[Answerland] Reminder: Call for proposals - Oregon Reference Summit Virtual Conference 2023

[COX Jennifer * SLO]

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The Oregon Reference Summit will host a virtual conference on Friday, May 19, 2023. Additionally, we will continue to offer regular individual session opportunities throughout the year. Our goal is to share reference-focused content appropriate for all skill levels, library types, and experiences.



The planning committee invites you to submit proposals for programs relating to reference service. We welcome any subjects. Nontraditional librarians, library support staff, and first time presenters are encouraged to submit.



Possible topics might include:
* Mental and Emotional health in library services including self-care for Library workers
* The intersection of reference services and social justice
* Communication: Best practices in impactful communication in reference services
* Anti-Racist reference practices
* Multi-lingual reference services
* Supporting K-12 students
* Making reference services accessible to all patrons, including those who have disabilities or special needs
* Reference services for patrons experiencing houselessness and/or other trauma
* Providing reference remotely and/or doing reference on social media platforms
* Finding and utilizing culturally-appropriate resources
* Engaging underrepresented staff in reference services
* Success stories
* Not-so-successful stories (What did  you learn when things didn't work out as planned?)
* Specialized research topics (e.g. medicine, law, science)

Programs should be designed to run for either 60 minutes or 20-30 minutes including Q&A. The Summit Planning Team will provide the presentation platform (Zoom), manage advertising and registration, and assist and support presenters. If you are not available for the May conference but have a presentation idea, please still submit it and we'll consider it for one of our future one-off presentations.

More information is on the OrRS website: tinyurl.com/OrRS2023<https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftinyurl.com%2FOrRS2023&data=05%7C01%7CJennifer.COX%40slo.oregon.gov%7C66d49035d75b485ece6008dafa910f95%7Caa3f6932fa7c47b4a0cea598cad161cf%7C0%7C0%7C638097798183328148%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=hCXQzDcfKT6xdLUo%2BoRq0cYAZzhIuAXHnEJZkEwDSwc%3D&reserved=0>

The submission form is here<https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fforms%2Fd%2Fe%2F1FAIpQLSeR59EMTAoooRGs8URkJKuUD9dYlIqbuK9-K2SxJAzO88YT-A%2Fviewform%3Fusp%3Dsf_link&data=05%7C01%7CJennifer.COX%40slo.oregon.gov%7C66d49035d75b485ece6008dafa910f95%7Caa3f6932fa7c47b4a0cea598cad161cf%7C0%7C0%7C638097798183328148%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=L%2BWNBEFlFc3QjZ1B7JxozmpUYEzkk3U1Ta7h7TJGcLc%3D&reserved=0>. Proposals will be accepted until February 17, 2023.

Questions? Contact Lori Moore (lorim at multco.us<mailto:lorim at multcolib.org>) or the Oregon Reference Summit Planning Team answerland-summit at omls.oregon.gov<mailto:answerland-summit at omls.oregon.gov>

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