Call for Papers: Virtual Worlds, Libraries Education and Museums
“Virtual Worlds: Libraries, Education, and Museums”
Saturday, March 8, 2008 in Second Life
Proposal Deadline: February 11, 2008
Purpose of the Conference:
To provide a gathering place for librarians, information professionals, educators, museologists, and others to learn about and discuss the educational, informational, and cultural opportunities of virtual worlds.
Please note: Although the conference will be held in the virtual world Second Life, presentation and paper proposals about LEM developments in other virtual worlds are encouraged.
Possible Topics for Presentations, Papers, and Participatory Events:
· Virtual world events and exhibits as the drivers of attendance and engagement
· Immersive learning environments
· Reference service possibilities and practicalities in virtual worlds
· Corporate and special librarianship in virtual worlds
· Educational tools and resources
· Enterprise uses of virtual worlds
· Tours of LEM locations in Second Life
· Gaming and virtual worlds
· VW LEM opportunities for children, tweens, and teens
· Dreams and visions for LEM activities in virtual worlds
· Assessing LEM initiatives in virtual worlds
· Sustainability issues and opportunities for LEM activities in virtual worlds
· Other topics pertinent to the broad topic of LEM activities in virtual worlds are welcome! Send us your innovative proposals!
Proposal Guidelines and Deadlines:
· Each session will be 45 minutes long.
· All sessions will begin on the hour.
· All proposals are due by 5:00 p.m. SLT on Monday, February 11, 2008.
· Please send proposals to Tom Peters (tpeters@tapinformation.com) with “VW LEM proposal” in the subject line.
· For presentations, please send a paragraph about your proposed presentation, the intended audience, and any pertinent URLs or SLURLs.
· For papers, please send an abstract of your paper.
· Notification of acceptance will be received by Friday, February 15, 2008.
· The 25 USD registration fee will be waived for all presenters.
· Proposals from students and general citizens are welcome. You do not need to be a member of the LEM professions to present at this conference.
Conference Schedule (tentative):
(Note: Because Second Life and other virtual worlds attract citizens from all over the world, we plan to have two clusters of conference sessions. Some presenters may be asked to present twice on Saturday, March 8, 2008.)
· Friday, March 7, 2008, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. SLT (Pacific Time): Pre-conference social gathering at Club Java on the Sun Microsystems SIM in Second Life.
· Saturday, March 8, 2008 from 8:00 a.m. to noon SLT (Pacific Time): First Cluster of Conference Sessions:
8:00 to 8:45 a.m.: Keynote Panel (no conflict)
9:00 to 9:45 a.m.: First group of sessions
10:00 to 10:45 a.m.: Second group of sessions
11:00 to 11:45 a.m.: Third group of sessions
· Saturday, March 8, 2008 from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. SLT (Pacific Time): Second Cluster of Conference Sessions:
5:00 to 5:45 p.m.: Keynote Panel (no conflict)
6:00 to 6:45 p.m.: First group of sessions
7:00 to 7:45 p.m.: Second group of sessions
8:00 to 8:45 p.m.: Third group of sessions
· Note: Pre- and Post-Conference conversations, announcements, and documents will be available in the “Virtual Words: Libraries, Education and Museums” group in Facebook.
Conference Sponsors:
· Alliance Library System (http://www.alliancelibrarysystem.com/)
· IBM (http://www.ibm.com)
· Sun Microsystems (http://www.sun.com/)
· TAP Information Services (http://www.tapinformation.com)
· Virtual Worlds Library Association
(http://groups.google.com/group/virtualworldlibraries)
Conference Organizers:
· Lori Bell (Lorelei Junot in Second Life): lbell@alliancelibrarysystem.com
· Doug McDavid (Doug Mandelbrot in Second Life): mcdavid@us.ibm.com
· Christy Confetti Higgins (Violet Portola in Second Life):
Christy.Confetti@sun.com
· John Howard (Corwin Howlett in Second Life):
jhoward@alliancelibrarysystem.com
· Craig Anderson (Draconius Merlin in Second Life): cjanders@kean.edu
· Tom Peters (Maxito Ricardo in Second Life): tpeters@tapinformation.com
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Call for Poster Sessions: Innovative Users Group (2008 Annual Meeting)
Call for Poster Sessions: Innovative Users Group (2008 Annual Meeting)
Innovative Users Group
Sixteenth Annual Conference
Washington, DC
Sunday, April 27, 2008 - Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Call for Posters URL: http://iugtest.org/index/propose-a-poster-session
The deadline for submitting program proposals is Thursday January 31, 2008.
Important URLs:
IUG 2008 main page:
http://innovativeusers.org/iug2008/
IUG 2008 Poster Proposal Form:
http://iugtest.org/index/propose-a-poster-session
IUG 2008 Suggested Topics Page:
http://innovativeusers.org/iug2008/suggestedTopics.html
A poster session is a great opportunity to share an idea in progress or show
other IUG members how your library did something well. We are interested in
poster sessions on a variety of topics. If you need some ideas for what
might be of interest to colleagues from other Innovative libraries, take a
look at the Suggested Topics Page that have been compiled over the past few
years and from the responses to the IUG 2007 meeting in San Jose. You have
the experience and ideas to share!! If you have an idea of your own and
don't see it listed, please submit a proposal anyway.
Again, deadline for submitting program proposals is Tuesday, January 22,
2008. Please do not hesitate to contact me (John Culshaw) if you have any questions about
the poster session proposal process.
Innovative Users Group
Sixteenth Annual Conference
Washington, DC
Sunday, April 27, 2008 - Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Call for Posters URL: http://iugtest.org/index/propose-a-poster-session
The deadline for submitting program proposals is Thursday January 31, 2008.
Important URLs:
IUG 2008 main page:
http://innovativeusers.org/iug2008/
IUG 2008 Poster Proposal Form:
http://iugtest.org/index/propose-a-poster-session
IUG 2008 Suggested Topics Page:
http://innovativeusers.org/iug2008/suggestedTopics.html
A poster session is a great opportunity to share an idea in progress or show
other IUG members how your library did something well. We are interested in
poster sessions on a variety of topics. If you need some ideas for what
might be of interest to colleagues from other Innovative libraries, take a
look at the Suggested Topics Page that have been compiled over the past few
years and from the responses to the IUG 2007 meeting in San Jose. You have
the experience and ideas to share!! If you have an idea of your own and
don't see it listed, please submit a proposal anyway.
Again, deadline for submitting program proposals is Tuesday, January 22,
2008. Please do not hesitate to contact me (John Culshaw) if you have any questions about
the poster session proposal process.
Call for Contributors: Encyclopedia of American Disability History
Call for Contributors: Encyclopedia of American Disability History
Deadline: February 25, 2008
CALL FOR CONTRIBUTORS
Facts On File and the advisors for the Encyclopedia of American Disability History are looking for contributors.
This three-volume reference work will cover basic information on important events, issues, developments, laws, biographies, and related topics in American Disability History. Entries on significant historical themes and concepts—including civil rights, war, public policy, citizenship, media, institutions, education, and technology—will examine both practical and theoretical factors, as well as demonstrate the deeper meaning of the lived experience of disability. Each entry will illustrate the subject within an historical context, and show that while disability has existed throughout American History, disability is neither a fixed nor static concept but one whose definition and understanding have changed markedly from era to era.
Because accessibility is a major issue in Disability History, the entries in this reference will accommodate a broad, diverse audience, from high school students to general readers, to individuals who assist people with disabilities. Clear language, accessible prose, and coherent, balanced, jargon-free interpretations are essential for every article.
The editors of this encyclopedia are currently seeking contributors for a wide range of entries.
The following is a sample list of available entries:
Abbott, Jim
National Paraplegia Foundation
Access Board
Newsline for the Blind
Assistive devices/adaptive technology
Artists
Optical Recognition Scanner
Chronic disability
Treatment
Civil Service Reform Act of 1978
Rehabilitation
Easter
Seals
Rice, Millard
Discrimination
Schizophrenia
Fibromyalgia
Sickle cell
McDaniel, Durward
Stem Cell research
Authors interested in contributing to this important project should contact Dr. Susan Burch for further information and details regarding the full list of entries:
susanburch1917@yahoo.com
Susan Burch, Ph.D., editor-in-chief
Susan Burch,PhD
Disability Studies Program
The Ohio State University
164 W. 17th Ave.
Columbus OH 43210
Email: susanburch1917@yahoo.com\
Deadline: February 25, 2008
CALL FOR CONTRIBUTORS
Facts On File and the advisors for the Encyclopedia of American Disability History are looking for contributors.
This three-volume reference work will cover basic information on important events, issues, developments, laws, biographies, and related topics in American Disability History. Entries on significant historical themes and concepts—including civil rights, war, public policy, citizenship, media, institutions, education, and technology—will examine both practical and theoretical factors, as well as demonstrate the deeper meaning of the lived experience of disability. Each entry will illustrate the subject within an historical context, and show that while disability has existed throughout American History, disability is neither a fixed nor static concept but one whose definition and understanding have changed markedly from era to era.
Because accessibility is a major issue in Disability History, the entries in this reference will accommodate a broad, diverse audience, from high school students to general readers, to individuals who assist people with disabilities. Clear language, accessible prose, and coherent, balanced, jargon-free interpretations are essential for every article.
The editors of this encyclopedia are currently seeking contributors for a wide range of entries.
The following is a sample list of available entries:
Abbott, Jim
National Paraplegia Foundation
Access Board
Newsline for the Blind
Assistive devices/adaptive technology
Artists
Optical Recognition Scanner
Chronic disability
Treatment
Civil Service Reform Act of 1978
Rehabilitation
Easter
Seals
Rice, Millard
Discrimination
Schizophrenia
Fibromyalgia
Sickle cell
McDaniel, Durward
Stem Cell research
Authors interested in contributing to this important project should contact Dr. Susan Burch for further information and details regarding the full list of entries:
susanburch1917@yahoo.com
Susan Burch, Ph.D., editor-in-chief
Susan Burch,PhD
Disability Studies Program
The Ohio State University
164 W. 17th Ave.
Columbus OH 43210
Email: susanburch1917@yahoo.com\
CFP: The History of American Bestsellers (collection)
CFP: The History of American Bestsellers (collection)
Deadline: February 15, 2008
Following a successful first call for papers, we invite further chapter proposals for an edited volume dedicated to the history of American bestsellers. We are now interested in receiving chapter proposals on the following books and authors. (In instances where an author has a number of texts which might be suitable for inclusion, suggested titles are given in brackets.)
James Fenimore Cooper, The Last of the Mohicans (1826)
Maria Susanna Cummins, The Lamplighter (1854)
E.D.E.N. Southworth, The Hidden Hand (1859)
Lew Wallace, Ben Hur (1880)
Eleanor H. Porter, Pollyanna (1913)
E. M. Hull, The Sheik (1922)
Lloyd C. Douglas, The Robe (1943 and 1953)
Kathleen Winsor, Forever Amber (1945)
Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita (1955)
Grace Metalious, Peyton Place (1957)
Boris Pasternak, Doctor Zhivago (1958)
D.H. Lawrence, Lady Chatterley’s Lover (1928, 1959)
Judith Krantz, Princess Daisy (1980)
Jean M. Auel, Earth’s Children series (1980-ongoing)
Stephen King (It, 1986; Misery, 1987; Dolores Claiborne, 1992)
Tom Clancy (The Cardinal of the Kremlin, 1988; Clear and Present Danger, 1989)
John Grisham (The Pelican Brief, 1992; The Chamber, 1994)
J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter series (1997-2007)
Dan Brown, The Da Vinci Code (2003)
Please send a 1500 word proposal accompanied by a full CV to Sarah Churchwell (s.churchwell@uea.ac.uk) and Thomas Ruys Smith (thomas.smith@uea.ac.uk) by Friday February 15, 2008.
Thomas Ruys Smith
University of East Anglia
Norwich
Norfolk
NR4 7TJ
Email: thomas.smith@uea.ac.uk
Deadline: February 15, 2008
Following a successful first call for papers, we invite further chapter proposals for an edited volume dedicated to the history of American bestsellers. We are now interested in receiving chapter proposals on the following books and authors. (In instances where an author has a number of texts which might be suitable for inclusion, suggested titles are given in brackets.)
James Fenimore Cooper, The Last of the Mohicans (1826)
Maria Susanna Cummins, The Lamplighter (1854)
E.D.E.N. Southworth, The Hidden Hand (1859)
Lew Wallace, Ben Hur (1880)
Eleanor H. Porter, Pollyanna (1913)
E. M. Hull, The Sheik (1922)
Lloyd C. Douglas, The Robe (1943 and 1953)
Kathleen Winsor, Forever Amber (1945)
Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita (1955)
Grace Metalious, Peyton Place (1957)
Boris Pasternak, Doctor Zhivago (1958)
D.H. Lawrence, Lady Chatterley’s Lover (1928, 1959)
Judith Krantz, Princess Daisy (1980)
Jean M. Auel, Earth’s Children series (1980-ongoing)
Stephen King (It, 1986; Misery, 1987; Dolores Claiborne, 1992)
Tom Clancy (The Cardinal of the Kremlin, 1988; Clear and Present Danger, 1989)
John Grisham (The Pelican Brief, 1992; The Chamber, 1994)
J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter series (1997-2007)
Dan Brown, The Da Vinci Code (2003)
Please send a 1500 word proposal accompanied by a full CV to Sarah Churchwell (s.churchwell@uea.ac.uk) and Thomas Ruys Smith (thomas.smith@uea.ac.uk) by Friday February 15, 2008.
Thomas Ruys Smith
University of East Anglia
Norwich
Norfolk
NR4 7TJ
Email: thomas.smith@uea.ac.uk
CFP: Michigan Library Association 2008 Conference
CFP: Michigan Library Association 2008 Conference
October 21-24, 2008
Kalamazoo, Michigan
Deadline: January 31, 2008
Call for Papers Form
Call for Presentations for MLA's 2008 Annual Conference at the Radisson in Kalamazoo, October 22-24, 2008. We will not be holding a preconference this year so conference will be three days instead of four.
This year's theme, Shaping our Tomorrow, encompasses all that we do today to make tomorrow better as an association, at our libraries, and in our own professional and personal lives. It is a message of hope and a message of action. As you consider your program proposals, think about the following: What tools do we need to learn to use to be successful tomorrow? How should we shape our collections, content, and physical or online spaces? What partnerships and collaborations can we foster in our communities to help each other? How can we develop as individual library workers to benefit both our own careers and meet our library's goals? What strategies do leaders need to develop or to deepen in order to guide their organizations?
The Conference Program Subcommittee invites you to investigate the following tracks for the conference and to think about both the future of our field and the practices and plans that are helping us get there:
• Access
• Advocacy
• Collections
• Leadership and Management
• Marketing/Fundraising
• Patron Service
• Technology
The goal of this conference is to provide the tools necessary to ensure that library services and programs continue to be vital resources for the 21st Century communities. Our future is in our hands.
If you have any questions, please email Kara Gust (Michigan State University) at gustk@msu.edu
October 21-24, 2008
Kalamazoo, Michigan
Deadline: January 31, 2008
Call for Papers Form
Call for Presentations for MLA's 2008 Annual Conference at the Radisson in Kalamazoo, October 22-24, 2008. We will not be holding a preconference this year so conference will be three days instead of four.
This year's theme, Shaping our Tomorrow, encompasses all that we do today to make tomorrow better as an association, at our libraries, and in our own professional and personal lives. It is a message of hope and a message of action. As you consider your program proposals, think about the following: What tools do we need to learn to use to be successful tomorrow? How should we shape our collections, content, and physical or online spaces? What partnerships and collaborations can we foster in our communities to help each other? How can we develop as individual library workers to benefit both our own careers and meet our library's goals? What strategies do leaders need to develop or to deepen in order to guide their organizations?
The Conference Program Subcommittee invites you to investigate the following tracks for the conference and to think about both the future of our field and the practices and plans that are helping us get there:
• Access
• Advocacy
• Collections
• Leadership and Management
• Marketing/Fundraising
• Patron Service
• Technology
The goal of this conference is to provide the tools necessary to ensure that library services and programs continue to be vital resources for the 21st Century communities. Our future is in our hands.
If you have any questions, please email Kara Gust (Michigan State University) at gustk@msu.edu
Wednesday, January 09, 2008
The Informed Librarian Online seeks article writers
The Informed Librarian Online seeks article writers
The Informed Librarian Online is a monthly compilation of the most recent tables of contents from over 312 titles - valuable domestic and foreign library and information-related journals, e-journals, magazines, e-magazines, newsletters and e-newsletters. This current awareness service helps keep you informed and abreast of all library trends. It is an easy, timesaving way to tame your professional reading tiger, and is very popular among all types of library and information professionals.
The Informed Librarian Online ( http://www.informedlibrarian.com) is seeking librarians with something to say to author a one-time "Guest Forum" article for our service. We are looking for practical, helpful articles on an issue of interest to YOU (and our readers). Would you like to write a short article (about 1,000 words) for us? Librarians from all around the world read the articles in The Informed Librarian Online.
If you are interested in writing for The Informed Librarian Online, email aeis@optonline.net a brief description of your proposed subject matter.
Arlene Eis
The Informed Librarian Online
The Informed Librarian Online is a monthly compilation of the most recent tables of contents from over 312 titles - valuable domestic and foreign library and information-related journals, e-journals, magazines, e-magazines, newsletters and e-newsletters. This current awareness service helps keep you informed and abreast of all library trends. It is an easy, timesaving way to tame your professional reading tiger, and is very popular among all types of library and information professionals.
The Informed Librarian Online ( http://www.informedlibrarian.com) is seeking librarians with something to say to author a one-time "Guest Forum" article for our service. We are looking for practical, helpful articles on an issue of interest to YOU (and our readers). Would you like to write a short article (about 1,000 words) for us? Librarians from all around the world read the articles in The Informed Librarian Online.
If you are interested in writing for The Informed Librarian Online, email aeis@optonline.net a brief description of your proposed subject matter.
Arlene Eis
The Informed Librarian Online
Seeking Book Contributors: Implementing Federated Searching Tools
Seeking Book Contributors: Implementing Federated Searching Tools
A colleague of mine and I are writing a book entitled "Federated Search: A Librarian's Guide". We are looking for librarians interested in contributing their experience with a Federated Search implementation to the book. The book will will be a guide on selecting and implementing a federated search tool. Additionally, it will summarize our survey of both library practitioners and the federated search vendors to get a complete picture of what the profession is looking for and what the current / forthcoming options are. The aim is to illuminate all of the decisions necessary in order to alleviate the pitfalls of the process.
Quick turnaround time needed.
Please contact me (kewllibrarian01@gmail.com) asap!
