CFP: Biographies Area of the 2025 Popular Culture Association Conference (PCA) Conference

CFP: Biographies Area of the 2025 Popular Culture Association Conference (PCA) Conference

The Biographies Area of the Popular Culture Association (PCA)  is soliciting papers for the 2025 conference that examine the connections between biography and popular culture. Papers and full panel presentations regarding any aspect of popular culture and biography are encouraged. Potential topics might include:

• Biography and entertainment, art, music, theater
• Biography and film
• Biography and criminal justice
• Television programs about biography
• Biography and urban legends
• Biography and folklore
• Biography and literature
• Scholarly Biography
• Controversial Biography
• Psychoanalysis and Biography
• Historical Biography
• Political Biography
• Autobiography

The conference will be held April 16-19, 2025 at the New Orleans Marriott, 555 Canal Street. Sessions are scheduled in 1½ hour slots, typically with four papers or speakers per standard session.  Presentations should not exceed 20 minutes. 

Below are some recent titles of presentations in the Biographies Area panels:

• Sex, Drugs, and Rock-n-Roll: Celebrity Biography through the Lens of Autopsy
• Will Rogers: American Folk Hero or Elitist Fraud
• Manufacturing “Soupy Sales:” Biographical Insights in the Emergence of a Comic Entertainer

Please see this link for details and guidelines on submitting to the conference:
https://pcaaca.org/general/custom.asp?page=submissionguidelines

If interested in submitting for the conference, please provide the title and abstract of your presentation.  

Deadline for Paper Proposals: November 30, 2024.

If you have questions, please feel free to contact Biographies Chair:
Susie Skarl
Associate Professor/Urban Affairs Librarian
susie.skarl@unlv.edu
72-895-2141

Call for Nominations: ALLEN ELLIS DIGITAL RESEARCH AWARD IN POPULAR CULTURE

Call for Nominations: ALLEN ELLIS DIGITAL RESEARCH AWARD IN POPULAR CULTURE

Please consider nominating a resource for the ALLEN ELLIS DIGITAL RESEARCH AWARD IN POPULAR CULTURE. This award recognizes the outstanding contribution of an academic database to the study of Popular Culture and American Culture developed within the past three years.  Criteria will include 

• Use of hypertext/networking.

• Use of supplementary/secondary materials.

• Breadth of archived material.

• Ease of searching, and

• Updatability. 

For more information, please contact the Committee Chair, Casey Hoeve, ellis.award@pcaaca.org,  or visit the website: https://pcaaca.org/awards/literary-film-electronic-awards

Please send nominations by December 02, 2024, to ellis.award@pcaaca.org or use the preferred submission form.

CFP: 20th International Open Repositories Conference (OR2025) - June 15-18th, 2025 - Chicago

The 20th International Open Repositories Conference (OR2025) will be held from June 15-18th 2025 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

The theme for the conference is: Twenty Years of Progress, a Future of Possibilities

OR2025 is the 20^th anniversary of the Open Repositories conference. We are marking this milestone with a conference theme that reflects the progress and contributions that the repository community has made toward equitable access to digital resources and research outputs. In addition, we are also exploring the future possibilities of what repositories can do to tackle the many global challenges that currently exist.

We particularly welcome proposals aligned to the overall theme, but also on other administrative, organizational, or practical topics related to open digital repositories. We are interested in the following sub-themes:

• Community: How can repositories continue to serve a global community with diverse uses and needs? What can we as a repository community do to create connections through integrations, foster trust in the material held in repositories and promote local and indigenous knowledge?
• Sustainability and Preservation: How can we ensure that repositories and their digital content last beyond the next 20 years in a financially and environmentally sustainable way?
• Inspiration: Have you been inspired by attending an Open Repositories conference to develop, implement, change practices or start a project? We would love to hear how this is going!
• Blue-sky thinking: What might the future of equitable access to digital resources and research outputs look like? How can we go beyond the status quo and AI as the answer to everything?

Submission categories include posters, workshops, lightning talks, papers, the repository showdown and panels.

