CFP Extended: Special Issue of the Journal of Web Librarianship on library websites
The deadline for a Special Issue of the Journal of Web Librarianship dedicated to Library Websites: Evaluation and Usability Studies has been EXTENDED to August 1, 2007. This issue will be edited by Professor Amanda Spink and Dr. Helen Partridge; all queries and submissions should be sent to them (see below).
Details: As more library services are delivered via library Websites, evaluating and measuring Website effectiveness, usability and success is critical for all libraries. Such studies are crucial for improving library Websites, enabling user-centered design and improving the quality, value and impact of library online services.
This special issue of The Journal of Web Librarianship seeks papers reporting empirical studies evaluating library Websites in any type of library environment. The methodologies used are not limited and may include quantitative or qualitative techniques, case studies, longitudinal studies, experiments, focus groups, surveys, questionnaires, interviews, or other research
designs. Papers may include the evaluation and testing of new user-centered measures.
Submission of Manuscripts
All submissions must be in English, should represent original work done by the authors, and must NOT have been published, accepted for publication, or be presently under consideration for publication elsewhere. Manuscripts should be prepared according to The Journal of Web Librarianship for Authors: http://www.lib.jmu.edu/org/jwl/
Reviews of the submitted manuscripts will proceed in accordance with The Journal of Web Librarianship editorial policy. Submissions should be by electronic transmission ONLY (using a Word file attachment) and must be sent to the guest editors.
Please direct any questions about the special issue and your submissions to the Special Issue Guest Editors:
Professor Amanda Spink
Faculty of Information Technology
Queensland University of Technology
Gardens Point Campus, GPO Box 2434
Brisbane QLD 4000 Australia
Email: ah.spink@qut.edu.au
Dr. Helen Partridge
Faculty of Information Technology
Queensland University of Technology
Gardens Point Campus, GPO Box 2434
Brisbane QLD 4000 Australia
Email: h.partridge@qut.edu.au
Important Dates
August 1, 2007 Deadline for submission - EXTENDED
September 1, 2007 Preliminary notices to authors
October 1, 2007 Notices to accepted review comments
January 1, 2008 Final acceptance following revisions
Thursday, July 05, 2007
CFP: Conference on Public Memory and Ethnicity
CFP: Conference on Public Memory and Ethnicity
Conference Location: Portland, Oregon
Conferene Date: October 26-28, 2007
CFP Deadline: August 1, 2007
The York Center for Public Memory Studies will sponsor a conference on Public Memory and Ethnicity this October 26-28, 2007 at Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon. The conference will feature presentations by scholars in rhetorical studies, history, Jewish studies, communication studies, African American studies, and other disciplines. We are happy to announce the following featured speakers:
* Erna Paris, author of several books including the award winning Long Shadows: Truth, Lies, and History
* Stephen H. Browne, eminent scholar of rhetoric and public memory
* Mark McPhail, author of several books on African American history and racial discourse
* Dexter Gordon, prolific scholar and director of African American Studies at the University of Puget Sound
Scholars who wish to be included in the concurrent sessions are invited to submit abstracts by August 1, 2007. Those selected for presentation will be notified by August 15th. Applications for presentation, including a one-page, single-spaced abstract, should be sent to G. Mitchell Reyes at mreyes@lclark.edu. The conference will be held on the campus of Lewis and Clark College.
The study of public memory and ethnicity is increasingly an inter-disciplinary phenomenon. This conference seeks to capitalize on that interdisciplinarity, bringing scholars together from various fields to share and test ideas regarding the connections between public memory and ethnicity. At minimum, public memory assumes that memory is not only an individual phenomenon, it is also a collective and public one. Individuals do not simply remember individually, they get remembered in strategic and stylized ways. These practices of remembrance serve several important social and ontological functions: they mark what is and what is not worthy of memory; they reveal cultural values; they instruct and order our social world; and, taken together, they tell a narrative out of which a sense of collective identity emerges. This conference seeks to connect with and extend our understanding of public memory by considering its relationship with race and ethnicity. How does public memory carve up race and ethnicity? How do race and ethnicity constrain public memory? These questions only begin a long list of interesting problems found at the nexus of public memory and ethnicity. The conference will explore these issues and related problems regarding the influence of remembrance on the order of things.
The conference is organized in connection with the conference series on public memory developed at Syracuse University, and will lead to publication of a university press book to be edited by the conference organizer. All papers presented will be eligible for consideration for publication.
G. Mitchell Reyes, Ph.D.
Department of Communication, MSC 35
Lewis and Clark College
0615 SW Palatine Hill Rd
Portland, OR 97219
Email: mreyes@lclark.edu
Conference Location: Portland, Oregon
Conferene Date: October 26-28, 2007
CFP Deadline: August 1, 2007
The York Center for Public Memory Studies will sponsor a conference on Public Memory and Ethnicity this October 26-28, 2007 at Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon. The conference will feature presentations by scholars in rhetorical studies, history, Jewish studies, communication studies, African American studies, and other disciplines. We are happy to announce the following featured speakers:
* Erna Paris, author of several books including the award winning Long Shadows: Truth, Lies, and History
* Stephen H. Browne, eminent scholar of rhetoric and public memory
* Mark McPhail, author of several books on African American history and racial discourse
* Dexter Gordon, prolific scholar and director of African American Studies at the University of Puget Sound
Scholars who wish to be included in the concurrent sessions are invited to submit abstracts by August 1, 2007. Those selected for presentation will be notified by August 15th. Applications for presentation, including a one-page, single-spaced abstract, should be sent to G. Mitchell Reyes at mreyes@lclark.edu. The conference will be held on the campus of Lewis and Clark College.
