1. Intro

One of the roles of the RUSA Professional Development Committee is to solicit and evaluate proposals for professional development webinars that support excellence in the delivery of general library services and materials, and the provision of reference and information services, collection development, readers’ advisory, and resource sharing for all ages, in every type of library.


The RUSA Professional Development Committee welcomes proposals for webinars of one to three hours. The Committee recommends 60 to 90 minutes as ideal. All webinars will be hosted by RUSA and delivered using the current webinar software in use by RUSA.


Attendees are charged a fee to participate. The fee includes one year of access to an archived version of the webinar. Webinar presenters will be paid $150 for each webinar presented. Co-presenters will be paid $75 for each webinar presented.

*Questions with an asterisk (*) require a response.

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* 1. Your Information:

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* 2. Proposed Session Title:

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* 4. I would like to offer this webinar:

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* 5. Preliminary Session Description (50 to 75 words)

There will be an opportunity to finalize this description once your session is approved.

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* 6. Names of possible speakers, their email addresses and phone numbers:

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* 7. Webinar Length (recommended length is 60 to 90 minutes. Include rationale if proposing a webinar longer than 90 minutes):

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* 8. Audience Interaction (Discuss methods of engaging audience in topic such as activities, discussion, question/answer time; include estimate of time dedicated to interaction with audience. Minimum expectation is 15 minutes for interactive elements):

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* 9. Presenter Qualifications (Statement about qualifications of each presenter to present on this topic; include relevant teaching experience and knowledge in the proposed topic area. Though not required, please indicate any experience with delivering online webinars):

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* 10. Learning Outcomes (Identify three learning outcomes for attendees):

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* 11. Format of program

Session will include the following element(s):

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* 12. Target audience: Who would be interested in this session? Provide library type, job titles, etc.

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* 13. Any other important details about this session about which we need to know?

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