Electronic Resources & Libraries 2006 Conference

Electronic Resources & Libraries 2006 Conference
March 23 - 25, 2006
GA Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
Call for Proposals
http://www.electroniclibrarian.com/call

ER&L Conference Program Planning Committee encourages you to submit a proposal for the Electronic Resources & Libraries 2006 Conference to be held on March 23-25, 2006.

The idea of this event is to bring together stakeholders inside and outside of the library to look at the impact the digital environment has on library collections, access to resources, and our organizations. We invite various perspectives and approaches to managing, promoting and
accessing electronic resources. The overarching theme and mission is creating collaborative,
cross-departmental, cross-community approaches to approaching the issues e-resources have brought to our environment. Proposals that have topics of interest to many areas of the library or outside the library are of special interest to the ER&L Program Planning Committee.

The Program Planning Committee seeks proposals for a variety of session formats including presentations, panel sessions, debates, workshops, and roundtable discussions.

Deadlines for proposal submissions is flexible, but those proposals submitted by January 9, 2006 will get priority.

All Call For Proposal information and proposal form is available at:
http://www.electroniclibrarian.com/call

Questions about the Call for Proposals should be directed to Bonnie Tijerina(bonnie.tijerina@library.gatech.edu) or Joan Conger(joan@joanconger.net). Complete details about the conference are online at http://www.electroniclibrarian.com/

CFP: Potter as Bibliotherapy

CFP: Potter as Bibliotherapy

The following call for papers is for a pre-approved special topic session to be included as part of the RMMLA annual conference to be held in Tucson, Arizona, October 12-14, 2006. Presenters must be current in 2006 RMMLA dues by April 1. Presenters also are required to pay the
applicable convention registration fee. Information may be found at rmmla.wsu.edu.

Submissions are welcomed for "Potter as Bibliotherapy: Reading Harry for the Cure." Bibliotherapy is a common casual social practice, when people recommend books to each other on the basis of perceived links between events in books and in people's lives. As a psychological tool, bibliotherapy is most often used to help children or youths process issues and problems. However, the curative benefits of reading are not confined to the very young. The Harry Potter books explore the psychological and social injuries of early childhood loss, bullying, child abuse, racism, and so on. Through the stages of bibliotherapy, the reader--child or adult--identifies with situations and characters and has a cathartic experience. This session seeks to explore the
therapeutic function of J.K. Rowling's books. Proposals of approximately 250 words should be pasted into the body of an e-mail message and sent to amary.murphy@stmu.ab.ca.

Also see: http://rmmla.wsu.edu/

Conference Page: http://rmmla.wsu.edu/conferences/

Call Page: http://rmmla.wsu.edu/call/default.asp

Call for Proposals - Electronic Resources & Libraries 2006

Call for Proposals - Electronic Resources & Libraries 2006

Electronic Resources & Libraries 2006 Conference
March 23 – 25, 2006
GA Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
Call for Proposals
http://www.electroniclibrarian.com/call

ER&L Conference Program Planning Committee encourages you to submit a proposal for the Electronic Resources & Libraries 2006 Conference to be held on March 23-25, 2006.

The idea of this event is to bring together stakeholders inside and outside of the library to look at the impact the digital environment has on library collections, access to resources, and our organizations. We invite various perspectives and approaches to managing, promoting and
accessing electronic resources. The overarching theme and mission is creating collaborative,
cross-departmental, cross-community approaches to approaching the issues e-resources have brought to our environment. Proposals that have topics of interest to many areas of the library or outside the library are of special interest to the ER&L Program Planning Committee.

The Program Planning Committee seeks proposals for a variety of session formats including presentations, panel sessions, debates, workshops, and roundtable discussions.

Deadlines for proposal submissions is flexible, but those proposals submitted by January 9, 2006 will get priority.