The study of public memory and ethnicity is increasingly an inter-disciplinary phenomenon. This conference seeks to capitalize on that interdisciplinarity, bringing scholars together from various fields to share and test ideas regarding the connections between public memory and ethnicity. At minimum, public memory assumes that memory is not only an individual phenomenon, it is also a collective and public one. Individuals do not simply remember individually, they get remembered in strategic and stylized ways. These practices of remembrance serve several important social and ontological functions: they mark what is and what is not worthy of memory; they reveal cultural values; they instruct and order our social world; and, taken together, they tell a narrative out of which a sense of collective identity emerges. This conference seeks to connect with and extend our understanding of public memory by considering its relationship with race and ethnicity. How does public memory carve up race and ethnicity? How do race and ethnicity constrain public memory? These questions only begin a long list of interesting problems found at the nexus of public memory and ethnicity. The conference will explore these issues and related problems regarding the influence of remembrance on the order of things.
The conference is organized in connection with the conference series on public memory developed at Syracuse University, and will lead to publication of a university press book to be edited by the conference organizer. All papers presented will be eligible for consideration for publication.
G. Mitchell Reyes, Ph.D.
Department of Communication, MSC 35
Lewis and Clark College
0615 SW Palatine Hill Rd
Portland, OR 97219
Email: mreyes@lclark.edu
Tuesday, July 03, 2007
CFP: ECDL 2007 (11th European Conference on Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries)
CFP: ECDL 2007 (11th European Conference on Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries)
September 16-21, 2007, Budapest, Hungary
http://www.ecdl2007.org
CALL for PARTICIPATION
This unique and well-established series brings together researchers,
developers and practitioners working in various disciplines and related
areas of digital libraries all over the world, providing a meeting point for
the library, Web and DL communities. The conference will consist of a three
days technical programme, preceded by a tutorial day and followed by
workshops. The technical program will include refereed paper presentations,
plenary sessions, panels and poster sessions.
ECDL 2007 will be devoted to discussions about hot issues and applications
and will primarily provide a forum to reinforce the collaboration of
researchers and practitioners in the following topics: Ontologies, Digital libraries and
the Web, Models, Multimedia and Multilingual Digital Libraries, Grid and
Peer-to-Peer, Preservation, User Interfaces, Document Linking, Information
Retrieval, Personal Information Management, New DL Applications, and User
Studies.
The keynote talk by Prof. Seamus Ross (Humanities Computing & Information
Management (HATII), University of Glasgow) will address the questions of
preservation, while the keynote talk by Prof. Arne Solvgerg (Dept. of
Computer and Information Science (IDI), Norwegian University of Science and
Technology (NTNU)) will focus on WiFi-Trondheim - an experiment in providing Broadband
Everywhere for All.
Panels will address timely and important topics, namely, experiences of DL
projects in panel „On the move towards the European Digital Library: BRICKS,
TEL, MICHAEL and DELOS converging experiences” in synergy with the European
Commission`s initiatives and the special challenges of digital library
research and development in the host region of the conference in panel
„Digital Libraries in Central and Eastern Europe: Infrastructure Challenges
for the New Europe”
The corresponding tutorials will provide further in-depth looks at areas of
current interest, including Thesauri and Ontologies, DL Education, Large
Scale Digital Library Infrastructures, Sharing Content, Services and
Computing Resources.
The Workshops, covering wide areas of interest, to be held in conjunction
with ECDL2007, on September 20-21, are still open for contributions.
* CLEF 2007 - Cross language Evaluation Forum
* Workshop on “Foundations of Digital Libraries”
* DLSci 2007 - Digital Library Goes e-Science
* LADL 2007 - Cross-Media and Personalized Learning Applications on top of
Digital Libraries
* Curriculum Development in Digital Libraries: An Exercise in Developing
Lesson Plans
* Towards an European repository ecology: conceptualising interactions
between networks of repositories and services
* Networked Knowledge Organization Systems and Services
* Libraries in the Digital Age: What If …?
Registration and program details are available at http://www.ecdl2007.org
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Venue
Budapest, one of the most beautiful historical capitals in Europe, is
situated on the banks of the Danube. Buda lies in the hills on the western
bank, famous for its historic Castle Hill and beautiful residential area,
and bustling Pest with its shopping, government and commercial districts
lies on the flat plain of the east bank.
The architectural beauty with its monuments from neo-classic through baroque
to eclectic art nouveau is prevalent in the city. Budapest is also world
famous for its artistic abundance of concerts, operas, recitals, galas and
exhibitions.
The Europa Congress Center, the conference site, providing a modern plenary
room and several session rooms with state-of-the-art technology, will be a
unique venue to organize the event.
