CFP: The Picture Book (Special issue of ImageTexT)
The “Picture Book” special issue of ImageTexT is accepting paper submissions that address the history, form, narrative strategies, and cultural uses of the picture book. Submitted essays should work toward furthering ImageTexT’s ongoing investigation of the material, historical, theoretical, and cultural implications of visual textuality.
Possible topics include, but are not limited to:
• The history of the picture book and its uses (pedagogical, political, cultural).
• The influence of technological innovation on the production, form, and narrative content of picture books.
• Questions of the tactile and sensorial in picture books.
• The relationship between picture books and comics.
• The relationship between picture books and other aesthetic forms (e.g., film, music, theatre, painting).
• The picture book as “literature” – or the picture book in relation to questions of the literary.
• The relationship between awarding (e.g., the Caldecott Award) and the production and evaluation of picture books.
• The interplay between word and image in the picture book.
• Picture book adaptations of folk/fairy tales, novels, films, cartoons, etc.
• Picture books and nostalgia.
• Questions of audience and/or the function of the reader (e.g., the picture book’s interpellation of the child reader, the “crossover appeal” of picture books, picture books for adults, the influence of the new media and postmodernism on the role of the reader and strategies of
reading picture books).
Please send completed papers in MLA citation format to aulanow@english.ufl.edu by October 15, 2007.
Articles submitted should usually not exceed 10,000 words including notes and should be presented to generally accepted academic standards. Please submit all articles by sending an email with the submission attached (including images, etc). If you cannot send attachment of this size please send a copy of your article to the address below. All postal mail submissions should include a copy of the article in electronic form on either a floppy disk or a CD along with three (3) print copies of the article. Articles should be submitted preferably in HTML, or as Microsoft Word, StarOffice, or OpenOffice documents. Webbed essays are encouraged.
Copies of images used in articles should be submitted separately from the body text, as .zipped archives of no larger than 3 MB each. (Larger archives should be submitted via CD-Rom or made accessible to the editor of the issue for download by ftp or WWW page). Images should be in color (where appropriate) and in the highest resolution possible, up to 300 dpi. Acceptable image file formats include .tiff, .psd, .pdf, .png, and .jpg (with minimal compression).
Alternatively, send hard copies to:
Anastasia Ulanowicz, Assistant Professor
Department of English
Univ. of Florida
4008 Turlington Hall
P.O. Box 117310
Gainesville, FL 32611-7310
The guest editor for the special issue is Anastasia Ulanowicz. If you
have any questions, please email aulanow@english.ufl.edu
Saturday, May 26, 2007
CFP: The Culture of Print in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Medicine (STEM)
Call for papers: Engineering + print culture
Call for papers (deadline: January 15, 2008) -
The Culture of Print in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Medicine (STEM)
The Center for the History of Print Culture in Modern America
Madison, Wisconsin
September 12-13, 2008
The conference will include papers focusing on the dynamic intersection of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Medicine (STEM) and print culture. Papers might address ways in which STEM - its histories and materials, its theories and practices, its economics, and its practitioners - affects or is affected by print culture.
These approaches might include: innovations in the production and circulation of print; patterns of authorship and reading; publication, and dissemination of knowledge in the history of STEM. Alternatively, taking the various theories and methodologies that have grown out of half-a-century of historical and social studies of STEM, papers could investigate the social construction of STEM knowledge through print; technologies of experimentation and inscription as a print culture of the laboratory; and the social networks of readership in the production of scientific consensus or conflict. Though our emphasis is on the United States scene, we welcome submissions from other areas of the globe as well.
The keynote speaker will be Professor Jim Secord of Cambridge University, Director of the Darwin Correspondence Project and author of many publications, including the award-winning Victorian Sensation: The Extraordinary Publication, Reception and Secret Authorship of Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation (University of Chicago Press, 2000).
Proposals for individual papers or complete sessions (up to three papers) should include a 250-word abstract and a one-page c.v. for each presenter. If possible, submissions should be made via email (cpawley@wisc.edu). The deadline for submissions is January 15, 2008. Notifications of acceptance will be made by early March.
As with previous conferences, we anticipate producing a volume of papers from the conference for publication in a volume in the Center's series, "Print Culture History in Modern America," published by the University of Wisconsin Press. A list of books the Center has produced, available on the Center's website (http://slisweb.lis.wisc.edu/~printcul/), offers a guide to prospective authors.
For information, contact:
Christine Pawley, Director,
Center for the History of Print Culture
4234 Helen C. White Hall,
600 N. Park St.
Madison, WI 53706
phone: (608) 263-2945 / (608) 263-2900
fax: (608) 263-4849
email: cpawley@wisc.edu
Co-sponsors: School of Library and Information Studies, the Wisconsin Historical Society, the Holtz Center for Science and Technology Studies, the departments of the History of Science, the History of Medicine and Bioethics, and the School of Journalism and Mass Communication.
Call for papers (deadline: January 15, 2008) -
The Culture of Print in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Medicine (STEM)
The Center for the History of Print Culture in Modern America
Madison, Wisconsin
September 12-13, 2008
The conference will include papers focusing on the dynamic intersection of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Medicine (STEM) and print culture. Papers might address ways in which STEM - its histories and materials, its theories and practices, its economics, and its practitioners - affects or is affected by print culture.
These approaches might include: innovations in the production and circulation of print; patterns of authorship and reading; publication, and dissemination of knowledge in the history of STEM. Alternatively, taking the various theories and methodologies that have grown out of half-a-century of historical and social studies of STEM, papers could investigate the social construction of STEM knowledge through print; technologies of experimentation and inscription as a print culture of the laboratory; and the social networks of readership in the production of scientific consensus or conflict. Though our emphasis is on the United States scene, we welcome submissions from other areas of the globe as well.
The keynote speaker will be Professor Jim Secord of Cambridge University, Director of the Darwin Correspondence Project and author of many publications, including the award-winning Victorian Sensation: The Extraordinary Publication, Reception and Secret Authorship of Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation (University of Chicago Press, 2000).
Proposals for individual papers or complete sessions (up to three papers) should include a 250-word abstract and a one-page c.v. for each presenter. If possible, submissions should be made via email (cpawley@wisc.edu). The deadline for submissions is January 15, 2008. Notifications of acceptance will be made by early March.
As with previous conferences, we anticipate producing a volume of papers from the conference for publication in a volume in the Center's series, "Print Culture History in Modern America," published by the University of Wisconsin Press. A list of books the Center has produced, available on the Center's website (http://slisweb.lis.wisc.edu/~printcul/), offers a guide to prospective authors.
For information, contact:
Christine Pawley, Director,
Center for the History of Print Culture
4234 Helen C. White Hall,
600 N. Park St.
Madison, WI 53706
phone: (608) 263-2945 / (608) 263-2900
fax: (608) 263-4849
email: cpawley@wisc.edu
Co-sponsors: School of Library and Information Studies, the Wisconsin Historical Society, the Holtz Center for Science and Technology Studies, the departments of the History of Science, the History of Medicine and Bioethics, and the School of Journalism and Mass Communication.
CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS (Web 2.0)
CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS (Web 2.0)
The Handbook of Research on Language Acquisition Technologies: Web 2.0
Transformation of Learning will provide an up-to-date overview of current
developments in Information and Communication Technologies related to the
fields of second and foreign language acquisition. The volume will feature
chapters (5,000-7,500 words) authored by leading experts in the field of
CALL, e-Learning and educational technology, offering an in-depth
description of key terms and concepts related to different areas, issues and
trends in Information Communication Technologies.
