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Call for Proposals: IFLA Multicultural Populations Mini-Conference 2024

  • 1.  Call for Proposals: IFLA Multicultural Populations Mini-Conference 2024

    Posted Jan 10, 2024 01:59 PM

    Dear colleagues,

    See below for a call for IFLA's Library Services to Multicultural Populations online mini-conference, which is directly relevant to librarians working with international students!

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    Call for Proposals: MCULTP Mini-Conference 

    Conference Theme: Libraries New Trends in Supporting Multiculturalism and Multilingualism 

    Date: Wednesday, May 29, 2024 

    Time: 8am-1pm Eastern 

    Venue: Zoom (online) 

    The MCULTP Mini-Conference explores how libraries and librarians support Multiculturalism and Multilingualism in their communities. This mini-conference intends to gather academic, public, and special librarians, as well as LIS professionals via a free online Zoom event.Examples of topics of interest include: 

    - Advocating for dedicated work for multicultural and multilingual populations 

    - User experience as a way of developing relevant services  

    - Library services and collections focused on national minorities  

    - Library services focused on immigrant minorities 

    - Curating collections for endangered languages (minority or indigenous languages) 

    - Working from the perspective of right holders (human rights, conventions, and national legislation)  

    - Assessment of library services, resources, and collections focused on multicultural populations 

    Proposals are not limited to the topics above. The conference is interested in receiving a wide range of proposals that embrace the conference theme. We are especially interested in proposals that provide new perspectives on how libraries support multiculturalism and multilingualism. 

    We will be accepting the following 3 formats of presentations: 

    1.   Panel (35 minutes) 

    2.   Presentation (15 minutes) 

    3.   Lightning Talk (7 Minutes) 

    To submit a proposal please fill out the submission form.  To learn more about the conference, please visit: https://www.ifla.org/units/mcultp/ 

    Proposal submission deadline: February 29, 2024 

    If you have any questions, please contact the Conference Committee:

     

    ifla.mcultp@gmail.com 

    https://www.ifla.org/events/?unitid=105130&location=undefined&month=5&eventyear=2024&sc=1

    Unsubscribe from this list : https://mail.iflalists.org/wws/sigrequest/ifla-mcultpFor assistance please contact mailto:mailing.lists@ifla.org



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    Katie Odhner
    Academic Library Services to International Students Interest Group, Past Convener
    Reference and Instruction Librarian
    Penn State University Libraries
    She/Her/Hers
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