Call for Participation from D-Lib

Call for Participation Section from D-Lib, February 2005 issue

Main URL" Calls for Participation

EGOV05 International Conference on E-Government, 22 - 26 August 2005, Copenhagen, Denmark. Call for workshop proposals. The submission date is 1 April 2005.

"The EGOV conference series intends to assess the state of the art in e-government/governance and to provide guidance for research, development and application in this fast-moving field. The annual conferences bring together leading research experts and professionals from all over the globe. EGOV 2005 in Denmark builds on the achievements of the three preceeding conferences (EGOV04 in Zaragoza, EGOV03 in Prague, and EGOV02 in Aix-en-Provence)."

For more information, please see http://www.iwv.jku.at/events/egov2005/call.php.


National Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education Digital Library (NSDL), Program Solicitation NSF 05-545. Call for proposals. The full Proposal deadline is 11 April 2005 (due by 5 p.m. proposer's local time).

"Building on work supported under the multi-agency Digital Libraries Initiative, this program aims to establish a national digital library that will constitute an online network of learning environments and resources for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education at all levels. In FY2005, the program will accept proposals in three tracks: (1) Pathways projects are expected to provide stewardship for the content and services needed by major communities of learners. (2) Services projects are expected to develop services that support users, resource collection providers, and the Core Integration effort and that enhance the impact, efficiency, and value of the library. (3) Targeted Research projects are expected to explore specific topics that have immediate applicability to collections, services, and other aspects of the development of the digital library."

For more information, please see http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2005/nsf05545/nsf05545.htm.


The 6th International Conference on Web-Age Information Management, 11 - 13 October 2005, Hangzhou, China. Call for papers. The submission date is 11 April 2005.

"WAIM 2005 is an international forum for researchers, practitioners, developers and users to share and exchange cutting-edge ideas, results, experience, techniques and tools in connection with all aspects of Web data management. The conference invites original research and industrial papers on the theory, design and implementation of Web-based information systems, as well as proposals for demonstrations, tutorials and panels."

For more information, please see http://grid.zju.edu.cn/waim2005/index.html.


Seventh National Russian Research Conference (RCDL), 4 - 6 October 2005, Yaroslavl, Russia. Call for papers. The submission deadline for extended abstracts is 15 April 2005.

"The purpose of this conference series (previous six conferences were held in St.Petersburg (1999), Protvino (2000), Petrozavodsk (2001), Dubna (2002), St. Petersburg (2003), Pushchino (2004)) is to stimulate evolvement of the Russian digital libraries community and encourage research in this field....Participation is sought from all parts of the world stimulating international collaboration in the digital library field."

For more information, please see http://www.rcdl2005.uniyar.ac.ru/en/news.shtml.


7th International Conference on Data Warehousing and Knowledge Discovery, 22 - 26 August 2005, Copenhagen, Denmark. Call for papers. The submission date is 15 April 2005.

"The objective of the 7th International Conference on Data Warehousing and Knowledge Discovery (DaWaK 2005) is to bring together researchers, developers and practitioners to discuss research issues and experience in developing and deploying data warehousing and knowledge discovery systems, applications, and solutions. This year the conference will also focus on autonomic aspect of data warehousing and knowledge discovery. Moreover, the conference will be supplemented with invited talks, panel discussion and industrial papers."

For more information, please see http://www.ifs.tuwien.ac.at/dawak2005/.


ISMIR 2005 - 6th International Conference on Music Information Retrieval, 11 - 15 September 2005. Call for participation. The submission deadline for papers, panels, tutorials, posters and demos is 18 April 2005.

"The annual ISMIR Conference is the first established international forum for those involved in work on accessing digital musical materials. It reflects the tremendous growth of music-related data available either locally or remotely and the consequent need to search this content and retrieve music and musical information efficiently and effectively."

For more information, please see http://ismir2005.ismir.net/.


12th European Conference on Information Technology Evaluation (ECITE), 29 - 30 September 2005, Turku, Finland. Call for papers. The abstract submission deadline is 18 April 2005.

" Now in its 12th year, ECITE may be regarded as one of the longer established academic conferences on the European academic scene. Even after this period of time the conference still attracts new ideas concerning the subject of information technology benefits, costs, success and evaluation. Of course it is a subject of considerable import and the way in which the use of information and communication technology continues to grow suggests that the evaluation of benefits, costs and success and even failure, will be on the academic and practitioner's agenda for years to come."

For more information, please see http://www.academic-conferences.org/ecite2005/ecite05-home.htm.


The Eighth International Forum on Virtual Communities, 14 - 15 November 2005, London, United Kingdom. Call for papers. The submission date is 30 April 2005.

"This conference is an opportunity for attendees and speakers to share best practices. With a focus on various species of virtual communities, we plan presentations or panels on:

-Social Software and Social Networks
-Collaboration Tools: Helping Communities Work Together
-Communities of Practice
-Communities of Users
-Geographic / local area Communities
-Case studies of Successful Communities
-Core tools and technologies
-Communities as pressure groups / Flash communities"

For more information, please see http://www.infonortics.com/vc/vc05/vc05.announce.html.

CFP: ...evolution through discovery: ETD2005

...evolution through discovery: ETD2005
8th International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations
University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
28th - 30th September 2005

We are pleased to announce the Call for Papers for ETD2005: evolution through discovery the key international conference tackling important issues of open access to scholarly research. Join this worldwide movement by being involved - your ideas and contributions are important.

Please see the three conference themes: http://adt.caul.edu.au/etd2005/program.html

To submit an expression of interest or abstract online, please see the Call for Papers page on the conference website: http://adt.caul.edu.au/etd2005/call.html.

We look forward to seeing you at the conference.

Andrew Wells
Chair
ETD2005 Conference
mailto:etd2005@unsw.edu.au


Tony Cargnelutti
Chair, Program Committee
ETD2005 Conference
mailto:etd2005@unsw.edu.au


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Hosted by:
Council of Australian University Librarians (CAUL)
The University of New South Wales Library
Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD)
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Conference organisers:
ICE Australia
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Holly Dowse
Event Coordinator

International Conferences and Events (ICE) Australia P/L
183 Albion Street
Surry Hills NSW 2010
Ph: 61-2 9544 9134
Fx: 61-2 9522 4447
holly@iceaustralia.com
www.iceaustralia.com

CFP: SPORT LITERATURE ASSOCIATION - ANNUAL CONFERENCE

CFP: SPORT LITERATURE ASSOCIATION - ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Deadline: March 31, 2005

The 22nd Annual Conference of the Sport Literature Association will be held June 23 - 26, 2005, at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. The Program Committee of the Sport Literature Association invites proposals for individual papers and complete sessions, including original fiction and poetry.

Those interested in presenting should send proposals by March 31, 2005 to:

Professor Michele Schiavone
Department of English
Marshall University
One John Marshall Drive
Huntington, WV 25755
Email: schiavon@Marshall.edu
Phone: 304 - 696-2387
Fax: 304 - 696- 2448

Proposals should include presenter's name, phone number, postal and email address, paper title, and a 250-word abstract (abstracts will be printed in post-conference proceedings). Indicate the type of presentation as research, fiction, or poetry. Research can include works of fiction, nonfiction, drama or film that feature sport themes.

Presenters will be notified of acceptance by April 22, 2005.

The Colonial and Postcolonial Lives of the Book 1765-2005

The Colonial and Postcolonial Lives of the Book 1765-2005
Call for Papers Deadline: March 1, 2005-03-01

'The Colonial and Postcolonial Lives of the Book 1765-2005' Institute of English Studies, University of London, Senate House, London, 3-5 November 2005. The primary focus of this major International conference will be on Asia, Africa and Australasia, although papers are invited on any aspect of colonial and postcolonial publishing and reading history within the specified period. Methodological or comparative papers across more than one region are also welcome. Highlighted themes will include: Publishing and the colonial system; missionary publishing houses; distribution and transport networks; British publishers in the Empire; local publishing; publishing Commonwealth literature; censorship and copyright;Imperial archives and current research; postcolonial publishing opportunities; globalisation, print and the nation state.

Further particulars and accommodation information may be obtained from ies@sas.ac.uk

Dr Mary Hammond
Dr Robert Fraser
Department of Literaure
Open University
Walton Hall
Milton Keynes MK7 6AA
UK
Email: m.e.hammond@open.ac.uk

Publishing and the First World War: Essays in Book History and Bibliography

Publishing and the First World War: Essays in Book History and Bibliography
Call for Papers Deadline: March 31, 2005

The editors would like to invite contributions to a planned edited collection to be ready for submission to publishers in December 2005. Essays from scholars working in any aspect of print culture relating to the First World War are welcome, but we would particularly like to hear from those working on the publishing industries, reading communities and distribution networks of countries outside the United Kingdom.
Suggested essay topics might include: WW1 libraries; the effects of paper and personnel shortages; endangered supply routes; newspapers and magazines; censorship; the editing and commercialisation of war writers since the war.

Abstracts of no more than 400 words should be sent electronically to both editors: Dr Mary Hammond (e-mail address shown below) and Dr Shafquat Towheed (SSTowheed@aol.com)


Dr Mary Hammond
Department of Literature
Open University
Walton Hall
Milton Keynes MK7 6AA
UK
Email: m.e.hammond@open.ac.uk

CFP: Storytelling: A Critical Journal of Popular Narrative

CFP: Storytelling: A Critical Journal of Popular Narrative

The peer-reviewed, quarterly journal , Storytelling, is dedicated to analyses of popular narratives in the widest sense of the phrase and as evidenced in the media and all aspects of culture. Although past essays have focused on children’s literature, comics, detective/crime fiction, film, horror/gothic, popular music, romance, science fiction, and television, submissions are by no means confined to these areas.