Thanks,
Tine Walczyk
http://2kewllibrarians.blogspot.com
A colleague of mine and I are writing a book entitled "Federated Search: A Librarian's Guide". We are looking for librarians interested in contributing their experience with a Federated Search implementation to the book. The book will will be a guide on selecting and implementing a federated search tool. Additionally, it will summarize our survey of both library practitioners and the federated search vendors to get a complete picture of what the profession is looking for and what the current / forthcoming options are. The aim is to illuminate all of the decisions necessary in order to alleviate the pitfalls of the process.
Quick turnaround time needed.
Please contact me (kewllibrarian01@gmail.com) asap!
Thanks,
Tine Walczyk
http://2kewllibrarians.blogspot.com
CFP: Collections 2008: Collections 3.0
CFP: Collections 2008: Collections 3.0
The Sheraton Wall Centre
Vancouver, British Columbia
Wednesday, May 21, 2008, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Deadline: March 7, 2008
The Collection Development & Management Interest Group of the Canadian Library Association seeks proposals for papers that deal with a "Collections 3.0" theme or other collections-related topics and should result in a presentation of about 30 minutes in length. Each presentation should feature one or two speakers. Papers with broad applications or with applications to more than one library sector or community of users will be given preference. Panel proposals will also
be considered. Proposals will be reviewed by a committee of three collections librarians.
Deadline for submission of proposals: *March 7, 2008 *
Send proposals, including a short abstract, to:
Andrew Waller
MLB 402B
University of Calgary Library
2500 University Drive NW
Calgary, AB
T3K 2C3
waller@ucalgary.ca
(403) 220-8133 voice
(403) 284-2109 fax
The Sheraton Wall Centre
Vancouver, British Columbia
Wednesday, May 21, 2008, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Deadline: March 7, 2008
The Collection Development & Management Interest Group of the Canadian Library Association seeks proposals for papers that deal with a "Collections 3.0" theme or other collections-related topics and should result in a presentation of about 30 minutes in length. Each presentation should feature one or two speakers. Papers with broad applications or with applications to more than one library sector or community of users will be given preference. Panel proposals will also
be considered. Proposals will be reviewed by a committee of three collections librarians.
Deadline for submission of proposals: *March 7, 2008 *
Send proposals, including a short abstract, to:
Andrew Waller
MLB 402B
University of Calgary Library
2500 University Drive NW
Calgary, AB
T3K 2C3
waller@ucalgary.ca
(403) 284-2109 fax
Tuesday, January 08, 2008
CFP: Web 2.0/History 2.0: Making History Together
CFP: Web 2.0/History 2.0: Making History Together
Web 2.0/History 2.0: Making History Together
The American Association for History and Computing (AAHC)
2008 Annual Conference
Access via Internet
April 20-22, 2008
Deadline: February 28, 2008
"The central principle behind the success of the giants born in the Web 1.0 era who have survived to lead the Web 2.0 era appears to be this, that they have embraced the power of the web to harness collective intelligence." -Tim O'Reilly, 2005
Join the American Association for History and Computing for an online exploration of the ways that technology is pushing the boundaries of the Web and the ways history is being presented. This conference will be of interest to anyone who is charged with bringing history to life - both online and in the academic and public worlds' such as archivists, librarians, historic preservationists, IT professionals, filmmakers, and academic historians. The conference will explore questions such as:
-What does Web 2.0 History involve?
-How does Web 2.0 History differ from Web 1.0 History?
-What does it enable us to do that could not be done in Web 1.0?
-What are the implications of Web 2.0 History for teaching and research?
-What are the positive and negative aspects of Web 2.0 History?
This online conference goes beyond theory into the realm of practice. It intends to highlight efforts to build history initiatives using the Web. The goal of this conference is to emphasize both practical and theoretical applications of Web 2.0. Web 2.0 enables the quick application and sharing of ideas; therefore, proposals that build something new or create new collaborations out of existing programs (i.e. "mashing-up") are especially encouraged.
Suggested topics for proposals include (but are not limited to):
-"Viral" history
-Open source programs used to interpret history
-Tagging and history
-Wikis and history
-Blogs and history
-RSS and history
-Data ownership: databases and history analysis
-Mapping history (Google-based documentation)
-Podcasting and history
-Digital video (such as YouTube) and history
-Virtual worlds (such as Second Life) and history
If you are an historian (academic, public, secondary education, graduate student) or engage history through a related discipline (librarian, archivist, publisher, editor, etc.), you are invited to submit your panel or single presentation proposals.
All presenters must be current members of the AAHC. For more information about membership, please visit our website at http://www.theaahc.org.
Proposals for complete panels should include a chair. All proposals must include a 200-word abstract for each paper, along with a brief vita for each participant. Please be sure to indicate which member of the panel will serve as the contact person for future correspondence. Please include name, address, telephone number, and email address for each participant.
The deadline for proposal submissions is February 28, 2008. Electronic submissions are encouraged.
Please direct submissions and inquiries to either:
Aaron Marcavitch
President, AAHC
Email: marcavitch@comcast.net
Or
Jillian Hinegardner
Phone: 440-449-5478
Email: jhinegardner@ursuline.edu
Web 2.0/History 2.0: Making History Together
The American Association for History and Computing (AAHC)
2008 Annual Conference
Access via Internet
April 20-22, 2008
Deadline: February 28, 2008
"The central principle behind the success of the giants born in the Web 1.0 era who have survived to lead the Web 2.0 era appears to be this, that they have embraced the power of the web to harness collective intelligence." -Tim O'Reilly, 2005
Join the American Association for History and Computing for an online exploration of the ways that technology is pushing the boundaries of the Web and the ways history is being presented. This conference will be of interest to anyone who is charged with bringing history to life - both online and in the academic and public worlds' such as archivists, librarians, historic preservationists, IT professionals, filmmakers, and academic historians. The conference will explore questions such as:
-What does Web 2.0 History involve?
-How does Web 2.0 History differ from Web 1.0 History?
-What does it enable us to do that could not be done in Web 1.0?
-What are the implications of Web 2.0 History for teaching and research?
-What are the positive and negative aspects of Web 2.0 History?
This online conference goes beyond theory into the realm of practice. It intends to highlight efforts to build history initiatives using the Web. The goal of this conference is to emphasize both practical and theoretical applications of Web 2.0. Web 2.0 enables the quick application and sharing of ideas; therefore, proposals that build something new or create new collaborations out of existing programs (i.e. "mashing-up") are especially encouraged.
Suggested topics for proposals include (but are not limited to):
-"Viral" history
-Open source programs used to interpret history
-Tagging and history
-Wikis and history
-Blogs and history
-RSS and history
-Data ownership: databases and history analysis
-Mapping history (Google-based documentation)
-Podcasting and history
-Digital video (such as YouTube) and history
-Virtual worlds (such as Second Life) and history
If you are an historian (academic, public, secondary education, graduate student) or engage history through a related discipline (librarian, archivist, publisher, editor, etc.), you are invited to submit your panel or single presentation proposals.
All presenters must be current members of the AAHC. For more information about membership, please visit our website at http://www.theaahc.org.
Proposals for complete panels should include a chair. All proposals must include a 200-word abstract for each paper, along with a brief vita for each participant. Please be sure to indicate which member of the panel will serve as the contact person for future correspondence. Please include name, address, telephone number, and email address for each participant.
The deadline for proposal submissions is February 28, 2008. Electronic submissions are encouraged.
Please direct submissions and inquiries to either:
Aaron Marcavitch
President, AAHC
Email: marcavitch@comcast.net
Or
Jillian Hinegardner
Phone: 440-449-5478
Email: jhinegardner@ursuline.edu
Call for papers - Provenance: The Journal of Public Record Office Victoria
Call for papers - Provenance: The Journal of Public Record Office Victoria
'Provenance' is the free scholarly journal of Public Record Office Victoria (PROV), the Victorian state archives. 'Provenance' features peer-reviewed articles, and other contributions, that present reseach drawing upon records in PROV custody.
Call for Papers for issue no. 8 - due 31 March 2008
The most recent issue of the journal is issue no. 7 (September 2007), which is available at:
And contains the following contributions:
* Lee-Ann Monk presents a case study of reports of patient abuse at Kew Asylum;
* Valerie Lovejoy examines the lives of Chinese miners on the Bendigo goldfield from 1854-1865;
* Cate Elkner reports on the digitisation of a truly unique record from PROV's collection - a 4.5 x 6 metre map of Victoria;
* Jan Croggon explains how Sovereign Hill historians have used public records to re-create the goldfields town;
and others
If you are interested in submitting an article for future issues or would like to receive an email reminder when each issue is published online, please contact the Editor, Sebastian Gurciullo by phone on (03) 9348 5600; or email
Regards
Sebastian Gurciullo
Editor, 'Provenance'
Dr Sebastian Gurciullo
Editor, Provenance: The Journal of Public Record Office Victoria
Public Record Office Victoria
North Melbourne Victoria 3051
Email: sebastian.gurciullo@prov.vic.gov.au
Visit the website at http://www.prov.vic.gov.au/provenance
'Provenance' is the free scholarly journal of Public Record Office Victoria (PROV), the Victorian state archives. 'Provenance' features peer-reviewed articles, and other contributions, that present reseach drawing upon records in PROV custody.
Call for Papers for issue no. 8 - due 31 March 2008
The most recent issue of the journal is issue no. 7 (September 2007), which is available at:
And contains the following contributions:
* Lee-Ann Monk presents a case study of reports of patient abuse at Kew Asylum;
* Valerie Lovejoy examines the lives of Chinese miners on the Bendigo goldfield from 1854-1865;
* Cate Elkner reports on the digitisation of a truly unique record from PROV's collection - a 4.5 x 6 metre map of Victoria;
* Jan Croggon explains how Sovereign Hill historians have used public records to re-create the goldfields town;
and others
If you are interested in submitting an article for future issues or would like to receive an email reminder when each issue is published online, please contact the Editor, Sebastian Gurciullo by phone on (03) 9348 5600; or email
Regards
Sebastian Gurciullo
Editor, 'Provenance'
Dr Sebastian Gurciullo
Editor, Provenance: The Journal of Public Record Office Victoria
Public Record Office Victoria
North Melbourne Victoria 3051
Email: sebastian.gurciullo@prov.vic.gov.au
Visit the website at http://www.prov.vic.gov.au/provenance
ALA Midwinter Reports for Library Hi-Tech News
ALA Midwinter Reports for Library Hi-Tech News
Here is another publishing opportunity to cover meetings and discussion groups that you are attending at the ALA Midwinter Meeting beginning at the end of this week in Philadelphia.
Library Hi-Tech News (LHTN) always has a conference compilation and we seek input from a variety of librarians about anything having to do with technology applications in all kinds of libraries. There are many sessions sponsored by both LITA and other Divisions scheduled at this conference that would interest our readers both in North America and abroad about new products, methods, implementations, ideas, or anything else you glean and we hope that you will choose to cover what is of greatest interest to you and submit to us by February 19. It would be very helpful to know whether we can expect a submission from you. Submissions from multiple contributors for the same session or content will be streamed and included, as there are often different viewpoints that are of interest to us.
Contributions should be significant in that they should not only be descriptive but evaluative, critical, comparative and indicate the timeliness, relevance and importance it has to Library IT, as well as include what you found most interesting or disappointing and what kind of experience you have with this topic or product, etc.
Please send submissions as an attachment in MS Word to Julia Gelfand (jgelfand@uci.edu.) by Feb 19 to be included in the April 2007 issue.
LHTN is both a print and online publication, on the Emerald database.
Thank you for your consideration. We look forward to your submission.
Julia Gelfand
Here is another publishing opportunity to cover meetings and discussion groups that you are attending at the ALA Midwinter Meeting beginning at the end of this week in Philadelphia.
Library Hi-Tech News (LHTN) always has a conference compilation and we seek input from a variety of librarians about anything having to do with technology applications in all kinds of libraries. There are many sessions sponsored by both LITA and other Divisions scheduled at this conference that would interest our readers both in North America and abroad about new products, methods, implementations, ideas, or anything else you glean and we hope that you will choose to cover what is of greatest interest to you and submit to us by February 19. It would be very helpful to know whether we can expect a submission from you. Submissions from multiple contributors for the same session or content will be streamed and included, as there are often different viewpoints that are of interest to us.
Contributions should be significant in that they should not only be descriptive but evaluative, critical, comparative and indicate the timeliness, relevance and importance it has to Library IT, as well as include what you found most interesting or disappointing and what kind of experience you have with this topic or product, etc.
Please send submissions as an attachment in MS Word to Julia Gelfand (jgelfand@uci.edu.) by Feb 19 to be included in the April 2007 issue.
LHTN is both a print and online publication, on the Emerald database.
Thank you for your consideration. We look forward to your submission.
Julia Gelfand
CFP: 5th Global Conference - The Idea of Education
CFP: 5th Global Conference - The Idea of Education
Thursday 8th May - Saturday 10th May 2008
Budapest, Hungary
URL: http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/ati/education/ioe/ioe.htm
Deadline: January 18, 2008
Call for Papers
This inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary conference aims to provide a vigorous forum for the examination and evaluation of higher education and the contexts where higher education is delivered. The project is committed to the tradition of liberal education, the inherent value of the pursuit of learning and the principle that knowledge must be an end in itself. In particular, the project will explore the nature and aims of higher education, its guiding principles, its
practical functions, and its role in society.
This fifth instalment of the Global Conference on the Idea of Education continues within the
tradition of critical debate of and engaged reflection on Higher Education that started in 2002 with the first two conferences, held at Mansfield College (Oxford), and the follow-up conferences held in Prague. Over the years, the conferences have proven to be a creative hub for those who are committed to Higher Education (HE) and who are willing to critically think through the
key issues in and fundamental challenges of Higher Education in the 21st century. The project is
committed to the tradition of liberal education and the value of the pursuit of learning.
Papers, presentations, reports and workshops are invited on issues on or broadly related to any of the following conference streams:
1. The Nature, Purpose and Changing Landscapes of Higher Education
1. What are the nature and aims of the historical traditions which shape HE?
2. Which possible roles of liberal arts education remain viable in an era in which ‘instruction’, ‘training’ and ‘vocational training’ seems to redefine the nature of HE?
3. From ‘students’ to ‘customers’ and ‘professors’ to ‘knowledge-managers’: How may the changing relationships and partners in education transform the agents within HE?
4. What are the costs and benefits of commodification and the rise of managerialism in HE?
5. From ‘basic research’ to ‘Mode Two,’ from ‘basic funding’ to ‘fourth stream funding’: What is
the impact of the changing landscapes of research, research types and research funding on HE?
6. ‘Mind your own business:’ but what, precisely, is the ‘business’ of the university?
2. Society, Culture and the of Places of Higher Education
1. What is the role of places of HE in the 21st Century?
2. What are the social and institutional contexts of the university and the college?
3. What are ‘the needs of society’ in relation to HE?
4. What visions are there for reconceiving the place and work of HE institutions?
5. What visions exist for the future of multicultural and intercultural HE?
6. How to cope with linguistic and cultural diversity in HE?
7. Which anthropologies, sociologies and philosophies of HE for the 21st century?
8. How do knowledge economies and lifelong learning transform HE?
3. The Internet, Virtual Learning and Higher Education
1. Emerging technologies within HE;
2. International technology challenges and experiences;
3. Organizational issues/strategies in Virtual HE;
4. Best virtual teaching practice;
5. Case studies of experimental projects;
6. Blended Learning approaches;
7. Professional development and support structures
8. Intellectual Property issues
4. Globalisation, Democracy and Higher Education
1. Can there be a ‘Global University’? What does/should it look like?
2. Where’s the ‘place’ of the university in a globalised world? (Coalitions, branches, networks,
ICT & virtuality, Bricks vs Clicks)
3. Who does the global university ‘relate’ to? (Local communities, Nation states, Governments,
International organizations?)
4. What can HE ‘service to society’ mean in a globalised world?
5. Which relations (should) exist between HE and international development & capital?
6. Global HE and knowledge production matters and intellectual property issues
7. HE in the context of political and economical ideologies.
8. Issues of Citizenship, social justice and HE.
9. Power, participation, access and inequality in globalised HE.
Papers will also be considered on any related theme. 300 word abstracts should be submitted by Friday 18th January 2008. If an abstract is accepted for the conference, a full draft paper should be submitted by Friday 18th April 2008.
300 word abstracts should be submitted to both Organising Chairs; abstracts may
be in Word, WordPerfect, or RTF formats, following this order: author(s), affiliation,
email address, title of abstract, body of abstract. We acknowledge receipt and answer to all paper proposals submitted. If you do not receive a reply from us in a week you should assume we did not receive your proposal; it might be lost in cyberspace! We suggest, then, to look for an alternative electronic route or resend.
Tom Claes
CEVI-Global Ethics
Department of Philosophy
Ghent University
Belgium
E-mail: tom.claes@ugent.be
Dr Rob Fisher
Inter-Disciplinary.Net
Priory House, Freeland, Oxfordshire OX29 8HR
E-Mail: ioe5@inter-disciplinary.net
David Seth Preston
School of Computing and Technology
University of East London
London, United Kingdom
E-mail: d.preston@uel.ac.uk
The conference is part of the At the Interface programme of research projects. It aims to bring
together people from different areas and interests to share ideas and explore various discussions which are innovative and exciting.
Multiple eBooks and volumes of themed papers have been published or are in press from the previous conference meetings of this project. All papers accepted for and presented at this conference will be eligible for publication in an ISBN eBook. Selected papers accepted for and
presented at the conference will be published in a themed hard copy volume.
For further details about the project please visit:
http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/ati/education/ioe/ioe.htm
Thursday 8th May - Saturday 10th May 2008
Budapest, Hungary
URL: http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/ati/education/ioe/ioe.htm
Deadline: January 18, 2008
Call for Papers
This inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary conference aims to provide a vigorous forum for the examination and evaluation of higher education and the contexts where higher education is delivered. The project is committed to the tradition of liberal education, the inherent value of the pursuit of learning and the principle that knowledge must be an end in itself. In particular, the project will explore the nature and aims of higher education, its guiding principles, its
practical functions, and its role in society.
This fifth instalment of the Global Conference on the Idea of Education continues within the
tradition of critical debate of and engaged reflection on Higher Education that started in 2002 with the first two conferences, held at Mansfield College (Oxford), and the follow-up conferences held in Prague. Over the years, the conferences have proven to be a creative hub for those who are committed to Higher Education (HE) and who are willing to critically think through the
key issues in and fundamental challenges of Higher Education in the 21st century. The project is
committed to the tradition of liberal education and the value of the pursuit of learning.
Papers, presentations, reports and workshops are invited on issues on or broadly related to any of the following conference streams:
1. The Nature, Purpose and Changing Landscapes of Higher Education
1. What are the nature and aims of the historical traditions which shape HE?
2. Which possible roles of liberal arts education remain viable in an era in which ‘instruction’, ‘training’ and ‘vocational training’ seems to redefine the nature of HE?
3. From ‘students’ to ‘customers’ and ‘professors’ to ‘knowledge-managers’: How may the changing relationships and partners in education transform the agents within HE?
