ACRL 2027 Call for Proposals

• ACRL 2027 proposal selection is an anonymous, peer-review process. Please do not include identifying information such as name, institution name, grant references, URLs, etc. If you identify yourself or your institution in the descriptions, your proposal will not be considered.
• In order to allow as many individuals as possible to participate as conference presenters, an individual may submit, or be included as a co-presenter, on a maximum of two proposals for the spring submission deadline (June 5, 2026) and a maximum of two proposals for the fall submission deadline (October 16, 2026).
• Individuals presenting remotely should select the Virtual Presentations or Virtual Community Chats format; all other session formats will be presented in-person in Portland.
• You may save an incomplete proposal, and edit or add additional information before the submission deadline dates.
• It is your responsibility to make sure your proposal is fully completed. Proposals with incomplete information on the submission deadline date will not be considered.

Requirements

ACRL 2027 presenters will be required to:

• register for and attend the conference, either in-person or virtually, depending on session modality; 
• grant permission for recording and inclusion of presentation as part of the ACRL 2027 Virtual Conference;
• participate in online speaker orientation; 
• assign ACRL first publication rights, as contributed papers will be published as part of the ACRL conference proceedings; contributed paper presenters must be completed by the paper submission deadline date.

Deadlines

June 5, 2026 (11:59 p.m. Pacific) –Contributed paper, panel session, workshop proposals due
October 16, 2026 (11:59 p.m. Pacific) - Community chat, lightning talk, poster session, roundtable discussion, and virtual presentation proposals due

Now, let's get started on your proposal!