CALL FOR MANUSCRIPTS: College & Undergraduate Libraries (peer-reviewed journal)

CALL FOR MANUSCRIPTS: College & Undergraduate Libraries (peer-reviewed journal)

College & Undergraduate Libraries, a peer-reviewed journal published by The Haworth Press, Inc., welcomes the submission of manuscripts for its “Teaching Tips” column.

Teaching Tips offers practical help and innovative examples of instructional approaches for undergraduate students. Topics of interest include applications of technology to instruction, classroom curriculums, active learning, experimental teaching techniques, assessment of instruction, etc. Submissions for this column should be 5 - 10 manuscript pages in length and should follow the Haworth guidelines for manuscript format and preparation available at http://www.haworthpress.com/store/product.asp?sid=BSAT8LHGFJG69GTFEG9XA2CGGLKN2UX5&sku=J106&detail=IFA#IFA. All submissions should be accompanied by an Instructions for Authors/Copyright Submission form, available at http://www.haworthpress.com/pdfs/Jmanuscript.pdf.

Manuscripts or proposals for Teaching Tips should be sent to the column editor, Christopher Cox, at coxcn@uwec.edu by Friday, July 27, 2007. Accepted submissions will be published in the final issue of 2007, Volume 14, No. 4.

College and Undergraduate Libraries is also currently accepting submissions in other areas such as administrative, technical service, public service, and collection matters relevant to undergraduate librarianship. For more information or to submit an article on one of these topics, contact College and Undergraduate Libraries editor Christopher Millson-Martula of Lynchburg College at millsonmartula@lynchburg.edu.

Chris.

Christopher Cox
Interim Director of Libraries
Editor, Internet Reference Services Quarterly
McIntyre Library
University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire
105 Garfield Avenue - L 3002A
Eau Claire, WI 54702-4004
Phone: (715) 836-4454
Fax: (715) 836-2949
Email: coxcn@uwec.edu

CFP: RUSA CODES Materials Reviewing Committee (ALA Annual, Anaheim, 2008)

CFP: RUSA CODES Materials Reviewing Committee (ALA Annual, Anaheim, 2008)

The RUSA CODES Materials Reviewing Committee is asking for suggestions for speakers at its proposed program for the 2008 ALA Annual Conference. The following is the abstract of this Program:

“The program will look at reviewing sources for materials that are not covered in the traditional reviewing sources and at alternative sources for all types of reviews. Potential topics include reviews for web resources and electronic databases, genre fiction, graphic novels, alternative press publications, gray literature, and other formats. One speaker might also talk about review sources on the Web with a focus on alternative resources.”

Please email me if you would like to volunteer or have names to suggest. The Committee would also invite any potential speakers or anyone interested in helping with the program to attend its ALA committee meeting that will take place on Saturday, June 23 at 10:30 am in California Room of the Capital Hilton.

Thanks.

Bob

Robert P. Holley
Professor, Library & Information Science Program
Wayne State University
Detroit, MI 48202
313-577-4021 (phone)
313-577-7563 (fax)
aa3805@wayne.edu (email)

Call for Education-Technology Writers for Education World

Call for Education-Technology Writers for Education World

They are looking for education-technology writers - i.e. educators who are actively involved with using technology in schools and who can write clear, readable text - for the features below.

1. a monthly (bylined) column on topics of interest to school tech coordinators, tech integration specialists, etc.... i.e. directed to tech people rather than to classroom teachers. The column would deal with issues like teacher training, helping tech specialists understand the tech issues classroom teachers deal with, tech integration tips...practical information for school tech people

2. tech lps (http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/archives/techlp.shtml):
curriculum-based lessons that utilize technology, not lessons on how to use technology ($50 for each one we use)

3. templates (http://www.educationworld.com/tools_templates/index.shtml) (I prefer
someone who will create 4/month all year, but will accept ideas for smaller sets)

4. tech "classroom spotlight" articles - articles highlighting classroom teachers who have successfully integrated technology into their curriculum

5. occasional general interest tech integration articles

If you're interested or just want to know more, email me off list at lstarr@educationworld.com

Thanks!
Linda

Linda Starr
lstarr@educationworld.com
Curriculum and Technology Editor
Education World
http://www.educationworld.com

ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: The Sixties: A Journal of History, Politics, and Culture

ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: The Sixties: A Journal of History,
Politics, and Culture

Routledge is pleased to announce The Sixties: A Journal of History, Politics, and Culture. A peer-reviewed journal, The Sixties will print its premier issue in spring 2008.

