Friday, September 28, 2018

CALL FOR ATG REPORTERS: Seeking Charleston Conference session reporters for publication, "Against the Grain"

CALL FOR ATG REPORTERS: Seeking Charleston Conference session reporters for publication, "Against the Grain"
 
Prior to the conference, contact reports compiler, Ramune Kubilius (r-kubilius@northwestern.edu), noting the session title/s, date/s, time/s of desired session/s for reporting (inclusion of the schedule url is helpful). To avoid duplication or overlap, reporters will receive confirmation of their sessions.

Guidelines:
  • Reports should be 100-200 words (preconferences and plenary session reports can run a bit longer, but not by too much).
  • The succinct reports should re-cap the highlights of the session. Minute details are NOT needed, since a number of speakers post their presentations in the conference website and many also submit papers to the Proceedings.
  • Reports should include any changes in titles or speakers that are revealed at the session and differ from what was presented in the listed program.
  • Note session highlights, whether the session proceeded "as advertised", or if there were some shortcomings.
  • Session reports will be due to the compiler, Ramune Kubilius, (r-kubilius@northwestern.edu) by Friday, December 8, 2017.
The reports will be published in "Against the Grain", starting in the first 2018 issues, in conference session order.

Thursday, September 27, 2018

CFP: 2019 Acquisitions Institute at Timberline Lodge (Mt. Hood, Oregon - May 2019)

2019 Acquisitions Institute at Timberline Lodge
Saturday, May 18 - Tuesday, May 21, 2019
Timberline Lodge
One hour east of Portland, Oregon on the slope of Mt. Hood

www.acquisitionsinstitute.org

Call for Proposals

WHAT IS The Acquisitions Institute?

  • Since 2000, the pre-eminent conference located in Western North America on acquisitions and collection development held at Timberline Lodge.
  • A three-day conference focusing on the methods and innovation of building and managing library collections.
  • A small (capped at 80 attendees), informal and stimulating gathering in a convivial and glorious Pacific Northwest setting.

WHAT TOPICS are we looking for?

The planning committee is open to Presentations and Table Talks on all aspects of library acquisitions and collection management. Presenters are encouraged to engage the audience in discussion, whether the presentation leans more toward the practical "here's what we did" sessions or toward the more abstract "here's what we think" sessions. We seek balance in the program by including both the practical and abstract points of view, either from one or two presenters or a panel of presenters. The committee may wish to bring individual proposals together to form panels. For Table Talks, the proposer(s) must be willing to facilitate the talk they propose.

Topics we and/or last year's attendees are interested in include:

  • Collections analysis projects (e.g., GreenGlass or Gold Rush experiences, altmetrics, etc.)
  • Assessment tools, methods, and projects (e.g., linking collections with learning outcomes; usage studies)
  • Managing liaison programs
  • New models for selection
  • Sustainable models for publishing/pricing
  • Effective management of collections with constrained resources
  • Vendor and publisher evaluation, including business skills to determine financial viability
  • Diversity, inclusion and social justice in acquisitions and collections
  • Negotiation skills and how to use them, including during library-vendor and library-publisher meetings
  • Innovative vendor-librarian relationships and/or partnerships
  • Staffing, training and development, and recruiting issues, challenges, successes (e.g., onboarding new acquisitions and/or collections staff)
  • Using data visualization techniques to tell our stories (e.g., budget, collections, staff successes, etc.)
  • Impacts of Open Access and Open Repositories on acquisitions and collection development
  • Data curation, including Big Data, and management and other new roles for subject and technical services librarians
  • Digital scholarship
  • Public library and/or small academic library perspectives in acquisitions and collection development
The DEADLINE for submitting a proposal is December 31, 2018.

