Call for Proposals, MLA Academic Libraries 2010
Save the date for "Academic Libraries 2010: Explore, Discover, Connect," the Michigan Library Association's first two-day event highlighting trends and issues in academic libraries. The event will be held May 6-7, 2010, at the Hotel Baronette in Novi, Michigan. The keynote speakers are Dr. Carol Tenopir, Professor, School of Information Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and author of the "Online Databases" column for Library Journal; and Lori A. Goetsch, current President of ACRL and Dean of Libraries and Professor at Kansas State University.
We invite proposals to present at "Academic Libraries 2010: Explore, Discover, Connect." The proposal application, including selection criteria and requirements, is available online at http://www.mla.lib.mi.us/node/1068. The deadline for submitting a program proposal is November 30, 2009.
This event will showcase state and national cutting-edge trends, identify Michigan's unique issues, and connect academic library staff to their peers and colleagues. The Academic Libraries 2010 Work Group seeks a variety of proposals that will address topics that reflect the range of professional responsibilities found in academic libraries and that introduce new ideas or solutions to the challenges currently facing academic libraries (including but not limited to public universities, private colleges, and community colleges) and job responsibilities (including but not limited to librarians, staff, and administrators).
The Academic Libraries 2010 Work Group is pleased to offer this unique opportunity! We look forward to receiving your proposals and seeing you at the event.
To renew your individual and institutional membership visit the MLA Membership Services Center at: https://members.mla.lib.mi.us/. Click on join/renew and update your record. If you have questions, e-mail Genny Allen at: alleng@mlcnet.org.
Sincerely,
Kathy Irwin and Julia Nims
Co-Chairs of the Academic Libraries 2010 Work Group
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Monday, November 09, 2009
Friday, September 25, 2009
Call for Poster Sessions: Greater New York Chapter of the Association of College and Research Libraries
Call for Poster Sessions: Greater New York Chapter of the Association of College and Research Libraries
The 2009 ACRL/NY Annual Symposium, “Emerging Leadership in Libraries” focuses on the importance of leadership in academic libraries today and the paths to achieving and sustaining it. This Symposium will address myriad questions of leadership: What does it take to be a leader? How do we mentor leaders within our institutions? How do we take charge of our own career paths? How do we move into leadership roles? We will open up discussions of leadership across the different stages of librarianship.
ACRL/NY invites you to submit a poster session proposal for the Symposium. It can address any issue related to this theme. Examples follow:
Professional collaboration
Management styles in libraries
Motivating/inspiring librarians
Getting yourself published
Experience in leadership development
Mentoring/mentoring programs
Creating new roles
Moving into leadership roles
Promoting yourself
Please email a 100-200 word description of your poster session proposal to Symposium Planning Committee member Gloria Meisel at gloria.meisel@sunywcc.edu by October 20, 2009. Include author name(s), email and telephone contact numbers, and the title of the poster session. Presenters will receive a reduced Symposium registration rate.
The successful candidates will be notified by early November. You will be expected to set up by 8:15 am and stay through the final poster session time of 2:45. There is no wireless capability and no availability for electronic sessions. Posters cannot be displayed on walls or big boards. The size of the tables will be posted shortly.
The Symposium will take place on Friday December 4, 2009 in New York City at
The William and Anita Newman Vertical Campus Conference Center, Baruch College
55 Lexington Avenue (at 24th Street) Room 14-220 (14th floor)
For further information about us, go to http://acrlnysymp09.wordpress.com/posters/
The 2009 ACRL/NY Annual Symposium, “Emerging Leadership in Libraries” focuses on the importance of leadership in academic libraries today and the paths to achieving and sustaining it. This Symposium will address myriad questions of leadership: What does it take to be a leader? How do we mentor leaders within our institutions? How do we take charge of our own career paths? How do we move into leadership roles? We will open up discussions of leadership across the different stages of librarianship.
ACRL/NY invites you to submit a poster session proposal for the Symposium. It can address any issue related to this theme. Examples follow:
Professional collaboration
Management styles in libraries
Motivating/inspiring librarians
Getting yourself published
Experience in leadership development
Mentoring/mentoring programs
Creating new roles
Moving into leadership roles
Promoting yourself
Please email a 100-200 word description of your poster session proposal to Symposium Planning Committee member Gloria Meisel at gloria.meisel@sunywcc.edu by October 20, 2009. Include author name(s), email and telephone contact numbers, and the title of the poster session. Presenters will receive a reduced Symposium registration rate.
The successful candidates will be notified by early November. You will be expected to set up by 8:15 am and stay through the final poster session time of 2:45. There is no wireless capability and no availability for electronic sessions. Posters cannot be displayed on walls or big boards. The size of the tables will be posted shortly.
The Symposium will take place on Friday December 4, 2009 in New York City at
The William and Anita Newman Vertical Campus Conference Center, Baruch College
55 Lexington Avenue (at 24th Street) Room 14-220 (14th floor)
For further information about us, go to http://acrlnysymp09.wordpress.com/posters/
Call for Case Studies: Building Digital Repositories with Limited Resources
Call for Case Studies: Building Digital Repositories with Limited Resources
I am writing a book, Building Digital Repositories with Limited Resources, which is scheduled to be published by Chandos Publications in 2010. I am planning to include a section of case studies and best practices to give readers ideas they can easily and inexpensively adopt. If you have developed a tool, technique, method, project, or program that you would like to have considered to be included in the book, please fill out this questionnaire: http://bit.ly/bdrlr-survey01
I am particularly interested in examples from institutions outside of the United States and case studies that would be applicable to academic libraries.
Specific areas of interest include (but are not limited to): integrating web2.0 technologies into digital libraries; strategies for outreach and assessment; cost-effective digital preservation strategies; tools to automate metadata production; metadata production and repository workflow tools; and scalable methods for working with faculty to deposit their publications in open access repositories.
For further information about the book, please visit its page on the Woodhead Publishing web site: http://bit.ly/chandos-clobridge.
If you have any questions, please contact me at abby_clobridge@hks.harvard.edu.
Thank you.
Abby Clobridge
Associate Director, Research & Knowledge Services
Harvard Kennedy School Library
Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government
79 JFK Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
(617) 496-1772
abby_clobridge@hks.harvard.edu
I am writing a book, Building Digital Repositories with Limited Resources, which is scheduled to be published by Chandos Publications in 2010. I am planning to include a section of case studies and best practices to give readers ideas they can easily and inexpensively adopt. If you have developed a tool, technique, method, project, or program that you would like to have considered to be included in the book, please fill out this questionnaire: http://bit.ly/bdrlr-survey01
I am particularly interested in examples from institutions outside of the United States and case studies that would be applicable to academic libraries.
Specific areas of interest include (but are not limited to): integrating web2.0 technologies into digital libraries; strategies for outreach and assessment; cost-effective digital preservation strategies; tools to automate metadata production; metadata production and repository workflow tools; and scalable methods for working with faculty to deposit their publications in open access repositories.
For further information about the book, please visit its page on the Woodhead Publishing web site: http://bit.ly/chandos-clobridge.
If you have any questions, please contact me at abby_clobridge@hks.harvard.edu.
Thank you.
Abby Clobridge
Associate Director, Research & Knowledge Services
Harvard Kennedy School Library
Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government
79 JFK Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
(617) 496-1772
abby_clobridge@hks.harvard.edu
Friday, September 18, 2009
Value of Academic Libraries Research Proposals
http://www.acrl.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/issues/ACRL_RFP_Value.pdf
Value of Academic Libraries Research Proposals
ACRL is seeking proposals from experienced researchers for the development and delivery of a comprehensive review of the quantitative and qualitative literature, methodologies and best practices currently in place for demonstrating the value of academic libraries. The request for proposals is available on the ACRL Web site. Responses are due by 4:30 p.m. CST on Nov. 2, 2009.
The current economic climate and the increased emphasis on assessment and outcomes have forced academic departments’ higher education administrators to make tough decisions regarding the funding of programs and units at their institutions. The relevance of libraries is under question. Now, more than ever, there is a need for libraries to demonstrate their value in clear, measurable ways to leaders in higher education, information technology, funding agencies, and campus decision makers in order to secure adequate funding for their operations.
The primary objective of the comprehensive review is to provide ACRL leaders with a clearer understanding of what research already exists and where gaps occur in research about the performance of academic libraries. Additionally, this review will provide ACRL members with tools and strategies to demonstrate the value of academic libraries to their institutional leadership.
Direct questions to Mary Ellen K. Davis, ACRL executive director, at mdavis@ala.org or (312) 280-3248, or to Kara Malenfant, ACRL scholarly communications/government relations specialist, at kmalenfant@ala.org or (312) 280-2510.
Value of Academic Libraries Research Proposals
ACRL is seeking proposals from experienced researchers for the development and delivery of a comprehensive review of the quantitative and qualitative literature, methodologies and best practices currently in place for demonstrating the value of academic libraries. The request for proposals is available on the ACRL Web site. Responses are due by 4:30 p.m. CST on Nov. 2, 2009.
