LHRT Research Forum Call for Papers:
Intellectual Freedom and Libraries in America and Abroad : Historical Perspectives
For Presentation at the Annual Conference of the American Library Association (ALA), Anaheim, CA., June 21-26, 2012
The Library History Round Table (LHRT) of the American Library
Association invites submissions of scholarly papers related to the
history of intellectual freedom as evidenced in the concerns and actions
of libraries, librarians, and library associations. Subjects
may include historical studies of events, movements, individuals or
groups (i.e. librarians, library associations, library educators,
library supporters) pertaining to censorship, banned books, freedom of
information, freedom to read, the Library Bill of Rights,
and related topics.
LHRT encourages submissions from researchers of all backgrounds, including students, faculty, and practitioners.
Proposals are due on December 15, 2011. Each proposal must give
the proposal title, an abstract (up to 500 words), and the scholar’s
one-page vita. Also, please indicate whether the research is
in-progress or completed. Proposals should include a
problem or thesis, as well as a statement of significance, objectives,
methods/primary sources used for research, and conclusions (or tentative
conclusions for works in progress)
The LHRT Research Committee will select a number of authors to present
their completed works at the LHRT Research Forum to be held on Sunday
June 24, 2012 at the ALA Annual Conference. Presentations will be
approximately twenty minutes each. The program will
be publicized in January 2012. So that the Forum’s facilitator may
introduce and react to each author, completed papers are due June 1,
2012. All presenters must register to attend the conference. For
registration options, see ALA’s events and conferences
page at
http://www.ala.org.
Accepted papers will also be collected with permissions of the authors
for submission as a future issue of the University of Illinois
Occasional Papers.
DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS: December 15, 2011
DEADLINE FOR COMPLETED PAPERS June 1, 2012
Please submit proposals via e-mail or surface mail and direct inquiries to:
Mark McCallon
LHRT Vice-Chair/Research Committee Chair
221 Brown Library
ACU Box 29208
Abilene, Texas 79699-9208
E-Mail:
mccallonm@acu.edu
Telephone: 325-674-2348