4. What are the costs and benefits of commodification and the rise of managerialism in HE?
5. From ‘basic research’ to ‘Mode Two,’ from ‘basic funding’ to ‘fourth stream funding’: What is
the impact of the changing landscapes of research, research types and research funding on HE?
6. ‘Mind your own business:’ but what, precisely, is the ‘business’ of the university?
2. Society, Culture and the of Places of Higher Education
1. What is the role of places of HE in the 21st Century?
2. What are the social and institutional contexts of the university and the college?
3. What are ‘the needs of society’ in relation to HE?
4. What visions are there for reconceiving the place and work of HE institutions?
5. What visions exist for the future of multicultural and intercultural HE?
6. How to cope with linguistic and cultural diversity in HE?
7. Which anthropologies, sociologies and philosophies of HE for the 21st century?
8. How do knowledge economies and lifelong learning transform HE?
3. The Internet, Virtual Learning and Higher Education
1. Emerging technologies within HE;
2. International technology challenges and experiences;
3. Organizational issues/strategies in Virtual HE;
4. Best virtual teaching practice;
5. Case studies of experimental projects;
6. Blended Learning approaches;
7. Professional development and support structures
8. Intellectual Property issues
4. Globalisation, Democracy and Higher Education
1. Can there be a ‘Global University’? What does/should it look like?
2. Where’s the ‘place’ of the university in a globalised world? (Coalitions, branches, networks,
ICT & virtuality, Bricks vs Clicks)
3. Who does the global university ‘relate’ to? (Local communities, Nation states, Governments,
International organizations?)
4. What can HE ‘service to society’ mean in a globalised world?
5. Which relations (should) exist between HE and international development & capital?
6. Global HE and knowledge production matters and intellectual property issues
7. HE in the context of political and economical ideologies.
8. Issues of Citizenship, social justice and HE.
9. Power, participation, access and inequality in globalised HE.
Papers will also be considered on any related theme. 300 word abstracts should be submitted by Friday 18th January 2008. If an abstract is accepted for the conference, a full draft paper should be submitted by Friday 18th April 2008.
300 word abstracts should be submitted to both Organising Chairs; abstracts may
be in Word, WordPerfect, or RTF formats, following this order: author(s), affiliation,
email address, title of abstract, body of abstract. We acknowledge receipt and answer to all paper proposals submitted. If you do not receive a reply from us in a week you should assume we did not receive your proposal; it might be lost in cyberspace! We suggest, then, to look for an alternative electronic route or resend.
Tom Claes
CEVI-Global Ethics
Department of Philosophy
Ghent University
Belgium
E-mail: tom.claes@ugent.be
Dr Rob Fisher
Inter-Disciplinary.Net
Priory House, Freeland, Oxfordshire OX29 8HR
E-Mail: ioe5@inter-disciplinary.net
David Seth Preston
School of Computing and Technology
University of East London
London, United Kingdom
E-mail: d.preston@uel.ac.uk
The conference is part of the At the Interface programme of research projects. It aims to bring
together people from different areas and interests to share ideas and explore various discussions which are innovative and exciting.
Multiple eBooks and volumes of themed papers have been published or are in press from the previous conference meetings of this project. All papers accepted for and presented at this conference will be eligible for publication in an ISBN eBook. Selected papers accepted for and
presented at the conference will be published in a themed hard copy volume.
For further details about the project please visit:
http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/ati/education/ioe/ioe.htm
Monday, January 07, 2008
Library Juice Press, LLC (Publisher of books on librarianship)
Library Juice Press, LLC (Publisher of books on librarianship)
Library Juice Press is an imprint of Litwin Books, LLC specializing in theoretical and practical issues in librarianship from a critical perspective, for an audience of professional librarians and students of library science. Readers of the webzine and blog, Library Juice, can expect our books to be deeper investigations into topics that have been covered there over the years, including library philosophy, information policy, library activism, and in general anything that can be placed under the rubric of "critical studies in librarianship."
URL: http://libraryjuicepress.com/
Information for Authors: http://libraryjuicepress.com/authors.php
Books they have published: http://libraryjuicepress.com/books.php
Library Juice Blog: http://libraryjuicepress.com/blog/
Library Juice Press is an imprint of Litwin Books, LLC specializing in theoretical and practical issues in librarianship from a critical perspective, for an audience of professional librarians and students of library science. Readers of the webzine and blog, Library Juice, can expect our books to be deeper investigations into topics that have been covered there over the years, including library philosophy, information policy, library activism, and in general anything that can be placed under the rubric of "critical studies in librarianship."
URL: http://libraryjuicepress.com/
Information for Authors: http://libraryjuicepress.com/authors.php
Books they have published: http://libraryjuicepress.com/books.php
Library Juice Blog: http://libraryjuicepress.com/blog/
Saturday, January 05, 2008
CFP: Information Online 2009
CFP: Information Online 2009
Location: Sydney, Australia
Dates: January 20-22, 2009
CFP Deadline: March 28, 2008
URL: http://www.information-online.com.au
CFP URL: http://www.information-online.com.au/callforpapers.pdf
The Convenors of Information Online 2009, Linden Fairbairn and Kay Harris, welcome you to the 14th Information Online Conference & Exhibition. The Conference & Exhibition will be held at Darling Harbour Exhibition and Convention Centre, Sydney from the 20th to 22nd January 2009.
Information Online 2009 is already shaping up to be the biggest event we have ever held. For 2009 the Executive Committee is looking forward to presenting delegates with an innovative programme, so are calling for papers that will educate and inspire the delegates.
Papers for 2009 can be nominated for peer-review. If you would like to submit a paper, please download the details from our website:
http://www.information-online.com.au. Deadline for submitting is 28th March 2008.
Location: Sydney, Australia
Dates: January 20-22, 2009
CFP Deadline: March 28, 2008
URL: http://www.information-online.com.au
CFP URL: http://www.information-online.com.au/callforpapers.pdf
The Convenors of Information Online 2009, Linden Fairbairn and Kay Harris, welcome you to the 14th Information Online Conference & Exhibition. The Conference & Exhibition will be held at Darling Harbour Exhibition and Convention Centre, Sydney from the 20th to 22nd January 2009.
Information Online 2009 is already shaping up to be the biggest event we have ever held. For 2009 the Executive Committee is looking forward to presenting delegates with an innovative programme, so are calling for papers that will educate and inspire the delegates.
Papers for 2009 can be nominated for peer-review. If you would like to submit a paper, please download the details from our website:
http://www.information-online.com.au. Deadline for submitting is 28th March 2008.
Friday, January 04, 2008
Call for Manuscripts - Internet Reference Services Quarterly
Call for Manuscripts - Internet Reference Services Quarterly
Is your New Year’s resolution to publish in a peer-reviewed journal? Are you currently using web technologies to deliver services and enhance the experiences of your users? Have you conducted a study or analyzed a trend concerning the use or application of web technologies in libraries? Consider submitting a manuscript to us!
Internet Reference Services Quarterly (IRSQ), a peer-reviewed journal published by Haworth/Taylor and Francis, welcomes the submission of manuscripts for its next issue. Don't let the word "reference" in the title fool you. IRSQ highlights the theory and practice behind emerging Internet services, sources and resources in all areas of librarianship. Research-based studies, case studies of successful services or programs, and authoritative articles highlighting best practices are welcome.
Topics of interest include: tags and folksonomies, social bookmarking, wikis, mash-ups, XML applications, digital copyright law, open source solutions, next generation catalogs, electronic resource management systems, Facebook and MySpace modules and interactions, personalization of library products or services, search engine technologies, information services for cell phones or iPods, podcasting and YouTube-ing, Internet gaming and virtual worlds, Internet security, plagiarism in an online world, virtual reference, web-based instruction and streaming video and audio.
Submissions should follow the guidelines for manuscript format and preparation available at http://www.haworthpress.com/journals/instructionsforauthors.asp. All submissions should be accompanied by a Manuscript Submission and Copyright Transfer form, available at http://www.haworthpressinc.com/pdfs/jmanuscript.pdf.
All accepted manuscripts will be published in the journal's next issue, Volume 13, No. 4. The due date for submission of manuscripts is February 1, 2008; however, we are always looking for good submissions and would consider manuscript at any time during the year. For more information or manuscript submission questions, please contact Christopher Cox at coxcn@uwec.edu or at the address below. We look forward to reading your work and having the opportunity to share it with other librarians.
Sincerely,
Christopher Cox
Editor, Internet Reference Services Quarterly
Christopher Cox
Assistant Director of Libraries
Editor, Internet Reference Services Quarterly
University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire
105 Garfield Avenue
Eau Claire, WI 54702-4004
Phone: (715) 836-4454
Fax: (715) 836-2949
Email: coxcn@uwec.edu
Is your New Year’s resolution to publish in a peer-reviewed journal? Are you currently using web technologies to deliver services and enhance the experiences of your users? Have you conducted a study or analyzed a trend concerning the use or application of web technologies in libraries? Consider submitting a manuscript to us!
Internet Reference Services Quarterly (IRSQ), a peer-reviewed journal published by Haworth/Taylor and Francis, welcomes the submission of manuscripts for its next issue. Don't let the word "reference" in the title fool you. IRSQ highlights the theory and practice behind emerging Internet services, sources and resources in all areas of librarianship. Research-based studies, case studies of successful services or programs, and authoritative articles highlighting best practices are welcome.
Topics of interest include: tags and folksonomies, social bookmarking, wikis, mash-ups, XML applications, digital copyright law, open source solutions, next generation catalogs, electronic resource management systems, Facebook and MySpace modules and interactions, personalization of library products or services, search engine technologies, information services for cell phones or iPods, podcasting and YouTube-ing, Internet gaming and virtual worlds, Internet security, plagiarism in an online world, virtual reference, web-based instruction and streaming video and audio.
Submissions should follow the guidelines for manuscript format and preparation available at http://www.haworthpress.com/journals/instructionsforauthors.asp. All submissions should be accompanied by a Manuscript Submission and Copyright Transfer form, available at http://www.haworthpressinc.com/pdfs/jmanuscript.pdf.
All accepted manuscripts will be published in the journal's next issue, Volume 13, No. 4. The due date for submission of manuscripts is February 1, 2008; however, we are always looking for good submissions and would consider manuscript at any time during the year. For more information or manuscript submission questions, please contact Christopher Cox at coxcn@uwec.edu or at the address below. We look forward to reading your work and having the opportunity to share it with other librarians.
Sincerely,
Christopher Cox
Editor, Internet Reference Services Quarterly
Christopher Cox
Assistant Director of Libraries
Editor, Internet Reference Services Quarterly
University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire
105 Garfield Avenue
Eau Claire, WI 54702-4004
Phone: (715) 836-4454
Fax: (715) 836-2949
Email: coxcn@uwec.edu
Official Call for Volunteer LITA Bloggers at Midwinter '08 - Reminder
Official Call for Volunteer LITA Bloggers at Midwinter '08 - Reminder
If you placed "become more active in my professional association" on your New Year's resolution list (and who hasn't?!) and are planning to attend Midwinter in Philadelphia next week, here's a great way to check it off early in the year.
Take this opportunity to become a LITA Blogger! The LITA Blog (http://litablog.org) will again be on hand to report what is happening and share the terrific Midwinter experience with those who cannot attend this year. There are still lots of fascinating sessions available to blog, so please don't delay: send me a message, and I'll sign you up!
If you like to write and are looking for new ways to get involved (or have blogged in the past and would like to blog again), please email me at tiffany.lmb.smith@gmail.com and let me know what sessions you would like to cover. The blog schedule for Midwinter
(http://litablog.org/blog-schedule-ala-midwinter-2008/) has been posted and is updated as we receive volunteers.
We will be taking volunteers up to and during the conference. Thanks very much in advance!
Tiffany
If you placed "become more active in my professional association" on your New Year's resolution list (and who hasn't?!) and are planning to attend Midwinter in Philadelphia next week, here's a great way to check it off early in the year.
Take this opportunity to become a LITA Blogger! The LITA Blog (http://litablog.org) will again be on hand to report what is happening and share the terrific Midwinter experience with those who cannot attend this year. There are still lots of fascinating sessions available to blog, so please don't delay: send me a message, and I'll sign you up!
If you like to write and are looking for new ways to get involved (or have blogged in the past and would like to blog again), please email me at tiffany.lmb.smith@gmail.com and let me know what sessions you would like to cover. The blog schedule for Midwinter
(http://litablog.org/blog-schedule-ala-midwinter-2008/) has been posted and is updated as we receive volunteers.
We will be taking volunteers up to and during the conference. Thanks very much in advance!
Tiffany
CFP: Urban Library Journal presents "The Creative Library"
CFP: Urban Library Journal presents "The Creative Library"
Are you a creative librarian? Would you describe your library as a creative organization? If so, then you may have an article to contribute to Urban Library Journal.
Urban Library Journal (ULJ), an online refereed journal of research and discussion dealing with all aspects of urban libraries and librarianship, is seeking the submission of manuscripts for the spring 2008 issue. The issue will be devoted to "The Creative Library."
We are pleased to announce that Steven Bell, Associate University Librarian for Research and Instructional Services at Temple University, will be the guest editor. The issue will showcase innovative ways that urban libraries are meeting the challenge of organizational change, diverse user populations, emerging technologies, and other issues facing twenty-first century libraries. Topics might include (but are not limited to):
-Leading creative organizations
-Fostering creativity in the library
-Using creativity to resolve complex challenges
-Creative ways to build great user experiences
-Developing processes that encourage innovation
-Creative patron programming for orientations, cultural events, etc.
-Creative methods to get the library community engaged or passionate about the library
-Creative techniques for leveraging Web 2.0 technology for connecting with library users
We encourage submissions from professionals in academic, research, public, school and special libraries in an urban setting. Manuscript length is flexible but should normally fall between 2,000 and 5,000 words. Full author guidelines can be found on the ULJ website
http://lacuny.cuny.edu/ulj/
Abstracts are due by February 2, 2008. Full manuscripts are due by April 4,
2008. Please email queries and submissions to the journal co-editors:
Lisa Finder
Associate Professor/Serials Librarian
Hunter College Libraries
lfinder@hunter.cuny.edu
and
Lauren Yannotta
Assistant Professor/Instructional Design Librarian
Hunter College Libraries
lyannott@hunter.cuny.edu
Are you a creative librarian? Would you describe your library as a creative organization? If so, then you may have an article to contribute to Urban Library Journal.
Urban Library Journal (ULJ), an online refereed journal of research and discussion dealing with all aspects of urban libraries and librarianship, is seeking the submission of manuscripts for the spring 2008 issue. The issue will be devoted to "The Creative Library."
We are pleased to announce that Steven Bell, Associate University Librarian for Research and Instructional Services at Temple University, will be the guest editor. The issue will showcase innovative ways that urban libraries are meeting the challenge of organizational change, diverse user populations, emerging technologies, and other issues facing twenty-first century libraries. Topics might include (but are not limited to):
-Leading creative organizations
-Fostering creativity in the library
-Using creativity to resolve complex challenges
-Creative ways to build great user experiences
-Developing processes that encourage innovation
-Creative patron programming for orientations, cultural events, etc.
-Creative methods to get the library community engaged or passionate about the library
-Creative techniques for leveraging Web 2.0 technology for connecting with library users
We encourage submissions from professionals in academic, research, public, school and special libraries in an urban setting. Manuscript length is flexible but should normally fall between 2,000 and 5,000 words. Full author guidelines can be found on the ULJ website
http://lacuny.cuny.edu/ulj/
Abstracts are due by February 2, 2008. Full manuscripts are due by April 4,
2008. Please email queries and submissions to the journal co-editors:
Lisa Finder
Associate Professor/Serials Librarian
Hunter College Libraries
lfinder@hunter.cuny.edu
and
Lauren Yannotta
Assistant Professor/Instructional Design Librarian
Hunter College Libraries
lyannott@hunter.cuny.edu
CFP: Library Hi Tech
CFP: Library Hi Tech
URL: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/info/journals/lht/lht.jsp
Library Hi Tech is now over a quarter century old and to celebrate we are planning a series of papers that looks at the last 25 Years of library technology to consider what we have learned and where we need to do more research.
Articles can look at changes in particular institutions or can look at how particular technologies have changed how we think about our jobs as librarians. Articles should be scholarly in their approach and broad in their perspective.
Articles for Library Hi Tech should be 4000-8000 words long and should follow the Emerald style guide. Library Hi Tech is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal that is indexed in Current Contents/Social and Behavioral Sciences, Social Sciences Citation Index, Social Scisearch and Journal Citation Reports/Social Sciences Edition.
Those interested in contributing should submit a brief (300 word) abstract to Michael Seadle at: “seadle (at) ibi.hu-berlin.de”.
Articles must be in English in their final form. The abstract may be in English, German, or French.
Best wishes ... Michael
Prof. Michael Seadle
Director, Institute for Library and Information Science
Humboldt University in Berlin
Editor, Library Hi Tech
Submissions: http://jade.emeraldinsight.com
Location: Dorothenstrasse 26
Mailing address: Unter den Linden 6, 10099 Berlin
Phone: +49 [30] 2093-4248
Fax: +49 [30] 2093-4335
seadle@ibi.hu-berlin.de
URL: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/info/journals/lht/lht.jsp
Library Hi Tech is now over a quarter century old and to celebrate we are planning a series of papers that looks at the last 25 Years of library technology to consider what we have learned and where we need to do more research.
Articles can look at changes in particular institutions or can look at how particular technologies have changed how we think about our jobs as librarians. Articles should be scholarly in their approach and broad in their perspective.
Articles for Library Hi Tech should be 4000-8000 words long and should follow the Emerald style guide. Library Hi Tech is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal that is indexed in Current Contents/Social and Behavioral Sciences, Social Sciences Citation Index, Social Scisearch and Journal Citation Reports/Social Sciences Edition.
Those interested in contributing should submit a brief (300 word) abstract to Michael Seadle at: “seadle (at) ibi.hu-berlin.de”.
Articles must be in English in their final form. The abstract may be in English, German, or French.
Best wishes ... Michael
Prof. Michael Seadle
Director, Institute for Library and Information Science
Humboldt University in Berlin
Editor, Library Hi Tech
Submissions: http://jade.emeraldinsight.com
Location: Dorothenstrasse 26
Mailing address: Unter den Linden 6, 10099 Berlin
Phone: +49 [30] 2093-4248
Fax: +49 [30] 2093-4335
seadle@ibi.hu-berlin.de
Thursday, January 03, 2008
Books Available for Review from LRTS (Library Resources & Technical Services)
Books Available for Review from LRTS (Library Resources & Technical Services)
From: http://www.ala.org/ala/alcts/alctspubs/alctsnewsletter/v18n6/v18n6main.cfm
Get Published: New Publications Available for Review
Edward Swanson, LRTS Book Reviews Editor (Library Resources & Technical Services from ALCTS of ALA)
email: swans152@umn.edu
The following publications have been received recently and will be considered for review in a future issue of LRTS as appropriate. Anyone interested in writing reviews for LRTS can get in touch with Edward Swanson, LRTS Book Review Editor.
