11th Annual MD Tech Connect – 2025!
The 11th Annual MD Tech Connect event will take place Thursday, December 11, 2025 at the Universities at Shady Grove. The theme of this year’s event is “Technology as a Community Building Tool.” The event will explore the intersection of libraries and technology in building strong communities, in person and online.
Call for Proposals
Session Proposals
The MD Tech Connect Planning Committee is now accepting session proposals for the 11th annual MD Tech Connect on Thursday, December 11, 2025 at the Universities at Shady Grove. Sessions are one hour long, including time for Q&A. Successful proposals will showcase the latest trends and best practices in library technology. We want you to provide practical tips and takeaways that can be immediately applied when attendees return to their libraries.
The MD Tech Connect intended audience is IT staff, technologists, and technology enthusiasts from all types of libraries: public, academic, school, and special libraries. The event is designed to bridge these various library technology worlds to be inclusive of all library staff.
Possible topics for presentations include:
- Technology as a collaboration tool
- The Internet of Things, including adaptive tools for accessibility
- Programming using technology in libraries of all types
- eSports
- The new information literacy, including privacy, security, mis/disinformation, deepfakes, and blurred lines between technology and real life
- Automation as a tool to increase capacity for community building
- Digital citizenship
The deadline to submit a proposal is Friday, August 1, 2025. Submit your session proposal today!
Tech Expo and Poster Session Proposals
The MD Tech Connect Planning Committee is now accepting proposals for Poster and Tech Expo sessions.
Poster Session Details:
The poster session provides an opportunity for individuals and teams to showcase innovative projects, research, or technology initiatives related to our theme “Technology as a Community Building Tool.” Posters may cover a wide range of topics including, but not limited to:
- Technology as a collaboration tool
- The Internet of Things, including adaptive tools for accessibility
- Programming using technology in libraries of all types
- eSports
- The new information literacy, including privacy, security, mis/disinformation, deepfakes, and blurred lines between technology and real life
- Automation as a tool to increase capacity for community building
- Digital citizenship
Tech Expo Details:
Is your library using a new or forthcoming technology? Or using older technologies in new ways? We invite you to showcase it at our Tech Expo and share how your library is using technology to better serve the community.
Tech Expo exhibits can be informational, demonstration, make & take, or hands-on and can showcase any technology being used in libraries including, but not limited to:
- VR/AR/XR
- Robotics
- Coding
- STE(a)M activities
- Website enhancements and other virtual services
The deadline to submit Poster or Tech Expo proposals is Friday, August 1, 2025. Submit your Tech Expo or Poster Session proposal today!
MD Tech Connect Extended
MD Tech Connect Extended is a special webinar series offered free in addition to the annual MD Tech Connect events. The webinars are for anyone (library staff local to Maryland) who is interested, even if you don’t make it to the conference. This is a fun and easy (and free) way to keep up with emerging technologies. See details about upcoming webinars.
What is MD Tech Connect?
More than ever technology is becoming integral to our libraries – from the experiences we provide for customers to the tools we use to serve them. The event is designed to continue the work of building a library technology community in Maryland that is more inclusive than in the past – recognizing that our tech efforts touch ALL library staff, not just IT staff. The intended audience is “IT staff”, “technologists” and “technology enthusiasts” from all types of libraries. The event is designed to bridge these various library technology worlds to be inclusive of all library staff.