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Organization Committee
General Chair: Dr. Laszlo Kovacs, Department of Distributed Systems,
Computer and Automation Research Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences,
Hungary
Programme Co-Chair: Prof. Dr. Norbert Fuhr, Information Systems Faculty
of Engineering Sciences, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Programme Co-Chair: Dr. Carlo Meghini, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell'Informazione, Italy
Local Arrangements Chair: Dr. Gusztav Hencsey, Computer and Automation
Research Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary
Workshops Chairs:
Maristella Agosti, University of Padua, Italy
Birte Christensen-Dalsgaard, State and University Library, Denmark
Poster & Demo Chairs:
Dr. Ulrike Steffens, OFFIS, Germany
José Borbinha, DEI/IST/UTL and INESC-ID, Portugal
Tutorials Chair:
Rudi Schmiede, Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany
Publicity and Exhibit Chairs:
Yuzuru Tanaka for Asia, Meme Media Laboratory, Hokkaido University, Japan
Jane Hunter for Australia, School of ITEE, Australia
Hussein Suleman for Africa, University of Cape Town, South-Africa
Panel Chairs:
Seamus Ross, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom
Edward Fox, Virginia Tech / Dept of Computer Science, USA
Doctoral Consortium Chairs:
Tiziana Catarci, University of Roma 1, Italy
Nicolas Spyratos, University de Paris-Sud, France
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Contact: office@ecdl2007.org
Home: http://www.ecdl2007.org
September 16-21, 2007, Budapest, Hungary
http://www.ecdl2007.org
CALL for PARTICIPATION
This unique and well-established series brings together researchers,
developers and practitioners working in various disciplines and related
areas of digital libraries all over the world, providing a meeting point for
the library, Web and DL communities. The conference will consist of a three
days technical programme, preceded by a tutorial day and followed by
workshops. The technical program will include refereed paper presentations,
plenary sessions, panels and poster sessions.
ECDL 2007 will be devoted to discussions about hot issues and applications
and will primarily provide a forum to reinforce the collaboration of
researchers and practitioners in the following topics: Ontologies, Digital libraries and
the Web, Models, Multimedia and Multilingual Digital Libraries, Grid and
Peer-to-Peer, Preservation, User Interfaces, Document Linking, Information
Retrieval, Personal Information Management, New DL Applications, and User
Studies.
The keynote talk by Prof. Seamus Ross (Humanities Computing & Information
Management (HATII), University of Glasgow) will address the questions of
preservation, while the keynote talk by Prof. Arne Solvgerg (Dept. of
Computer and Information Science (IDI), Norwegian University of Science and
Technology (NTNU)) will focus on WiFi-Trondheim - an experiment in providing Broadband
Everywhere for All.
Panels will address timely and important topics, namely, experiences of DL
projects in panel „On the move towards the European Digital Library: BRICKS,
TEL, MICHAEL and DELOS converging experiences” in synergy with the European
Commission`s initiatives and the special challenges of digital library
research and development in the host region of the conference in panel
„Digital Libraries in Central and Eastern Europe: Infrastructure Challenges
for the New Europe”
The corresponding tutorials will provide further in-depth looks at areas of
current interest, including Thesauri and Ontologies, DL Education, Large
Scale Digital Library Infrastructures, Sharing Content, Services and
Computing Resources.
The Workshops, covering wide areas of interest, to be held in conjunction
with ECDL2007, on September 20-21, are still open for contributions.
* CLEF 2007 - Cross language Evaluation Forum
* Workshop on “Foundations of Digital Libraries”
* DLSci 2007 - Digital Library Goes e-Science
* LADL 2007 - Cross-Media and Personalized Learning Applications on top of
Digital Libraries
* Curriculum Development in Digital Libraries: An Exercise in Developing
Lesson Plans
* Towards an European repository ecology: conceptualising interactions
between networks of repositories and services
* Networked Knowledge Organization Systems and Services
* Libraries in the Digital Age: What If …?
Registration and program details are available at http://www.ecdl2007.org
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Venue
Budapest, one of the most beautiful historical capitals in Europe, is
situated on the banks of the Danube. Buda lies in the hills on the western
bank, famous for its historic Castle Hill and beautiful residential area,
and bustling Pest with its shopping, government and commercial districts
lies on the flat plain of the east bank.
The architectural beauty with its monuments from neo-classic through baroque
to eclectic art nouveau is prevalent in the city. Budapest is also world
famous for its artistic abundance of concerts, operas, recitals, galas and
exhibitions.
The Europa Congress Center, the conference site, providing a modern plenary
room and several session rooms with state-of-the-art technology, will be a
unique venue to organize the event.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Organization Committee
General Chair: Dr. Laszlo Kovacs, Department of Distributed Systems,
Computer and Automation Research Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences,
Hungary
Programme Co-Chair: Prof. Dr. Norbert Fuhr, Information Systems Faculty
of Engineering Sciences, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Programme Co-Chair: Dr. Carlo Meghini, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell'Informazione, Italy
Local Arrangements Chair: Dr. Gusztav Hencsey, Computer and Automation
Research Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary
Workshops Chairs:
Maristella Agosti, University of Padua, Italy
Birte Christensen-Dalsgaard, State and University Library, Denmark
Poster & Demo Chairs:
Dr. Ulrike Steffens, OFFIS, Germany
José Borbinha, DEI/IST/UTL and INESC-ID, Portugal
Tutorials Chair:
Rudi Schmiede, Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany
Publicity and Exhibit Chairs:
Yuzuru Tanaka for Asia, Meme Media Laboratory, Hokkaido University, Japan
Jane Hunter for Australia, School of ITEE, Australia
Hussein Suleman for Africa, University of Cape Town, South-Africa
Panel Chairs:
Seamus Ross, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom
Edward Fox, Virginia Tech / Dept of Computer Science, USA
Doctoral Consortium Chairs:
Tiziana Catarci, University of Roma 1, Italy
Nicolas Spyratos, University de Paris-Sud, France
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Contact: office@ecdl2007.org
Home: http://www.ecdl2007.org
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Articles on Rural Librarianship
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Articles on Rural Librarianship
The Center for the Study of Rural Librarianship at Clarion University of Pennsylvania is seeking scholarly articles for the publication of its two journals:
1) Rural Libraries, focusing on current trends and issues affecting small and rural libraries
2) Bookmobile and Outreach Services, concentrating on current trends and issues in library outreach.