The Academic Library Manager’s Forms, Policies, and Procedures Handbook with CD-ROM. By Rebecca Brumley. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers Incorporated, 2007. $149.95 paper (ISBN 978-1-55570-597-8/1-55570-597-9).
Archives and the Digital Library. Editors, William E. Landis, Robin L. Chandler. Binghamton, N.Y.: Haworth Press, 2007. $85 (ISBN 978-0-7890-3437-3) $65 paper (ISBN 978-0-7890-3438-0). Published simultaneously as Journal of Archival Organization, 4, numbers 1/2.
Cataloger, Editor, and Scholar: Essays in Honor of Ruth C. Carter. Edited by Robert P. Holley. New York: Haworth Press, 2007. $75 (ISBN 978-0-7890-3622-3). Published simultaneously as Cataloging & Classification Quarterly, 44, numbers 1/2 & 3/4.
The Complete RFID Handbook: A Manual and DVD for Assessing, Implementing, and Managing Radio Frequency Identification Technologies in Libraries. By Diane Marie Ward. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, 2007. $75 paper (ISBN 978-1-55570-602-9/1-55570-602-9).
E-Journal Invasion: A Cataloger’s Guide to Survival. By Helen Heinrich. Oxford: Chandos Publishing, 2007. £57 (ISBN 978-1-84334-193-2/1-84334-193-X) £39.95 paper (ISBN 978-1-84334-144-4/1-84334-144-1).
Handbook of Electronic and Digital Acquisitions. Edited by Thomas W. Leonhardt. New York: Haworth Press, 2006. $34.95 (ISBN 978-0-7890-2991-2/0-7890-2291-5) $34.95 paper (ISBN 978-0-7890-2292-2/0-7890-2292-3).
IFLA Cataloguing Principles: Steps towards an International Cataloguing Code, 3: Report from the 3rd IFLA Meeting of Experts on an International Cataloguing Code, Cairo, Egypt, 2005. Editors, Barbara B. Tillett, Khaled Mohamed Reyad, Ana Lupe Cristán. München: K.G. Saur, 2006. $109 (IFLA members $81) (ISBN 3-598-24278-6). IFLA Series on Bibliographic Control, volume 29.
Institutional Repositories. University of Houston Libraries, Institutional Repository Task Force, Charles W. Bailey, Jr., Chair. Washington, D.C.: Association of Research Libraries, 2006. $45 paper (ISBN 1-59407-708-8). SPEC Kit, 292.
International Newspaper Librarianship for the 21st Century. Editor, Hartmut Walravens. München: K.G. Saur, 2006. $109 (IFLA members $81) (ISBN 3-598-21846-X). IFLA Publications, 118.
Library 2.0 and Beyond: Innovative Technologies and Tomorrow’s User. Editor, Nancy Courtney. Westport, Conn.: Libraries Unlimited, 2007. $45 paper (ISBN 978-1-59158-537-4).
Managing Digitization Activities. By Rebecca L. Mugridge. Washington, D.C.: Association of Research Libraries, 2006. $45 paper (ISBN 1-59407-710-X). SPEC Kit, 294.
Metadata: A Cataloger’s Primer. Edited by Richard P. Smiraglia. New York: Haworth Information Press, 2005. $59.95 (ISBN 978-0-7890-2800-6/0-7890-2800-X) $39.95 paper (ISBN 978-0-7890-2801-3/0-7890-2801-8). Published simultaneously as Cataloging & Classification Quarterly, 40, numbers 3/4.
Metadata and Its Applications in the Digital Library: Approaches and Practices. By Jia Liu. Westport, Conn.: Libraries Unlimited, 2007. $40 paper (ISBN 978-1-59158-306-6).
Mile-High Views: Surveying the Serials Vista: NASIG 2006: Proceedings of the North American Serials Interest Group, Inc., 21st Annual Conference, May 4-7, 2006, Denver, Colorado. Editors, Carol Ann Borchert, Gary Ives. New York: Haworth Information Press, 2007. $90 (ISBN 978-0-7890-3658-2) Published simultaneously as The Serials Librarian, 52, numbers 1/2 and 3/4.
Moving Beyond the Presentation Layer: Content and Context in the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) System. Editors, Joan S. Mitchell, Diane Vizine-Goetz. New York: Haworth Information Press, 2007. $50 (ISBN 978-0-7890-3452-6/0-7890-3452-2) $30 paper (ISBN 978-0-7890-3453-3/0-7890-3453-0) Published simultaneously as Cataloging & Classification Quarterly, 42, numbers 3/4.
Networking for Digital Preservation: Current Practice in 15 National Libraries. By Ingeborg Verheul. München: K.G. Saur, 2006. $109 (IFLA members $81) (ISBN 3-598-219847-8). IFLA Publications, 119.
Newspapers of the World Online: U.S. and International Perspectives: Proceedings of Conferences in Salt Lake City and Seoul, 2006. Edited by Hartmut Walravens. München: K.G. Saur, 2006. $109 (IFLA members $81) (ISBN 3-598-21849-4). IFLA Publications, 122.
Open Access Bibliography: Liberating Scholarly Literature with-Prints and Open Access Journals. By Charles W. Bailey, Jr. Washington, D.C.: Association of Research Libraries, 2005. $45 paper (ISBN 978-1-59407-670-1/1-59407-670-7).
Organizing Information from the Shelf to the Web. By G. G. Chowdhury, Sudatta Chowdhury. London: Facet Publishing, 2007. $95 paper (ISBN 978-1-845604-578-0).
Remote Shelving Services. By Thomas C. Deardorff, Gordon J. Aamot. Washington, D.C.: Association of Research Libraries, 2006. $45 paper (ISBN 1-59407-711-8). SPEC Kit, 295.
Sound Savings: Preserving Audio Collections. Edited by Judith Matz. Washington, D.C.: Association of Research Libraries, 2004. $45.00 paper (ISBN 1-59407-663-4).
Subject Access to a Multilingual Museum Database: A Step-by-Step Approach to the Digitization Process. By Allison Siffre Guedalia Kupietzky. Westport, Conn.: Libraries Unlimited, 2007. $45 paper (ISBN 978-1-59158-444-5). Third Millennium Cataloging.
UNIMARC and Friends: Charting the New Landscape of Library Standards: Proceedings of the International Conference Held in Lisbon, 20-21 March 2006. Edited by Marie-France Plassard. München: K.G. Saur, 2007. $95 (IFLA members $67) (ISBN 3-598-24279-4). IFLA Series on Bibliographic Control, volume 30.
Using Interactive Technologies in Libraries. Editors, Kathlene Hanson, H. Frank Cervone. New York: Neal-Schuman, 2007. $59.95 paper (ISBN 978-1-55570-612-8). Library and Information Technology Association Guide, #13.
Using XML: A How-To-Do-It Manual and CD-ROM for Librarians. By Kwong Bor Ng. New York: Neal-Schuman, 2007. $85 paper (ISBN 978-1-55570-567-1/1-55570-567-7). How-To-Do-It Manuals, no. 154.
From: http://www.ala.org/ala/alcts/alctspubs/alctsnewsletter/v18n6/v18n6main.cfm
Get Published: New Publications Available for Review
Edward Swanson, LRTS Book Reviews Editor (Library Resources & Technical Services from ALCTS of ALA)
email: swans152@umn.edu
The following publications have been received recently and will be considered for review in a future issue of LRTS as appropriate. Anyone interested in writing reviews for LRTS can get in touch with Edward Swanson, LRTS Book Review Editor.
The Academic Library Manager’s Forms, Policies, and Procedures Handbook with CD-ROM. By Rebecca Brumley. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers Incorporated, 2007. $149.95 paper (ISBN 978-1-55570-597-8/1-55570-597-9).
Archives and the Digital Library. Editors, William E. Landis, Robin L. Chandler. Binghamton, N.Y.: Haworth Press, 2007. $85 (ISBN 978-0-7890-3437-3) $65 paper (ISBN 978-0-7890-3438-0). Published simultaneously as Journal of Archival Organization, 4, numbers 1/2.
Cataloger, Editor, and Scholar: Essays in Honor of Ruth C. Carter. Edited by Robert P. Holley. New York: Haworth Press, 2007. $75 (ISBN 978-0-7890-3622-3). Published simultaneously as Cataloging & Classification Quarterly, 44, numbers 1/2 & 3/4.
The Complete RFID Handbook: A Manual and DVD for Assessing, Implementing, and Managing Radio Frequency Identification Technologies in Libraries. By Diane Marie Ward. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, 2007. $75 paper (ISBN 978-1-55570-602-9/1-55570-602-9).
E-Journal Invasion: A Cataloger’s Guide to Survival. By Helen Heinrich. Oxford: Chandos Publishing, 2007. £57 (ISBN 978-1-84334-193-2/1-84334-193-X) £39.95 paper (ISBN 978-1-84334-144-4/1-84334-144-1).
Handbook of Electronic and Digital Acquisitions. Edited by Thomas W. Leonhardt. New York: Haworth Press, 2006. $34.95 (ISBN 978-0-7890-2991-2/0-7890-2291-5) $34.95 paper (ISBN 978-0-7890-2292-2/0-7890-2292-3).
IFLA Cataloguing Principles: Steps towards an International Cataloguing Code, 3: Report from the 3rd IFLA Meeting of Experts on an International Cataloguing Code, Cairo, Egypt, 2005. Editors, Barbara B. Tillett, Khaled Mohamed Reyad, Ana Lupe Cristán. München: K.G. Saur, 2006. $109 (IFLA members $81) (ISBN 3-598-24278-6). IFLA Series on Bibliographic Control, volume 29.
Institutional Repositories. University of Houston Libraries, Institutional Repository Task Force, Charles W. Bailey, Jr., Chair. Washington, D.C.: Association of Research Libraries, 2006. $45 paper (ISBN 1-59407-708-8). SPEC Kit, 292.
International Newspaper Librarianship for the 21st Century. Editor, Hartmut Walravens. München: K.G. Saur, 2006. $109 (IFLA members $81) (ISBN 3-598-21846-X). IFLA Publications, 118.
Library 2.0 and Beyond: Innovative Technologies and Tomorrow’s User. Editor, Nancy Courtney. Westport, Conn.: Libraries Unlimited, 2007. $45 paper (ISBN 978-1-59158-537-4).
Managing Digitization Activities. By Rebecca L. Mugridge. Washington, D.C.: Association of Research Libraries, 2006. $45 paper (ISBN 1-59407-710-X). SPEC Kit, 294.
Metadata: A Cataloger’s Primer. Edited by Richard P. Smiraglia. New York: Haworth Information Press, 2005. $59.95 (ISBN 978-0-7890-2800-6/0-7890-2800-X) $39.95 paper (ISBN 978-0-7890-2801-3/0-7890-2801-8). Published simultaneously as Cataloging & Classification Quarterly, 40, numbers 3/4.
Metadata and Its Applications in the Digital Library: Approaches and Practices. By Jia Liu. Westport, Conn.: Libraries Unlimited, 2007. $40 paper (ISBN 978-1-59158-306-6).
Mile-High Views: Surveying the Serials Vista: NASIG 2006: Proceedings of the North American Serials Interest Group, Inc., 21st Annual Conference, May 4-7, 2006, Denver, Colorado. Editors, Carol Ann Borchert, Gary Ives. New York: Haworth Information Press, 2007. $90 (ISBN 978-0-7890-3658-2) Published simultaneously as The Serials Librarian, 52, numbers 1/2 and 3/4.
Moving Beyond the Presentation Layer: Content and Context in the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) System. Editors, Joan S. Mitchell, Diane Vizine-Goetz. New York: Haworth Information Press, 2007. $50 (ISBN 978-0-7890-3452-6/0-7890-3452-2) $30 paper (ISBN 978-0-7890-3453-3/0-7890-3453-0) Published simultaneously as Cataloging & Classification Quarterly, 42, numbers 3/4.
Networking for Digital Preservation: Current Practice in 15 National Libraries. By Ingeborg Verheul. München: K.G. Saur, 2006. $109 (IFLA members $81) (ISBN 3-598-219847-8). IFLA Publications, 119.
Newspapers of the World Online: U.S. and International Perspectives: Proceedings of Conferences in Salt Lake City and Seoul, 2006. Edited by Hartmut Walravens. München: K.G. Saur, 2006. $109 (IFLA members $81) (ISBN 3-598-21849-4). IFLA Publications, 122.
Open Access Bibliography: Liberating Scholarly Literature with-Prints and Open Access Journals. By Charles W. Bailey, Jr. Washington, D.C.: Association of Research Libraries, 2005. $45 paper (ISBN 978-1-59407-670-1/1-59407-670-7).
Organizing Information from the Shelf to the Web. By G. G. Chowdhury, Sudatta Chowdhury. London: Facet Publishing, 2007. $95 paper (ISBN 978-1-845604-578-0).
Remote Shelving Services. By Thomas C. Deardorff, Gordon J. Aamot. Washington, D.C.: Association of Research Libraries, 2006. $45 paper (ISBN 1-59407-711-8). SPEC Kit, 295.
Sound Savings: Preserving Audio Collections. Edited by Judith Matz. Washington, D.C.: Association of Research Libraries, 2004. $45.00 paper (ISBN 1-59407-663-4).
Subject Access to a Multilingual Museum Database: A Step-by-Step Approach to the Digitization Process. By Allison Siffre Guedalia Kupietzky. Westport, Conn.: Libraries Unlimited, 2007. $45 paper (ISBN 978-1-59158-444-5). Third Millennium Cataloging.
UNIMARC and Friends: Charting the New Landscape of Library Standards: Proceedings of the International Conference Held in Lisbon, 20-21 March 2006. Edited by Marie-France Plassard. München: K.G. Saur, 2007. $95 (IFLA members $67) (ISBN 3-598-24279-4). IFLA Series on Bibliographic Control, volume 30.
Using Interactive Technologies in Libraries. Editors, Kathlene Hanson, H. Frank Cervone. New York: Neal-Schuman, 2007. $59.95 paper (ISBN 978-1-55570-612-8). Library and Information Technology Association Guide, #13.
Using XML: A How-To-Do-It Manual and CD-ROM for Librarians. By Kwong Bor Ng. New York: Neal-Schuman, 2007. $85 paper (ISBN 978-1-55570-567-1/1-55570-567-7). How-To-Do-It Manuals, no. 154.
Thursday, December 27, 2007
CFP: Academic Exchange Quarterly Issue on "Online Learning"
CFP: Academic Exchange Quarterly Issue on "Online Learning"
The Winter 2007 issue of Academic Exchange Quarterly is completed, and the expected month of publication is January:
http://rapidintellect.com/AEQweb/
If you have an article consisting of 2,000-3,000 words focusing on "Online Learning," see the following:
http://rapidintellect.com/AEQweb/5onlin.htm
To submit your article, see the following:
http://rapidintellect.com/AEQweb/rufen1.htm
Click on "Try Six Simple Submission Steps" for the most expeditious way of submission. Submissions for the Spring and Summer issues are welcome.
Previous issues of _AEQ_ are now online for free:
http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Academic+Exchange+Quarterly-p268
If you have any questions, feel free to send them to me.
Ben Varner
ben.varner@unco.edu
--
Feature Editor
Academic Exchange Quarterly
http://rapidintellect.com/AEQweb/edpbva.htm
The Winter 2007 issue of Academic Exchange Quarterly is completed, and the expected month of publication is January:
http://rapidintellect.com/AEQweb/
If you have an article consisting of 2,000-3,000 words focusing on "Online Learning," see the following:
http://rapidintellect.com/AEQweb/5onlin.htm
To submit your article, see the following:
http://rapidintellect.com/AEQweb/rufen1.htm
Click on "Try Six Simple Submission Steps" for the most expeditious way of submission. Submissions for the Spring and Summer issues are welcome.
Previous issues of _AEQ_ are now online for free:
http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Academic+Exchange+Quarterly-p268
If you have any questions, feel free to send them to me.
Ben Varner
ben.varner@unco.edu
--
Feature Editor
Academic Exchange Quarterly
http://rapidintellect.com/AEQweb/edpbva.htm
CFP: Upcoming issues of Education Libraries (peer reviewed journal)
CFP: Upcoming issues of Education Libraries (peer reviewed journal)
We are accepting papers for the next two issues of Education Libraries, a peer-reviewed journal published by SLA's Education Division. This journal is indexed in ERIC, and Wilson Library Literature and Information Science. For information about the journal, instructions for authors, and full-text copies of selected back issues, please go to http://units.sla.org/division/ded/education_libraries.html. You do not have to be a member of SLA or the Education Division to publish in Education Libraries. We welcome additional book reviewers.
Call for papers, Spring 2008:
The next issue will focus on children's resources.
Deadline: February 1, 2008
Call for papers, Fall 2008:
Topics could include archives and digitization; historical collections; digital libraries.
Deadline: August 1, 2008
Email queries and manuscripts to co-editor, Jacqueline Snider at
jacqueline-snider@uiowa.edu.
Thank you.
Jacqueline Snider
We are accepting papers for the next two issues of Education Libraries, a peer-reviewed journal published by SLA's Education Division. This journal is indexed in ERIC, and Wilson Library Literature and Information Science. For information about the journal, instructions for authors, and full-text copies of selected back issues, please go to http://units.sla.org/division/ded/education_libraries.html. You do not have to be a member of SLA or the Education Division to publish in Education Libraries. We welcome additional book reviewers.
Call for papers, Spring 2008:
The next issue will focus on children's resources.
Deadline: February 1, 2008
Call for papers, Fall 2008:
Topics could include archives and digitization; historical collections; digital libraries.
Deadline: August 1, 2008
Email queries and manuscripts to co-editor, Jacqueline Snider at
jacqueline-snider@uiowa.edu.
Thank you.
Jacqueline Snider
Friday, December 21, 2007
Articles requested for book on gender and museums
Articles requested for book on gender and museums
Deadline: April 15, 2008
I am collecting articles for a reader on gender in museums. Topics to be covered include (but are not limited to): representations of gays and lesbians in historic sites; careers for women in museums; gender and collecting; museum definitions of sex and gender; women’s museums; museums’ representations of rape and other forms of gendered violence; exhibits on sexuality; women in museum education; gender and museum audiences; museum exhibits on human reproduction. Preference will be given to articles combining a theoretical perspective with examples from US institutions. Articles focusing solely on representations of women in art works will not be accepted because of the abundance of published scholarship on this topic.