The current economic climate and the increased emphasis on assessment and outcomes have forced academic departments’ higher education administrators to make tough decisions regarding the funding of programs and units at their institutions. The relevance of libraries is under question. Now, more than ever, there is a need for libraries to demonstrate their value in clear, measurable ways to leaders in higher education, information technology, funding agencies, and campus decision makers in order to secure adequate funding for their operations.
The primary objective of the comprehensive review is to provide ACRL leaders with a clearer understanding of what research already exists and where gaps occur in research about the performance of academic libraries. Additionally, this review will provide ACRL members with tools and strategies to demonstrate the value of academic libraries to their institutional leadership.
Direct questions to Mary Ellen K. Davis, ACRL executive director, at mdavis@ala.org or (312) 280-3248, or to Kara Malenfant, ACRL scholarly communications/government relations specialist, at kmalenfant@ala.org or (312) 280-2510.
CFP: ACRL/LLAMA Spring Virtual Institute, “Doing Well by Doing Good: Entrepreneurial Leadership for Librarians.”
CFP: ACRL/LLAMA Spring Virtual Institute, “Doing Well by Doing Good: Entrepreneurial Leadership for Librarians.”
ACRL and LLAMA are now accepting proposals for their Spring Virtual Institute, “Doing Well by Doing Good: Entrepreneurial Leadership for Librarians.” Submissions will be accepted through November 16, 2009. Complete details are available online at http://www.acrl.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/events/springvirtualinstitute.cfm.
Taking place April 21-22, 2010, the ACRL/LLAMA Spring Virtual Institute will explore different models and aspects of leadership and management and their impact on academic librarianship in today’s challenged and flat economic environments. The institute will offer both synchronous and asynchronous sessions which will be archived after the institute for viewing on-demand.
Proposals are invited for interactive webcasts and online poster sessions. Details about these formats and the complete Call for Participation are online at http://www.acrl.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/events/springvirtualinstitute.cfm. Direct questions to Margot Conahan at mconahan@ala.org or (312) 280-2522.
ACRL and LLAMA are now accepting proposals for their Spring Virtual Institute, “Doing Well by Doing Good: Entrepreneurial Leadership for Librarians.” Submissions will be accepted through November 16, 2009. Complete details are available online at http://www.acrl.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/events/springvirtualinstitute.cfm.
Taking place April 21-22, 2010, the ACRL/LLAMA Spring Virtual Institute will explore different models and aspects of leadership and management and their impact on academic librarianship in today’s challenged and flat economic environments. The institute will offer both synchronous and asynchronous sessions which will be archived after the institute for viewing on-demand.
Proposals are invited for interactive webcasts and online poster sessions. Details about these formats and the complete Call for Participation are online at http://www.acrl.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/events/springvirtualinstitute.cfm. Direct questions to Margot Conahan at mconahan@ala.org or (312) 280-2522.
CFP: Library Spaces: Building Effective and Sustainable Physical and Virtual Libraries
CFP: Library Spaces: Building Effective and Sustainable Physical and Virtual Libraries
The Rizal Library Conference Committee invites proposals for papers to the “The Fourth Rizal Library International Conference” to be held at the Leong Hall Auditorium, Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City, Philippines on 25-26 October 2010.
“Library Spaces: Building Effective and Sustainable Physical and Virtual Libraries.”
The changing information landscape is influencing the physical library and changing it from a collection-based library into a learning commons or community center where people can access and share information. As information becomes more available online, the community center role of libraries will become increasingly important both in the physical and virtual spaces. Library users are now in Facebook, Multiply, Twitter and other social networking sites and the library must also join these communities to reach existing and potential library users. This conference is about building physical and virtual library spaces where people can get free information and share ideas.
The 2010 Conference Committee
Rizal Library
Loyola Schools, Ateneo de Manila University
Loyola Heights 1108
Quezon City, Philippines
Email: conference_rizallibrary@yahoo.com
Visit the website at http://rizal.lib.admu.edu.ph/2010conf/rlcall4papers.asp
The Rizal Library Conference Committee invites proposals for papers to the “The Fourth Rizal Library International Conference” to be held at the Leong Hall Auditorium, Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City, Philippines on 25-26 October 2010.
“Library Spaces: Building Effective and Sustainable Physical and Virtual Libraries.”
The changing information landscape is influencing the physical library and changing it from a collection-based library into a learning commons or community center where people can access and share information. As information becomes more available online, the community center role of libraries will become increasingly important both in the physical and virtual spaces. Library users are now in Facebook, Multiply, Twitter and other social networking sites and the library must also join these communities to reach existing and potential library users. This conference is about building physical and virtual library spaces where people can get free information and share ideas.
The 2010 Conference Committee
Rizal Library
Loyola Schools, Ateneo de Manila University
Loyola Heights 1108
Quezon City, Philippines
Email: conference_rizallibrary@yahoo.com
Visit the website at http://rizal.lib.admu.edu.ph/2010conf/rlcall4papers.asp
Friday, August 21, 2009
Call for Papers: Academic Librarian 2: Singing in the Rain Conference Towards Future Possibilities (11-12 March 2010), Hong Kong
Call for Papers: Academic Librarian 2: Singing in the Rain Conference Towards Future Possibilities (11-12 March 2010), Hong Kong
Deadline for Abstract Submission: 16 October 2009
CFP URL: http://www.lib.polyu.edu.hk/ALSR2010/Paper.html
Conference URL: http://www.lib.polyu.edu.hk/ALSR2010/
About the Conference
Academic Librarians face unprecedented challenges to their role, to how they manage their collections and how they interact professionally with their academic colleagues. They require different professional and personal skills as well as different ways of interacting with their communities, both in the academic, publishing and other vendor communities. In the current context of a global recession, without doubt, it is going to be a future full of challenges and opportunities. What has changed and what needs to change? As suggested by the Conference subtitle "Singing in the Rain", a new generation of academic librarians cannot survive without an optimistic, positive and thoughtful attitude towards the future.
In this, the second "Academic Librarian" conference in Hong Kong, it is intended that speakers should focus on the skills and positioning of the Academic Librarian, the impact of the library, its organizational patterns and the value delivered to its owners and clients.
Key Dates
Call for Papers
# Closing date for abstract submission: 16 October 2009
# Notification of acceptance: 16 November 2009
# Submission of accepted paper: 1 February 2010
Registration
# Opens: To be announced
# Early registration closes: 8 January 2010
Conference date
11-12 March 2010
Conference Organizers
Pao Yue-Kong Library ( http://www.lib.polyu.edu.hk/) of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University ( http://www.polyu.edu.hk/ ) (PolyU) in conjunction with University Library System ( http://www.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/ ) of The Chinese University of Hong Kong ( http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/ ) (CUHK)
Conference Venue
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Conference Language
The Conference will be conducted in English
Conference Correspondence
ALSR 2010
Pao Yue-kong Library
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Hunghom, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Email: alsr.2010@polyu.edu.hk
Tel: (852) 2766-6854
Fax: (852) 2765-8274
Deadline for Abstract Submission: 16 October 2009
CFP URL: http://www.lib.polyu.edu.hk/ALSR2010/Paper.html
Conference URL: http://www.lib.polyu.edu.hk/ALSR2010/
About the Conference
Academic Librarians face unprecedented challenges to their role, to how they manage their collections and how they interact professionally with their academic colleagues. They require different professional and personal skills as well as different ways of interacting with their communities, both in the academic, publishing and other vendor communities. In the current context of a global recession, without doubt, it is going to be a future full of challenges and opportunities. What has changed and what needs to change? As suggested by the Conference subtitle "Singing in the Rain", a new generation of academic librarians cannot survive without an optimistic, positive and thoughtful attitude towards the future.
In this, the second "Academic Librarian" conference in Hong Kong, it is intended that speakers should focus on the skills and positioning of the Academic Librarian, the impact of the library, its organizational patterns and the value delivered to its owners and clients.
Key Dates
Call for Papers
# Closing date for abstract submission: 16 October 2009
# Notification of acceptance: 16 November 2009
# Submission of accepted paper: 1 February 2010
Registration
# Opens: To be announced
# Early registration closes: 8 January 2010
Conference date
11-12 March 2010
Conference Organizers
Pao Yue-Kong Library ( http://www.lib.polyu.edu.hk/) of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University ( http://www.polyu.edu.hk/ ) (PolyU) in conjunction with University Library System ( http://www.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/ ) of The Chinese University of Hong Kong ( http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/ ) (CUHK)
Conference Venue
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Conference Language
The Conference will be conducted in English
Conference Correspondence
ALSR 2010
Pao Yue-kong Library
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Hunghom, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Email: alsr.2010@polyu.edu.hk
Tel: (852) 2766-6854
Fax: (852) 2765-8274
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Call for chapters: Reference in the Modern World(s)
Call for chapters: Reference in the Modern World(s)
Reference has gotten more complicated in recent years, with the plethora of materials online and in paper, more ways to ask questions and deliver answers, a larger multicultural public, and interdisciplinary subjects. All this is complicated by declining budgets as usage increases.