Featuring cross-disciplinary and cutting-edge scholarship from academics and public intellectuals, The Sixties is the only academic journal devoted to this most extraordinary, celebrated, and controversial decade. In addition to research essays and book reviews, The Sixties will include conversations, interviews, graphics, and considerations of the ways that the 1960s continues to define global politics and popular culture.

The Sixties is co-edited by Jeremy Varon, Drew University, Michael S. Foley, City University of New York, and John McMillian, Harvard University.

Editorial Board: Beth Bailey, Winifred Breines, Marianne DeKoven, David Farber, Peniel Joseph, Andrew Huebner, Daniel Kane, Martin Klimke, Felicia Kornbluh, Ian Lekus, Fredrik Logevall, Lorena Oropeza, Jermi Suri, Rhonda Y. Williams, Patricia Zimmerman.

For more information, please visit,
http://www.sixtiesjournal.com or
www.informaworld.com/thesixties

Call For Submissions

The journal takes "the long sixties" (roughly 1954-1975) as its broad focus, and will include transnational and comparative analyses. Editors welcome submissions in the following areas:

- Social movements and political protest
- Foreign and domestic policy
- Institutions and international relations
- Decolonization and North-South conflicts
- Women's history, gender history and the history of sexuality
- The experiences of subaltern and sub-national groups
- Intellectual history
- Print culture and electronic media
- Music, literature, film, theater, architecture and the visual arts
- Industry, business and advertising
- Science, technology and ecology
- Crime and punishment

Articles should be no more than 8,000 words and free of specialized jargon, with Chicago referencing and limited endnotes. Please send submissions electronically
to each of the following addresses: Jeremy@sixtiesjournal.com,
Michael@sixtiesjournal.com, and John@sixtiesjournal.com. The deadline for
materials to be considered in the inaugural issue is October 1, 2007.

Interested in reviewing a book for The Sixties? Professors or advanced
graduate students (ABD) who are interested in writing reviews are
invited to send short emails listing their credentials and areas of
expertise to John McMillian (John@sixtiesjournal.com). Normally, books
will be assigned for review, but scholars interested in writing
lengthier interpretive review essays are encouraged to contact the
editors. And please bring to our attention to new titles on the 1960s.

Mike Foley
Associate Professor of History
The City University of New York
The Graduate Center and
The College of Staten Island
michael@sixtiesjournal.com

CFP: Eastern Great Lakes IUG (Innovative Users Group)

CFP: Eastern Great Lakes IUG (Innovative Users Group)
Conference Date: Friday September 28, 2007
Conference Location: University of Akron (Ohio)
Deadline: July 20, 2007

Presentation and Birds of a Feather Session Proposal Deadline: July 20, 2007.

Eastern Great Lakes-IUG invites you to present your ideas, experiences and views on the various modules of the Innovative system at our annual fall meeting, Friday, September 28, 2007, at the University of Akron.

• Sessions may take the form of contributed papers, demonstrations, or panel discussions.
• Birds of a feather sessions may take the form of discussions on a particular topic, module or issue(s).

Please use the EGL proposal submission form posted on the EGL website. http://www.rodmanlibrary.com/iug/program/iug-proposal2007.html

David Lodwick
Systems Librarian
Cleveland State University Library
2121 Euclid Avenue, RT-807B
Cleveland, OH 44115-2214
(216) 687-6956 voice
d.lodwick@csuohio.edu

CFP: JOURNAL OF LIBRARY METADATA

CFP: JOURNAL OF LIBRARY METADATA

The Journal of Library Metadata (JLM) is a peer-reviewed journal publishing articles on all aspects of metadata applications in libraries. The journal is published quarterly by The Haworth Press, Inc.

Previously titled the Journal of Internet Cataloging, after a change in title and editorship, JLM will now focus on metadata, an exciting, timely subject of importance to all libraries. The journal will publish three categories of articles: standard, peer-reviewed articles; shorter, scholarly, non-peer reviewed articles; and short viewpoint articles.

These articles will cover all aspects of metadata applications in libraries, including:

-Application profiles
-Best practices
-Controlled vocabularies
-Crosswalking of metadata and interoperability
-Digital libraries and metadata
-Display of search results
-Federated repositories
-Federated searching
-Folksonomies
-Individual metadata schemes
-Institutional repository metadata
-Metadata content standards
-Metadata harvesting
-Ontologies
-Preservation metadata
-Resource Description Framework
-Resource discovery and metadata
-Search engines and metadata
-SKOS
-Stochastic vs. deterministic searching
-Tagging and tag clouds
-Topic maps
-Visual image and moving image metadata

Categories of Articles
Please consider writing and submitting an article that falls into one of the following three categories:

• Peer-reviewed articles (original research, scholarly manuscripts), which should be 10-50 typed pages, double-spaced.
• Short, scholarly, non-peer-reviewed articles, often practical in nature (for example, describing a particular library metadata implementation). These should range from 500-2,000 words, with limited citations to other resources.
• Upbeat Viewpoint articles giving the author’s opinion on a timely topic related to library metadata applications. These should range from 500-2,000 words and may or may not contain citations. Focus should be on improvements or solutions instead of negative aspects of an existing system, standard, or service.

