Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian: call for papers

Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian: call for papers

URL: http://www.haworthpress.com/store/product.asp?sku=J103


Dear colleagues,

Oftentimes the hardest part of getting published is focusing your idea so that a journal’s editorial board will find it interesting. You don’t want to spend a lot of time writing before getting a sense of the viability of your idea. Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian wants to help you to get
published.

Are you currently working on a research project and need feedback or direction?

Do you have an idea that you would like to turn into a published paper?

Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian would like to offer you a helping hand if you are in the midst of working on a research project or manuscript that you believe has promise by providing you with preliminary feedback on your idea.

The B&SS Librarian editorial board has experience in all areas of behavioral and social sciences librarianship with decades of experience in the research and publication process. We will offer insightful feedback on your submission and research proposals and provide an easy submission process with quick turnaround. We hope that you would ultimately decide to submit your final
manuscript to B&SS Librarian, but there is no requirement that you do so.

Do you have a paper relating to behavioral and social science librarianship that you are considering for publication?

Authors are invited to submit papers at any time for upcoming issues. Papers received by December 31, 2008 will be considered for publication in volume 28:1.

B&SS Librarian is a peer-reviewed, quarterly journal focusing on all aspects of behavioral and social sciences information including the following subject areas and areas of focus:

-Anthropology
-Business
-Communication Studies
-Criminal Justice
-Education
-Ethnic Studies
-Political Science
-Psychology
-Social Work
-Sociology
-Women’s Studies

-Collection development and evaluation
-Descriptive/critical analysis of information resources
-Indexing and abstracting
-Library administration and management
-Publishing trends
-Public service
-Reference and library instruction
-Technology
-User behavior

All submissions will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Consider Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian as the journal for your publication and let us help improve your publication record and demystify the publication process.

Please send all submissions and questions to the editor at: L-ROMERO@illinois.edu

Sincerely,
Lisa Romero
Editor, Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian

Series on Gender and Sexuality in Librarianship (Monographs from Library Juice Press)

Series on Gender and Sexuality in Librarianship (Monographs from Library Juice Press)

Emily Drabinski, Series Editor

Library Juice Press seeks book proposals and manuscripts for a new series, Gender and Sexuality in Librarianship, edited by Emily Drabinski. This series will publish works from both practical and theoretical perspectives that critically engage issues in the LIS field related to gender and sexual difference. Potential subjects include:


-Queer and feminist approaches to traditional library topics including classification, pedagogy, collection development
-Works that address gender and sexuality issues in conjunction with other articulations of difference including race, class, nationality, etc.
-Practical approaches to developing community-based GLBTQ collections
-Materials addressing library needs of specific populations, e.g., GLBTQ youth, elders, etc.
-Workplace issues, e.g., 'coming out' at work
-Historical perspectives on GLBTQ and women's issues in the library
-Works that bring library issues into conversation with contemporary theoretical debates in feminist, queer, and gender studies

Please submit queries, proposals, and manuscripts to Emily Drabinski, emily.drabinski@gmail.com

CFP: Agricultural Libraries Discussion Group (IFLA 2009)

CFP: Agricultural Libraries Discussion Group (IFLA 2009)

World Library and Information Congress: 75th IFLA General Conference and Assembly
"Libraries create futures: Building on cultural heritage"
23-27 August 2009, Milan, Italy

http://www.ifla.org.sg/IV/ifla75/call-agricultural-en.htm

Call for Papers
Agricultural Libraries Discussion Group
Theme: "Worldwide Trends in Open Access to Agricultural Information"

The IFLA Agricultural Libraries Discussion Group in association with IAALD (International association of agricultural information specialists) invites papers to be presented at a two-hour session to be held at the World Library and Information Congress: 75th IFLA General Conference in Milan, Italy, 23-27 August 2009.

Papers should be based on facts rather than theoretical aspects focusing on any of the facets of the theme. Issues to be addressed include:

-Barriers to Open Access to agricultural information in the country/region
-Efforts of universities and research institutes in the country providing Open Access to agricultural information and literature
-International agricultural research institutes and Open Access
-Obstacles in accessing agricultural information generated by private agencies
-Efforts of national agricultural research funding bodies in facilitating Open Access
-Role of international organizations such as IDRC, FAO, CGIAR in accelerating Open Access.
-National agricultural libraries/information centers in support of Open Access
-Emerging policies and mandates governing Open Access in the country/region

Proposals
Potential authors may submit their proposal on any of these aspects for consideration.

The deadline for submitting a detailed abstract (max 500 words) along with full author details is 31 December 2008. Upon review of the abstracts, selected presenters will be notified by mid February 2009.

Full paper is due on 30 April 2008 and must be original not published elsewhere
Abstracts and full papers should be submitted by email
Papers should be of 10 pages maximum, single spaced
Papers should be in English with a one-page abstract
Each presenter would be allowed 20 minutes for a summary delivery of the paper
The presenter should not read the paper
The author(s) should indicate personal full contact details and include summary curriculum vitae with the paper
Please note that all fees, including registration to the conference, travel, accommodation etc. are the responsibility of the authors.

Please submit your proposal by 31 December 2008 to:

Deva Eswara Reddy, PhD
Associate Professor of Library Science
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX, USA
Tel. +(1)(979)8621062
Fax +(1)(979)4580112
E-mail: dereddy@tamu.edu

CFP: Grassroots Programs at ALA Annual (2009, Chicago)

CFP: Grassroots Programs at ALA Annual (2009, Chicago)

http://www.ala.org/ala/newspresscenter/news/pressreleases2008/november2008/rettiggrassroots.cfm

Proposals Sought for Grassroots Programs at 2009 ALA Annual Conference
Do you have a great idea for an Annual Conference program but don’t belong to a committee or other group that can plan and produce a program? As part of ALA President Jim Rettig’s “Creating Connections” initiatives, you are invited to submit a proposal for a program to take place at the 2009 ALA Annual Conference July 9-15 in Chicago.

The purpose of a Grassroots Program is:

To expand opportunity for participation in ALA by giving members who do not belong to committees or boards within ALA an opportunity to plan and produce a program at the Annual Conference

To provide programs at the Annual Conference that address very current issues by compressing to the greatest degree possible the program planning schedule

To enrich the variety and quality of programs at the Annual Conference.

Proposals can be submitted by a single ALA personal member or by any group of ALA members who do not serve together on a committee or board within ALA. Proposals can address any topic of interest to ALA members. Proposals must be original; they cannot replicate a program previously presented at an ALA Annual Conference, Midwinter Meeting or national divisional conference. Proposals previously submitted to a committee, board or task force in ALA, one of its divisions or one of its round tables, cannot be resubmitted

Proposals will be judged on:

Relevance of the program’s topic to ALA members and the profession at large
Timelines
Knowledge of proposed speaker(s) on the topic
Originality – i.e., the degree to which the proposed program looks at a topic in a new and fresh way or treats a topic that has not received as much attention as it deserves, either because it is very new or due to some other factor
Proposals can address ALA’s key action areas:

Diversity
Equitable Access to Information and Library Services
Education and Lifelong Learning
Intellectual Freedom
Advocacy for Libraries and the Profession
Literacy
Organizational Excellence or other areas.
A jury will select up to 10 programs to take place during the conference. The jury will be made up of members of the student ALA chapters at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and UCLA as well as several members of Jim Rettig’s presidential initiatives advisory committee.

Each selected program will be listed in the program book for the 2009 ALA Annual Conference and will be noted as being part of the Grassroots Program Track as a juried program. You are also welcome to publicize your program by whatever means you would like, but please indicate that it is part of the “Grassroots Program Track.”

Each program will be allotted a $500 budget to cover speaker costs or other expenditures.

Additional information and a submission form can be found at http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/governance/officers/grassroots/grassrootsproposal.cfm.

Deadline for submission is Feb. 6, 2009.

CFP: Education Libraries (SLA's Education Division)

CFP: Education Libraries (SLA's Education Division)

Please consider this call for articles for the next issue of Education
Libraries, a peer-reviewed journal of SLA's Education Division. To
commemorate SLA's centennial in 2009, and the Education Division's 35th
anniversary, we have chosen the theme Identities: Education Libraries,
Past, Present, and Future. The deadline for submissions is February 1, 2009
.

Instructions for contributors can be found at
http://units.sla.org/division/ded/instructions.html

Previous issues are available at
http://units.sla.org/division/ded/education_libraries.html

Send submissions and questions to Jacqueline Snider at
jacqueline-snider@uiowa.edu

Thank you.
Jacqueline Snider
Education Libraries , Editor

Call for Papers/Abstracts and Invited Sessions Proposals for The 3rd International Conference on Knowledge Generation, Communication and Management

Call for Papers/Abstracts and Invited Sessions Proposals for The 3rd International Conference on Knowledge Generation, Communication and Management: KGCM 2009 (http://www.2009iiisconferences.org/kgcm). It will take place in Orlando, Florida, USA, on July 10th - 13th, 2009.