This is a call for chapters for a new book that covers these issues and more, for public and academic libraries. New authors as well as experienced authors are welcome. Chapters can be co-written. The deadlines are short to get it to press while still timely; a letter of commitment is needed by June 1, with a brief abstract or outline of topics and a short CV. Please feel free to ask
questions!
Working title: Reference in the Modern World(s)
Topics:
Length - 3,000 - 5,000 words (negotiable)
Bibliography is required
Reference for the unattached - freelancers, distance students, entrepeneurs, home schoolers, military, self-employed Business and academic support in the library, and vice versa
Balancing online and onshelf - budgeting for both, balancing services, training staff and patrons
Changing where we work - roving, virtual, embedded, and co-operative
Changing how we work - FAQs, websites, metadata, wikis, and knowledge management
Changing who does the work - staff and paraprofessionals, training, outsourcing
Specialists and generalists - new breeds and hybrids
Teaching your library - instruction, orientation, and learning commons
Images and media - reference when it's not written
Multicultural and multilingual - same skills, different outlooks
Special collections - getting patrons to the good stuff Geneology, rare books, archives, manuscripts, local history
More topics are welcome, please feel free to contact me.
Schedule:
Letters of commitment due June 1
First draft due week of August 2
Edited drafts returned week of August 30
Final draft due week of November 1
Audience:
Adult reference librarians in public and academic libraries, and LIS students.
Editor : Susan Knoer, MLS
susan.knoer@gmail.com
Reference has gotten more complicated in recent years, with the plethora of materials online and in paper, more ways to ask questions and deliver answers, a larger multicultural public, and interdisciplinary subjects. All this is complicated by declining budgets as usage increases.
This is a call for chapters for a new book that covers these issues and more, for public and academic libraries. New authors as well as experienced authors are welcome. Chapters can be co-written. The deadlines are short to get it to press while still timely; a letter of commitment is needed by June 1, with a brief abstract or outline of topics and a short CV. Please feel free to ask
questions!
Working title: Reference in the Modern World(s)
Topics:
Length - 3,000 - 5,000 words (negotiable)
Bibliography is required
Reference for the unattached - freelancers, distance students, entrepeneurs, home schoolers, military, self-employed Business and academic support in the library, and vice versa
Balancing online and onshelf - budgeting for both, balancing services, training staff and patrons
Changing where we work - roving, virtual, embedded, and co-operative
Changing how we work - FAQs, websites, metadata, wikis, and knowledge management
Changing who does the work - staff and paraprofessionals, training, outsourcing
Specialists and generalists - new breeds and hybrids
Teaching your library - instruction, orientation, and learning commons
Images and media - reference when it's not written
Multicultural and multilingual - same skills, different outlooks
Special collections - getting patrons to the good stuff Geneology, rare books, archives, manuscripts, local history
More topics are welcome, please feel free to contact me.
Schedule:
Letters of commitment due June 1
First draft due week of August 2
Edited drafts returned week of August 30
Final draft due week of November 1
Audience:
Adult reference librarians in public and academic libraries, and LIS students.
Editor : Susan Knoer, MLS
susan.knoer@gmail.com
Thursday, April 09, 2009
Writers Wanted: Heart of the Campus (Blog About Campus Outreach)
Writers Wanted: Heart of the Campus (Blog About Campus Outreach)
If anyone is interested in joining a new blog for academic librarians to discuss outreach, I wanted to let you know about The Heart of the Campus:
http://heartofthecampus.wordpress.com/
Some parts of it are still somewhat under construction (Resources), but I'd love to participate in discussion with anyone who is interested in joining me there.
Karen
----
Karen J. Wanamaker
kwanamak@kutztown.edu
If anyone is interested in joining a new blog for academic librarians to discuss outreach, I wanted to let you know about The Heart of the Campus:
http://heartofthecampus.wordpress.com/
Some parts of it are still somewhat under construction (Resources), but I'd love to participate in discussion with anyone who is interested in joining me there.
Karen
----
Karen J. Wanamaker
kwanamak@kutztown.edu
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
CFP: 9th Annual Brick and Click Libraries – An Academic Library Symposium
CFP: 9th Annual Brick and Click Libraries – An Academic Library Symposium
Friday, November 6, 2009
http://brickandclick.org
Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, Missouri
"Brick and Click" is a one-day symposium of practical relevance to directors, librarians and paraprofessionals supporting traditional and online resources/services for academic library users. The annual symposium has been hosted by Northwest Missouri State University since its inception in 2001.
Presenter Benefits:
Presenters receive a reduced registration fee ($100) to the symposium and an opportunity to publish a paper in the symposium proceedings.
Presentation opportunities include a 50 minute session, and/or a 10-minute “Lightning Round” presentation. For more information, visit: http://www.nwmissouri.edu/library/brickandclick/formats.htm.
Sample topics are available at http://www.nwmissouri.edu/library/brickandclick/sampletopics.htm.
Submit your proposal(s) by March 3, 2009 using the following link(s):
50-minute presentation: http://www.nwmissouri.edu/library/brickandclick/presenterform.htm
10-minute presentation: http://www.nwmissouri.edu/library/brickandclick/lightningform.htm
If you have questions about presentation proposals, please e-mail Kathy Ferguson at: mailto:juliah@nwmissouri.edu
We look forward to receiving your proposal!
Cordially Yours,
Kathy Ferguson & Carolyn Johnson
Symposium Co-Coordinators
http://brickandclick.org
Friday, November 6, 2009
http://brickandclick.org
Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, Missouri
"Brick and Click" is a one-day symposium of practical relevance to directors, librarians and paraprofessionals supporting traditional and online resources/services for academic library users. The annual symposium has been hosted by Northwest Missouri State University since its inception in 2001.
Presenter Benefits:
Presenters receive a reduced registration fee ($100) to the symposium and an opportunity to publish a paper in the symposium proceedings.
Presentation opportunities include a 50 minute session, and/or a 10-minute “Lightning Round” presentation. For more information, visit: http://www.nwmissouri.edu/library/brickandclick/formats.htm.
Sample topics are available at http://www.nwmissouri.edu/library/brickandclick/sampletopics.htm.
Submit your proposal(s) by March 3, 2009 using the following link(s):
50-minute presentation: http://www.nwmissouri.edu/library/brickandclick/presenterform.htm
10-minute presentation: http://www.nwmissouri.edu/library/brickandclick/lightningform.htm
If you have questions about presentation proposals, please e-mail Kathy Ferguson at: mailto:juliah@nwmissouri.edu
We look forward to receiving your proposal!
Cordially Yours,
Kathy Ferguson & Carolyn Johnson
Symposium Co-Coordinators
http://brickandclick.org
Tuesday, December 02, 2008
Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian: call for papers
Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian: call for papers
URL: http://www.haworthpress.com/store/product.asp?sku=J103
Dear colleagues,
Oftentimes the hardest part of getting published is focusing your idea so that a journal’s editorial board will find it interesting. You don’t want to spend a lot of time writing before getting a sense of the viability of your idea. Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian wants to help you to get
published.
Are you currently working on a research project and need feedback or direction?
Do you have an idea that you would like to turn into a published paper?
Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian would like to offer you a helping hand if you are in the midst of working on a research project or manuscript that you believe has promise by providing you with preliminary feedback on your idea.
The B&SS Librarian editorial board has experience in all areas of behavioral and social sciences librarianship with decades of experience in the research and publication process. We will offer insightful feedback on your submission and research proposals and provide an easy submission process with quick turnaround. We hope that you would ultimately decide to submit your final
manuscript to B&SS Librarian, but there is no requirement that you do so.
Do you have a paper relating to behavioral and social science librarianship that you are considering for publication?
Authors are invited to submit papers at any time for upcoming issues. Papers received by December 31, 2008 will be considered for publication in volume 28:1.
B&SS Librarian is a peer-reviewed, quarterly journal focusing on all aspects of behavioral and social sciences information including the following subject areas and areas of focus:
-Anthropology
-Business
-Communication Studies
-Criminal Justice
-Education
-Ethnic Studies
-Political Science
-Psychology
-Social Work
-Sociology
-Women’s Studies
-Collection development and evaluation
-Descriptive/critical analysis of information resources
-Indexing and abstracting
-Library administration and management
-Publishing trends
-Public service
-Reference and library instruction
-Technology
-User behavior
All submissions will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Consider Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian as the journal for your publication and let us help improve your publication record and demystify the publication process.
Please send all submissions and questions to the editor at: L-ROMERO@illinois.edu
Sincerely,
Lisa Romero
Editor, Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian
URL: http://www.haworthpress.com/store/product.asp?sku=J103
Dear colleagues,
Oftentimes the hardest part of getting published is focusing your idea so that a journal’s editorial board will find it interesting. You don’t want to spend a lot of time writing before getting a sense of the viability of your idea. Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian wants to help you to get
published.