For more information please visit the Journal of Library Metadata web site at: http://jlm.haworthpress.com.

Please direct all inquiries and article proposals to:

Jeffrey Beall
Editor, Journal of Library Metadata
Auraria Library
University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center
1100 Lawrence St.
Denver, CO 80204 USA
jeffrey.beall@cudenver.edu

Call for Papers: Resource Sharing & Information Networks, Volume 21

Call for Papers: Resource Sharing & Information Networks, Volume 21

Resource Sharing & Information Networks is now accepting manuscript submissions. The deadline for submission of papers is Thursday, September 6, 2007 for publication in Fall 2008. Submissions should follow the Instructions to Authors http://www.haworthpress.com/AuthorEditor/Journals/ and can be emailed
directly to the Editor, Dr. Barbara J. Stites at bstites@fgcu.edu.
Thematic issues will be considered: Guest Editors interested in
proposed theme issues should send an outline for such projects to
the Editor. Specific areas for article development include:

Administration and Leadership of Networks, Cooperatives, and Consortia:
Organizational Development
Board Development
Finance and Accounting
Marketing
Advocacy
Human Resource Development

Resource Sharing:
Access to shared resources
Reciprocal Borrowing
Interlibrary Loan
Document Delivery
Unmediated Borrowing

Electronic Resource Management Systems (ERMS)

Training and Continuing Education:
Development and Design
Implementation and Evaluation
Assessment
Blended Learning: Online plus F2F

New Academic/Industry Roles & Economics:
Institutional repositories
Linking of institutional repositories
FTE Pricing
Agency Role vs. Order Direct

Cooperative Purchasing:
New models
Trends
Negotiations:
First offers
Exchanges of consideration
Shared goals
Success-driven compromise

New International Roles for Consortia:
Equitable access to information for developing economies
Social responsibilities of developed economies
Special regions: East Europe & Russia; China; Africa

New Publisher Roles:
Growing role of consortia in the new serial economy
Integration of electronic serials with continuing
e-book programs
Combination of publisher full-text with licensed full-text

Prospective authors may obtain article guidelines, request a free
sample copy, and find other important information on the journal
by going to: http://www.haworthpress.com/store/product.asp?sku=j121.
You may also request a free print sample copy by emailing:
samplecopy@haworthpress.com. For additional inquiries, contact the
Editor, Dr. Barbara J. Stites at: bstites@fgcu.edu.

Special Notes
Resource Sharing & Information Networks is published in both print
and electronic formats. It is hosted on Haworth's own website, as
well as on INGENTA and the major subscription electronic journal
platforms. New subscribers obtain complete digital archive access,
going back to Volume I, #1 at a small surcharge, and retain those
backfiles which they purchase. Backfile preservation is secured by
PORTICO, LOCKSS, and a back-up CD-ROM service. The journal is
ATHENS Authenticated.

Resource Sharing & Information Networks is one of over 35 professional
journals in library & information science published by Haworth Press.
The program is under the leadership of Sul Lee, Editor-in-Chief for
Library & Information Science. Dr. Lee is the Peggy V. Helmerich
Chair, Dean, University Libraries, Professor of Bibliography,
Professor of Library and Information Studies for University of
Oklahoma Libraries.

Call for Contributions: Biographical Dictionary of New Chinese Entrepreneurs and Business Leaders

Call for Contributions: Biographical Dictionary of New Chinese Entrepreneurs and Business Leaders

Scheduled to be published by Edward Elgar in 2008-09, the Biographical Dictionary of New Chinese Entrepreneurs and Business Leaders will provide up-to-date and comprehensive coverage of major players of Chinese economy since the reform era began in 1978. Edited by Professors Wenxian Zhang and Ilan Alon of Rollins College, the emphasis of the reference book is on the movers and shakers of China’s new economy, highlighting notable figures from both the initial economic liberalization period and the renewed growth from the early 1990s to the present time. The geographic focus of the book will be the mainland China, and the majority of the subjects are mainland Chinese, defined as those who were born and brought up in China, no matter what passports they might hold today. The selection will be based mainly on the roles an individual played in the Chinese economic development, and people from Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan and other parts of the world who conduct significant business in the People’s Republic of China will also be included.

