Call for Papers: Acquisitions Institute at Timberline Lodge

The Acquisitions Institute at Timberline Lodge

Saturday, May 17 through Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Timberline Lodge
One hour east of Portland, Oregon on the slope of Mt. Hood
www.acquisitionsinstitute.org

Call for Papers

WHAT IS The Acquisitions Institute?

* Since 2000, the pre-eminent conference located in Western North America on acquisitions and collection development held at Timberline Lodge.

* A three-day conference focusing on the methods and madness of building and managing library collections to be held May 17-20, 2014.

* A small, informal and stimulating gathering in a convivial and glorious Northwestern setting.

Visit the Acquisitions Institute home page at: http://www.acquisitionsinstitute.org/ for more information

WHAT TOPICS are we looking for?

The planning committee is open to presentations on all aspects of library acquisitions and collection management.  Presenters are encouraged to engage the audience in discussion. Panel discussions are
well received.  The planning committee may wish to bring individual proposals together to form panels.

The committee is especially looking for submissions on the following topics:

* All aspects of managing and directing acquisitions and/or collection development operations
* Acquisitions functions in open source catalogs, integrated or unified library systems, etc.
* Evolving consortial roles in collection development and acquisitions 
* Staffing, training and development, and recruiting issues, challenges, successes
* The future of scholarly communication--its impact on acquisitions and collection development
* Data curation and management and other new roles for subject librarians and technical services specialists
* The development and management of digital collections, electronic resources
* Web 2.0 applications and implementation in collection services
* Patron-driven acquisitions, purchase on demand, streaming content, and other user-centered collection services
* The impact of discovery services on collection and content access and usage
* External and internal factors driving a library's collection management decisions
* Assessment tools, methods, and projects-- (i.e., linking collections with learning outcomes; usage studies)
* Return on investment studies—how do we demonstrate our impact? 
* Acquisitions and collection development: the small academic library or public library perspective
* The future of print:  what are the collection management issues?

The DEADLINE for submitting a proposal is December 27, 2013.

To submit a proposal, send an abstract of 200 words or less to: planning@acquisitionsinstitute.org
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The Acquisitions Institute at Timberline Lodge planning committee consists of

Kristina DeShazo, Oregon Health & Science University;
Stacey Devine, Northwestern University;
Nancy Slight-Gibney, University of Oregon; and
Scott Alan Smith, Langlois Public Library

Call for Papers: Twelfth International Conference on Books, Publishing, and Libraries

Twelfth International Conference on Books, Publishing, and Libraries Simmons  College Boston, USA 8-9 November 2014

Call For Papers URL: http://booksandpublishing.com/submitting-your-work/conference-presentations

The International Advisory Board is pleased to announce the Call For Papers for the Twelfth International Conference on Books, Publishing and Libraries. The Books, Publishing and Libraries Conference will be held 8-9 November 2013 at the prestigious Simmons College in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

SPECIAL CONFERENCE FOCUS:

"Disruptive Technologies and the Evolution of Book Publishing and Library Development"
Change for the better, or change for the worse? New technology in publishing and library science disrupts established literary, academic and business models. How can we assess the impact of a constantly flowing river of change? Will the books or libraries of tomorrow look anything like those of yesterday or today? Are the e-book, the blog post, the app and the tweet just the beginning of a deeper revolution? Will algorithms "think" just like humans in the future when we research a topic or store our narratives and information? Is respect and preference for print and physical libraries the new Luddite view, or is it still a sensible, viable posture in the volatile realm of today's and tomorrow's writing, reading, publishing and library science?

The 2014 meeting will feature a special focus on this provocative subject. We welcome open debate, discourse and research from participants that center on this special topic, as well as any other themes or issues relevant to books, publishing, and libraries.

We are inviting proposals for paper presentations, workshops/interactive sessions, posters/exhibits, or colloquia (See Proposal Types). Proposal ideas that extend beyond these thematic areas will also be considered. For more information about the ideas and themes underlying this community, see Our Focus.

We also offer participation options for those individuals who cannot attend the conference. Authors who wish to submit an article for potential publication in the Book Journal may submit a Proposal for Article Submission, while all members of the knowledge community with an accepted proposal may submit an online presentation to the knowledge community YouTube channel.