Are you currently working on a research project and need feedback or direction?
Do you have an idea that you would like to turn into a published paper?
Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian would like to offer you a helping hand if you are in the midst of working on a research project or manuscript that you believe has promise by providing you with preliminary feedback on your idea.
The B&SS Librarian editorial board has experience in all areas of behavioral and social sciences librarianship with decades of experience in the research and publication process. We will offer insightful feedback on your submission and research proposals and provide an easy submission process with quick turnaround. We hope that you would ultimately decide to submit your final
manuscript to B&SS Librarian, but there is no requirement that you do so.
Do you have a paper relating to behavioral and social science librarianship that you are considering for publication?
Authors are invited to submit papers at any time for upcoming issues. Papers received by December 31, 2008 will be considered for publication in volume 28:1.
B&SS Librarian is a peer-reviewed, quarterly journal focusing on all aspects of behavioral and social sciences information including the following subject areas and areas of focus:
-Anthropology
-Business
-Communication Studies
-Criminal Justice
-Education
-Ethnic Studies
-Political Science
-Psychology
-Social Work
-Sociology
-Women’s Studies
-Collection development and evaluation
-Descriptive/critical analysis of information resources
-Indexing and abstracting
-Library administration and management
-Publishing trends
-Public service
-Reference and library instruction
-Technology
-User behavior
All submissions will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Consider Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian as the journal for your publication and let us help improve your publication record and demystify the publication process.
Please send all submissions and questions to the editor at: L-ROMERO@illinois.edu
Sincerely,
Lisa Romero
Editor, Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian
Monday, September 08, 2008
Call for Presenters: Our Town, Common Ground: Academic Libraries’ Collaboration with Public Libraries (ALA Annual 2009)
Call for Presenters: Our Town, Common Ground: Academic Libraries’ Collaboration with Public Libraries (ALA Annual 2009)
The College Libraries Section of ACRL invites you to submit a presentation proposal for a program tentatively scheduled for Sunday, July 12, 2009 from 10:30 until noon at the ALA Annual Conference in Chicago. The title of the program is Our Town, Common Ground: Academic Libraries’ Collaboration with Public Libraries.
This session is co-sponsored in name only by the Public Library Association (PLA) and the Community and Junior College Libraries Section (CJCLS).
We would like the program to provide real-world examples of academic and public libraries cooperating with one another. Experiences and reflections may be presented by individual librarians or co-presenters who represent academic and/or public libraries. Examples of cooperative endeavors include but are not limited to shared systems, buildings, or programming; cooperative digitization projects; services for distance learners; and consortial relationships. The collaborations may be short-term endeavors or permanent partnerships.
Four presentations of 15 minutes each will be selected through a blind review process. This will permit time for dialog between the presenters and questions from the audience within the 90 minutes allocated for our meeting. This presentation may be recorded as a web cast, and made available on the ALA website.
If you are interested in presenting, please send a proposal of 500 words or less to Ruth Connell at ruth.connell@valpo.edu by October 1, 2008. Please send questions to the same e-mail address. Notification of acceptance will be made by November 1, 2008.
Mary P. (Mollie) Freier
Head of Public Services and Associate Professor
Lydia M. Olson Library
Northern Michigan University
Marquette, MI 49855-5301
Phone: (906) 227-1061
The College Libraries Section of ACRL invites you to submit a presentation proposal for a program tentatively scheduled for Sunday, July 12, 2009 from 10:30 until noon at the ALA Annual Conference in Chicago. The title of the program is Our Town, Common Ground: Academic Libraries’ Collaboration with Public Libraries.
This session is co-sponsored in name only by the Public Library Association (PLA) and the Community and Junior College Libraries Section (CJCLS).
We would like the program to provide real-world examples of academic and public libraries cooperating with one another. Experiences and reflections may be presented by individual librarians or co-presenters who represent academic and/or public libraries. Examples of cooperative endeavors include but are not limited to shared systems, buildings, or programming; cooperative digitization projects; services for distance learners; and consortial relationships. The collaborations may be short-term endeavors or permanent partnerships.
Four presentations of 15 minutes each will be selected through a blind review process. This will permit time for dialog between the presenters and questions from the audience within the 90 minutes allocated for our meeting. This presentation may be recorded as a web cast, and made available on the ALA website.
If you are interested in presenting, please send a proposal of 500 words or less to Ruth Connell at ruth.connell@valpo.edu by October 1, 2008. Please send questions to the same e-mail address. Notification of acceptance will be made by November 1, 2008.
Mary P. (Mollie) Freier
Head of Public Services and Associate Professor
Lydia M. Olson Library
Northern Michigan University
Marquette, MI 49855-5301
Phone: (906) 227-1061
Friday, September 05, 2008
CALL FOR SPEAKERS: CUBL Breakfast, SLA 2009 in Washington, D.C.
CALL FOR SPEAKERS: CUBL Breakfast, SLA 2009 in Washington, D.C.
I am currently planning the CUBL breakfast for next year’s SLA Conference in Washington, D.C. and am looking for people interested in sharing their experiences or research with their colleagues. Attending the Annual Conference is always energizing. We should capitalize on that energy by sharing ideas that can be implemented when we all return to our own libraries. Do you want to share your ideas? If so, then read on.
This year’s theme will be “Trends in Business School Outreach: Connecting to Faculty and Students” Some proposed topics include:
Embedded librarianship. Although this topic has been covered at SLA in the past, it continues to evolve and grow as more and more classes are being offered through distance programs. Have you had a good experience with it. Would you like to offer advice for those who have not yet become embedded librarian?
Outreach to business school faculty. Have you been successful in reaching out to your business faculty? Have you increased library instruction requests? How have you been creative in getting them to use and promote the library’s resources? Who are key people to have on your side?
Connecting with business students. How have you marketed yourself and your services to business school students? Do you provide handouts, workshops or individual research sessions? Have you created a “library buzz,” or are you known as “library-guy (or gal)”?
Perceptions and use of library resources after library instruction. What are students saying after your library instruction sessions? What works and what does not? Can professors see a difference in the quality of student work after a library session?
If you are interested in speaking (15 minutes or so) on any of these topics, or if there other topics you think may be of interest to CUBL members, please let me know. We have spots for three (3) speakers. You’ll have to come up with your own clever presentation title, though!
Regards,
Jeff Graveline
CUBL Membership Chair
____________
Jeffrey D. Graveline, J.D., M.L.I.S.
Reference Librarian for Business & Government Documents
Mervyn H. Sterne Library, University of Alabama at Birmingham
(205) 934-6364
Email: jgraveli@uab.edu
I am currently planning the CUBL breakfast for next year’s SLA Conference in Washington, D.C. and am looking for people interested in sharing their experiences or research with their colleagues. Attending the Annual Conference is always energizing. We should capitalize on that energy by sharing ideas that can be implemented when we all return to our own libraries. Do you want to share your ideas? If so, then read on.
This year’s theme will be “Trends in Business School Outreach: Connecting to Faculty and Students” Some proposed topics include:
Embedded librarianship. Although this topic has been covered at SLA in the past, it continues to evolve and grow as more and more classes are being offered through distance programs. Have you had a good experience with it. Would you like to offer advice for those who have not yet become embedded librarian?
Outreach to business school faculty. Have you been successful in reaching out to your business faculty? Have you increased library instruction requests? How have you been creative in getting them to use and promote the library’s resources? Who are key people to have on your side?
Connecting with business students. How have you marketed yourself and your services to business school students? Do you provide handouts, workshops or individual research sessions? Have you created a “library buzz,” or are you known as “library-guy (or gal)”?
Perceptions and use of library resources after library instruction. What are students saying after your library instruction sessions? What works and what does not? Can professors see a difference in the quality of student work after a library session?
If you are interested in speaking (15 minutes or so) on any of these topics, or if there other topics you think may be of interest to CUBL members, please let me know. We have spots for three (3) speakers. You’ll have to come up with your own clever presentation title, though!
Regards,
Jeff Graveline
CUBL Membership Chair
____________
Jeffrey D. Graveline, J.D., M.L.I.S.
Reference Librarian for Business & Government Documents
Mervyn H. Sterne Library, University of Alabama at Birmingham
(205) 934-6364
Email: jgraveli@uab.edu
Thursday, August 07, 2008
CFP: Academic Libraries’ Collaboration with Public Libraries (ALA Annual, Chicago, July 2009)
CFP: Academic Libraries’ Collaboration with Public Libraries (ALA Annual, Chicagon July 2009)
The College Libraries Section of ACRL invites you to submit a presentation proposal for a program tentatively scheduled for Sunday, July 12, 2009 from 10:30 until noon at the ALA Annual Conference in Chicago. The title of the program is Our Town, Common Ground: Academic Libraries’ Collaboration with Public Libraries.
This session is co-sponsored in name only by the Public Library Association (PLA) and the Community and Junior College Libraries Section (CJCLS).