All Call For Proposal information and proposal form is available at:
http://www.electroniclibrarian.com/call

Questions about the Call for Proposals should be directed to Bonnie
Tijerina(bonnie.tijerina@library.gatech.edu) or Joan
Conger(joan@joanconger.net). Complete details about the conference are
online at http://www.electroniclibrarian.com/

CFP: IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication seeks tutorials and teaching cases

CFP: IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication seeks tutorials and teaching cases

The IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication seeks tutorials and teaching cases for upcoming issues of the journal. Samples of tutorials and teaching cases appear on the journal's website: http://ieeepcs.org/activities_publications_transactions_authors.php

All types of tutorials or teaching cases for professional communication are appropriate as long as authors address the following questions:

For tutorials:

a.. Justify Reporting the Educational/Training Approach
a.. What practical problem does this approach address?
b.. How is it connected to previous research?
b.. Describe the Educational/Training Approach
a.. What is the context within which the approach is used?
b.. What materials and methods are used in the approach?
c.. Assess the Outcomes of the Educational/Training Approach
a.. What evidence do you have about the effectiveness of the approach?
d.. Clearly State the Implications
a.. What are the implications of the educational or training approach for other contexts?

For teaching cases:
a.. Justify Reporting the Case
a.. What practical problem does this case address?
b.. How is it connected to previous research on pedagogy or industry practices?
b.. Describe the Case (Tell the Story)
a.. Who, what, where, when, etc. is involved?
b.. What supporting documents (memos, press releases, etc.) are needed to understand the case?
c.. Outline Instructional Guidance
a.. What learning outcomes are appropriate for the case?
b.. What methods can be used to assess those outcomes?
c.. What prompts help students/trainees analyze the case?
d.. What questions guide student/trainee discussion?
d.. Describe the Use of the Case by an Instructor
a.. What student/trainee population was involved?
b.. What were the learning outcomes?
e.. Clearly State Implications
a.. What are the implications of the case for professional communication practitioners and/or educators?
Please send inquiries to either of the associate editors below. Email submissions are required.

Industry Practices
Nicole Amare
240 HUMB
The University of South Alabama
Mobile, AL 36688
namare@usouthal.edu

Academic Pedagogy
Julia M. Williams
Humanities and Social Sciences Department
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Terre Haute, IN 47803
julia.m.williams@rose-hulman.edu

D-Lib November 2005 Calls for Presentations

D-Lib November 2005 Calls for Presentations

http://www.dlib.org/dlib/november05/11clips.html#CALLS

Calls for Participation

• International Conference on Information Communication Technologies in Education (ICICTE) 2006, 6 - 8 July 2006, Rhodes, Greece. Call for papers. The submission date is 15 January 2006.

  "The ICICTE Conference will seek to address the new perspectives of education and training systems imposed by their ever-changing role in an evolving multi cultural social environment."

  For more information, please see <http://www.icicte.com/isite/papers/call4papers.asp>.

• AVI 2006 - Advanced Visual Interfaces , 23 - 26 May 2006, Venice, Italy. Call for papers. The submission deadline for short papers is 15 January 2006.

  "Started in 1992 in Rome, and held every two years in different Italian towns, the Conference traditionally brings together experts in different areas of computer science who have a common interest in the conception, design and implementation of visual and, more generally, perceptual interfaces, with a growing interest for mobile devices such as smartphones, palmtops and PDAs, in the framework of traditional and emerging environments, such as ubiquitous and pervasive computer applications."

  For more information, please see the conference Call for Papers <http://www.dsi.unive.it/avi2006/index.htm>.

• 10th European Conference of Medical and Health Libraries, 11 - 16 September 2006, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Call for papers. The submission deadline for abstracts is 15 January 2006.

  " The theme of the 10th EAHIL Conference is "Europe as an Open Book", generously covering the important issues regarding open access as well as the unity in diversity of Europe regarding the various aspects of health sciences information. Please share with us your ideas, projects, research work and experience."

  For more information, please see the conference Call for Papers <http://www.eahilconfcluj.ro/call_for_papers.html>.

• Libraries in the Digital Age (LIDA) 2006, 29 May - 4 June 2006, Dubrovnik and Mljet, Croatia. Call for participation. The submission date for workshop and paper proposals is 16 January 2006.

  "The general aim of the annual conference and course Libraries in the Digital Age (LIDA), started in 2000, is to address the changing and challenging environment for libraries and information systems and services in the digital world, with an emphasis on examining contemporary problems, advances and solutions. Each year a different and 'hot' theme is addressed, divided in two parts; the first part covers research and development and the second part addresses advances in applications and practice. LIDA seeks to bring together researchers, practitioners, and developers in a forum for personal exchanges, discussions, and learning, made easier by being held in memorable locations."