Submission proposal form: http://acquisitionsinstitute.org/2019-call-for-proposals/

Important Dates
  • Thu 9/27/18: Call for proposals announced
  • Mon 12/31/18: Proposals due
  • Wed 1/16/19: Review of proposals complete, and presenters notified
  • Fri 1/18/19: Presenters confirm commitment to present
  • Mon 2/4/19: Registration scheduled to open

________________________________________

The Acquisitions Institute at Timberline Lodge Planning Committee is
  • Damon Campbell, University of Oregon;
  • Lindsay Cronk, University of Rochester;
  • Kristina DeShazo, Oregon Health & Science University;
  • Kerri Goergen-Doll, Oregon State University;
  • Kim Maxwell, MIT;
  • Nancy Slight-Gibney, Retired.

Wednesday, September 26, 2018

CFP: 2019 Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association Annual Conference—Biographies Area: Washington, DC (April 17-20, 2019)

Call for Papers: 2019 Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association Annual Conference—Biographies Area: Washington, DC (April 17-20, 2019)

Submission Deadline: 10/1/18

The Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association annual conference will be held on Wednesday April 17 through Saturday April 20, 2019 at the Wardman Park Marriott in Washington, DC. Scholars from a wide variety of disciplines will meet to share their Popular Culture research and interests. 
The Biographies Area is soliciting papers 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
Sessions are scheduled in 1½ hour slots, typically with four papers or speakers per standard session.  Presentations should not exceed 20 minutes. The deadline is October 1, 2018.
Proposals may be submitted on the conference website.

Please direct any queries to the Biographies Area chair:
Susie Skarl
Associate Professor/Urban Affairs Librarian
UNLV Libraries
Las Vegas, NV 89154
susie.skarl@unlv.edu OR susieskarl@gmail.com

CFP: ATG The Podcast (Against The Grain - Charleston Conference) @chsconf

Call for Proposals: ATG: The Podcast


Greetings!

Have you listened to an episode of the ATG Podcast (http://atgthepodcast.libsyn.com/) and thought, “I wish they’d cover X” or “I’d like to interview Z”? Well, we’re now accepting proposals for podcast episodes!

Click here to submit your idea: https://www.charlestonlibraryconference.com/call-for-proposals-atg-the-podcast/

We welcome episodes that cover acquisitions trends, innovative projects, and discussions with vendors and librarians. Please note this is not a venue for product or service promotion.

Proposals will be evaluated on a rolling basis. A preliminary phone screening will take place prior to final approval and production of selected episodes. Please email Courtney McAllister with any questions and concerns at courtney@charlestonlibraryconference.com.

We look forward to hearing from you! :D

Many thanks,

Courtney

Tuesday, September 25, 2018

CFP: The International Journal of Information, Diversity, & Inclusion (IJIDI)–Special Issue on Engaging Disability: Social Science Perspectives on Information and Inclusion

Call for Papers: The International Journal of Information, Diversity, & Inclusion (IJIDI)–Special Issue
"Engaging Disability: Social Science Perspectives on Information and Inclusion”
The International Journal of Information, Diversity, & Inclusion (IJIDI) invites submissions for a special issue focused on social scientific perspectives on information and disability inclusion and empowerment. We welcome full research papers that make a novel contribution to this area of research; this may be empirical, theory-based, methodological, and/or practical in nature, and we encourage international perspectives and collaborations. We will also have a special section for student work, works in progress, opinion pieces, and professional reports.
Extended abstracts of up to 1,000 words for full research papers and up to 500 words for contributions to the special section are due by 31 October 2018. Authors will be notified of acceptance in mid-November, and final papers will be due by 1 March 2019.
We seek submissions from different disciplines and perspectives for this special issue of IJIDI. The goal of this special issue is to bring together researchers who focus specifically on Engaging Disability. Topics and themes related to disability and information access may include, but will not be limited to:
  • Physical, intellectual, and socio-cultural barriers and supports related to disability, information access, and inclusion
  • Analysis of international information policy considerations of disability
  • Hidden/invisible/latent disability
  • Engaging and including disability in libraries, museums, archives, and other information organizations
  • Disability and employment in LIS
  • Disability and higher education in LIS
  • Faculty and librarians with disabilities: Is technology inclusive or exclusive?
  • Accessibility and usability (broadly conceived)
  • Children and youth with disabilities in the context of information concepts
  • Intersectionality and disability: Exploring multiple identities
  • The disability culture: Information and technology issues

