Call for Participation at ALA Midwinter re: Entrepreneurship

SAGE is looking for ALA Midwinter attendees who support entrepreneurship on campus in various ways, including:
•             curricula support (undergrad and grad);
•             support of campus career centers or alumni offices;
•             support of on-campus centers for entrepreneurship;
•             generally helping students to think and act entrepreneurially, etc.

If one or more of these types of support applies to you and you are interested in sharing your thoughts with colleagues at ALA Midwinter in Boston, please email Camille.gamboa@sagepub.com. A small honorarium will be provided for your efforts.

Thank you,
Camille Gamboa
camille.gamboa@sagepub.com
805-410-0577

CFP: Canadian Association of Professional Academic Librarians conference, Congress, Calgary Alberta May 28 – May 31, 2016

Invitation to submit to the Canadian Association of Professional Academic Librarians (CAPAL) conference, Congress, Calgary Alberta May 28 – May 31, 2016:

Call for Proposals

CAPAL16: BEYOND THE LIBRARY: AGENCY, PRACTICE, AND SOCIETY

CAPAL/ACBAP Annual Conference – May 28–June 3, 2016

Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences 2016

University of Calgary

Calgary, Alberta

The Canadian Association of Professional Academic Librarians (CAPAL) invites participation in its annual conference, to be held as part of Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences 2016 at the University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada (http://congress2016.ca/). The conference offers opportunity to share critical research and scholarship, challenge current thinking, and forge new relationships across all disciplines.

THEME

In keeping with the Congress 2016 theme, Energizing Communities, CAPAL16 seeks to look “Beyond the Library” to rethink how academic librarians engage with their communities within which our institutions are situated or those with whom we share disciplinary concerns or approaches. Such communities may be physical, epistemic, academic, or imagined communities, communities of identity, or those communities around us and to which we contribute.

What can the discipline of library and information studies (LIS) learn from other disciplines?  What might LIS as an interdisciplinary field look like?  Where and how should academic librarianship be situated within and in relation to other communities?

RATIONALE

Like any institution, academic libraries both reflect and help shape the societies of which they are part. It is therefore critical for academic librarians to consider how they and their work are situated – professionally, ontologically, ethically, epistemologically, and physically. As social agents, we share and occupy socio-economic, political, and technological spaces in our efforts to provide diverse, high quality, informational resources and critical education within a contemporary (i.e., neoliberal) legal and economic framework.

In such an environment, effecting change requires seeking out, examining, and engaging with new ideas, approaches, theories, communities, understandings, and ways of knowing, which, themselves, may fall outside the traditional boundaries of the discipline of library and information studies. We need to move our lines of inquiry “beyond the library”–physically and intellectually–into new arenas and new communities. This conference is an invitation to academic librarians and scholars who study libraries and information to discuss how we can reframe academic librarianship: in practice, in policy, in theory, and in society.

Potential topic areas include but are not limited to:

·         Academic librarianship in the context of urgent socio-political priorities, such as climate change, environmental sustainability, and social equity;

·         The relationship between academic librarianship and democracy;

·         Academic librarianship and reconciliation with Indigenous peoples;

·         Indigenizing, decolonizing, diversity, and inclusion in academic librarianship;

·         The philosophical bases of academic librarianship in social theory;

·         The history of academic librarianship and the role of academic librarians in the academy;

·         The potentially biased treatment of controversial issues and scholarly debates in knowledge organization and information retrieval systems;

·         The sociology of knowledge mobilization;

·         Academic librarianship and its relationship to the design of user spaces;

·         Academic librarianship’s response to privacy and security in the “post-Snowden” era;

·         Community development, “town-gown” relationships, and academic librarianship;

·         Core values of academic librarianship in mediated spaces;

·         Critical theory, interdisciplinary approaches and subject expertise in LIS education for academic librarians.

SUBMISSION INFORMATION

The Program Committee invites proposals for individual papers as well as proposals for panel submissions of three papers. Individual papers are typically 20 minutes in length. For individual papers, please submit an abstract of 300 words and a presentation title, with brief biographical statement and your contact information. For complete panels, please submit a panel abstract of 300 words as well as a list of all participants and brief biographical statements, and a separate abstract of 300 words for each presenter. Please identify and provide participants’ contact information for the panel organizer. International proposals and proposals from non-members and students are welcome.