Each journal is published twice a year. Articles may take the form of scholarly papers or essays and may reflect librarianship from any part of the world. Submissions must conform to APA style and should be 10-25 pages in length. (Exceptional work that falls outside these parameters may be considered.)
Submissions in Microsoft Word format may be:
1) mailed to the address below in hard copy accompanied by an electronic version on floppy disc or CD-ROM or
2) e-mailed as an attached to csrl@clarion.edu.
Include the following information with your submission:
1) Name
2) Title/Position
3) Institution
4) Address
5) Phone Number
6) E-mail Address
Notification of receipt of your submission will be sent via e-mail, as will notification if your article is selected for publication.
The deadline for fall issue submissions is: September 8, 2007
Thank you and we look forward to reviewing your work.
Center for the Study of Rural Librarianship
Department of Library Science
Clarion University of Pennsylvania
840 Wood Street
Clarion, PA 16214
814-393-2014
csrl@clarion.edu
The Center for the Study of Rural Librarianship at Clarion University of Pennsylvania is seeking scholarly articles for the publication of its two journals:
1) Rural Libraries, focusing on current trends and issues affecting small and rural libraries
2) Bookmobile and Outreach Services, concentrating on current trends and issues in library outreach.
Each journal is published twice a year. Articles may take the form of scholarly papers or essays and may reflect librarianship from any part of the world. Submissions must conform to APA style and should be 10-25 pages in length. (Exceptional work that falls outside these parameters may be considered.)
Submissions in Microsoft Word format may be:
1) mailed to the address below in hard copy accompanied by an electronic version on floppy disc or CD-ROM or
2) e-mailed as an attached to csrl@clarion.edu.
Include the following information with your submission:
1) Name
2) Title/Position
3) Institution
4) Address
5) Phone Number
6) E-mail Address
Notification of receipt of your submission will be sent via e-mail, as will notification if your article is selected for publication.
The deadline for fall issue submissions is: September 8, 2007
Thank you and we look forward to reviewing your work.
Center for the Study of Rural Librarianship
Department of Library Science
Clarion University of Pennsylvania
840 Wood Street
Clarion, PA 16214
814-393-2014
csrl@clarion.edu
CFP: Eastern Great Lakes Innovative Users Group (EGL-IUG)
CFP: Eastern Great Lakes Innovative Users Group (EGL-IUG)
Conference Location: Akron, Ohio
Conference Date: September 28, 2007
Call for Presentations 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).
Presentations for all levels across all library types and Millennium modules are encouraged and welcomed. This is an outstanding opportunity to share the insights you've gained in the system with others or to test the waters for a possible IUG 16 presentation. Possible areas of focus
include:
-Millennium basics
-Create Lists
-Global Update
-Circulation administration, such as holds management or the loan rule determiner table
Please use the EGL proposal submission form posted on the EGL website
http://www.rodmanlibrary.com/iug/program/iug-proposal2007.html
Feel free to direct any questions to either myself or to Program
Committee coordinator David Lodwick (d.lodwick@csuohio.edu)
Conference Location: Akron, Ohio
Conference Date: September 28, 2007
Call for Presentations 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).
Presentations for all levels across all library types and Millennium modules are encouraged and welcomed. This is an outstanding opportunity to share the insights you've gained in the system with others or to test the waters for a possible IUG 16 presentation. Possible areas of focus
include:
-Millennium basics
-Create Lists
-Global Update
-Circulation administration, such as holds management or the loan rule determiner table
Please use the EGL proposal submission form posted on the EGL website
http://www.rodmanlibrary.com/iug/program/iug-proposal2007.html
Feel free to direct any questions to either myself or to Program
Committee coordinator David Lodwick (d.lodwick@csuohio.edu)
Monday, July 02, 2007
CFP: SOUTH ATLANTIC REGIONAL CONFERENCE (SARC) IV - Special Libraries Association
CFP: SOUTH ATLANTIC REGIONAL CONFERENCE (SARC) IV - Special Libraries Association
February 27-29, 2008
St. Petersburg, Florida
URL: http://units.sla.org/regconf/sarc4/
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
CONFERENCE THEME: “The Surreal Landscape: Information professionals mastering the challenges of time and space”
Participate in the South Atlantic Regional Conference (SARC IV), a division of SLA, by proposing a presentation for the Conference. In addition to topics generated by the conference theme, we are interested in receiving presentation proposals in the following areas:
-Emerging technologies
-Interdisciplinary research between information centers of varying types
-Unstructured data and the digital universe
-Scholarly research and publication alternatives and solutions
-Collaboration between business, science, profit/non-profit and information professionals-breaking the barriers
-Emerging special libraries and information centers-where are they needed or disappearing to, what’s needed in the future.
