CFP: 2012 Joint Conference of Librarians of Color, JCLC
2012
The deadline has been extended by an additional 2½ weeks!
Deadline extended to October 1, 2011
The 2012 Joint Conference of Librarians of Color, JCLC
2012: Gathering at the Waters: Celebrating Stories and Embracing Communities
will take place from September 19-23, 2012 in Kansas City,
Missouri. The mission of JCLC is to advance the issues affecting librarians
of color within the profession and to also explore how best to serve the
incredibly diverse and changing communities that use our libraries.
The Joint Conference of Librarians of Color is a
conference for everyone and brings together a diverse group of librarians,
library staff, supporters, trustees and community participants to explore
issues of diversity inclusion in libraries and how they affect the ethnic
communities who use our services. JCLC deepens connections across
constituencies, creates spaces for dialogue, promotes the telling and
celebrating of one’s stories, and encourages the transformation of libraries
into more democratic and diverse organizations. This groundbreaking event
is sponsored by the five ethnic caucuses: the American
Indian Library Association (AILA), Asian/Pacific
American Librarians Association (APALA), Black
Caucus of the American Library Association (BCALA), Chinese American Librarians Association
(CALA), and the National Association to
Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish Speaking
(REFORMA). JCLC 2012 follows the first gathering in 2006 in Dallas,
Texas.
The 2012 JCLC Steering Committee invites you to submit a
proposal for a presentation at the conference. Proposal submission
deadlines are listed below.
JCLC Tracks and Topics
JCLC 2012 seeks conference session presentations in all
areas of diversity, including, but not limited to, the topics below.
Ideal sessions will either provide insights, skills, tools and strategies that
stress solutions, implementation and practical applications; highlight
exemplary programs, approaches and models; facilitate constructive dialogue,
interaction, and understanding around significant issues affecting conference
constituencies; or discuss efforts to create more inclusive environments,
programs and curriculum.
• Advocacy, Outreach and Collaboration
Marketing; outreach to diverse populations; community
collaborations; user spaces; public policy; health education; using census data
and other government information; cultural programming; services to and
rebuilding of communities hit with disaster; research; undocumented, urban,
rural and low-income communities; etc.
• Collections, Programs and Services
Ethnic and multicultural collections; film and music;
information literacy; children’s, youth and adult programming; programs for
diverse populations; reference; instruction; grant funded programs; technical
services; archives; preservation; documenting traditional knowledge; research;
cataloging/subject headings/controlled vocabulary; etc.
• Deep Diversity and Cultural Exchange
(understanding and valuing differences)
Increasing awareness and tolerance of “minorities”;
disabilities; gender; celebrating elders; religion; sexual orientation/LGBT
populations; nationality; sharing traditional knowledge; serving the
incarcerated; immigrant and refugees; cross cultural issues; transnational
communities; multiculturalism; best practices and model programs; etc.
• Leadership, Management and Organizational
Development
Administration; staff development/training; recruitment
and retention; leadership; organizational culture; management; cultural
competencies; mentoring; assessment; mid-career strategies; staff and
paraprofessional issues; conflict resolution and mediation; re-organization and
re-structuring; leading during tight economic times; institutional change;
research; fundraising; etc.
• Technology and Innovation
Teaching and learning; emerging technologies;
e-repositories; social networking applications; digitization; equal access for users;
library tools; e-books; mobile devices; widgets; mashups; online learning and
collaboration; open access movements; social aspects of technology and
implications for use; videos; etc.
Session Formats
All sessions are 75 minutes long and may take one of the
following formats:
• Panel
• Individual Paper/Presentation
• Roundtable
• Workshop
• Poster Session
**JCLC will also accept proposals in different formats
(other than those listed above) that will excite, engage and create a new
learning environment for conference attendees**
Submission Guidelines
All proposals must be submitted to the Joint Conference of
Librarians of Color website at: www.jclc-conference.org
Deadline
All proposals must be received by midnight PST on October
1, 2011. No late submissions will be accepted. Notifications of
proposal selection will be made on a rolling basis beginning on November 1,
2011 and ending on December 15, 2011.
Selection Criteria
All proposals will be blind reviewed (without author
identification) by the JCLC Program Committee. Proposals are evaluated on
quality and clarity of content, uniqueness of topic, relevance to conference
attendees, ability to engage the audience, and the relationship of the proposal
to the mission of the conference.
Questions
Many questions can be answered on the JCLC website at: www.jclc-conference.org Questions may
also be sent to Alanna Aiko Moore, JCLC Program Committee Chair, at alannaaiko@gmail.com