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Submit a Conference Proposal

To learn more about preparing and submitting your conference proposal, including guidelines, deadlines, and "how-to" information, go to Submitting Your Work: Conference Presentations.

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Conference Details

To learn more about the conference, including speakers, session formats, venue, registration, and the like, stay in The Conferencesection of the website and use the navigation bar on the left to access desired information.

RDAP14 Call for Poster and Lightning Talks (Research Data Access and Preservation Summit 2014)

RDAP14 Call for Poster and Lightning Talks (Research Data Access and Preservation Summit 2014)

Research Data Access and Preservation Summit 2014
March 26-28, 2014
Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina<http://www.sheratonsandiegohotel.com/>, San Diego, CA

RDAP14, the fifth annual Research Data Access and Preservation Summit, is accepting proposals (max. 300 words) for two panels, interactive posters, and lightning talks. Themes for RDAP14 were selected by this year's planning committee with input from previous years' attendees and RDAP community members.

Important Dates
Closed: Panel Presentations Submissions Due<http://www.softconf.com/asis/rdap-14/cgi-bin/scmd.cgi?scmd=basicSubmit>
December 16, 2013: Interactive Posters and Lightning Talks Submissions Due<http://www.softconf.com/asis/rdap-14/cgi-bin/scmd.cgi?scmd=basicSubmit>
February 14, 2014: Early Bird Registration<https://www.asis.org/Conferences/RDAP14/rdap14regform.php> Ends
March 26-28, 2014: RDAP14 Conference and Workshops<http://www.asis.org/rdap/>

Interactive Posters and Lightning Talks
We are soliciting posters and lightning talks on any of the following themes:


 *   Institutional policies for research data
 *   Building/expanding research data services
 *   Collaboration or tension between units involved with research data
 *   Institutional responses to government policies/guidelines concerning research data
 *   Systems/strategies for full-lifecycle research data curation
 *   Tools developed and/or used for data curation/management
 *   Digital preservation
 *   Data citation and reuse
 *   Data repositories (institutional/disciplinary/other)
 *   Education and training for research data management/curation

Submissions for Interactive Posters and (Seven Minute) Lightning Talks are due December 16, 2013. Submit your proposals for RDAP14 here: http://www.softconf.com/asis/rdap-14/cgi-bin/scmd.cgi?scmd=basicSubmit

In addition to the topics covered in the call, the RDAP14 program will include keynote speakers, hands-on workshops<http://www.asis.org/rdap/workshops/>, and curated panels on:


 *   Inter-unit collaboration and tension around research data services
 *   Responses to the OSTP public access memo
 *   NSF DataNet project updates

More details on the program coming soon!

CFP: Metrics for Measuring Publishing Value: Alternative and Otherwise: The Journal of Electronic Publishing

Historically, the value of publication has been measured by success in the marketplace and impact of the publication, whether that impact be cultural or scholarly. The calculus of this value has been as straightforward as number of copies sold (documented most widely in “best seller” lists) and/or dollars in profit generated to the complex citation and referral counts that result in a scholarly “impact factor.” As with so many areas of our cultural and intellectual lives, the widespread adoption of digital technology and networked communication (with its attendant social media practices) has disrupted our metrics of publishing value and has called for a revision of the ways in which that value is calculated. In some professional and social circles, page visits, link referrals, Google ranks, presence in the Twitter universe and other social media prominence, are now taken as seriously as scholarly citation and profit margins, a shift that raises questions for how scholars balance the emerging professional requirement for an online presences with the need for privacy and protected space for research. In addition, the value measure of pages visits and glances (where a quick hit might “count” for the same as an extended period of study and engagement) are still in the early stages of development. While we have seen the
rise of “altmetrics” and “impact stories,” weeks on the New York Times Best Seller List continue to indicate worthiness for attention and the case for scholarly job security continues to be made by citation based
measures. In addition, the increased ease of collaboration and co-authoring, even across wide spans of time and space, make assigning authorial and impact “credit” both more compelling and more difficult. We are also still developing rubrics for calculating the broader social contribution of work that is made widely available via the Web. In the scholarly context this revision of measures of value continue to be embedded in disciplinary practices and prejudices, contexts that have a significant impact upon shaping evaluation metrics.