The history of women and museums is long and complex, beginning with the opening of the great European museums in the nineteenth century. As described in visitors’ accounts, novels, and other texts, museums offered some of the few public sites where respectable women could appear. Even as women engaged in spectatorship in the early museums, they found themselves objects of contemplation as the subjects of paintings and sculptures. In the twentieth-century, women became active in museum work, but remained under-represented in the ranks of curators and museum administrators. In contrast, while individuals who are gay, lesbian, or bisexual have gained prominence as museum employees, their lives and experiences have generally been invisible in history and art museum exhibits.
While a number of published articles and several books focus on women in museums, there has been no recent anthology on this topic, so current research remains scattered. Moreover, no book has concentrated on issues of sexual orientation in museums. I therefore plan to gather outstanding articles published in the past ten years as well as new essays focusing on these topics. Articles should be written for an audience of scholars and advanced students.
Amy Levin
Reavis 103
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL 60115
Email: alevin@niu.edu
Deadline: April 15, 2008
I am collecting articles for a reader on gender in museums. Topics to be covered include (but are not limited to): representations of gays and lesbians in historic sites; careers for women in museums; gender and collecting; museum definitions of sex and gender; women’s museums; museums’ representations of rape and other forms of gendered violence; exhibits on sexuality; women in museum education; gender and museum audiences; museum exhibits on human reproduction. Preference will be given to articles combining a theoretical perspective with examples from US institutions. Articles focusing solely on representations of women in art works will not be accepted because of the abundance of published scholarship on this topic.
The history of women and museums is long and complex, beginning with the opening of the great European museums in the nineteenth century. As described in visitors’ accounts, novels, and other texts, museums offered some of the few public sites where respectable women could appear. Even as women engaged in spectatorship in the early museums, they found themselves objects of contemplation as the subjects of paintings and sculptures. In the twentieth-century, women became active in museum work, but remained under-represented in the ranks of curators and museum administrators. In contrast, while individuals who are gay, lesbian, or bisexual have gained prominence as museum employees, their lives and experiences have generally been invisible in history and art museum exhibits.
While a number of published articles and several books focus on women in museums, there has been no recent anthology on this topic, so current research remains scattered. Moreover, no book has concentrated on issues of sexual orientation in museums. I therefore plan to gather outstanding articles published in the past ten years as well as new essays focusing on these topics. Articles should be written for an audience of scholars and advanced students.
Amy Levin
Reavis 103
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL 60115
Email: alevin@niu.edu
eSharp Call for Papers- In Action: Social Engagement, Empowerment, and Change.
eSharp Call for Papers- In Action: Social Engagement, Empowerment, and Change.
Deadline Feburary 15, 2008
In Action: Social Engagement, Empowerment and Change.
The eleventh issue of eSharp will consider themes of social engagement, empowerment, and change. We welcome articles which examine the social implications and practical applications of various theories, as well as how these may empower marginalised social groups or promote social change. In keeping with the interdisciplinary nature of the journal, the ideas of engagement and empowerment within society can be interpreted broadly. We encourage submissions from postgraduates in any area of the arts, humanities, social sciences or education.
Articles should engage with the main themes and may include, but are not limited to, topics such as
• social history
• revolution
• social ethics
• grassroots movements or projects
• global/local community involvement
• Utopic theories or movements
• practical applications of theory
• political activism
• disenfranchised/marginalised groups
• art and social engagement
• media representations of marginalised groups.
Submissions must be based on original research and should be between 4,000 and 6,000 words in length. Please ensure that you accompany your article with an abstract of 200 to 250 words and a list of three to five keywords to indicate the subject area of your article. For more information, a full list of guidelines and our style sheet, visit www.gla.ac.uk/esharp. Submissions and enquiries should be sent to submissions@esharp.org.uk .
The final deadline for submission of articles is Friday 15th February 2008. Issue publication will occur in June.
submissions@esharp.org.uk
Email: submissions@esharp.org.uk
Visit the website at http://www.gla.ac.uk/esharp
Deadline Feburary 15, 2008
In Action: Social Engagement, Empowerment and Change.
The eleventh issue of eSharp will consider themes of social engagement, empowerment, and change. We welcome articles which examine the social implications and practical applications of various theories, as well as how these may empower marginalised social groups or promote social change. In keeping with the interdisciplinary nature of the journal, the ideas of engagement and empowerment within society can be interpreted broadly. We encourage submissions from postgraduates in any area of the arts, humanities, social sciences or education.
Articles should engage with the main themes and may include, but are not limited to, topics such as
• social history
• revolution
• social ethics
• grassroots movements or projects
• global/local community involvement
• Utopic theories or movements
• practical applications of theory
• political activism
• disenfranchised/marginalised groups
• art and social engagement
• media representations of marginalised groups.
Submissions must be based on original research and should be between 4,000 and 6,000 words in length. Please ensure that you accompany your article with an abstract of 200 to 250 words and a list of three to five keywords to indicate the subject area of your article. For more information, a full list of guidelines and our style sheet, visit www.gla.ac.uk/esharp. Submissions and enquiries should be sent to submissions@esharp.org.uk .
The final deadline for submission of articles is Friday 15th February 2008. Issue publication will occur in June.
submissions@esharp.org.uk
Email: submissions@esharp.org.uk
Visit the website at http://www.gla.ac.uk/esharp
CFP: 2008 Oral History Association Meeting, "A Convergence of Interests: Oral History in the Digital Age"
CFP: 2008 Oral History Association Meeting, "A Convergence of Interests: Oral History in the Digital Age"
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
October 15 - 19, 2008
Sheraton Station Square Hotel in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania
Deadline: January 15, 2008
The Oral History Association invites proposals for papers and presentations for its 2008 annual meeting to be held October 15 - 19, 2008 at the Sheraton Station Square Hotel in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania.
As always, the Program Committee of the OHA welcomes proposals for presentations on a variety of topics. In keeping with this year's theme, "A Convergence of Interests: Oral History in the Digital Age," the 2008 Annual Meeting will focus special attention on oral history and digital technologies.
Emerging digital technologies continue to expand options for the recording, preservation, and use of oral history interviews and other historically significant sights and sounds, to expand audiences, and to draw together once separate communities of practitioners. In doing so, they raise perplexing practical, legal, ethical, and theoretical questions.
For its 2008 meeting, the Oral History Association extends an invitation to teachers and students, archivists and librarians, Luddites and media theorists, web and exhibit designers, documentary producers and media artists, ethnographers, family and public historians, program officers and curators, scholars from a broad and growing range of disciplines, social and political activists, and others interested in sharing their experiences, projects, concerns, ideas, and questions about oral history. We encourage researchers studying the Ohio Valley , technology, industrialization and deindustrialization, and labor history to submit proposals. In recognition of the important work taking place outside the United States , we also hope to see a significant international presence at the meeting.
In the spirit of this meeting, the OHA Program Committee encourages presenters to consider a variety of formats and presentation methods, including traditional panels with chair and discussant, roundtables, performances, listening and viewing sessions, workshops, and poster sessions.
Once one of the United States ' great industrial metropolises, Pittsburgh has been a national and international center of technological innovations-including the home of the nation's first radio station- industrial processes, and intense struggles between capital and labor. Battered by deindustrialization in the late 1900s, the city has undergone an urban renaissance and today offers a rich concentration of museums, historic sites, universities and colleges, and an active arts scene. The Oral History Association is fortunate to be meeting in Pittsburgh during celebrations of the 250 th anniversary of the city's founding.
Proposal format: submit four copies of the proposal. For full sessions, submit a title, a session abstract of not more than two pages, and a one-page vita or resume for each participant. For individual proposals, submit a one-page abstract and a one-page vita or resume of the presenter. Each submission must be accompanied by a cover sheet, which can be printed from the OHA Web site: www.dickinson.edu/oha . Click here for COVER SHEET.
Proposals may be submitted by mail, or email, and should be postmarked or sent by January 15, 2008. Submit proposals directly to the OHA office at the address below.
E-mail attachments must include the "cover sheet" in electronic form and must be one complete document in Microsoft WORD format. Please do not send separate attachements. Attachments should be sent to oha@dickinson.edu. Should you not receive email confirmation by February 5th, please contact the OHA office to make sure your submission has been received.
Queries may be directed to:
Charles Hardy III, First Vice President
chardyIII@wcupa.edu
(610) 436-3329
Marjorie McLellan
marjorie.mclellan@wright.edu
(937) 775-2162 Donna DeBlasio dmdeblasio@ysu.edu (330) 941-3158 Proposals should be sent by January 15, 2008, to: Madelyn Campbell Oral History Association Dickinson College P. O. Box 1773 Carlisle , PA 17013 Telephone (717) 245-1036 Fax: (717) 245-1046 Email: oha@dickinson.edu For courier service add: Holland Union Building , College and Louther Streets
Queries may be directed to:
Charles Hardy III, First Vice President
chardyIII@wcupa.edu
(610) 436-3329
Marjorie McLellan
marjorie.mclellan@wright.edu
(937) 775-2162
Donna DeBlasio
dmdeblasio@ysu.edu
(330) 941-3158
Proposals should be sent by January 15, 2008, to:
Madelyn Campbell
Oral History Association
Dickinson College
P. O. Box 1773
Carlisle , PA 17013
Telephone (717) 245-1036
Fax: (717) 245-1046
Email: oha@dickinson.edu
Email: marjorie.mclellan@wright.edu
Visit the website at http://alpha.dickinson.edu/oha/org_cfp.html
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
October 15 - 19, 2008
Sheraton Station Square Hotel in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania
Deadline: January 15, 2008
The Oral History Association invites proposals for papers and presentations for its 2008 annual meeting to be held October 15 - 19, 2008 at the Sheraton Station Square Hotel in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania.
As always, the Program Committee of the OHA welcomes proposals for presentations on a variety of topics. In keeping with this year's theme, "A Convergence of Interests: Oral History in the Digital Age," the 2008 Annual Meeting will focus special attention on oral history and digital technologies.
Emerging digital technologies continue to expand options for the recording, preservation, and use of oral history interviews and other historically significant sights and sounds, to expand audiences, and to draw together once separate communities of practitioners. In doing so, they raise perplexing practical, legal, ethical, and theoretical questions.
For its 2008 meeting, the Oral History Association extends an invitation to teachers and students, archivists and librarians, Luddites and media theorists, web and exhibit designers, documentary producers and media artists, ethnographers, family and public historians, program officers and curators, scholars from a broad and growing range of disciplines, social and political activists, and others interested in sharing their experiences, projects, concerns, ideas, and questions about oral history. We encourage researchers studying the Ohio Valley , technology, industrialization and deindustrialization, and labor history to submit proposals. In recognition of the important work taking place outside the United States , we also hope to see a significant international presence at the meeting.
In the spirit of this meeting, the OHA Program Committee encourages presenters to consider a variety of formats and presentation methods, including traditional panels with chair and discussant, roundtables, performances, listening and viewing sessions, workshops, and poster sessions.
Once one of the United States ' great industrial metropolises, Pittsburgh has been a national and international center of technological innovations-including the home of the nation's first radio station- industrial processes, and intense struggles between capital and labor. Battered by deindustrialization in the late 1900s, the city has undergone an urban renaissance and today offers a rich concentration of museums, historic sites, universities and colleges, and an active arts scene. The Oral History Association is fortunate to be meeting in Pittsburgh during celebrations of the 250 th anniversary of the city's founding.
Proposal format: submit four copies of the proposal. For full sessions, submit a title, a session abstract of not more than two pages, and a one-page vita or resume for each participant. For individual proposals, submit a one-page abstract and a one-page vita or resume of the presenter. Each submission must be accompanied by a cover sheet, which can be printed from the OHA Web site: www.dickinson.edu/oha . Click here for COVER SHEET.
Proposals may be submitted by mail, or email, and should be postmarked or sent by January 15, 2008. Submit proposals directly to the OHA office at the address below.
E-mail attachments must include the "cover sheet" in electronic form and must be one complete document in Microsoft WORD format. Please do not send separate attachements. Attachments should be sent to oha@dickinson.edu. Should you not receive email confirmation by February 5th, please contact the OHA office to make sure your submission has been received.
Queries may be directed to:
Charles Hardy III, First Vice President
chardyIII@wcupa.edu
(610) 436-3329
Marjorie McLellan
marjorie.mclellan@wright.edu
(937) 775-2162 Donna DeBlasio dmdeblasio@ysu.edu (330) 941-3158 Proposals should be sent by January 15, 2008, to: Madelyn Campbell Oral History Association Dickinson College P. O. Box 1773 Carlisle , PA 17013 Telephone (717) 245-1036 Fax: (717) 245-1046 Email: oha@dickinson.edu For courier service add: Holland Union Building , College and Louther Streets
Queries may be directed to:
Charles Hardy III, First Vice President
chardyIII@wcupa.edu
(610) 436-3329
Marjorie McLellan
marjorie.mclellan@wright.edu
(937) 775-2162
Donna DeBlasio
dmdeblasio@ysu.edu
(330) 941-3158
Proposals should be sent by January 15, 2008, to:
Madelyn Campbell
Oral History Association
Dickinson College
P. O. Box 1773
Carlisle , PA 17013
Telephone (717) 245-1036
Fax: (717) 245-1046
Email: oha@dickinson.edu
Email: marjorie.mclellan@wright.edu
Visit the website at http://alpha.dickinson.edu/oha/org_cfp.html
Friday, December 14, 2007
LITA Blogger at ALA Midwinter (Philadelphia)
LITA Blogger at ALA Midwinter (Philadelphia)
Do you plan to attend ALA Midwinter in Philadelphia? We need your help! Take this opportunity to become a LITA Blogger. The LITA Blog (http://litablog.org) will again be on hand to report what is happening and share the terrific Midwinter experience with those who
cannot attend this year.
If you like to write and are looking for new ways to get involved (or have blogged in the past and would like to blog again), please email me at tiffany.lmb.smith@gmail.com and let me know what sessions you would like to cover. The blog schedule for Midwinter (http://litablog.org/blog-schedule-ala-midwinter-2008/) has been posted and will be updated as we receive volunteers.
We will be taking volunteers up to and during the conference. Thanks very much in advance!
Tiffany
Do you plan to attend ALA Midwinter in Philadelphia? We need your help! Take this opportunity to become a LITA Blogger. The LITA Blog (http://litablog.org) will again be on hand to report what is happening and share the terrific Midwinter experience with those who
cannot attend this year.
If you like to write and are looking for new ways to get involved (or have blogged in the past and would like to blog again), please email me at tiffany.lmb.smith@gmail.com and let me know what sessions you would like to cover. The blog schedule for Midwinter (http://litablog.org/blog-schedule-ala-midwinter-2008/) has been posted and will be updated as we receive volunteers.
We will be taking volunteers up to and during the conference. Thanks very much in advance!
Tiffany
CFP: People Transforming Information - Information Transforming People (ASIS)
CFP: People Transforming Information - Information Transforming People (ASIS)
Date: October 24-29, 2008
Location: Hyatt Regency, Columbus, OH
Submission Deadlines
Jan.21, 2008 Proposals due for contributed papers, technical sessions panels, and pre- or Post-conferences
Feb. 25, 2008 Proposals due for contributed posters/short papers
March 31, 2008 Authors/proposers notified of acceptance
May 27, 2008 Final versions due for conference proceedings
Complete Call: HTTP://WWW.ASIS.ORG/Conferences/am08/AM08cfp.HTML
ASIS&T 2008 will focus on how people transform information as well as how information transforms people. Submissions by researchers and practitioners are solicited on a wide range of human-centered approaches to topics.
TYPES OF SUBMISSIONS
Contributed papers
http://www.softconf.com/asis/AM08_Contributed_Papers/submit.html
The submission of original, recent, formally conducted research and projects, theoretical developments, or innovative practical applications is encouraged. Accepted papers will be published in the digital conference proceedings.
Contributed posters/short papers
http://www.softconf.com/asis/AM08_Posters/submit.html
Two types of posters/short papers are encouraged. Contributed research posters present new and promising work or preliminary results of research projects. Contributed “best practices” posters present the results of design projects, practical implementations or industry innovations. The final version of these short papers will be published in the digital conference proceedings. During the conference, presenters are expected to display their work as a poster, incorporating text and illustrations as appropriate.
Technical sessions and panels
http://www.softconf.com/asis/AM08-Panels/submit.html
Technical sessions and panels present topics for discussion such as cutting-edge research and design, analyses of emerging trends, opinions on controversial issues, reports by practitioners on current information science and technology projects, and contrasting viewpoints from experts in complementary professional areas. The final versions of these submissions will be published in the digital conference proceedings.
Pre- and Post-conference sessions
http://www.softconf.com/asis/AM08_Pre-Post_Cons/submit.html
Pre- and Post-conference sessions present topics such as theoretical research, management strategies, and new and innovative systems or products, typically for purposes of concept development or continuing education. Purely promotional programs are excluded. Formats may include seminars, courses, workshops, and symposia. Sessions are scheduled for half to a full day and require a registration fee beyond the regular conference fee.
Submission Deadlines
Jan.21, 2008 Proposals due for contributed papers, technical sessions panels, and pre- or Post-conferences
Feb. 25, 2008 Proposals due for contributed posters/short papers
March 31, 2008 Authors/proposers notified of acceptance
May 27, 2008 Final versions due for conference proceedings
Any problems with electronic submissions should be directed to:
Richard Hill (rhill@asis.org)
Date: October 24-29, 2008
Location: Hyatt Regency, Columbus, OH
Submission Deadlines
Jan.21, 2008 Proposals due for contributed papers, technical sessions panels, and pre- or Post-conferences
Feb. 25, 2008 Proposals due for contributed posters/short papers
March 31, 2008 Authors/proposers notified of acceptance
May 27, 2008 Final versions due for conference proceedings
Complete Call: HTTP://WWW.ASIS.ORG/Conferences/am08/AM08cfp.HTML
ASIS&T 2008 will focus on how people transform information as well as how information transforms people. Submissions by researchers and practitioners are solicited on a wide range of human-centered approaches to topics.
TYPES OF SUBMISSIONS
Contributed papers
http://www.softconf.com/asis/AM08_Contributed_Papers/submit.html
The submission of original, recent, formally conducted research and projects, theoretical developments, or innovative practical applications is encouraged. Accepted papers will be published in the digital conference proceedings.
Contributed posters/short papers
http://www.softconf.com/asis/AM08_Posters/submit.html
Two types of posters/short papers are encouraged. Contributed research posters present new and promising work or preliminary results of research projects. Contributed “best practices” posters present the results of design projects, practical implementations or industry innovations. The final version of these short papers will be published in the digital conference proceedings. During the conference, presenters are expected to display their work as a poster, incorporating text and illustrations as appropriate.
Technical sessions and panels
http://www.softconf.com/asis/AM08-Panels/submit.html
Technical sessions and panels present topics for discussion such as cutting-edge research and design, analyses of emerging trends, opinions on controversial issues, reports by practitioners on current information science and technology projects, and contrasting viewpoints from experts in complementary professional areas. The final versions of these submissions will be published in the digital conference proceedings.
