ELC International 2025

 Submission is now open for ELC International 2025

We are pleased to invite you to the ELC International 2025. The theme this year is “How Libraries and Librarians around the World Support Entrepreneurship in their Communities and Campuses.”

Submit here (deadline: June 27)

Submission Requirements:

  • Contact information (name, email, and institution)
  • Description of your proposed session. For a proposed 15-minute presentation, also indicate how you would include interaction with the audience.

Formats:

  • Presentation (15 minutes including audience interaction, plus up to 5 minutes of questions/answers)
  • Research Paper (10 minutes plus up to 5 minutes of questions/answers)
  • Lightning Talk (7 minutes plus up to 3 minutes of questions/answers)

The planning team will give priority to submissions that are applicable to and engaging for multiple types of information professionals (public, special, academic, etc.) in more than one country.

Key dates:

  • Submission opens: April 28 
  • Submission close: June 27
  • Acceptance notifications: July 31 
  • Registration opens: August 15
  • Conference: Nov 19-20

Thank you! Please let one of the co-chairs know if you have any questions.

Khamry Varfley(Gather RI [Rhode Island]): [email protected]
Leili Seifi (University of Birjand): [email protected]
Ophelia Chapman (UNC Wilmington): [email protected]
Steve Cramer (UNC Greensboro): [email protected]

Free and online (Zoom)

Theme: “How Libraries and Librarians around the World Support Entrepreneurship in their Communities and Campuses”

Wednesday, November 19:
9:00AM to 11:30AM Eastern/New York (2:00PM to 4:30PM GMT)

Thursday, November 20:
2:00PM to 4:30PM Eastern/New York (7:00PM to 9:30PM GMT)

The planning team includes public, special, and academic librarian friends from eight countries, representing five continents. Thank you to SimplyAnalytics and PrivCo for sponsoring.

  • Submissions open: April 28
  • Submissions deadline: June 27
  • Registration opens: August 15

Formats:

  • Presentation lengths: 7 minutes, 10 minutes (research papers), and 15 minutes, plus question and answer time for each (co-speakers are also welcome)
  • Networking discussions
  • On Thursday Nov. 20, a cannabis entrepreneurship panel discussion, as an update to our Spring 2021 conference on this topic.