Please visit the Call for Proposals page to learn more about the sub-themes and submission categories of the conference, including a full list of submission templates and key dates for submission deadlines and approvals.

The deadline for submissions is December 18, 2024.

We look forward to the vibrant conversations and learning opportunities of the conference.

Submitters should note that presentations are in person and there is no remote/pre-recorded presentation option.

Please see the registration fees on the Registration page (registration will open in February 2025).

Programme Co-Chairs:

Adrian Ho, University of Chicago

Ellen Catz Ramsey, University of Virginia

Dr Leigh Stork, University of Strathclyde

Contact: or25-program-chairs@googlegroups.com

For the Open Repositories Steering Committee:

Torsten Reimer and Liz Krznarich

Website: https://or2025.openrepositories.org/

Registration Open - ACRL/NY 2024 Symposium: Values in Context: Praxis in the Everyday (New York City - December 6th, 2024)

Registration is Now Open for the ACRL/NY 2024 Symposium!

https://acrlny.wildapricot.org/event-5884082 

ACRL/NY 2024 Symposium: Values in Context: Praxis in the Everyday

When: December 6, 2024, 8:30 AM-3:45 PM

Where: Fordham University @ Lincoln Center, 12th Floor Lounge, E. Gerald Corrigan Conference Center, Leon Lowenstein Building, 113 West 60th Street, New York, NY 10023

In the midst of the recent national and global upheavals, the ACRL/NY 2024 Symposium will explore the core values of library workers and libraries, and examine how those values manifest in the day-to-day work that supports our library communities.  ACRL’s strategic plan and ALA’s Core Values of access, equity, intellectual freedom and privacy, public good, and sustainability can inform this conversation. 

In 2000, the first edition of Michael Gorman’s Our Enduring Values: Librarianship in the 21st Century was published.  Later, in 2015, Gorman published a subsequent edition titled Our Enduring Values Revisited: Librarianship in an Ever-Changing World.  Across the two editions, Gorman identifies stewardship, service, intellectual freedom, rationalism, literacy & learning, equity of access to recorded knowledge & information, privacy, and democracy as foundational to library work.

We have a great lineup of presenters, lightning talks, a panel, and posters lined up for you.  We will be posting the details on our website soon. Hope to see you there!

We also want to extend a ‘Thank You!’ to our host Fordham University Libraries. 

ACRL/NY 2024 Symposium Planning Committee

Questions about the Symposium? acrlnysymposiumchair@gmail.com

Questions about Registration? Markaaron.polger87@login.cuny.edu 

CFP: Empirical Studies in Libraries Summit (ESiLS) - Virtual March 26, 2025

Call for Proposals: Empirical Studies in Libraries Summit

We are pleased to announce the upcoming Empirical Studies in Libraries Summit (ESiLS)<https://www.esils.org>, a forum dedicated to showcasing and discussing the latest research and findings happening in and about libraries. (Summit date: Weds., March 26, 2025; Format: Zoom, with some asynchronous options.)

This summit aims to bring together scholars, practitioners, and students who are engaged in empirical studies that advance our understanding of library practices, user behaviors, the impact of libraries on their communities, and more!

We invite proposals for presentations, workshops, and panel discussions that address, but are not limited to, the following topics:

• Innovative methodologies in library research
• User experience and satisfaction studies
• Data-driven decision-making in library services
• Impact assessment of library programs and services
• Information-seeking and user behavior studies
• Collaboration between libraries and community organizations
• The role of libraries in promoting digital or information literacy
• Case studies highlighting successful empirical research in libraries

Proposal Guidelines:

1. Submission Format: Proposals should be submitted by December 20th, 2024. Proposals should include: Title, Authors, Abstract and Format.
2. Review Process: All submissions will undergo a blind peer review process by the organizers of the conference. Proposals will be evaluated based on their originality, relevance to the summit theme, methodological rigor, and potential impact on the library community. Session proposals that do not include empirical data collection will not be accepted. Session proposals that are not accepted may be asked to convert their session to an asynchronous poster.
3. Notification of Acceptance: Authors will be notified of the acceptance of their proposals by January 20, 2025.

