LOEX has multiple opportunities for you to become aware of what is happening in the world of academic library instruction (especially with LOEX) and to participate in helping run the organization and its many events.

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Join the LOEX E-list

All librarians and staff affiliated with a LOEX member library are invited to join the LOEX E-List in order to receive LOEX Currents (our monthly current awareness e-newsletter), along with notification of the posting of our journal publication, LOEX Quarterly and announcements regarding LOEX conferences & events (e.g., Call for Proposals for LOEX 2027)

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***If your institution is already a member and you would like to join the E-list, fill out this E-list Sign Up form

 

If you are not sure your library is a LOEX member, and can't find your institution on the list of member institutions, please e-mail us for verification.

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Volunteer

1) LOEX Advisory Council:

- Every spring, LOEX puts out a call of interest for those who wish to serve on the LOEX Advisory Council. This group helps give advice to the LOEX Director about the direction of LOEX and what initiatives and tasks it undertakes. In addition, it helps actively execute some of those tasks, such as:

• Co-chairs of the LOEX Fall Focus conference (after first serving as a member of the committee for a previous Fall Focus)

• Editor positions for the LOEX Quarterly (e.g., Assistant editor; Book Review; Interview)

• Assistant editor of the LOEX Currents

• LOEX Community Conversation Host

• Marketing and Member Communications

...and more

Terms on the advisory council are three years (e.g., July 1, 2026 - June 30, 2029).

If you are interested, please make sure you are signed up for the LOEX E-list and look for our call for interest each spring.

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2a) LOEX Conference Committee:

- Each LOEX conference, whether it is the annual spring conference or the every-other-year Fall Focus, is run by volunteers. If you are interested in hosting a LOEX conference in your area, please email the LOEX Director to find out more (e.g., type of facilities needed; hotel requirements). 

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Service on the LOEX Committee for the two co-chairs starts 18 months before the conference, as the hotel options need to be evaluated (for in-person comments), and once the contract is signed (which will be done by the LOEX Director), the conference theme & imagery (e.g., a logo) needs to be selected. Then, in the summer, the full local conference committee gets invited and once that group of 8-9 people starts working in earnest in August/September, there is work to be done until the conference occurs in May.

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2b) LOEX Conference Day-of Volunteers:​

- If you are not available or interested in serving on a conference committee for multiple months, but would like to volunteer for just a day (or two), please look on the conference website and reach out to one of the co-chairs, They will put you in contact with the conference committee volunteer coordinator, and determine if there is a role for you (typically, we need room hosts).​