<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><p class="gmail-m_4060508563961869378s3" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:1.2"><span class="gmail-m_4060508563961869378s2" style="line-height:21.6px">** Please excuse cross postings**</span></p><p class="gmail-m_4060508563961869378s3" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:1.2"><span class="gmail-m_4060508563961869378s2" style="line-height:21.6px;font-weight:bold"><br></span></p><p class="gmail-m_4060508563961869378s3" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:1.2"><span class="gmail-m_4060508563961869378s2" style="line-height:21.6px;font-weight:bold">Call for Presentations</span></p><p class="gmail-m_4060508563961869378s3" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:1.2"><span class="gmail-m_4060508563961869378s2" style="line-height:21.6px;font-weight:bold"> </span></p><p class="gmail-m_4060508563961869378s5" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:21.6px;text-align:center"></p><div style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><span style="font-weight:bold">ACRL/NY 2019 Annual Symposium</span></div><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><span class="gmail-m_4060508563961869378s4" style="line-height:21.6px;font-weight:bold"><div>Outside of the Box: Redefining Ethical Innovation in the Academic Library</div><div><br></div><div><a dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">December 6, 2019</a> </div></span><span class="gmail-m_4060508563961869378s2" style="line-height:21.6px;font-weight:bold">Baruch College, City University of New York (CUNY) </span><span class="gmail-m_4060508563961869378s2" style="line-height:21.6px;font-weight:bold">(Baruch Vertical Campus)</span></span><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"></span><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:21.6px"><span style="line-height:21.6px"> </span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:21.6px"><span style="line-height:21.6px">For this year's ACRL/NY Symposium, we are seeking </span><span class="gmail-m_4060508563961869378s4" style="line-height:21.6px;font-weight:bold">presentations</span><span style="line-height:21.6px"> and</span><span class="gmail-m_4060508563961869378s4" style="line-height:21.6px;font-weight:bold"> panels</span><span style="line-height:21.6px"> about new and ethically</span><span style="line-height:21.6px"> </span><span style="line-height:21.6px">informed practices</span><span style="line-height:21.6px"> in the academic library.</span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:21.6px"><span style="line-height:21.6px"></span><span style="line-height:21.6px"> </span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:21.6px"><span style="line-height:21.6px">Submission form: </span><a href="https://acrlnyforms.wufoo.com/forms/z159d4590a84pf1/" target="_blank"><font color="#000000">https://acrlnyforms.wufoo.com/forms/z159d4590a84pf1/</font></a></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:21.6px"><span style="line-height:21.6px"><br></span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:21.6px"><span style="line-height:21.6px">Potential topics include (but are not limited to):</span></p><div class="gmail-m_4060508563961869378s7" style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:12px;margin-left:36px"><ul><li><span class="gmail-m_4060508563961869378s4" style="line-height:21.6px;font-weight:bold">Diverse voices in our profession</span><span style="line-height:21.6px">: enhancing diversity and advocating for underrepresented groups at all levels in the academic library, including staff, professionals, students and administration</span><span style="line-height:21.6px;padding-left:36px"></span></li><li><span class="gmail-m_4060508563961869378s4" style="line-height:21.6px;font-weight:bold">Ethical</span><span class="gmail-m_4060508563961869378s4" style="line-height:21.6px;font-weight:bold">ly</span><span class="gmail-m_4060508563961869378s4" style="line-height:21.6px;font-weight:bold"> </span><span class="gmail-m_4060508563961869378s4" style="line-height:21.6px;font-weight:bold">Innovative </span><span class="gmail-m_4060508563961869378s4" style="line-height:21.6px;font-weight:bold">Leadership</span><span class="gmail-m_4060508563961869378s4" style="line-height:21.6px;font-weight:bold">:</span><span