Kim M. Thompson of the University of South Carolina will be guest editor for this issue, which is scheduled for publication in October 2019. Please contact KimThompson@sc.edu should you have any questions about this call. IJIDI Author Guidelines are available at: http://publish.lib.umd.edu/IJIDI/about/submissions#authorGuidelines.
Schedule: Call for Papers: October 2018
Extended Abstracts due: 31 October 2018 (with notification of acceptance by mid-November 2018)
Accepted Papers due: 1 March 2019
Peer Review: March 2019
Revised Papers due: 1 July 2019
Publication: October 2019 (issue 4)

CFP: ALA ALCTS CaMMS Cataloging and Classification Research Interest Group (ALA Midwinter - Seattle - January 26, 2019)

Call for Proposal: ALA ALCTS CaMMS Cataloging and Classification Research Interest Group

The ALCTS CaMMS Cataloging & Classification Research Interest Group seeks speakers to present at the ALA Midwinter Conference to be held in Seattle, WA on Saturday, Jan 26, 2019 from 3 to 4 p.m.

Full presentations that are accepted are asked to be about 15 minutes long and the accepted light presentations 5-10 minutes long. Audience questions and discussion after the presentations are encouraged. Below are the details:

Theme: Research on Cataloging and Classification and Its Applications within and beyond the Library

Topics include (but not limited to):

  • Classification, categorization and clustering in facilitating resource organization, description and retrieval;
  • Classification schemes, adapting or developing classification systems for describing and classifying digital documents in the library and the web;
  • Application of bibliographic classification principles in working with digital collections and metadata in institutional and digital repositories;
  • Ethical issues in subject analysis and biases in classification schemes, thesauri and other knowledge organization systems;
  • Thesauri in modern information retrieval and automatic text classification;
  • Collaboration with graduate students, faculty and researchers in digital humanities, science and other fields on data curation related projects on campus and beyond;
  • Transforming library bibliographic data from MARC to BIBFRAME, RDA and the Library Reference Model;
  • Communications between technical services, digital initiatives and public services;
  • Semantic web and LOD technologies in working with library data, and cataloger's responsibilities in the linked data environment.


Please email proposals to the Co-Chairs by Wednesday, October 31, 2018. In your proposal, please include the following:
· Presentation title
· Abstract: 150-300 words
· Amount of time needed to make the presentation
· Names and positions of presenter(s)
· Email address(es) of presenter(s)

We look forward to hearing from you!

CCRIG Co-Chairs, 2018-2019
Sai Deng  sai.deng@ucf.edu
Becky Skeen  becky.skeen@usu.edu

CCRIG Co-Vice Chairs, 2018-2019
Amy B. Bailey  abbailey@indiana.edu
Jianying Shou  jianying.shou@duke.edu

Thursday, September 20, 2018

CFP: IASSIST 2019 (Sydney, Australia - May 27-31, 2019) #IASSIST19

IASSIST 2019 CALL FOR PROPOSALSSydney, Australia from May 27 to 31, 2019

Conference website: https://www.iassist2019.org/

Conference hashtag: #IASSIST19

The 45th annual conference of the International Association for Social Science Information Services and Technology (IASSIST<http://iassistdata.org/>) will be held in Sydney, Australia from May 27 to 31, 2019.

Data Down Under: Exploring “Data Firsts”

This IASSIST conference is about a lot of “firsts.” This is the first time the IASSIST conference has been hosted in the Southern Hemisphere, and it’s the first to be held in Winter since the very first one in February 1977. Why not share with us your “firsts”? What new and novel projects are you working on? What worked or didn’t work on your first attempt, and what have you learned from that experience?

However, there are a lot of ways to explore “data firsts.” As data professionals, we also put data first; however, in today’s climate, where increasing amounts of misinformation are being widely spread via the internet and social media without facts and data to back it up, not everyone shares our values. So how can we educate and advocate to bring “data first” back into the minds of our students, researchers, funders, etc.? How do we share our love of data and its importance as a valuable asset to a library collection or archive?