The Journal of Electronic Publishing (JEP) invites reflections and reportage on enduring, emerging and potential measures of publication value. We expect such discussions will be rooted in the publishing context (of value to whom, for whom?) and will address both short-comings and usefulness of the metrics under discussion. While we anticipate that our contributors will be attendant to changes wrought by digital technology and networked communication, we are also interested in metrics embedded within print culture, both those that endure and those that are no longer current. 

Publication is anticipated for late spring, 2014; final drafts will be due in April, 2014. Please send article ideas and indications of interest to the editor, Maria Bonn mbonn@illinois.edu. Please see the journal website for more information about the journal and the submission process.

JEP articles are peer-reviewed at the request of the author, and peer-reviewed articles are identified as such in both the article and in the preservation metadata. Editorial decisions are otherwise made by the editor in consultation with the editorial board. If you yourself are not prepared to write on these topics but you know of
others who should be invited to contribute, please send suggestions to the editor, as above.

- See more at: http://www.publishing.umich.edu/2013/11/26/cfp-metrics-for-measuring-publishing-value-jep/#sthash.p7zTqVfL.dpuf

Maria Bonn

Senior Lecturer,
Graduate School of Information and Library Science
University of Illinois

Editor,
Journal of electronic Publishing
(http://www.journalofelectronicpublishing.org)

CFP: The Fifth Annual Collection Management & Development Research Forum - ALA Annual 2014

CFP: The Fifth Annual Collection Management & Development Research Forum - ALA Annual 2014

The Publications Committee of the Collection Management Section of ALCTS is sponsoring the Fifth Annual Collection Management & Development Research Forum (formerly known as the  Emerging Research in Collection Management & Development Forum) at the 2014 American Library Association Annual Conference in Las Vegas.

This is an opportunity to present and discuss your research.  Both completed research and research in progress will be considered.  All researchers, including collection practitioners from all types of libraries, library school faculty and students, and other interested individuals, are encouraged to submit a proposal.

The Committee will use a "blind review” process to select two projects.  The selected researchers are required to present their papers in person at the forum.  Each researcher should plan for a 25-30 minute presentation, with a 10-15 minute open discussion following each presentation.    Criteria for selection are:

     Significance of the study for improving collection management and development practices

     Potential for research to fill a gap in collections scholarship or to build on previous studies

     Quality and creativity of the methodology

     Previously published research or research accepted for publication prior to January 15, 2014, will not be accepted.

The submission must consist of no more than two pages.  On the first page, please list your name(s), title(s), institutional affiliation(s), and contact information (including your mailing
address, telephone number, fax number, and email address).  The second page should be a one-page proposal, and it should NOT show your name or any personal information.  Instead, it must include only:

     The title of your project

     A clear statement of the research problem

     A description of the research methodology used

     Results of the project, if any

     The deadline for proposals is January 15, 2014.

Notification of acceptance will be made by February 15, 2014.

ALCTS, in its bylaws, claims the right of first refusal for publication of any work emanating from an ALCTS body or program.

Please send submissions to:
Emily Prather-Rodgers
Chair, CMS Publications Committee
E-mail: eapratherrodgers@noctrl.edu

CFP: 2014 IFLA International Newspapers Conference (Salt Lake City, Utah - February 2014)

Start Spreading the News!

Date:  February 4 - 5, 2014

Venue:  FamilySearch Headquarters, Salt Lake City, Utah

Registration Information: There is no charge for registration! Click here for further details.

Submission date extended to December 16!  And for those outside North America, the proposals for a virtual presentation via Skype video and desktop sharing will also be considered.

