Small Cinemas: Promotion and Reception Timisoara, Romania, 1-3 June 2012

Small Cinemas: Promotion and Reception Timisoara, Romania, 1-3 June 2012

Plenary Speakers: Dina Iordanova, Professor of Film Studies and Provost, St. Leonard's College, University of St. Andrews, Scotland, UK; Janina Falkowska, Professor of Film Studies, University of Western Ontario, Canada.

The third annual international conference, Small Cinemas, brings together scholars and professionals from around the world to discuss the regional, national and international reception and promotion of small cinemas. We are interested in papers focusing on the status and the particularities of small cinemas’ audiences, film criticism, film scholarship, governmental support, festival participation, marketing strategies, and media outlets. The conference organizers understand the notion of “small cinemas” to be fluid and plural, including both documentary and fiction, from the cinemas of small nation-states to the small “postage stamp” films of mobile devices; from the cinemas of ethnic and religious minorities to the productions of minors and so-called “minor” authors.

Presentations are invited on any aspect of the reception and promotion of small cinemas. Possible topics include, but are not limited to:

• The theorizing of styles, genres, new waves, and auteurship of small cinemas
• Journals, scholarly studies, collections, blogs
• Films in schools
• Stars and glamour
• Racial, ethnic, universal informed reception
• Internet, television and print media promotion
• Communal, regional, national, supra-national promotion
• Distribution, transmission, diffusion
• DVD sales and rental
• Dubbing and subtitling
• Co-productions, exports, imports
• Public and private financing
• Globalization and miniaturization
• Festivals

300-word abstracts and a short bio should be sent to Constantin Parvulescu ceefms@gmail.com. Submission deadline: 1 February 2012.
    Center for Eastern European Film and Media Studies
Department of Political Sciences
West University of Timisoara, Blvd. V. Parvan 4
Timisoara 300223
Timis, Romania
Tel: +40-(0)256-592132
Fax: +40-(0)256-592307
Email: ceefms@gmail.com
Visit the website at http://www.ceefms.polsci.uvt.ro/index.php/small-cinemas.html

Call for Objects: The Object Ethnography Project

Call for Objects: The Object Ethnography Project

The Object Ethnography Project investigates how objects accumulate stories as they move from one life to another. We are looking for donations of objects—any kind of object—and the stories that come with them. Members of the public will then adopt these objects during a week-long event in March, 2012. Participants will explain how they will use their adopted object in its new life before they take it home. Each story will be recorded, and the final online exhibit will include a photograph of the object, biography, and its adoption story.

We are now seeking objects! If you have an item with a story, from a sentimental oven mitt to a first generation iPod, that you would like to donate to this project, please either mail it and the written story to:
Lucrece Project
NYU English Department
19 University Place, 5th Floor
New York, NY 10003

or contact Max Liboiron (max.liboiron@nyu.edu), Marisa Solomon (solomon.marisa@gmail.com) or Vincent Lai (Vincent@fixerscollective.org) to drop it off within New York City.

If your object is broken, members of the Fixers Collective have generously offered fix-it workshops on February 23rd, March 8th and March 22nd, 2012 at New York University's Kimmel Center, Room 901. If you would like to join a Fixers Collective workshop to fix any item, whether it is donated, adopted, or otherwise, please contact Vincent Lai (Vincent@fixerscollective.org).

For more information or updates on the project, see objectethnography.wordpress.com. If you would like to join the project as a researcher or volunteer, please contact max.liboiron@nyu.edu.

We will be accepting objects until mid-March, 2012. Please spread the word.
Lucrece Project
NYU English Department
19 University Place, 5th Floor
New York, NY 10003

EBSS RESEARCH FORUM – Call for Papers

EBSS RESEARCH FORUM – Call for Papers
 
The Education and Behavioral Sciences Section Research Committee is holding its 6th Annual Research Poster Session and Discussion Forum during the ALA Annual Conference in Anaheim, California.  The Research Forum and reception follows the EBSS Program, and will probably take place on Saturday June 23, 2012 from 3:30 to 5:00 pm.
 
The Forum seeks to provide beginning and established researchers an opportunity to present research in progress, receive collaborative feedback on their work and recommendations for future publishing.  Research / Posters will be simultaneously presented and discussed in small informal groups.   Attendees at the forum will find an arena for discussion and networking with their colleagues interested in research related issues and trends in the profession.  The committee will use a blind review process. 
 