RECOMMENDED TOPICS
Topics include, but are not limited to:
(i). A history of Web 1.0 and Web 2.0 technologies
(ii). The case for the originality of Web 2.0 technologies
(iii). The pitfalls of Web 2.0 technologies in the classroom (information
overload, Internet security, the dangers of online communities for students)
(iv). Web 2.0 and the potential for educational Institutions
(v). The pedagogical implications of Web 2.0
(vi). Second Life and language education
(vii). E-Learning 2.0 (distance learning, mobile learning, blended learning)
(viii). Web 2.0 and the history of Computer Assisted Language Learning
(ix). The use of blogs in language education
(x). Virtual gaming and Web 2.0
(xi). Podcasting in language education
(xii). Wikis in language education
(xiii). The pedagogical implications of social network environments
(xiv). Social software and learning
(xv). The role of the ICT/CALL coordinator and Web 2.0 technologies
(xvi). E-moderation and Web 2.0
(xvii). Conditions for the successful implementation of Web 2.0 in education
(xviii) Laptop projects (wireless and one-to-one)
(xix). Case studies using Web 2.0 in language learning contexts. Other areas
of research on Web 2.0 technologies (YouTube, Second Life, MySpace, iPods,
Mobile Learning, Course Management Systems, Social Software, ning.com,
Flickr, etc.) and language learning will also be considered.
INVITED SUBMISSIONS
Individuals interested in submitting chapters (5,000-7,500 words) on the
above-suggested topics or other related topics in their area of interest
should submit via e-mail a 2 page manuscript proposal clearly explaining the
mission and concerns of the proposed chapter by June 15, 2007. We strongly
encourage other topics that have not been listed in our suggested list,
particularly if the topic is related to the research area in which you have
expertise. Upon acceptance of your proposal, you will have until November
30, 2007, to prepare the first draft of your chapter of 5,000-7,500 words
and 7-10 related terms and their appropriate definitions.
Guidelines for preparing your paper and terms and definitions will be sent
to you upon acceptance of your proposal. Please forward your e-mail of
interest including your name, affiliation and a list of topics (5-7) on
which you are interested in writing a chapter to: Michael Thomas, editor, at
michael.thomas@nucba.ac.jp no later than June 15, 2007.
You will be notified about the status of your proposed topics by July 1,
2007. This book is scheduled for publishing by Information Science Reference
(an imprint of IGI Global) http://www.idea-group.com in 2008.
The Handbook of Research on Language Acquisition Technologies: Web 2.0
Transformation of Learning will provide an up-to-date overview of current
developments in Information and Communication Technologies related to the
fields of second and foreign language acquisition. The volume will feature
chapters (5,000-7,500 words) authored by leading experts in the field of
CALL, e-Learning and educational technology, offering an in-depth
description of key terms and concepts related to different areas, issues and
trends in Information Communication Technologies.
RECOMMENDED TOPICS
Topics include, but are not limited to:
(i). A history of Web 1.0 and Web 2.0 technologies
(ii). The case for the originality of Web 2.0 technologies
(iii). The pitfalls of Web 2.0 technologies in the classroom (information
overload, Internet security, the dangers of online communities for students)
(iv). Web 2.0 and the potential for educational Institutions
(v). The pedagogical implications of Web 2.0
(vi). Second Life and language education
(vii). E-Learning 2.0 (distance learning, mobile learning, blended learning)
(viii). Web 2.0 and the history of Computer Assisted Language Learning
(ix). The use of blogs in language education
(x). Virtual gaming and Web 2.0
(xi). Podcasting in language education
(xii). Wikis in language education
(xiii). The pedagogical implications of social network environments
(xiv). Social software and learning
(xv). The role of the ICT/CALL coordinator and Web 2.0 technologies
(xvi). E-moderation and Web 2.0
(xvii). Conditions for the successful implementation of Web 2.0 in education
(xviii) Laptop projects (wireless and one-to-one)
(xix). Case studies using Web 2.0 in language learning contexts. Other areas
of research on Web 2.0 technologies (YouTube, Second Life, MySpace, iPods,
Mobile Learning, Course Management Systems, Social Software, ning.com,
Flickr, etc.) and language learning will also be considered.
INVITED SUBMISSIONS
Individuals interested in submitting chapters (5,000-7,500 words) on the
above-suggested topics or other related topics in their area of interest
should submit via e-mail a 2 page manuscript proposal clearly explaining the
mission and concerns of the proposed chapter by June 15, 2007. We strongly
encourage other topics that have not been listed in our suggested list,
particularly if the topic is related to the research area in which you have
expertise. Upon acceptance of your proposal, you will have until November
30, 2007, to prepare the first draft of your chapter of 5,000-7,500 words
and 7-10 related terms and their appropriate definitions.
Guidelines for preparing your paper and terms and definitions will be sent
to you upon acceptance of your proposal. Please forward your e-mail of
interest including your name, affiliation and a list of topics (5-7) on
which you are interested in writing a chapter to: Michael Thomas, editor, at
michael.thomas@nucba.ac.jp no later than June 15, 2007.
You will be notified about the status of your proposed topics by July 1,
2007. This book is scheduled for publishing by Information Science Reference
(an imprint of IGI Global) http://www.idea-group.com in 2008.
Two Calls for Computers and Composition/Web 2.0 Themed Articles
Two Calls for Computers and Composition/Web 2.0 Themed Articles
Below are calls for proposals for two special issues on Web 2.0 and
college composition. See the links below for more information and feel
free to email the guest editors with questions.
1) Calls for Positions, Papers, and Webtexts
Composition in the Freeware Age: Using Web 2.0 Applications in the
Teaching of Writing, Computers and Composition Online
Guest-edited by Randall McClure, Michael Day and Mike Palmquist
For more information, visit http://www.bgsu.edu/cconline/papcall.htm.
2) Call for Proposals
Composition in the Freeware Age:
Assessing the Impact and Value of the Web 2.0 Movement for the Teaching
of Writing, Computers and Composition
Guest-edited by Randall McClure, Michael Day and Mike Palmquist
For more information, visit
http://computersandcomposition.osu.edu/cfps.html#Web20
You can contact: Randal McClure at randall.mcclure@MNSU.EDU
Below are calls for proposals for two special issues on Web 2.0 and
college composition. See the links below for more information and feel
free to email the guest editors with questions.
1) Calls for Positions, Papers, and Webtexts
Composition in the Freeware Age: Using Web 2.0 Applications in the
Teaching of Writing, Computers and Composition Online
Guest-edited by Randall McClure, Michael Day and Mike Palmquist
For more information, visit http://www.bgsu.edu/cconline/papcall.htm.
2) Call for Proposals
Composition in the Freeware Age:
Assessing the Impact and Value of the Web 2.0 Movement for the Teaching
of Writing, Computers and Composition
Guest-edited by Randall McClure, Michael Day and Mike Palmquist
For more information, visit
http://computersandcomposition.osu.edu/cfps.html#Web20
You can contact: Randal McClure at randall.mcclure@MNSU.EDU
CFP: The Starbucking of America (MAPACA, 11/2/07-11/4/07)
CFP: The Starbucking of America (MAPACA, 11/2/07-11/4/07)
2007 Annual Conference of the Mid-Atlantic Popular/American Culture Association
Philadelphia, PA November 2-4, 2007
The Starbucking of America
This panel seeks papers that examine the role of Starbucks on American Culture. Papers may explore any aspect of Starbucks and its cultural influence, including: its relation to other food establishments, its labor practices, its impact on other coffee houses, its impact on coffee culture(s), its design, its influence on retail practices, its affect on consumers and consumer practice.