Executive Editors: Bonnie Plummer and Charlie Sweet, Eastern Kentucky University

Submission Details. Manuscripts should see the narrative as a reflection of culture; use theory to analyze the work, not work to illustrate theory; employ scholarship; and be written for the general audience. The executive editors are especially interested in visual accomplishments, bibliographies, and interviews with creators of popular narratives.

Submissions should include a short (50-word) abstract, be between 10 to 15 double-spaced, typed pages (approximately 3,300 to 6,000 words), and follow the _MLA Style Manual_ by Joseph Gibaldi (2nd ed., 1998), including parenthetical citations in text and an alphabetized list of Works Cited. Authors should submit two copies of their manuscript with a stamped return envelope if return of manuscript is desired.

Address submissions to:

Elizabeth Foxwell
Managing Editor, _Storytelling: A Critical Journal of Popular Narrative_
Heldref Publications
1319 Eighteenth St, NW
Washington, DC 20036-1802 USA

Email: storytelling@heldref.org
Visit the website at http://www.heldref.org

CFP: Freshman English and English Composition: Open Topic at "Literary Space(s)"

CFP: Freshman English and English Composition: Open Topic at "Literary Space(s)" SCMLA 2005 in Houston, Texas.
The deadline for submissions is March 15, 2005.

The Freshman English and English Composition Panel of the South Central Modern Language Association invites paper proposals for our panel at the 2005 meeting to be held October 27-29 in Houston, Texas. The
conference's theme is "Literary Space(s)." Papers are invited that address this theme and theory and practice in the teaching of freshman composition and English composition.

For more information about membership in SCMLA or the upcoming conference in Houston, please visit the SCMLA website at http://www-english.tamu.edu/scmla/.

Please send 500 word abstracts either electronically or via ground mail to:

Heather Salter
Department of Language & Communication
Northwestern State University of Louisiana
Natchitoches, Louisiana 71497
salterh@nsula.edu

CFP: Museum Discourse in/and Literature (MLA 2005)

CFP: Museum Discourse in/and Literature (MLA 2005)

Proposed Special Session
MLA December 27-30, 2005
Washington, D.C.
Deadline March 15, 2005

Andreas Huyssen (1995) has pointed out that “Few who have written on the museum in the 1980s have . . . argued that we need to rethink (and not just out of a desire to deconstruct) the museum beyond the binary
parameters of avant-garde versus tradition, museum versus modernity (or postmodernity), transgression versus co-option, left cultural politics versus neoconservatism.” How can literary (and cultural) criticism
contribute to a rethinking of past and present museum theory and practice? How does literature (not limited to English-language) reproduce and/or critique museums’ assumptions regarding nation, history, tradition, origin, authenticity, totality, art, universality, autonomy, race, class, and gender? How is literature mediated by museum discourse? How might the insights of museum studies be applied to the analysis of literature? Barbara Black (2000), Eric Gidal (2001), and Catherine Paul (2002) have demonstrated various approaches
to these questions. What other approaches are possible?

Papers dealing with the avant-garde, visual arts critique of museum theory and practice (e.g., Futurism, Dadaism, Surrealism; Fluxus, Haacke, Buren, Broodthaers) will also be considered.

Please send 1-page abstracts and brief bio. by March 15 to John Pedro Schwartz .

John Pedro Schwartz
jpedro@mail.utexas.edu
Ph.D. Candidate
University of Texas at Austin
Henderson Fellow
Department of English
University of Vermont

CFP: Travel and Tourism (Mid-Atlantic Popular American Culture Association)

CFP: Travel and Tourism (Mid-Atlantic Popular American Culture Association)

Conference: Mid-Atlantic Popular American Culture Association
New Brunswick, New Jersey
November 4-6, 2005
June 15, 2005

The annual MAPACA conference features roughly 90 interdisciplinary panels on a wide range of topics. We plan to run several panels on Travel and Tourism.

The Travel and Tourism panels encourage a wide range of presentations, papers, and multi-media displays about travel and tourism. The following is a general list of suggested topics, but other topics and queries are certainly invited.

Since travel writing appears in so many forms--novels and movies, fictions and non-fictions and meta-fictions, cartoons and websites, journalism and photo essays, advertisements and business reports, guide books and maps, reality TV and virtual reality--please feel free to consider a very wide range of materials and texts. These trips might take one anywhere from Disneyland to Holocaust memorials, from the Walt Whitman house to the top of Everest, from Grand Tours to forbidden countries, from personal misadventures to trips of a lifetime. These travels often challenge our assumptions about allegedly simple terms, such as tourist, traveler, map, picturesque, vulgar, forbidden, exile, pilgrimage, exotic, border--and many others.

I am also planning to organize two special panels. The first, "Traveling with Big Brother," would focus on security and privacy issues involving travel and tourism. The second, "Traveling with Little Brother/Sister," would focus on families and travel.

Please feel free to send questions or notes to Gene McQuillan, the Travel and Tourism chair, at Genekcc@aol.com. An abstract of 250-500 words is required by June 15, 2005.

CFP: Computers and Literature Discussion Group (MLA '05)

CFP: Computers and Literature Discussion Group (MLA '05)

Papers are sought for the "Computers and Literature" Discussion Group for the 2005 Modern Language Association Conference (27-30 December 2005, Washington D.C.) that explore how literary theory, including editorial theory, is responding to electronic (and hence infinitely revisable) texts. Papers are also welcome on the relationship between computer-assisted analytic techniques and literary theory. Abstracts of 300-500 words by 4 March; Susan Schreibman (sschreib@umd.edu).

CFG: Library Worklife Call for submissions (ALA)

CFG: Library Worklife Call for submissions (ALA)
Ongoing

URLs:
Main Page: http://www.ala-apa.org/newsletter/newsletter.html
Call for Submissions: http://www.ala-apa.org/newsletter/submissions.htm

The American Library Association-Allied Professional Association (ALA-APA) is currently seeking submissions for "Library Worklife: HR E-News for Today's Leaders." Library Worklife informs readers about issues - career advancement, certification, human resources practice, pay equity, recruitment, research, work/life balance - that concern all library workers. One way to ensure that the publication reflects your concerns and celebrates your victories is to become a featured author. Published monthly, Library Worklife is received by thousands of librarians and other library workers.

Library Worklife is the channel for library workers, administrators, and the public who are seeking change in the way our profession is defined, viewed, and treated. Regard it as a community publication, as multi-faceted in its purpose as its audience, revealing similarities and differences between the work lives of workers in all types of libraries, showcasing individuals/institutions/programs that have a positive impact on the professional lives of library workers, and educating about theories and trends that challenge current notions and practices. Library Worklife is sent electronically each month on the second Tuesday to subscribers and abstracts of each article are available on the ALA-APA Web site.

Please consider:
* submitting an article or editorial
* creating an article series
* debuting a concise excerpt from your research
* sharing a successful program
* reviewing and recommending human resources-related publications from the library and other disciplines
* submitting a speech tackling pressing professional issues
* describing how you manage new assignments and skill enhancements
* publicizing pay equity and certification initiatives in your institution/state/region.


Jenifer Grady, MSLS, MBA
Director, ALA-Allied Professional Association
American Library Association
50 E. Huron Street
Chicago, IL 60611
312-280-2424
800-545-2433, x-2424
jgrady@ala.org
www.ala-apa.org
Library Worklife newsletter
http://www.ala-apa.org/newsletter/newsletter.html

CFP: Examining Text on the Web & Cautght in the Web

CFP: Examining Text on the Web & Cautght in the Web

(Two notices...read on...was not clear on the cfp)

UPDATE: CALL FOR PANELS
The Center for Humanities, Arts, and TechnoScience (CHATS) presents: Structure, Space and Transmigrations
April 15-17, 2005
University at Albany, SUNY
Albany, New York

The State University of New York at Albany will host its third annual CHATS conference (formerly HumaniTech*), which focuses on examining the intersection between humanities, science and technology. The three-day conference will host an array of events, including academic papers and multi-media presentations, performance, exhibits, a plenary discussion, and keynote speaker (to be announced). We are particularly interested in panels and papers that take an interdisciplinary approach, and incorporate perspectives from a wide range of disciplines. Priority consideration will be given to those speaking to this year’s theme, “Structure, Space and Transmigrations.” Works from all fields and disciplines are welcome.


CAUGHT IN THE WEB
Call for Papers on the exploration and examination of text on the Web

As a freelance writer for a webzine, I have been interested in the growing phenomena of text on the net. Of interest will be diverse opinions on the concept of writing for the internet. Topics can include, but are not limited to: Anonymity – how does anonymity play into creating a community between the virtual audience and authors? Can there be a community when there is anonymity? What constitutes a community? Are these “real” or “imagined” communities? How does writing for the web differ from “paper” texts? Is writing for the web to be considered a legitimate means of communication versus printed texts? Is printed text becoming obsolete? Where does ‘blogging’ fit into this and what is it? Is a blogger an author? Are we all authors? Are we “caught in the web”? Where will our fascination with the web lead us?

Papers from a variety of disciplines are welcomed, such as, but not limited to: Psychology, English, History, Sociology, Cultural Studies, etc. Proposals should be no longer than 500 words and should be directed to Paula Yablonsky at _pachya1@aol.com no later than February 23, 2005.

For further info, visit

http://www.albany.edu/humanitech


* HumaniTech is used with permission from Barbara L. Cohen and the Regents of the University of California.

