Lightning Talk Day

This year’s event centers around Strengthening Relationships and Community Building: How are we reaching out to one another, supporting one another, and building upon one another’s work? More information will be available soon!

In the meantime, we invite proposals about community building broadly: projects that focus on support, partnerships, and collaboration, both with other librarians and those outside of the library. Preference will be given to talks matching this theme.

We welcome proposals from:

• LAUNC-CH members and non-members
• Regular and first-time attendees
• Library practitioners from all sectors including public libraries, special libraries, and academic institutions beyond the Triangle
• Students, early- and mid-career professionals, and senior staff

Submit a proposal at: https://go.unc.edu/launcch-2026

Please submit proposals by February 20th, 2026.  

If you have any questions, please contact us at launcchconference@gmail.com or ybc@unc.edu.

LAUNC-CH is committed to making this event accessible to all attendees. Once we accept a proposal, we’ll ask that all presentation materials (slides, documents, images, etc.) meet WCAG accessibility standards. For best results, provide material in Word or PowerPoint, utilizing the accessibility checkers and correction tools those applications provide.