Papers or 150 word abstracts by 6/1 to Andrew Schopp at schoppa@ncc.edu
Visit http://www.mapacagazette.net/ for information about the conference.
2007 Annual Conference of the Mid-Atlantic Popular/American Culture Association
Philadelphia, PA November 2-4, 2007
The Starbucking of America
This panel seeks papers that examine the role of Starbucks on American Culture. Papers may explore any aspect of Starbucks and its cultural influence, including: its relation to other food establishments, its labor practices, its impact on other coffee houses, its impact on coffee culture(s), its design, its influence on retail practices, its affect on consumers and consumer practice.
Papers or 150 word abstracts by 6/1 to Andrew Schopp at schoppa@ncc.edu
Visit http://www.mapacagazette.net/ for information about the conference.
Call for Papers: Research Track, IA Summit 2008 (ASIS&T)
Call for Papers: Research Track, IA Summit 2008 (ASIS&T)
INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE SUMMIT 2008
Call for Research Track Submissions:
9th ANNUAL INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE SUMMIT
April 10-14
Hyatt Regency Miami
The ASIS&T Information Architecture Summit is the premier annual gathering for information architects. At this time, we are issuing an advance Call for Papers for the IA Summit research stream.
Research papers provide an opportunity to present original contributions to the research, theory, and practice of information architecture. Submissions should demonstrate an awareness of relevant literature, both empirical and theoretical, while clearly indicating the importance of the research to IA practice. In addition, submissions to the research stream must include the full text of the paper, not just an abstract. All research papers will undergo a blind peer-review. Accepted papers will be included in the digital conference proceedings and made publicly available on the conference website.
Although we are seeking original research contributions, this does not mean that your submission must strictly conform to the traditional format for scholarly research papers. The exact nature and format of the paper lies with the author. However, regardless of the format, research papers should still meet accepted scholarly standards for quality, clarity, validity, and originality. Papers will typically be between 3000 and 5000 words (roughly 6-12 pages), plus references and supporting images and tables as required. The maximum length for research papers is 7000 words.
Although the research stream intends to encourage contributions from academic researchers, we strongly encourage anyone to submit research papers, including practitioners and students. Affiliation with an academic institution is not required to submit a research paper.
Approximate dates for research track submissions:
November 2007: Full papers due
January 2008: Notification of acceptance
Early March 2008: Revised full paper in PDF due for inclusion in electronic proceedings
Additional details about submission requirements will be available later this year on the conference website at http://www.iasummit.org . In the meantime, please don’t hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.
D. Grant Campbell, Program Chair,
IA Summit Research Track
gcampbel@uwo.ca
INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE SUMMIT 2008
Call for Research Track Submissions:
9th ANNUAL INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE SUMMIT
April 10-14
Hyatt Regency Miami
The ASIS&T Information Architecture Summit is the premier annual gathering for information architects. At this time, we are issuing an advance Call for Papers for the IA Summit research stream.
Research papers provide an opportunity to present original contributions to the research, theory, and practice of information architecture. Submissions should demonstrate an awareness of relevant literature, both empirical and theoretical, while clearly indicating the importance of the research to IA practice. In addition, submissions to the research stream must include the full text of the paper, not just an abstract. All research papers will undergo a blind peer-review. Accepted papers will be included in the digital conference proceedings and made publicly available on the conference website.
Although we are seeking original research contributions, this does not mean that your submission must strictly conform to the traditional format for scholarly research papers. The exact nature and format of the paper lies with the author. However, regardless of the format, research papers should still meet accepted scholarly standards for quality, clarity, validity, and originality. Papers will typically be between 3000 and 5000 words (roughly 6-12 pages), plus references and supporting images and tables as required. The maximum length for research papers is 7000 words.
Although the research stream intends to encourage contributions from academic researchers, we strongly encourage anyone to submit research papers, including practitioners and students. Affiliation with an academic institution is not required to submit a research paper.
Approximate dates for research track submissions:
November 2007: Full papers due
January 2008: Notification of acceptance
Early March 2008: Revised full paper in PDF due for inclusion in electronic proceedings
Additional details about submission requirements will be available later this year on the conference website at http://www.iasummit.org . In the meantime, please don’t hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.
D. Grant Campbell, Program Chair,
IA Summit Research Track
gcampbel@uwo.ca
Friday, May 25, 2007
Newberry Seminar on Technology, Politics & Culture: 2007-2008 Call for Papers
Newberry Seminar on Technology, Politics & Culture: 2007-2008 Call for Papers Location: Illinois, United States
Call for Papers Date: 2007-06-15
Date Submitted: 2007-05-03
The Newberry Library Seminar on Technology, Politics, and Culture Co-sponsored by the History Department at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Roosevelt University, and Northwestern University’s School of Communications
CALL FOR PAPERS for the 2007–08 academic year Deadline for Submission: 15 June 2007
This seminar provides a forum for research projects and for works-in-progress that explore questions, tensions, resolutions, and relationships across technology, politics, and culture. Papers might address topics in the intellectual and social history of technology broadly conceived, including aspects of institutional systems, communications, management, business, labor, law, policy, or government. We are interested in a broad range of conceptual and temporal approaches. Two areas of special interest are pre-1900 topics and comparative or global work extending beyond the United States.
The seminar is open to graduate students, faculty members, independent scholars, and professionals in related fields, such as engineering and urban planning. To maximize time for discussion, papers are circulated electronically in advance. Priority is given to individuals who are at a stage of their research at which they can best profit from discussion, and to individuals who need a venue to present their work. The seminar meets on selected Fridays during the academic year, 3:30–5:00 PM, at the Newberry Library in Chicago.To propose a paper, please send a one-page proposal, a statement explaining the relationship of the paper to your other work, and a brief c.v. to Diane Dillon, Assistant Director, Dr. William M. Scholl Center for Family and Community History, The Newberry Library. Please send all materials as electronic attachments via email to: scholl@newberry.org.
If you are interested in proposing a paper and have questions, please contact the seminar coordinator, James Schwoch (Northwestern University, j-schwoch@northwestern.edu; (847) 491-7361).
The Newberry Library is unable to provide funds for travel or lodging, but can provide assistance in locating discounted accommodations.
Dr. William M. Scholl Center for Family and Community History
The Newberry Library
60 W. Walton St.
Chicago, IL 60610
(312) 255-3524/ scholl@newberry.org
http://www.newberry.org
Call for Papers Date: 2007-06-15
Date Submitted: 2007-05-03
The Newberry Library Seminar on Technology, Politics, and Culture Co-sponsored by the History Department at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Roosevelt University, and Northwestern University’s School of Communications
CALL FOR PAPERS for the 2007–08 academic year Deadline for Submission: 15 June 2007
This seminar provides a forum for research projects and for works-in-progress that explore questions, tensions, resolutions, and relationships across technology, politics, and culture. Papers might address topics in the intellectual and social history of technology broadly conceived, including aspects of institutional systems, communications, management, business, labor, law, policy, or government. We are interested in a broad range of conceptual and temporal approaches. Two areas of special interest are pre-1900 topics and comparative or global work extending beyond the United States.