Please feel free to contact the Program Committee to discuss a topic for a paper, panel, or other session format. Proposals should be emailed as an attachment as a doc. or docx. file, using the following filename format:

Lastname_Keywordoftopic.docx

Proposals and questions should be directed to the Program Chairs:

Michael Dudley:          m.dudley@uwinnipeg.ca

John Wright:                jpwright@ucalgary.ca

Deadline for proposals: January 4^th, 2016.

CFP: Advances in Library Administration and Organization 2016 Volume: The Future of Library Space (New Deadlines)

Libraries are dealing with unprecedented changes on several fronts: technological developments, funding difficulties, and an increasing need to prove themselves to a demanding population. These factors understandably impact physical library space. Looking toward the future, what changes can we expect to see in how libraries use space? 

The first 2016 volume of Advances in Library Administration and Organization will focus on the future of library spaces. 

ALAO offers long-form research, comprehensive discussions of theoretical developments, and in-depth accounts of evidence-based practice in library administration and organization. The series aims to answer the questions, “How have libraries been managed, and how should they be managed?” It goes beyond a platform for the sharing of research to provide a venue for dialogue across issues, in a way that traditional peer reviewed journals cannot. Through this series, practitioners can glean new approaches in challenging times and collaborate on the exploration of scholarly solutions to professional quandaries.

NEW DEADLINES:

• Submission deadline for proposals: Feb. 15, 2016
• Notification of acceptance sent by March 1, 2016
• Submission deadline for full chapters: May 1, 2016
• Comments returned to authors: June 15, 2016
• Submission deadline for chapter revisions: July 15, 2016 

If you have any questions please contact Series editor, Samantha Hines, at Samantha.hines@umontana.edu

CFP: 2016 Kraemer Copyright Conference at UCCS (University of Colorado at Colorado Springs - June 6-7, 2016)

Save the Date!
I am excited to announce that the fourth annual Kraemer Copyright Conference will be held on June 6-7, 2016 on the University of Colorado Colorado Springs<http://www.uccs.edu/> campus. This conference offers public, academic, and school librarians the opportunity to learn about U.S. Copyright Law and how it impacts the services we offer our patrons. This year the theme of the conference will be Libraries and Copyright: Past, Present, and Future. Visit our conference webpage to learn more about this event: http://www.uccs.edu/copyright/kraemerconference.html.

We are excited to welcome back international copyright expert Dr. Kenneth D. Crews (http://www.ghplaw.com/Content/Attorneys/Kenneth_Crews.htm) and Kevin Smith, Director of the Office of Copyright and Scholarly Communications at Duke University (http://blogs.library.duke.edu/scholcomm/). Both will be serving as keynote speakers as well as presenting various conference sessions. We are also excited to welcome Donna Ferullo, Director of the University Copyright Office at Purdue University (https://www.lib.purdue.edu/uco/contact.html), who will be hosting the preconference session and participating in conference programming.

Call for Proposals
We are seeking proposals for excellent break-out sessions, poster sessions, and contributed papers on copyright issues and best practices. Topics should address some type of library copyright issue or a related topics such as open access, scholarly communications, and licensing issues. All proposals are due by 12pm (Mountain Standard Time) on January 15, 2016. Visit this webpage to learn more about the proposal submission process:
http://www.uccs.edu/copyright/kraemerconference/proposals.html.

Registration
Registration for the 2016 Kraemer Copyright Conference will open in January 2016. Once again, this year's conference registration will be free to all attendees thanks to our generous sponsors.

Questions?
If you have any questions regarding this event or the proposal submission process please contact me at 719-255-3908 or cmyers8@uccs.edu.

Best,
Carla Myers

Assistant Professor
Faculty Director of Access Services and Scholarly Communications
Kraemer Family Library
The University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

CFP: ALCTS Metadata Interest Group Call For Presentations - ALA Annual 2016 Virtual Preconference: ‘Faster, Accurate, and More Reflective: Assessment and Automation of Descriptive Metadata’

The ALCTS Metadata Interest Group seeks presentation proposals for the two-day ALCTS Virtual Pre-conference “Faster, Accurate, and More Reflective: Assessment and Automation of Descriptive Metadata” prior to the 2016 ALA Annual Meeting in Orlando, FL. This pre-conference is scheduled to take place online during late May or early June (specific days will be determined at a later date in consultation with speaker availability).  