We welcome submissions that share ways in which our IASSIST community is putting “data first” and experiencing “firsts.” Some examples could be your experiences:

  • Addressing issues around data policies, privacy, and ethics
  • Advocating the importance of archiving and preserving data in a climate of misinformation
  • Analyzing and visualizing data in new and novel ways to gain original insights into data
  • Data as numbers, pictures, words, and sounds
  • Exploring data across subject areas and geographic regions
  • Partnering with researchers and data producers to enhance sharing, reproducibility and long term access
  • Promoting data as valuable assets to a library or archive collection
  • Strategic collaborations to put data first
  • Teaching data literacy skills, emphasizing the value of a solid foundation, where facts and data support an argument
We want to hear about putting “data first” from all perspectives, from theory to application and what tools you used to get there. Suggestions on how attendees can take these ideas back and integrate them into their own practice are encouraged.

So please send us your “data firsts”!

Submitting Proposals - DEADLINE: November 1, 2018

We welcome submissions for papers, presentations, panels, posters, and lightning talks.

The Call for Presentations, along with the link to the submission form, is on the conference website:

https://www.iassist2019.org/2018/09/19/call-for-proposals-presentations/



Questions about presentation submissions may be sent to the Program Co-Chairs (Bobray Bordelon, Ashley Jester, and Kelly Schultz) at iassist2019@lists.iassistdata.org<mailto:iassist2019@lists.iassistdata.org>.



We are also accepting submissions for Pre-conference Workshops. The Call for Workshops, along with the link to the submission form, is at:

https://www.iassist2019.org/2018/09/19/call-for-proposals-workshops/

Questions about workshop submissions may be sent to the Workshop Coordinators, Eimmy Solis and Stephanie Labou, at workshops@lists.iassistdata.org<mailto:workshops@lists.iassistdata.org>.

Deadline for ALL submissions: November 1, 2018

Notification of acceptance: Mid-December 2018



Support for Attending Conference



IASSIST Fellows Program supports data professionals from underrepresented regions and countries with emerging economies. IASSIST Early Professional Fellows Program helps early career data professionals recognizing the value of innovative ideas. Applications can be made at https://goo.gl/forms/yttyvLUetnheZH5Z2 and will close December 23, 2019.

Address questions about the Fellows Programs to Florio Arguillas (foa2@cornell.edu).

Tuesday, September 18, 2018

Call for Proposals: Digital Initiatives Symposium 2019 (San Diego - April 30, 2019)

The Digital Initiatives Symposium at the University of San Diego is accepting proposals for its full day conference on Tuesday, April 30, 2019. 

Conference URL: http://digital.sandiego.edu/symposium

Proposals should fall into one of three formats:

  • Panel discussions: 60 minutes (please allow 10-15 minutes for Q&A)
  • Concurrent sessions: 45 minutes (please allow 10-15 minutes for Q&A)
  • Lightning talks: 10 minutes

We welcome proposals from organizations, including colleges and universities of all sizes, community colleges, public libraries, special libraries, museums, and other cultural memory institutions. This year, we are especially interested in proposals that consider:

  • linked data
  • social justice and open access
  • the future of open access
  • data management and sharing, open data
  • open educational resources
  • digital initiatives in instruction and undergraduate research
  • roles for deans and directors in digital and institutional repository initiatives
  • roles for disciplinary faculty in digital and institutional repository initiatives
  • diverse repository platforms and functions
  • digital humanities
  • copyright, licensing, and privacy issues
  • collaboration: interdisciplinary initiatives and collaboration within and between campuses
  • scholarly communication
  • technical applications related to platforms or tools
  • web archiving
  • web annotation

Submit your proposal at digital.sandiego.edu/symposium (Click on “Submit Proposal” on the left sidebar.) All submissions will be evaluated based on the relevance of the topic and potential to advance thinking about digital initiatives, institutional repositories, and scholarly communication.