SELECTION CRITERIA
Proposals will be evaluated based on the extent to which they:

1.       Measure and/or investigate library and information aspects in the fields of communication, psychology, social work and/or education.
2.       Represent the current interests of the membership of EBSS. 
3.       Represent an original research project.
4.       Show evidence of carefully planned research design and thoughtful analysis.
5.       Clearly identify what stage in the research project has been completed and estimate a timeline for the remainder of the project.

 
Note Research that has been previously published or accepted for publication by December 1, 2011 will not be considered.
 
PROPOSAL SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

1.       Format: Proposals should be 250-350 words, double spaced, 12 pt. font, one inch margins.
 
2.       The first page should include:

-          Date of Submission
-          Name of applicant(s)Institution(s)
-          Applicant address(es)
-          Phone number(s)
-          E-mail address(es)
-          Title of the proposal

 

3.       Subsequent page(s) should include: 

-          Title of the proposal
-          Statement of the research question
-          Research goals and objectives
-          Description of the methodology
-          Discussion and/or conclusions

Email submissions to Janelle Hedstrom by Fri. Jan.  6th, 2012

2012 eBUG Conference Call for Proposals (Ex Libris users of Kentucky and beyond)

2012 eBUG Conference Call for Proposals (Ex Libris users of Kentucky and beyond)

Ex Libris users of Kentucky and beyond:

The eBUG Conference is scheduled for June 1, 2012 at Somerset Community College in Somerset Kentucky.

Proposals are now being accepted for presentations for the 2012 annual conference of the Ex Libris Bluegrass Users Group (eBUG). Presentations are being sought for all Ex Libris products, such as Primo, SFX, Voyager, etc. We highly encourage the submission relating to public services, library instruction, technical services, and systems.

All topics should be related to Ex Libris products and presentations should last approximately 45 minutes. Chosen presenters must agree to provide ELUNA and Ex Libris copies of their presentations for posting on their respective websites, if requested. Conference registration fees for presenters of accepted proposals will be waived.

Proposals can be submitted here or by clicking on the ‘Submit a Proposal’ link below:

The deadline to submit a proposal is March 12, 2012. Notification regarding acceptance of proposals will take place by March 30, 2012.

Questions may be directed to the current eBUG officers.

On behalf of the eBUG officers,

Melissa Brooks (m.brooks@moreheadstate.edu) – Morehead State University

Randy Kuehn (randy.kuehn@louisville.edu) – University of Louisville

Benjamin Rawlins (ben_rawlins@georgetowncollege.edu) – Georgetown College

Submit a Proposal

Ben Rawlins

Electronic Resources Librarian

Georgetown College

Georgetown, KY

Ben_Rawlins@georgetowncollege.edu

(502) 863-8403

2012 AALL/LexisNexis Call for Papers

Time to Start Writing: The 2012 AALL/LexisNexis Call for Papers

URL: http://www.aallnet.org/main-menu/Leadership-Governance/committee/activecmtes/call-for-papers.html

The AALL/LexisNexis Call for Papers Committee is soliciting articles in four divisions this year:
Open Division: for active and retired AALL members and law librarians with five or more years of professional experience;
New Members Division: for recent graduates and AALL members who have become law librarians since July 1, 2007;
Student Division: Participants in this division need not be members of AALL. To be eligible in this category, you must have been enrolled in law school, or in a library school, information management, or an equivalent program, either in the Fall 2011 or Spring 2012 semester.

The winner in the Open, New Member, and Student Divisions will receive $650 generously donated by LexisNexis, plus the opportunity to present the winning paper at a program during the 2012 AALL Annual Meeting in Boston!  Winning papers are also considered for publication in the Association’s prestigious Law Library Journal.

New for 2012 - Short Form Division: Articles in this category will be shorter than a traditional scholarly article, and appropriate for publication in AALL Spectrum, a bar journal, or a chapter or SIS newsletter.  Participants must be AALL members. The winner will be awarded $300 from LexisNexis.
Application Information and Article Submission Deadlines:

• Articles in the Open, New Members, and Short Form Divisions must be submitted by March 1, 2012. 
• Articles in the Student Division must be received by May 15, 2012.
• Application form and details, including word limits, can be found at the Call for Papers website. 

