Presentation Formats

Parallel Paper: 20-minute presentation and Q&A. This format provides an opportunity to explore a topic or research project in some depth.

Lightning Talk: 10-minute presentation and Q&A. This format provides an opportunity to showcase short research projects and case studies and to receive feedback and questions about your work.

Show & Tell: 5-minute presentation followed by an opportunity for delegates to have 1-1 discussions with presenters.

Poster Presentation: This format provides an opportunity to showcase visually short research projects or case studies.

Oral Presentation & Poster Submission Requirements

The working language of the Conference is English. All presentations (oral and poster) must be delivered in English
Submitted abstracts, full papers and/or posters may be published in print and/or online after the conference
The Conference Programme Committee may, at its discretion, move an accepted submission into another presentation type or thematic category to ensure continuity of the Conference programme
When notified of acceptance, presenters are required to confirm their offer by registering for the full residential conference by 5pm (GMT), Friday 18^th February 2022 or they shall be removed from the programme

Oral Presentations

Parallel papers and lightning talks should be a practically based presentation on a completed or current project that showcases the conference theme of Library.Now – Welcome to the future!
Presenters may be required to participate in panel Q&A sessions at the end of plenary or parallel sessions
Presenters may be recorded for live streaming. A recording of their presentation and a copy of their slides may be published online after the conference
Parallel papers may be included in either plenary or parallel sessions. The Programme Committee may, at its discretion, move an accepted submission into another category to ensure continuity of the conference programme
Presenters are required to submit the final version of their presentation by Midnight (GMT) Sunday 22^nd May 2022. Please note it will not be possible to facilitate last minute changes
Presentations for parallel papers, lightning talks and show & tell papers should be created in MS PowerPoint, MS Sway, or PDF

Poster Presentations

Poster presenter(s) are expected to be available during the allocated poster session time(s) on the Conference programme
The poster should be of A1 portrait size and professionally printed. Posters should not be mounted on rigid backing as they will be displayed on poster boards
Please note all expenses for design and printing are the responsibility of the presenter(s)
At the conference it would be ideal to have a leaflet/brochure of your poster to give to delegates
The final version of the printed poster should be submitted as a PDF file for publishing online post-conference
Poster presenters are required to submit the final version of their poster presentation by Midnight (GMT) Sunday 22^nd May 2022. Please note it will not be possible to facilitate last minute changes

Notification of accepted papers

Notification will be sent to authors by Monday 14^th February 2022. It is the responsibility of the corresponding author to communicate the outcome with other members of the presenting team.

For accepted papers, presenters are required to accept their offer by registering for the full residential conference by 5pm (GMT), Friday 25^th February 2022 or they shall be removed from the programme. Queries may be sent to events@conferenceorganisers.ie.