We encourage researchers as well as practitioners in academic, public, special, and all other libraries to submit proposals. Doctoral students are especially encouraged to apply. To further our commitment to inclusivity, proposers will have the option to disclose whether or not they are members of marginalized communities during the submission process. We aim to amplify the voices of those from these communities and strongly encourage their participation in submitting proposals.

Questions about the Empirical Studies in Libraries Summit may be sent to the organizers at info@esils.org. Additional information is available on our website at https://www.esils.org

CFP: Academic BRASS Fall 2024 Issue (Submission Deadline is November 17, 2024)

The Business Reference in Academic Libraries Committee of BRASS is seeking articles for the next issue of its online publication Academic BRASS.

Academic BRASS is a newsletter--not a journal--that publishes issue-based articles and information for the general and educational interest of BRASS members and academic business librarians.

Topics of interest to the editors are those dealing with business librarianship, such as resources, liaison and outreach activities, strategies, and instruction. Reviews of books, databases, and web sites are welcome as well. Maybe you have another cool idea - that's fine too - get those submissions in!

*Deadline for submissions for the upcoming issue is November 17, 2024.*

You may want to see previous editions. For access to the full text articles of past issues of Academic BRASS, see http://www.ala.org/rusa/sections/brass/publications/academicbrass

The typical length of an Academic BRASS article is 500-800 words, but past articles have been as long as 1,000 words or more. Authors should be guided by what they have to say rather than an arbitrary word length. All articles are subject to editing for length, style, and content, and there is a template on the "About Academic BRASS" page (https://www.ala.org/rusa/sections/brass/publications/academicbrass/about)
that provides formatting guidance. The newsletter follows the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 7th edition for all matters of style and citation. Authors whose articles include references to print or Internet resources are urged to observe the conventions set forth in that publication and on the APA website (http://www.apastyle.org/).

Please send article proposals or submissions to all of the editors Tim Tully (ttully@sdsu.edu), Judy Opdahl (jopdahl@csusm.edu), and Henry Huang (henry.huang@nyu.edu)

Call for Global Postcards Column: International Information & Library Review

INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION & LIBRARY REVIEW:  The International Information & Library Review | Taylor & Francis Online (tandfonline.com) is inviting submissions of 3000 words or longer for its Global Postcards column.

The “Global Postcards” column features news and reports from around the world. Contributions do not need to be lengthy but should be informative. The strength of the column is its broad, international focus, and contributors are encouraged to explore issues and share news relevant to their geographical region, as well as the larger, global audience.

Topics may include (but are not limited to):

• Reports from on-the-ground projects
• Recaps of conferences and meetings around the world
• Accounts of professional development experiences
• Summaries of research projects
• Grants and other funding opportunities

Submission Instructions

Interested authors are invited to submit proposals and articles to Stephen Bales at sbales@tamu.edu.  Manuscripts may be submitted year-round. Articles should be written in Word.

 

Some titles of recently published Global Postcards include:

• Historical View of University Libraries in Azerbaijan: ADA University Library Case Study
• Enhancing Business Competencies in Library and Information Science Program: A Case Study of Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary
• I am Ukraine, We are Strong: Thoughts of a Librarian after a Year of War
• The Libraries at Koç University: Building a World-Class Library in Thirty Years

Call for Participation: Libraries Advancing Community Learning to Reduce Substance Use

 Subject: Call for Participation: Libraries Advancing Community Learning to Reduce Substance Use

 

 

Do you feel that your library could do more to help people in recovery from substance abuse? Do you believe in the healing power of reading? Is your library an innovator in these domains? If you answered yes to any of these questions, we want to hear from you! 

 

We invite applications from public library workers and administrators who are interested in participating in an IMLS-funded national forum (Grant #RE-256563-OLS-24), Libraries Advancing Community Learning to Reduce Substance Use (LACL), which will be held both online and on-site at the Kansas City Public Library on May 15 and 16, 2025. Experts in the library and substance abuse recovery fields will engage participants to envision and create support for people experiencing alcohol use disorder (AUD) and/or substance use disorder (SUD) through reading, bibliotherapy, and peer-to-peer learning circles. 