If you have any questions, please contact a member of the AALL/LexisNexis Call for Papers Committee:

Jennifer Lentz, Chair, lentz(at)law.ucla.edu
Mark Podvia, Vice Chair, mwp3(at)psu.edu
Benjamin Keele, bjkeele(at)wm.edu
James P. Kelly, jim.kelly(at)vanderbilt.edu
Shawn Nevers, neverss(at)law.byu.edu

CFP Faculty of Information Quarterly

CFP Faculty of Information Quarterly

http://fiq.ischool.utoronto.ca/index.php/fiq/pages/view/CFP

 CALL FOR PAPERS: FIQ, VOL. 4, ISSUE 2

For this issue, FIQ is accepting papers on the theme of knowledge organization in general, including topics such as classification, categorization, taxonomy, ontology, and epistemology. We invite papers that engage in both theoretical as well as practical/professional considerations of these topics.

The deadline for submissions is Monday, December 5, 2011. For detailed submission guidelines and instructions on how to make a submission please visit Author Guidelines.

The editor-in-chief, Samhita Gupta, will be happy to answer any questions or concerns regarding submissions and can be reached at fiquarterly@gmail.com.We look forward to receiving your submissions.

CALL FOR PAPERS: FIQ, VOL. 4, ISSUE 3

In light of Marshall McLuhan’s centenary, and the much-awaited McLuhan 100 conference in Toronto, this issue is dedicated to the general theme of communication and culture. In addition to inviting papers that engage with the ideas of Marshall McLuhan and the group of thinkers often referred to as the Toronto School of Communication, we also welcome papers that generally deal with topics in communication theory, history of communication, and communication and information technology.

The deadline for submissions is Monday, February 13, 2012. For detailed submission guidelines and instructions on how to make a submission please visit Author Guidelines.

The editor-in-chief, Samhita Gupta, will be happy to answer any questions or concerns regarding submissions and can be reached at fiquarterly@gmail.com.We look forward to receiving your submissions.

Seeking panelists for PVLR session at ALA Midwinter on Interlibrary Loan

Seeking panelists for PVLR session at ALA Midwinter on Interlibrary Loan

The Publisher-Vendor-Library Relations Interest Group is seeking panelists for our upcoming session in Dallas. If you or someone you know is knowledgeable about interlibrary loan, especially in the digital world, please considering participating in this upcoming panel. If you have a speaker to recommend, please contact co-chairs Liz Lorbeer ( lorbeer@uab.edu) and Kim Steinle ( ksteinle@dukeupress.edu).

Thank you in advance for your assistance.

Liz Lorbeer and Kim Steinle

What Does Electronic ILL Mean to You?
Publisher-Vendor-Library Relations Interest Group
Monday, January 23rd, 8:00- 10:00 am
Meeting room: DCC - D168

Do you think you know everything there is to know about Interlibrary loan (ILL)? What is the difference between lending book versus journal content? What about ILL of electronic content? How is electronic ILL being addressed in site license agreements? What does the future hold for ILL borrowing practices? The Publisher-Vendor-Library Relations (PVLR) interest group invites you to join us for an informative and lively discussion with a step-by-step explanation of the ILL process, the current copyright issues surrounding ILL of electronic content, and views from the librarian, vendor and publishing communities about this important practice, and how it is evolving to meet the demands of the digital age.

CFP: Collaborations: artists, scholars and libraries in a research ecosystem (Art Libraries Society of Australia and New Zealand Conference 2012)

CFP: Collaborations: artists, scholars and libraries in a research ecosystem (Art Libraries Society of Australia and New Zealand Conference 2012)

ARLIS/ANZ 2012 Conference
Collaborations: artists, scholars and libraries in a research ecosystem
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne 6 – 8 September 2012
The Art Libraries Society of Australia and New Zealand Conference 2012 is focused on the them of Collaboration. Collaboration and interactions between various disciplines and practitioners within the visual arts domain which foster a ‘research ecosystem’ – interconnected streams, zones, resources, methods and formats of knowledge and enquiry that sustain and encourage each other to flourish.

The conference addresses art librarians, artists, scholars, curators, critics and educators, students and other visual resources professionals and provides a platform to discuss the requirements and processes particuarly relevant to visual arts research, and informing artistic practice.

We are calling for papers that expand on this theme, share different perspective and provoked speculation on the future development of, and collaboration between artists, art librarianship and visual resource professionals in a rapidly changing information environment.