We would like the program to provide real-world examples of academic and public libraries cooperating with one another. Experiences and reflections may be presented by individual librarians or co-presenters who represent academic and/or public libraries. Examples of cooperative endeavors include but are not limited to shared systems, buildings, or programming; cooperative digitization projects; services for distance learners; and consortial relationships. The collaborations may be short-term endeavors or permanent partnerships.
Four presentations of 15 minutes each will be selected through a blind review process. This will permit time for dialog between the presenters and questions from the audience within the 90 minutes allocated for our meeting. This presentation may be recorded as a web cast, and made available on the ALA website.
If you are interested in presenting, please send a proposal of 500 words or less to Ruth Connell at ruth.connell@valpo.edu by October 1, 2008. Please send questions to the same e-mail address. Notification of acceptance will be made by November 1, 2008.
Mary P. (Mollie) Freier
Head of Public Services and Associate Professor
Lydia M. Olson Library
Northern Michigan University
Marquette, MI 49855-5301
Phone: (906) 227-1061
mfreier@nmu.edu
The College Libraries Section of ACRL invites you to submit a presentation proposal for a program tentatively scheduled for Sunday, July 12, 2009 from 10:30 until noon at the ALA Annual Conference in Chicago. The title of the program is Our Town, Common Ground: Academic Libraries’ Collaboration with Public Libraries.
This session is co-sponsored in name only by the Public Library Association (PLA) and the Community and Junior College Libraries Section (CJCLS).
We would like the program to provide real-world examples of academic and public libraries cooperating with one another. Experiences and reflections may be presented by individual librarians or co-presenters who represent academic and/or public libraries. Examples of cooperative endeavors include but are not limited to shared systems, buildings, or programming; cooperative digitization projects; services for distance learners; and consortial relationships. The collaborations may be short-term endeavors or permanent partnerships.
Four presentations of 15 minutes each will be selected through a blind review process. This will permit time for dialog between the presenters and questions from the audience within the 90 minutes allocated for our meeting. This presentation may be recorded as a web cast, and made available on the ALA website.
If you are interested in presenting, please send a proposal of 500 words or less to Ruth Connell at ruth.connell@valpo.edu by October 1, 2008. Please send questions to the same e-mail address. Notification of acceptance will be made by November 1, 2008.
Mary P. (Mollie) Freier
Head of Public Services and Associate Professor
Lydia M. Olson Library
Northern Michigan University
Marquette, MI 49855-5301
Phone: (906) 227-1061
mfreier@nmu.edu
Monday, July 14, 2008
CALL FOR PROPOSALS: SPARC DIGITAL REPOSITORIES MEETING – INNOVATION FAIR
CALL FOR PROPOSALS: SPARC DIGITAL REPOSITORIES MEETING – INNOVATION FAIR
Registration now open for November event
(July 14, 2008) SPARC, in partnership with SPARC Europe and SPARC Japan (an initiative of the National Institute of Informatics), is hosting the SPARC Digital Repositories Meeting 2008, November 17 and 18, at the Renaissance Harborplace Hotel in Baltimore, Maryland.
Librarians, researchers, funders, administrators, government officials, publishers, and technologists from around the world will share their experiences and best practices in building and supporting institutional and disciplinary digital repositories. The focus will be on effective
engagement with scholars and scientists to expand the sharing of research outputs via open repositories.
The meeting program, being developed by a diverse and expert program committee, will delve into four key areas: The Policy Environment, New Horizons, Building Bridges: Campus Publishing Strategies, and Value-Added Services. These tracks will be supplemented with an
Innovation Fair and a Practicum on marketing and advocacy.
The organizers now invite proposals to the Innovation Fair. The
Innovation Fair is an event inspired by Open Repositories’ Minute
Madness that invites participants to present, in no more than two or
three minutes, innovative or creative approaches to:
* Use of repository content (such as new publishing models, data visualizations, data-mining, mash-ups, educational resources, etc.)
* Discovery of research outputs (such as area-of-interest profiling, peer-discovery channels, content recommendations, research news integration, discipline aggregations or information portals, etc.)
* Value-added services (such as author bibliographies, usage reporting, research promotion, multi-target deposit, distributed discovery channels, content of interest alerts, deposit rights
clearance, etc.)
* Repository promotion (such as creative marketing techniques, slogans, graphics, elevator speeches, etc.)
Fair projects will be featured on the Crowdvine network for the conference at http://sparc08.crowdvine.com, where presenters will be asked to post their slide or graphic on the network in a blog post. Meeting participants will be encouraged to constructively comment,
build, and expand upon them with new ideas through their own posts and graphics.
For details and to submit a proposal to the Innovation Fair, visit
http://www.arl.org/sparc/ir08. Submissions must be received no later
than August 10.
The SPARC Digital Repositories Meeting 2008 is supported by major
contributions from Microsoft (Conference Sponsor), Berkeley Electronic
Press and BioMed Central (Coffee Break Sponsors), and by additional
contributions from a number of Supporting Organizations.
This is the first North American SPARC digital repositories conference
since the organization’s popular 2004 meeting, which drew hundreds of
participants from around the globe and set the stage for some of the key
developments of the past four years.
To register, book accommodation, and for more information, visit the
conference Web site at http://www.arl.org/sparc/meetings/ir08/.
--
Terry M. Owen
DRUM Coordinator
Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
University of Maryland Libraries
College Park, MD 20742-7011
301.314.1328 voice
301.405.9191 fax
towen@umd.edu
Registration now open for November event
(July 14, 2008) SPARC, in partnership with SPARC Europe and SPARC Japan (an initiative of the National Institute of Informatics), is hosting the SPARC Digital Repositories Meeting 2008, November 17 and 18, at the Renaissance Harborplace Hotel in Baltimore, Maryland.
Librarians, researchers, funders, administrators, government officials, publishers, and technologists from around the world will share their experiences and best practices in building and supporting institutional and disciplinary digital repositories. The focus will be on effective
engagement with scholars and scientists to expand the sharing of research outputs via open repositories.
The meeting program, being developed by a diverse and expert program committee, will delve into four key areas: The Policy Environment, New Horizons, Building Bridges: Campus Publishing Strategies, and Value-Added Services. These tracks will be supplemented with an
Innovation Fair and a Practicum on marketing and advocacy.
The organizers now invite proposals to the Innovation Fair. The
Innovation Fair is an event inspired by Open Repositories’ Minute
Madness that invites participants to present, in no more than two or
three minutes, innovative or creative approaches to:
* Use of repository content (such as new publishing models, data visualizations, data-mining, mash-ups, educational resources, etc.)
* Discovery of research outputs (such as area-of-interest profiling, peer-discovery channels, content recommendations, research news integration, discipline aggregations or information portals, etc.)
* Value-added services (such as author bibliographies, usage reporting, research promotion, multi-target deposit, distributed discovery channels, content of interest alerts, deposit rights
clearance, etc.)
* Repository promotion (such as creative marketing techniques, slogans, graphics, elevator speeches, etc.)
Fair projects will be featured on the Crowdvine network for the conference at http://sparc08.crowdvine.com, where presenters will be asked to post their slide or graphic on the network in a blog post. Meeting participants will be encouraged to constructively comment,
build, and expand upon them with new ideas through their own posts and graphics.
For details and to submit a proposal to the Innovation Fair, visit
http://www.arl.org/sparc/ir08. Submissions must be received no later
than August 10.
The SPARC Digital Repositories Meeting 2008 is supported by major
contributions from Microsoft (Conference Sponsor), Berkeley Electronic
Press and BioMed Central (Coffee Break Sponsors), and by additional
contributions from a number of Supporting Organizations.
This is the first North American SPARC digital repositories conference
since the organization’s popular 2004 meeting, which drew hundreds of
participants from around the globe and set the stage for some of the key
developments of the past four years.
To register, book accommodation, and for more information, visit the
conference Web site at http://www.arl.org/sparc/meetings/ir08/.
--
Terry M. Owen
DRUM Coordinator
Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
University of Maryland Libraries
College Park, MD 20742-7011
301.314.1328 voice
301.405.9191 fax
towen@umd.edu
Friday, June 20, 2008
Greetings from ACRL Publishing
Greetings from ACRL Publishing
We would like to introduce you to the many publishing avenues open to you through ACRL. As a leader in ACRL, you may be working with a committee on a publication, be an advisor on a publication, or have an idea for a book you want to write or edit. Please remember Kathryn
Deiss, the content strategist for ACRL Publishing, is available to assist you with your publishing needs. Kathryn provides editorial, production and marketing services for ACRL publications. You can reach her at kdeiss@ala.org or 1-800-545-2433 ext. 2529. She would also be
happy to meet with you at the national conferences to discuss publication policies and procedures and explain the process from proposal, through contracts, to finished publication.
