CFP: ELUNA 2026 Practical Applications and General Product/Tool Demonstrations Track (April 29 – May 1, 2026 – Los Angeles, California) – Ex Libris

ELUNA Call for Proposals–Practical Applications and General Product/Tool Demonstrations TrackThe ELUNA 2026 Annual Meeting Program Planning Committee is excited to open the Call for Proposals for sessions in Practical Applications and General Product/Tool Demonstrations! We invite you to submit your 45-minute breakout session ideas for the 2026 Annual Meeting by January 15, 2026.Our conference theme is “Libraries Always Changing.” Libraries and archives are some of the best organizations to address this. All of you adapt to continue to create and improve connections by integrating various technologies allowing your patrons to access and interact with information and other resources in new formats via different tools. You pioneer new programs to fulfill community needs as your visions help you champion your patrons. We look forward to seeing your unique spin on this topic.The Practical applications & general product/tool demonstrations track encourages proposals for all topics, and here are just a few to think about!Workflows and projects in and across acquisitions, cataloging/metadata management, circulation, resource sharing, etc.Cross-departmental collaborative projects”Cool tools” that integrate with, or help with, Alma workflowsMetadata managementData cleanupManaging or using COUNTER statistics Cross-training/ changing jobs and applying skills from one module to anotherDocumenting institutional knowledge, recording workflows, preparing for retirements and other changes Changes in the ILL landscapeSubmit your session proposal(s) by the January 15, 2026 deadline!  Once again, we are using the Dryfta platform to collect your proposal submissions.Visit our Ex Libris Knowledge Days and ELUNA Conference 2026 event pageLog in with your credentials used last year (or create a new account if you didn’t create an account previously by choosing Attendee Registration – Create Account)Click your name menu > My SubmissionsClick “New Submissions” on the My Submissions pageOn the Submission form, click once on the Event Name in the Submission Type field to show the Annual Meeting proposal fields – even if Annual Meeting is already displayingEnter your proposal information (you can save and complete the presentation proposal later if needed)Want to review the proposal form fields for the Annual Meeting without logging into Dryfta? Or would you like some guidance filling them in? Visit the ELUNA Proposal Tips page for more information.You’ll see more reminder messages from us throughout the 2026 Annual Meeting lifecycle. And even if you are not interested in presenting at the Annual Meeting this year, we hope you plan to join us for one or more ELUNA 2026 Conference events at the Westin Bonaventure in Los Angeles, California.ELUNA Developers Day+: April 27 – 28, 2026ELUNA Analytics Afternoon: April 28, 2026ELUNA Annual Meeting:  April 29 – May 1, 2026Looking for hands-on training for Ex Libris products? Ex Libris will offer Knowledge Days as a pre-conference event on April 27 – 28, 2026.If you have any questions about the ELUNA 2026 Annual Meeting or the other ELUNA 2026 Conference events, send them to ELUNA’s LibAnswers Queue for the ELUNA 2026 Planning Team to answer.We are happy to answer questions about the Practical Applications & General Product/Tool Demonstrations sessions (our emails hyperlinked below).  Hope to see you in Los Angeles! Rebecca Hyams, Meghan Lenahan, and Keelan WeberCo-chairs, Practical Applications & General Product/Tool Demonstrations Track  Read original article: Read More