CFP: Technical Writing Open Topic

CFP: Technical Writing Open Topic

Proposals are invited for a regular session at the 2005 meeting of the South Central Modern Language Association in Houston, Texas, October 27-29, 2005.

Technical Writing, Open Topic - This session welcomes any paper that addresses any aspect of technical writing. Possible topics include: Teaching aspects of technical writing; Ethnics in technical writing; Successful techniques in teaching technical writing; Service learning in teachnical writing; Using technology in the technical writing classroom.

For more information on the conference, visit
http://www.ou.edu/scmla/HoustonConvInfo.html

Email submissions are encouraged. Send 500 word proposals for 15-minute papers by February 20, 2005 to:

tamaram@latech.edu

Tamara Powell
English Department
Louisiana Tech University

Call for User Group Discussion Leaders (NASIG 2005)

Call for User Group Discussion Leaders (NASIG 2005)
NASIG 2005 Annual Conference
May 19-22, 2005
Minneapolis, MN

On May 19, 2005, the President of the North American Serials Interest Group will open the first session of NASIG's 20th annual conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota. As in the past, this year's conference will include User Group Lunches. The purpose of these groups is to share product
implementation or development experiences and ideas. User Group attendees will have an opportunity to discuss topics of common interest in a non-commercial setting.

User Group Lunches will take place on Friday, May 20th, 12:45-2:15. The Program Planning Committee invites suggestions to be considered by these groups and would like to hear from any conference attendee who would like to facilitate a User Group.

Please send your User Group suggestions or volunteer to lead a group by contacting Pat Loghry at:

PATRICIA.A.LOGHRY.1@ND.EDU

The deadline for this call for topics and volunteers is April 8, 2005. The person requesting and the person facilitating the User Group must be registered for the full conference.

For more information about the North American Serials Interest Group, please see: http://www.nasig.org.

Call for Poster Session Proposals (NASIG 2005)

Call for Poster Session Proposals (NASIG 2005)
Conference Dates: May 19-22, 2005
Conference Location: Minneapolis, MN
Deadline: March 25, 2005

The NASIG Program Planning Committee invites applications to present a poster session at the 20th NASIG conference in Minneapolis, MN, May 19-22, 2005! The theme of the conference is "Roaring Into Our Twenties."

Poster sessions provide an opportunity to share innovative ideas and new applications of technology. Poster sessions may present a report of a research study, an analysis of a practical problem-solving effort, or a description of an innovative program that may be of interest to the
serials community. In keeping with NASIG's tradition of non-commercialism, poster
sessions focusing solely on a commercial product will not be accepted.

Presenters are assigned a bulletin board on which to display project documentation. In general, text should be brief and captioning should be in large and legible type. Informative graphics such as photos, charts and graphs are also attractive. The material should be presented in a logical
sequence. No electrical support is available in the poster session area. Posters will be on display in the Hilton Minneapolis from 10:00 a.m. on Friday, May 20 until 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 21st. Presenters will be available both days at their displays during the morning break period.
Presenters should be prepared to discuss their poster session topic during this time. Handouts are STRONGLY encouraged so that attendees may take the presenters' main ideas home with them, and business cards are helpful for providing contact information.

To apply to present a poster session, submit a completed application http://www.nasig.org/public/posterform-05.htm and an abstract of no more than 250 words.

Deadline for submission: Applications must be received by Friday, March 25, 2005. Members of the Program Planning Committee's Sub-committee on Poster Sessions will evaluate abstracts, and presenters will be notified by April 8, 2005.

For additional information and instructions, see the Poster Session Guidelines (http://www.nasig.org/public/posterguide-2005.htm) or contact
Program Planning Committee Co-Chairs : Emily McElroy and Marilyn Geller

CFP – 2005 Midwest Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association Conference

CFP – 2005 Midwest Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association Conference
October 14-16, 2005
St. Louis, MO.
Deadline: April 30, 2005

Abstracts and panel proposals are now being accepted by the History and Popular Culture Area of the Midwest Popular Culture Association for possible inclusion at the 2005 Midwest Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association conference in St. Louis, MO. The conference will be held October 14-16, 2005 at the Westin St. Louis. For more information about the conference, please visit http://www3.niu.edu/mpca/. (follow the link for the area chairs)

Of particular note:

Libraries, Museums, and CollectingTom Caw (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee), 4317 N. Prospect Ave., Shorewood WI 53211, tscaw@uwm.edu

We are looking for abstracts, single paper proposals and panel proposals on any aspect of popular history in American culture, including, but not limited to, historically based leisure activities such as genealogy, quilt and antique collecting and scrapbooking, local history collections and activities, visitorship to historical museums/sites, heritage tourism, and popular portrayals of historical events, people and/or eras in movies, television and popular fiction. Presentations exploring nostalgia and heritage in popular culture are also encouraged.

Potential participants do not need to be members to submit proposals; however, membership in either MPCA or MACA and registration for the conference are required in order to present. The deadline for conference registration is September 15, 2005.

Please send (100-250 words) paper proposals, panel proposals (4 speakers and/or discussion panels of 4-6 participants) or abstracts (including title) by April 30, 2005 to Jennifer Stevens, Area Chair, either by email at: steve231@msu.edu

or by mail to:
Jennifer Stevens
Dept. of Writing, Rhetoric and American Cultures
235 Ernst Bessey Hall
Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1033

Please remember to provide your contact information (name, affiliation, preferred mailing address, phone numbers, and email address) as well.

Paper acceptance obligates participants to present the paper at the conference. Multiple submissions to different areas are not allowed. Please note that you must be present at the conference to read your own paper.

Call for Papers: Reading the Magazine in the 19th Century

Call for Papers: Reading the Magazine in the 19th Century
A panel discussion at Sight Lines: An American Studies Conference on the Science and Culture of Vision, New England American Studies Association, Annual Conference, September 23-24, 2005

In _American Flâneur_ (2004), James Werner argues for affinities between the 19th century reader of magazines and the flâneur who strolls the streets of the city. He writes: "The density and variety of the magazine's topography mimics the crowding and intensity of experience in a major metropolis." Moreover, in both the magazine and the city, the lines between "politics and commerce . information and exhortation, judgment and promotion" are blurred, demanding of the reader-spectator a certain kind of discrimination and judgment. Thus the magazine not only mirrors the topography of the city, but serves to indoctrinate the reader into a certain way of looking.

This panel welcomes submissions on American periodical culture that explore how American magazines of the 19th century seek to discipline and construct the gaze of the urban spectator. In particular, we welcome papers that explore this question by reading generically disparate texts appearing within the covers of the same magazine: fiction and fashion plates, travel pieces and advertisements, book reviews and "comicalities." As these features - in Werner's words -- "jostle each other, clamoring for the reader 's attention," what kind of reader -- of texts, of urban spaces -- is being constructed?

Prospective panelists are invited to send an abstract (500 words or less) for a 15-20 minute presentation to Brian_Sweeney@Brown.edu by March 1, 2005.

For the general call for papers and more information about NEASA 2005, please visit the conference web site: http://www.neasa.org.

CFP: Society for the History of Technology

2005 meeting of the Society for the History of Technology.
November 3-6, 2005
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Deadline: March 15, 2005

The Society for the History of Technology will hold its annual meeting in Minneapolis, Minnesota, November 3-6, 2005. This year's SHOT meeting is co-located with the History of Science Society. We hope members of
both societies will take advantage of this opportunity to explore topics that cut across disciplinary boundaries in ways that could benefit both HSS and SHOT scholarship. Please note that applicants should submit proposals to one organization (SHOT or HSS) only.

Call for Papers and conference web site:
http://shot.press.jhu.edu/Annual_Meeting/Annual_Meeting_Main_Page.htm

The Program Committee is seeking proposals for both individual papers and complete panels. In particular, the committee welcomes proposals from those new to SHOT who believe that an engagement with history can
help their own work, regardless of discipline. The deadline for proposals is March 15, 2005.

For more information, please contact: Dan Holbrook, Holbrook@shotprogram.org

CFP: 10th Annual INTERNATIONAL COMIC ARTS FESTIVAL (ICAF)

CFP: 10th Annual INTERNATIONAL COMIC ARTS FESTIVAL (ICAF)
Conference Date: October 13-15, 2005
Conference Location: The Library of Congress, James Madison Building, Washington, D.C.
Deadline: Feburary 25, 2005

The International Comic Arts Festival invites scholarly paper presentations for its tenth anniversary meeting, to be held at the Madison Building of the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., from Thursday, October 13, through Saturday, October 15, 2005. We welcome proposals from a variety of disciplines and theoretical perspectives. All proposals should address the history, aesthetics, cultural significance or critical reception of comic art (including comic strips, comic books, albums, graphic novels, political cartoons, other panel cartoons, caricature, or comics in electronic media). Proposals will be refereed via blind
review.

PROPOSAL GUIDELINES: For its scholarly presentations, ICAF prefers argumentative, thesis-driven papers, clearly linked to larger critical, artistic or cultural issues. We strive to avoid presentations that are merely summative or survey-like in character. Where possible, papers should be illustrated by relevant images (e.g., slides, transparencies). In all cases, presentations should be timed to finish within the strict limit of TWENTY (20) MINUTES.

Proposals should not exceed 300 WORDS. At the bottom of the proposal, the author should precisely state her/his audiovisual equipment needs. Note that ICAF cannot provide a
VCR, freestanding DVD player, or monitor. Proposals requiring computers or data projection equipment should include exact system specifications. (Presenters relying on computers are urged to bring their own equipment for backup. Though ICAF strives to meet basic equipment needs, we cannot guarantee the availability or compatibility of computer equipment.)