Pre- and Post-conference sessions
http://www.softconf.com/asis/AM08_Pre-Post_Cons/submit.html
Pre- and Post-conference sessions present topics such as theoretical research, management strategies, and new and innovative systems or products, typically for purposes of concept development or continuing education. Purely promotional programs are excluded. Formats may include seminars, courses, workshops, and symposia. Sessions are scheduled for half to a full day and require a registration fee beyond the regular conference fee.
Submission Deadlines
Jan.21, 2008 Proposals due for contributed papers, technical sessions panels, and pre- or Post-conferences
Feb. 25, 2008 Proposals due for contributed posters/short papers
March 31, 2008 Authors/proposers notified of acceptance
May 27, 2008 Final versions due for conference proceedings
Any problems with electronic submissions should be directed to:
Richard Hill (rhill@asis.org)
Thursday, December 13, 2007
CFP: SELA University and College Library Section 2008 New Voices
CFP: SELA University and College Library Section 2008 New Voices
Are you looking for the perfect venue to present and publish? If you answered
yes, then New Voices wants to hear from you. This is a great opportunity
for new librarians with less than 5 years of experience! New Voices is an opportunity for new librarians to present their ideas and
perspectives on current library issues.
This program is sponsored by the University and College Library Section of the Southeastern Library Association. What: Papers to be presented at the 2008 KLA/KSMA/SELA/ARL National Diversity in Libraries Conference (NDLC), “Spectrum of the Future.” The selected paper will also be considered for publication in the Southeastern Librarian.
Theme: Papers should focus on diversity.
Who: Professionally employed librarians with less than 5 years of experience.
Recipients must be able to attend and present paper at the 2008 SELA
Conference.
When: October 1-4, 2008
Where: Louisville, Kentucky at the Louisville Marriott Downtown
Deadline for submission: May 1, 2008
Please submit your paper and/or questions to Rose Davis at Rose.Davis@wku.edu. Mark your Calendars. 2008 is right around the corner! See you in Kentucky! Rose Davis
SELA University and College Library Section, Vice Chair
Department of Library Technical Services
Western Kentucky University
Are you looking for the perfect venue to present and publish? If you answered
yes, then New Voices wants to hear from you. This is a great opportunity
for new librarians with less than 5 years of experience! New Voices is an opportunity for new librarians to present their ideas and
perspectives on current library issues.
This program is sponsored by the University and College Library Section of the Southeastern Library Association. What: Papers to be presented at the 2008 KLA/KSMA/SELA/ARL National Diversity in Libraries Conference (NDLC), “Spectrum of the Future.” The selected paper will also be considered for publication in the Southeastern Librarian.
Theme: Papers should focus on diversity.
Who: Professionally employed librarians with less than 5 years of experience.
Recipients must be able to attend and present paper at the 2008 SELA
Conference.
When: October 1-4, 2008
Where: Louisville, Kentucky at the Louisville Marriott Downtown
Deadline for submission: May 1, 2008
Please submit your paper and/or questions to Rose Davis at Rose.Davis@wku.edu. Mark your Calendars. 2008 is right around the corner! See you in Kentucky! Rose Davis
SELA University and College Library Section, Vice Chair
Department of Library Technical Services
Western Kentucky University
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
CFP: 12th International Conference on Electronic Publishing
CFP: 12th International Conference on Electronic Publishing
25 to 27 June 2008, Toronto, Canada
Key Dates:
January 20th 2008: Deadline for submission of abstracts (in all categories):
February 28, 2008: Authors will be notified of the acceptance of submitted papers and workshop proposals.
April 11th, 2008: Final papers must be received. See website for detailed author instructions.
URL: http://www.elpub.net/
CFP URL: http://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/~elpub2008/call.html
Open Scholarship: Authority, Community and Sustainability in the Age of Web 2.0
Scholarly communications, in particular scholarly publications, are undergoing tremendous changes. Researchers, universities, funding bodies, research libraries and publishers are responding in different ways, from active experimentation, adaptation, to strong resistance. The ELPUB2008 conference will focus on key issues on the future of scholarly communications resulting from the intersection of semantic web technologies, the development of cyberinfrastructure for humanities and the sciences, and new dissemination channels and business models. We welcome a wide variety of papers from members of these communities whose research and experiments are transforming the nature of scholarly communications. Topics include but are not restricted to:
* New Publishing models, tools, services and roles
* New scholarly constructs and discourse methods
* Innovative business models for scholarly publishing
* Multilingual and multimodal interfaces
* Services and technology for specific user communities, media, and content
* Content search, analysis and retrieval
* Interoperability, scalability and middleware infrastructure to facilitate awareness and discovery
* Personalisation technologies (e.g. social tagging, folksonomies, RSS, microformats)
* Metadata creation, usage and interoperability
* Semantic web issues
* Data mining, text harvesting, and dynamic formatting
* User generated content and its relation to publisher's content
* Usage and citation impact
* Security, privacy and copyright issues
* Digital preservation, content authentication
* Recommendations, guidelines, interoperability standards
Author Guidelines (see Call for Papers Link) or write elpub2008@elpub.net
25 to 27 June 2008, Toronto, Canada
Key Dates:
January 20th 2008: Deadline for submission of abstracts (in all categories):
February 28, 2008: Authors will be notified of the acceptance of submitted papers and workshop proposals.
April 11th, 2008: Final papers must be received. See website for detailed author instructions.
URL: http://www.elpub.net/
CFP URL: http://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/~elpub2008/call.html
Open Scholarship: Authority, Community and Sustainability in the Age of Web 2.0
Scholarly communications, in particular scholarly publications, are undergoing tremendous changes. Researchers, universities, funding bodies, research libraries and publishers are responding in different ways, from active experimentation, adaptation, to strong resistance. The ELPUB2008 conference will focus on key issues on the future of scholarly communications resulting from the intersection of semantic web technologies, the development of cyberinfrastructure for humanities and the sciences, and new dissemination channels and business models. We welcome a wide variety of papers from members of these communities whose research and experiments are transforming the nature of scholarly communications. Topics include but are not restricted to:
* New Publishing models, tools, services and roles
* New scholarly constructs and discourse methods
* Innovative business models for scholarly publishing
* Multilingual and multimodal interfaces
* Services and technology for specific user communities, media, and content
* Content search, analysis and retrieval
* Interoperability, scalability and middleware infrastructure to facilitate awareness and discovery
* Personalisation technologies (e.g. social tagging, folksonomies, RSS, microformats)
* Metadata creation, usage and interoperability
* Semantic web issues
* Data mining, text harvesting, and dynamic formatting
* User generated content and its relation to publisher's content
* Usage and citation impact
* Security, privacy and copyright issues
* Digital preservation, content authentication
* Recommendations, guidelines, interoperability standards
Author Guidelines (see Call for Papers Link) or write elpub2008@elpub.net
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Authors Wanted: Disney Films on Sport, British History
Authors Wanted: Disney Films on Sport, British History
Authors are sought for two essays (2,500 words each) dealing with based-on-fact films released by Walt Disney Studios. The essays will complete an edited collection tentatively titled:
Beyond the Mouse: Disney's Documentaries and Docudramas. A publisher has expressed
interest in the project. The book is intended to appeal to a broad audience: historians, film scholars, and non-academic Disney fans. The essays should be interpretive (rather than simply
cataloging and describing the films), but written in an accessible, engaging style
without heavy jargon or theoretical apparatus.
Essay #1 will deal with Disney's based-on-a-true-story sports dramas of the 1990s and 2000s, including Miracle (about the 1980 US Olympic hockey team), The Rookie, Remember the Titans, Glory Road, and Invincible.
Essay #2 will deal with Disney's European-history adventures of the 1950s and 1960s: The Story of Robin Hood, The Sword and the Rose, Rob Roy: The Highland Rogue, and The Fighting Prince of Donegal.
Deadline for delivery of the manuscripts is negotiable, but will need to be in early 2008.
Inquiries from scholars in any relevant discipline (history, literature, American studies, film studies, etc.) and at any stage of their career are welcome. If interested, please email a brief
statement of interest (which essay?) and qualifications to:
Dr. A. Bowdoin Van Riper
Department of Social and International Studies
Southern Polytechnic State University
bvanripe@spsu.edu or
bvanriper@bellsouth.net
Authors are sought for two essays (2,500 words each) dealing with based-on-fact films released by Walt Disney Studios. The essays will complete an edited collection tentatively titled:
Beyond the Mouse: Disney's Documentaries and Docudramas. A publisher has expressed
interest in the project. The book is intended to appeal to a broad audience: historians, film scholars, and non-academic Disney fans. The essays should be interpretive (rather than simply
cataloging and describing the films), but written in an accessible, engaging style
without heavy jargon or theoretical apparatus.
Essay #1 will deal with Disney's based-on-a-true-story sports dramas of the 1990s and 2000s, including Miracle (about the 1980 US Olympic hockey team), The Rookie, Remember the Titans, Glory Road, and Invincible.
Essay #2 will deal with Disney's European-history adventures of the 1950s and 1960s: The Story of Robin Hood, The Sword and the Rose, Rob Roy: The Highland Rogue, and The Fighting Prince of Donegal.
Deadline for delivery of the manuscripts is negotiable, but will need to be in early 2008.
Inquiries from scholars in any relevant discipline (history, literature, American studies, film studies, etc.) and at any stage of their career are welcome. If interested, please email a brief
statement of interest (which essay?) and qualifications to:
Dr. A. Bowdoin Van Riper
Department of Social and International Studies
Southern Polytechnic State University
bvanripe@spsu.edu or
bvanriper@bellsouth.net
CFP: Education Libraries (from SLA's Education Division)
CFP: Education Libraries (from SLA's Education Division)
We are accepting papers for the next two issues of Education Libraries, a peer-reviewed journal published by SLA's Education Division. This journal is indexed in ERIC, and Wilson Library Literature and Information Science. For information about the journal, instructions for authors, and full-text copies of selected back issues, please go to http://units.sla.org/division/ded/education_libraries.html. You do not have to be a member of SLA or the Education Division to publish in Education Libraries. We welcome additional book reviewers.
Call for papers, Spring 2008:
The next issue will focus on children's resources.
Deadline: February 1, 2008
Call for papers, Fall 2008:
Topics could include archives and digitization; historical collections;
digital libraries; workforce development and information literacy.
Deadline: August 1, 2008
Email queries and manuscripts to co-editor, Jacqueline Snider at
jacqueline-snider@uiowa.edu.
We are accepting papers for the next two issues of Education Libraries, a peer-reviewed journal published by SLA's Education Division. This journal is indexed in ERIC, and Wilson Library Literature and Information Science. For information about the journal, instructions for authors, and full-text copies of selected back issues, please go to http://units.sla.org/division/ded/education_libraries.html. You do not have to be a member of SLA or the Education Division to publish in Education Libraries. We welcome additional book reviewers.
Call for papers, Spring 2008:
The next issue will focus on children's resources.
Deadline: February 1, 2008
Call for papers, Fall 2008:
Topics could include archives and digitization; historical collections;
digital libraries; workforce development and information literacy.
Deadline: August 1, 2008
Email queries and manuscripts to co-editor, Jacqueline Snider at
jacqueline-snider@uiowa.edu.
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS AT STORIES FOR CHILDREN MAGAZINE
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS AT STORIES FOR CHILDREN MAGAZINE
We're in need of the following:
NONFICTION articles for ages 3-6 (no more than 400 words)
NONFICTION articles for ages 7-9 (400 to 800 words)
POETRY - see new Guidelines
We're in particular need for FEBRUARY and MARCH 2008 issues. Please read the Submission Guidelines page before submitting.
SFC is not a themed magazine but if you need a kickstart, check out our Monthly Idea Calendar.
We're always short on crafts, recipes, games and puzzles so if you have any tucked away, send them in.
SFC welcomes new writers. This would be a great time for you to submit.
Good Luck and Happy Writing!
Wendy Dickson
Assistant Submissions Editor
Stories for Children
http://storiesforchildren.tripod.com
VS Grenier
Stories for Children Magazine and Newsletter Editor
http://storiesforchildren.tripod.com
Stories for Children My Space Page
http://myspace.com/storiesforchildrenmag
Children's and Teen Author
www.vsgrenier.com
We're in need of the following:
NONFICTION articles for ages 3-6 (no more than 400 words)
NONFICTION articles for ages 7-9 (400 to 800 words)
POETRY - see new Guidelines
We're in particular need for FEBRUARY and MARCH 2008 issues. Please read the Submission Guidelines page before submitting.
SFC is not a themed magazine but if you need a kickstart, check out our Monthly Idea Calendar.
We're always short on crafts, recipes, games and puzzles so if you have any tucked away, send them in.
SFC welcomes new writers. This would be a great time for you to submit.
Good Luck and Happy Writing!
Wendy Dickson
Assistant Submissions Editor
Stories for Children
http://storiesforchildren.tripod.com
VS Grenier
Stories for Children Magazine and Newsletter Editor
http://storiesforchildren.tripod.com
Stories for Children My Space Page
http://myspace.com/storiesforchildrenmag
Children's and Teen Author
www.vsgrenier.com
CFP: 5th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management
CFP: 5th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management
Washington, DC, USA
May 4-7, 2008
http://www.iscram.org/
Deadline: December 21, 2007
CALL FOR PAPERS FOR A SPECIAL ACADEMIC SESSION ON
Information Coordination between Heterogeneous Emergency and Relief Agencies
Session ID: ORG-01
Motivation
In times of emergency organizations, both governmental and non-governmental, operate in conditions of extreme uncertainty. The uncertainty has many sources, including the sporadic nature of emergencies, the lack of warning associated with emergencies, and the wide array of actors who may or may not respond to any one emergency. This uncertainty increases the need for information, but at the same time research has shown that the amount of operational information flowing through an organization during an emergency can be overwhelming. In these circumstances appropriate ICTs could make substantial improvements in the relief process.
Research Area
While improved coordination is a noble goal itself, the real aim is to improve emergency and relief services. To date it is unclear just how much improvement in relief services result from improved coordination in the ICT realm. While anecdotal evidence of benefits exists to ignite efforts, a more systematic analysis of the ICT coordination benefits (or lack thereof) is called for. Successful ICT coordination in emergency relief will require that organizations, both governmental and non-governmental, to both overcome the challenges and take advantage of the benefits presented by their environment. These inter-organizational challenges are of both a general and relief-context nature as well as relating specifically to coordination ICTs. While the environment can pose many challenges to coordination, the inherent interdependencies can also facilitate coordination. Empirical studies on inter-organizational coordination have found that informal contacts, good historical relations with other organizations, common commitment, existence of common language, accessibility to other organizations, professionalism, standardization, structural similarities, scarce resources and frequent external communications all serve to enhance coordination efforts.
Topics
Some non-exhaustive examples of topics that could contribute to this session are
• Models of organizational structures leading to improved coordination and collaboration between agencies
• Models of how collaboration and coordination might impact the emergency response supply chain
• Models of 3rd party coordination bodies between organizations
• Models of shared organizational and technological infrastructure
• Coordination and Collaboration intra-agency and inter-agencies
• Tools for the cooperation in normality and emergency situations
• Information Interoperability among agencies
• Sharing of ICT infrastructures in the emergency area
• Cooperation among agencies
• Coordination of supplies for the emergency relief
• Coordination and collaboration between operative centres and operative teams
• Leadership of multi-organizational response teams
• Open source ICT solutions
Type of contribution:
• Academic Session: we invite researchers from academia or research labs to present their research or research-in-progress papers. Prospective presenters submit a regular research (or research-in-progress) paper.
Important Notice:
• All submissions must be formatted according to the ISCRAM 2008 formatting guidelines. Templates and instructions are published on www.iscram.org.
• All submissions must be submitted through the ISCRAM 2008 conference paper submission web page at www.conftool.com/iscram2008. Instructions for the ConfTool system can be found on www.iscram.org.
• All papers and presentations will go through a double-blind review process, leading to a decision of (conditional) acceptance or rejection.
• Accepted papers will be included in the ISCRAM 2008 program and published in the official proceedings if and only if
(1) the paper is formatted according to the instructions,
(2) the authors sign the copyright transfer form and
(3) one of the authors registers for the conference and pays the registration fee before the cut-off date for early registration.
• Authors who have multiple papers accepted can only register for and present one paper at the conference; co-authors need to register separately.
Session Chairs:
Andrea H. Tapia, Ph.D. atapia@ist.psu.edu
College of Information Sciences and Technology, Penn State University
Carleen Maitland, Ph.D. cmaitland@ist.psu.edu
College of Information Sciences and Technology, Penn State University
Important ISCRAM 2008 Dates:
December 21, 2007: Paper submission deadline
February 10, 2008: Notification of (conditional) acceptance
February 22, 2008: Early registration deadline
March 1, 2008: Final camera-ready paper submission deadline
May 4-7, 2008: ISCRAM 2008
About ISCRAM:
The ISCRAM Community is a worldwide community of researchers, scholars, teachers, students, practitioners and policy makers interested or actively involved in the subject of Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management. At its annual international conference alternating between the US and Europe, the ISCRAM Community gathers to present and discuss the latest research and developments in this growing area during an interactive and stimulating 3 day program. The ISCRAM Community also organizes an International Summer School for PhD students and ISCRAM-CHINA, an annual conference for ISCRAM research in China. All information on ISCRAM can be found at http://www.iscram.org
ISCRAM 2008 will be held from 4-7 May at the George Washington University (GWU) located in Washington, DC, USA. The conference will be hosted by GWU’s Institute for Crisis, Disaster, and Risk Management (ICDRM). All details on this conference will be made available via the ISCRAM website mentioned above.
Washington, DC, USA
May 4-7, 2008
http://www.iscram.org/
Deadline: December 21, 2007
CALL FOR PAPERS FOR A SPECIAL ACADEMIC SESSION ON
Information Coordination between Heterogeneous Emergency and Relief Agencies
Session ID: ORG-01
Motivation
In times of emergency organizations, both governmental and non-governmental, operate in conditions of extreme uncertainty. The uncertainty has many sources, including the sporadic nature of emergencies, the lack of warning associated with emergencies, and the wide array of actors who may or may not respond to any one emergency. This uncertainty increases the need for information, but at the same time research has shown that the amount of operational information flowing through an organization during an emergency can be overwhelming. In these circumstances appropriate ICTs could make substantial improvements in the relief process.
Research Area
While improved coordination is a noble goal itself, the real aim is to improve emergency and relief services. To date it is unclear just how much improvement in relief services result from improved coordination in the ICT realm. While anecdotal evidence of benefits exists to ignite efforts, a more systematic analysis of the ICT coordination benefits (or lack thereof) is called for. Successful ICT coordination in emergency relief will require that organizations, both governmental and non-governmental, to both overcome the challenges and take advantage of the benefits presented by their environment. These inter-organizational challenges are of both a general and relief-context nature as well as relating specifically to coordination ICTs. While the environment can pose many challenges to coordination, the inherent interdependencies can also facilitate coordination. Empirical studies on inter-organizational coordination have found that informal contacts, good historical relations with other organizations, common commitment, existence of common language, accessibility to other organizations, professionalism, standardization, structural similarities, scarce resources and frequent external communications all serve to enhance coordination efforts.