Acceptance is competitive. Registration fees will be waived for accepted presenters.

Proposal deadline: Friday, Nov. 16, 2018

Call for Online Program Ideas - ACRL ULS (University Libraries Section)

The ACRL ULS Professional Development Committee invites proposals for online programs that may further ACRL members’ professional development, knowledge, and practice. Programs usually run one hour, including time for questions, and are offered via Zoom. The committee hosts several online programs throughout the year (prior programs here).
In 2018-2019, though we will consider all submissions, the committee is particularly interested in programs addressing the following topics:
  • Innovative Public Services Models, including Consolidated Service Points
  • Critical Librarianship, Diversity and Inclusion, and Social Justice in Academic Libraries
  • Scholarly Communication, OERs, Metrics and Altmetrics
  • Change Management
  • Changing Roles of Liaison Librarians and Functional Experts
  • Digital Scholarship Project Planning
  • Practical Assessment and Proving Libraries’ Value
Submissions are reviewed on an ongoing basis, but in order to be considered for a fall program, submissions should be received by Friday, October 5th, 2018. Please submit proposals at https://www.acrl.ala.org/ULS/online-program-proposal-submission-form/ 
Please direct questions to Laura Gariepy, Chair of the ACRL University Libraries Section Professional Development Committee, at lwgariepy@vcu.edu.

Monday, September 17, 2018

CFP: Performance Measurement and Metrics (PMM)


Performance Measurement and Metrics (PMM) is a leading double-blind refereed, international journal, charting new qualitative and quantitative developments and techniques for measurement and metrics in information environments.  


The journal is concerned with planning and development in libraries and the organizations of which they are part.  We invite authors to submit their original research papers related (but not limited) to the following topics:
  • Measurement, assessment and evaluation in libraries and other information environments
  • Uses of StatsQual, IT metrics, and informetrics to measure and then inform the management of libraries
  • Library and Information service value
  • The library’s role in the measurement of learning and in organisational accreditation
  • The impact and value of using social media in information services.
  • Infonomics
  • The value and impact of information/content/learning objects in education
  • The measurement and assessment of learning 
  • Performance measurement and management in higher education, museums and archives
  • The use of ‘business’ and web analytics 
Issue submissions should be made through ScholarOne Manuscripts, the online submission and peer-review system.  Registration and access is available at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/pmm.
Submissions may be sent anytime, year-round.

This journal is abstracted and indexed by:
  • BFI (Denmark)
  • Current Abstracts;
  • Education Full Text;
  • INSPEC;
  • Library, Information Science and Technology Abstracts;
  • Library Literature and Information Science Full Text;
  • OmniFile Full Text Mega;
  • OmniFile Full Text Select;
  • Scopus;
  • zetoc

CFP: Code4Lib (San Jose, California - February 2019)

Code4Lib 2019 is soliciting proposals for prepared talks!

Code4Lib 2019 is a loosely-structured conference that provides people working at the intersection of libraries/archives/museums/cultural heritage and technology with a chance to share ideas, be inspired, and forge collaborations. For more information about the Code4Lib community, please visit https://code4lib.org/about/.

The conference will be held at the DoubleTree by Hilton in San Jose, CA, from February 19, 2019 to February 22, 2019.  More information about Code4lib 2019 is available on this year’s conference website https://2019.code4lib.org.

We encourage all members of the library, archives, museums, cultural heritage organizations, and technology community to submit a proposal for a prepared talk. Prepared talks should focus on one or more of the following areas:

  • Projects you've worked on which incorporate innovative implementation of existing technologies and/or development of new software
  • Tools and technologies – How to get the most out of existing tools, standards, and protocols (and ideas on how to make them better)
  • Technical issues – Big issues in library technology that are worthy of community attention or development
  • Relevant non-technical issues – Concerns of interest to the Code4Lib community which are not strictly technical in nature, e.g. collaboration, diversity, organizational challenges, etc.