The IFLA Newspapers Section is currently seeking papers on or about outreach and marketing strategies for using or promoting online newspaper content, text mining, users of newspaper content, and use of news content for research purposes or as primary sources for historical or contemporary themes for its upcoming United States-hosted conference.  In addition to papers focused on the theme of Start Spreading the News, sub-themes on, but not limited to, the following topics are being sought:  

• Use of social media, such as Facebook, Twitter, news blogs, Flickr, etc.to expose news and raise awareness of news content to users
• Emerging research methodologies in using news and news content
• Text mining newspapers and news content
• Technologies used in text mining and in the presentation of mined data
• Case studies of statistical and word patterns research planned or underway of mined news content
• Traditional research underway in using digitized newspaper collections
• Users’ experiences with digitized newspaper collections
• Usability expectations
• Innovative methods for design, use, and engagement of users in newspaper content systems.
• Strategies for finding, or finding out about, newspapers in the semantic web.
•  Other paper topics relevant to the main conference theme will also be considered.

As shown by surveys conducted by the National Library of Australia, the California Digital Newspaper Collection, the Cambridge Public Library, and others, historical newspapers are an important source of information for genealogists.  Not coincidentally, the IFLA International Newspaper Conference will be held just prior to the 2014 RootsTech Family History and Technology Conference Feb 6-8 (https://rootstech.org/).  We encourage authors and conference attendees to consider attending RootsTech as well as the International Newspaper Conference.

Submission Guidelines

• Paper topic abstract proposals must be submitted in English as an MS file
• Each abstract proposal, in English, must include:
• Title of proposed paper
• Abstract of proposed paper (no more than 300 words)
• Name(s) of author(s) plus position and/or title
• Employer / affiliated institution
• Contact information including email address, telephone number
• Short biographical statement of author(s)

In consideration of potential presenters outside of North America who may be unable to attend in person due to funding or time constraints, the conference planning committee will consider Virtual Presentation proposals for the program with the same validity as the face-to-face (F2F) conference and with the capability to interact with session participants. We expect virtual participation via Skype video and desktop sharing.

Proposal abstracts should be submitted to:

Sue Kellerman (Email:  LSK3@psu.edu )

Abstracts must be submitted by December 16, 2013

Authors of accepted papers will be notified by December 30, 2013.

Accepted papers and public presentation

• Complete accepted papers should be approximately 3,000-6,000 words in length and must be an original submission; not published elsewhere
• Accepted papers must be written in English
• The accepted paper will be made available on the IFLA Newspapers Section website
• A 20-25 minutes public presentation of a summary of the accepted paper will delivered at the International Newspaper Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah

·       Any accompanying presentation PowerPoint slides must be submitted before the

Conference by January 30, 2014

To discuss any matters relating to this Call for Papers, please contact any of the following conference planning committee members:

Birdie MacLennan <bmaclenn@uvm.edu>

Sue Kellerman <LSK3@psu.edu>

Frederick Zarndt < frederick@frederickzarndt.com>

Important Dates & Web Site Information

December 16, 2013                       Paper topic abstract due
December 30, 2013           Acceptance notices sent to authors
January 30, 2014                Completed paper and slide presentation submitted

IFLA International Newspaper Conference web site (sponsored by Utah Library Association):  http://www.ula.org/content/2014-ifla-international-newspapers-conference

IFLA Newspapers Section International Newspaper Conference 2014 - Announcement:
http://www.ifla.org/node/8005

Note:  The IFLA Newspapers Section regrets that it has no funding to assist prospective authors. 

Moreover, the submission of an abstract must be on the understanding that the costs of attending the conference including registration, travel, accommodation and other expenses are the responsibility of the presenters of the accepted papers or their institutions. No financial support can be provided by IFLA. 

CFP: Information Literacy Section Satellite Meeting (IFLA 2014) - Limerick Ireland August 14-15th 2014

CFP: Information Literacy Section Satellite Meeting (IFLA 2014) - Limerick Ireland August 14-15th 2014

Facing the Future: Librarians and Information Literacy in a Changing Landscape

Satellite meeting website: http://www.iflasatellitelimerick.com

As librarians, we are living in a digital age, a time of relentless change. This changing media landscape, together with the rapid growth in information, are affecting individuals and societies now more than ever. In order to succeed in what is now a complex, multifaceted information environment; communities and nations must identify and obtain a crucial set of Information Literacy (IL) competencies. Every day we are confronted with new information and knowledge in different and sometimes challenging forms. The rise of digital and social media tools has brought with it some amazing innovations and immense challenges. IL can help us to seek, critically evaluate and create new information and knowledge to embrace these diverse forms using existing tools and share these through various networks and channels.

