Call for proposals: Identity, Agency, and Culture in Academic Libraries Conference

Call for proposals: Identity, Agency, and Culture in Academic Libraries Conference
The Identity, Agency, and Culture in Academic Libraries Conference will take place May 22nd and 23rd, 2017 in Los Angeles, California at the University of Southern California. Please see our call for proposals below. Deadline for proposals is 5pm (PST), October 1, 2016.
Proposals must be submitted using the submissions form. More information will be shared soon on the conference website. We hope you can join us!
Topics may include, but are not limited to:

• Queering the workplace for people and resources
• Technology and professional identity
• Developing a professional identity or focus, and the fear of getting pigeonholed, and/or coping with impostor syndrome
• How librarians’ official status (e.g., as faculty) affects how we interact with teaching faculty, students, and staff
• Agency in collections decisions, negotiations, and the importance of considering that the systems we use are profit-driven
• Valuing library work while maintaining, or deconstructing, job titles
• Generational and cultural differences among library employees
• How intersectionality affects workplace culture
• Differences (and similarities) between library science and information science degrees
• Peer mentoring and other mentoring models
• Impact of professional recognition and awards on the kind of work we value
• How cultivating professional skills impacts collections and resources
• How the language we use on our websites and in our buildings includes and excludes
• Maintaining professional identity with diverse professional backgrounds (for example, PhDs with no MLIS hired as librarians, or librarians working in the academy outside the library)
• Academic culture and the effect on agency