Hello! The ALCTS Interest Group, Role of the Professional Librarian in Technical Services (RPLTS-IG) is seeking proposals for presentations at ALA Annual 2018 in New Orleans. RPLTS-IG will meet 10:30-11:30 a.m. on June 23, 2018*. * To facilitate an engaging session, the RPLTS-IG is currently accepting proposals for presentations related to the role of the Professional Librarian in building collaborations for technical services with colleagues from internal and/or external units. Those collaborations may be within your own unit, with a unit outside of yours but a part of your organization/institution, or outside of your organization/institution. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: - Fostering relationships and collaboration between technical services and other library departments - Collaborating with experts to create mutually beneficial solutions for unique user needs - Successful practices in connecting with internal and external stakeholders to Presenters will be allotted approximately 20 minutes, with a short time for questions after all of the presentations have been completed. If you are interested in presenting, please email Michelle ( [log in to unmask]) and Tiewei ([log in to unmask]) your presentation topic and brief description by *May 15, 2018.* Michelle Hahn and Tiewei (Lucy) Liu, RPLTS-IG 2017-18 Co-Chairs Suzhen Chen and Kristin Flachsbart, RPLTS-IG 2017-18 Co-Vice Chairs -- ------------------------------------------------ Tiewei (Lucy) Liu IR and Metadata Librarian Henry Madden Library California State University, Fresno 5200 N. Barton Ave., M/S ML34 Fresno, California 93740-8014 Tel: 559.278.1073 <(559)%20278-1073> Fax: 559.278.7877 <(559)%20278-7877> Fresno State Digital Repository https://repository.library.fresnostate.edu/ A pre-print is the original version of the manuscript as it is submitted to a journal. The pre-print has not been through a process of peer review. A post-print is a document that has been through the peer review process and incorporated reviewers comments. It is the final version of the paper before it is sent off to the journal for publication. It can't be formatted to look like the journal.