The seminar is open to graduate students, faculty members, independent scholars, and professionals in related fields, such as engineering and urban planning. To maximize time for discussion, papers are circulated electronically in advance. Priority is given to individuals who are at a stage of their research at which they can best profit from discussion, and to individuals who need a venue to present their work. The seminar meets on selected Fridays during the academic year, 3:30–5:00 PM, at the Newberry Library in Chicago.To propose a paper, please send a one-page proposal, a statement explaining the relationship of the paper to your other work, and a brief c.v. to Diane Dillon, Assistant Director, Dr. William M. Scholl Center for Family and Community History, The Newberry Library. Please send all materials as electronic attachments via email to: scholl@newberry.org.
If you are interested in proposing a paper and have questions, please contact the seminar coordinator, James Schwoch (Northwestern University, j-schwoch@northwestern.edu; (847) 491-7361).
The Newberry Library is unable to provide funds for travel or lodging, but can provide assistance in locating discounted accommodations.
Dr. William M. Scholl Center for Family and Community History
The Newberry Library
60 W. Walton St.
Chicago, IL 60610
(312) 255-3524/ scholl@newberry.org
http://www.newberry.org
Monday, April 16, 2007
CRITICAL THINKING: CALL FOR ARTICLES/PROPOSALS FOR SPECIAL JOURNAL ISSUE
CRITICAL THINKING: CALL FOR ARTICLES/PROPOSALS FOR SPECIAL JOURNAL ISSUE
College and Undergraduate Libraries, a Haworth Press peer-reviewed publication, invites proposals for articles to be published in a special issue addressing critical thinking and its incorporation into library instruction programs.
The issue will be edited by John Spencer of Gonzaga University (spencer@gonzaga.edu) and Christopher Millson-Martula of Lynchburg College (millsonmartula@lynchburg.edu). For this issue, the editors are defining critical thinking as
-The intellectual and mental process by which an individual successfully
-Conceptualizes, analyzes, synthesizes, evaluates,
-And/or applies information
-In order to formulate judgments, conclusions, or answers.
In their pieces, authors should focus solely on those aspects of a library’s instruction program relating to critical thinking. Authors are invited to submit articles/proposals for pieces such as:
1. theoretical, philosophical, or ideological discussions of critical thinking in general
2. opinion or position papers
3. case studies
4. collaboration or relationships between librarians and classroom faculty
5. research studies dealing with the effects of library instruction on students’ critical thinking skills
6. annotated reviews of the literature.
We welcome proposals from librarians and classroom faculty both individually and as teams. The proposal should consist of an abstract of 500 words together with all author contact information. Articles should run at least 20 double-spaced pages in length.
For additional information, please contact either editor. Please submit proposals to John Spencer by April 30, 2007. First drafts of accepted proposals will be due by June 30, 2007. Feel free to contact either of us with any questions you may have.
John Spencer Christopher Millson-Martula
John S. Spencer
Coordinator of Reference and Periodicals
Foley Center Library, Gonzaga University
Phone: 509-323-6110 Fax: 509-323-5806
spencer@gonzaga.edu
College and Undergraduate Libraries, a Haworth Press peer-reviewed publication, invites proposals for articles to be published in a special issue addressing critical thinking and its incorporation into library instruction programs.
The issue will be edited by John Spencer of Gonzaga University (spencer@gonzaga.edu) and Christopher Millson-Martula of Lynchburg College (millsonmartula@lynchburg.edu). For this issue, the editors are defining critical thinking as
-The intellectual and mental process by which an individual successfully
-Conceptualizes, analyzes, synthesizes, evaluates,
-And/or applies information
-In order to formulate judgments, conclusions, or answers.
In their pieces, authors should focus solely on those aspects of a library’s instruction program relating to critical thinking. Authors are invited to submit articles/proposals for pieces such as:
1. theoretical, philosophical, or ideological discussions of critical thinking in general
2. opinion or position papers
3. case studies
4. collaboration or relationships between librarians and classroom faculty
5. research studies dealing with the effects of library instruction on students’ critical thinking skills
6. annotated reviews of the literature.
We welcome proposals from librarians and classroom faculty both individually and as teams. The proposal should consist of an abstract of 500 words together with all author contact information. Articles should run at least 20 double-spaced pages in length.
For additional information, please contact either editor. Please submit proposals to John Spencer by April 30, 2007. First drafts of accepted proposals will be due by June 30, 2007. Feel free to contact either of us with any questions you may have.
John Spencer Christopher Millson-Martula
John S. Spencer
Coordinator of Reference and Periodicals
Foley Center Library, Gonzaga University
Phone: 509-323-6110 Fax: 509-323-5806
spencer@gonzaga.edu
Friday, April 06, 2007
CFP: 2007 Online Information Conference (London)
CFP: 2007 Online Information Conference (London)
2007 Call for Speakers:
I would like to invite you to submit a speaking proposal for the 2007 Online
Information Conference taking place from 4-6 December in the Olympia
Conference Centre, London.
2007 is already proving to be a year of momentous change in the Online world
as Web 2.0 moves into the mass market. It is increasing its hold on
business, academia and government and extending its reach in our homes,
mobile lives and relationships in ways that even a couple of years ago would
have been unthinkable.
This year's conference will help business, academia and government to take
up the challenge of this new Online world, blending traditional and new
services to give a new mix for a new era. And YOU can be a part of it.
Do you have a story to tell?
* Have you been involved in a leading-edge web 2.0 project which has made an impact?
* Has your university changed its practices to embrace new ways of teaching?
* Has your library been able to use some of the new tools to involve a wider community?
* Has traditional "search" had its day in your organisation, replaced by "socially mediated retrieval"?
* Has your organisation evolved new ethics and behaviours to cope with the change?
* Have you found the winning business model?
Whatever your results, why not share your story with others?
Whether you work in big business, small business, academia or the public
sector, good ideas are invariably transferable and we need to hear them.
The Online world is waiting to learn from the pioneers who have made it
work. This is your chance to be seen as one of the leaders - with your
story reaching a global audience from over 43 countries.
For information on conference themes, making your submission, review
criteria please click on the links in the box below.
I look forward to receiving your proposal.
Adrian Dale
Chairman
Online Information Conference 2007
Your guide to submitting a proposal
1. Review Criteria and Submission Requirements
http://mail.vnuexhibitions.co.uk/cgi-bin1/DM/y/h6qZ0FfABd0aei0DsUE0EB
2. Example Abstracts
http://mail.vnuexhibitions.co.uk/cgi-bin1/DM/y/h6qZ0FfABd0aei0DsUF0EC
3. Conference Themes
http://mail.vnuexhibitions.co.uk/cgi-bin1/DM/y/h6qZ0FfABd0aei0DNjb0EO
4. Delegate Profile
http://mail.vnuexhibitions.co.uk/cgi-bin1/DM/y/h6qZ0FfABd0aei0DsUG0ED
5. Conference Committee
http://mail.vnuexhibitions.co.uk/cgi-bin1/DM/y/h6qZ0FfABd0aei0DTMk0EA
6. Guidelines for Exhibitors
http://mail.vnuexhibitions.co.uk/cgi-bin1/DM/y/h6qZ0FfABd0aei0DsUH0EE
&. NOW Click here to submit your paper online
http://mail.vnuexhibitions.co.uk/cgi-bin1/DM/y/h6qZ0FfABd0aei0DsUI0EF
Please note: deadline is 5th May 2006
2007 Call for Speakers:
I would like to invite you to submit a speaking proposal for the 2007 Online
Information Conference taking place from 4-6 December in the Olympia
Conference Centre, London.