This virtual pre-conference will feature two programs:  

Program Topic 1: We can do it, you can too! Metadata Automation for Everyone

Descriptive metadata creation is the most time consuming task, yet it provides the greatest access to digital content.  Automating aspects of this work can lead to greater efficiency and accuracy. This program will feature brief presentations on metadata format transformation, repurposing formats like EAD or MARC, reconciliation through Open Refine, or clean-up of legacy data to be followed by breakout group sessions led by the presenters to help attendees work through potential scenarios at their institutions.  

Potential topics could include:

- Creation of metadata workflows or tools for discipline-based metadata schema and repositories (internal and external)

-Demonstration of home grown tools, workflows, procedures

-Demonstration of open source tools

Participants will gain awareness of data conversion tools and processes (such as XSLT, OpenRefine, MarcEdit, and others) and be able to translate that information into their own institutions and workflows.

Program topic 2: Assessing the Impact of Metadata Reuse

The case has been made for opening metadata for reuse.  But what is being done with metadata?  What are the methods for assessing the reuse of metadata?  How is it being used?  Has it impacted research and discoverability?  This program will look at case studies and meta studies about the impact of metadata reuse and what that means for the future of metadata creation.

Potential topics could include:

- Case studies measuring metadata reuse

- Tools and techniques for measuring metadata reuse

- Impact of metadata creation on discoverability

- Metrics for assessing discoverability

Participants in this program will be able to identify ways to assess the impact and reuse of their metadata and maximize their metadata creation efforts in the futures.

Presentation details:

There will be two presentations for each program.  Presentations will be 30 minutes in total -- 20 minutes for the presentation, 10 minutes for questions. The deadline for proposals is January 6, 2016.  Proposals may be submitted through this form : https://goo.gl/hM5X0T  

If you have any difficulties with this form, please feel free to submit your proposals directly by email to liz.woolcott@usu.edu or anna.neatrour@utah.edu .

Thank you!

ALCTS Metadata Interest Group Programming Chairs:

Liz Woolcott, Utah State University

Anna Neatrour, University of Utah

CFP: The 8th Shanghai International Library Forum (Shanghai, China)

The 8th Shanghai International Library Forum (SILF2016) will be held on July 6-8, 2016 at the Shanghai Library. Organized by the Shanghai Library (Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of Shanghai) and co-organized by the Shanghai Society for Library Science and the Shanghai Society for Scientific & Technical Information. Call for Papers can be seen here: http://www.libnet.sh.cn/silf2016/english/english.htm

The 8th Shanghai International Library Forum (SILF2016) will be held on July 6-8, 2016 at the Shanghai Library. Organized by the Shanghai Library (Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of Shanghai) and co-organized by the Shanghai Society for Library Science and the Shanghai Society for Scientific & Technical Information.

The theme of the forum is "Libraries: Enabling Progress". The conference will focus on hot issues and topics, the latest research achievements, innovative ideas, advanced technology and the latest developments related to the theme and conduct in-depth and extensive academic discussions. Well-known experts and scholars will be invited to present keynote speeches and thematic reports. To ensure the academic quality of this forum and attract more submissions, scholars of library and information science, managers of libraries and information agencies, and professionals from all fields at home and abroad are invited to submit papers and attend the conference.

I. Topics of the Conference 
1. Smart library construction
2. Public cultural service in the digital environment
3. "Internet +" services in the big data era
4. Inclusive design
5. Library resource development and knowledge organization
6. Interconnected and integrated libraries: convergence and cross-boundary

II. Paper Submission Guidelines
1. The paper to be submitted must be the original work of the author(s), closely related to the theme of the conference and are not published on any journals at home or abroad, or given as a speech at any conference. The paper does not involve any classified information, there is no plagiarism, and the author takes sole responsibility for his or her views.
2. The paper contains 5,000 words or less, including an abstract of 300 words or less in English or Chinese. Please indicate the topic of your paper.
3. The paper should be arranged in the following order: title, author’s organization and name, author’s mailing address and zip code, abstract, keywords, text (sections indicated with numbers, such as 1, 1.1, 1.1.1 ......) and references.
4. The paper should be in Word format and submitted in electronic form to the contact e-mail of the Conference Organizing Committee.
5. Authors agree that the SILF Organizing Committee can revise or edit their papers and publish the papers accepted on the SILF website in PDF format, unless the Organizing Committee is otherwise notified. 
6. Deadline for the submission of abstracts: February 15, 2016
7. Deadline for the submission of full papers: March 31, 2016
All papers will be reviewed by the forum's Academic Committee. Accepted papers will be formally published in print in the conference proceedings.