class="gmail-m_4060508563961869378s4" style="line-height:21.6px;font-weight:bold"> </span><span style="line-height:21.6px">for example</span><span style="line-height:21.6px">,</span><span class="gmail-m_4060508563961869378s4" style="line-height:21.6px;font-weight:bold"></span><span style="line-height:21.6px">challenging traditional hierarchies, incorporating different perspectives, navigating organizational structures, labor relations, facilitat</span><span style="line-height:21.6px">ive management and</span><span style="line-height:21.6px"> support for professional growth and development</span></li><li><span class="gmail-m_4060508563961869378s4" style="line-height:21.6px;font-weight:bold">Public Services</span><span class="gmail-m_4060508563961869378s4" style="line-height:21.6px;font-weight:bold"> and Instruction</span><span style="line-height:21.6px">: new and creative types of </span><span style="line-height:21.6px">reference and instruction initiatives </span><span class="gmail-m_4060508563961869378s8" style="line-height:21.6px;font-style:italic">(</span><span class="gmail-m_4060508563961869378s8" style="line-height:21.6px;font-style:italic">e.g. </span><span class="gmail-m_4060508563961869378s8" style="line-height:21.6px;font-style:italic">incorporating critical pedagogy</span><span class="gmail-m_4060508563961869378s8" style="line-height:21.6px;font-style:italic">, environmentally </span><span class="gmail-m_4060508563961869378s8" style="line-height:21.6px;font-style:italic">responsible</span><span class="gmail-m_4060508563961869378s8" style="line-height:21.6px;font-style:italic"> maker spaces, culturally </span><span class="gmail-m_4060508563961869378s8" style="line-height:21.6px;font-style:italic">responsive</span><span class="gmail-m_4060508563961869378s8" style="line-height:21.6px;font-style:italic"> instruction</span></li><li><span class="gmail-m_4060508563961869378s4" style="line-height:21.6px;font-weight:bold">Acquisitions/Collection Development</span><span style="line-height:21.6px">: outreach and curating of collections</span><span style="line-height:21.6px"> </span><span class="gmail-m_4060508563961869378s8" style="line-height:21.6px;font-style:italic">(</span><span class="gmail-m_4060508563961869378s8" style="line-height:21.6px;font-style:italic">e.g. </span><span class="gmail-m_4060508563961869378s8" style="line-height:21.6px;font-style:italic">community based</span><span class="gmail-m_4060508563961869378s8" style="line-height:21.6px;font-style:italic"> collections, OER Open Education Resources,</span><span class="gmail-m_4060508563961869378s8" style="line-height:21.6px;font-style:italic"> responsible purchasing</span><span class="gmail-m_4060508563961869378s8" style="line-height:21.6px;font-style:italic">, ownership models</span><span class="gmail-m_4060508563961869378s8" style="line-height:21.6px;font-style:italic">) </span></li><li><span class="gmail-m_4060508563961869378s4" style="line-height:21.6px;font-weight:bold">Technical Services</span><span style="line-height:21.6px">: transforming techni</span><span style="line-height:21.6px">cal services; accommodating </span><span style="line-height:21.6px">new forms of technolog</span><span style="line-height:21.6px">y, data, and strategic planning (</span><span class="gmail-m_4060508563961869378s8" style="line-height:21.6px;font-style:italic">e.g.</span><span style="line-height:21.6px"> </span><span class="gmail-m_4060508563961869378s8" style="line-height:21.6px;font-style:italic">weeding ethically,</span><span style="line-height:21.6px"> </span><span class="gmail-m_4060508563961869378s8" style="line-height:21.6px;font-style:italic">critical cataloging</span><span class="gmail-m_4060508563961869378s8" style="line-height:21.6px;font-style:italic">, accessibility</span><span class="gmail-m_4060508563961869378s8" style="line-height:21.6px;font-style:italic">)</span></li></ul></div><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:21.6px"><span style="line-height:21.6px">As academic libraries continue to evolve in the 21st century, ACRL continues to be dedicated in discovering new approaches </span><span style="line-height:21.6px">that</span><span style="line-height:21.6px"> enhance and</span><span class="gmail-m_406050856396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