The biographical dictionary will contain 150-200 entries, each should be 300-1,000 words in length, briefly summarizing an individual’s life and careers, with a central focus on his or her accomplishments and the key roles played in the new Chinese economy. Three to five references should be provided at the end of each entry. Potential contributors may view the list of available entries at: web.rollins.edu/~wzhang/nce.htm. You may suggest other entrepreneurs or business leaders not listed along with a justification to the editors. Each contributor is expected to write five entries and 2,500 words, and, in return, will receive contributor acknowledgment in each entry and a copy of the dictionary when it is published. All entry assignments are due November 30, 2007 in Microsoft Word format. For additional information and entry assignments, please contact the editors at the email addresses below:

Professor Wenxian Zhang
Rollins College Box 2768
Winter Park, FL 32789
Phone: (407) 646-2231
Fax: (407) 646-2122
wzhang@rollins.edu

Dr. Ilan Alon, Petters Chair of International Business
Executive Director of Rollins-China Center
Rollins College Box 2722
Winter Park, Florida 32789
United States of America
Phone: (407) 646-1512
Fax: (407) 646-1550
ialon@rollins.edu

Seeking Submissions from U.S. Writers for Proposed Book (Women as Writers: Insider Tips from Successful Women Writers)

Seeking Submissions from U.S. Writers for Proposed Book (Women as Writers: Insider Tips from Successful Women Writers)

Foreword by Robbi Hess, Journalist, Co-Author, Complete Idiot's Guide to 30,000 Baby Names (Penguin Books); Editor, Byline Magazine, http://www.bylinemag.com/

Afterword by Suzanne Bunkers, Professor of English, Minnesota State University, editor of Diaries of Girls and Women: a Midwestern American Sampler (University of Wisconsin Press).

Word total for two or three articles based on your experience is 2,000 words; maximum 3,000. One article may be 1,000 words, another 1,000 (or three 667 word articles) to reach the required 2,000 words. One co-author may be used but all two or three articles must be co-authored with the same co-author.

Markets for women, why women write, writing styles, time management, using life experience, women's magazines, critique groups, romance writing, networking, blogs, unique issues women must overcome, promotion, lesbian and bisexual writing, education, queries and proposals, conference participation, family scheduling, feminist writing, self-publishing, are just a few areas women writers are interested.

Practical, concise, how-to articles with bullets/headings have
proven the most helpful. Please avoid writing solely about "me" and the personal: concentrate on what will help the reader. No previously published or simultaneously submitted material. Contributors receive a complimentary copy and contributor's discount on additional copies. It is common for compilation of an anthology to take upwards of a year, but we will be in touch with all contributors with updates on securing a publisher.

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 18 books for Scarecrow, Libraries Unlimited and others. An award-winning fiction writer, her work has appeared in English Journal, Michigan Feminist Studies, Poesia, The Detroit News, and several others including anthologies.

View Carol's recent book
http://www.peterlang.com/index.cfm?vID=68601&vLang=E&vHR=1&vUR=2&vUUR=1

Please send your topics first before writing to avoid duplication along with a 60-65 word bio with your present position, relevant publications, awards or honors, for the contributor page.

Deadline is September 15, 2007. Please use WOMEN WRITERS in the subject line to smallwood@tm.net

Thank you for your consideration--and do ask questions! A sample article and bio are available.

In our experience, most publishers return rights to individual contributors variously after publication. However, because we are still seeking a publisher, we cannot speak to those rights specifically at this time. Contributors will be asked to sign a release form from the publisher and therefore will be have the opportunity to agree to the details of the contract or withdraw one's work at that time.

CFP: 2007 NSW Health Libraries Forum

CFP: 2007 NSW Health Libraries Forum
Location: Gosford, New South Wales, Australia
Deadline: June 30, 2007

URL - Call for Posters: http://nswhlf2007.blogspot.com/2007/05/call-for-posters.html
URL - Call for Papers: http://nswhlf2007.blogspot.com/2007/05/call-for-papers.html

Northern Sydney Central Coast Health is pleased to be hosting the 2007 NSW Health Libraries Forum. The planning committee are looking forward to delivering a practical yet innovative event for those working in the health libraries of NSW. The forum will be held in the new Conference Centre at Gosford Hospital, 8-9 November 2007. In the coming months, this site will be developed to provide comprehensive information about the program, social events, accommodation and travel options.

