(via Dr. Wendy Doucette, East Tennessee State University)
The organizers of the 2026 TLGS (Transforming Libraries to Serve Graduate Students) Virtual Conference are now seeking proposals. The conference will take place from Monday, March 17, to Tuesday, March 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. 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 here by Sunday, November 30, 2025. Please note that registration for the Conference will open in February.