In order to provide increased opportunities for a diversity of speakers and topics, all presentations will be listed by title and description only during the voting period. Speaker names will not be included until the program is posted. We will also be soliciting 10, 15, and 20 minute talks. You'll be asked to indicate which talk lengths you would be willing to accommodate for your proposal. A separate call for poster proposals will be offered at a later date. There will also be sign up opportunities to present 5 minute lightning talks at the event.  


As in past years, the Code4Lib community will vote on proposals that they would like to see included in the program. The top 10 proposals are guaranteed a slot of their preferred length at the conference. The Program Committee will curate the remainder of the program in an effort to ensure diversity in program content and presenters. Community votes will, of course, still weigh heavily in these decisions.
Presenters whose proposals are selected for inclusion in the program will have conference registration slots held for them (up to 2 speakers per talk). The standard conference registration fee will apply.

Proposals can be submitted through Thursday, October 4, 2018 at midnight Pacific time. Voting will start on Tuesday, October 9, 2018 and continue through Thursday, October 25, 2018 at midnight Pacific time. The committee plans to announce selected proposals on Monday, October 29, 2018.

Thank you,

The Code4Lib 2019 Program Committee

Saturday, September 15, 2018

CFP: "Social Crisis Management in a 21st Century World," #library20 - Online Mini-conference October 17, 2018

We're excited to announce our third Library 2.018 mini-conference: "Social Crisis Management in a 21st Century World," which will be held online (and for free) on Wednesday, October 17th, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Daylight Time (click for your own time zone).

This event is being organized in partnership with Patty Wong, Director of Library Services at Santa Monica Public Library.

Our human condition has changed dramatically and has implications for libraries of all types on a global scale. Food insecurity and hunger, housing policies and homelessness, violence, mental health service needs, social, economic, educational and racial equity, substance abuse and drug overdose – all of these and many more challenges impact the people who frequent our libraries – as customers, students, faculty, and staff. Operational decisions continue to be influenced by social concerns. Join us for a series of conversations on how libraries have developed, responded, and championed programs and services to address some of these social crises and learn about outcomes. What’s the new normal for libraries in this world of social and economic disparity? Has it altered or enhanced our core mission?

Call for Papers

Library 2.017: Social Crisis Management in a 21st Century World
This online and participatory conference presents a unique opportunity to showcase research, work, and/or thinking on how libraries are responding to social crises: Food insecurity and hunger, housing policies and homelessness, violence, mental health service needs, social, economic, educational and racial equity, substance abuse and drug overdose
Sessions slots are 30 minutes long, and the suggested presentation time is 20 minutes maximum, with 5 minutes of Q&A, and then 5 minutes for attendees to switch session rooms to attend the next session. Please plan on not exceeding 25 minutes total presentation including Q+A time.
The Call for Proposals Is Open Now
Everyone is welcome to submit a presentation proposal. 
Proposals will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis starting July 15, 2018. The number of sessions will be limited, so you are encouraged to get your proposal in early! If your proposal is accepted, you will be provided with the ability to schedule a presentation time that is convenient to your time zone and work schedule. Early proposal submission and acceptance will give you the most flexibility for scheduling your presentation.
The deadline to submit presentation proposals is September 28th, but sessions slots may fill before that time. 
The Process:
Your presentation proposal, once submitted, will be listed on the Library 2.0 website, with the opportunity for members of this network to view, comment on, and/or "like" your presentation proposal. This will give you and the other members of this site the chance to share ideas and to make connections before, during, and after the conference. Additionally, it will allow us to gauge the popularity of your topic or approach. It is our intention that all serious proposals be given the opportunity to be presented.

Presentation Guidelines:

Presentations should be at least 15 minutes in length, and all sessions must be completed (including Q&A) within 25 minutes. All sessions will be held in Blackboard Collaborate. There is training information available for you at http://www.library20.com/page/trainingTraining is mandatory, and presenters are responsible for attending the training and being prepared to present in the conference platform. 

All presentations will be recorded and released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License. For more information, please visit: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). By submitting to present, you are agreeing to these terms.