Topics
Some non-exhaustive examples of topics that could contribute to this session are
• Models of organizational structures leading to improved coordination and collaboration between agencies
• Models of how collaboration and coordination might impact the emergency response supply chain
• Models of 3rd party coordination bodies between organizations
• Models of shared organizational and technological infrastructure
• Coordination and Collaboration intra-agency and inter-agencies
• Tools for the cooperation in normality and emergency situations
• Information Interoperability among agencies
• Sharing of ICT infrastructures in the emergency area
• Cooperation among agencies
• Coordination of supplies for the emergency relief
• Coordination and collaboration between operative centres and operative teams
• Leadership of multi-organizational response teams
• Open source ICT solutions
Type of contribution:
• Academic Session: we invite researchers from academia or research labs to present their research or research-in-progress papers. Prospective presenters submit a regular research (or research-in-progress) paper.
Important Notice:
• All submissions must be formatted according to the ISCRAM 2008 formatting guidelines. Templates and instructions are published on www.iscram.org.
• All submissions must be submitted through the ISCRAM 2008 conference paper submission web page at www.conftool.com/iscram2008. Instructions for the ConfTool system can be found on www.iscram.org.
• All papers and presentations will go through a double-blind review process, leading to a decision of (conditional) acceptance or rejection.
• Accepted papers will be included in the ISCRAM 2008 program and published in the official proceedings if and only if
(1) the paper is formatted according to the instructions,
(2) the authors sign the copyright transfer form and
(3) one of the authors registers for the conference and pays the registration fee before the cut-off date for early registration.
• Authors who have multiple papers accepted can only register for and present one paper at the conference; co-authors need to register separately.
Session Chairs:
Andrea H. Tapia, Ph.D. atapia@ist.psu.edu
College of Information Sciences and Technology, Penn State University
Carleen Maitland, Ph.D. cmaitland@ist.psu.edu
College of Information Sciences and Technology, Penn State University
Important ISCRAM 2008 Dates:
December 21, 2007: Paper submission deadline
February 10, 2008: Notification of (conditional) acceptance
February 22, 2008: Early registration deadline
March 1, 2008: Final camera-ready paper submission deadline
May 4-7, 2008: ISCRAM 2008
About ISCRAM:
The ISCRAM Community is a worldwide community of researchers, scholars, teachers, students, practitioners and policy makers interested or actively involved in the subject of Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management. At its annual international conference alternating between the US and Europe, the ISCRAM Community gathers to present and discuss the latest research and developments in this growing area during an interactive and stimulating 3 day program. The ISCRAM Community also organizes an International Summer School for PhD students and ISCRAM-CHINA, an annual conference for ISCRAM research in China. All information on ISCRAM can be found at http://www.iscram.org
ISCRAM 2008 will be held from 4-7 May at the George Washington University (GWU) located in Washington, DC, USA. The conference will be hosted by GWU’s Institute for Crisis, Disaster, and Risk Management (ICDRM). All details on this conference will be made available via the ISCRAM website mentioned above.
Friday, December 07, 2007
CFP: 37th IASL Conference is: World Class Learning and Literacy through School Libraries
CFP: 37th IASL Conference is: World Class Learning and Literacy through School Libraries
Location: University of California at Berkeley
Dates: August 4, 2008 – August 8, 2008
Call for Papers Deadline: January 15, 2008
The conference coordinator is Dr. Blanche Woolls, bwoolls@slis.sjsu.edu
URL: http://iasl.wordpress.com/2007/12/01/iasl-2008-call-for-papers/
Sub-themes:
1. Digital Literacy — For example, digital libraries, digital resources related to reading, specialized strategies and techniques for “reading” online text, images and multimedia.
2. Building a Community of Readers — For example, book clubs, literature circles, collaborative reading projects.
3. Strategies for Building Literacy Skills in School Libraries — For example, How can the school librarian use his/her library curriculum and instruction to develop reading and literacy skills among students? What reading and literacy skills can be”taught” in school libraries by school librarians? What are best practices for teaching these skills?
4. Support Reading Instruction — For example, how school libraries can provide resources for classroom teachers and staff support for literacy initiatives throughout the school, including collection development, literacy libraries, reader’s advisory, reading incentive programs.
5. Research Forum — For example, scholarly research about school libraries. Researchers are encouraged to discuss their research methodologies as well as the results.
Four types of presentations will be offered in this conference:
-Professional papers: Papers that describe and discuss the presenter’s work in relation to theory and/or practice.
-International Research Forum Presentations: Papers that describe the presenter’s research, either completed or on-going, in relation to the conference theme.
-Workshops/Demonstrations: Presentations that feature one or more persons working with a group to help them develop skills in a specific teaching or research technique.
-Poster Sessions: Description of practice or theory presented visually. Presenters are required to be present for a specific period of time in order to answer questions.
All proposals will be independently reviewed before acceptance. The Review Panel for the International Research Forum will be drawn from IASL members worldwide.
Criteria for Selection:
-Relevance to conference themes
-Clarity of description
-Intellectual significance
-Relevance to audience
-Originality
All proposals must be in English and submitted by 15 January 2008.
For information - please follow the links above.
Location: University of California at Berkeley
Dates: August 4, 2008 – August 8, 2008
Call for Papers Deadline: January 15, 2008
The conference coordinator is Dr. Blanche Woolls, bwoolls@slis.sjsu.edu
URL: http://iasl.wordpress.com/2007/12/01/iasl-2008-call-for-papers/
Sub-themes:
1. Digital Literacy — For example, digital libraries, digital resources related to reading, specialized strategies and techniques for “reading” online text, images and multimedia.
2. Building a Community of Readers — For example, book clubs, literature circles, collaborative reading projects.
3. Strategies for Building Literacy Skills in School Libraries — For example, How can the school librarian use his/her library curriculum and instruction to develop reading and literacy skills among students? What reading and literacy skills can be”taught” in school libraries by school librarians? What are best practices for teaching these skills?
4. Support Reading Instruction — For example, how school libraries can provide resources for classroom teachers and staff support for literacy initiatives throughout the school, including collection development, literacy libraries, reader’s advisory, reading incentive programs.
5. Research Forum — For example, scholarly research about school libraries. Researchers are encouraged to discuss their research methodologies as well as the results.
Four types of presentations will be offered in this conference:
-Professional papers: Papers that describe and discuss the presenter’s work in relation to theory and/or practice.
-International Research Forum Presentations: Papers that describe the presenter’s research, either completed or on-going, in relation to the conference theme.
-Workshops/Demonstrations: Presentations that feature one or more persons working with a group to help them develop skills in a specific teaching or research technique.
-Poster Sessions: Description of practice or theory presented visually. Presenters are required to be present for a specific period of time in order to answer questions.
All proposals will be independently reviewed before acceptance. The Review Panel for the International Research Forum will be drawn from IASL members worldwide.
Criteria for Selection:
-Relevance to conference themes
-Clarity of description
-Intellectual significance
-Relevance to audience
-Originality
All proposals must be in English and submitted by 15 January 2008.
For information - please follow the links above.
Thursday, December 06, 2007
CFP: 2008 LITA National Forum
CFP: 2008 LITA National Forum
Due Date for proposals: December 15, 2007
The 2008 National Forum Committee seeks proposals for high quality
concurrent sessions and poster sessions for the 11th annual LITA
National Forum to be held at the Hilton Netherland Plaza hotel in
Cincinnati, Ohio from October 16-19, 2008
Theme: Technology and Community: Building the Techno Community Library
The Forum Committee is interested in presentations that highlight
specific technology implementations; just over-the-horizon
technologies that aren't quite ready for implementation; or
information technology research. We are interested in all types of
libraries: public, government, school, academic, special, and
corporate. Proposals on any aspect of library and information technology are welcome.
Some possible ideas for proposals might include:
1. Social Computing: social tools, collaborative software, etc.
2. User created content: Book reviews, tagging, etc.
3. Mobile connectivity: iPhones, iPods, handhelds
4. Virtual worlds
5. Multiplayer Gaming in Education and Libraries
6. Open Source Software: creative uses of OSS, technology on a
budget.
7. Federated and Meta-Searching: design and management, integrated
access to resources, search engines
8. Digital Libraries/ Institutional Repositories: developments in
resource linking, preservation, maintenance, web services
9. Authentication and Authorization: Digital Rights Management
(DRM), authentication, privacy, services for remote patrons
10. Web design: information architecture, activity-centered design,
user-centered design, usability testing
11. Technology Management: project management, geek management,
budgeting, knowledge sharing applications
12. Internet Law: privacy, copyright, filtering
13. RFID in libraries
Presentations must have a technological focus and pertain to libraries
and/or be of interest to librarians. Concurrent sessions are
approximately 75 minutes in length. Forum 2008 will also accept a
limited number of poster session proposals. Presenters are required to
submit handouts one month in advance for the Forum notebook, and
handouts will be made available on the Web site after the event.
Your proposals are welcome and much appreciated! To submit a proposal,
send the following information via email (in ASCII, PDF, or RTF format):
Title
Abstract and brief outline
Level indicator (basic, intermediate, or advanced)
Brief biographical information. Include experience as a
presenter and expertise in the topic
Full contact information
Is this proposal for a concurrent session?
Is this proposal for a poster session?
If this proposal is for a concurrent session, might it be
considered for a poster session?
How did you hear about the 2007 Forum call for proposals?
The 2008 Forum Planning Committee will review proposals at the ALA
Midwinter Conference in January 2008. You will be contacted about the
status of your proposal by the end of February 2008.
Submit proposals (in ASCII, PDF, or RTF) by December 15, 2007 to:
Mary Taylor
mtaylor@ala.org
Executive Director
Library and Information Technology Association
We look forward to hearing from you!
Library and Information Technology Association (LITA) members are
information technology professionals dedicated to educating, serving,
and reaching out to the entire library and information community. LITA
is a division of the American Library Association.
Mary Taylor, Executive Director
Library and Information Technology Association (LITA)
50 E. Huron, Chicago, IL 60611
800-545-2433 x4267
312-280-4267 (direct line)
312-280-3257 (fax)
mtaylor@ala.org
www.lita.org
Due Date for proposals: December 15, 2007
The 2008 National Forum Committee seeks proposals for high quality
concurrent sessions and poster sessions for the 11th annual LITA
National Forum to be held at the Hilton Netherland Plaza hotel in
Cincinnati, Ohio from October 16-19, 2008
Theme: Technology and Community: Building the Techno Community Library
The Forum Committee is interested in presentations that highlight
specific technology implementations; just over-the-horizon
technologies that aren't quite ready for implementation; or
information technology research. We are interested in all types of
libraries: public, government, school, academic, special, and
corporate. Proposals on any aspect of library and information technology are welcome.
Some possible ideas for proposals might include:
1. Social Computing: social tools, collaborative software, etc.
2. User created content: Book reviews, tagging, etc.
3. Mobile connectivity: iPhones, iPods, handhelds
4. Virtual worlds
5. Multiplayer Gaming in Education and Libraries
6. Open Source Software: creative uses of OSS, technology on a
budget.
7. Federated and Meta-Searching: design and management, integrated
access to resources, search engines
8. Digital Libraries/ Institutional Repositories: developments in
resource linking, preservation, maintenance, web services
9. Authentication and Authorization: Digital Rights Management
(DRM), authentication, privacy, services for remote patrons
10. Web design: information architecture, activity-centered design,
user-centered design, usability testing
11. Technology Management: project management, geek management,
budgeting, knowledge sharing applications
12. Internet Law: privacy, copyright, filtering
13. RFID in libraries
Presentations must have a technological focus and pertain to libraries
and/or be of interest to librarians. Concurrent sessions are
approximately 75 minutes in length. Forum 2008 will also accept a
limited number of poster session proposals. Presenters are required to
submit handouts one month in advance for the Forum notebook, and
handouts will be made available on the Web site after the event.
Your proposals are welcome and much appreciated! To submit a proposal,
send the following information via email (in ASCII, PDF, or RTF format):
Title
Abstract and brief outline
Level indicator (basic, intermediate, or advanced)
Brief biographical information. Include experience as a
presenter and expertise in the topic
Full contact information
Is this proposal for a concurrent session?
Is this proposal for a poster session?
If this proposal is for a concurrent session, might it be
considered for a poster session?
How did you hear about the 2007 Forum call for proposals?
The 2008 Forum Planning Committee will review proposals at the ALA
Midwinter Conference in January 2008. You will be contacted about the
status of your proposal by the end of February 2008.
Submit proposals (in ASCII, PDF, or RTF) by December 15, 2007 to:
Mary Taylor
mtaylor@ala.org
Executive Director
Library and Information Technology Association
We look forward to hearing from you!
Library and Information Technology Association (LITA) members are
information technology professionals dedicated to educating, serving,
and reaching out to the entire library and information community. LITA
is a division of the American Library Association.
Mary Taylor, Executive Director
Library and Information Technology Association (LITA)
50 E. Huron, Chicago, IL 60611
800-545-2433 x4267
312-280-4267 (direct line)
312-280-3257 (fax)
mtaylor@ala.org
www.lita.org
Wednesday, December 05, 2007
CFP: DC-2008 (International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications)
CFP: DC-2008 (International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications)
“Metadata for Semantic and Social Applications”
22-26 September 2008
in Berlin, Germany
Deadlines and Important Dates
Papers/reports/posters submission: 30 March 2008
Acceptance notification: 15 May 2008
Camera-ready copy due: 15 June 2008
URL: http://www.dc2008.de/
CFP URL: http://dc2008.de/papers
The annual Dublin Core conferences bring together leading metadata researchers and professionals from around the world. DC-2008 in Berlin will be the eighth in a series of conferences held previously in Tokyo, Florence, Seattle, Shanghai, Madrid, Manzanillo, and Singapore.
The DC-2008 conference is organized jointly by the Competence Centre for Interoperable Metadata (KIM), Max Planck Digital Library, Göttingen State and University Library, the German National Library, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, and Dublin Core Metadata Initiative with sponsorship from Wikimedia Deutschland.
Conference Theme
Metadata is a key aspect of our evolving infrastructure for information management, social computing, and scientific collaboration.
DC-2008 will focus on metadata challenges, solutions, and innovation in initiatives and activities underlying semantic and social applications. Metadata is part of the fabric of social computing, which includes the use of wikis, blogs, and tagging for collaboration and participation. Metadata also underlies the development of semantic applications, and the Semantic Web — the representation and integration of multimedia knowledge structures on the basis of semantic models. These two trends flow together in applications such as Wikipedia, where authors collectively create structured information that can be extracted and used to enhance access to and use of information sources.
Recent discussion has focused on how existing bibliographic standards can be expressed as Semantic Web vocabularies to facilitate the ingration of library and cultural heritage data with other types of data. Harnessing the efforts of content providers and end-users to link, tag, edit, and describe their information in interoperable ways (”participatory metadata”) is a key step towards providing knowledge environments that are scalable, self-correcting, and evolvable.
DC-2008 will explore conceptual and practical issues in the development and deployment of semantic and social applications to meet the needs of specific communities of practice.
Papers, reports, and poster submissions are welcome on a wide range of metadata topics, such as:
-Metadata generation (methods, tools, and practices)
-Semantic Web metadata and applications
-Conceptual models and frameworks (e.g., RDF, DCAM, OAIS)
-Social tagging
-Knowledge Organization Systems (KOS) and Simple Knowledge Organization Systems (SKOS) (e.g., ontologies, taxonomies, authority files, folksonomies, and thesauri)
-Metadata in e-Science and grid applications
-Metadata interoperability and internationalization
-Metadata quality, normalization, and mapping
-Cross-domain metadata uses (e.g., recordkeeping, preservation, institutional repositories)
-Vocabulary registries and registry services
-Domain metadata (e.g., for corporations, cultural memory institutions, education, government, and scientific fields)
-Application profiles
-Accessibility metadata
-Search engines and metadata
-Metadata principles, guidelines, and best practices
-Bibliographic standards (e.g., Resource Description and Access (RDA), Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR), subject headings) as Semantic Web vocabularies
See the CFP Link for more information
“Metadata for Semantic and Social Applications”
22-26 September 2008
in Berlin, Germany
Deadlines and Important Dates
Papers/reports/posters submission: 30 March 2008
Acceptance notification: 15 May 2008
Camera-ready copy due: 15 June 2008
URL: http://www.dc2008.de/
CFP URL: http://dc2008.de/papers
The annual Dublin Core conferences bring together leading metadata researchers and professionals from around the world. DC-2008 in Berlin will be the eighth in a series of conferences held previously in Tokyo, Florence, Seattle, Shanghai, Madrid, Manzanillo, and Singapore.
The DC-2008 conference is organized jointly by the Competence Centre for Interoperable Metadata (KIM), Max Planck Digital Library, Göttingen State and University Library, the German National Library, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, and Dublin Core Metadata Initiative with sponsorship from Wikimedia Deutschland.
Conference Theme
Metadata is a key aspect of our evolving infrastructure for information management, social computing, and scientific collaboration.
DC-2008 will focus on metadata challenges, solutions, and innovation in initiatives and activities underlying semantic and social applications. Metadata is part of the fabric of social computing, which includes the use of wikis, blogs, and tagging for collaboration and participation. Metadata also underlies the development of semantic applications, and the Semantic Web — the representation and integration of multimedia knowledge structures on the basis of semantic models. These two trends flow together in applications such as Wikipedia, where authors collectively create structured information that can be extracted and used to enhance access to and use of information sources.
Recent discussion has focused on how existing bibliographic standards can be expressed as Semantic Web vocabularies to facilitate the ingration of library and cultural heritage data with other types of data. Harnessing the efforts of content providers and end-users to link, tag, edit, and describe their information in interoperable ways (”participatory metadata”) is a key step towards providing knowledge environments that are scalable, self-correcting, and evolvable.
DC-2008 will explore conceptual and practical issues in the development and deployment of semantic and social applications to meet the needs of specific communities of practice.
Papers, reports, and poster submissions are welcome on a wide range of metadata topics, such as:
-Metadata generation (methods, tools, and practices)
-Semantic Web metadata and applications
-Conceptual models and frameworks (e.g., RDF, DCAM, OAIS)
-Social tagging
-Knowledge Organization Systems (KOS) and Simple Knowledge Organization Systems (SKOS) (e.g., ontologies, taxonomies, authority files, folksonomies, and thesauri)
-Metadata in e-Science and grid applications
-Metadata interoperability and internationalization
-Metadata quality, normalization, and mapping
-Cross-domain metadata uses (e.g., recordkeeping, preservation, institutional repositories)
-Vocabulary registries and registry services
-Domain metadata (e.g., for corporations, cultural memory institutions, education, government, and scientific fields)
-Application profiles
-Accessibility metadata
-Search engines and metadata
-Metadata principles, guidelines, and best practices
-Bibliographic standards (e.g., Resource Description and Access (RDA), Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR), subject headings) as Semantic Web vocabularies
See the CFP Link for more information
CFP: New Reference Research: 14th Reference Research Forum, 2008
A reminder of the January 7th deadline for submitting proposals for the
Reference Research Forum at ALA Annual 2008 in Anaheim.
