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The Innovative Library Classroom 2017
Wednesday, May 10, 2017, 8:00 AM to Thursday, May 11, 2017, 5:00 PM EDT
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The Innovative Library Classroom

May 10-11, 2017

The Innovative Library Classroom 2017!

We are excited to announce the fourth annual meeting of The Innovative Library Classroom, a conference dedicated to the exploration of innovative practices related to teaching and learning in libraries. This year will feature a preconference workshop and poster session on Wednesday, May 10, 2017. The conference will be held on Thursday, May 11, 2017. TILC 2017 will be held at Radford University, in Radford, VA.

“What a great conference. The quality of all the presentations was really outstanding. This is really a gem of a conference and outshines many that are larger and more expensive. Well done and thanks for letting me be a part of it."
— Past Attendee


“Best. Library. Conference. In. The. Universe." — Past Attendee

Seeking Proposals

We are now accepting proposals for TILC 2017. We are so excited to have Rebecca K. Miller, Head of Library Learning Services at The Pennsylvania State University, as our keynote speaker. Her talk will be about “Transformations through Learning and Leading.” You can use this idea as a jumping off point for your proposal, or you can submit anything related to innovative teaching. We like to cast a wide net!
Proposals are invited for three different session types:

  • Posters (presented at the Wednesday evening social)
  • 50-minute presentations
  • 7-minute lightning talks

Two levels of review will take place. In the peer review, submissions will be rated for fit for the session type, relevance, and innovativeness. In addition, we will crowdsource interest in the topics submitted by authors. Abstracts submitted by authors will be blinded for the crowdsourced portion. Conference coordinators will make the final selections, basing decisions on both the peer review process and the crowdsourced information.

More Information

Submission deadline: November 17, 2016
Acceptance notification: January 13, 2017
Estimated Registration Fee: $40

Full details and a link to the proposal form are available at The Innovative Library Classroom website.

Selected papers based on conference presentations will be published, subject to double blind peer review, in a special issue of Internet Reference Services Quarterly dedicated to The Innovative Library Classroom. More information about IRSQ is available on the IRSQ website.


Contact: Lisa R. Varga, [email protected], 757-689-0594