Deadlines:
Papers/Abstracts Submissions and Invited Sessions Proposals: December 19th, 2008
Authors Notifications: January 14th, 2009
Camera-ready, full papers: February 11th, 2009
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MainTopics:

Knowledge Communication
Knowledge Generation
Knowledge Management
Knowledge Engineering
Knowledge Representation
Knowledge Communication and Conferences
Knowledge Verification and Validation
Peer Reviewing
Scientific and Technical Publishing
Electronic Publishing
Electronic Libraries

All Submitted papers/abstracts will go through three reviewing processes: (1) double-blind (at least three reviewers), (2) non-blind, and (3) participative peer reviews. All accepted papers of registered authors will be included in both the printed and the CD versions of the proceedings.

Awards will be granted to the best paper of those presented at each session. From these session's best papers, the best 10%-20% of the papers presented at the conference will be invited to adapt their papers for their publication in the Journal of Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics, with no additional cost for their authors.

For Invited Sessions Proposals, please go to the conference web site or, directly, to http://www.2009iiisconferences.org/KGCM/organizer.asp

AALL/LexisNexis Call for Papers

AALL/LexisNexis Call for Papers

http://www.aallnet.org/about/award_call_for_papers.asp

The AALL/LexisNexis Call for Papers Committee is soliciting articles in three categories:

Open Division: For active and retired AALL members and law librarians with five or more years of professional experience. Papers are due by March 2, 2009;

New Members Division: For recent graduates and AALL members who have been in the profession for less than five years. Papers are due by March 2, 2009

Student Division: For students in library, information management or law school. Participants in this division need not be members of AALL. To submit in this category, you must have been enrolled in law school, or in a library school, information management, or an equivalent program, either in the Fall 2008 or Spring 2009 semester. Papers in the Student Division are due by April 15, 2009.

The winner in each division receives $750 donated by LexisNexis, plus the opportunity to present the winning paper at a program at the 2009 AALL Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. Winning papers are also considered for publication in Law Library Journal.

For more information, a list of previous winners, an application and instructions on how to submit your article, visit the AALL website:

http://www.aallnet.org/about/award_call_for_papers.asp

CFP: Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries International Conference (QQML2009)

CFP: Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries International Conference (QQML2009)

You are kindly invited to participate in the Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries International Conference (QQML2009), Chania, Crete, Greece, 26-29 of May, 2009.

The conference expands the main theme and presentations given 10 years earlier in the successful IATUL 1999 conference, organizer Dr. Anthi Katsirikou then director of the library of Technical University of Crete.

The theme of the 20th IATUL 1999 conference in Chania was the "The Future of Libraries in Human Communication". The forthcoming QQML 2009 Conference will focus in an expanded theme covering Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries.
QQML2009 is organized under the umbrella of ASMDA International Society organizing conferences on data analysis from 1981

Qualitative and Quantitative Methods (QQM) are proved more and more popular tools for Librarians, because of their usefulness to the everyday professional life. QQM aim to the assessment and improvement of the services, to the measurement of the functional effectiveness and efficiency. QQM are the mean to make decisions on fund allocation and financial alternatives. Librarians use also QQM in order to determine why and when their users appreciate their services. This is the start point of the innovation involvement and the ongoing procedure of the excellent performance. Systematic development of quality management in libraries requires a detailed framework, including the quality management standards, the measurement indicators, the self-appraisal schedules and the operational rules. These standards are practice-oriented tools and a benchmarking result. Their basic function is to express responsibly the customer (library user) -supplier (library services) relationship and provide a systematic approach to the continuous change onto excellence. The indoor and outdoor relationships of libraries are dependent of their communication and marketing capabilities, challenges, opportunities and implementation programmes.

The Conference will attend library professionals: professors, administrators, technologists, museum scientists, archivists, decision makers and managers.
As the conference papers will be included in a Book titled:
"Advances in Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries"
please follow precisely the given Template following the format and instructions from World Scientific Publishing Co.

If you propose a Special Session including 4-5 papers, the papers will be included into the book as a Specific Chapter under the title of the special session.
Special Session proposals should have the session title, the name and affiliation of the organizer and a brief description (5-10 lines).

You may upload the Abstract/Paper Template and formulate your paper according to the instructions: http://www.isast.org/presentations/abstractpapersubmission.html
Please submit your paper in MS Word format as an email attachment to secretariat@isast.org

You can also submit your Abstract electronically by using the facilities of the conference website.
For more information and submission details visit the Conference Website at: http://www.isast.org/

CFP: NRMIG ALA Annual 09 Program on Workflow Tools for Automating Metadata Creation and Maintenance

CFP: NRMIG ALA Annual 09 Program on Workflow Tools for Automating Metadata Creation and Maintenance

ALCTS NRMIG (Networked Resources and Metadata Interest Group) invites your proposal to participate in a program on workflow tools for digital libraries, to take place at the ALA Annual Conference in Chicago, July 9-15, 2009.

With the increasing volume of digital content that libraries are creating and maintaining, long-term data curation is emerging as a key consideration for the profession. In order to support data preservation and re-use on a local level, as well as facilitate resource sharing, library professionals need practical tools to help them efficiently manage large volumes of data over time. What types of tools and techniques do you utilize to automate the creation and maintenance of metadata?

Presentations should focus on current practices and new technologies, and include concrete demonstrations and/or examples of automated workflow tools and techniques employed at a local level or in collaborative endeavors. Specific implementations may cover a wide range of topics, including but not limited to:
-Digital preservation of assets and collections
-Data production, or validation of metadata, to comply with a particular schema or protocol
-Data migration / interoperability across systems or applications
-Interoperability, data harvesting, e.g., for resource sharing
-Data production in distributed environments
-Open source or proprietary software tools
-Tips or techniques for working with particular standards and protocols

The program forum will be a panel, in which each participant has from 20-30 minutes to present, followed by a Q & A period at the end of the program. To submit a proposal for presentation, please email a brief description of your proposed topic to Joanna Burgess at burgessj@reed.edu by November 21, 2008.

Thank you,

Joanna Burgess, NRMIG Program Planning Co-chair
Jennifer Roper, NRMIG Program Planning Co-chair


Jennifer O'Brien Roper
Head, Cataloging and Metadata Services
University of Virginia Library
434.982.2854

jroper@virginia.edu

Call for a Column Co-Editor - Serials Review

Call for a Column Co-Editor - Serials Review

Serials Review is looking for a co-editor of the "Balance Point" column. The "Balance Point" has traditionally served as a forum for multiple authors who work in areas related to serials and who present different viewpoints about current issues and controversial topics related to serials.

The Balance Point co-editor is charged with editing the column for two issues of Serials Review per year. Responsibilities include determining column topics, recruiting contributors, communicating with the journal and columns editors, editing and incorporating the writing of
contributors to the issue, preparing introductions, and seeing that publication deadlines are met.

The person should be linked to the serials profession, either in librarianship, publishing or some area of serials content provision. This person should be curious about exploring issues related to serials and want to make a contribution to the literature of serials. Though this is an unpaid, voluntary position, the rewards include publication, involvement in a major scholarly/professional journal publication, and the intellectual satisfaction of contributing to the professional and scholarly discussion of serials.

Interested parties should send a description of their interests and qualifications by November 15, 2008 to:

Beverley Geer, b_geer@yahoo.com or Connie Foster, connie.foster@wku.edu

CFP: IFLA Satellite Meeting - Classification and Indexing Section

CFP: IFLA Satellite Meeting - Classification and Indexing Section

Florence, Italy
20-21 August 2009

Theme: "Looking at the Past and Preparing for the Future"

The IFLA Classification and Indexing Section is pleased to announce a satellite pre-conference which will explore the theoretical and methodological aspects of rethinking semantic access to information and knowledge and will offer a general survey of innovative projects
deployed to cope with the challenges of the future, offering a unique opportunity for librarians, academics and other information professionals to be informed about the state of the art in subject indexing.

Librarians, academics and other information professionals around the world are invited to submit paper proposals for the satellite meeting, focusing on:

- Systems, tools and standards in subject indexing
- Retrieval in multilingual, multicultural environments
- Web indexing and social indexing

If you are interested in contributing, please send:

An abstract of 300-500 words in English including a title.
An outline of the presentation.
Brief biographical information of the author(s)/presenter(s) with current employment information.
Your mailing address.

All this by December 15, 2008 to: Patrice Landry at:

e-mail : patrice.landry@nb.admin.ch

fax: +41 31 322 84 63

CFP: Code4lib 2009 (Providence, Rhode Island)

CFP: Code4lib 2009 (Providence, Rhode Island)

We are now accepting proposals for prepared talks for Code4lib 2009. Code4lib 2009 is a loosely structured conference for library technologists to commune, gather/create/share ideas and software, be inspired, and forge collaborations.