Some of the benefits of publishing with ACRL are
* Personalized attention from Kathryn and editorial board members
* Quick turn around time for your manuscript
* Production expertise
* Marketing
Kathryn works closely with the following ACRL publishing venues:
* The *New Publications Advisory Board* which is always looking for print or online monographic titles of interest to the profession.
* The *Publications in Librarianship Editorial Board* which encourages research monographs for the ACRL Publications in Librarianship (PIL) series.
* The College Library Section *CLIP**Notes* which provides sample documentation on policies and programs for colleges and small universities.
For information about ACRL publications, to view the ACRL Publications Catalog, and to access the downloadable titles, go to ACRL and click on the Publication tab or use the following URL:
http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlpubs/publications.cfm
Forms to submit your publication proposals are available on the ACRL website at:
http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/aboutacrl/resourcesforwork/acrlforms/acrlforms.cfm
We encourage you to utilize ACRL Publishing for all your directories,
handbooks and monographic publications.
Best regards,
ACRL New Publications Advisory Board
--
Jamie Gill
Serials/Technical Services Coordinator
Eckerd College Library
4200 54th Avenue S.
St. Petersburg, FL 33711
(727) 864-8206
(727) 864-8997 - fax
We would like to introduce you to the many publishing avenues open to you through ACRL. As a leader in ACRL, you may be working with a committee on a publication, be an advisor on a publication, or have an idea for a book you want to write or edit. Please remember Kathryn
Deiss, the content strategist for ACRL Publishing, is available to assist you with your publishing needs. Kathryn provides editorial, production and marketing services for ACRL publications. You can reach her at kdeiss@ala.org or 1-800-545-2433 ext. 2529. She would also be
happy to meet with you at the national conferences to discuss publication policies and procedures and explain the process from proposal, through contracts, to finished publication.
Some of the benefits of publishing with ACRL are
* Personalized attention from Kathryn and editorial board members
* Quick turn around time for your manuscript
* Production expertise
* Marketing
Kathryn works closely with the following ACRL publishing venues:
* The *New Publications Advisory Board* which is always looking for print or online monographic titles of interest to the profession.
* The *Publications in Librarianship Editorial Board* which encourages research monographs for the ACRL Publications in Librarianship (PIL) series.
* The College Library Section *CLIP**Notes* which provides sample documentation on policies and programs for colleges and small universities.
For information about ACRL publications, to view the ACRL Publications Catalog, and to access the downloadable titles, go to ACRL and click on the Publication tab or use the following URL:
http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlpubs/publications.cfm
Forms to submit your publication proposals are available on the ACRL website at:
http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/aboutacrl/resourcesforwork/acrlforms/acrlforms.cfm
We encourage you to utilize ACRL Publishing for all your directories,
handbooks and monographic publications.
Best regards,
ACRL New Publications Advisory Board
--
Jamie Gill
Serials/Technical Services Coordinator
Eckerd College Library
4200 54th Avenue S.
St. Petersburg, FL 33711
(727) 864-8206
(727) 864-8997 - fax
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
CFP: ACRL 14th Annual Conference (Seattle)
CFP: ACRL 14th Annual Conference (Seattle)
Dates: March 12-15, 2009
Location: Seattle, Wa
URL: http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlevents/seattle/seattle.cfm
CFP URL: http://acrl.org/ala/acrl/acrlevents/seattle/program/program09.cfm
Call for Participation
The ACRL National Conference attracts and engages many of the brightest minds in our profession. We invite you to participate in this exciting and energizing exchange of ideas - bring your latest research, cutting-edge practices, and innovative developments to share with your colleagues. The conference theme, "Pushing the Edge: Explore, Engage, Extend," reflects the promise and the challenge of the Northwest. The ACRL National Conference challenges you to push your boundaries and promises you the opportunity to explore new ideas, engage in new learning, and extend our collective vision of the future of academic and research libraries in the 21st century. We invite you to send your edgiest, most "out-there" proposals, to help us make Seattle the site of a truly groundbreaking conference!
Deadlines
May 12, 2008 - Contributed paper, panel session, preconference, and workshop proposals due
October 20, 2008 - Poster session proposals due
November 23, 2008 - Roundtable discussion proposals due
See above link for more information.
Dates: March 12-15, 2009
Location: Seattle, Wa
URL: http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlevents/seattle/seattle.cfm
CFP URL: http://acrl.org/ala/acrl/acrlevents/seattle/program/program09.cfm
Call for Participation
The ACRL National Conference attracts and engages many of the brightest minds in our profession. We invite you to participate in this exciting and energizing exchange of ideas - bring your latest research, cutting-edge practices, and innovative developments to share with your colleagues. The conference theme, "Pushing the Edge: Explore, Engage, Extend," reflects the promise and the challenge of the Northwest. The ACRL National Conference challenges you to push your boundaries and promises you the opportunity to explore new ideas, engage in new learning, and extend our collective vision of the future of academic and research libraries in the 21st century. We invite you to send your edgiest, most "out-there" proposals, to help us make Seattle the site of a truly groundbreaking conference!
Deadlines
May 12, 2008 - Contributed paper, panel session, preconference, and workshop proposals due
October 20, 2008 - Poster session proposals due
November 23, 2008 - Roundtable discussion proposals due
See above link for more information.
Friday, February 01, 2008
Second Call for Proposals: 8th Annual Brick and Click Libraries – An Academic Library Symposium
Second Call for Proposals: 8th Annual Brick and Click Libraries – An Academic Library Symposium
Submission Deadline – February 29, 2008
8th Annual Brick and Click Libraries – An Academic Library Symposium
Friday, November 7, 2008
Location and Sponsor: Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, Missouri
http://brickandclick.org
What is the "Brick and Click Libraries Symposium"?
It is a one-day practical symposium of relevance to academic librarians providing resources and services for traditional and online students and faculty.
What presentation topics are you looking for?
http://www.nwmissouri.edu/library/brickandclick/sampletopics.htm
Is there a fee reduction for presenters?
Presenter fee is $100, attendee fee is $135
Is there an opportunity to publish a paper along with giving a presentation? Yes! Visit http://www.nwmissouri.edu/library/brickandclick/presenters.htm
How do I submit a proposal?
http://www.nwmissouri.edu/library/brickandclick/presenterform.htm
Do you have a timeline? http://www.nwmissouri.edu/library/brickandclick/deadlines.htm
What if I have other questions?
Send questions to Kathy Ferguson: juliah@nwmissouri.edu
See you at Brick and Click!
Kathy Ferguson and Carolyn Johnson, Co-Coordinators
Brick and Click Libraries
http://brickandclick.org
B.D. Owens Library
Northwest Missouri State University
Submission Deadline – February 29, 2008
8th Annual Brick and Click Libraries – An Academic Library Symposium
Friday, November 7, 2008
Location and Sponsor: Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, Missouri
http://brickandclick.org
What is the "Brick and Click Libraries Symposium"?
It is a one-day practical symposium of relevance to academic librarians providing resources and services for traditional and online students and faculty.
What presentation topics are you looking for?
http://www.nwmissouri.edu/library/brickandclick/sampletopics.htm
Is there a fee reduction for presenters?
Presenter fee is $100, attendee fee is $135
Is there an opportunity to publish a paper along with giving a presentation? Yes! Visit http://www.nwmissouri.edu/library/brickandclick/presenters.htm
How do I submit a proposal?
http://www.nwmissouri.edu/library/brickandclick/presenterform.htm
Do you have a timeline? http://www.nwmissouri.edu/library/brickandclick/deadlines.htm
What if I have other questions?
Send questions to Kathy Ferguson: juliah@nwmissouri.edu
See you at Brick and Click!
Kathy Ferguson and Carolyn Johnson, Co-Coordinators
Brick and Click Libraries
http://brickandclick.org
B.D. Owens Library
Northwest Missouri State University
Tuesday, January 08, 2008
CFP: 5th Global Conference - The Idea of Education
CFP: 5th Global Conference - The Idea of Education
Thursday 8th May - Saturday 10th May 2008
Budapest, Hungary
URL: http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/ati/education/ioe/ioe.htm
Deadline: January 18, 2008
Call for Papers
This inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary conference aims to provide a vigorous forum for the examination and evaluation of higher education and the contexts where higher education is delivered. The project is committed to the tradition of liberal education, the inherent value of the pursuit of learning and the principle that knowledge must be an end in itself. In particular, the project will explore the nature and aims of higher education, its guiding principles, its
practical functions, and its role in society.
This fifth instalment of the Global Conference on the Idea of Education continues within the
tradition of critical debate of and engaged reflection on Higher Education that started in 2002 with the first two conferences, held at Mansfield College (Oxford), and the follow-up conferences held in Prague. Over the years, the conferences have proven to be a creative hub for those who are committed to Higher Education (HE) and who are willing to critically think through the
key issues in and fundamental challenges of Higher Education in the 21st century. The project is
committed to the tradition of liberal education and the value of the pursuit of learning.