REVIEW PROCESS: All proposals will be subject to blind review by the ICAF Executive Committee, with preference given to proposals that observe the above standards. The final number of papers accepted will depend on the needs of the conference program as it develops. (In the past ICAF has typically accepted slightly less than half of the proposals it has received.)

SEND ABSTRACTS (with COMPLETE contact information) BY FEBRUARY 25, 2005, TO:

Prof. Cécile Danehy, ICAF Program Coordinator, Department of
French Studies, Wheaton College, 26 Main Street, Norton, MA
02766 USA
or via email at cdanehy@wheatoncollege.edu

Submitters should expect to receive confirmation of acceptance or rejection by 30 April 2005.

CFP: Literature and the History of the Book (Special Issue of Pacific Coast Philology)

CFP: Literature and the History of the Book (Special Issue of Pacific Coast Philology)
Deadline: March 1, 2005

PAMLA's journal, Pacific Coast Philology, will publish a special issue on literature and the history of the book. Papers are invited on literary relationships to aspects of print and manuscript culture. Topics include,
but are not limited to, reading practices, relations between writers and publishers, the material book, publishing practices, authorship, censorship, textual transmission, relationships between oral culture and the cultures of writing and print, literature in the electronic age.

Please send inquiries and submissions to

Professor Beverly Voloshin
Department of English
San Francisco State University
1600 Holloway Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94132
volsand@pacbell.net

The deadline for submission is 1 March 2005. The special issue will appear at the beginning of 2006.

Guidelines for submission. Pacific Coast Philology follows a policy of blind submission: authors are asked to submit their essays in triplicate with the author's name on the cover sheet only. Essays should be between 4,500 and 8,000 words in length (there is flexibility at the upper end), and in format, they should follow the most recent MLA Style Manual.

CFP: ASIST '05 (New Deadline)

CFP: ASIST '05 (New Deadline)
The new deadline for submission of proposals for contributed papers and panels/technical sessions is February 4, 2005. (Web pages are not yet updated).

The date has not been changed on the web page, but the call is at http://www.asis.org/am05call.htm

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

Sparking Synergies: Bringing Research and Practice Together @ ASIST '05

American Society for Information Science & Technology 2005 Annual Meeting October 28-November 2, 2005, Charlotte, North Carolina

ASIST 2005 will focus on the diversity of perspectives and insights from all those participating in the information science and technology community, as they generate innovative ideas, define theoretical concepts or work out the nuts and bolts of imple,men,ting well-tested ideas in new ways and in new settings. A wide variety of plenary and invited speakers, moder,ated panels, poster sessions and refereed papers will explore this theme. Submissions by researchers and practitioners on any topic in information science and tech,nology are solicited.

TYPES OF SUBMISSIONS

Contributed papers
Contributed posters/short papers
Technical sessions and panels
Pre-conference sessions

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Deadlines
February 4, 2005 Contributed papers, technical sessions and panels, and pre-conference sessions due
February 25, 2005 Contributed posters/short papers
March 31, 2005 Authors/proposers notified of acceptance
May 27, 2005 Final versions due for conference proceedings

Who can submit
Individuals, ASIST special interest groups (SIGs), or institutions may make any type of submission. Proposers are welcomed from any academic, nonprofit, corporate, or government area in any part of the world. Proposers need not be members of ASIST. ASIST SIG chairs are encouraged to help coordinate proposals from their members.

Where and how to submit
All submissions are made electronically via a link from the ASIST Web site:
http://www.asis.org/am05call.htm

Call for articles -- OCLC Systems & Services: International Digital Library Perspectives

Call for articles -- OCLC Systems & Services: International Digital Library Perspectives

I am looking for articles related to the mission statement and coverage listed below for the next journal issue. OCLC Systems & Services: International Digital Library Perspectives is a peer-reviewed journal, with
an international editorial board. Please send all inquiries, expressions of interest, and/or articles directly to the editor. Thanks.

Brad Eden, Ph.D.
Editor, OCLC Systems & Services: International Digital Library Perspectives
beden@ccmail.nevada.edu

OCLC Systems & Services: International Digital Library Perspectives is a refereed journal which aims to provide wide-ranging coverage of developments in digital libraries and digital repositories, and the
Web-based delivery of cultural content. The journal is intended for information professionals, librarians, educators, students, and researchers around the world to share and exchange their ideas, initiatives, and
research results.

Journal Overview: OCLC Systems & Services: International Digital Library Perspectives covers
a broad range of subject areas relating to the Web-based delivery of digital cultural content. The journal aims to keep readers informed about current trends in research, and to report on new initiatives and developments. Digital libraries and digital repositories are a particular focus, together with relevant standards and techniques.

Coverage
Digital libraries
Digital repositories
Digital cultural content services
Web metadata standards
Web markup languages
Digital preservation
Imaging and digitization techniques
Usability studies

Journal URL: http://puck.emeraldinsight.com/vl=5222185/cl=50/nw=1/rpsv/cw/www/mcb/1065075x/contp1-1.htm

Call for papers: Journal of Information Ethics

Call for papers: Journal of Information Ethics

The editor of the JOURNAL OF INFORMATION ETHICS invites 10-20 page essays on ethics in conjunction with the following topics: the academy, graphic images, scholarly communication, or biometrics. Query, Robert Hauptman, Editor, JOURNAL OF INFORMATION ETHICS, LR&TS, St Cloud State University, St Cloud, MN 56301. hauptman@stcloudstate.edu

Journal URL: http://icie.zkm.de/publications/journals/ie

Session on risk management in informatics and cyberinformatics at RMCI 05

Session on risk management in informatics and cyberinformatics at RMCI 05

The 2nd. Symposium on Risk-Management and Cyber-Informatics RMCI '05 In the context of: The 9th World Multi-Conference on SYSTEMICS, CYBERNETICS AND INFORMATICS SCI 2005
July 10-13, 2005, Orlando, Florida (USA)
Deadline: January 26, 2005

http://www.cyberinformatics.org/rmci05/
CFP: http://www.cyberinformatics.org/rmci05/WebSite/callforpapers.asp

Please see CFP link above for list of topics.

Those who are interested may send an extended abstract of 300-500 words on
or before 26th jan 2005 to me. For other details please visit the website
http://www.cyberinformatics.org/rmci05/

ksc@library.iisc.ernet.in
Chudamani K S
Indian Institute of Science
JRD Tata Memorial library
Bangalore 560012

Contributors needed for EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY BRITISH HISTORIANS

Contributors needed for EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY BRITISH HISTORIANS
Contact by February 1, 2005
Deadline: April 1, 2005

Contributors needed for the following short list of remaining entries for EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY BRITISH HISTORIANS, a volume of the reference series, DICTIONARY OF LITERARY BIOGRAPHY. Each biographical, evaluative entry should be 3,000 words, to include list of subject's works and sources consulted.

Abel Boyer, 1667-1729
George Crawfurd, d. 1748
John Campbell, 1708-1775
Nathaniel Salmon, 1675-1742
Gilbert Stuart, 1742-1786

Completed entries will be due April 1, 2005. Honoraria will be paid for acceptable entries, and contributors will receive copies of the volume. Prospective contributors are asked to e-mail volume editor and include vita by attachment no later than February 1, 2005.

Dr. Jan Jenkins
Editor, EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY BRITISH HISTORIANS
Associate Professor of History
407 West Q Street, WPN 267
Arkansas Tech University
Russellville, AR 72801
Email: jan.jenkins@mail.atu.edu

CFP: Open Source Applications (Los Angeles Chapter of the American Society for Information Science and Technology)

CFP: Open Source Applications (Los Angeles Chapter of the American Society for Information Science and Technology)

LACASIS, the Los Angeles Chapter of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, is planning a workshop in March-April, 2005 on interesting open source applications. Do you have an information science/library-related project based on open source tools? We are looking for creative applications having to do with the analysis, storage, management, retrieval and/or dissemination of information in useful ways. We would like to emphasize local projects. Please feel free to forward this message to interested parties.

If you have a presentation idea, please contact:

Margaret Hogarth
Electronic Resources Coordinator
University of California, Riverside
margaret.hogarth@ucr.edu

About ASIS&T: Since 1937, the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) has been the society for information professionals leading the search for new and better theories, techniques, and technologies to improve access to information.

ASIS&T brings together diverse streams of knowledge, focusing what might be disparate approaches into novel solutions to common problems. ASIS&T bridges the gaps not only between disciplines but also between the research that drives and the practices that sustain new developments.

ASIS&T counts among its membership some 4,000 information specialists from such fields as computer science, linguistics, management, librarianship, engineering, law, medicine, chemistry, and education; individuals who share a common interest in improving the ways society stores, retrieves, analyzes, manages, archives and disseminates information, coming together for mutual benefit.

About LACASIS: ASIST's Southern California chapter began life in 1961, when it was chartered as the Los Angeles Chapter of the American Documentation Institute.

URL: http://public.csusm.edu/lacasis/

CFP: Culture & Power 10th International Conference: Recycling Culture - IBACS (Iberian Association for Cultural Studies)

CFP: Culture & Power 10th International Conference: Recycling Culture - IBACS (Iberian Association for Cultural Studies)
September 21-23, 2005
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
Deadline April 30, 2005

Culture survives today by means of constant recycling, in an optimistic attempt to overcome its own decadence in the 21st century. This conference invites papers that address this topic from a variety of
positions within Cultural Studies. We welcome papers dealing specifically with issues including the following:
* trash culture and/or the trashing of culture
* reinventing identities
* recycled bodies
* cultural hybridity
* collage and pastiche
* cut’n’paste culture in the internet
* academic fashions and Cultural Studies theory

Completed papers (max. 2,500 words) should be sent by April 30 2005 to cg.cultureandpower@uab.es
Papers can be presented in any of the languages of the conference: English, Spanish and Portuguese. Participants are also invited to join the Iberian Association for Cultural Studies IBACS.