  For more information, please see <http://www.ffos.hr/lida/>.

• New Review of Hypermedia and Multimedia on Knowledge Organization Systems and Services. Call for papers. The submission deadline is 16 January 2006.

  "The New Review of Hypermedia and Multimedia is designed to provide a focus for research and a source of information on the practical and theoretical developments in hypermedia, hypertext, interactive multimedia and related technologies. These highly innovative systems allow the integration of images, sound, text and data to form powerful tools for information retrieval; by linking multimedia with mass storage, they can provide users with a more diverse and richly textured information environment."

  For more information, please see <http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/13614568.asp>.

• JCDL 2006: Opening Information Horizons, 11 - 15 June, Chapel HIll, North Carolina, USA. Call for papers. The submission date is 20 January 2006.

  "The Joint Conference on Digital Libraries is a major international forum focusing on digital libraries and associated technical, practical, and social issues. JCDL encompasses the many meanings of the term "digital libraries," including (but not limited to) new forms of information institutions; operational information systems with all manner of digital content; new means of selecting, collecting, organizing, and distributing digital content; digital preservation and archiving; and theoretical models of information media, including document genres and electronic publishing."

  For more information, please see <http://www.jcdl2006.org/>.

• EDUCAUSE 2006, 9 - 12 October 2006, Dallas, Texas. Call for papers. The submission date is 21 January 2006.

  "Focused on the theme "Spurring Innovation and Marshalling Resources," the diverse program offers a variety of ways to gather information, engage with peers in the higher education IT community, and hear from leading figures in the field – including preconference seminars; track sessions; poster sessions; small group meetings; and corporate exhibits, presentations, and workshops."

  For more information, please see <http://www.educause.edu/conference/annual/2006>.

• 10th ECDL (European Conference on Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries, 17 - 22 September 2006, Alicante, Spain. Call for workshop proposals. The submission date is 27 January 2006.

  "The conference will include presentations and discussions about technical issues and other applications. Topics include (but are not limited to):

  • Concepts of digital libraries and digital documents.
  • Collection building, management and integration.
  • System architectures, integration and interoperability.
  • Information organization, search and usage.
  • User studies and system evaluation.
  • Digital preservation.
  • Digital library applications: e-science, e-learning, e-government, cultural heritage, etc."

  For more information, please see <http://www.ecdl2006.org/>.

• American Library Association Annual Conference 2006 Poster Sessions, 24 - 26 June 2006, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Call for posters. The submission date is 31 January 2006.

  "Poster sessions were introduced to the American Library Association at its 1982 Annual Conference in Philadelphia. They are an effective forum for the exchange of information and a means to communicate ideas, research, and programs."

  For more information, please see <http://www.lib.iastate.edu/ala/>.

Call for Proposals-- Art of the Picture Book Conference, Ashland, Ohio

Call for Proposals-- Art of the Picture Book Conference, Ashland, Ohio

The Art of the Picture Book conference will be held May 12 & 13, 2006 at Ashland University, Ashland, Ohio. This conference will bring together educators, librarians, artists, publishers, editors, aspiring writers or illustrators, publishers and anyone interested in picture books.

We invite you to present your ideas, experiences, and views concerning "The Art of the Picture Book." Proposals are being requested for 50 minute sessions that address the use of picture books in a variety of instances--in classrooms, in libraries, to enhance visual literacy, as artistic expression, or as a commercial venture.

Teachers are eligible to receive one hour of graduate workshop credit from Ashland University by attending both conference days and completing an appropriate class project. Accepted proposals may be used as projects.

Proposal submission deadline is Friday, December 30, 2005. All applicants will be notified by March 1, 2006.