Papers, presentations, reports and workshops are invited on issues on or broadly related to any of the following conference streams:
1. The Nature, Purpose and Changing Landscapes of Higher Education
1. What are the nature and aims of the historical traditions which shape HE?
2. Which possible roles of liberal arts education remain viable in an era in which ‘instruction’, ‘training’ and ‘vocational training’ seems to redefine the nature of HE?
3. From ‘students’ to ‘customers’ and ‘professors’ to ‘knowledge-managers’: How may the changing relationships and partners in education transform the agents within HE?
4. What are the costs and benefits of commodification and the rise of managerialism in HE?
5. From ‘basic research’ to ‘Mode Two,’ from ‘basic funding’ to ‘fourth stream funding’: What is
the impact of the changing landscapes of research, research types and research funding on HE?
6. ‘Mind your own business:’ but what, precisely, is the ‘business’ of the university?
2. Society, Culture and the of Places of Higher Education
1. What is the role of places of HE in the 21st Century?
2. What are the social and institutional contexts of the university and the college?
3. What are ‘the needs of society’ in relation to HE?
4. What visions are there for reconceiving the place and work of HE institutions?
5. What visions exist for the future of multicultural and intercultural HE?
6. How to cope with linguistic and cultural diversity in HE?
7. Which anthropologies, sociologies and philosophies of HE for the 21st century?
8. How do knowledge economies and lifelong learning transform HE?
3. The Internet, Virtual Learning and Higher Education
1. Emerging technologies within HE;
2. International technology challenges and experiences;
3. Organizational issues/strategies in Virtual HE;
4. Best virtual teaching practice;
5. Case studies of experimental projects;
6. Blended Learning approaches;
7. Professional development and support structures
8. Intellectual Property issues
4. Globalisation, Democracy and Higher Education
1. Can there be a ‘Global University’? What does/should it look like?
2. Where’s the ‘place’ of the university in a globalised world? (Coalitions, branches, networks,
ICT & virtuality, Bricks vs Clicks)
3. Who does the global university ‘relate’ to? (Local communities, Nation states, Governments,
International organizations?)
4. What can HE ‘service to society’ mean in a globalised world?
5. Which relations (should) exist between HE and international development & capital?
6. Global HE and knowledge production matters and intellectual property issues
7. HE in the context of political and economical ideologies.
8. Issues of Citizenship, social justice and HE.
9. Power, participation, access and inequality in globalised HE.
Papers will also be considered on any related theme. 300 word abstracts should be submitted by Friday 18th January 2008. If an abstract is accepted for the conference, a full draft paper should be submitted by Friday 18th April 2008.
300 word abstracts should be submitted to both Organising Chairs; abstracts may
be in Word, WordPerfect, or RTF formats, following this order: author(s), affiliation,
email address, title of abstract, body of abstract. We acknowledge receipt and answer to all paper proposals submitted. If you do not receive a reply from us in a week you should assume we did not receive your proposal; it might be lost in cyberspace! We suggest, then, to look for an alternative electronic route or resend.
Tom Claes
CEVI-Global Ethics
Department of Philosophy
Ghent University
Belgium
E-mail: tom.claes@ugent.be
Dr Rob Fisher
Inter-Disciplinary.Net
Priory House, Freeland, Oxfordshire OX29 8HR
E-Mail: ioe5@inter-disciplinary.net
David Seth Preston
School of Computing and Technology
University of East London
London, United Kingdom
E-mail: d.preston@uel.ac.uk
The conference is part of the At the Interface programme of research projects. It aims to bring
together people from different areas and interests to share ideas and explore various discussions which are innovative and exciting.
Multiple eBooks and volumes of themed papers have been published or are in press from the previous conference meetings of this project. All papers accepted for and presented at this conference will be eligible for publication in an ISBN eBook. Selected papers accepted for and
presented at the conference will be published in a themed hard copy volume.
For further details about the project please visit:
http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/ati/education/ioe/ioe.htm
Thursday 8th May - Saturday 10th May 2008
Budapest, Hungary
URL: http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/ati/education/ioe/ioe.htm
Deadline: January 18, 2008
Call for Papers
This inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary conference aims to provide a vigorous forum for the examination and evaluation of higher education and the contexts where higher education is delivered. The project is committed to the tradition of liberal education, the inherent value of the pursuit of learning and the principle that knowledge must be an end in itself. In particular, the project will explore the nature and aims of higher education, its guiding principles, its
practical functions, and its role in society.
This fifth instalment of the Global Conference on the Idea of Education continues within the
tradition of critical debate of and engaged reflection on Higher Education that started in 2002 with the first two conferences, held at Mansfield College (Oxford), and the follow-up conferences held in Prague. Over the years, the conferences have proven to be a creative hub for those who are committed to Higher Education (HE) and who are willing to critically think through the
key issues in and fundamental challenges of Higher Education in the 21st century. The project is
committed to the tradition of liberal education and the value of the pursuit of learning.
Papers, presentations, reports and workshops are invited on issues on or broadly related to any of the following conference streams:
1. The Nature, Purpose and Changing Landscapes of Higher Education
1. What are the nature and aims of the historical traditions which shape HE?
2. Which possible roles of liberal arts education remain viable in an era in which ‘instruction’, ‘training’ and ‘vocational training’ seems to redefine the nature of HE?
3. From ‘students’ to ‘customers’ and ‘professors’ to ‘knowledge-managers’: How may the changing relationships and partners in education transform the agents within HE?
4. What are the costs and benefits of commodification and the rise of managerialism in HE?
5. From ‘basic research’ to ‘Mode Two,’ from ‘basic funding’ to ‘fourth stream funding’: What is
the impact of the changing landscapes of research, research types and research funding on HE?
6. ‘Mind your own business:’ but what, precisely, is the ‘business’ of the university?
2. Society, Culture and the of Places of Higher Education
1. What is the role of places of HE in the 21st Century?
2. What are the social and institutional contexts of the university and the college?
3. What are ‘the needs of society’ in relation to HE?
4. What visions are there for reconceiving the place and work of HE institutions?
5. What visions exist for the future of multicultural and intercultural HE?
6. How to cope with linguistic and cultural diversity in HE?
7. Which anthropologies, sociologies and philosophies of HE for the 21st century?
8. How do knowledge economies and lifelong learning transform HE?
3. The Internet, Virtual Learning and Higher Education
1. Emerging technologies within HE;
2. International technology challenges and experiences;
3. Organizational issues/strategies in Virtual HE;
4. Best virtual teaching practice;
5. Case studies of experimental projects;
6. Blended Learning approaches;
7. Professional development and support structures
8. Intellectual Property issues
4. Globalisation, Democracy and Higher Education
1. Can there be a ‘Global University’? What does/should it look like?
2. Where’s the ‘place’ of the university in a globalised world? (Coalitions, branches, networks,
ICT & virtuality, Bricks vs Clicks)
3. Who does the global university ‘relate’ to? (Local communities, Nation states, Governments,
International organizations?)
4. What can HE ‘service to society’ mean in a globalised world?
5. Which relations (should) exist between HE and international development & capital?
6. Global HE and knowledge production matters and intellectual property issues
7. HE in the context of political and economical ideologies.
8. Issues of Citizenship, social justice and HE.
9. Power, participation, access and inequality in globalised HE.
Papers will also be considered on any related theme. 300 word abstracts should be submitted by Friday 18th January 2008. If an abstract is accepted for the conference, a full draft paper should be submitted by Friday 18th April 2008.
300 word abstracts should be submitted to both Organising Chairs; abstracts may
be in Word, WordPerfect, or RTF formats, following this order: author(s), affiliation,
email address, title of abstract, body of abstract. We acknowledge receipt and answer to all paper proposals submitted. If you do not receive a reply from us in a week you should assume we did not receive your proposal; it might be lost in cyberspace! We suggest, then, to look for an alternative electronic route or resend.
Tom Claes
CEVI-Global Ethics
Department of Philosophy
Ghent University
Belgium
E-mail: tom.claes@ugent.be
Dr Rob Fisher
Inter-Disciplinary.Net
Priory House, Freeland, Oxfordshire OX29 8HR
E-Mail: ioe5@inter-disciplinary.net
David Seth Preston
School of Computing and Technology
University of East London
London, United Kingdom
E-mail: d.preston@uel.ac.uk
The conference is part of the At the Interface programme of research projects. It aims to bring
together people from different areas and interests to share ideas and explore various discussions which are innovative and exciting.
Multiple eBooks and volumes of themed papers have been published or are in press from the previous conference meetings of this project. All papers accepted for and presented at this conference will be eligible for publication in an ISBN eBook. Selected papers accepted for and
presented at the conference will be published in a themed hard copy volume.