The conference will be held Monday, February 23 (pre-conference day) through Thursday, February 26, 2009 in Providence, Rhode Island. More information can be found at http://code4lib.org/conference/2009/.

Prepared talks are 20 minutes, and must focus on one or more of the following areas:
- "tools" (some cool new software, software library or integration platform)
- "specs" (how to get the most out of some protocols, or proposals for new ones)
- "challenges" (one or more big problems we should collectively address)

The community will vote on proposals using the criteria of:
- usefulness
- newness
- geekiness
- diversity of topics

We cannot accept every prepared talk proposal, but multiple lightning talk sessions will provide everyone who wishes to present with an opportunity to do so.

Submit your proposal (in 75 words or less) at: http://library.brown.edu/code4libcon09/proposals/

Proposals for prepared talks will be accepted through Sunday, November 23, 2008. Voting on proposals will occur the week of Monday, November 24, 2008, and presenters will be notified the week of Monday, December 1, 2008.

Call for Papers for IFLA Milan 2009 - Onsite Session

Call for Papers for IFLA Milan 2009 - Onsite Session
CFP: Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning and New Professionals Discussion Group

Creating a Positive Work Environment for a Multi-generational Library and Information Workforce.

The IFLA Continuing Professional Development & Workplace Learning Section (CPDWL) and the New Professionals Discussion Group (NPDG) are facilitating this program session at the next IFLA World Library & Information Congress (23-27 August 2009, Milan, Italy)

This program session will focus on the generational challenges facing the library and information profession. These include attracting and retaining new professionals, developing leaders, managing across the generations, knowledge sharing and succession planning.

The session will include reports from the IFLA satellite conference organised by CPDWL and NPDG: “Moving In, Moving Up, and Moving On: Strategies for Regenerating the Library and Information Profession” (18-20 August 2009, Bologna, Italy)

The IFLA Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning Section and New Professionals Discussion Group is now seeking proposals from others to present as part of the program.

We are particularly interested in proposals which explore these topics:

What are the challenges involved in creating a positive work environment for a multi-generational workforce, and how best can we meet those challenges?

Do our organizational structures provide the best development opportunities for both new and existing professionals? If not, can we change them - and how?

Those interested in contributing to this program session should not be limited by those questions. Any proposal which addresses the broad themes of this program session is of interest and will be considered.

Important Dates and Timelines

Proposals:
Please e-mail proposals by December 15, 2008 to michel.netzer@bnf.fr and Loida.Garcia-Febo@queenslibrary.org.

Proposals should include:
a) Title of proposed presentation
b) Outline of the proposed presentation (no more than 300 words)
c) Name(s) of presenter(s)
d) Position or title of presenter(s)
e) Presenter(s) employer or affiliated institution
f) E-mail address
g) Telephone/fax numbers
h) Short biographical statement regarding the presenter/s

All proposers will be advised at the end of February 2009 of the outcome of the review and selection of proposals.

The presenters selected for the program at the Milan conference will be asked to submit a formal paper (for inclusion on the IFLA conference website) no later than May 1, 2009. Papers can be submitted in one of the official IFLA working languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Russian, Spanish.

The language of the session is English however presenters may also give their talk in any of the IFLA working languages. Simultaneous translation is not guaranteed.

(Note: All expenses, including registration for the conference, travel, accommodation etc., are the responsibility of the authors/presenters. No financial support can be provided by IFLA, but a special invitation can be issued to authors/presenters if that is required.)

Susan Schnuer
Associate Director
Mortenson Center for International Library Programs
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
address: 1402 W. Gregory Drive, Room 142
Urbana, Illinois 61801 USA
phone 1-217-333-0031
fax 1-217-265-0990
email: schnuer@illinois.edu
www.library.uiuc.edu/Mortenson

CFP: "New Principles, New Rules for New Catalogues" (IFLA Cataloging Section 2009)

CFP: "New Principles, New Rules for New Catalogues" (IFLA Cataloging Section 2009)

World Library and Information Congress: 75th IFLA General Conference and Council
"Libraries create futures: Building on cultural heritage"
23-27 August 2009, Milan, Italy

Call for Papers
Cataloguing Section
Theme: "New Principles, New Rules for New Catalogues"

URL: http://www.ifla.org.sg/VII/s13/index.htm

The IFLA Cataloguing Section (IFLA CATS) invites cataloguers and others involved in the following to express their interest in making presentations at the section's programme during the World Library and Information Congress in Milan, Italy, 23-27 August 2009.

2009 will be a very interesting year in the area of cataloguing and bibliographic control. IFLA will publish a new statement of international cataloguing principles; a new cataloguing code, RDA: Resource Description and Access, replacing AACR2, will be published in 2009 and implemented by four participating countries (U.S., Canada, U.K., and Australia) and maybe more countries will follow soon after that; and in Italy, the host country of the World Library and Information Congress 2009, new cataloguing rules will be published.

The Standing Committee of the Cataloguing Section has therefore decided to dedicate the open session of 2009 to the subject of rule-making.

Presentations on the topic "New Principles, New Rules for New Catalogues" are requested. Two successful proposals on the topic will be identified.

Proposals
Send a detailed abstract (1 page or at least 300 words) of the proposed paper (must not have been published elsewhere) and relevant biographical information of author(s)/presenter(s) by 15 December 2008 via email to:

Anders Cato
Chair, Cataloguing Section
E-mail: anders.cato@kb.se

The abstracts will be reviewed by members of the Cataloguing Section's Standing Committee. Successful proposals will be identified by 31 January 2009.

Full papers will be due by 15 April 2009 to allow time for review of papers and preparation of translations; papers should be no longer than 20 pages. 15-20 minutes will be allowed for a summary delivery of the paper during the Cataloguing Section's programme.

Please note that the expenses of attending the Milan conference will be the responsibility of the author(s)/presenter(s) of accepted papers.

ACRL/LAMA Spring Virtual Institute Proposals

ACRL/LAMA Spring Virtual Institute Proposals

December 10, 2008 Deadline

http://www.acrl.org/ala/acrl/acrlevents/springvirtualinstitute.cfm.

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

CFP: Libraries, Archives, and Museums (Popular Culture Association and American Culture Association Meeting 2009)

CFP: Libraries, Archives, and Museums (Popular Culture Association and American Culture Association Meeting 2009)

Libraries, Archives, Museums, and Popular Culture Area
http://www.pcaaca.org/areas/libraries.php

The Popular Culture Association and American Culture Association annual conference will be held April 8-11, 2009, at the New Orleans Marriott in New Orleans, Louisiana. Scholars from numerous disciplines will meet to share their Popular Culture research and interests.

The Libraries, Archives, Museums, and Popular Culture area is soliciting papers dealing with any aspect of Popular Culture as it pertains to libraries, archives, museums, or research. In the past this has included descriptions of research collections or exhibits, studies of popular images of libraries or librarians, analyses of web resources such as Wikipedia and YouTube, and reports on developments in technical services for collecting popular culture materials.

Papers from graduate students are welcome.

Prospective presenters should send a one-page abstract with full contact information (electronic preferred) by November 30 2008, to:

Allen Ellis
Professor of Library Services
W. Frank Steely Library
Northern Kentucky University
Highland Heights, KY 41099-6101
USA
859-572-5527
FAX: 859-572-5390
E-Mail: ellisa@nku.edu


For more information, see the conference website at http://www.pcaaca.org

CFP: BIOGRAPHY SECTION - POPULAR CULTURE ASSOCIATION

CFP: BIOGRAPHY SECTION - POPULAR CULTURE ASSOCIATION
http://www.pcaaca.org/


2009 National Conference to be held in New Orleans, Louisiana, Wednesday, April 8 through Saturday April 11.
CALL FOR PAPERS

The Biography section of the Popular Culture Association announces a call for papers on Biography and Popular Culture. Please submit a proposal for a panel of four presenters or individual panelist proposals on any themes concerning political biography, historical biography, film or theater and biography, art or literature and biography, memoir or autobiography and popular culture. Panels run 90 minutes, each panelist has 20 minutes for presentation with questions and answers. Proposals must not be more than one page, include a one page curriculum vitae, make sure to include name, mailing address, institutional affiliation, phone number, and email address. Do not send proposals via electronic mail.

Send a paper copy of proposals to

Susie Skarl
Urban Studies Librarian
LLB 1174
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
(702) 895-2141
Fax: (702) 895-2147
susie.skarl@unlv.edu


Deadline for proposal submissions is 30 November 2008.

Thank you so much in advance!
Susie Skarl

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 320 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. Writers will receive the equivalent of a small honorarium for their contributions.

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

CFP: IUG 2009 (Innovative Users Group)

CFP: IUG 2009 (Innovative Users Group)

Greetings, Everyone!

I am very pleased to announce the availability of the Program Proposal Form for the Innovative Users* Group (IUG) 2009 Conference to be held in Anaheim, California from Sunday, May 17 to Wednesday, May 20, 2008.