2007 is already proving to be a year of momentous change in the Online world
as Web 2.0 moves into the mass market. It is increasing its hold on
business, academia and government and extending its reach in our homes,
mobile lives and relationships in ways that even a couple of years ago would
have been unthinkable.
This year's conference will help business, academia and government to take
up the challenge of this new Online world, blending traditional and new
services to give a new mix for a new era. And YOU can be a part of it.
Do you have a story to tell?
* Have you been involved in a leading-edge web 2.0 project which has made an impact?
* Has your university changed its practices to embrace new ways of teaching?
* Has your library been able to use some of the new tools to involve a wider community?
* Has traditional "search" had its day in your organisation, replaced by "socially mediated retrieval"?
* Has your organisation evolved new ethics and behaviours to cope with the change?
* Have you found the winning business model?
Whatever your results, why not share your story with others?
Whether you work in big business, small business, academia or the public
sector, good ideas are invariably transferable and we need to hear them.
The Online world is waiting to learn from the pioneers who have made it
work. This is your chance to be seen as one of the leaders - with your
story reaching a global audience from over 43 countries.
For information on conference themes, making your submission, review
criteria please click on the links in the box below.
I look forward to receiving your proposal.
Adrian Dale
Chairman
Online Information Conference 2007
Your guide to submitting a proposal
1. Review Criteria and Submission Requirements
http://mail.vnuexhibitions.co.uk/cgi-bin1/DM/y/h6qZ0FfABd0aei0DsUE0EB
2. Example Abstracts
http://mail.vnuexhibitions.co.uk/cgi-bin1/DM/y/h6qZ0FfABd0aei0DsUF0EC
3. Conference Themes
http://mail.vnuexhibitions.co.uk/cgi-bin1/DM/y/h6qZ0FfABd0aei0DNjb0EO
4. Delegate Profile
http://mail.vnuexhibitions.co.uk/cgi-bin1/DM/y/h6qZ0FfABd0aei0DsUG0ED
5. Conference Committee
http://mail.vnuexhibitions.co.uk/cgi-bin1/DM/y/h6qZ0FfABd0aei0DTMk0EA
6. Guidelines for Exhibitors
http://mail.vnuexhibitions.co.uk/cgi-bin1/DM/y/h6qZ0FfABd0aei0DsUH0EE
&. NOW Click here to submit your paper online
http://mail.vnuexhibitions.co.uk/cgi-bin1/DM/y/h6qZ0FfABd0aei0DsUI0EF
Please note: deadline is 5th May 2006
CFP: Music Library Association 2008 Annual Conference
CFP: Music Library Association 2008 Annual Conference
Music Library Association
Annual Meeting
Newport, Rhode Island
February 17-24, 2008
Call for Papers URL: http://www.musiclibraryassoc.org/pdf/CALL%20FOR%20PROPOSALS_program08.pdf
The Music Library Association 2008 Program Committee announces its call for
proposals for the 2008 Annual Meeting to be held in Newport, Rhode Island,
February 17-24, 2008. The committee welcomes proposals for individual
presentations or entire program sessions on topics in music librarianship,
musicology, discography, and other related areas.
Proposals should be submitted via web form at:
http://www.lib.lsu.edu/cgi-bin/dbman/mla/db.cgi?db=default&uid=default&add_form=1
All program proposals must be submitted by April 30, 2007, to be considered
for the 2008 conference. Please do not use the program proposal web form
to request time for business meetings and other meetings that do not
include public programming. A form for requesting a room for a non-program
meeting will be available by April 1, 2007, and announced on MLA-L.
Please direct any questions to the 2008 Program Committee, whose voting
members are:
-D.J. Hoek, Northwestern University (Chair) -- djhoek@northwestern.edu
-Deborah Campana, Oberlin Conservatory (Member-at-large representative) --
deborah.campana@oberlin.edu
-Alan Karass, College of the Holy Cross (Roundtable representative) --
akarass@holycross.edu
-Rick McRae, SUNY Buffalo (Membership-at-large representative) --
mcrae@buffalo.edu
-Suzanne Moulton-Gertig, University of Denver (Chair of 2009 Program
Committee) -- smoulton@du.edu
Music Library Association
Annual Meeting
Newport, Rhode Island
February 17-24, 2008
Call for Papers URL: http://www.musiclibraryassoc.org/pdf/CALL%20FOR%20PROPOSALS_program08.pdf
The Music Library Association 2008 Program Committee announces its call for
proposals for the 2008 Annual Meeting to be held in Newport, Rhode Island,
February 17-24, 2008. The committee welcomes proposals for individual
presentations or entire program sessions on topics in music librarianship,
musicology, discography, and other related areas.
Proposals should be submitted via web form at:
http://www.lib.lsu.edu/cgi-bin/dbman/mla/db.cgi?db=default&uid=default&add_form=1
All program proposals must be submitted by April 30, 2007, to be considered
for the 2008 conference. Please do not use the program proposal web form
to request time for business meetings and other meetings that do not
include public programming. A form for requesting a room for a non-program
meeting will be available by April 1, 2007, and announced on MLA-L.
Please direct any questions to the 2008 Program Committee, whose voting
members are:
-D.J. Hoek, Northwestern University (Chair) -- djhoek@northwestern.edu
-Deborah Campana, Oberlin Conservatory (Member-at-large representative) --
deborah.campana@oberlin.edu
-Alan Karass, College of the Holy Cross (Roundtable representative) --
akarass@holycross.edu
-Rick McRae, SUNY Buffalo (Membership-at-large representative) --
mcrae@buffalo.edu
-Suzanne Moulton-Gertig, University of Denver (Chair of 2009 Program
Committee) -- smoulton@du.edu
Saturday, March 31, 2007
Library Student Journal (general information)
Library Student Journal (general information)
Library and Information Science students and educators,
Library Student Journal is once again accepting student papers for review and publication in our next issue. Please visit http://informatics.buffalo.edu/org/lsj/getinvolved.php for more information about having your work published.
LSJ was founded at the University of Buffalo in New York state but seeks international readers and authors. We’ve also expanded our services to the LIS community with recent additions of a discussion board and blog. We’re pleased to offer students such an accessible forum for discussion as well as the opportunity to be published alongside peers. Educators are encouraged to share this opportunity with students.
Thank you
- Shannon Smith -
Library Student Journal staff
http://www.librarystudentjournal.com
Library and Information Science students and educators,
Library Student Journal is once again accepting student papers for review and publication in our next issue. Please visit http://informatics.buffalo.edu/org/lsj/getinvolved.php for more information about having your work published.
LSJ was founded at the University of Buffalo in New York state but seeks international readers and authors. We’ve also expanded our services to the LIS community with recent additions of a discussion board and blog. We’re pleased to offer students such an accessible forum for discussion as well as the opportunity to be published alongside peers. Educators are encouraged to share this opportunity with students.
Thank you
- Shannon Smith -
Library Student Journal staff
http://www.librarystudentjournal.com
Friday, March 30, 2007
CFP: MARS Hot Topics at ALA Annual in Washington, D.C.
CFP: MARS Hot Topics at ALA Annual in Washington, D.C.