-Digital only “libraries” and the services to support them
Please send an abstract (not exceeding 250 words) of your proposed presentation by August 1, 2007 to the Program Chair. All accepted presentations will receive a speaker’s honorarium of $350. We will notify you by September 1, 2007 if your presentation has been accepted. Send all proposal abstracts via email to: Pam Doffek, Program Chair doffek@ci.fsu.edu Please put “SARC Proposal” in your subject line.
The SARC IV Conference will be attended by approximately 300 special librarians from the South Atlantic Region (VA, NC, SC, GA, FL).
February 27-29, 2008
St. Petersburg, Florida
URL: http://units.sla.org/regconf/sarc4/
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
CONFERENCE THEME: “The Surreal Landscape: Information professionals mastering the challenges of time and space”
Participate in the South Atlantic Regional Conference (SARC IV), a division of SLA, by proposing a presentation for the Conference. In addition to topics generated by the conference theme, we are interested in receiving presentation proposals in the following areas:
-Emerging technologies
-Interdisciplinary research between information centers of varying types
-Unstructured data and the digital universe
-Scholarly research and publication alternatives and solutions
-Collaboration between business, science, profit/non-profit and information professionals-breaking the barriers
-Emerging special libraries and information centers-where are they needed or disappearing to, what’s needed in the future.
-Digital only “libraries” and the services to support them
Please send an abstract (not exceeding 250 words) of your proposed presentation by August 1, 2007 to the Program Chair. All accepted presentations will receive a speaker’s honorarium of $350. We will notify you by September 1, 2007 if your presentation has been accepted. Send all proposal abstracts via email to: Pam Doffek, Program Chair doffek@ci.fsu.edu Please put “SARC Proposal” in your subject line.
The SARC IV Conference will be attended by approximately 300 special librarians from the South Atlantic Region (VA, NC, SC, GA, FL).
CFP: Special issue of Library Review (Digital libraries and the Semantic Web: context, applications and research)
CFP: Special issue of Library Review (Digital libraries and the Semantic Web: context, applications and research)
Details: http://cdlr.strath.ac.uk/LibraryReview/
Important dates are as follows:
Friday 5th October 2007: deadline for submission of papers
Monday 5th November 2007: acceptance notification
Friday 7th December 2007: submission of 'camera ready' version (complete with reviewers' revisions/changes)
Spring 2008: publication of special issue
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Submissions are sought for a special issue of Library Review on the topic of 'Digital libraries and the Semantic Web: context, applications and research'.
For many digital libraries or cultural institutions, the Semantic Web offers an opportunity to better expose valuable digital resources pertaining to research, culture or history, using common standards and technologies in a collaborative and 'joined up' way. Semantic Web technologies are capable of enhancing digital libraries or repositories by facilitating improved user interfaces and human-computer interaction, improved navigation and retrieval within heterogeneous document environments, user profiling, personalisation and contextualisation, etc. Such technologies also have the potential to solve or aid the management of problems relevant to the LIS community, such as semantic interoperability, advanced metadata and information integration, the management of large corpora of heterogeneous digital resources, and so forth.
This special themed issue of Library Review consolidates similarly themed conferences (e.g. the International Conference on Semantic Web and Digital Libraries (ICSD-2007)) and aims to demonstrate the relevance and application of Semantic Web technologies to digital libraries, repositories, and the LIS community generally.
Submissions are welcome from all interested parties and communities. Submissions may comprise research papers, evaluation, case studies, and descriptions of innovative projects, theoretical expositions, or reviews. Topics for submission could include, but are by no means limited to:
- Digital library and Semantic Web project case studies, best practice examples, etc.
- Innovative uses of RDF applications such as Simple Knowledge Organization System (SKOS), Web Ontology Language (OWL), Friend-of-a-Friend (FOAF), etc. within digital libraries or similar environments
- Use of Semantic Web techniques in the deployment of Networked Knowledge Organization Systems (NKOS), including terminology services
- Large scale metadata integration
- Knowledge organization and ontologies (including the application of knowledge organization systems or ontologies in interfaces to digital libraries)
- Reviews of Semantic Web techniques and their actual (and potential) application within digital libraries
- Ontological navigation and inferencing/reasoning techniques
- Methodologies for ontology management, evaluation, mapping, merging, integration, etc.
- Semantically rich interfaces to digital libraries
- Management, use and navigation of bibliographic data using Semantic Web technologies
- Semantic Web approaches to information retrieval within digital libraries
- Storage, manipulation, querying of RDF data
- Technology and Semantic Web modelling tools
- Knowledge organization systems and user interfaces at the crossroads
Owing to the aim of this special issue, submissions on the above noted topics are encouraged to:
* Emphasise the practical implications of Semantic Web research or developments for digital libraries and repositories;
* Where possible, endeavour to note the relevance of research findings for future digital library management or service provision;
* Comment on areas of useful overlap between the digital library and Semantic Web developments and how the aims of each community can be furthered by increased collaboration.