For further details about the project please visit:
http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/ati/education/ioe/ioe.htm
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
CFP: 5th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management
CFP: 5th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management
Washington, DC, USA
May 4-7, 2008
http://www.iscram.org/
Deadline: December 21, 2007
CALL FOR PAPERS FOR A SPECIAL ACADEMIC SESSION ON
Information Coordination between Heterogeneous Emergency and Relief Agencies
Session ID: ORG-01
Motivation
In times of emergency organizations, both governmental and non-governmental, operate in conditions of extreme uncertainty. The uncertainty has many sources, including the sporadic nature of emergencies, the lack of warning associated with emergencies, and the wide array of actors who may or may not respond to any one emergency. This uncertainty increases the need for information, but at the same time research has shown that the amount of operational information flowing through an organization during an emergency can be overwhelming. In these circumstances appropriate ICTs could make substantial improvements in the relief process.
Research Area
While improved coordination is a noble goal itself, the real aim is to improve emergency and relief services. To date it is unclear just how much improvement in relief services result from improved coordination in the ICT realm. While anecdotal evidence of benefits exists to ignite efforts, a more systematic analysis of the ICT coordination benefits (or lack thereof) is called for. Successful ICT coordination in emergency relief will require that organizations, both governmental and non-governmental, to both overcome the challenges and take advantage of the benefits presented by their environment. These inter-organizational challenges are of both a general and relief-context nature as well as relating specifically to coordination ICTs. While the environment can pose many challenges to coordination, the inherent interdependencies can also facilitate coordination. Empirical studies on inter-organizational coordination have found that informal contacts, good historical relations with other organizations, common commitment, existence of common language, accessibility to other organizations, professionalism, standardization, structural similarities, scarce resources and frequent external communications all serve to enhance coordination efforts.
Topics
Some non-exhaustive examples of topics that could contribute to this session are
• Models of organizational structures leading to improved coordination and collaboration between agencies
• Models of how collaboration and coordination might impact the emergency response supply chain
• Models of 3rd party coordination bodies between organizations
• Models of shared organizational and technological infrastructure
• Coordination and Collaboration intra-agency and inter-agencies
• Tools for the cooperation in normality and emergency situations
• Information Interoperability among agencies
• Sharing of ICT infrastructures in the emergency area
• Cooperation among agencies
• Coordination of supplies for the emergency relief
• Coordination and collaboration between operative centres and operative teams
• Leadership of multi-organizational response teams
• Open source ICT solutions
Type of contribution:
• Academic Session: we invite researchers from academia or research labs to present their research or research-in-progress papers. Prospective presenters submit a regular research (or research-in-progress) paper.
Important Notice:
• All submissions must be formatted according to the ISCRAM 2008 formatting guidelines. Templates and instructions are published on www.iscram.org.
• All submissions must be submitted through the ISCRAM 2008 conference paper submission web page at www.conftool.com/iscram2008. Instructions for the ConfTool system can be found on www.iscram.org.
• All papers and presentations will go through a double-blind review process, leading to a decision of (conditional) acceptance or rejection.
• Accepted papers will be included in the ISCRAM 2008 program and published in the official proceedings if and only if
(1) the paper is formatted according to the instructions,
(2) the authors sign the copyright transfer form and
(3) one of the authors registers for the conference and pays the registration fee before the cut-off date for early registration.
• Authors who have multiple papers accepted can only register for and present one paper at the conference; co-authors need to register separately.
Session Chairs:
Andrea H. Tapia, Ph.D. atapia@ist.psu.edu
College of Information Sciences and Technology, Penn State University
Carleen Maitland, Ph.D. cmaitland@ist.psu.edu
College of Information Sciences and Technology, Penn State University
Important ISCRAM 2008 Dates:
December 21, 2007: Paper submission deadline
February 10, 2008: Notification of (conditional) acceptance
February 22, 2008: Early registration deadline
March 1, 2008: Final camera-ready paper submission deadline
May 4-7, 2008: ISCRAM 2008
About ISCRAM:
The ISCRAM Community is a worldwide community of researchers, scholars, teachers, students, practitioners and policy makers interested or actively involved in the subject of Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management. At its annual international conference alternating between the US and Europe, the ISCRAM Community gathers to present and discuss the latest research and developments in this growing area during an interactive and stimulating 3 day program. The ISCRAM Community also organizes an International Summer School for PhD students and ISCRAM-CHINA, an annual conference for ISCRAM research in China. All information on ISCRAM can be found at http://www.iscram.org
ISCRAM 2008 will be held from 4-7 May at the George Washington University (GWU) located in Washington, DC, USA. The conference will be hosted by GWU’s Institute for Crisis, Disaster, and Risk Management (ICDRM). All details on this conference will be made available via the ISCRAM website mentioned above.
Washington, DC, USA
May 4-7, 2008
http://www.iscram.org/
Deadline: December 21, 2007
CALL FOR PAPERS FOR A SPECIAL ACADEMIC SESSION ON
Information Coordination between Heterogeneous Emergency and Relief Agencies
Session ID: ORG-01
Motivation
In times of emergency organizations, both governmental and non-governmental, operate in conditions of extreme uncertainty. The uncertainty has many sources, including the sporadic nature of emergencies, the lack of warning associated with emergencies, and the wide array of actors who may or may not respond to any one emergency. This uncertainty increases the need for information, but at the same time research has shown that the amount of operational information flowing through an organization during an emergency can be overwhelming. In these circumstances appropriate ICTs could make substantial improvements in the relief process.
Research Area
While improved coordination is a noble goal itself, the real aim is to improve emergency and relief services. To date it is unclear just how much improvement in relief services result from improved coordination in the ICT realm. While anecdotal evidence of benefits exists to ignite efforts, a more systematic analysis of the ICT coordination benefits (or lack thereof) is called for. Successful ICT coordination in emergency relief will require that organizations, both governmental and non-governmental, to both overcome the challenges and take advantage of the benefits presented by their environment. These inter-organizational challenges are of both a general and relief-context nature as well as relating specifically to coordination ICTs. While the environment can pose many challenges to coordination, the inherent interdependencies can also facilitate coordination. Empirical studies on inter-organizational coordination have found that informal contacts, good historical relations with other organizations, common commitment, existence of common language, accessibility to other organizations, professionalism, standardization, structural similarities, scarce resources and frequent external communications all serve to enhance coordination efforts.
Topics
Some non-exhaustive examples of topics that could contribute to this session are
• Models of organizational structures leading to improved coordination and collaboration between agencies
• Models of how collaboration and coordination might impact the emergency response supply chain
• Models of 3rd party coordination bodies between organizations
• Models of shared organizational and technological infrastructure
• Coordination and Collaboration intra-agency and inter-agencies
• Tools for the cooperation in normality and emergency situations
• Information Interoperability among agencies
• Sharing of ICT infrastructures in the emergency area
• Cooperation among agencies
• Coordination of supplies for the emergency relief
• Coordination and collaboration between operative centres and operative teams
• Leadership of multi-organizational response teams
• Open source ICT solutions
Type of contribution:
• Academic Session: we invite researchers from academia or research labs to present their research or research-in-progress papers. Prospective presenters submit a regular research (or research-in-progress) paper.
Important Notice:
• All submissions must be formatted according to the ISCRAM 2008 formatting guidelines. Templates and instructions are published on www.iscram.org.
• All submissions must be submitted through the ISCRAM 2008 conference paper submission web page at www.conftool.com/iscram2008. Instructions for the ConfTool system can be found on www.iscram.org.
• All papers and presentations will go through a double-blind review process, leading to a decision of (conditional) acceptance or rejection.
• Accepted papers will be included in the ISCRAM 2008 program and published in the official proceedings if and only if
(1) the paper is formatted according to the instructions,
(2) the authors sign the copyright transfer form and
(3) one of the authors registers for the conference and pays the registration fee before the cut-off date for early registration.
• Authors who have multiple papers accepted can only register for and present one paper at the conference; co-authors need to register separately.
Session Chairs:
Andrea H. Tapia, Ph.D. atapia@ist.psu.edu
College of Information Sciences and Technology, Penn State University
Carleen Maitland, Ph.D. cmaitland@ist.psu.edu
College of Information Sciences and Technology, Penn State University
Important ISCRAM 2008 Dates:
December 21, 2007: Paper submission deadline
February 10, 2008: Notification of (conditional) acceptance
February 22, 2008: Early registration deadline
March 1, 2008: Final camera-ready paper submission deadline
May 4-7, 2008: ISCRAM 2008
About ISCRAM:
The ISCRAM Community is a worldwide community of researchers, scholars, teachers, students, practitioners and policy makers interested or actively involved in the subject of Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management. At its annual international conference alternating between the US and Europe, the ISCRAM Community gathers to present and discuss the latest research and developments in this growing area during an interactive and stimulating 3 day program. The ISCRAM Community also organizes an International Summer School for PhD students and ISCRAM-CHINA, an annual conference for ISCRAM research in China. All information on ISCRAM can be found at http://www.iscram.org
ISCRAM 2008 will be held from 4-7 May at the George Washington University (GWU) located in Washington, DC, USA. The conference will be hosted by GWU’s Institute for Crisis, Disaster, and Risk Management (ICDRM). All details on this conference will be made available via the ISCRAM website mentioned above.
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