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CFP (Panel): “Invisible Labor: supporting emerging technologies in academic institutions”, 2025 MLA Convention (Proposals due 03/07/24)

Proposals are now open for the 2025 MLA Convention panel "Invisible Labor: supporting emerging technologies in academic institutions". Panelists might discuss the challenges in supporting emerging technologies such as but not limited to: immersive technologies (AR/VR), AI/LLMs, 3D scanning/printing, digital mapping/GIS, and digital storytelling platforms. The MLA 2025 Convention is scheduled for January 9-12, 2025 in New Orleans. Proposals are due by March 7, 2024.

Greetings,

Please share and apply to our CFP on emerging technologies for #MLA25. This guaranteed panel sponsored by the Libraries and Research Executive Forum will feature initiatives, collaborations, and partnerships that support emerging technologies in academic libraries. We hope to make visible the labor and infrastructure necessary to adapt to and employ constantly evolving digital tools in higher education. Panelists might discuss the challenges in supporting emerging technologies such as but not limited to: immersive technologies (AR/VR), AI/LLMs, 3D scanning/printing, digital mapping/GIS, and digital storytelling platforms. We welcome perspectives from a variety of institution types and academic positions. Submissions of 250-300 word abstracts and 50 word bio due by March 7th, 2024. Contact alicast1@swarhtmore.edu or lrhody@gc.cuny.edu.

Link to official MLA site

The 2025 MLA Annual Convention will be held from 9 to 12 January in New Orleans. Read about the presidential theme, Visibility. All panelists will need to be members of the MLA by April 7th to be accepted. If there is a financial issue, please let me know.

Thank you,

Amanda

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Amanda Licastro, PhD

Digital Scholarship Librarian

Swarthmore College

Andrew W. Mellon Junior Fellow in Critical Bibliography

Lecturer, English & DH, University of Pennsylvania

https://digitocentrism.com/

(she/her)