{"id":18819,"date":"2026-03-18T14:52:27","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T14:52:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/?p=18819"},"modified":"2026-03-18T14:52:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T14:52:27","slug":"call-for-proposals-northwest-interlibrary-loan-resource-sharing-conference-tues-sept-1-thurs-sept-3-online-and-in-portland-or-deadline-tues-march-31","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/call-for-proposals-northwest-interlibrary-loan-resource-sharing-conference-tues-sept-1-thurs-sept-3-online-and-in-portland-or-deadline-tues-march-31\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for Proposals: Northwest Interlibrary Loan &amp; Resource Sharing Conference (Tues., Sept. 1 &#8211; Thurs., Sept. 3, Online and in Portland, OR)&#8211;Deadline Tues., March 31"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(via Dev Singer, Brandeis University)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The NWILL Planning Committee is excited to open the call for proposals for the 2026 Northwest Interlibrary Loan &amp; Resource Sharing Conference. This <strong>hybrid <\/strong>conference will be held <strong>from Tuesday, September 1, to Thursday, September 3<\/strong>,at the University of Oregon<strong> in Portland, Oregon, and virtually <\/strong>on the Whova conference platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Presenters are invited to share their knowledge and experiences through a real-time 45-minute session, a short pre-recorded lightning session, in-person lightning sessions, or a real-time 60-minute panel discussion.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We welcome submissions from library professionals and paraprofessionals working in all types of libraries. Topics can be directly related or adjacent to interlibrary loan and library resource sharing. Preference may be given to presenters who will attend the conference in person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We encourage submissions that fit within the theme \u201cThe Full Spectrum of Access\u201d<strong>.<\/strong> Based on our past conference survey results, our research-sharing community is particularly interested in the following<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>access to resources<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>budget challenges and logistics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>data, assessment, and analysis<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>patron outreach\/education<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>serving underserved populations<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>justifying services and resources<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is not an exhaustive list of topics. If you have an idea for a relevant presentation, please submit it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Conference registration fees will be waived for presenters and co-presenters.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The deadline to <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLScmHns7dXLF0EFQHX83Fr8o0a8kQcaKHLgNDMgrbtxZqXUEGg\/viewform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">submit proposals<\/a> is midnight Pacific time on <strong>Tuesday, March 31<\/strong>. Please email the NWILL Planning Committee at <a href=\"mailto:nwillconf@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">nwillconf@gmail.com<\/a> with any questions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(via Dev Singer, Brandeis University) The NWILL Planning Committee is excited to open the call for proposals for the 2026 Northwest Interlibrary Loan &amp; Resource Sharing Conference. This hybrid conference will be held from Tuesday, September 1, to Thursday, September 3,at the University of Oregon in Portland, Oregon, and virtually on the Whova conference platform&#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-18819","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\/18819","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=18819"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18819\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18820,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18819\/revisions\/18820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}