Hello all,

 

Entrepreneurship and Libraries Conference 2020 explores how libraries and librarians support entrepreneurship in their communities and campuses. Happening Nov. 11-13, 2020, in Durham, NC, Entrelib is open to the academic, public, and special library community, as well as our entrepreneurial ecosystem partners. 

The co-chairs invite proposals in the session formats and conference tracks below.

Conference tracks:

·  Community Engagement, Economic Development, & Outreach

·  Instruction & Programming

·  Resources & Spaces 

·  Entrepreneurship “Outside the Box”

Session formats:

1.    Panels & presentations (50 minutes, small or large group)

2.    Lightning talk (7 minutes)

3.    Instructional Laboratory/Experiential Education Exercises (25 minutes)

o    Based on a model used at the USASBE conferences, these sessions provide opportunities for librarians to demonstrate an active learning technique or an instructional/programming module in front of a small group, and then discuss it with the group.

4.    Discussion group (50 minutes) 

5.    Poster session

Proposal submission deadline: May 15, 2020. 

Successful proposals will be notified by the end of June 2020.

To submit a proposal and learn more about the conference, please visit https://entrelib.org/.

If you have any questions, please contact the Concurrent Programming co-chairs Gillian Robbins (robbinsg@PROTECTED) or Carey Toane (careytoane@PROTECTED).

 

Best,

Andrea

 

Andrea Simzak Levandowski (she/her/hers)

Library Consultant for Small Business Development & Technology

New Jersey State Library

P.O. Box 520

Trenton, NJ 08625

(609) 278-2640 x190

alevandowski@PROTECTED