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    ASL2018 - Fail...Better  

    Last year we heard about communities and the social role that librarians play in them. This year we attempt to break the stigma of failure within those communities and take a look at how failure needn’t be a dirty word. We hope to explore the instructive and generative capacity of failure with our delegates, and tease out how its acceptance within an organisation can prove beneficial. 

     

    CALL FOR PAPERS 
     
    The A&SL Committee invites submissions on the following topics or any others that may be relevant to the theme:  
    Learning from failure
    Contingency planning
    Iterating on attempts
    Accepting imperfection
    Recovering from missteps
    Crisis management
    Creativity as a by-product of failure
    Supporting failure
    Demystifying failure
    Developing cultures of experimentation in libraries
    Beta testing new services
    Promoting adaptive and resilient approaches to library services
     
    To submit a paper, fill in the submission form here.  The form includes further details and useful information with regard to making a submission. Note that, unlike in previous years, submissions will be taken as either case studies or poster presentations – no breakout or parallel sessions will be timetabled. Case studies will instead vary in their length according to what the speakers feel is appropriate – anywhere from 10-30 minutes.


     
    Closing Date: November 16th, 2017

    Lessons Lived, Lessons Learnt
    "Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better."  Samuel Beckett
    March 9th 2018
    National Gallery, Dublin 2
    2018_ASLConference_SUBMISSIONS_FORMOct.01.pdf
    2018_ASLConference_SUBMISSIONS_FORMOct.01.pdf

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