Friday, October 3, 2008

The twelfth annual October Conference for New England academic librarians, sponsored by the Dartmouth Biomedical Libraries.

**FIRST CALL FOR PRESENTERS! (And save the date!!)**

We seek presenters for the Dartmouth Biomedical Libraries' annual October Conference for New England academic librarians! The topic this year is the creative reconfiguration of existing library space. The Conference is scheduled for Friday, October 3, 2008. The day-long event will be held at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire (an easy two-hour drive from Boston, Springfield, and many other New England locations).

There is a trend toward small-scale library redesign as existing spaces are reconfigured to meet the changing needs of students and faculty. For example, many libraries are reclaiming space as print journals move to digital format. Group work spaces are similarly replacing banks of individual study carrels. This year's October Conference will explore innovative, affordable redesign projects - not large rebuilding efforts.

What have you done to make your library space more usable? Have you created flexible study or teaching spaces? overhauled a service area? developed a multipurpose area? We are looking for presenters to illustrate what you did and how it worked out.

To submit a proposal for a presentation (15-45 minutes), please e-mail pamela.bagley@dartmouth.edu by Monday, April 28, 2008. The proposal should include a brief description of your project and how long you'll need for the presentation.

We typically have 120 participants attend our October Conferences, and we expect similar attendance this year.

Previous October Conferences