The deadline for submitting program proposals is Monday, November 3, 2008.

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NEW THIS YEAR

Conference Management System
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We are in the process of migrating all the conference forms and materials from previous and current conferences to a Conference Management System. The conference system is very much still *under construction* but we have the Program Proposal Form ready.

We welcome ALL feedback about the form. At the bottom of every Conference page there is a "Contact Us" link - webguru@innovativeusers.org. Use it for all questions, comments and
feedback.

MyIUG
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To submit a program proposal, you will need to create your own IUG login. Go to http://innovativeusers.org/login/ to read more about MyIUG and create your account.

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Important URLs:

IUG 2009 Conference main page:

IUG 2009 Suggested Topics Page:
For now, go to http://innovativeuser.org/ and click on Suggested Topics link

IUG 2009 Proposal Form:
http://innovativeusers.org/login/

If you would like to present a program or two, but do not know 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 2008 Conference survey in Washington, D.C. You may find that you have the experience and ideas to share.

Remember, we aim for a variety of programs - basic to advanced, every library type, how you use various Innovative modules, and how you use other programs in conjunction with Innovative software. The topics list is not meant to be exhaustive. Some topics have been duplicated (as appropriate) under separate categories for your convenience. If you have
an idea of your own and don't see it listed, please submit a proposal anyway. You may also be interested in coordinating a panel discussion, but don't have all of the presenters lined up. It's perfectly fine to have some TBA's at this stage. The Program Committee can work with you
to help identify potential co-presenters.

If you have presented or coordinated at past IUG programs, please consider resubmitting a proposal for this year. Many comments from recent IUG conferences attest to the fact that it is impossible to attend every program that our users would like to hear, so it is always appreciated in having another chance to see popular programs. There are also a large number of regional user group meetings taking place this fall that offer an excellent variety of program offerings. If you are presenting in one of the regional conferences, please consider repeating your program at the annual meeting, so many more colleagues can learn from your experiences.

Again, deadline for submitting program proposals is Monday, November 3, 2008. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions about the program proposal process.

The Program Committee and I look forward to getting all of your great proposals!

Thank you,

Carol Gyger
Chair, IUG 2009 Program Committee
Vice Chair, IUG Steering Committee

Carol Gyger
III Systems Administrator
Fort Collins Regional Library District
201 Peterson St.
Fort Collins CO 80524
(970)221-6716
cgyger@fcgov.com

Call for Presentations - 15th Reference Research Forum, 2009

Call for Presentations - 15th Reference Research Forum, 2009
ALA Annual - Chicago, 2009

The Research and Statistics Committee of the Reference Services Section of RUSA invites the submission of research projects for presentation at the 15th Reference Research Forum at the 2009 American Library Association Annual Conference in Chicago, IL.

The Reference Research Forum continues to be one of the most popular and valuable programs during the ALA Annual Conference, where attendees can learn about notable research projects conducted in the broad area of reference services such as user behavior, electronic services, reference effectiveness, and organizational structure and personnel. 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.

For examples of projects presented at past Forums, please see the Committee’s website: http://tinyurl.com/rssresearchstats

The Committee employs a "blind" review process to select two projects for 25 minute presentations, followed by open discussion. Winning submissions must be presented in person at the Forum in Chicago.

Criteria for selection:
• Quality and creativity of the research design and methodologies;
• Significance of the study for improving the quality of reference service;
• Potential for research to fill a gap in reference knowledge or to build on previous studies;
• Research projects may be in-progress or completed;
• Previously published research or research accepted for publication will not be accepted

Proposals are due by Monday, January 5, 2009. Notification of acceptance will be made by Friday, March 20, 2009. The submission must not exceed two pages. Please include:

1. A cover sheet including your name(s), title(s), institutional affiliation(s), mailing address(es), fax number(s) and email address(es).
2. The second page should NOT show your name, any personal information, or the name of your institution. Instead, it must include:
a. Title of the project;
b. Explicit statement of the research problem;
c. Description of the research design and methodologies used;
d. Brief discussion of the unique contribution, potential impact, and significance of the research.

Please send submissions by email to:

Liane Luckman
Chair, RUSA RSS Research and Statistics Committee
312.745.3858 (phone)
liane.luckman@gmail.com

CFP: 2009 World Congress on Computer Science and Information Engineering (CSIE 2009)

CFP: 2009 World Congress on Computer Science and Information Engineering (CSIE 2009)

(We are pleased to announce Keynote Speakers: Bir Bhanu, IEEE Fellow; Lixia Zhang, IEEE & ACM Fellow)

(Due to many requests, the submission deadline is now extended to October 21, 2008)

2009 World Congress on Computer Science and Information Engineering (CSIE 2009)

March 31 - April 2, 2009
Los Angeles/Anaheim, USA

http://world-research-institutes.org/conferences/CSIE/2009

CFP URL: http://world-research-institutes.org/conferences/CSIE/2009/CFP.pdf

CALL FOR PAPERS/ABSTRACTS, INVITED SESSIONS & EXPO

The Los Angeles/Anaheim area is known for its many renowned attractions, such as Disneyland, Universal Studios and the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Very few cities in the world offer
as much entertainment, excitement and diversity as Los Angeles/Anaheim does.

CSIE 2009 conference proceedings will be published by the IEEE Computer Society and all papers in the proceedings will be included in IEEE Xplore.

CSIE 2009 intends to be a global forum for researchers and engineers to present and discuss recent advances and new techniques in computer science and information engineering.
CSIE 2009 consists of the following Technical Symposiums:

* Computer Applications Symposium
* Communications & Mobile Computing Symposium
* Computer Design & VLSI Symposium
* Data Mining & Data Engineering Symposium
* Intelligent Systems Symposium
* Multimedia & Signal Processing Symposium
* Software Engineering Symposium

Invited sessions offer focused discussions on specialized topics. A prospective invited session organizer should send a proposal, including a session title, a short synopsis, bio-sketch of the
organizer with a publication list, to the appropriate Symposium Chair (visit the conference website for more details).

In addition to research papers, CSIE 2009 also seeks exhibitions of modern products and equipment for computer science and information engineering.

Keynote Speakers:

Bir Bhanu, IEEE Fellow, University of California at Riverside
Lixia Zhang, ACM & IEEE Fellow, University of California at Los Angeles

Important Dates (Extended):

Paper/Abstract Submission Deadline: October 21, 2008
Review Notification: December 7, 2008
Final Papers and Author Registration Deadline: January 7, 2009

CFP: Timberline Acquisitions Institute

CFP: Timberline Acquisitions Institute

Hello all, please consider joining us for the Timberline Acquisitions Institute if you aren’t up to submitting a proposal. It is a fun institute–a much smaller scale than Charleston.

If you are interested in presenting, the Acquisitions Institute at Timberline Lodge is seeking proposals for presentations as part of the Institute’s ninth year as the pre-eminent Western North America conference on acquisitions and collection development. This three-day conference focuses on the methods and madness of building and managing library collections and information content and provides a small, informal and stimulating gathering in a convivial and glorious Northwestern setting. Institute planners are open to presentations on all aspects of library acquisitions and collection management. For the 2009 Institute, we are keen to see submissions that address:

• Operations management of acquisitions or collection development
• Acquisitions functions in open source catalogs
• Web 2.0 for acquisitions work
• Role of consortia in collection development
• How subject librarians use their time
• Feral professionals: non-MLS professionals in libraries
• Recruiting for technical services and collection development
• Scholarly communication from the publisher perspective
• Opening day collections: process and problems
• Data curation: new roles for subject and technical services specialists
• E-books, streaming audio, streaming video: content, access, cataloging
• External forces driving a library’s collection management decisions
• Collection assessment: library and vendor perspectives
• Linking collections with learning outcomes
• Return on investment studies
• Acquisitions and collection development: the small library perspective

See The Acquisitions Institute at Timberline Lodge for more information at http://libweb.uoregon.edu/ec/aitl/
. The 2009 Timberline Acquisitions Institute will be held Saturday, May 16 through Tuesday, May 19, 2009 at the Timberline Lodge. The Lodge is located approximately one hour east of Portland, Oregon on the slope of Mt. Hood. The deadline for submitting proposals is December 30, 2008. To submit a proposal, send an abstract of 200 words or less to:

Faye A. Chadwell
Associate University Librarian
for Collections & Content Mgmt
121 The Valley Library
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331-4501
faye.chadwell@oregonstate.edu
phone: 541-737-8528 fax: 541-737-3453

CFP: Electronic Resources & Libraries 2009

CFP: Electronic Resources & Libraries 2009

February 10-11, 2009

Pre-Conferences February 9, 2009

UCLA - Covel Commons

Los Angeles, CA


Reminder: Call for Proposals

http://www.electroniclibrarian.org/ocs/index.php/erl/2009/schedConf/cfp

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ER&L Conference Program Planning Committee encourages you to submit a
proposal for the Electronic Resources & Libraries 2009 Conference to be
held February 10-12, 2009 with pre-conferences on February 9th. The
conference location will be the campus of UCLA in Los Angeles, CA.