CFP: New Reference Research: 14th Reference Research Forum, 2008
The Research and Statistics Committee of the Reference Services Section of RUSA is sponsoring its Fourteenth Reference Research Forum, "New Reference Research," at the 2008 American Library Association Annual Conference, Anaheim, CA.
This is an opportunity to present and discuss your research project conducted in the broad area of reference services such as user behavior, electronic services, reference effectiveness, and organizational structure and personnel.
Both completed research and research in progress will be considered. All researchers, including reference practitioners from all types of libraries, library school faculty and students, and other interested individuals, are encouraged to submit a proposal.
The Committee employs a "blind" review process to select a maximum of three (3) projects for 25 minute presentations, followed by open discussion. The selected researchers are required to present their papers in person at the forum. Criteria for selection are:
..Significance of the study for improving the quality of reference service;
..Quality and creativity of the research design and methodologies;
..Potential for research to fill a gap in reference knowledge or to build on previous studies;
..Previously published research or research accepted for publication will not be accepted.
Please submit a one-page proposal by Monday, January 7, 2008. Notification of acceptance will be made by Friday, March 21, 2008. The submission must consist of no more than two pages. On the first page, please list your name(s), title (s), institutional affiliation(s), and address(es)
(including your mailing address, fax number and email address).
The second page should NOT show your name or any personal information.
Instead, it must include:
..Title of the project;
..Explicit statement of the research problem;
..Description of the research design and methodologies used;
..Brief discussion of the unique contribution, potential impact, and significance of the research.
Please send submissions preferably by email to:
Anne C. Moore, Ph.D.
W.E.B. Du Bois Library
154 Hicks Way
UMass Amherst
Amherst, MA 01003
annem@library.umass.edu
413-545-0148
FAX: 413-545-6494
Reference Research Forum at ALA Annual 2008 in Anaheim.
CFP: New Reference Research: 14th Reference Research Forum, 2008
The Research and Statistics Committee of the Reference Services Section of RUSA is sponsoring its Fourteenth Reference Research Forum, "New Reference Research," at the 2008 American Library Association Annual Conference, Anaheim, CA.
This is an opportunity to present and discuss your research project conducted in the broad area of reference services such as user behavior, electronic services, reference effectiveness, and organizational structure and personnel.
Both completed research and research in progress will be considered. All researchers, including reference practitioners from all types of libraries, library school faculty and students, and other interested individuals, are encouraged to submit a proposal.
The Committee employs a "blind" review process to select a maximum of three (3) projects for 25 minute presentations, followed by open discussion. The selected researchers are required to present their papers in person at the forum. Criteria for selection are:
..Significance of the study for improving the quality of reference service;
..Quality and creativity of the research design and methodologies;
..Potential for research to fill a gap in reference knowledge or to build on previous studies;
..Previously published research or research accepted for publication will not be accepted.
Please submit a one-page proposal by Monday, January 7, 2008. Notification of acceptance will be made by Friday, March 21, 2008. The submission must consist of no more than two pages. On the first page, please list your name(s), title (s), institutional affiliation(s), and address(es)
(including your mailing address, fax number and email address).
The second page should NOT show your name or any personal information.
Instead, it must include:
..Title of the project;
..Explicit statement of the research problem;
..Description of the research design and methodologies used;
..Brief discussion of the unique contribution, potential impact, and significance of the research.
Please send submissions preferably by email to:
Anne C. Moore, Ph.D.
W.E.B. Du Bois Library
154 Hicks Way
UMass Amherst
Amherst, MA 01003
annem@library.umass.edu
413-545-0148
FAX: 413-545-6494
Tuesday, December 04, 2007
LAMA Seeks New LA&M Associate Editor
LAMA Seeks New LA&M Associate Editor
The Library Administration and Management Association (LAMA) seeks an experienced writer or editor to assist in the production and eventually take charge of LAMA’s quarterly magazine, Library Administration & Management (LA&M). As the flagship publication of LAMA, LA&M serves as an outlet for publishing and news information disseminated from LAMA committees and working groups, as well as for best practices in the field of library administration. The print magazine is transitioning into a full-feature web publication, expected to be complete in 2009, and will continue to serve the membership in vital new ways by providing more timely information, multi-media features, and high quality graphics.
The associate editor will be responsible for working closely with the editor in the production of each issue of LA&M, establishing close working relationships with and serving as liaison to the LAMA section and committee chairs in reporting section news, and performing other duties as determined by the editor. After serving two years, the incumbent will assume the duties of editor. The associate editor serves as an ex-officio member of the LAMA Board of Directors and the LA&M Editorial Advisory Board. The first issue for which the newly appointed associate editor will share responsibility will be volume 23, no. 1, with a copy due date in late September 2008.
Applicants must be LAMA members and have a strong overall knowledge of the association and its goals, have an interest in and knowledge of management issues relevant to libraries, and a familiarity with management literature in general. Applicants must have written and published articles and/or have demonstrated editorial experience. Preferred applicants will have experience or familiarity with the technical and editorial issues associated with electronic and Web publishing, and knowledge of emerging technologies in this publishing format.
Applicants must make a four-year commitment to attend American Library Association (ALA) Midwinter Meetings and Annual Conferences, with emphasis on attending LAMA section and committee meetings, and other events. Compensation up to $1,500 annually will be provided to cover documented travel and/or editorial expenses. Applicants should send a resume and cover letter summarizing their editorial philosophy, two to four samples of written work or editorial activities, and three letters of reference addressing qualifications to:
Kerry Ward, Executive Director, LAMA, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611, or e-mail materials to Kerry Ward kward@ala.org
The deadline for application is May 1, 2008. Finalists will be interviewed at the 2008 ALA Annual Conference in Anaheim, CA.
Eric C. Shoaf
LA&M Associate Editor
ecs@brown.edu
The Library Administration and Management Association (LAMA) seeks an experienced writer or editor to assist in the production and eventually take charge of LAMA’s quarterly magazine, Library Administration & Management (LA&M). As the flagship publication of LAMA, LA&M serves as an outlet for publishing and news information disseminated from LAMA committees and working groups, as well as for best practices in the field of library administration. The print magazine is transitioning into a full-feature web publication, expected to be complete in 2009, and will continue to serve the membership in vital new ways by providing more timely information, multi-media features, and high quality graphics.
The associate editor will be responsible for working closely with the editor in the production of each issue of LA&M, establishing close working relationships with and serving as liaison to the LAMA section and committee chairs in reporting section news, and performing other duties as determined by the editor. After serving two years, the incumbent will assume the duties of editor. The associate editor serves as an ex-officio member of the LAMA Board of Directors and the LA&M Editorial Advisory Board. The first issue for which the newly appointed associate editor will share responsibility will be volume 23, no. 1, with a copy due date in late September 2008.
Applicants must be LAMA members and have a strong overall knowledge of the association and its goals, have an interest in and knowledge of management issues relevant to libraries, and a familiarity with management literature in general. Applicants must have written and published articles and/or have demonstrated editorial experience. Preferred applicants will have experience or familiarity with the technical and editorial issues associated with electronic and Web publishing, and knowledge of emerging technologies in this publishing format.
Applicants must make a four-year commitment to attend American Library Association (ALA) Midwinter Meetings and Annual Conferences, with emphasis on attending LAMA section and committee meetings, and other events. Compensation up to $1,500 annually will be provided to cover documented travel and/or editorial expenses. Applicants should send a resume and cover letter summarizing their editorial philosophy, two to four samples of written work or editorial activities, and three letters of reference addressing qualifications to:
Kerry Ward, Executive Director, LAMA, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611, or e-mail materials to Kerry Ward kward@ala.org
The deadline for application is May 1, 2008. Finalists will be interviewed at the 2008 ALA Annual Conference in Anaheim, CA.
Eric C. Shoaf
LA&M Associate Editor
ecs@brown.edu
ACRL/LAMA call for proposals (Spring Virtual Institute Proposals)
ACRL/LAMA call for proposals (Spring Virtual Institute Proposals)
Subject: Dec. 10 deadline for ACRL/LAMA Spring Virtual Institute Proposals
Don't miss the opportunity to play an active part in the 2008 ACRL/LAMA Joint Virtual Institute, "Leading from the Middle: Managing in All Directions". Submit a proposal now for an interactive webcast or online poster session. Submissions will be accepted through Monday, December 10, 2007.
The ACRL/LAMA Joint Virtual Institute, to be offered April 29-30, 2008, will offer a forum for the exploration of issues and challenges facing middle managers and leaders. The institute will take place in an online conference community, which will provide an environment in which groups of participants, both small and large, can gather electronically to learn, collaborate, and network. The institute will offer both synchronous and asynchronous sessions and program sessions will be archived after the institute for viewing on-demand. Proposals are invited for session formats including:
Interactive Webcast (Synchronous)
An interactive Webcast allows you to give a presentation in real-time, while also showing visuals, such as PowerPoint slides and desktop applications. Participants can also interact by talking with live audio or typing in questions and comments.
Online Poster Session (Asynchronous)
The online poster session is a PowerPoint presentation that includes your voice recorded along with each slide. The poster session is posted in the online conference community area, where participants may review it at any time during the conference.
Submissions will be accepted through December 10, 2007. Full text of the Call for Proposals is available online at http://www.acrl.org/ala/acrl/acrlevents/springvirtualinstitute.cfm. Questions about the Call for Proposals or the Joint Spring Virtual Institute should be directed to msutton@ala.org, 312-280-2522.
ACRL is a division of the American Library Association (ALA), representing more than 13,000 academic and research librarians and interested individuals. ACRL is the only individual membership organization in North America that develops programs, products and services to meet the unique needs of academic and research librarians. Its initiatives enable the higher education community to understand the role that academic libraries play in the teaching, learning and research environments.
The mission of the Library Administration and Management Association (www.ala.org/lama) is to encourage and nurture current and future library leaders, and to develop and promote outstanding leadership and management practices. LAMA is a division of the American Library Association and has a membership of more than 5,000.
Margot S. Conahan
Manager, Professional Development
ACRL
50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611
312-280-2522; fax: 312-280-2520
mconahan@ala.org
www.acrl.org
Subject: Dec. 10 deadline for ACRL/LAMA Spring Virtual Institute Proposals
Don't miss the opportunity to play an active part in the 2008 ACRL/LAMA Joint Virtual Institute, "Leading from the Middle: Managing in All Directions". Submit a proposal now for an interactive webcast or online poster session. Submissions will be accepted through Monday, December 10, 2007.
The ACRL/LAMA Joint Virtual Institute, to be offered April 29-30, 2008, will offer a forum for the exploration of issues and challenges facing middle managers and leaders. The institute will take place in an online conference community, which will provide an environment in which groups of participants, both small and large, can gather electronically to learn, collaborate, and network. The institute will offer both synchronous and asynchronous sessions and program sessions will be archived after the institute for viewing on-demand. Proposals are invited for session formats including:
Interactive Webcast (Synchronous)
An interactive Webcast allows you to give a presentation in real-time, while also showing visuals, such as PowerPoint slides and desktop applications. Participants can also interact by talking with live audio or typing in questions and comments.
Online Poster Session (Asynchronous)
The online poster session is a PowerPoint presentation that includes your voice recorded along with each slide. The poster session is posted in the online conference community area, where participants may review it at any time during the conference.
Submissions will be accepted through December 10, 2007. Full text of the Call for Proposals is available online at http://www.acrl.org/ala/acrl/acrlevents/springvirtualinstitute.cfm. Questions about the Call for Proposals or the Joint Spring Virtual Institute should be directed to msutton@ala.org, 312-280-2522.
ACRL is a division of the American Library Association (ALA), representing more than 13,000 academic and research librarians and interested individuals. ACRL is the only individual membership organization in North America that develops programs, products and services to meet the unique needs of academic and research librarians. Its initiatives enable the higher education community to understand the role that academic libraries play in the teaching, learning and research environments.
The mission of the Library Administration and Management Association (www.ala.org/lama) is to encourage and nurture current and future library leaders, and to develop and promote outstanding leadership and management practices. LAMA is a division of the American Library Association and has a membership of more than 5,000.
Margot S. Conahan
Manager, Professional Development
ACRL
50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611
312-280-2522; fax: 312-280-2520
mconahan@ala.org
www.acrl.org
Monday, December 03, 2007
CFP: EBSS Research Forum (ALA Annual 2008)
CFP: EBSS Research Forum (ALA Annual 2008)
The Education and Behavioral Sciences Section Research Committee is holding its second annual Research Poster Session and Discussion Forum during the second ALA Annual Conference in Anaheim, CA, Saturday, June 28, 2008. The forum seeks to provide beginning and established researchers an opportunity to present research in progress, and receive collaborative feedback on their work and recommendations for future publishing. Research/posters will be simultaneously presented and discussed in small informal groups.
Attendees at the forum will find an arena for discussion and networking with their colleagues interested in research-related issues and trends in the profession.
The committee will use a blind review process.
Selection criteria
Proposals will be evaluated based on the extent to which they:
1. Measure and/or investigate library and information aspects in the fields of communication, psychology, social work and education.
2. Represent an original research project.
3. Clearly identify what stage in the research project has been completed and estimate a timeline for the remainder of the project.
4. Represent the current interest to the membership of EBSS.
Note: Research that has been previously published or accepted for publication by December 1, 2007 will not be considered.
Proposal submission instructions
1. Proposals should be no more than three pages.
2. The first page should include:
Date of submission
Name of applicant(s)
Institution(s)
Applicant address(es)
Phone number(s)
Email address(es)
Title of the proposal
3. The second page should include:
Title of the proposal
Statement of the research question
Research goals and objectives
Description of the methodology
Conclusions
Format
Double-spaced
12 pt. font
One inch margins
4. Email or mail your submissions by December 7, 2007 to
Melissa Cast-Brede
University of Nebraska at Omaha
Criss Library
6001 Dodge St.
Omaha, NE 68182
mcast@mail.unomaha.edu
The Education and Behavioral Sciences Section Research Committee is holding its second annual Research Poster Session and Discussion Forum during the second ALA Annual Conference in Anaheim, CA, Saturday, June 28, 2008. The forum seeks to provide beginning and established researchers an opportunity to present research in progress, and receive collaborative feedback on their work and recommendations for future publishing. Research/posters will be simultaneously presented and discussed in small informal groups.
Attendees at the forum will find an arena for discussion and networking with their colleagues interested in research-related issues and trends in the profession.
The committee will use a blind review process.
Selection criteria
Proposals will be evaluated based on the extent to which they:
1. Measure and/or investigate library and information aspects in the fields of communication, psychology, social work and education.
2. Represent an original research project.
3. Clearly identify what stage in the research project has been completed and estimate a timeline for the remainder of the project.
4. Represent the current interest to the membership of EBSS.
Note: Research that has been previously published or accepted for publication by December 1, 2007 will not be considered.
Proposal submission instructions
1. Proposals should be no more than three pages.
2. The first page should include:
Date of submission
Name of applicant(s)
Institution(s)
Applicant address(es)
Phone number(s)
Email address(es)
Title of the proposal
3. The second page should include:
Title of the proposal
Statement of the research question
Research goals and objectives
Description of the methodology
Conclusions
Format
Double-spaced
12 pt. font
One inch margins
4. Email or mail your submissions by December 7, 2007 to
Melissa Cast-Brede
University of Nebraska at Omaha
Criss Library
6001 Dodge St.
Omaha, NE 68182
mcast@mail.unomaha.edu
CALL FOR PAPERS: SPORT LITERATURE ASSOCIATION
CALL FOR PAPERS: SPORT LITERATURE ASSOCIATION
June 26-29, 2008
Johnson City , TN
Deadline: March 14, 2008
The 25th Annual Conference of the Sport Literature Association will be held June 26-29, 2008, at East Tennessee State University in Johnson City , Tennessee. The Program Committee of the Sport Literature Association invites proposals for individual papers and complete sessions. All submissions should relate to the literature of sport in some way.
Scholarly and critical submissions for the conference should follow general guidelines set forth in the association's publication, Aethlon: The Journal of Sport Literature, which "celebrate[s] the intersection of literature with the world of play, games and sport." Submissions "should address treatments of sport in texts or textual media (print, film, performance, digital or other media). We invite essays on sport literature (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, or film) or on the rhetoric of sport. Cultural-studies approaches to sport texts are welcome." We also encourage sessions focused on presenters' original creations, including fiction, creative nonfiction and poetry.
Those interested in presenting should send abstracts of individual papers or original work or proposals for complete sessions by March 14, 2008 to:
Dr. Shelly Sanders
Department of English
Abilene Christian University
ACU BOX 28252
Abilene , TX 79601
Email: Shelly.Sanders@acu.edu
Phone: 325.674.4855
Fax: 325.674.2408
Submissions should include presenter's name, phone number, postal and email address, paper title, and a 250-word abstract (abstracts are mandatory since they will be printed in post conference proceedings). Indicate the type of presentation as research, fiction, creative nonfiction or poetry. Proposals should also include suggestions for possible panel members.
June 26-29, 2008
Johnson City , TN
Deadline: March 14, 2008
The 25th Annual Conference of the Sport Literature Association will be held June 26-29, 2008, at East Tennessee State University in Johnson City , Tennessee. The Program Committee of the Sport Literature Association invites proposals for individual papers and complete sessions. All submissions should relate to the literature of sport in some way.
Scholarly and critical submissions for the conference should follow general guidelines set forth in the association's publication, Aethlon: The Journal of Sport Literature, which "celebrate[s] the intersection of literature with the world of play, games and sport." Submissions "should address treatments of sport in texts or textual media (print, film, performance, digital or other media). We invite essays on sport literature (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, or film) or on the rhetoric of sport. Cultural-studies approaches to sport texts are welcome." We also encourage sessions focused on presenters' original creations, including fiction, creative nonfiction and poetry.
Those interested in presenting should send abstracts of individual papers or original work or proposals for complete sessions by March 14, 2008 to:
Dr. Shelly Sanders
Department of English
Abilene Christian University
ACU BOX 28252
Abilene , TX 79601
Email: Shelly.Sanders@acu.edu
Phone: 325.674.4855
Fax: 325.674.2408
Submissions should include presenter's name, phone number, postal and email address, paper title, and a 250-word abstract (abstracts are mandatory since they will be printed in post conference proceedings). Indicate the type of presentation as research, fiction, creative nonfiction or poetry. Proposals should also include suggestions for possible panel members.
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