Saturday, June 23th from 10:30 to 12:30 at ALA Annual, the RUSA-MARS Hot Topics in Electronic Reference Discussion Group will host a session entitled: "Libraries2Go: Library Services for Handhelds." The session will feature 3 presentations followed by a question and answer and group discussion period. We are looking for speakers from all types of libraries to showcase their innovative delivery of services using handheld devices such as cell phones, PDAs, iPods, etc.
Interested speakers should contact members of the MARS Hot Topics Discussion Group:
Mark Dehmlow, mdehmlow@nd.edu
Nancy Cunningham, ncunning@lib.usf.edu
Leah Dodd, lldodd2@uiuc.edu
Saturday, June 23th from 10:30 to 12:30 at ALA Annual, the RUSA-MARS Hot Topics in Electronic Reference Discussion Group will host a session entitled: "Libraries2Go: Library Services for Handhelds." The session will feature 3 presentations followed by a question and answer and group discussion period. We are looking for speakers from all types of libraries to showcase their innovative delivery of services using handheld devices such as cell phones, PDAs, iPods, etc.
Interested speakers should contact members of the MARS Hot Topics Discussion Group:
Mark Dehmlow, mdehmlow@nd.edu
Nancy Cunningham, ncunning@lib.usf.edu
Leah Dodd, lldodd2@uiuc.edu
Thursday, March 29, 2007
CFP: Best Practices in Collection Development (Against the Grain)
CFP: Best Practices in Collection Development (Against the Grain)
Against the Grain is now accepting submissions of articles for the June 2007 issue. This issue will look at the topic of "Best Practices in Collection Development"
Possible Article Topics Could Include:
-cooperative collection development and/or library consortiums
-licensing electronic resources
-Working with foreign vendors
-Collection assessment
-Virtual Approval Plans
-Moving from print to electronic
-library/departmental liaison programs
-weeding a collection
The above are only suggestions. This topic is broad and articles on other
aspects of collections development are certainly welcome!
Against the Grain is a partially refereed publication, and articles are usually 2000 -- 2500 words in length. Article proposals and / or abstracts of articles should be submitted by Monday, April 9, 2007. The deadline for submission of the articles themselves is Monday, April
30, 2007.
If you are interested in submitting an article, please let me know by return email (devoek@cofc.edu).
If you need more information or have further questions, please do not hesitate to ask. My contact information is below.
Thanks so much for your time and attention.
Sincerely,
Kristen DeVoe
Guest Editor of the June 2007 Issue of Against the Grain.
Kristen E. DeVoe
Electronic Resources Librarian
College of Charleston
Charleston, South Carolina 29424
Phone: (843) 953-6671
Email: devoek@cofc.edu
Against the Grain is now accepting submissions of articles for the June 2007 issue. This issue will look at the topic of "Best Practices in Collection Development"
Possible Article Topics Could Include:
-cooperative collection development and/or library consortiums
-licensing electronic resources
-Working with foreign vendors
-Collection assessment
-Virtual Approval Plans
-Moving from print to electronic
-library/departmental liaison programs
-weeding a collection
The above are only suggestions. This topic is broad and articles on other
aspects of collections development are certainly welcome!
Against the Grain is a partially refereed publication, and articles are usually 2000 -- 2500 words in length. Article proposals and / or abstracts of articles should be submitted by Monday, April 9, 2007. The deadline for submission of the articles themselves is Monday, April
30, 2007.
If you are interested in submitting an article, please let me know by return email (devoek@cofc.edu).
If you need more information or have further questions, please do not hesitate to ask. My contact information is below.
Thanks so much for your time and attention.
Sincerely,
Kristen DeVoe
Guest Editor of the June 2007 Issue of Against the Grain.
Kristen E. DeVoe
Electronic Resources Librarian
College of Charleston
Charleston, South Carolina 29424
Phone: (843) 953-6671
Email: devoek@cofc.edu
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
CFP: How To Do Things with Letters (Modernist Studies Association)
CFP: How To Do Things with Letters (Modernist Studies Association)
Modernist Studies Association, 9th Annual Conference
1-4 November 2007 / Long Beach CA
“How To Do Things with Letters”
This panel seeks proposals on Modernist letter writing. Possible subjects include the personal correspondence of writers, how it enabled careers, travel and relocation, as well as community
formation; travel writing in epistolary form; letters and imperialism; the little magazines’ dependence on epistolary networks for subscriptions and submissions both solicited and not; “London” and “Paris” letters in American literary magazines; letters-to-editors; letters between writers and their publishers; letters between writers who met infrequently or not at all; epistolary novels; epistolarity and impressionism; temporality and letters; correspondence recycled into poems, novels, memoirs, biographies; and the editing and reception of published letters. A wide net is cast here because this field of study remains quite unorganized.
Please send proposals of 250-500 words and brief (no more than one page) CVs to Logan Esdale (esdale@chapman.edu), Assistant Professor at Chapman University (Orange CA), by 22 April 2007.
Modernist Studies Association, 9th Annual Conference
1-4 November 2007 / Long Beach CA
“How To Do Things with Letters”
This panel seeks proposals on Modernist letter writing. Possible subjects include the personal correspondence of writers, how it enabled careers, travel and relocation, as well as community
formation; travel writing in epistolary form; letters and imperialism; the little magazines’ dependence on epistolary networks for subscriptions and submissions both solicited and not; “London” and “Paris” letters in American literary magazines; letters-to-editors; letters between writers and their publishers; letters between writers who met infrequently or not at all; epistolary novels; epistolarity and impressionism; temporality and letters; correspondence recycled into poems, novels, memoirs, biographies; and the editing and reception of published letters. A wide net is cast here because this field of study remains quite unorganized.
Please send proposals of 250-500 words and brief (no more than one page) CVs to Logan Esdale (esdale@chapman.edu), Assistant Professor at Chapman University (Orange CA), by 22 April 2007.
CFP: Blogs & Wikis MPCA/MACA - Region Conference
CFP: Blogs & Wikis MPCA/MACA - Region Conference
October 12-14, 2007
Radisson Hotel and Suites, Kansas City, Missouri
Abstract Submission Deadline: April 30, 2007
BLOGS, WIKIS, AND SCHOLARSHIP IN HIGHER EDUCATION
The Midwest Popular Culture Association / Midwest American Culture Association is seeking papers on the use of blogs, wikis, or other collaborative online technologies in higher education.
Possible topics include:
• case studies of blogs or wikis in the classroom
• the wiki in academic research
• the blogging professorate
• digital publishing and the tenure dossier
Please send a brief abstract (250 words) and a note about your field and institutional affiliation by April 30, 2007. Email submissions and inquiries to Molly at this address:
For more information on the conference, see http://www.mpcaaca.org/
Molly Moran
Graduate student, Program in Communication, Culture, and Technology,
Georgetown University
New Media Advisor, U.S. Department of State
Washington, DC
mem96_at_georgetown.edu
moranme_at_state.gov
202.663.0244
October 12-14, 2007
Radisson Hotel and Suites, Kansas City, Missouri
Abstract Submission Deadline: April 30, 2007
BLOGS, WIKIS, AND SCHOLARSHIP IN HIGHER EDUCATION
The Midwest Popular Culture Association / Midwest American Culture Association is seeking papers on the use of blogs, wikis, or other collaborative online technologies in higher education.
