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<h1 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:24pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-weight:700">Calling all librarians!</span></h1>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-weight:400">Do you have a tool, project, or great idea about teaching and learning online that you'd like to
share with your peers? The ACRL Distance and Online Learning Section Instruction Committee (DOLS-IC) invites you to
</span><a href="https://forms.gle/aafK8oBATsJQAE3T8"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#1155cc;font-weight:400;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-skip-ink:none">submit a proposal</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-weight:400"> to
our fourth annual</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-weight:700"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:700">Distance and Online Library Instruction Virtual Poster Session</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400">,
which will take place </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-weight:400">April 25-29, 2022. Proposals for this free event are due
</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-weight:700">February 11, 2022.</span></p>
<h1 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:24pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-weight:700">What is a virtual poster session?</span></h1>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-weight:400">The term “poster” is used very loosely. The intent is to keep the spirit of the traditional poster
session while allowing for creativity in the format used. As in traditional poster sessions, virtual presenters will create short, asynchronous presentations of their work and be available to answer questions during the week of the poster session. While an
image or PDF that matches the traditional poster format is welcome, the sky's the limit! Interactive and multimedia formats that are accessible are especially encouraged.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/10QLaSDG-I8kitOtgnbqwjmRvGXvEOTcZrJTOSCRe5Yk/"><span style="color:#1155cc;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-skip-ink:none">View presenter
guidelines here</span></a></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-weight:400">All posters will be hosted on the DOLS website.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#ff0000;font-weight:400">
</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-weight:400">During the poster session week, presenters will asynchronously engage with attendees throughout the week. Viewers can ask questions about your work through commenting
functionality and engage in conversation with you about your topic. After the poster session week has concluded, the posters will be archived on the
</span><a href="https://acrl.ala.org/dols/virtual-poster-session-2021/"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#1155cc;font-weight:400;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-skip-ink:none">DOLS website</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-weight:400"> so
that they can continue to be viewed indefinitely.</span></p>
<h1 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:24pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-weight:700">What is the timeline for this event?</span></h1>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span>If accepted, you'll be asked to submit your completed poster by March 31, 2022.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span>The virtual poster session will take place April 25-29, 2022. Presenters will actively respond to comments and questions for the full week of the poster session. The DOLS-IC will assist
with promoting interaction, but we ask that you check in on your poster at least once a day to keep the conversation going.</span></p>
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<h1 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:24pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-weight:700">What topics can I present on?</span></h1>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-weight:400">Posters can be on any topic related to distance and online library instruction. We would love to
hear about your successes and failures in teaching distance and online students, your instructional techniques and approaches, and the tools and technologies that you use! We encourage you to align your proposal with one of our six tracks:</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Accessibility and Inclusivity:
</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-weight:400">How do you ensure that your online courses and learning objects are accessible and inclusive? </span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Assessment:
</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-weight:400">How do you assess your online instruction (including qualitative and affective assessment)? </span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.28;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-weight:700">Creative Approaches:
</span><span style="font-size:11pt">How have you used creativity in your design, collaboration, or engagement strategies within online library instruction?</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Instructional Collaborations</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-weight:400">: How do you effectively build relationships
and collaborate with faculty, instructional designers, and others to instruct distance and online students? </span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Project Planning & Management</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-weight:400">: How do you efficiently manage the “behind
the scenes” work of planning, developing, reviewing, and updating online courses and learning objects? </span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Student Engagement</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-weight:400">: How do you ensure students remain engaged in your synchronous
and asynchronous online instruction? </span></p>
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<h1 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:24pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-weight:700">How will presenters be chosen?</span></h1>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-weight:400">We seek to provide a poster session featuring a diversity of perspectives and especially invite
posters from librarians, staff, and LIS students that highlight voices and experiences which are underrepresented in libraries. Proposals will be reviewed and selected by DOLS-IC members, using a review process based on the following criteria: </span></p>
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<span style="font-weight:700">Quality of Proposal:</span><span> Is the information requested on the proposal submission form complete? Is the abstract well written and articulate, and does it clearly describe the main idea of the poster? </span></p>
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<span style="font-weight:700">Alignment to Poster Session Theme:</span><span> Is the poster about library instruction in the distance/online environment? </span></p>
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<span style="font-weight:700">Interest to Attendees: </span><span>Does the topic have potential to attract poster session attendees and stimulate conversation? Will innovative, new, and/or unique information be presented? Is the topic practical, easily implemented,
and broadly applicable?</span></p>
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<h1 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:24pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-weight:700">I'm ready to submit!</span></h1>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://forms.gle/aafK8oBATsJQAE3T8"><span style="font-size:13.999999999999998pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#1155cc;font-weight:400;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-skip-ink:none">The
Virtual Poster Session proposal submission form is available here</span></a></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-weight:400">If you have questions, please contact ACRL Distance and Online Learning Section Instruction Committee Co-Chairs, Ruth Slagle (</span><a href="mailto:ruth.slagle8@gmail.com"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#0563c1;font-weight:400;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-skip-ink:none">ruth.slagle8@gmail.com</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-weight:400">)
or Ruth Monnier (</span><a href="mailto:rmonnier@pittstate.edu"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#1155cc;font-weight:400;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-skip-ink:none">rmonnier@pittstate.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-weight:400">).
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