Registration and accommodation details and other information about the conference will soon be posted on the IBACS home page at http://www.fl.ul.pt/ibacs

Enquiries may be sent to the organisers, Dr. Felicity Hand, Dr. Sara
Martin and Dr. Meri Torras at cg.cultureandpower@uab.es

CFP: Literature for Children and Young Adults Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association

CFP: Literature for Children and Young Adults Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association
October 20-22, 2004 Coeur d’Alene, Idaho

Papers on any aspect of literature for children and young adults are welcome. Presentations should be limited to 15 minutes in length. Please submit a 250-word abstract via email (word attachment) or regular mail to: Lance Weldy, English Department, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, 49008, lweldy@wmich.edu. On your abstract, please include your name, institutional affiliation (if applicable), email address, office phone number, and whether you will need any AV equipment for your presentation. If your paper is accepted, you must become an RMMLA member by April 1, 2005. More information about membership and the conference are available at the RMMLA website: http://rmmla.wsu.edu/conferences

CFP: DIGITS FUGIT! Preserving Knowledge into the Future (33rd Annual Museum Computer Network Conference)

CFP: DIGITS FUGIT! Preserving Knowledge into the Future (33rd Annual Museum Computer Network Conference)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Meeting Dates: November 3 - 5, 2005
Proposal Deadline: February 12, 2005
Proposal Forms: http://www.mcn.edu

We've all spent a great deal of time and effort organizing vast quantities of information in a variety of digital formats. We have now realized the time has come to focus on preserving the valuable results of that tremendous effort. In response, the theme for the Museum Computer Network's 2005 conference will be Digits Fugit! Preserving Knowledge into the Future. Come to Boston, where the city's historic downtown will provide a perfect setting to remind us of the value of preserving a proud past while keeping our eye
firmly on a glorious future.

As an organization, MCN has always championed back-office, mission-critical, "heavy lifting" aspects of museum technologies. We provided advocacy and professional development programs to help our membership accomplish basic networking and database efforts that transformed the record keeping part of
museum work. For years now, we have turned our attention to refining cataloguing standards, image digitizing technologies, developing smarter systems for inter-operability, sustainability, and electronic publication.

The good news is that collectively, we have become quite skilled at creating and delivering digital resources! The not-so-good news is that we now need to spend equally prodigious efforts at preserving the fruits of our labor. And as we know, this is not lacking in complexity! Fortunately, we have kindred spirits and friends in this effort and we will be making every effort to bring as many of them as we can to our conference. We will join forces with the Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC) who will produce a new two-day curriculum on Digital Preservation at the Omni Parker House, just before our conference. Speakers from Harvard, MIT, and the W3C will be on hand to lead workshops and speak on panels, and we will organize
facilities tours of some of the more well-known digital production and preservation sites in town.

Even though the theme will focus on digital longevity issues, MCN conferences are always open for presentations on all of the other technologies and concerns in our field. Accordingly, the Program Committee
is seeking presentations based on current and planned activities or research that focus on one of the following broad areas of interest:

Preservation Metadata Standards
Preservation Planning
Preservation Policy Development
Research & Evaluation
Storage Technologies
Standards & Interoperability
Digital Rights Management
Multimedia & Streaming Technologies
Collection Information Management
Collaboration & Data Aggregation
Point of Sale & eCommerce
Electronic Publication
Imaging Technologies
Intellectual Property Rights
Management Issues
Membership & Fund Raising

Proposals will be accepted in one of the following three formats: panels, workshops or roundtables. Each session must have a chairperson responsible for finding other speakers and coordinating logistics. All chairs must be affiliated with an institutional member or be an MCN individual member. Topics for the sessions should fall into at least one of the categories listed on page 1 of the proposal form. All proposals for sessions and/or workshops must be submitted on Call for Proposals form. To obtain additional copies or get more specific information, visit the MCN web site, www.mcn.edu or contact Susan Rawlyk at the MCN office by email rawlyks@igs.net or phone (403) 288-9394.

Call for Articles: "Biz of Acq" column of Against the Grain

Call for Articles: "Biz of Acq" column of Against the Grain

Against the Grain is a down-to-earth, practice-oriented library journal. Its goal is to provide acquisitions librarians in all types of libraries, and information sellers, with current information on events in the field, and practical insights into acquisitions techniques and processes. The "Biz
of Acq" column features discussions of key acquisitions topics by working librarians.

Ideas for upcoming "Biz of Acq" articles include:
* Cutting corners -- implications for finances and services when acquisitions functions are modified or cut
* The place of the acquisition department in the library -- compare sizes and types of libraries considering classification levels of personnel, size of departments, what functions are shared with which other departments
* Choosing a vendor / evaluating a vendor ? for approval plans, firm orders, standing orders
* New functions for acquisitions departments
* Outsourcing acquisitions functions ? effects on workflow, staff, services and organizational structures
* Acquisitions standards in a networked environment
* ILS migrations and their implications for acquisitions departments
* Making advance payments to vendors ? questions of accounting, internal and external auditing, financial risks, legal restrictions
* Contracts and license agreements
* Acquisitions personnel ? job titles, salaries, classification levels, career progression for librarians and support staff
* Ethics in acquisitions practice

Feel free to choose any of these topics, or one of your own. Theoretical articles, research reports, "how-to" articles, case studies, literature reviews and conceptual or opinion pieces are welcome. Article length should be approximately 1200-1500 words (4-5 pages, double-spaced).
Contributions may be written by individuals or co-authored.

URL: http://www.against-the-grain.com/

If you are interested in writing for "Biz of Acq", please contact the editor:

Audrey Fenner
Head, Acquisition Dept.
Walter Clinton Jackson Library
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
1000 Spring Garden Street (P.O. Box 26170)
Greensboro, NC 27402-6170
Fax: 336-334-4731
E-mail: fafenner@uncg.edu

CFP: Writing across the Curriculum (Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association)

CFP: Writing across the Curriculum (Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association)
October 20-22, 2005, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
Proposal due March 1, 2005

We invite papers on the purpose and methods of using media in teaching writing across the curriculum. Possible topics include, but are not limited to periodicals, television, films, billboards and internet as
sources for research and writing across the curriculum. Paper presentations will be 15 minutes in length.

Please submit a 300-word proposal and a CV to olaszild@msu.edu by March 1, 2005 (only MS WORD attachments, subject line: Conference proposal). In the email please include any A-V equipment needs.

Proposals will be read and email replies sent by March 15, 2005. All participants at the 2005 RMMLA Convention need to be current in membership dues by April 1, 2005, and register for the convention by
early October. For info about the organization, convention location, previous conventions and more, please visit http://rmmla.wsu.edu.

If you have questions, please contact me. I look forward to receiving your proposals! Thank you,

Ildiko Olasz, Section Chair
Department of English
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI
olaszild@msu.edu

CFP: Early Modern Technology: MLA Lit & Science Division (Modern Language Assn).

CFP: Early Modern Technology: MLA Lit & Science Division (Modern Language Assn).
The Question Concerning Early Modern Technology

A panel sponsored by the MLA Division on Literature and Science

Papers on machines, medicine, optics, perspective, techniques of projection and representation, industry, print as technology, theory, and related topics, 1500-1700.

Abstracts or papers by March 14, 2005 to Henry Turner (email: hsturner@wisc.edu).

Can also contact Catherine Belling, PhD, Stony Brook University School of Medicine, cbelling@notes.cc.sunysb.edu

NOTE: SORRY, I DO NOT HAVE CONFERENCE INFORMATION

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION Sparking Synergies: Bringing Research and Practice Together @ ASIST '05

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION Sparking Synergies: Bringing Research and Practice Together @ ASIST '05

American Society for Information Science & Technology 2005 Annual Meeting October 28-November 2, 2005, Charlotte, North Carolina

ASIST 2005 will focus on the diversity of perspectives and insights from all those participating in the information science and technology community, as they generate innovative ideas, define theoretical concepts or work out the nuts and bolts of imple,men,ting well-tested ideas in new ways and in new settings. A wide variety of plenary and invited speakers, moder,ated panels, poster sessions and refereed papers will explore this theme.
Submissions by researchers and practitioners on any topic in information science and tech,nology are solicited.

TYPES OF SUBMISSIONS

Contributed papers
Contributed posters/short papers
Technical sessions and panels
Pre-conference sessions

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Deadlines
January 21, 2005 Contributed papers, technical sessions and panels, and pre-conference sessions due
February 25, 2005 Contributed posters/short papers
March 31, 2005 Authors/proposers notified of acceptance
May 27, 2005 Final versions due for conference proceedings

Who can submit
Individuals, ASIST special interest groups (SIGs), or institutions may make any type of submission. Proposers are welcomed from any academic, nonprofit, corporate, or government area in any part of the world. Proposers need not be members of ASIST. ASIST SIG chairs are encouraged to help coordinate proposals from their members.

Where and how to submit
All submissions are made electronically via a link from the ASIST Web site:
http://www.asis.org/am05call.htm

Call for Contributors: The City and Urban Life (reference publication)

Call for Contributors: The City and Urban Life (reference publication)

Description: M. E. Sharpe, a well-regarded academic and reference publisher, seeks contributions on African cities for The City and Urban Life, a three-volume reference work. Dr Jan Rogozinski is the General Editor.

