[Libs-Or] The Oregon Reference Summit will host a virtual conference on Friday, May 19, 2023

[OLA Communications Committee]

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

The submission form is here. Proposals will be accepted until February 17, 2023.

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

Lori Moore

Workforce Development Librarian

Multnomah County Library

My schedule: Sunday - Thursday

971-271-1722

multcolib.org

My pronouns are she/her/hers