{"id":18776,"date":"2026-03-06T20:35:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T20:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/?p=18776"},"modified":"2026-03-06T20:35:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T20:35:06","slug":"call-for-proposals-thrivelib-2026-reimagining-library-culture-together-online-tues-aug-11-thurs-aug-13-deadline-fri-april-10-at-1200-pm-cdt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/call-for-proposals-thrivelib-2026-reimagining-library-culture-together-online-tues-aug-11-thurs-aug-13-deadline-fri-april-10-at-1200-pm-cdt\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for Proposals&#8211;ThriveLib 2026: Reimagining Library Culture Together (Online Tues., Aug. 11 &#8211; Thurs., Aug. 13)&#8211;Deadline Fri., April 10, at 12:00 PM CDT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(via Bobbi Newman, University of Iowa)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 2026\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thrivelib.com\/advisoryboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ThriveLib Advisory Board<\/a> invites you to submit a proposal for ThriveLib 2026: Reimagining Library Culture Together, a <strong>virtual<\/strong> conference focused on reclaiming joy, balance, and boundaries in library work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Conference Dates: <strong>Tuesday, August 11 \u2013 Thursday, August 13<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Proposal deadline: <strong>Friday, April 10, at 12:00 PM CDT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ThriveLib invites librarians and library workers to share sessions that explore sustainable careers, healthier workplace cultures, and collective approaches to well-being in libraries. The conference centers honest conversations about burnout, boundaries, psychological safety, and building more humane library workplaces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We welcome proposals that are exploratory, grounded in lived experience, and focused on practical or collective approaches to change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speakers receive an honorarium and free conference registration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sessions should support one or more of the following goals:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Identify actionable practices that support long-term, meaningful library career<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Examine how library culture influences joy, balance, and boundaries in daily work<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Explore capacity-aware, collective strategies for cultural change in libraries<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Learn more and submit your proposal <a href=\"http:\/\/thrivelib.com\/2026-cfp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please feel free to share with colleagues or networks who may be interested.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(via Bobbi Newman, University of Iowa) The 2026\u00a0ThriveLib Advisory Board invites you to submit a proposal for ThriveLib 2026: Reimagining Library Culture Together, a virtual conference focused on reclaiming joy, balance, and boundaries in library work. Conference Dates: Tuesday, August 11 \u2013 Thursday, August 13 Proposal deadline: Friday, April 10, at 12:00 PM CDT ThriveLib&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,8,38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-calls-and-requests","category-conferences-and-meetings-non-hsli","category-webinars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18776","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=18776"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18776\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18777,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18776\/revisions\/18777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}