The City and Urban Life will trace the development of urban places throughout the world, from the first cities to the present day. Each section begins with an essay, describing institutions and historical developments shared by all cities in a region. The overview focuses on political, economic, social, and cultural factors to the extent that these affect urban life. The longer essays associated with each of the African sections have been assigned but contributors are invited to provide brief descriptions of significant cities, whether still existing or extinct (see below). The number of words for each entry varies from 100 to 2000. Each descriptive entry should present important facts about daily life in a city and, where space permits, trace changes over time. The project has already attracted a significant base of scholars from the US and abroad and we would welcome your involvement. Each contributor will receive full authorial credit, a monetary payment, and/or a complete set of the volumes. Upon agreement, a contract will be mailed to you.

For more information or to express your interest in contributing, please contact Steven J. Salm (e-mail address provided below), attaching a CV and indicating the cities on which you would like to write. Dr. Salm can also be reached by phone or fax at the following numbers.

For a full list of entries available and contact information, visit: http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=143309

Contact: Steven J. Salm Dept. of History, Xavier University of Louisiana sjsalm@xula.edu

Call for Poster Sessions: Society of Ohio Archivists Conference

Call for Poster Sessions: Society of Ohio Archivists Conference
Conference Date: April 13-15, 2005
Location: Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio
Deadline: February 28, 2005

The Society of Ohio Archivists requests submissions for graduate and undergraduate poster sessions for the 2005 Annual Meeting, "The Business of Archives: Tools of the Trade." Wright State University will host the conference April 13-15, 2005. Poster sessions allow students to share research results with professional archivists throughout the state. Poster session proposals are due by February 28, 2005. (Final posters do not need to be completed until April.)

Students in archives, library, history and related fields are encouraged to submit proposals. Poster sessions should relate to the conference theme, "The Business of Archives: Tools of the Trade." Sample topics include:
* research projects utilizing archival collections
* case studies of Ohio archives/libraries
* studies of archival digitization projects
* examinations of EAD, MARC and other standards
* other archives-related topics

Submit your proposal by February 28, 2005 via the online form. Poster sessions will be presented at the conference's evening reception on April 14, 2005. Students should be available to discuss their posters and answer questions at the reception. Guidelines for creating a poster session and information on space requirements are available on the conference website. Winners will be announced following the reception.

Students presenting poster sessions are eligible for the discounted conference rate of $15. Poster session winners will receive a t-shirt and certificate. For more information and to submit your proposal, please visit the conference website at: http://www.ohioarchivists.org/conference/postersessions.html Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.

Angela O'Neal
SOA Program Co-Chair
(614) 297-2576
aoneal@ohiohistory.org
www.ohiomemory.org

Call for Authors: Cites and Insights

Call for Authors: Cites and Insights

Cites & Insights: Crawford at Large, a free web-based journal of libraries, policy, technology and media, is now accepting and inviting program and conference reports in areas appropriate for C&I's readership.

It's a chance to be published in a widely-read venue, with as little editing as possible, with a byline--and in a timely fashion (aiming for 2 to 6 weeks between receipt of reports and publication).

Full details are at http://cites.boisestate.edu/reporting.htm

If your'e not a C&I reader, take a look at one or two issues (http://cites.boisestate.edu/ will lead you to all of them); it never makes sense to contribute to a publication you don't read or understand!

And if you're unsure whether a program or conference is "appropriate," or have questions that the site doesn't answer, just drop me a line: wcc@notes.rlg.org

Thanks--and I look forward to seeing, editing, and publishing your reports!

walt crawford

CFP: Ohio Valley Group of Technical Services Librarians

CFP: Ohio Valley Group of Technical Services Librarians (OVGTSL)
2005 conference - Rethink, Retool, Risk -
Conference Location: Newark, Ohio
Conference Date: May 11-13, 2005
Deadline: January 31, 2005

The annual conference of the Ohio Valley Group of Technical Services Librarians, serving Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio, will be hosted by the CONSORT libraries at the Cherry Valley Lodge, Newark, Ohio, May 11-13, 2005.

The OVGTSL Conference Planning Committee invites proposals for presentations From all interested persons - librarians, paraprofessionals, library school students, and others. That explore the challenges to technical services and collection development to rethink, retool, and take risks in collaboration, workflow, and management. Possible areas include, but are not limited to:
o Consortial endeavors with other libraries or cultural institutions
o Education and training
o End user involvement
o Maximizing use of vendor services
o Partnering with library departments outside of TS
o Partnering with vendors
o Preservation & digitization
o Space / storage
o Technology
o Web-based tools
o Workflow & procedures;

That can be presented within 45 minutes (e.g. 30 minute presentation, 15 minutes for discussion).

Proposals should include the following information:

Primary presenter
Name
Affiliation
Work address
Telephone number
Email

Secondary presenters
Name
Affiliation
Work address
Title of presentation
Abstract of no more than 200 words
Equipment needs

Proposals must be received by JANUARY 31, 2005, and sent by email (MS word format for attachments, please) to Margo Warner Curl at mcurl@wooster.edu. Please indicate OVGTSL SUBMISSION in subject line.

For more information refer to the conference website:
http://www.denison.edu/collaborations/ovgtsl2005/
or to the OVGTSL website: http://www.wku.edu/Library/ovgtsl/Home.html

Resource -- Chapter Topics (Newsletter of the ACRL Chapters Council)

Chapter Topics: The Newsletter of the ACRL Chapters Council

Chapter Topics is published two times a year by the Chapters Council of the Association of College and Research Libraries, a division of the American Library Association. It has lots of information from ACRL Chapters in the US including conference/workshop/call for papers information.

URLs:

Chapter Topics: http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/aboutacrl/acrlchapters/chaptertopics/chaptertopics.htm

List of Chapters: http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/aboutacrl/resourcesforwork/guidetopolicies/chapter2acrl.htm#2ten

List of Meetings by date:
http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/aboutacrl/acrlchapters/meetingsdate.htm

CFP: American Periodicals

CALL FOR PAPERS: American Periodicals

The editors of American Periodicals invite contributions on all issues related to periodical studies, including theoretical interventions in the field, studies of specific publications or historical figures, and pedagogical approaches to working with periodicals. We are eager for essays addressing everything from the earliest colonial newspapers and nineteenth-century literary magazines to contemporary periodicals, 'zines, and electronic serials. In 2005 we will be publishing a special guest-edited issue on the Modernist Little Magazine, and we are also beginning work on a special issue for 2006-07 on comics and cartoons. Recent topics addressed in American Periodicals include Norwegian-American Christmas Annuals, the erotics of Oriental tales in the early republican magazine, and the intersections between surrealism and the fashion magazine.

Further information about the journal can be found at our website: http://www.ohiostatepress.org/Journals/AP/apmain.htm. American
Periodicals is also published electronically at ProjectMuse:
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/american_periodicals/

American Periodicals is published twice a year, and it is the organ of the Research Society for American Periodicals. Information about the Society can be found at:
http://home.earthlink.net/~ellengarvey/index1.html

Please direct all contributions and inquiries to

American Periodicals
Department of English
The Ohio State University
164 W. 17th Avenue
Columbus, Ohio 43210

or via email to
amper@osu.edu

The deadline to be considered for publication in 2005-06 is March 31st,
but we of course accept submissions at any time for future issues.

CFP: Joint Conference on Digital Libraries

CFP: Joint Conference on Digital Libraries
Conference Location: Denver, Colorado
Conference Dates:
CFP Deadlines
January 27, 2005: Full articles, panel, and tutorial proposals due
February 10, 2005: Short articles, posters, demonstrations, and proposals for workshops due
April 5, 2005: Revision deadline for accepted articles and abstracts

URLs:

Call for Papers: http://www.jcdl2005.org/papersub.html
Conference URL: http://www.jcdl2005.org

The Joint Conference on Digital Libraries is a major international forum focusing on digital libraries and associated technical, practical, and social issues. The theme of JCDL 2005 highlights the powerful role of digital libraries as cyberinfrastructure. This cyberinfrastructure has the potential to engender the creation of new tools, research methodologies, and processes that will enable scientists and learners to investigate the natural world, the social world, and the human-built environment in new and previously unimaginable ways. As global interests in computation, information management, networking, and intelligent sensing converge, the conduct of research and education will be transformed.

Call for Authors: The Encyclopedia of World Poverty

CALL FOR AUTHORS: The Encyclopedia of World Poverty

We are inviting academic editorial contributors to the Encyclopedia of World Poverty, a new reference addressing the causes, effects, and ramifications of poverty worldwide.

This comprehensive project is a three-volume encyclopedia for college, public, and high-school libraries to be published by Sage Reference in 2006. The work is made up of some 800 articles, covering all aspects of world poverty and related disciplines in the social sciences, including terms and practices, profiles of poverty by country, biographies, and descriptions of poverty-relief organizations.

Each article, ranging from 400 to 5,000 words, is signed by the contributor. The General Editor for the encyclopedia is Mehmet Odekon, Ph.D., Professor of Economics at Skidmore College. Dr. Odekon will review all the articles for academic consistency.

If you are interested in contributing to the encyclopedia, it can be a notable publication addition to your CV/resume and broaden your publishing credits. We are offering a free set of the 3-volume work (a $300 value) as compensation to contributors. To earn the free set, contributors need to select and write articles that total 3,000 words. This amounts to a selection of 3 to 6 articles as a minimum. The deadline for article submission is August 15, 2005.