View Track Descriptions:

http://www.electroniclibrarian.org/ocs/index.php/erl/2009/schedConf/trackPolicies


Proposal Deadline: Proposals will be evaluated as they are received, and priority may be given to those who submit early. The proposal deadline is October 15, 2008.

Proposal Evaluation: The committee will evaluate each proposal on the basis of subject matter (including, but not limited to, the issues listed in the topic descriptions), clarity, and timeliness. We will also hold a period of open voting to allow potential attendees to help shape the program. Proposals should be for original work that has not been published. We may request that some presenters combine sessions with complementary subject matter.

Compensation: Presenters receive 50% off the cost of registration.

More information about the Call for Proposals is available at:

http://www.electroniclibrarian.org/ocs/index.php/erl/2009/schedConf/schedConf/cfp


Questions: Please direct questions about the Call for Proposals to
Bonnie Tijerina (bonnie.tijerina@gmail.com) or Elizabeth Winter
(elizabeth.winter@library.gatech.edu).


ER&L '09 conference details are online at:

http://www.electroniclibrarian.org/ocs/index.php/erl/2009

Call for Posters: “Business Information Literacy” (SLA Annual Conference)

Call for Posters: “Business Information Literacy” (SLA Annual Conference)

Location: SLA Annual Conference – Washington, 2009

Date/Time: Monday, June 15, 2009 – 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm

Business is everywhere. As a result, business information literacy is crucial to success in almost every aspect of daily life in academic, corporate or public library environments.

In this call for posters, the Business and Finance Division of SLA is providing an opportunity for business librarians to share ideas on this important topic. We are looking for case studies or practical applications on a wide range of issues including:

• Standards and competencies for business information literacy
• Pedagogic approaches to business information literacy education
• Assessment of learning outcomes
• Integrating business information literacy in the curriculum
• Librarian / faculty collaboration
• New technologies for teaching business information literacy
• Business information literacy in multi-disciplinary contexts
• Professional development for business information literacy
• Promoting business information literacy in the corporate environment

Help your colleagues learn from your work, both successful and unsuccessful.
Share the results of your efforts at the upcoming poster session at SLA in Washington, June 2009.

This session is sponsored by the Business & Finance Division.
Guidelines for materials and layout of poster presentations are available on the SLA Business & Finance Division website at
http://units.sla.org/division/dbf/conferences/2009conference_posters.html

The deadline for abstract submissions is March 1, 2009. Please submit your name, institution, fax, email address, poster title, and description (250 words or less) by email, fax, or surface mail to Karen MacDonald at the address given below.

Any SLA Member is welcome to submit an abstract for consideration. In the event that a greater number of submissions are received than can be accommodated, members of the Business & Finance Division will be given preference. Not a member of the SLA Business & Finance Division?
Click here to join: http://www.sla.org/

All applicants will be notified no later than April 1, 2009 as to whether or not their proposal has been accepted.
If you have any questions about this session, contact

Karen I. MacDonald, MBA, MLIS
Assistant Professor / Business Liaison Librarian
PO Box 3967
University Library
Georgia State University
Atlanta, GA 30303 USA
Ph. (404) 413-2856
Fax: (404) 413-2851
Email: kimacdonald@gsu.edu

Call for Reviewers: The Tech Static

Call for Reviewers: The Tech Static

The Tech Static, a new technology book review outlet for librarians launching this November, is seeking regular reviewers for ebooks and prepublication ebooks. Please be comfortable with technology and with the prospect of reviewing guides to programming languages and other technology-related topics, as well as with reviewing materials in electronic format. Experience with collection development in this area a plus.

Interested? Email rachel@thetechstatic.com with the following information:
1) Your name, job title, and employer
2) A paragraph or two about your relevant background
3) A short (~100-word) sample review of any technology-related title.
4) Whether you’re comfortable reviewing unfinished prepublication ebook versions of upcoming titles, or only full ebooks.

Visit The Tech Static at http://www.thetechstatic.com

CFP: ALCTS CCS Catalog Management Discussion Group (ALA Midwinter, Denver)

CFP: ALCTS CCS Catalog Management Discussion Group (ALA Midwinter, Denver)

The ALCTS CCS Catalog Management Discussion Group invites proposals for presentations for our meeting at Midwinter in Denver. The group will be meeting on Saturday, January 24th, from 1:30-3:30. Our theme is Cataloging Born-Digital Materials.

We are particularly interested in local policies for cataloging printouts from PDF files and other internet sources. As more and more publications are released online instead of in print, many public service librarians find themselves "printing the web." How are catalogers providing access to these materials?

The charge of the Catalog Management Discussion Group is as follows: to discuss the various issues involved with cataloging, classification, and authority control after the initial cataloging has been performed. In this respect, catalog management is defined as the continuous upgrading and updating of a catalog, regardless of its format, be it card, microform, book or on-line. The group will provide a forum for exchanging information and discussing techniques, new developments, and problems in managing the bibliographic integrity of library catalogs.

Proposals are due by October 31, 2008.

For questions, contact:

Melissa De Fino
Chair, ALCTS CCS Catalog Management Discussion Group, 2009
Special Collections Catalog Librarian
and Acting Coordinator of Gift Cataloging
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
47 Davidson Road
Piscataway, NJ 08854
mdefino@rci.rutgers.edu

CFP: 2nd International Symposium on Academic Globalization (AG 2009)

CFP: 2nd International Symposium on Academic Globalization (AG 2009)

http://www.2009iiisconferences.org/AG

CFP URL: http://www.iiis2009.org/wmsci/website/CallForPapers.asp?vc=22

It will take place in Orlando, Florida, USA, on July 10th - 13th, 2009.

Deadlines:
Papers/Abstracts Submissions and Invited Sessions Proposals: October 28th, 2008
Authors Notifications: December 18th, 2008
Camera-ready, full papers: February 11th, 2009
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All Submitted papers/abstracts will go through three reviewing processes: (1) double-blind (at least three reviewers), (2) non-blind, and (3) participative peer reviews. These three kinds of review will support the selection process of those papers/abstracts that will be accepted for their presentation at the conference, as well as those to be selected for their publication in JSCI Journal.

Authors of accepted papers who registered in the conference can have access to the evaluations and possible feedback provided by the reviewers who recommended the acceptance of their papers/abstracts, so they can accordingly improve the final version of their papers. Non-registered authors will not have access to the reviews of their respective submissions.

Awards will be granted to the best paper of those presented at each session. From these session's best papers, the best 10%-20% of the papers presented at the conference will be invited to adapt their papers for their publication in the Journal of Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics.

Also, we would like to invite you to organize an invited session related to a topic of your research interest. If you are interested in organizing an invited session, please, fill out the respective form provided in the conference web page. We will send you a password, so you can include and modify papers in your invited session.

CFP: The Document Academy (DOCAM ’09)

CFP: The Document Academy (DOCAM ’09)
March 28-29, 2009
University of Wisconsin-Madison
School of Library and Information Studies Helen C. White Hall Madison, Wisconsin USA

URL: http://thedocumentacademy.org/?q=node/4

DOCAM ’09 is the sixth Annual meeting of the Document Academy, an international network of scholars, artists and professionals in various fields interested in the exploration of the document as a useful approach, concept and tool in Sciences, Arts, Business, and Society.

The aim of The Document Academy is to create an interdisciplinary space for experimental and critical research on documents in a wide sense, drawing on traditions and experiences around the world. It originated as a co-sponsored effort by The Program of Documentation Studies, University of Tromso, Norway and the School of Information, University of California, Berkeley. For 2009, the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Library and Information Studies will be hosting the meeting.

The conference will run from 9 AM Saturday, March 28, to 5 PM Sunday, March 29. In order to keep the open-ended discussion atmosphere of previous DOCAMs alive along with a growing number of participants, we have decided to have only plenary sessions and a relatively limited, but well-selected number of presentations.

Call for proposals:
Scholars, developers, artists and practitioners working with document research and development are invited to submit proposals for full and short papers for plenary sessions and exhibits by December 1, 2008.

Full papers for plenary sessions will address these themes:
- DOCUMENT THEORY (general issues)
- DOCUMENT ANALYSIS (case-studies and methodological issues)
Length: 6000-7500 words

Short papers for plenary sessions will focus on
- DOCUMENT RESEARCH (theory, methods, case-studies)
Length: 2400—3600 words

Each author or group of authors of FULL papers will have 45 minutes for their presentation, including discussion; authors or groups presenting SHORT papers will be allotted 30 minutes. The order of presentations will be arranged according to themes as much as possible.

Conference language is English. Conference organizers can provide an LCD projector; other equipment is the responsibility of the presenter.

