Second Call for Keynote Nominations - Code4Lib 2025
Esmé Cowles
Reminder: Keynote speaker nominations for the Code4Lib 2025 Conference are still being accepted through November 22. Code4Lib 2025 is a loosely-structured conference that provides people working at the intersection of libraries/archives/museums/cultural heritage and technology with a chance to share ideas, be inspired, and forge collaborations. The conference will be held March 10-13, 2025 at Princeton University in Princeton, NJ. You can find more information about the conference on the conference web site (https://2025.code4lib.org/) and more information about the Code4Lib community at https://code4lib.org/about/.
Keynote speaker nominations for the Code4Lib 2025 Conference will be accepted from now through November 22. Nominations should be made on our keynote nominations page (https://wiki.code4lib.org/2025_Keynote_Speakers_Nominations) on the Code4Lib wiki. To get a wiki account, please email Ryan Wick at ryan...@gmail.com; if you wish to make a nomination without a wiki account, please email Hardy Pottinger at hardy.pottinger@ucsf.edu.
When making a nomination, please consider whether the nominee is likely to be an excellent contributor in each of the following areas:
1) **Appropriateness**. Is this speaker likely to convey information that is useful to many members of our community?
2) **Uniqueness**. Is this speaker likely to cover themes that may not commonly appear in the rest of the program?
3) **Contribution to diversity**. Will this person bring something rare, notable, or unique to our community, through uncommon experience or background?
Please include the following information in your nomination:
- Speaker’s full name
- Brief description of individual (250-word max)
- Pertinent links (Maximum of 3)
- Contact information for candidate (email address)
The Keynote Committee will attempt to contact all nominees and will only include on the ballot those who consent to be nominated.
** If you would prefer to submit a nomination anonymously, please send your nominee(s) to Hardy Pottinger at hardy.p...@ucsf.edu.On behalf of the Code4Lib 2025 Keynote Committee,