Possible topics include:
• case studies of blogs or wikis in the classroom
• the wiki in academic research
• the blogging professorate
• digital publishing and the tenure dossier
Please send a brief abstract (250 words) and a note about your field and institutional affiliation by April 30, 2007. Email submissions and inquiries to Molly at this address:
For more information on the conference, see http://www.mpcaaca.org/
Molly Moran
Graduate student, Program in Communication, Culture, and Technology,
Georgetown University
New Media Advisor, U.S. Department of State
Washington, DC
mem96_at_georgetown.edu
moranme_at_state.gov
202.663.0244
ACRL Conference Coverage Needed for Library Hi-Tech News
ACRL Conference Coverage Needed for Library Hi-Tech News
If you are going to the ACRL National Conference in Baltimore, March 29-April 1, 2007 we hope that you will please consider contributing to a conference report to be published in Library Hi-Tech News (LHTN) in the June 2007 issue. We are seeking coverage of specialized sessions,
keynote addresses, poster sessions, the conference culture, and especially how libraries are introducing and employing new technologies and trying new things with different technology applications. We plan to stream different opinions and contributions and welcome different
viewpoints on a theme or program that is already covered. We invite your participation and ask that you let us know if you plan to contribute a submission. The deadline is April 27, 2007. We look forward to hearing from you. Thank you for your consideration. This is a particularly good way for new librarians to get a byline!
Julia Gelfand
co-editor, LHTN
jgelfand@uci.edu
949-824-4971
If you are going to the ACRL National Conference in Baltimore, March 29-April 1, 2007 we hope that you will please consider contributing to a conference report to be published in Library Hi-Tech News (LHTN) in the June 2007 issue. We are seeking coverage of specialized sessions,
keynote addresses, poster sessions, the conference culture, and especially how libraries are introducing and employing new technologies and trying new things with different technology applications. We plan to stream different opinions and contributions and welcome different
viewpoints on a theme or program that is already covered. We invite your participation and ask that you let us know if you plan to contribute a submission. The deadline is April 27, 2007. We look forward to hearing from you. Thank you for your consideration. This is a particularly good way for new librarians to get a byline!
Julia Gelfand
co-editor, LHTN
jgelfand@uci.edu
949-824-4971
Thursday, March 08, 2007
Seeking Submissions for Proposed Anthology: Belonging in Word and Picture
Seeking Submissions for Proposed Anthology: Belonging in Word and Picture
Belonging in Word and Picture. We are looking for contributions that address legacies, generations (especially that of grandparents and grandchildren), family, a sense of home and identity (i.e. the pull between home and work, leaving your childhood home to start your own home or a sense of place within oneself). Reflections may be poems, short stories, songs, diary entries, essays, letters, creative nonfiction, or other forms as well as artwork. Combinations of forms are encouraged, up to approximately 4,000 words per contributor.
If accepted, contributors will receive a complimentary copy upon publication and a contributor's discount on additional copies. Publishers are being queried and the best will see the completed manuscript.
Cynthia Brackett-Vincent is publisher/editor of the esteemed Aurorean poetry journal; poetry instructor; award-winning poet; author of The 95 Poems chapbook (2005) and contributor to Educators as Writers: Publishing for Personal and Professional Development.
View Cynthia's background http://www.encirclepub.com/poetry/aurorean/editor
Carol Smallwood has written, co-authored, and edited 17 books such as Michigan Authors; an award-winning fiction writer; her work has appeared in English Journal, Iris, Main Street Rag, The Detroit News, and several others including anthologies.
View Carol's last book
http://www.peterlang.com/index.cfm?vID=68601&vLang=E&vHR=1&vUR=2&vUUR=1
No previously published or simultaneously submitted material.
Please send work in an attachment; use 12-point Courier. Include a 50-60 word bio to appear in contributor's notes section of BELONGING if your work is accepted. (Writing credits/current position/where you're from and personal highlights are invited.) Please e-mail by April 30, 2007 with BELONGING as the subject line.
For artwork, use BELONGING as the subject line; send in PDF by e-mail. If you would like to send artwork by regular mail, send B&W or color PHOTOCOPIES ONLY (ABSOLUTELY NO ORIGINALS) to: Cynthia Brackett-Vincent, P. O. Box 187, Farmington, ME 04938 ATTN: BELONGING. If your artwork is accepted AND ONCE WE HAVE SECURED A PUBLISHER, we will request originals if necessary. If you'd like photocopies returned, include an SASE. If you would like to know your photocopies have been received, include a self-addressed stamped postcard.
Please include all your contact information (including e-mail address) in submissions. Send e-mail to Cynthia at Cafpoet37@encirclepub.com, or to Carol at smallwood@tm.net.
Belonging in Word and Picture. We are looking for contributions that address legacies, generations (especially that of grandparents and grandchildren), family, a sense of home and identity (i.e. the pull between home and work, leaving your childhood home to start your own home or a sense of place within oneself). Reflections may be poems, short stories, songs, diary entries, essays, letters, creative nonfiction, or other forms as well as artwork. Combinations of forms are encouraged, up to approximately 4,000 words per contributor.
If accepted, contributors will receive a complimentary copy upon publication and a contributor's discount on additional copies. Publishers are being queried and the best will see the completed manuscript.
Cynthia Brackett-Vincent is publisher/editor of the esteemed Aurorean poetry journal; poetry instructor; award-winning poet; author of The 95 Poems chapbook (2005) and contributor to Educators as Writers: Publishing for Personal and Professional Development.
View Cynthia's background http://www.encirclepub.com/poetry/aurorean/editor
Carol Smallwood has written, co-authored, and edited 17 books such as Michigan Authors; an award-winning fiction writer; her work has appeared in English Journal, Iris, Main Street Rag, The Detroit News, and several others including anthologies.
View Carol's last book
http://www.peterlang.com/index.cfm?vID=68601&vLang=E&vHR=1&vUR=2&vUUR=1
No previously published or simultaneously submitted material.
Please send work in an attachment; use 12-point Courier. Include a 50-60 word bio to appear in contributor's notes section of BELONGING if your work is accepted. (Writing credits/current position/where you're from and personal highlights are invited.) Please e-mail by April 30, 2007 with BELONGING as the subject line.
For artwork, use BELONGING as the subject line; send in PDF by e-mail. If you would like to send artwork by regular mail, send B&W or color PHOTOCOPIES ONLY (ABSOLUTELY NO ORIGINALS) to: Cynthia Brackett-Vincent, P. O. Box 187, Farmington, ME 04938 ATTN: BELONGING. If your artwork is accepted AND ONCE WE HAVE SECURED A PUBLISHER, we will request originals if necessary. If you'd like photocopies returned, include an SASE. If you would like to know your photocopies have been received, include a self-addressed stamped postcard.
Please include all your contact information (including e-mail address) in submissions. Send e-mail to Cynthia at Cafpoet37@encirclepub.com, or to Carol at smallwood@tm.net.
Wednesday, March 07, 2007
CFP: Collections 2007: Reinvigorating Collection Development and Management
CFP: Collections 2007: Reinvigorating Collection Development and Management
INCO Centre
Memorial University of Newfoundland
St. John*s, Newfoundland
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
The Collection Development & Management Interest Group of the Canadian Library Association seeks proposals for papers and presentations for the fifth Collections Pre-conference session. These can deal with almost any collections-related topic or topics and should result in a presentation of about 30 minutes in length. Each presentation should feature one or two speakers. Papers with broad applications or with applications to more than one library sector or community of users will be given preference. Proposals will be reviewed by a committee of three collections librarians. Five papers will be accepted. Deadline for submission of proposals: March 16, 2007 (deadline extended!)
