Bridging the Gap Conference Resources: Host your own Bridging the Gap

This page hosts a variety of resources to help you plan your own version of the Bridging the Gap conference. If you have questions or feedback, please reach out to conference organizers. Contact information is on the right side of this page. 

You are welcome to use, adapt, remix, and share the following but we ask that you provide attribution and that anything you produce also be shared openly to all. 

• Planning Timeline, including a "to do" list
• Conference Schedule Draft, including conference track descriptions

• Description of conference for library administration - includes funding request
• Email Templates - including a description of conference for library participants, requests for proposals, and conference presentation proposal formatting
• Final Report Template

• Email Templates - emails to potential participants and administrators external to your organization
• Draft Conference Program Text
• Flyers - for flyer inspiration, please see the wonderful graphics available on the conference introduction tab or the conference archive.
• Participant Feedback Survey

Learn more about the Bridging the Gap project through our conference presentations and publications. 

• Strand, Katie, Jennifer P. Kirk, and Paul Daybell. “Seamless Transitions: Enhancing Information Literacy through Collaborative Professional Development. Proceedings of the European Conference on Information Literacy ECIL 2025 (accepted, forthcoming). 
• Strand, Katie, Jennifer P. Kirk, and Paul Daybell. “Seamless Transitions: Enhancing Information Literacy through Collaborative Professional Development. Presentation at the European Conference on Information Literacy ECIL 2025, Bamberg, Germany, September 22-25, 2025 (accepted, forthcoming).
• Strand, Katie, Jennifer P. Kirk, Gwen Sinclair, Bess Robinson, Perveen Rustomfram, and Jenny Groome. “Beyond the Library: Connecting with K-12.” Presentation at the 2023 Federal Depository Library Conference, Virtual, October 16-18, 2023.
• Strand, Katie, Niki Fullmer, and Jennifer P. Kirk. “Connecting Library Experiences: Collaboration across Library Types to Better Support our Patrons.” Presentation at the American Library Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, June 22-27, 2023. 
   

• Landgraf, Greg. “Library Collaboration to Improve Information Literacy.” American Libraries Magazine. June 25, 2023. https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/blogs/the-scoop/library-collaboration-improve-information-literacy/
• Gammill, Kellianne. “Bridging the Gap: USU Libraries Hosts Conference for High School Teachers.” Utah State Today. Utah State University. July 27, 2022. https://www.usu.edu/today/story/bridging-the-gap-usu-libraries-hosts-conference-for-high-school-teachers.