File format: RTF or PDF

All proposals must include:
*Description:
- a short (500 words) verbal description of the work to be presented
- Explanation of how the work will be presented (verbal presentation, powerpoint, video, performance, demonstration, and equipment needs)

*Names of all contributors,

*Addresses, including email contacts and *Up to 5 keywords

Proposals should be submitted electronically to Catherine Arnott Smith at the School of Library and Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison (casmith24@wisc.edu). Please include “DOCAM 2009” in the subject line of all correspondence, including proposal submission.


Submission deadline for proposals: 11:59 PM, December 1st, 2008

Receipt will be confirmed within one week. Decisions will be announced no later than January 15, 2009.

Final deadline for accepted full papers: 11:59 PM, March 1, 2009

For more information contact the co-chairs of Docam 2009:

Catherine Arnott Smith, PhD
Assistant Professor
School of Library and Information Studies University of Wisconsin-Madison 600 N. Park Street Madison, WI 53706
(608) 890-1334
fax: (608) 263-4849
casmith24@wisc.edu

Roswitha Skare, PhD
Associate Professor
Documentation Studies
University of Tromsø
NO-9037 Tromsø, Norge
Tel: +47- 776 46318
roswitha.skare@hum.uit.no

Call for Book Reviewers (Library Journal)

Call for Book Reviewers (Library Journal)

September 22, 2008
I am recruiting additional Library Journal book reviewers in the following areas in which I assign books for review: history, historical biography/memoir, economics/business/management, political science/current events/international affairs, African American history, social sciences, travel (guides and memoir), religion/spirituality, gardening and sports!

Please email me at margaret.heilbrun@reedbusiness.com if you are interested in applying to undertake assigned reviews in any of these areas and I will email back the requisite forms and information.

Many thanks!

CFP: LIBRARIES IN THE DIGITAL AGE (LIDA) 2009

CFP: LIBRARIES IN THE DIGITAL AGE (LIDA) 2009

Dubrovnik and Zadar, Croatia, 25 - 30 May 2009

Inter-University Centre (http://www.iuc.hr/) and University of Zadar, Zadar, Croatia (http://www.unizd.hr/)

Full information at: http://www.ffos.hr/lida/

Email: lida@ffos.hr

The annual international conference and course Libraries in the Digital Age (LIDA) addresses the changing and challenging environment for libraries and information systems and services in the digital world. Each year a different and ?hot? theme is addressed, divided in two parts; the first part covering research and development and the second part addressing advances in applications and practice. LIDA brings together researchers, educators, practitioners, and developers from all over the world in a forum for personal exchanges, discussions, and learning, made easier by being held in memorable locations.

This is the tenth and last LIDA that will be held in Dubrovnik; after that LIDA moves to University of Zadar (Croatia) on a biannual basis.

Themes LIDA 2009

Part I: REFLECTIONS: Changes Brought by and in Digital Libraries in the Last Decade

Contributions are invited covering the following topics (types described
below):

synthesis of research, practices, and values related to digital libraries that were prominent in the past decade; conceptual frameworks and methodological approaches that emerged

reflections and evaluations of the impact digital libraries have had on various social enterprises
particularly as related to scholarship, education, and government

reflections and evaluation of the impact digital libraries have had on individuals in their everyday life; changes in use and users of digital libraries

assessment of changes that digital libraries brought to traditional libraries and vice versa, changes in digital libraries based on requirements of their host institutions

growth in involvement with digital libraries of a variety of institutions such as museums, professional and scientific societies, and other agencies

emergence and effects of mass book digitization efforts, such as Million Book Project, Google Books Library Project, and others; library participation in these projects

examples of good practices that emerged in a variety of efforts, such as digitization, preservation, access, and others

reflections on challenges and lessons learned from national, funded digital library research and application projects such as US National Science Digital Library Program, the European Delos and Digital Library Project, and others

examination of international aspects of digital libraries with related trends in globalization and cooperative opportunities.

Part II: HERITAGE & digital libraries - digitization, preservation, access

Contributions are invited covering the following topics (types described below):

theories and taxonomies of heritage as related to digital libraries and heritage libraries in a digital world

dimensions of e-heritage and areas of significance (documents, monuments - cultural and natural, as well as ancestry records broadly conceived to encompass bio-cultural heritage)

institutional perspectives on creation, dissemination, and access to heritage including local, national, trans-national and global strategies for digital heritage

perspectives on heritage information: cultural, political, educational, economic, legal, socio-technological, bio-technological

surveys of preservation activities, programs, projects, best practices

technologies for heritage information management: solutions and challenges

forms of heritage, their representations, and connection to artifacts, memories, and record-keeping practices

specific concerns for library and information science (including but not limited to digital curation, web archiving, automation of cultural heritage archives, etc.)

preservation efforts related to scholarly communication and the knowledge continuum.
Types of contributions

Invited are the following types of contributions:

Papers: research studies and reports on practices and advances that will be presented at the conference and included in published Proceedings

Posters: short graphic presentations on research, studies, advances, examples, practices, or preliminary work that will be presented in a special poster session. Proposals for posters should be submitted as a short, one or two- page paper.

Demonstrations: live examples of working projects, services, interfaces, commercial products, or developments-in-progress that will be presented during the conference in specialized facilities or presented in special demonstration sessions.

Workshops: two to four-hour sessions that will be tutorial and educational in nature. Workshops will be presented before and after the main part of the conference and will require separate fees, to be shared with workshop organizers.

PhD Forum: short presentations by PhD students, particularly as related to their dissertation; help and responses by a panel of educators.

Instructions for submissions are at LIDA site http://www.ffos.hr/lida/

Deadlines:

For papers and workshops: 15 January 2009. Acceptance by 10 February 2009.
For demonstrations and posters: 1 February 2009. Acceptance by 15 February 2009.

Final submission for all accepted papers and posters: 15 March 2009.

Conference contact information

Course co-directors:
TATJANA APARAC-JELUSIC, Ph.D. ;Department of Library and Information Science University of Zadar; 23 000 Zadar, Croatia; taparac@unizd.hr

TEFKO SARACEVIC, Ph.D.;School of Communication, Information and Library Studies; Rutgers University; New Brunswick, NJ, 08901 USA tefko@scils.rutgers.edu

Program chairs:
For Theme I: ELIZABETH D. LIDDY, Ph.D.; Dean, School of Information Studies, Syracuse University; Syracuse, NY 13210, USA; liddy@syr.edu

For Theme II: MARIJA DALBELLO, Ph.D. School of Communication, Information and Library Studies; Rutgers University; New Brunswick, NJ, 08901, USA; dalbello@scils.rutgers.edu

CFP: 15th Transborder Library Forum (2009)

CFP: 15th Transborder Library Forum (2009)

FORO, the Transborder Library Forum, is a conference that focuses on librarians and library services in the border regions between the U.S., Mexico, and Canada. This event will be jointly hosted by CETYS Universidad and San Diego State University.

What: 15th Transborder Library Forum/FORO Transfronterizo de Bibliotecas
When: March 4-6, 2009
Where: Camino Real Hotel Conference Center in Tijuana, Baja California
Conference Theme: Exploring Common Interests: Expanding Opportunities
http://foro.cetys.net/
Call for Papers URL: http://foro.cetys.net/FOROINGLES/index_in.html

The Call for Papers is available online. Proposals will be accepted until November 14th and notification of acceptance for proposals will take place on December 19th.

Our 2009 theme is: Exploring Common Interests: Expanding Opportunities. Its general objective is to permit a flow of ideas, experiences and proposals with lively, but serious and constructive discussion of themes around GLOBALIZATION, and its relevance for the library, librarians and librarianship.

THEMES:

Multiculturalism and globalization in libraries.
Educational opportunities for librarians.
Users and services on the border.
Public library experiences.
Border authors.
Transborder literature. Special services: information needs of youth, women and immigrants.
Image of the border in libraries.
Internet and books.
Cataloging border resources.
Comparing libraries and librarianship across North America (Can/USA/ Mex).

CFP: Journal of Business & Finance Librarianship Issue on Business Librarianship and Entrepreneurship Outreach

CFP: Journal of Business & Finance Librarianship Issue on Business Librarianship and Entrepreneurship Outreach

Special Issue on Business Librarianship and Entrepreneurship Outreach

The Journal of Business & Finance Librarianship, a refereed quarterly for librarians and information specialists in academic, private/corporate business libraries, as well public libraries, welcomes the submission of original articles on the topic of Business Librarianship and Entrepreneurship Outreach.

Overview

Entrepreneurship is a major source of innovation, economic growth and new job creation. The increasing importance of entrepreneurial firms as “engines” of economic growth has lead to an enhanced interest by policy makers, regulators and academics. Entrepreneurship programs have rapidly increased on university campuses –both in business schools and engineering, science, education and fine arts curriculums.