Important dates are as follows:
Friday 5th October 2007: deadline for submission of papers
Monday 5th November 2007: acceptance notification
Friday 7th December 2007: submission of 'camera ready' version (complete with reviewers' revisions/changes)
Spring 2008: publication of special issue
For further submission details see: http://cdlr.strath.ac.uk/LibraryReview/
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George Macgregor,
Centre for Digital Library Research (CDLR),
Department of Computer & Information Sciences,
University of Strathclyde, Livingstone Tower,
26 Richmond Street, Glasgow, UK, G1 1XH
tel: +44 (0)141 548 4752
fax: +44 (0)141 548 4523
web: http://cdlr.strath.ac.uk/
Details: http://cdlr.strath.ac.uk/LibraryReview/
Important dates are as follows:
Friday 5th October 2007: deadline for submission of papers
Monday 5th November 2007: acceptance notification
Friday 7th December 2007: submission of 'camera ready' version (complete with reviewers' revisions/changes)
Spring 2008: publication of special issue
--------------------------------
Submissions are sought for a special issue of Library Review on the topic of 'Digital libraries and the Semantic Web: context, applications and research'.
For many digital libraries or cultural institutions, the Semantic Web offers an opportunity to better expose valuable digital resources pertaining to research, culture or history, using common standards and technologies in a collaborative and 'joined up' way. Semantic Web technologies are capable of enhancing digital libraries or repositories by facilitating improved user interfaces and human-computer interaction, improved navigation and retrieval within heterogeneous document environments, user profiling, personalisation and contextualisation, etc. Such technologies also have the potential to solve or aid the management of problems relevant to the LIS community, such as semantic interoperability, advanced metadata and information integration, the management of large corpora of heterogeneous digital resources, and so forth.
This special themed issue of Library Review consolidates similarly themed conferences (e.g. the International Conference on Semantic Web and Digital Libraries (ICSD-2007)) and aims to demonstrate the relevance and application of Semantic Web technologies to digital libraries, repositories, and the LIS community generally.
Submissions are welcome from all interested parties and communities. Submissions may comprise research papers, evaluation, case studies, and descriptions of innovative projects, theoretical expositions, or reviews. Topics for submission could include, but are by no means limited to:
- Digital library and Semantic Web project case studies, best practice examples, etc.
- Innovative uses of RDF applications such as Simple Knowledge Organization System (SKOS), Web Ontology Language (OWL), Friend-of-a-Friend (FOAF), etc. within digital libraries or similar environments
- Use of Semantic Web techniques in the deployment of Networked Knowledge Organization Systems (NKOS), including terminology services
- Large scale metadata integration
- Knowledge organization and ontologies (including the application of knowledge organization systems or ontologies in interfaces to digital libraries)
- Reviews of Semantic Web techniques and their actual (and potential) application within digital libraries
- Ontological navigation and inferencing/reasoning techniques
- Methodologies for ontology management, evaluation, mapping, merging, integration, etc.
- Semantically rich interfaces to digital libraries
- Management, use and navigation of bibliographic data using Semantic Web technologies
- Semantic Web approaches to information retrieval within digital libraries
- Storage, manipulation, querying of RDF data
- Technology and Semantic Web modelling tools
- Knowledge organization systems and user interfaces at the crossroads
Owing to the aim of this special issue, submissions on the above noted topics are encouraged to:
* Emphasise the practical implications of Semantic Web research or developments for digital libraries and repositories;
* Where possible, endeavour to note the relevance of research findings for future digital library management or service provision;
* Comment on areas of useful overlap between the digital library and Semantic Web developments and how the aims of each community can be furthered by increased collaboration.
Important dates are as follows:
Friday 5th October 2007: deadline for submission of papers
Monday 5th November 2007: acceptance notification
Friday 7th December 2007: submission of 'camera ready' version (complete with reviewers' revisions/changes)
Spring 2008: publication of special issue
For further submission details see: http://cdlr.strath.ac.uk/LibraryReview/
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George Macgregor,
Centre for Digital Library Research (CDLR),
Department of Computer & Information Sciences,
University of Strathclyde, Livingstone Tower,
26 Richmond Street, Glasgow, UK, G1 1XH
tel: +44 (0)141 548 4752
fax: +44 (0)141 548 4523
web: http://cdlr.strath.ac.uk/
CFP: Online Learning Article for Academic Exchange Quarterly
CFP: Online Learning Article for Academic Exchange Quarterly
The summer issue of _Academic Exchange Quarterly_ is nearly ready for publication:
http://rapidintellect.com/AEQweb/
If you have an article of approximately 3,000 words focusing on "Online Learning," please consider placing it with our journal:
http://rapidintellect.com/AEQweb/5onlin.htm
If you have any questions, feel free to send them to Ben Varner
--
Feature Editor
Academic Exchange Quarterly
http://rapidintellect.com/AEQweb/edpbva.htm
The summer issue of _Academic Exchange Quarterly_ is nearly ready for publication:
http://rapidintellect.com/AEQweb/
If you have an article of approximately 3,000 words focusing on "Online Learning," please consider placing it with our journal:
http://rapidintellect.com/AEQweb/5onlin.htm
If you have any questions, feel free to send them to Ben Varner
--
Feature Editor
Academic Exchange Quarterly
http://rapidintellect.com/AEQweb/edpbva.htm
Sunday, July 01, 2007
CFP: Computers in Libraries 2008
CFP: Computers in Libraries 2008
Conference Dates: April 7 - 9, 2008
Conference Location: Hyatt Regency Crystal City; Arlington, VA
Call for Papers URL: http://www.infotoday.com/CIL2008/CallforSpeakers.shtml
Submission URL: https://secure.infotoday.com/cilspeakers/SpeakerSubmissions.asp
INNOVATIVE CHANGE:
INTEGRATING HIGH TECH WITH HIGH TOUCH
Libraries are at the forefront of experimenting with and adopting new technology, but are they as focused on their clients as they are on technology? New tools and processes have ignited creative content mashups, specialized and personalized services for community segments, and exciting new techniques for dealing with voluminous information flows. Now user generated content in conjunction with new tools is shaping the new information world. What new horizons will we find with the integration of “high tech and high touch”? What innovation and change will 2008 bring?