Presentations must be non-commercial. Interest in commercial sponsorship or presentations should be directed to Steve Hargadon at steve@learningrevolution.com.

How to Submit Your Proposal:

Please follow these instructions carefully. It is your responsibility to make sure your presentation proposal is submitted correctly. You must be signed up on the Library 2.0 network and logged in to submit your proposal.


1. Copy the following text (highlight and ctrl-c on your computer):
Your Name and Title:
Library, School, or Organization Name:
Co-Presenter Name(s):
Area of the World from Which You Will Present:
Language in Which You Will Present:
Target Audience(s):
Short Session Description (one line):
Full Session Description (as long as you would like):
Websites / URLs Associated with Your Session:
2. Click here to open a new forum discussion post. You must use this link or your proposal will not be in the correct place and will not be visible to conference administrators.

3. Title your discussion post with the title of your proposed session.

4. Paste the template text (ctrl-v) into the body of the forum discussion post.

5. Fill in the session information according to the template. If you separate your answers with a blank line and bold the questions, it will make your proposal easier to read.
6. In the Category drop-down field, make sure it indicates Library 2.018: Social Crises - Proposal Submission. If it does not, please select this value.

7. Click the Add Discussion button to submit your proposal.
You are able to modify your proposal after it has been saved and up until the time of the close of submissions, which is September 28th. If you do modify your proposal after it has been accepted, that will place it back into the "submission" category and you will need to email steve@hargadon.com to place it back in the "accepted" category.

Acceptances:
Proposal acceptances will be communicated on a first-come, first-served basis starting August 1st and ending September 28th. If your proposal is accepted, you will be provided with the ability to schedule a presentation time that is convenient to your time zone and work schedule. Early submission and acceptance will give you the most flexibility for scheduling your presentation. 

Call for Chapters: Homeschooling and Libraries

Homeschooling and Libraries
Book Publisher: McFarland

Vera Gubnitskaia, co-editor, Library Partnerships with Writers and Poets (McFarland, 2017); public, academic librarian, indexer.

Carol Smallwood, co-editor. Library's Role in Supporting Financial Literacy for Patrons (Rowman& Littlefield, 2016); public library administrator, special, school librarian.

One or two chapters (3,000-5,000 words) sought from U.S. practicing academic, public, school, special librarians, LIS faculty, library administrators, and board members. Successful proposals will address creative, practical, how-to chapters and case studies depicting a variety of specific programs, projects, aspects, and angles of the library role and impact on homeschooling process, families, and students, within the library walls and beyond. We are also looking for ideas (whether implemented or not) that can serve as a basis, a foundation, to incorporate into an MLIS course; a Human Resources’ or an organizational plan, as well as a kick-start to personal career goals planning. A tentative Table of Contents can be provided per request.

No previously published, simultaneously submitted material. One, two, or three authors per chapter. Compensation: one complimentary copy per 3,000-5,000 word chapter accepted no matter how many co-authors or if one or two chapters by the same author(s); author discount. Contributors are expected to sign a release form in order to be published.

Please e-mail titles of proposed chapter(s) with a concise clear summary or brief outline of the main talking points by October 30, 2018, with brief bio on each author; place HOM, Your Name, on subject line to gubnitv11@gmail.com

Thursday, September 13, 2018

CFP: CALL/ACBD 2019 (Canadian Association of Law Librarians (Edmonton May 2019)

CALL/ACBD 2019

Get Informed | Be Inspired | Innovate
Renseignez-vous | Laissez-vous Inspirer | Innovez

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
May 26-29, 2019

Conference URL: https://callacbd.ca/Conference


The Annual CALL/ACBD Conference brings together our membership for a 4 day, social and educational experience, highlighted by our spectacular vendor showcase. Exhibitors from across the world come to showcase their new, old and upcoming products for Private, Government and Institutional Law Librarians.


We are now accepting conference programming proposals that reflect the


The deadline for the submission of programming proposals is October 22, 2018.

We will notify you by December 1, 2018 if we select your program.