III. Conference date and venue
Date: July 6-8, 2016
July 6, 2016: Registration
July 7, 2016: Opening ceremony, keynote speeches, plenary meeting reports
July 8, 2016: Sessions and closing ceremony
Venue: Shanghai Library (1555 Huaihai Zhong Road, Shanghai, China 200031)

IV. Secretariat
Contact:
Ms. Jean Jin (Overseas), Tel: 86-21-64454500 Shanghai Library International Office
Ms. Shu Rui (Domestic), Tel: 86-21-64455309 Shanghai Library Research Office
Email: silf2016@libnet.sh.cn
Fax: 86-21-64455006
Conference website: http: //www.libnet.sh.cn/silf2016

Call for Reviewers: Journal of Business & Finance Librarianship

The Journal of Business & Finance Librarianship is looking for book reviewers for future issues.  Books reviewed are related to subject areas within business. 

Although there is a major focus on reference materials, review also address significant academic business books that have recently been published.  Each review analyzes the purpose of the book and the success of the author or publisher in fulfilling that purpose, along with information on the scope, content and organization of the source.

If you are interested in reviewing a book for the JBFL, please contact:

Douglas Southard

Book Review Editor, Journal of Business and Finance Librarianship Dougsouthard@yahoo.com

In your message, please indicate your areas of expertise or interest (such as finance, marketing, or specific industries, etc.) and include your mailing address.

About the Journal

The Journal of Business & Finance Librarianship is an innovative quarterly journal that provides you with useful articles about the creation, organization, dissemination, retrieval, and use of business information. This refereed journal covers the business information needs of special libraries, academic libraries, and public libraries, as well as information services and centers outside of the traditional library setting. You'll find that the journal is international in scope, reflecting the multinational and international scope of the business community today.

The immediate focus of the journal is practice-oriented articles, but it also provides an outlet for new empirical studies on business librarianship and business information. Aside from articles, this journal offers valuable statistical and meeting reports, literature and media reviews, Web site reviews, and interviews.

Recent issues of the Journal of Business & Finance Librarianship have covered topics such as:

• Political risk and country risk, some of the factors and methods used in foreign country risk analysis, and a variety of political risk sources
• The structure of the National Trade Data Bank, a comparison of the three versions of it currently on the market, and detailed descriptions of many of the database's most useful programs
• How and why intranets developed and how they can be used as strategic business tools that empower an organization to meet its corporate vision
• An analysis of the public rankings of in Canadian business periodicals and a retrieval tool for such information
• An effective and practical way to get business students familiar with various library resources
• A selective review of some of the business dictionaries in print
• Special thematic issues of the journal have covered: Marketing Information / The Core Business Web / Distance Learning Librarianship

 Product Details:

 ISSN: 0896-3568 Electronic - ISSN: 1547-0644

CFP: 2016 North Carolina Serials Conference

We are pleased to announce that the 25th Annual North Carolina Serials Conference will be held on Monday, March 21, 2016 at The William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education in Chapel Hill. http://web.lib.ecu.edu/ncserialsconference/

The Conference Planning Committee is currently accepting proposals for presentations that reflect the 2016 conference theme:  NC Serials Conference at 25: The Age of Discovery. We offer our users a rich array of physical and electronic resources. How do our communities gain access? How can we help in the discovery process? What tools have
we found useful for managing our collections? How do we help users navigate our resources and connect to what they want and need in their research? How have we charted our course in the turbulent waters of serials and electronic resources? What is the engine for our future? Let's share our discoveries and best practices, explore innovations on
the horizon, and participate in a day when ideas are generated and connections are made. Come celebrate our 25th year!

Proposals may address any aspect of the serials industry or serials management and may be submitted by any member of the serials profession including publishers, vendors, librarians, staff, and students.

Proposals should be submitted by e-mail in an attachment to Maria Collins and Kendall McKenzie at mdcollin@ncsu.edu  and kendall.mckenzie@dukeupress.edu. The deadline for submissions is Friday, December 4, 2015.