Our conference theme, Innovative Change: Integrating High Tech with High Touch, focuses on how libraries excel when technology advancements match the people capabilities. It highlights leading edge online initiatives and innovations in all types of information enterprises, tools and techniques for enhancing user-friendly digital information flows, information discovery and visualization methods for dealing with today’s information overload, building new communities and supporting online connections in engaging ways, and more. Join us at the most comprehensive conference for library and information professionals interested in technology to discover insights, strategies and practices that will allow us to manage computers, libraries, digital information, and people in a cohesive, exciting, and productive way.
Information Today, Inc., a key provider of technology conferences for more than 20 years with Internet Librarian and KMWorld & Intranets, is pleased to announce the 23rd annual Computers in Libraries—the most comprehensive North American conference and exhibition concentrating on all aspects of library technology. The conference offers a multifaceted program designed to meet the needs of librarians, information managers, systems professionals, Webmasters and Web managers, content evaluators, intranet strategists, portal creators, and information specialists. The focus of the conference is on leading edge technology that is transforming library operations, products and services, and roles within all types and sizes of library and information services.
Computers in Libraries caters to all interests and all levels of knowledge, offering four simultaneous tracks plus many workshops, networking opportunities, and an extensive exhibit hall. This year’s tracks and themes encompass: People (skills, organizations, roles); Places (virtual & physical); Digital/Virtual Library Services; Research Implementation and Implications; Social Media; Building Communities; Integrating Systems & Strategies; Information Discovery & Search; Technology Planning; Managing Content & E-Resources; Web Tools & Leading Edge Technology; Intranets & Portals; Search Engines, Case Studies of Internet & Intranet Librarians, Library Automation & Infrastructure, Managing Information and Knowledge Assets, E-Learning & Training, Web Design & Development, Streaming Multimedia, Managing Digitally, and more. Speakers are knowledgeable, authoritative, and focus on practical applications, “how to” solutions, and case studies as well as technical and managerial issues. Please consider sharing your knowledge and sending us a proposal to speak. Below are some of the topics we hope to cover, but don’t let this list limit your imagination! We look forward to hearing from you.
For more information and sample topics, visit the call for papers URL: http://www.infotoday.com/CIL2008/CallforSpeakers.shtml
Conference Dates: April 7 - 9, 2008
Conference Location: Hyatt Regency Crystal City; Arlington, VA
Call for Papers URL: http://www.infotoday.com/CIL2008/CallforSpeakers.shtml
Submission URL: https://secure.infotoday.com/cilspeakers/SpeakerSubmissions.asp
INNOVATIVE CHANGE:
INTEGRATING HIGH TECH WITH HIGH TOUCH
Libraries are at the forefront of experimenting with and adopting new technology, but are they as focused on their clients as they are on technology? New tools and processes have ignited creative content mashups, specialized and personalized services for community segments, and exciting new techniques for dealing with voluminous information flows. Now user generated content in conjunction with new tools is shaping the new information world. What new horizons will we find with the integration of “high tech and high touch”? What innovation and change will 2008 bring?
Our conference theme, Innovative Change: Integrating High Tech with High Touch, focuses on how libraries excel when technology advancements match the people capabilities. It highlights leading edge online initiatives and innovations in all types of information enterprises, tools and techniques for enhancing user-friendly digital information flows, information discovery and visualization methods for dealing with today’s information overload, building new communities and supporting online connections in engaging ways, and more. Join us at the most comprehensive conference for library and information professionals interested in technology to discover insights, strategies and practices that will allow us to manage computers, libraries, digital information, and people in a cohesive, exciting, and productive way.
Information Today, Inc., a key provider of technology conferences for more than 20 years with Internet Librarian and KMWorld & Intranets, is pleased to announce the 23rd annual Computers in Libraries—the most comprehensive North American conference and exhibition concentrating on all aspects of library technology. The conference offers a multifaceted program designed to meet the needs of librarians, information managers, systems professionals, Webmasters and Web managers, content evaluators, intranet strategists, portal creators, and information specialists. The focus of the conference is on leading edge technology that is transforming library operations, products and services, and roles within all types and sizes of library and information services.
