors. Proposals
should be submitted using this form. <b>The
NEW deadline for submissions is Thursday, January 31, 2019.</b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal">Proposals will require the following information:</p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span>-<span>  </span>Contact details (including your name, mailing
address, telephone number, and email address)</p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span>-<span>  </span>A short (50 words or less) biographical
description for each speaker</p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span>-<span>  </span>Presentation title</p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span>-<span>  </span>An abstract (approximately 100 words)</p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span>-<span>  </span>Type of program</p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span>         </span>- - -
Presentation (45 minutes)</p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span>         </span>- - - Tips
and tricks lightning talk (5-7 minutes)</p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span>         </span>- - - Other
(please provide details)</p>

<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>

<p class="MsoNormal">Please note: Presenters’ registration expenses will be
waived.</p>

<p class="MsoNormal">The Planning Committee will review all proposals for their
content, timeliness, relevance, and fit with the overall Conference content.
The Committee reserves the right to refocus or combine proposals as needed
(with notice) to reach a diverse audience and to maximize use of program time
slots.</p>

<br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature">Maria Collins<div>Head, Acquisitions and Discovery</div><div>NCSU Libraries</div><div>Editor, Serials Review</div><div><a href="mailto:Maria_Collins@ncsu.edu" target="_blank">Maria_Collins@ncsu.edu</a></div><div>(w) 919-515-3188</div><div>(f) 919-515-7292</div></div></div></div>