Call for Proposals
On behalf of the Conference Organizing Committee, we invite you to submit a proposal for the Access Services Conference 2026. The 2026 conference will be held in the Georgia Tech Global Learning Center in Atlanta, GA, November 17–19.
The Access Services Conference is an opportunity for individuals working in all areas of Access Services in libraries to gather information and communicate with other professionals about Circulation, Reserves, Interlibrary Loan, Student Worker Management, Security, Stacks Maintenance, and other topics of interest.
Session formats
- Programs: 45 minutes total (including time for questions)
- Lightning talks: 10 minutes total (including time for questions)
Suggested topic areas
Presenter benefits
- Program presenters: up to 2 discounted registrations
- Lightning talk presenters: 1 discounted registration
Session and lightning talk proposals will be reviewed by the program committee and those presenters who are selected will be notified. Please remove all identifying information before submitting your proposal so the reviewers can perform blind reviews.
“Other Duties as Assigned: The Hidden Work We All Do”
Access Services work is full of tasks that appear nowhere in a job description—yet hold the library together. Access Services staff and librarians routinely take on hidden labor that keeps the public-facing side of the library running smoothly. Increasingly Access Services library employees are asked to help manage responsibilities that have routinely lived in other areas of colleges and universities.
This panel invites Access Services employees and librarians to share their experiences with “other duties as assigned”—the surprising tasks, expectations (spoken and unspoken), the emotional labor, and the creative problem-solving that define the job. This will be a conversational, supportive session where we highlight the realities of Access Services work and raise awareness of the essential, often invisible contributions our colleagues make every day.
Submit a proposal
To submit a proposal for a full session, lightning session, or special topic panel, you will need to log into your membership account. If you do not already have an account you will be prompted to create one. Please contact karenglover@accessservicesinlibraries.org if you experience any issues setting up an account.
The submission link will be active when the Call for Proposals opens on March 11, 2026.