 

Guided breakout discussion sessions will provide opportunities for participants to share knowledge and develop resources to:

• facilitate social connections
• develop working relationships and partnerships with professionals in the recovery field
• recommend therapeutic uses of literature and provide support for reading groups focusing on AUD and/or SUD
• support library staff suffering from AUD and/or SUD and secondary trauma
• apply effective marketing and outreach tactics that reach people who will benefit from these efforts.

 

The forum will provide the basis for an openly available online toolkit that can be used in public libraries.

 

Selected participants will be able to participate on-site. All on-site participants will expected to actively participate in discussions and contribute to the toolkit. They will be provided with travel, two nights’ accommodation at a hotel near the event space, and a stipend for meals not included at the conference. Any library staff member who wishes to learn and contribute to the event can attend the online sessions for free and will be invited to provide feedback on the preliminary materials.

 

Apply:

On-site event, Kansas City

Online-only event

 

Applications for the on-site event are due October 31, 2024. 

 

The project team will review applications and select 50 participants for the on-site forum. We aim to include adult-services public library workers who represent a diverse cross-section of the U.S. (i.e., urban, rural, diverse socio-cultural demographic characteristics, etc.) and from different sizes of libraries. Priority will be given to applicants who have experience with substance abuse recovery programs, facilitating reading and learning groups, outreach, social services, and/or those who represent underserved communities. 

 

Notifications of acceptance will be issued by November 30, and selected participants must confirm their participation by December 15. 

 

Jenny S. Bossaller

Associate Professor

School of Information Science & Learning Technologies

University of Missouri

CFP: Figuring It Out: The Search for Meaningful Metrics - Advances in Library Administration and Organization

Call for Proposals

Advances in Library Administration and Organization
Volume 45: Figuring It Out: The Search for Meaningful Metrics

Series Editor/Volume Co-Editor: David Ketchum, University of Oregon
Volume Co-Editor: Katy Miller, University of Central Florida

Telling the story of one’s library through assessment has always been an essential aspect of library administration and management, but doing this work effectively can be challenging. Even for experienced library leaders, sustaining awareness of varying audiences and changing priorities, as well as keeping up with best practices for assessment and reporting, require ongoing consideration and adaptation. This is particularly true if the goal is to enhance perception and build support among stakeholders while securing essential funding and resources.

ALAO seeks chapter submissions for a volume entitled Figuring It Out: The Search for Meaningful Metrics. This volume will examine the concepts, challenges, and successes of assessment and storytelling in libraries.Proposals that emphasize research-based and methodologically strong projects will be prioritized and proposals in the following areas would be of particular interest:

• Knowing your audience and what to assess
• Using data to tell effective stories
• Learning from approaches that proved less effective
• Approaches that demonstrate impact rather than just outcomes
• Challenges and issues
• Deciding to use qualitative vs. quantitative metrics
• Success stories

ALAO (https://www.emerald.com/insight/publication/issn/0732-0671) publishes long-form research and content, theoretical and philosophical discussions, and in-depth accounts of practice related to library administration and organization. The series helps answer the questions, “How have libraries been managed and how could they be managed better?” Through this series, readers explore library-related challenges and solutions and glean new approaches to library administration and organization.

How to Submit
We are currently seeking proposals for the 2026 volume, Figuring It Out: The Search for Meaningful Metrics. If you are interested in contributing to this volume, please complete this form - including a brief author bio and chapter proposal - no later than September 30, 2024, https://forms.gle/eYExtzc8V3n8EEpa8. 

Chapters with multiple authors are welcome! Contact David Ketchum at  dketchum@uoregon.edu  if you have any questions.

Deadlines

• Submission deadline for chapter proposals: September 30, 2024
• Notification of acceptance: October 31, 2024
• Submission deadline for full chapters: January 31, 2025
• Comments returned to authors: March 31, 2025
• Submission deadline for chapter revisions: May 15, 2025