Send proposals, including a short abstract, to:
Andrew Waller
MLB 402B
University of Calgary Library
2500 University Drive NW
Calgary, AB
T3K 2C3
waller@ucalgary.ca
(403) 220-8133 voice
(403) 284-2109 fax
INCO Centre
Memorial University of Newfoundland
St. John*s, Newfoundland
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
The Collection Development & Management Interest Group of the Canadian Library Association seeks proposals for papers and presentations for the fifth Collections Pre-conference session. These can deal with almost any collections-related topic or topics and should result in a presentation of about 30 minutes in length. Each presentation should feature one or two speakers. Papers with broad applications or with applications to more than one library sector or community of users will be given preference. Proposals will be reviewed by a committee of three collections librarians. Five papers will be accepted. Deadline for submission of proposals: March 16, 2007 (deadline extended!)
Send proposals, including a short abstract, to:
Andrew Waller
MLB 402B
University of Calgary Library
2500 University Drive NW
Calgary, AB
T3K 2C3
waller@ucalgary.ca
(403) 220-8133 voice
(403) 284-2109 fax
Friday, March 02, 2007
Call for Contributors: Librarians Beyond the Circ Desk: Innovative Librarianship Today
Call for Contributors: Librarians Beyond the Circ Desk: Innovative Librarianship Today
Please consider contributing to Librarians Beyond the Circ Desk: Innovative Librarianship Today on children's programs, hosting exhibitions, and other complimentary activities furthering librarianship; McFarland is the publisher.
Contributions from public, school, academic, special librarians - one 1250 word article or two articles each 1250 words, are invited. Please stick to about 1250 words. Each "how-to" article will showcase the creativity of contemporary U.S. librarians. Those having two articles accepted receive a complimentary book.
For example, if you design software and are an experienced grants writer, each could be a topic for an article; another combination could be setting up a new library, innovative story hours. Co-authoring is invited. Please e-mail some topics as soon as possible and a 50-55 word bio with your present position, highlights as a librarian to receive feedback.
Article(s) deadline is April 15, 2007. Bullets, headings are encouraged for clarity, conciseness a basic.
Educators as Writers: Publishing for Personal and Professional Development, Carol Smallwood's 17th book, is just out from Peter Lang:
http://www.peterlang.com/Index.cfm?vID=68601&vHR=1&vUR=2&vUUR=1&vLang=E
Dr. Ann Riedling, the author of several library books, is co-editor:
http://lu.com/showbook.cfm?isbn=1591582016
Contact Carol Smallwood at smallwood@tm.net
Please consider contributing to Librarians Beyond the Circ Desk: Innovative Librarianship Today on children's programs, hosting exhibitions, and other complimentary activities furthering librarianship; McFarland is the publisher.
Contributions from public, school, academic, special librarians - one 1250 word article or two articles each 1250 words, are invited. Please stick to about 1250 words. Each "how-to" article will showcase the creativity of contemporary U.S. librarians. Those having two articles accepted receive a complimentary book.
For example, if you design software and are an experienced grants writer, each could be a topic for an article; another combination could be setting up a new library, innovative story hours. Co-authoring is invited. Please e-mail some topics as soon as possible and a 50-55 word bio with your present position, highlights as a librarian to receive feedback.
Article(s) deadline is April 15, 2007. Bullets, headings are encouraged for clarity, conciseness a basic.
Educators as Writers: Publishing for Personal and Professional Development, Carol Smallwood's 17th book, is just out from Peter Lang:
http://www.peterlang.com/Index.cfm?vID=68601&vHR=1&vUR=2&vUUR=1&vLang=E
Dr. Ann Riedling, the author of several library books, is co-editor:
http://lu.com/showbook.cfm?isbn=1591582016
Contact Carol Smallwood at smallwood@tm.net
CFP: 16th symposium BOBCATSSS 2008 (Providing access to information for everyone)
CFP: 16th symposium BOBCATSSS 2008 (Providing access to information for everyone)
Dates: January 28th to 30th 2008
Location: University of Zadar (Croatia)
CFP URL: http://www.bobcatsss2008.org/cfp.pdf or
http://www.bobcatsss2008.org/callforpapers.html
Conference URL: http://www.bobcatsss2008.org/
Deadline: May 15, 2007
Access to information is vital for the personal and social growth of every individual. However, many people are facing barriers in accessing information, whether they are technical issues - like infrastructure, standards or the usability of services; political and legal issues – like copyright or censorship; social issues – like information literacy or information behaviour of different user groups; or economical issues – like cost of information. The goal of the BOBCATSSS 2008 symposium is to explore access to information for everybody from the technical, political and legal, social and economical point of view. The symposium would like to identify the existing barriers in accessing information and to offer an overview of new concepts, ideas and examples of good practice in order to raise awareness and achieve possible solutions. Invited are contributions in a form of a paper, workshop or a poster covering the following topics:
Technical aspects:
-Infrastructures, standards and interoperability for universal access to information
-Open access supported by open source
-Digital repositories and document server (long term preservation and access)
-Usability, service and interface design
Political aspects:
-Repression via information - withdrawal/censorship
-Bills and laws for LIS - an international composition
-Copyright aspect of open access and open source initiative
-Role of national/regional/local government in the development of information institutions
Social aspects:
-Digital divide
-Information professionals in the information society
-Information literacy (a holistic approach)
-Information ethics
-Information behavior of different users groups
Economical aspects:
-Cost of information
-Cost of electronic resources
-Licensing agreements
-Digital library costs
The target group are students. We are especially inviting workshop contributions. Please send your proposal abstract in any format (maximum 400 words in English including a short curriculum vitae, theme area and presentation type) by 15th of May 2007 to the following address: papers@bobcatsss2008.org
Dates: January 28th to 30th 2008
Location: University of Zadar (Croatia)
CFP URL: http://www.bobcatsss2008.org/cfp.pdf or
http://www.bobcatsss2008.org/callforpapers.html
Conference URL: http://www.bobcatsss2008.org/
Deadline: May 15, 2007
Access to information is vital for the personal and social growth of every individual. However, many people are facing barriers in accessing information, whether they are technical issues - like infrastructure, standards or the usability of services; political and legal issues – like copyright or censorship; social issues – like information literacy or information behaviour of different user groups; or economical issues – like cost of information. The goal of the BOBCATSSS 2008 symposium is to explore access to information for everybody from the technical, political and legal, social and economical point of view. The symposium would like to identify the existing barriers in accessing information and to offer an overview of new concepts, ideas and examples of good practice in order to raise awareness and achieve possible solutions. Invited are contributions in a form of a paper, workshop or a poster covering the following topics:
Technical aspects:
-Infrastructures, standards and interoperability for universal access to information
-Open access supported by open source
-Digital repositories and document server (long term preservation and access)
-Usability, service and interface design
Political aspects:
-Repression via information - withdrawal/censorship
-Bills and laws for LIS - an international composition
-Copyright aspect of open access and open source initiative
-Role of national/regional/local government in the development of information institutions
Social aspects:
-Digital divide
-Information professionals in the information society
-Information literacy (a holistic approach)
-Information ethics
-Information behavior of different users groups
Economical aspects:
-Cost of information
-Cost of electronic resources
-Licensing agreements
-Digital library costs
The target group are students. We are especially inviting workshop contributions. Please send your proposal abstract in any format (maximum 400 words in English including a short curriculum vitae, theme area and presentation type) by 15th of May 2007 to the following address: papers@bobcatsss2008.org
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