Monday, January 05, 2009

CFP: OVGTSL 2009 Conference (Ohio Valley Group of Technical Services Librarians)

CFP: OVGTSL 2009 Conference (Ohio Valley Group of Technical Services Librarians)

Open Doors, Opening Minds: The Impact of Open Access & Open Source

http://www.ulib.iupui.edu/OVGTSL2009/callforpapers

Submission Form: http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/?p=WEB228MZHE6LXR

May 6-8, 2009
Sheraton Indianapolis City Centre Hotel
Indianapolis, IN

The OVGTSL 2009 Conference Planning Committee invites you to submit a 50 minute presentation. Proposals will include presenter contact information, paper title, 200-300 word abstract, and indication of technology needs. Papers should relate to open source or open access projects or principles in technical service library work.

Example topics include but are not limited to:
Implementing an open source ILS such as Evergreen
Use of open source content management systems such as Drupal
Catalogers' participation in institutional repository development
Building open access journals at your library
Cataloging open access resources
Open source software as your library's primary public software applications

Submission deadline is March 1, 2009.

Final Decisions regarding paper selection will be sent to submitters no later than March 13, 2009.

If you have any questions regarding this process please contact Kristi Palmer, klpalmer@iupui.edu 317.274.8230