Call for Proposals
Submission deadline: March 2, 2026
Higher education is experiencing a transformation, one that is being felt by academic libraries across the country. Libraries are encountering intense changes to budgets, staffing, and growing pressures to do more with less. To sustain this work, without burning out, will require creativity, innovation, and change. Library Journal invites presentations about sustaining the work of academic libraries in our Spring 2026 online conference.
We welcome submissions related to this theme, including but not limited to topics such as:
- Strategies for building future-ready libraries amid shifts in teaching, research, and student needs
- Need-based assessment strategies of library services, collections, and staffing
- Adjustments to library collections and programs in response to changes at the institution
- Alignment of academic library with institutional goals and priorities
- Creative solutions with budgets, subscriptions, technology, and more
- Partnerships and collaborations across campus to extend capacity and share responsibility
- Managing change, uncertainty, and morale during periods of ongoing institutional transformation
- Promotion of library workers’ well-being
All presentations will take place via Zoom on June 15 and 16, 2026 and will be recorded for accessibility. Recordings will be available to conference participants, but they will not be downloadable or available publicly. Presenters selected for the conference will receive complimentary registration.
We welcome individual presentations and fully formed panels.
Acceptances will be sent out by March 16, 2026.
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