Individuals and groups are invited to submit proposals that inspire, provoke critical exchange and debate, or make practical observations in relation to the broad streams below.

• Archive: collection imperatives, resource development, conservation and preservation, docuemnting the ephemeral, ERA (Excellence in Research for Australia), data managment.
• Culture: disciplines and user group, interdisciplinary projects, pathways to access, use and utility, seeking new perspectives.
• Image: image and words, image sources, image description, image search, image rights.
• Medium: the physical object in a digital age, new media, digitisation projects, digital content and rights management.
• Space: make space not war! The physical meets the virtual, environment and behaviour, design and serendipity.

We encourage proposals for papers from librarians, art scholars, artists, curators, crticis, art and design students, architects, and visual resources professionals.

250 word abstracts to be submitted via the online form by 28 February 2012.

For further details, submission form and important dates see the conference website: http://www.arlis.org.au/content/arlisanz-conferences

Call for Submissions: Special Issue on Archival Education and Human Rights

Call for Submissions: Special Issue on Archival Education and Human Rights

InterActions: UCLA Journal of Education and Information Studies
http://is.gseis.ucla.edu/events/showEvent.htm?eid=477

In a recent article in American Archivist, a group of some two-dozen archival faculty and doctoral students from programs around the world called on archival educators to develop a new educational framework that both reflects and reflects upon pluralist approaches to archival theory and practice.1 This article added to an ongoing conversation in archival education regarding the ethical imperative of faculty to engage students with culturally sensitive curricula and to promote a social justice agenda in and outside the classroom. At the same time, a growing body of archival studies literature has addressed the intersection of archives and human rights, interrogating the role of records and recordkeeping institutions in both facilitating human rights violations and holding oppressive regimes legally and historically accountable for such violations.

This special issue of InterActions seeks to bring together these two streams of archival thought in hopes of explicating the role of human rights and social justice in archival education. How are we to conceive of human rights at the nexus of archival education, research, and action? What ethical responsibilities do archival educators have in addressing human rights concerns in the classroom? What pedagogical strategies might educators employ in order to include discussions about human rights and archives within the context of professional training and practices, and the theories that undergird them? InterActions seeks to include a range of submissions, including (but not limited to) research articles, literature reviews, book reviews, exhibition reviews, featured commentaries, and position pieces. Submissions should incorporate critical perspectives that aim to bridge multiple discourses around the theme of the issue. All submissions will be subject to double-blind peer-review and authors are expected to adhere to the deadlines to ensure the timely publication of the special issue.

Possible research questions:
- How might "human rights" be defined in the context of archival education? What are the opportunities and difficulties of adopting an orientation toward human rights in archival education?
- What is the relationship between a social justice agenda and a human rights framework in the archival classroom? What roles might information technologies play in working toward classroom agendas for extending and supporting human rights?
- What theoretical positions might be taken up when considering the current and future state of research in the domains of human rights and archival education?
- What philosophical, pedagogical, political, and/or ethical questions are at play that might provide opportunities for strategic action?
- How might archival educators incorporate human rights genealogies and/or frameworks?
- What are the implications of globalization on discourses on human rights in archival education?
- How might archival education and/or human rights intersect with the roles and responsibilities of educational institutions within the public sector?


Timeline:
- Deadline for Submissions: January 15, 2012
- Tentative deadline for peer reviews of submitted manuscripts: March 15, 2012
- Tentative deadline for revisions to submitted manuscript: April 30, 2012
- Publication date for the Special Issue on Human Rights: Early June 2012


Please submit manuscripts at http://escholarship.org/uc/gseis_interactions or directly to the email addresses below. Any questions or inquiries about the special issue may be directed to:
- Andrew J Lau (UCLA; Information Studies Editor for InterActions):
andrewjlau@ucla.edu
- Michelle Caswell (University of Wisconsin, Madison; Guest Editor):
mcaswell@wisc.edu
- InterActions: interactions@gseis.ucla.edu

InterActions is a peer-reviewed on-line journal committed to the promotion of interdisciplinary and critical scholarship. Edited by students in the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, the journal brings together senior and emerging scholars, activists, and professionals whose work covers a broad range of theory and practice. InterActions is published twice yearly with funding provided by the UCLA Graduate Students Association and the UCLA Graduate School of Education & Information Studies.

For more information, please visit http://escholarship.org/uc/gseis_interactions.