From the Call for Posters: Consider presenting a poster, relating to the Forum theme "Focus on the User Environment: Techniques & Technologies". Suggestions for poster content include:

-highlight a Web 2.0/Library 2.0 tool that you are using, or considering using in your library (eg. blogs, wikis, social tagging)
-innovative ways to reach your clients
-propose a potential collaboration/partnership between NSW health libraries
-share new technologies that have made a difference to your users
-share methods for effective client feedback
-innovative service delivery - what is your library doing?
-report upon a recent conference you have attended
-has your library recently introduced a new service?

For more information, click the above links

Journal of Popular Culture Seeking Book Reviewers

Journal of Popular Culture Seeking Book Reviewers

Attention! The Journal of Popular Culture is currently seeking book reviewers for several upcoming issues. Those interested should contact our book reviews editor, Peter Holloran, at
pholloran@worcester.edu.

More information about our book review guidelines may be found on the Submissions page.

Main Journal URL (information only): http://www.msu.edu/~tjpc/

CALL FOR CONTRIBUTORS: The Encyclopedia of the American Counterculture (M.E. Sharpe)

CALL FOR CONTRIBUTORS: The Encyclopedia of the American Counterculture (M.E. Sharpe)

M.E. Sharpe, a New York-based academic and reference publisher, is seeking contributing scholars to round out entries for a two-volume reference work on the history of the counterculture in America from colonial times to the present-day. The project is aimed at the academic high school and undergraduate levels. The General Editors are Gina Misiroglu, independent scholar, and Dr. Karen Karbiener of New York University.

The encyclopedia includes articles on individuals, organizations, themes, events, ideas, works of art and literature, and more. Articles vary in length from 500-2,000 words for entries on specific topics (depending on significance). Counterculture will also include a number of ancillary features, including a detailed bibliography.

We are seeking contributors for articles, of which approximately 50 are yet to be assigned. All contributors will receive full authorial credit, a modest cash honorarium and/or copy of the full encyclopedia set (depending on contribution length and contributor preference).

If you are interested in contributing to this exciting and important reference project—one we hope will be the definitive reference work on the American counterculture—we would be happy to email you a prospectus with a full description of the project—with deadline, compensation, and other pertinent information, including a table of contents. Please contact Gina Misiroglu at: misiroglu3@hotmail.com or gmisiroglu@earthlink.net.

If you cannot contribute, please feel free to notify other qualified scholars (either professors or graduate students) of this notice.

Sincerely,
Gina Misiroglu, Editor,
The Encyclopedia of the American Counterculture


Gina Misiroglu
M.E. Sharpe Publications
(818) 771-5512
misiroglu3@hotmail.com

CFP: Cityscape (US Department of Housing and Urban Development)

CFP: Cityscape (US Department of Housing and Urban Development)

Cityscape, published three times a year by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Office of Policy Development and Research, is accepting submissions to its new Refereed Papers section. Cityscape is published both in hard copy and online. We welcome high-quality submissions in all areas of housing and urban policy, from all relevant disciplines.

Topics might include data collection, economic opportunity and self-sufficiency, fair housing, home ownership and housing finance, housing technology, effectiveness of government programs, international comparative housing policy analysis, regulatory barriers to affordable housing, rural housing, housing for persons with special needs, subsidized housing, university partnerships, urban revitalization and community development, and urban trends. Our referee process is double-blind and timely, and our referees highly qualified.

The Managing Editor also will give guidance to authors about the suitability of papers proposed in outline form.

Send manuscripts or outlines: to Cityscape@hud.gov.

Mark Shroder
HUD Office of Policy Development and Research
202-402-5922
Email: cityscape@hud.gov
Visit the website at http://www.huduser.org/periodicals/cityscape.html

CFP: TRANS TASMAN CONFERENCE: READING CRITICAL: DEVELOPING READERS IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND

CFP: TRANS TASMAN CONFERENCE: READING CRITICAL: DEVELOPING READERS IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND

Dates: Friday 11 April - Saturday 12 April, 2008
Location: State Library of Victoria conference centre, Melbourne
CFP Deadline: September 7, 2007
CFP Link: http://www.auslib.com.au/Call%20for%20papers%202008.pdf
Conference Link: (along with proceedings for past conferences): http://www.auslib.com.au/

This third annual Auslib conference will be of special interest to public librarians, publishers, booksellers and literary groups. Reading critical will have international, Australian and New Zealand speakers, panel sessions, targeted recommendations and full published proceedings. Its main aims are too Encourage, facilitate and celebrate the unique role of libraries in intervention to bring reading to the heart of connected communities. Increase the awareness of librarians and others about adult reader development initiatives now occurring internationally, and in Australia and New Zealand.

CFP: The Picture Book (Special issue of ImageTexT)

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

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 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.

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

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.

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