The list of available articles is already prepared, and as a next step we will e-mail you the Article List (Word file) from which you can select topics that best fit your expertise and interests. Additionally, the list includes Style Guidelines that detail article specifications.

If you would like to contribute to building a truly outstanding reference with the Encyclopedia of World Poverty, please contact me by the e-mail information below. Please provide a brief summary of your academic/publishing credentials. Thanks very much.

Geoff Golson
GOLSON BOOKS. LTD.
35 Wolf Road
Croton-on-Hudson, NY 10520
(914) 271-6390
Email: golsonbooks@hotmail.com

CFP: Originality, Imitation, and Plagiarism

Call for Papers: Originality, Imitation, and Plagiarism
ocation: Michigan, United States
Call for Papers Deadline: March 15, 2005

Originality, Imitation, and Plagiarism: A Cross-Disciplinary Conference on Writing
September 23-25, 2005

The Gayle Morris Sweetland Writing Center invites proposals for papers or panels exploring the inter-related issues of originality, imitation, and plagiarism for students, scholars, professional writers, and readers. Papers may address such issues as theories of invention; intellectual property; plagiarism and professional ethics; imitation and replication in science writing; the history of patents, trademarks and copyright; originality/imitation and authorship; cultural differences in regard to authority and invention; the ownership of texts and free textual use; academic plagiarism policies and student honor codes; peer tutoring and writing; cultural norms and differences; internet usage and publication; and other relevant issues. Speakers will include Anis Bawarshi, Charles Bazerman, Mario Biagioli, Nicholas Delbanco, Michael Grossberg, N. Katherine Hayles, Lawrence Lessig, Daniel Okrent, Jacqueline Jones Royster, Siva Vaidhyanathan, and Martha Woodmansee.

Applicants should submit a one-page (300-word) proposal and one-page C.V.

Materials should be sent by mail to Conference 2005, Sweetland Writing Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1003, or as attachments to:
Email: confswc@umich.edu

Visit the website at http://www.lsa.umich.edu/swc

Call for Papers : Symposium on Book Culture Studies

Call for Papers : Symposium on Book Culture Studies, sponsored by the
Canadian Association for the Study of Book Culture / Association Canadienne
pour l'étude de l'histoire du livre

Place: University of Western Ontario, at the annual Congress of the
Humanities and Social Sciences

Date: 31 May and 1 June, 2005.

Theme: Inside & Outside: the material book in cultural and literary contexts

The Canadian Association for the Study of Book Culture seeks paper
proposals for its conference at the Congress of the Humanities and Social
Sciences. We define book culture broadly to refer to studies in the
history of the book, literary and cultural history, historical
bibliography, etc. The Conference will offer scholars working in a broad
range of humanities and social science disciplines in Canadian universities
to meet on the common ground of studies of book and print cultures. The
conference organizers will consider papers on all periods and places, and
are looking for works that contribute to the study of written communication
by any writer, in any medium, language or genre.

Proposals should be a maximum of [250 words] and include a title and
abstract, indicating the research basis of the study as well as the
argument of the paper.

Papers may be in French or English and should not exceed 20
minutes. Please forward proposals by February 1st. Presenters must belong
to the Association.

Papers in English should be forwarded to:

Prof. Robert Brazeau
Dept. of English and Film Studies
University of Alberta
Edmonton, AB
T6G 2E5
rbrazeau@ualberta.ca

Papers in French should be forwarded to:

Josée Vincent
Département des lettres et communications
Université de Sherbrooke
Sherbrooke, Québec J1K 2R1
josee.vincent@usherbrooke.ca

CFP: Hagley Fellows Conference, "The Spectacle of Technology"

CFP: Hagley Fellows Conference, "The Spectacle of Technology"
Location: Delaware, United States
Call for Papers Deadline: December 15, 2004 (short notice by if anyone has something in the bag).

The Spectacle of Technology
Hagley Fellows Conference, March 19, 2005
Hagley Museum and Library, Wilmington, Delaware

The Hagley Fellows at the University of Delaware invite paper proposals for “The Spectacle of Technology,” the 2005 Hagley Fellows Conference. Stuart W. Leslie of the Johns Hopkins University will give the keynote address at this one-day conference.

The conference will explore technology as a spectacle from an historical perspective. We conceive the topic broadly to incorporate all aspects of the human relationship with large-scale, remarkable, complex, highly technical, or otherwise extraordinary technological systems. What technologies are perceived to be spectacular, as opposed to everyday, hidden, or unremarkable technologies? Which technologies have been viewed as popular, interesting, or accessible; and which technologies are considered arcane, difficult, or complex; and to whom? And how do these perceptions of technologies’ spectacle affect their development, marketing, use, and transmission? Examples of topics would include (but are not limited to): the “technological sublime;” tourism; expert subcultures (“geekery”); amusement parks; anatomical theatres; entertainment technologies (both public and private); and the public perception or reception of new technologies. Papers covering all historical periods and on regional, American, and international subjects are welcomed.

The deadline for proposals, including an 800-word abstract and a one-page CV, is December 15, 2004. We will accept some late papers, but final decisions will be made by December 17, 2004.

Hagley Fellows,
University of Delaware,
236 John Munroe Hall,
Newark, Delaware 19716

Email: hagley.fellowsconference@gmail.com

CFP-Comics And Fotonovelas - Second International Vernacular Colloquium

CFP-Comics And Fotonovelas - Second International Vernacular Colloquium
Conference Location: University of the Americas-Puebla, Mexico
Conference Date: October 26-29 2005
Deadline: March 15, 2005
Conference URL: http://www.ipsonet.org/vernacular/2005/

The Comics and Fotonovela area will accept submissions for panel and paper proposals related to the study and analysis of comics and fotonovelas. The term comics for the purpose of this conference refers to comic strips, single panel cartoons, political/editorial comics, comic books, fotonovelas/photo-comics, comic albums/graphic novel/drawn novel. Proposals related to illustrated texts and animation will also be considered.

Papers and/or panels can focus on such aspects as the war on terrorism, historical development, globalization, post-colonialism, gender issues, censorship, publication and distribution, fans and popularity, and differing attitudes towards comics. Additional topics include educational comics, approaches to using/discussing comics in an educational setting and varying theoretical approaches to analyzing comics.

Papers in English and Spanish will be accepted.

Send a brief CV.
For paper submissions, send a 300 word abstract.
For panel submissions, send a 150 word abstract describing the panel
plus a 200 word abstract for each paper (keep panels to three or
four participants).

Include requests for any audio-visual equipment needed or desired.

Send abstracts and proposals to:

Jeff Williams,
Area Chair for Comics and Fotonovelas
Second International Vernacular Colloquium
Achával Rodríguez 1146
5000 Cordoba, Argentina

email submissions preferred: jwilliams@unlar.edu.ar (make sure you put
\"Puebla Conf Submission\" in the subject line).

Call for Reviewers - Modern Language Studies

Call for Reviewers - Modern Language Studies

Modern Language Studies (MLS) would like to solicit reviews of significant, intriguing, or unusual primary source materials for its upcoming issues.

Reviews should assess and underscore those materials' importance either for various research profiles or for curricula and classroom syllabi. Reviews of scholarly editions, hypertext/internet literatures, visual culture, popular culture, and, of course, novels, short stories, poetry, plays, films, and creative non-fiction are all welcome. Interdisciplinary work is also welcome. Please send inquiries and submissions by February 1, 2005.
Inquiries and submissions should be sent to mls@susqu.edu

CFP -- College English Association of Ohio

CFP -- College English Association of Ohio
Conference Location: Columbus, Ohio
Conference Date: April 8, 2005
Deadline: February 14, 2005

The College English Association of Ohio invites panels, papers, and roundtables for our conference theme of "Partnerships in the Profession." Topics might include: articulation, licensure, two- and four- year institutions, cohorts, pedagogy, technology, composition, rhetoric, literature, secondary and post-secondary institutions, collaboration, writing centers, or other related topics. Proposals on
other topics will also be considered.

CEAO welcomes proposals from graduate students, adjunct and part-time instructors, full-time faculty, as well as individuals living/working both inside Ohio and outside Ohio.

Send proposals of 300 words or less and a 1-page C.V. by February 14, 2005 to: Juliette Schaefer at schaefej@ohiodominican.edu . All proposals submitted by the deadline will be considered.

The conference will be held on Friday, April 8, 2005 at the Jessing
Center, Pontifical College Josephinum, Columbus, Ohio. Watch this
website for further details, registration form, driving directions, and
hotel information: http://courses.ohiodominican.edu/public/ceao

Program Co-Chairs: Juliette Schaefer (Ohio Dominican University) andCarolyn Scott (Pontifical College Josephinum) cscott@pcj.edu

Symposium -- From Content to Play: Family-Oriented Interactive Spaces in Art and History Museums

Symposium -- From Content to Play: Family-Oriented Interactive Spaces in Art and History Museums
Location: California, United States
Deadline: January 18, 2005

The J. Paul Getty Museum invites you to submit an abstract for presentation in conjunction with a symposium to be held on June 3-5, 2005 at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, California.

The purpose of this symposium is to bring together professionals whose work focuses on or informs interactive spaces designed specifically for family audiences in art and history museums. In particular, the symposium will interest museum professionals, researchers, child development specialists, architects, and designers. The symposium will create an in-depth opportunity for professionals to share information, dialogue about the fundamental issues and philosophical underpinnings of our approaches, and recognize and document multiple perspectives on the key issues in this area of museum work.

