{"id":18374,"date":"2025-12-04T18:54:23","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T18:54:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/?p=18374"},"modified":"2025-12-09T21:22:42","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T21:22:42","slug":"call-for-speakers-15th-annual-big-talk-from-small-libraries-conference-online-fri-feb-27-deadline-fri-dec-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/call-for-speakers-15th-annual-big-talk-from-small-libraries-conference-online-fri-feb-27-deadline-fri-dec-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for Speakers: 15th Annual Big Talk From Small Libraries Conference (Online Fri., Feb. 27)&#8211;Deadline Fri., Dec. 12"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(via Gwen Gregory, Northern Illinois University)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The call for speakers for the 15th annual Big Talk From Small Libraries conference is now open. This <strong>free one-day online<\/strong> conference is tailored for staff from small libraries; the smaller, the better!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Small libraries of all types&#8211;public, academic, school, museum, special, etc.&#8211;are encouraged to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSdL--Y1QegmZtoVATyjo4SGIzlukccZzSynPF9shu1hAl3ZkQ\/viewform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">submit a proposal<\/a>. We\u2019re looking for seven 50-minute presentations and four 10-minute \u201clightning round\u201d presentations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The submission deadline is <strong>Friday, December 12<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Big Talk From Small Libraries 2026 will be held on <strong>Friday, February 27, between 8:45 AM and 5:00 PM CDT<\/strong>, via the GoTo Webinar online meeting service. Please check <a href=\"https:\/\/nlcblogs.nebraska.gov\/bigtalk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a> for additional information and updates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(via Gwen Gregory, Northern Illinois University) The call for speakers for the 15th annual Big Talk From Small Libraries conference is now open. This free one-day online conference is tailored for staff from small libraries; the smaller, the better! Small libraries of all types&#8211;public, academic, school, museum, special, etc.&#8211;are encouraged to\u00a0submit a proposal. We\u2019re looking&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,8,38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-calls-and-requests","category-conferences-and-meetings-non-hsli","category-webinars"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18374"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18374\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18387,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18374\/revisions\/18387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}