When submitting a proposal, please include the following information:

1. Contact details (including your name, mailing address, telephone number, and email address)
2. A short (50 words or less) biographical description for each speaker
3. Presentation title
4. An abstract (approximately 100 words)
5. Type of Program
·         Presentation
·         Panel Discussion
·         Hands-on Workshop
·         Lightning Talk
·         Other (please provide details)
6. Estimate of time required to present topic

Please note: Presenters’ registration expenses will be waived.

The Planning Committee will review all proposals for their content, timeliness, relevance, and fit with the overall Conference content. The Committee reserves the right to refocus or combine proposals as needed (with notice) to reach a diverse audience and to maximize use of program time slots.

--
Maria Collins
Head, Acquisitions and Discovery
NCSU Libraries
Editor, Serials Review
Maria_Collins@ncsu.edu

Call for Chapters: Women's Studies in the Library: Case Studies of Innovative Programs and Resources

Women's Studies in the Library: Case Studies of Innovative Programs and Resources

Book Publisher: McFarland

Carol Smallwood, ed. Library's Role in Supporting Financial Literacy for Patrons (Rowman & Littlefield, 2016); public library administrator, special, school librarian.

Lura Sanborn, co-ed. Women, Work, and the Web, contributor, (Rowman & Littlefield, 2015); public, academic, school librarian.

One or two chapters sought from U.S. practicing academic, public, school, special librarians, LIS faculty, sharing practical know-how about what works for women's studies programs and resources. Chapters are encouraged that could apply to more than one type of library: useful to public, school, special, LIS faculty. Proven, creative, case studies encouraged. How-to chapters based on experience to help colleagues; innovative workshops, outreach, grant resources highly valued.

No previously published, simultaneously submitted material. One, two, or three authors per chapter; each chapter by the same author(s). Compensation: one complimentary copy per 3,000-4,000 word chapter accepted no matter how many co-authors, or if one or two chapters: author discount on more copies.

Please e-mail titles of proposed chapters, each described in a few sentences by December 28, 2015, brief bio on each author; place WOM, Your Name on subject line: smallwood@tm.net

Call for Chapters: Male Gender Studies in the Library: Case Studies of Innovative Programs and Resources

Male Gender Studies in the Library: Case Studies of Innovative Programs and Resources
Carol Smallwood:   Essays on Women's Studies in the Library (McFarland, 2016); public library administrator, special, school librarian.

Vera Gubnitskaia: How to STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Education in Libraries. (Rowman & Littlefield, 2014); public, college librarian.

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield. Exploring feasibility---when enough responses have been received you'll be contacted.

Anthology: 3,000-4,000 word chapters by public, school, special, academic librarians, LIS faculty and those involved with library outreach, programming, collection development, resources, community partnerships in the United States and Canada. Innovative chapters on a rapidly changing topic in popular media and an increasing presence in college and graduate classes.

One, two, or three authors per chapter; each chapter by the same author(s). Compensation: one complimentary copy per 3,000-4,000 word chapter accepted no matter how many co-authors or if one or two chapters: author discount on more copies.

Please send title for one or two proposed chapters: one or two sentence description for each chapter; brief bio to: smallwood@tm.net with MAL in subject line by December 28, 2015, 2015.

Call for Chapters: Technology Instruction in Libraries for Staff, Patrons, and Students

Technology Instruction in Libraries for Staff, Patrons, and Students
Book Publisher: McFarland

Carol Smallwood, co-ed. Google  for Patron Library Use  ed. (Rowman & Littlefield, 2015); public library administrator, special, school librarian.

Lura Sanborn, co-ed. Women, Work, and the Web, contributor, (Rowman & Littlefield, 2015); public, academic, school librarian.

One or two chapters sought from U.S. practicing academic, public, school, special librarians about technology instruction for staff, patrons, and students. Chapters are encouraged that could apply to more than one type of library: public, school, special, academic, LIS faculty. Creative case studies especially encouraged. How-to chapters based on experience to help colleagues; innovation highly valued.

No previously published, simultaneously submitted material. One, two, or three authors per chapter; each chapter by the same author(s). Compensation: one complimentary copy per 3,000-4,000 word chapter accepted no matter how many co-authors or one/two chapters: author discount on more copies.