IL can create new opportunities to improve quality of life. IL can contribute greatly to lifelong learning. However individuals, organisations and societies must address existing and emerging barriers and challenges to the free and effective use of information- among them limited capacities, resources and infrastructure, a critical need for increased collaboration, censorship, legal barriers and a lack of awareness of the importance of long term information preservation.

Main Themes and TopicsWe are interested in proposals addressing the following themes and topics such as (but not limited to):

A.    Information literacy and lifelong learning in a changing landscape

·         Information literacy and technological developments (e.g. web 2.0 ; web 3.0 ; mobile technologies ; YouTube, trends, emerging technologies and innovation; growth of digital resources; gaming and application software (apps); digital reference tools; tiered reference services).

·         Reframing information literacy as meta-literacy (media literacy, digital literacy, visual literacy, financial literacy, health literacy, cyber wellness)

·         Developing information literacy skills for the next generation: the complementary roles of librarians, teachers and parents

·         Workplace information literacy

·         Information literacy and adult education

·         Information literacy and the knowledge economy

·         Information literacy and knowledge management

·         Information literacy education and training

·         Information literacy and academic libraries

·         Information literacy and public libraries

·         Information literacy and blended learning

·         Information literacy and distance learning

·         The future of information literacy

B.     Information literacy - theoretical approaches (standards, assessment, collaboration, etc.)

·         Measuring in information literacy instruction assessment

·         Information literacy and reference services: cyber reference services, virtual reference services, mobile reference services, expert crowd sourcing, global reference volunteers

·         Information literacy and Artificial Intelligence

·         Information literacy in different cultures and countries

·         Information literacy evaluation and assessment

·         Information literacy project management

·         Information literacy theory (models, standards, indicators, Moscow Declaration etc.)

·         Information literacy and information behavior

·         Information literacy: cultural and contextual approaches

C.     Success stories and best practices

·         Innovative IL approaches

·         Digital empowerment and reference work

·         Information literacy and digital preservation

·         Supporting users need through library 2.0 and beyond

·         Integrating information literacy into the curriculum

·         Information literacy across the disciplines

·         Instructional design and performance for information literacy (e.g. teaching practice, session design, lesson plans, self-paced student modules)

·         Information literacy and online learning (e.g. self-paced IL modules)

·         Information literacy and virtual learning environments

·         Putting information literacy theory into practice

·         Student engagement with information literacy

D.    Strategic planning, policy, and advocacy for media and information literacy in a digital age

·         Information literacy policies and development

·         Leadership and Governance for information literacy

·         Strategic planning for IL

·         Cross-sectoral and interdisciplinary collaboration and partnerships for information literacy

·         Branding, promotion and marketing for information literacy

·         Strategies in e-learning to promote self-directed and sustainable learning in the area of information literacy skills

Paper Submission
We accept submissions in any of the following forms: Full paper to be published in conference proceedings, Presentation, Roundtable discussion, Poster session, Train-the-trainers workshop, and PechaKucha. 

First-time presenters and new professionals are encouraged to apply. Students are also invited to participate. 

All proposals must be submitted by February 28, 2014 using the Proposal submission form.

Important DatesSubmission of Abstracts and Proposals:         February 28, 2014
Notification of acceptance:                             April 15, 2014
Dissemination of final programme:                May 1, 2014
Deadline for authors to submit slides:            July 21, 2014
Satellite Meeting:                                            August 14-15, 2014

More informationSee the Conference website for additional details at: http://www.iflasatellitelimerick.com

Please note
All expenses, including registration for the conference, travel, accommodation etc., are the responsibility of the authors/presenters. No financial support can be provided by IFLA, but a special invitation can be issued to authors.

Congress Attendance Grants
The French National Committee and IFLA have worked hard to secure funds for Conference Participation Grants. Up-to-date information will be available on IFLA Conference Participation Grants webpage (http://conference.ifla.org/ifla80/conference-participation-grants).