The Access 2021 Conference Program Committee invites proposals for participation in the upcoming Access Conference, which will take place virtually the week of October 18-22, 2021. Access is Canada’s premier annual library technology conference bringing librarians, technicians, developers, programmers, and managers from all library sectors together to discuss unique and interesting library processes and technologies. There will be plenty of opportunities to share ideas and learn from each other!
This single-stream conference features exciting keynotes, presentations, lightning talks, a hackathon, and opportunities to socialize and network.
We are seeking proposals for:
Theme: The Slow and The Furious
What a long, strange, slow (but also frenetic?) year it has been. Access returns online for 2021 and we invite proposals on any topic relevant to library technologies and their associated processes. Need some ideas? Check out the programs on our past conference websites.
This year we especially welcome proposals sharing your experiences over the last 18 months as we begin to return to a “new normal”. It’s been a long haul and we’d like to hold space to reflect on issues that arose at our institutions, things people tried that worked (or didn’t!), questions that are still to be answered, and thoughts about moving forward.
Ready to submit?
Submission deadline is August 13, 2021.
Speakers will be notified of their acceptance decision by September 20th 2021.
Volunteer to be a peer reviewer
Whether you are submitting a proposal this year or not, we are seeking volunteers for our double-blind peer review process. As a peer reviewer, you will be responsible for reading and completing a reviewer form for two to three 250 word proposals (typically takes less than 30 min each). Ideally, we are looking for a variety of people from multiple disciplines - Access veterans and new community members welcome! You do not need to be attending the conference and you can be a peer reviewer if you have submitted a proposal (you will not receive your own submission to review).
Peer reviewing activity will take place between August 2nd and 29th.
The Access 2021 organizers are committed to making this an inclusive and safe event for everyone – please review our Code of Conduct.