Computers in Libraries caters to all interests and all levels of knowledge, offering four simultaneous tracks plus many workshops, networking opportunities, and an extensive exhibit hall. This year’s tracks and themes encompass: People (skills, organizations, roles); Places (virtual & physical); Digital/Virtual Library Services; Research Implementation and Implications; Social Media; Building Communities; Integrating Systems & Strategies; Information Discovery & Search; Technology Planning; Managing Content & E-Resources; Web Tools & Leading Edge Technology; Intranets & Portals; Search Engines, Case Studies of Internet & Intranet Librarians, Library Automation & Infrastructure, Managing Information and Knowledge Assets, E-Learning & Training, Web Design & Development, Streaming Multimedia, Managing Digitally, and more. Speakers are knowledgeable, authoritative, and focus on practical applications, “how to” solutions, and case studies as well as technical and managerial issues. Please consider sharing your knowledge and sending us a proposal to speak. Below are some of the topics we hope to cover, but don’t let this list limit your imagination! We look forward to hearing from you.
For more information and sample topics, visit the call for papers URL: http://www.infotoday.com/CIL2008/CallforSpeakers.shtml
Friday, June 29, 2007
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
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)
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
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
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
Thursday, June 28, 2007
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
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
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
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
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.
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.
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
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
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.
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
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/
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
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
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
Thursday, June 07, 2007
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.
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.
Saturday, May 26, 2007
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
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 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
Thursday, March 01, 2007
Position Available: Acquisitions Editor, LITA Guides and Monographs
Position Available: Acquisitions Editor, LITA Guides and Monographs
The Acquisitions Editor is charged with developing topics for LITA Guides and Monographs, soliciting suggested publications from LITA members and others, interacting with authors to produce the publications in manuscript format, and coordinating the editorial review of manuscripts by members of the LITA Publications Committee.
Responsibilities:
1. Is responsible for staying abreast of current and emerging library and information technologies to garner ideas for topical publications.
2. Actively solicits authors.
3. Determines the most suitable publishing format for the content.
4. Works with the Chair of the Publications Committee to coordinate editorial review among committee members, including delivery of manuscripts to individual committee members and determination of deadlines for the editorial review process. Non committee reviewers may be appointed by the committee Chair whenever necessary and appropriate.
5. Sets and coordinates schedules with authors and the LITA office.
6. Ensures that at least two publications are produced each year.
7. Evaluates new technologies with a goal of maximizing exposure and distribution of time sensitive content, and works with the Publications Committee and LITA to implement publishing formats and methodologies that meet the needs of our readership.
Required:
* Must have a publication record or background, which demonstrates excellent writing skills, recognized scholarship in the field and editing experience.
* Must have a broad knowledge of current and emerging information and library technologies.
* Must be skilled in working closely and effectively with authors to turn an idea into a useful technology guide.
* Must attend the LITA Publications Committee meetings at Midwinter and ALA Annual Conferences, and reports on status of and strategies for new publications.
* Must be a member of LITA.
Benefits
Although there is no pay associated with the position, the person will receive a stipend of $1500/year or will be reimbursed for travel and lodging expenses up to $1500/year, and receive free press registration for attending the ALA Midwinter meeting and Annual Conference.
Submit applications by Monday, March 19, 2007 to: Dan Marmion, Chair, LITA Publications Committee
Associate Director for Information Systems and Digital Access
University Libraries of Notre Dame
221 Hesburgh Library
Notre Dame, IN 46556
Email: dmarmion@nd.edu
Phone: 574/631 3811
Fax: 574/631 6772
The Acquisitions Editor is charged with developing topics for LITA Guides and Monographs, soliciting suggested publications from LITA members and others, interacting with authors to produce the publications in manuscript format, and coordinating the editorial review of manuscripts by members of the LITA Publications Committee.
Responsibilities:
1. Is responsible for staying abreast of current and emerging library and information technologies to garner ideas for topical publications.
2. Actively solicits authors.
3. Determines the most suitable publishing format for the content.
4. Works with the Chair of the Publications Committee to coordinate editorial review among committee members, including delivery of manuscripts to individual committee members and determination of deadlines for the editorial review process. Non committee reviewers may be appointed by the committee Chair whenever necessary and appropriate.
5. Sets and coordinates schedules with authors and the LITA office.
6. Ensures that at least two publications are produced each year.
7. Evaluates new technologies with a goal of maximizing exposure and distribution of time sensitive content, and works with the Publications Committee and LITA to implement publishing formats and methodologies that meet the needs of our readership.
Required:
* Must have a publication record or background, which demonstrates excellent writing skills, recognized scholarship in the field and editing experience.
* Must have a broad knowledge of current and emerging information and library technologies.
* Must be skilled in working closely and effectively with authors to turn an idea into a useful technology guide.
* Must attend the LITA Publications Committee meetings at Midwinter and ALA Annual Conferences, and reports on status of and strategies for new publications.
* Must be a member of LITA.
Benefits
Although there is no pay associated with the position, the person will receive a stipend of $1500/year or will be reimbursed for travel and lodging expenses up to $1500/year, and receive free press registration for attending the ALA Midwinter meeting and Annual Conference.
Submit applications by Monday, March 19, 2007 to: Dan Marmion, Chair, LITA Publications Committee
Associate Director for Information Systems and Digital Access
University Libraries of Notre Dame
221 Hesburgh Library
Notre Dame, IN 46556
Email: dmarmion@nd.edu
Phone: 574/631 3811
Fax: 574/631 6772
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