Proposals may be submitted electronically @ http://personal.ashland.edu/~artpicbk/proposalsub.html

To submit a proposal by mail or fax, please send to:
Dr. Mary Rycik
12 Weltmer Center
Ashland University
Ashland, OH 44805
Fax: 419-289-5422 *Attention: Dr. Mary Rycik

Conference registration will begin December 1, 2005 with an early-bird price break available until February 1, 2006. Presenters receive a discount on registration fees. For more information about the conference, visit the Conference Home Page http://personal.ashland.edu/~artpicbk

Questions may be directed to artpicbk@ashland.edu

Editor of Technology Electronic Reviews (TER)

Editor of Technology Electronic Reviews (TER)

Job Description
08 November 2005

Responsibilities
-Oversees all aspects of the production of TER, including content, form, design, marketing, and publication and distribution
-Chairs the TER Editorial Board which meets in person at ALA Annual and Midwinter meetings, and conducts business through e-mail
-Develops new directions for the publication
-Publicizes and markets TER within and outside LITA
-Maintains sufficient numbers of reviews and commentary to publish monthly issues on average -Coordinates the activities of the Production Editor, Publisher/Creator Relations Editor, Reviewer Relations Editor, and Index Editors
-Ongoing monitoring of the publication
-Makes new appointments to the Editorial Board as needed (maximum of two, two-year terms) and reports them to the LITA Office
-The editor attends the LITA Publications Committee meetings at Midwinter and ALA Annual Conferences, and reports on TER activities

Qualifications
-A record of publications
-At least one year of previous editing experience with professional/scholarly material
LITA member (can join if not already a member)
-Familiarity with LITA structure, IGs, and programs
-Familiarity with telecommunications, networking and current Web technologies

Term
-Three years (renewable once)

Compensation
-$1,500 annual stipend or travel expenses up to $1,500
-Complimentary registration to Midwinter and Annual American Library Association meetings

TER Information
Technology Electronic Reviews (TER) is an irregular electronic serial publication of the Library and Information Technology Association, a division of the American Library Association, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611. The primary function of TER is to provide reviews of and pointers to a variety of print and electronic resources about information technology. Resources include books, articles, serials, discussion lists, training materials, bibliographies, and other items of interest to librarians and information technology professionals. The topics covered may include, but are not limited to, networking technologies and standards; hardware and software; operating systems; databases; specific programming languages; management tools and utilities; technical project management; training and personnel issues; library perspectives; and research and development.

URL: http://www.lita.org/ala/lita/litapublications/ter/tertechnology.htm

Application procedure

Send letter of application, resume, and three references by December 2, 2005 to:

Terry Nikkel
Head, Library Systems, Dalhousie University Libraries
Terry.Nikkel@Dal.Ca

Selected candidates will be interviewed by telephone in mid-to late-December, or early January, depending on availability of search committee and candidates. The appointment will begin following the 2006 ALA Annual Meeting.

CFP: Libraries, Archives, Museums and Popular Culture Area Southwest/Texas Popular Culture Assn. & Southwest/Texas American Culture Assn. Conference

CFP: Libraries, Archives, Museums and Popular Culture Area Southwest/Texas Popular Culture Assn. & Southwest/Texas American Culture Assn. Conference, Albuquerque, NM, February 8-11, 2006

The Libraries, Archives, Museums and Popular Culture area solicits paper proposals from librarians, graduate students, library school faculty, collectors, writers, and other aficionados (yes! including people who use libraries, archives, and museums!) of popular culture and information settings of all types! We also encourage proposals for slide shows, video presentations, workshop formats, and panels organized around common themes. Among previous presentations were an overview of collection development for feminist spirituality, a
consideration of Gone with the Wind as an information product, and discussions about petroglyphs and scrapbooks.

Some suggested topics: electronic information-seeking habits intellectual freedom issues related to popular culture resources book clubs and reading groups; reports of research studies of popular culture & libraries, archives, or museums; marketing popular culture materials to library, archives, or museum users collection; building and popular culture resources organization and description of popular culture resources; new media formats and popular culture in libraries, archives, or museums knowledge management issues profiles of popular culture resources and other topics welcome!!!

Send a 200-word abstract to the Area Co-Chairs by November 15, 2005.
Include your complete mailing address, school or other affiliation, e-mail address, telephone number, and fax number.

Janet Brennan Croft
Head of Access Services
Bizzell Library NW104
University of Oklahoma
Norman, OK 73019-6030
PHONE (405) 325-1918
FAX (405) 325-7618
e-mail: jbcroft@ou.edu

Rhonda Harris Taylor
School of Library and Information Studies
401 West Brooks, Room 120
University of Oklahoma
Norman, OK 73019-6032
PHONE (405) 325-3921
FAX (405) 325-7648
e-mail: rtaylor@ou.edu