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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Calling all Library Colleagues!</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">The ACRL Distance and Online Learning Section Instruction Committee (DOLS-IC) invites you to
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<u>submit a proposal</u></a> for its </span><span style="font-weight: 700;">eighth annual Virtual Poster Session</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">, taking place
</span><span style="font-weight: 700;">June 15–19, 2026</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Do you have a tool, project, or idea related to </span>
<span style="font-weight: 700;">distance or online library instruction</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">? We welcome proposals that share successes, challenges, practical strategies, and innovative approaches to teaching online learners.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Proposal deadline:</span> May 11, 2026</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Cost:</span> Free to participate</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">If accepted, completed posters are due:</span> June 8, 2026</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">What is a virtual poster session?</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Presenters create a short, asynchronous poster presentation and respond to questions during the event week. Traditional posters (PDFs or images) are welcome, but creative, interactive, and multimedia formats are encouraged, as
long as they are accessible. Posters will be hosted on the <a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Facrl.ala.org%2Fdols%2Fevents%2Fpast-events%2F&data=05%7C02%7Cfla-facrl%40lists.fsu.edu%7Cf8c8ed4d64d548948b1408dea488f4e5%7Ca36450ebdb0642a78d1b026719f701e3%7C0%7C0%7C639129105317201493%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=1i2oI0ZaRN3dIU%2BSVLKbHGRLly%2BjyLTpgbEbVhH0sWI%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://acrl.ala.org/dols/events/past-events/" id="OWAeee4b08e-5f5a-f956-8dfe-7fe05c7ac8ba" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">
<u>DOLS website</u></a> and archived after the event.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Poster Tracks</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Accessibility:</span> Creating accessible and inclusive online instruction</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Engagement:</span> Engaging online learners and collaborating with faculty and partners</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Emerging Technologies:</span> Using new tools (such as generative AI) in online instruction, and balancing ethical concerns</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Evaluation criteria:<br>
</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Proposals will be reviewed by DOLS-IC members based on:</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Quality of proposal:</span> clear, complete, and well written</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Alignment:</span> relevance to distance/online instruction and chosen track</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Interest to attendees:</span> practical, innovative, or broadly applicable content</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">We especially encourage proposals from librarians, staff, and LIS students whose perspectives and experiences are underrepresented in libraries.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Submit your proposal:</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">
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<u>Virtual Poster Session proposal submission form</u></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Questions?</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">If you have questions, please contact the ACRL Distance and Online Learning Section Instruction Committee Chair, Lisa Campbell,
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<u>lisacampbell@uflib.ufl.edu</u></a></span></div>
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