Please e-mail titles of proposed chapters each described in a few sentences by December 28, 2015, brief bio on each author; place TECH, Your Name on subject line: smallwood@tm.net

Call for Chapters: Library Outreach to Writers and Poets: Interviews and Case Studies of Cooperation

Library Outreach to Writers and Poets: Interviews and Case Studies of Cooperation
Book Publisher: McFarland

Carol Smallwood:  Water, Earth, Air, Fire, and Picket Fences (Lamar University Press, 2014);  Women on Poetry: Writing, Revising, Publishing and Teaching is on Poets & Writers Magazine list of Best Books for Writers.

Vera Gubnitskaia: contributor, Bringing the Arts into the Library (ALA, 2014); co-editor, Continuing Education for Librarians (McFarland, 2013); indexer

One or two chapters sought from U.S. writers, poets, academic, public, school, special librarians, LIS and Creative Writing faculty, sharing practical know-how about outreach, workshops, literary festivals, readings, librarian/author/poet visits to schools and other groups, spotlights-on-authors, book talks/clubs. Interview format chapters by librarians/writers/poets welcomed.

No previously published, simultaneously submitted material. One, two, or three authors per chapter/interview; each by the same author(s). Compensation: one complimentary copy per 3,000-4,000 word chapter/interview accepted no matter how many co-authors, or if one or two chapters: author discount on more copies.

Please e-mail titles of proposed chapters, each described in a few sentences by December 28, 2015, brief bio on each author; place WRI, Last Name on subject line: smallwood@tm.net

CFP: ALA Annual Conference Poster Session (ALA 2016 - Orlando, Florida)

Share your best ideas and work with the national library community by presenting a poster session at the 2016 ALA Annual Conference in Orlando!

The poster session committee encourages submissions from all types of libraries and on any topic relevant to librarianship. Submissions may include a description of an innovative library program; an analysis of a solution to a problem; a report of a research study; or any other presentation that would benefit the larger library community.

Poster session participants place materials such as pictures, data, graphs, diagrams and narrative text on boards that are usually 4 x 8 feet. During their assigned 1½ hour time periods, participants informally discuss their presentations with conference attendees. Titles/abstracts from previous years are available on ALA Connect:http://connect.ala.org/node/210160 (note that this site is only serving as an archive for previous Annual Conference poster sessions – for information on this year's posters, go to: https://www.conferenceabstracts.com/cfp2/login.asp?EventKey=TJDHDUNL).

The deadline for submitting an application is January 29, 2016. Applicants will be notified by the end of March, after a double blind peer review process, whether their submission has been accepted for presentation at the conference. The 2015 ALA Annual Poster Sessions will be held June 25 and 26, 2016 (the Saturday andSunday of the conference) in the exhibits hall.

Start your application process now at https://www.conferenceabstracts.com/cfp2/login.asp?EventKey=TJDHDUNL. You must login to the site using your ALA username and password, or you can create a username and password for the site before you submit your application.

Questions about poster session presentations and submissions may be directed to:

Melanie Griffin, chair of the ALA poster session committee, griffinm@usf.edu

Or

Candace Benefiel, chair of the ALA poster session review panel, cbenefie@lib-gw.tamu.edu

Website: https://www.conferenceabstracts.com/cfp2/login.asp?EventKey=TJDHDUNL

CFP: Illinois Association of College & Research Libraries Conference: Raise Your Voice: Librarians in the Lead (Chicago March 18, 2016) - Deadline Nov 16

The Illinois Association of College & Research Libraries Conference Committee is seeking program submissions for the 2016 IACRL Conference: Raise Your Voice: Librarians in the Lead. The conference takes place on March 18, 2016 at the Marriott Chicago O’Hare. We are currently accepting proposals for Presentations, Panels, and Lightning Rounds. Submissions are due November 16, 2015. Accepted proposals will be notified by December 16, 2015.

The Illinois Association of College & Research Libraries Conference Committee is seeking program submissions for the 2016 IACRL Conference: Raise Your Voice: Librarians in the Lead. The conference takes place on March 18, 2016 at the Marriott Chicago O’Hare. We are currently accepting proposals for Presentations, Panels, and Lightning Rounds. Submissions are due November 16, 2015. Accepted proposals will be notified by December 16, 2015.

Raise Your Voice by submitting your proposal HERE

If you have any questions or comments, please contact Steve Brantley jsbrantley@eiu.edu or Sarah Sagmoen at sarah.sagmoen@uis.edu.