The immediate focus of the journal is practice-oriented articles, but it also provides an outlet for new empirical studies on business librarianship and business information. This special issue looks to gather together best practice in this area in the form of case studies, research articles and review papers.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

· Library outreach to small business and start-up companies

· Library collaboration with business schools and/or community agencies

· Library roles in entrepreneurship experiential learning programs

· Information resource bibliographies

· Book and product reviews

The above list is not intended to be prescriptive and the Special Issue is happy to consider a wide range of topics. If writers are in any doubt whether a potential topic is suitable please contact the Special Issue Editors:



Hal Kirkwood, MLIS
kirkwood@purdue.edu

Karen I. MacDonald, MBA, MLIS
kimacdonald@gsu.edu

Submissions

Authors should follow the Instructions for Authors as published in the Journal of Business & Finance Librarianship. Abstracts or paper outlines should be submitted by October 31, 2008. Abstracts will be reviewed for suitability by the Special Issue Editors. Completed papers should be submitted by March 30, 2009.

Electronic submissions are preferred. Please send as a Word file attachment to the editors at kirkwood@purdue.edu and kimacdonald@gsu.edu

CFP: World Digital Libraries: An International Journal

CFP: World Digital Libraries: An International Journal

The Editor of World Digital Libraries: An International Journal (WDL) invites Papers for the December 2008 and June 2009 issue.

World Digital Libraries: An International Journal is a peer reviewed bi-annual journal on digital libraries. The first issue of this journal has just been published. Content can be found at http://bookstore.teriin.org/journal_inside.php?material_id=477&qty=1.

You are requested to subscribe the same or recommend to your library to subscribe. The second issue will be published in December 2008. The aim of the journal is to advance the theory and practice of acquisition, organization, management and dissemination of digital information on a sustainable basis. The journal will seek quality research papers that present original theoretical approaches as well as experimental case studies related to digital library development and maintenance. In doing so, the journal will keep readers abreast with the current developments in the field. The journal will include articles, reviews, current developments, and case studies dealing with:

-theoretical and methodological issues that relate to the interrelationships among electronic resources management, digital preservation, multiple access, multilinguality, copyright issues and security aspects;
-initiatives taken towards digitization through lucid case studies;
-current developments across the globe; and
-dialogues between the scientific community and society at large.

The journal will be having global coverage with local focus and would provide a platform for decision-makers, planners, consultants, library and information science professionals to share their experiences. It will also facilitate dialogue among the digital library communities.

Articles and reviews should examine concepts, analyses, new approaches, and techniques pertaining to this field. Case studies covering new initiatives, as well as procedural breakthroughs of important issues in the digital library field would be included. Book reviews will cover recent books in the field, reviewed by an independent reviewer.

All submissions will be peer-reviewed using the criteria of originality, accuracy, and quality of contribution in these fields. The journal will also provide an update on topical developments in the field; notes on important breakthroughs; information on forthcoming conferences, workshops, seminars and relevant events; and highlight activities of national and international importance in the field.

We would like to request all of you to submit paper for the same to dckar@teri.res.in address below.

Editor-in-Chief:
Prof N Balakrishnan, Professor & Associate Director, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

Editor
Debal C Kar, Fellow, TERI, New Delhi

Manuscripts needed for LITA Ex Libris award

Manuscripts needed for LITA Ex Libris award

LITA is offering an award for the best unpublished manuscript submitted by a student or students enrolled in an ALA-accredited graduate program. Sponsored by LITA and Ex Libris, the award consists of $1,000, publication in LITA’s refereed journal Information Technology and Libraries, and a certificate. The deadline for submission of the manuscript is February 28....

http://www.ala.org/ala/newspresscenter/news/pressreleases2008/September2008/LITAexlibris.cfm

CFP: KLA-MPLA Joint Conference "Libraries: Dynamic People, Places & Ideas"

CFP: KLA-MPLA Joint Conference "Libraries: Dynamic People, Places & Ideas"

Has your library solved a problem that still plagues others? Have you discovered or heard about a better way than the same old way it's always been done before? Do you have insight or data that would help libraries become even more effective? See clarity where others find only confusion? If so, please share your solution, discovery, insight, data, or vision by presenting at the 2009 KLA-MPLA Joint Conference "Libraries: Dynamic People, Places & Ideas,"which will be held April 1-3, 2009 in Wichita, KS at the Hyatt Regency and Century II Convention Center.

To propose a program or pre-conference simply submit the online program proposal form by Oct 31, 2008 (http://www.kansaslibraryassociation.org/displayemailforms.cfm?emailformnbr=94133). A committee of five academic librarians will review all academic track proposals in early November and send notifications of acceptance by the end of the month. This is a continuation of the peer-review/jury process that was successfully implemented last year to enhance incentives for presenting at KLA's annual conference.

Questions about the conference or the proposal process should be sent to Laura Loveless, President of the Kansas Library Association, llove@kckpl.lib.ks.us

Edited Volume: Essays in Popular Culture Call for Papers

Edited Volume: Essays in Popular Culture Call for Papers Date:

We are seeking contributions for an edited volume tentatively entitled Collected Essays in Popular Culture.

The academic field of Popular Culture has been active since the 80s, and it might be argued that what passes for popular culture today may be the classic of tomorrow. This volume seeks to draw together papers which not only focus on popular culture but are themselves reminiscent of the time and place which engendered them.

Papers may have already been published in journals or conference proceedings, but need not have been. They should reflect a now-historic sense of popular culture and may focus on any aspect or media.

Topics may include (but are not restricted to) graphic novels, comic books, television, film, radio, internet culture, queer, gay, and lesbian studies, advertising, poster art, propaganda, children's toys, feminist/egalitarian/masculinist studies, 9/11.

Due date for full papers is Dec. 29, 2008. Email submissions (in Word, odt, rtf) to: n.norris@st-jean.rmc.ca. Please include biographical info. and c.v.

Dr. Nanette Norrs
Email: n.norris@st-jean.rmc.ca
Visit the website at http://www.norris.ca

Call for Bloggers (LITA National Forum 2008)

Call for Bloggers (LITA National Forum 2008)

Are you attending the LITA National Forum in Cincinnati this October?
Please consider blogging a meeting or program for the benefit of your
fellow LITA members who can't attend the conference this year. We are
looking for volunteers to post brief summaries of sessions on the LITA
Blog (http://litablog.org). While you're visiting Cincinnati to
learn, meet up with old friends, and engage in discussion about the
newest new things in library technology, why not take this opportunity
to share the experience with others?

A current Blog Schedule can be found at http://litablog.org/blog-schedule-for-lita-national-forum-2008. We would like coverage for as many of the sessions as possible, so please
feel free to pick one (or ten) and join the LITA Blogging Community. Slots are starting to fill, so pick yours now.

If you are interested, just contact me at michelemiz@gmail.com with your name, e-mail and the sessions you would like to cover. I'll get you set up, and will be happy to answer any questions you might have.

CFP: Libraries Unlimited Management Collection

CFP: Libraries Unlimited Management Collection

Authors and editors are sought for the Libraries Unlimited Library Management Collection. The collection offers books on topics of broad interest to librarians and others working in and for libraries, for those occupying or aspiring to positions of responsibility, for those assisting in the advancement of library services to communities of people, of students and scholars. If you are interested please contact : Gerard McCabe, editor/series adviser at mgmted@comcast.net for further information.

URL: Current items in Libraries Unlimited Management Collection:
http://lu.com/showseries.cfm?serid=43

Gerard B McCabe - mgmted@comcast.net
Libraries Unlimited Library Management Collection

CFP: Journal of Business & Finance Librarianship

CFP: Journal of Business & Finance Librarianship

The Journal of Business & Finance Librarianship,a refereed quarterly for librarians and information specialists in academic, private/corporate business libraries, as well public libraries, welcomes the submission of original articles.

JBFL is now published by Taylor & Francis, and is in its 14th volume. It is also in the third year editorship Editorship of Gary White, Head of the Schreye Business Library of Pennsylvania State University. Prof. White is a winner of the Gale Cengage Learning Award for Excellence in Business Librarianship; former Chair of the Business Reference & Services Section (BRASS)
of ALA, and noted by the Reference and User Services Association (ALA) as a
"...business librarian par excellence....[whose] publications and presentations have enabled many
information professionals to navigate the world of business information more efficiently and effectively."

The Journal of Business & Finance Librarianship has also just published a comprehensive, expanded special issue on career paths of notable business librarians, Guest Edited by Diane Zabel.