CFP: Special Libraries Association Contributed Papers Sessions (Chicago 2012)

CFP: Special Libraries Association Contributed Papers Sessions (Chicago 2012)

SLA is now accepting proposals for Contributed Papers to be presented at the 2012 Annual Conference and INFO-EXPO to be held 15-18 July 2012 in Chicago.

• Do ontologies, taxonomies and semantics make your tail wag?
• Are mobile devices your passion?
• Is social media your thing?
• Are you the Content Wrangler for your organization?

In this era of a world economy, things are more interdependent than ever.  Changes in one arena impact another, borders are blurring, and expectations are higher than ever. Technology is driving change forward at a dramatic speed, and what was impossible three years ago is now commonplace.

The Contributed Papers Sessions allow you to showcase your creative and innovative solutions to some of today’s pressing information issues. Share your successes with your colleagues and inspire your peers. We are particularly interested in hearing from our international members.

Topics for papers must be related to the conference theme of “Practicing Agility in an Open World Economy” and should focus on putting ideas into practice: don’t just think, ACT.

Every SLA member is encouraged to submit an abstract!  Proposals will be evaluated by a panel of SLA members in a blind review and the strongest will be selected for development into full papers.

Requirements for Acceptance

Topics should be related to library or information science, information management, research, client services, technology or administration in special libraries.  Proposals will be judged on their relevance to the conference theme “Practicing Agility in an Open World Economy.”  Reviewers will be looking for novelty, creativity, scholarship, and applicability to an author-defined audience.

Proposed papers must also meet these requirements:

• At least one author is a member of SLA
• At least one author commits to presenting the paper at the Annual Conference
• The proposal is received by December 12, 2011 deadline
• The paper has not been published in or submitted to any other publication or conference planning group
• The author (and any co-authors) must be willing to sign a copyright assignment form that will permit SLA to use the paper in various formats

Deadlines

12 December 2011 – Proposals due.  Submit an abstract of your paper via e-mail to Helen Losch at helenlosch@gmail.com.  Abstracts should be between 250-300 words in length, or roughly one page in 12-point text.  Please also identify your core audience (e.g. academic, web).

01 February 2012 – Notification.  All applicants will be notified of the committee’s decision, and the strongest proposals will be invited to develop them into full papers.

01 June 2012 – Papers due.  Authors submit their completed papers and copyright assignments to SLA.

15-18 July 2012 – Conference presentation.  Authors will deliver a 15-minute presentation of their papers.  Presentation

 should focus on the practical applications of the research conducted – what is really, really, really important about their topic and results.  Authors may be asked to present in the Pecha Kucha format (20 slides with 20 seconds allowed for explanation of each slide).

More information about the 2012 conference is available at:
http://www.sla.org/content/Events/conference/ac2012/index.cfm

CFP: The Many Faces of Information Competence (Academic Exchange Quarterly)

CFP: The Many Faces of Information Competence (Academic Exchange Quarterly)
Summer 2012, Volume 16, Issue 2
Expanded issue up to 400+ pages.
Articles on various topics plus the following special sections.

The Many Faces of Information Competence
Feature Editor
Rhonda Huisman, Assistant Librarian
Liaison to the School of Education and Center for Teaching and Learning
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)
E-mail: rhuisman@iupui.edu

Focus:
Academic librarians are increasingly instructing targeted groups within the academic environment. Such groups include freshman learning communities, international students, graduate students, and faculty. Each of these groups is far from homogenous because of the diversity of their expectations of libraries and their information-seeking experiences. Even into the twenty-first century, many faculty members, for example, are reluctant to use electronic resources. How can we develop instruction programs that will address the shared needs of such groups and the diverse needs of individuals? What assessment tools are available to measure the success of such programs? How can we identify constituencies being underserved? Manuscripts are sought that describe successful (and even unsuccessful) approaches to information literacy for targeted groups and/or diverse populations in higher education. Manuscripts are also sought that report on quantitative or qualitative evaluations of the impact of information literacy programs, courses, and components of courses.

Who May Submit:
Manuscripts are sought from academic librarians, teaching faculty, and administrators in higher education who work with information literacy competencies. Please identify your submission with keyword: INFOLIT-2

Submission deadline:
Article submission deadline: February 29, 2012

Submission Procedure:
http://rapidintellect.com/AEQweb/rufen1.htm