Program Types:

Presentation:

This format allows 1-3 speakers who have collaborated, to describe ongoing or completed research, or a project designed to address a single issue or problem. Presenters should describe the issue that inspired the project or research, the results, and the conclusions reached. Presenters will have 60 minutes, including time for questions and answers.

Panel Discussion:

The panel discussion format is more conversational and interactive. It is an ideal way for 4-5 speakers to present different approaches to the same issue or to share a variety of perspectives on the same topic. Panelists should encourage active participation and discussion by incorporating questions to attendees and each other throughout the session. Panels will have a total of 60 minutes, including time spent on questions and answers.

Lightning Round:

The lightning round is an opportunity to share your knowledge, experience, or expertise on a specific topic in a fast and focused presentation. Presenters will have 5 minutes to speak and 5 minutes for questions. Slides may be used, but are not required.

CFP: Second Annual Empirical Librarians Conference (Greensboro, NC - February 29, 2016)

Dear colleagues, you are invited to present at the Second Annual Empirical Librarians Conference, a one-day celebration of original research in libraries! We seek presentations at all levels, from students to seasoned professionals. Proposals for presentations can be submitted athttp://www.library.ncat.edu/elprop and are due by 5pm on Thursday December 3, 2015.

This conference focuses on researchers in libraries, both original research being supported by librarians and original research being performed by librarians. The conference goal is to bring research supporters and research creators together in one forum to share and discuss insights about original research. Empirical Librarians 2016 will be held on February 29^th, 2016, in Greensboro, NC, in the library at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. Our keynote speaker will be Dr. Barbara Wildemuth, author of Applications of Social Research Methods to Questions in Information and Library Science.

We seek submissions from library professionals and LIS students on the two conference topic tracks (1) library support for original researchers and (2) research by and about libraries. We are particularly interested in hearing about the techniques and methods used! This would be a great forum for presenters to revisit an already-presented project but develop the focus on technique instead of outcomes. Topics may include but are not limited to:

Track 1: Librarians supporting original research, such as:

-          Data librarianship and the support of data-intensive social science

-          Graduate student support and information literacy for theses/dissertations

-          Undergraduate research program support and science librarianship

-          Data archiving and support for the data lifecycle

-          Research development, grant, or sponsored programs support in the library

Track 2: Librarians performing original research, such as:

-          Qualitative or quantitative methodological insights from research projects

-          Outcomes-setting and outcomes-measurement of projects in libraries

-          User Experience librarianship and usability analysis

-          Rigorous library assessment techniques and methods

-          Spatial and behavioral approaches to user insights

-          The science of science and other bibliometrics and altmetrics

Presentations can be in one of three formats:

-          One-hour break-out sessions with 45 minutes for presenting and 15 minutes for Q&A.  These may be instructional sessions, presentations, or panels.

-          Lightning sessions (5-7 minutes of talk; Q&A will be included afterwards)

-          Poster sessions with practical take-aways

Both lightning sessions and poster sessions are especially suited to basic refreshers for your colleagues! Suggested topics for these smaller sessions include introductory “how to” or “what is” overviews, literature-based methods synopses, summaries of emerging trends in a specific field of librarianship, discussions of pilot projects, explanations of smaller user-insight projects, etc. Presenters are asked to plan a learning object for attendees’ future use. This could be a handout, lesson plan, tutorial video, link to a LibGuide reading list, an assessment diagram, worksheet, or any other format as long as it will help attendees to apply your ideas.

Proposals to present can be submitted at http://www.library.ncat.edu/elprop. If you have any questions or suggestions, please feel free to email Nina Exner at ninae@ncat.edu.

Thanks,

Nina Exner 

USAIN 2016: Call for Contributed Papers, Posters, and Lightning Rounds

USAIN 2016: Call for Contributed Papers, Posters, and Lightning Rounds

Deadline for proposals is Nov. 30!! 

The United States Agricultural Information Network (USAIN) Contributed Papers and Posters Committee is now soliciting proposals for the 15th Biennial USAIN Conference.  This year’s conference, “Interdisciplinary Agriculture: Meeting Tomorrow’s Global Challenges” will be held April 24-27, 2016 in Gainesville, Florida and hosted by the University of Florida.