Areas for suggested articles include:
* managing business collections
* electronic sources of business information
* innovative reference/user services for
* business and finance libraries
* educating businesses information professionals
* bibliographic instruction in the business school
* outreach to targeted audiences
* marketing services and collections
* collaborative relations with other libraries/groups
* resources for specific types of business information
* professional activities of business information professionals
* technologies and their applications in the business library

Prospective authors are welcomed to contact the Editor to discuss ideas for possible submission:

Gary White, Editor
Journal of Business & Finance Librarianship
The Pennsylvania State University
309 Paterno Library
University Park, PA 16802-1810
(814) 865-9268
gww2@psu.edu

A free sample of the Journal, now published by Taylor & Francis, may be obtained by contacting
Marisa Starr marisa.starr@taylorandfrancis.com

CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS: Interpersonal Relations and Social Patterns in Communication Technologies: Discourse Norms, Language Structures and Cultur

CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS: Interpersonal Relations and Social Patterns in Communication Technologies: Discourse Norms, Language Structures and Cultural Variables

Proposal Submission Deadline: October 30, 2008

Interpersonal Relations and Social Patterns in Communication Technologies: Discourse Norms, Language Structures and Cultural Variables

A book edited by Dr. Jung-ran Park
College of Information Science and Technology
Drexel University

Introduction
Through an interdisciplinary perspective, this book will explore interpersonal discourse realized in computer-mediated communication (CMC). Interpersonal discourse concerns communication with another person in a dyadic, public or small-group context. Human interaction in a dyadic, public or group context through networked computers constitutes computer-mediated communication. The development of communication technologies enables dynamic social interaction through the CMC channel. Accordingly, there has been rapid growth in multiple genres of social interaction and online learning through the CMC channel. There exists a need to explore the impact of interpersonal discourse in carrying effective online learning and information seeking. This book will address such an impact by applying conceptual fundamentals of interpersonal discourse and online language usage to CMC contexts.

Objective of the Book
The rapid growth of CMC genres demands new perspectives, frameworks and tools for research and practice. Also necessitated is an understanding of online social interaction and an analysis of online discourse. This book will aim to, through an interdisciplinary perspective, explore three fundamental components of CMC: language, interpersonal relations/communication and information technology. It will aim to provide relevant theoretical frameworks and the latest empirical research findings in the area. It also aims to address the impact of interpersonal discourse in the building of online communities and in the design of interaction systems and social technology.

Target Audience
The target audience of this book will be composed of professionals and researchers working in the field of information and communication in various disciplines, e.g. library, information and communication sciences, linguistics, computer science, information technology, education, and management. Moreover, this book will provide advanced undergraduates and graduate students in the above mentioned fields with an understanding of the online social interaction and applications of interpersonal discourse for effective online interaction across CMC channels.

Recommended topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
Interpersonal relations in CMC—a conceptual framework
Social and affective aspects of communication in the CMC
Communication norms for social interaction through CMC (e.g., netiquette)
Online language usage and discourse structure
Face, self, identity in online communication
Verbal and non-verbal signals for interpersonal communication in CMC
Meaning seeking and negotiation in CMC
Applications of interpersonal discourse to CMC contexts
Building online communities and interpersonal communication skills
Group interaction and virtual teams
Interpersonal relations in online learning and education
Digital information service and interpersonal relations
Interaction system design, social technology, social interface
Online interaction across languages and cultures

Submission Procedure
Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before October 30, 2008, a 2-3 page chapter proposal clearly explaining the objective and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by November 30, 2008 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters (7000+ words) are expected to be submitted by February 15, 2009. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), publisher of the “Information Science Reference” (formerly Idea Group Reference) and “Medical Information Science Reference” imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com.



Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded electronically (Word document) or by mail at:
Dr. Jung-ran Park
College of Information Science and Technology
DREXEL UNIVERSITY
Tel.: +1 215 895 1669 • Fax: + 1 215 895 2494
E-mail: jung-ran.park@ischool.drexel.edu

CFP: Museums and the Web 2009

CFP: Museums and the Web 2009

MW2009 CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: Deadline September 30, 2008.

Museums and the Web 2009
the international conference for culture and heritage on-line
April 15-18, 2009
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
http://www.archimuse.com/mw2009/

Museums and the Web addresses the social, cultural, design, technological, economic, and organizational issues of culture, science and heritage on-line. Taking an international perspective, the MW program reviews and analyzes the issues and impacts of
networked cultural, natural and scientific heritage.

Proposals are invited from professionals and researchers in all areas actively exploring the creation, on-line presentation and use of cultural, scientific and heritage content, and its re-use and evaluation.

The bibliography of past MW papers (all on-line since 1997) can be searched at http://conference.archimuse.com/researchForum/

* PROPOSAL FORM *
On-line proposal submission is required. Use the form at
http://www.archimuse.com/mw2009/papers/mw2009.proposalForm.html

Please co-ordinate your proposals with your collaborators. Multiple proposals about the same project will not be accepted.

Proposals are peer-reviewed individually by an International Program Committee; full sessions are rarely accepted. Proposals for sessions should be submitted as individual papers with a covering note. The committee may choose to accept some papers and not others.

* DEADLINES *
Proposals due September 30, 2008
- for papers, workshops, mini-workshops + professional forums
(written paper required by Jan. 31, 2009)

Proposals due December 31, 2008
- for demonstrations (written paper optional)


* PROGRAM SUGGESTIONS *
The Museums and the Web program is built from the ground up, from
your proposals. Add your ideas to the on-line discussion at
http://conference.archimuse.com/forum/mw2009_ideas

* NEED FURTHER DETAILS? *
Review the MW2009 Call for Participation on-line at
http://www.archimuse.com/mw2009/call.html

Contact the MW2009 Conference Co-Chairs
David Bearman + Jennifer Trant, Archives & Museum Informatics
mw2009@archimuse.com

We hope to see you in Indianapolis.

jennifer and David

Call for Presenters: Our Town, Common Ground: Academic Libraries’ Collaboration with Public Libraries (ALA Annual 2009)

Call for Presenters: Our Town, Common Ground: Academic Libraries’ Collaboration with Public Libraries (ALA Annual 2009)

The College Libraries Section of ACRL invites you to submit a presentation proposal for a program tentatively scheduled for Sunday, July 12, 2009 from 10:30 until noon at the ALA Annual Conference in Chicago. The title of the program is Our Town, Common Ground: Academic Libraries’ Collaboration with Public Libraries.

This session is co-sponsored in name only by the Public Library Association (PLA) and the Community and Junior College Libraries Section (CJCLS).

We would like the program to provide real-world examples of academic and public libraries cooperating with one another. Experiences and reflections may be presented by individual librarians or co-presenters who represent academic and/or public libraries. Examples of cooperative endeavors include but are not limited to shared systems, buildings, or programming; cooperative digitization projects; services for distance learners; and consortial relationships. The collaborations may be short-term endeavors or permanent partnerships.

Four presentations of 15 minutes each will be selected through a blind review process. This will permit time for dialog between the presenters and questions from the audience within the 90 minutes allocated for our meeting. This presentation may be recorded as a web cast, and made available on the ALA website.

If you are interested in presenting, please send a proposal of 500 words or less to Ruth Connell at ruth.connell@valpo.edu by October 1, 2008. Please send questions to the same e-mail address. Notification of acceptance will be made by November 1, 2008.

Mary P. (Mollie) Freier
Head of Public Services and Associate Professor
Lydia M. Olson Library
Northern Michigan University
Marquette, MI 49855-5301
Phone: (906) 227-1061

CALL FOR SPEAKERS: CUBL Breakfast, SLA 2009 in Washington, D.C.

CALL FOR SPEAKERS: CUBL Breakfast, SLA 2009 in Washington, D.C.

I am currently planning the CUBL breakfast for next year’s SLA Conference in Washington, D.C. and am looking for people interested in sharing their experiences or research with their colleagues. Attending the Annual Conference is always energizing. We should capitalize on that energy by sharing ideas that can be implemented when we all return to our own libraries. Do you want to share your ideas? If so, then read on.

This year’s theme will be “Trends in Business School Outreach: Connecting to Faculty and Students” Some proposed topics include:

Embedded librarianship. Although this topic has been covered at SLA in the past, it continues to evolve and grow as more and more classes are being offered through distance programs. Have you had a good experience with it. Would you like to offer advice for those who have not yet become embedded librarian?

Outreach to business school faculty. Have you been successful in reaching out to your business faculty? Have you increased library instruction requests? How have you been creative in getting them to use and promote the library’s resources? Who are key people to have on your side?

Connecting with business students. How have you marketed yourself and your services to business school students? Do you provide handouts, workshops or individual research sessions? Have you created a “library buzz,” or are you known as “library-guy (or gal)”?

Perceptions and use of library resources after library instruction. What are students saying after your library instruction sessions? What works and what does not? Can professors see a difference in the quality of student work after a library session?

If you are interested in speaking (15 minutes or so) on any of these topics, or if there other topics you think may be of interest to CUBL members, please let me know. We have spots for three (3) speakers. You’ll have to come up with your own clever presentation title, though!

Regards,

Jeff Graveline
CUBL Membership Chair

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Jeffrey D. Graveline, J.D., M.L.I.S.
Reference Librarian for Business & Government Documents
Mervyn H. Sterne Library, University of Alabama at Birmingham
(205) 934-6364
Email: jgraveli@uab.edu