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CFP REMINDER: the TLGS (Transforming Libraries to Serve Graduate Students) Conference CFP deadline is 11/30/25 (7 days left!)

  • 1.  CFP REMINDER: the TLGS (Transforming Libraries to Serve Graduate Students) Conference CFP deadline is 11/30/25 (7 days left!)

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    Call for Proposals (proposal deadline: November 30, 2025)  TLGS (Transforming Libraries to Serve Graduate Students) Virtual Conference
    March 17-18, 2026
     
    As universities continue to add and diversify their graduate programs, academic libraries have become increasingly responsive to the distinct need for specialized services, instruction programs, and spaces for graduate students. TLGS (Transforming Libraries for Graduate Students), the only conference dedicated specifically to graduate librarianship, provides the opportunity to share innovative approaches, best practices, research, and empirical initiatives by and for academic librarians serving graduate students and graduate faculty. This two-day, virtual conference will feature individual and small group presentations and poster sessions focused on student services, applied research, and professional development. 
     
    Presentations on all aspects of graduate librarianship and professional development for graduate librarians are welcome. In addition to fundamental issues such as research workshops, systematic and literature reviews, instruction sessions, and methodology, suggestions for additional topics include collaborations with graduate students and faculty; ethics and academic integrity; students as researchers and instructors; instruction; supporting non-traditional, international, and under-served students; and data services. Topics beyond those suggested here are encouraged, as long as they primarily focus on supporting graduate students, programs or faculty. For Day Two, priority will be given to presentations which address the professional development of graduate librarians, with topics such as continuing education; tenure and promotion; publishing and the research life cycle.
     
    Session types:
    • 25-minute individual presentations
    • 50-minute group presentations
    • poster sessions 
     
    We welcome your ideas and look forward to continuing the dialogue and relationships built in previous TLGS Conferences. 
     
    Submit proposals by November 30, 2025 at  https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/gradlibconf/
     
     Please note that registration for this conference will open in February. Updates concerning registration will be made in all of the same locations as this announcement.   

     
    Sincerely,
     
    Wendy Doucette, PhD, MSLIS
    Graduate Research and Instruction Librarian
    Associate Professor, East Tennessee State University
    Organizer and Program Chair, TLGS (Transforming Libraries for Graduate Students) International Conference
    Co-founder and Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Graduate Librarianship