Please consider submitting a proposal that will contribute to the discussion of interdisciplinary aspects of global agricultural information. Papersshould be on a topic of interest to a large proportion of conference attendees or a USAIN interest group, are presented orally, and should be no more than 15 minutes long.  Posters suitable for sharing preliminary research or short project reports, are also welcome.  An individual may be lead author and presenter on a maximum of two submissions – one paper and one poster.  Lightning Rounds will be 8 minutes each and should be focused on topics related to technological developments in librarianship.

Two USAIN Interest Groups are soliciting contributions for their programs. Contributors are not required to be Interest Group members. The AgNIC Interest Group is hosting a paper session on Collaboration in Agricultural Librarianship. The group seeks paper proposals related to any collaborative efforts, such as crowdsourcing, collection development, etc. The Technology Trends Interest Group is hosting a lightning round on technological developments in librarianship. Examples include assessment of useful mobile apps relating to food, agriculture and nutrition, faculty and students’ use of mobile apps or social media in their academic pursuits; assessment tools and measures that have been used in repositories or open access collections; data management tools in use, their assessments or effectiveness, new tools used for library instruction or for outreach to patrons, user preferences for e-book collections, evaluation of the impact of e-book collection, technology useful to help faculty increase their impact, new online tools, open source, etc.  When you submit your proposal you will have the option to indicate if it is for the main USAIN 2016 papers track, the Collaboration in Agricultural Librarianship track, or the Technology Trends Lightning Rounds.

Those wishing to present a proposal should submit an abstract in English (maximum 300 words) online at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=usain2016 (new users of the EasyChair software program will need to sign up for a free account). Because reviews will be blinded, please exclude any identifying information (names, addresses, institutions) from the body of your abstract.

The proposal deadline is November 30, 2015.  Notification of proposal acceptance will occur in January 2016.

The following criteria will be used for reviewing proposals:

• Reports on original research or project;
• Demonstrates a new application of existing technology, method, or thought;
• Contributes to the knowledge of and in the field;
• Is of broad interest to the USAIN audience;
• Is of suitable length, scope, and content for a poster, paper presentation, or lightning talk;
• Adds to the quality and diversity of the conference program.

For more information about proposal submissions, please contact committee chair Lorrie Pellack (pellack@iastate.edu; 515-294-5569).  An FAQ with more information about submissions can also be found at http://cms.uflib.ufl.edu/usain2016/Program/FAQ.aspx (scroll down to FAQ).

ALCTS Metadata Interest Group Call For Presentations - ALA Annual 2016: “Diverse and inclusive metadata: Developing cultural competencies in descriptive practices”

The ALCTS Metadata Interest Group seeks presentation proposals for the program “Diverse and inclusive metadata: Developing cultural competencies in descriptive practices” during the 2016 ALA Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida. This program is scheduled to take place on Sunday, June 26, at 4:30pm.  Presentations are 30 minutes in total -- 20 minutes for the presentation, 10 minutes for questions.

Program details:

Digital items can be misrepresented when the people cataloging them don’t have a background in the cultural contexts from which they originate. How are metadata creators developing methods to encourage the creation of metadata that represents diverse points of view? How does using sources of authority control such as LCSH contribute to misrepresentation of cultural heritage materials? This program provides a discussion venue for ideas to promote cultural competencies and inclusivity in the metadata process.

Potential topics could include:

• Strategies for evaluating inclusivity or exclusivity of metadata
• Tools and educational resources for developing inclusive metadata
• Strategies for working with diverse communities

Participants will be able to identify ways to increase cultural inclusiveness of their metadata, leading to enhanced description and better representation.

Thinking of presenting but have questions about the process? Join Anna and Liz at Google Hangouts on November 13th from 12:00-1:00 MT: https://plus.google.com/events/c24pdm6onuck0pfiqeo7km1ipqo

and on November 20th from 12:00-1:00 MT:

https://plus.google.com/events/cs6av394geq2dpf405nl9roen5k

The deadline for proposals is Nov. 21, 2015.  Proposals may be submitted through this form : http://goo.gl/forms/SokamLy7u9.

If you have any difficulties with this form, please feel free to submit your proposals directly by email to liz.woolcott@usu.edu or anna.neatrour@utah.edu .

Thank you!

ALCTS Metadata Interest Group Programming Chairs:

Liz Woolcott, Utah State University

Anna Neatrour, University of Utah