For a complete Call for Abstracts and Abstract Submission Guidelines, please contact:

Rebecca Edwards
J. Paul Getty Museum
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1000
Los Angeles, CA 90049
Tel. (310) 440-7074
Email: redwards@getty.edu

CFP: Technical Communication and Culture (Southwest/Texas Popular and American Culture Associations Conference)

CFP: Technical Communication and Culture (Southwest/Texas Popular and American Culture Associations Conference)
Conference Location: New Mexico, United States
Deadline: December 10th, 2004 (Possibly not that firm)
Conference Date: February 9-12, 2005

Proposals for papers and panels on the intersection of technical communication and popular culture are welcome in areas such as the following:

* Genres: websites, television, flyers, reports
* Ideology, power, and ethics
* Pedagogical implications: how do we *teach* these new methods and genres?
* Collaboration, structure, and culture: how does the workplace affect these?
* Philosophies and research methods
* Visual theory, design, usability, especially of online environments

Please send a 200-word proposal to Lacy Landrum for consideration.

Share your ideas and join us for the 26th meeting of the in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
February 9-12, 2005
Hyatt Regency, Albuquerque

See the web address shown below for more details.

Lacy Landrum
Oklahoma State University
205 Morrill Hall
Stillwater, OK 74078
Email: lacylandrum@yahoo.com

Call For Speaker ALCTS Catalog Management Discussion Group (ALA Midwinter)

Call For Speaker ALCTS Catalog Management Discussion Group (ALA Midwinter)
Conference: ALA Midwinter
Session Date and Time: Saturday January 15, 2005, 2:00-4:00 pm
Conference Location: Boston, Massachusetts

The topic is "Duplicate Record Detection and Resolution". Presentations should be approximately 20 minutes, with additional time for questions and answers.

If you are interested, please send an email message including a brief summary of your presentation to an@rowan.edu

Sharon S. An
Vice-Chair, ALA, ALCTS Catalog Management DG
Rowan University Library, NJ.

Call for Participation: ALCTS Creative Ideas in Technical Services Discussion Group (ALA Midwinter)

Call for Participation: ALCTS Creative Ideas in Technical Services Discussion Group (ALA Midwinter)

The ALCTS Creative Ideas in Technical Services Discussion Group will hold its ALA Midwinter Meeting in Boston as follows:

MIDWINTER 2005 CREATIVE IDEAS DISCUSSION GROUP:
Sunday, January 16, 2005, 4:30-5:30 p.m. HCC (Hynes Convention Center) 103

Participants can choose from the eight table topics listed below. The co-chairs will provide a sheet of sub-topics to serve as a discussion guide for each topic.

The co-chairs for this year are: Kalyani Parthasarathy, University of New Orleans, and Jack Hall, University of Houston

VOLUNTEER FACILITATOR AND RECORDERS SOUGHT: We are seeking volunteers to facilitate and record the discussions at the individual topic tables. If you would like to facilitate or record, please send your information to Jack Hall at jhall@uh.edu. Indicate all the table topics you would be willing to work on (see list below) and whether you would rather facilitate or record. The co-chairs will appreciate flexibility on your part as we assign topics and roles.

RESPONSIBILITIES OF VOLUNTEERS: FACILITATORS guide the discussions on the topics at their tables, making sure that everybody is encouraged to participate, and seeing to it that the discussion ends in time for brief summary reports to be made to the group at large. RECORDERS take notes during the discussion and send a written report to the discussion group co-chairs soon after the conference is over. Those reports will form the basis of the report the co-chairs make to ALCTS, and the deadline is always very soon after the conference.

At individual tables, the facilitator and the recorder can come to an agreement over which of them will stand up for a couple of minutes at the end of the meeting and give a brief report on their table's discussion to all the attendees.

Individual table topics for discussions, which will last about 30 minutes:
1. Technical Services Organizational Structure
2. Technical Services Workflow
3. Relationship Between Technical Services and Public Services
4. Relationship Between Technical Services and the Systems Department
5. Gathering Collection and Usage Statistics
6. Electronic Resources
7. Acquisitions Workflow
8. Managing Authority Control

Discussion group co-chairs for 2005: Please send your volunteer interests to Jack Hall, and thanks in advance!

Jack Hall, University of Houston jhall@uh.edu
Kalyani Parthasarathy kparthas@uno.edu

Call for Submissions for Book on Usage Statistics for E-Serials

Call for Submissions for Book on Usage Statistics for E-Serials (Haworth Press Book)

This book is a volume in the series "Haworth Series on Serials Librarianship and Continuing Resources". It will be a collection of essays by various library and publishing professionals such as yourself, concerning the current environment in libraries for the acquisition, development and utilization of usage statistics for e-serials. This will look at both the benefits and problems associated with the current and future state of usage statistics.

I would like to invite interested people to write a paper for this collection. If you have a relevant topic in mind, please feel free to share your idea with me; Otherwise, I have prepared a list of several topics that could be relevant to this book that you may want to consider; please find this listing at the bottom of this message.

We are projecting to have all manuscripts completed by the end of April 2004, so that editing and publishing tasks can be accomplished.

I would be pleased and honored to have some of you contribute your thoughts to this project. Please contact me about your interest at dfowler@iastate.edu and also let me know if I can answer any
questions for you.

Sincerely,

Dave Fowler dfowler@iastate.edu

OUTLINE

"USAGE STATISTICS OF E-SERIALS"

Edited by David C. Fowler

Topic Ideas:

How are e-serials usage statistics actually utilized?

Evaluating the costs of paid e-journals with statistics (acquisitions, cataloging time, etc.)

Evaluating the actual costs of "Free" e-journals with statistics (acquisitions, cataloging time, etc.)

Strategies when confronted with usage statistics problems by vendors.

How do libraries allot staff for e-serials statistics management (a survey?)

Current and future trends in electronic journal statistics.

Consortial arrangements for e-serials: When to use

Problems and solutions in promoting e-serial usage to customers

Issues with standardization of usage statistics.

What are the different methods of evaluating the quality and usefulness of e-serials statistics?

Interlibrary loan statistics and collection development.

What is the next step in developing usage statistics?

How do libraries disseminate usage statistics?

Licensing and usage statistics.

Deriving usage statistics from local library management software.

CFP: IFLA Session on Library Quality

CFP: IFLA Session on Library Quality
Conference Date: August 14-18, 2005
Conference Location: Oslo, Norway
Deadline: January 15, 2005

Call for papers: Library quality in the institutional environment, Open Program sponsored jointly by the IFLA sections for University and Research Libraries and for Statistics and Evaluation at the World Library and Information Congress / 71st IFLA Conference, Oslo, 14-18 August 2005.

What is quality for a university library - for a public library - for a national library?

This is the first call for papers on the pursuit, identification and measurement of quality in all types of libraries. Papers may be in English, French, German, Russian or Spanish. Papers should be no more than
30 minutes in duration.

Proposals for papers (giving title and abstract) should be submitted to Sue McKnight (IFLA University and Research Libraries Section), sue.mcknight@ntu.ac.uk or Michael Heaney (IFLA Statistics and Evaluation
Section), michael.heaney@ouls.ox.ac.uk by 15 January 2005. Successful proposers will be notified by 31 January 2005 and must supply the full text of papers by 1 April.

See the congress website at http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla71/index.htm for further details of the congress, including conference fees, accommodation and travel.

CFP: Illinois Library Association Annual Conference

CFP: Illinois Library Association Annual Conference
Conference Date: October 11-14, 2005
Conference Location: Peoria, Illinois
Deadline: January 10, 2005

The 2005 Illinois Library Association Annual Conference theme will be "Service in the Fast Lane." The conference is scheduled for October 11-14, 2005 in Peoria. Stephen Abrams, the Canadian Library Association President and Vice President of Innovation for Sirsi Corporation, will be the keynote speaker. Conference program proposals are due by January 10, 2005; the form in available at http://www.ila.org/events/proposal.htm and in the ILA Handbook of Organization and Membership Directory, pp. 58-61. [From Beyond the Job]

Open Government: A Journal On Freedom of Information

Launching early 2005.....A new open access peer reviewed journal on Open Government and Freedom of Information Editor: Steve Wood, Senior Lecturer, Liverpool John Moores University

Journal Aim: To publish research and communications related to Freedom of Information (FOI) legislation from the perspective of academics, practioners and FOI users.

Scope:
-Freedom of Information legislation and information provision for citizens
-Comparative views of international freedom of information legislation
-Freedom of information legislation and the open government debate
-The impact of Freedom of Information on public administration
-Case studies from public authorities by FOI practioners
-Information Systems for managing records and FOI requests
-The relationship of Freedom of Information legislation and other access to information legislation

For more information and to receive notification of the launch issue send an email to The Editor Contributions wanted: If you want to write to write for the journal please see the notes for contributors

URLS:
Journal: http://cwis.livjm.ac.uk/bus/cilm/journal.htm
Notes for Contributors: http://cwis.livjm.ac.uk/bus/cilm/notes.doc
Email Editor: editor@opengovjournal.org

Topics Needed (ALA) -- ALCTS CCS Heads of Cataloging

Topics Needed (ALA) -- ALCTS CCS Heads of Cataloging
The Heads of Cataloging Discussion Group will be meeting:
Monday, January 17, 9:30-11:00
Sheraton Boston, Independence West meeting room
Topic(s): TBD!

Sorry for the short notice, but we're looking for discussion topics for
this meeting. Everything is fair game (in the past, we've discussed all
sorts of issues, including staffing, training, trends, standards, policies,
procedures, workflow, etc.) Always open to sharing successes and warning
about failures!

tgatti@umich.edu
Timothy H. Gatti
Head of Technical Services
University of Michigan Law Library