Call for Papers - Acquisitions Institute at Timberline Lodge

Call for Papers - Acquisitions Institute at Timberline Lodge

The Acquisitions Institute at Timberline Lodge

Saturday, May 19 through Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Timberline Lodge

 One hour east of Portland, Oregon on the slope of Mt. Hood 

URL: www.acquisitionsinstitute.org

Questions or to submit: planning@acquisitionsinstitute.org

Call for Papers

WHAT IS The Acquisitions Institute?

 * Since 2000, the pre-eminent Western North America conference on acquisitions and collection development held at Timberline Lodge.

 * A small, informal and stimulating gathering in a convivial and glorious Northwestern setting.

 * A three-day conference focusing on the methods and madness of building and managing library collections to be held May 19-22, 2012.

Please visit the Acquisitions Institute home page at:  http://www.acquisitionsinstitute.org/ for more information

WHAT TOPICS are we looking for?

The planning committee is open to presentations on all aspects of library acquisitions and collection management.  Presenters are encouraged to engage the audience in discussion. Panel discussions are well received.  The planning committee may wish to bring individual proposals together to form panels.

The committee is especially looking for submissions on the following topics:

 *All aspects of managing and directing acquisitions and/or collection development operations

 *Acquisitions functions in open source catalogs, networked integrated library systems, etc.

 *Evolving consortial roles in collection development and acquisitions

 *Staffing, training and development, and recruiting issues, challenges, successes

 *The future of scholarly communication--its impact on acquisitions and collection development

 *Data curation and management and other new roles for subject librarians and technical services specialists

 *Web 2.0 applications and implementation in collection services

 *Patron-driven acquisitions, purchase on demand, streaming content, and other user-centered collection services

 *The development and management of digital collections, electronic resources

 *The impact of discovery services on collection and content access and usage

 *External and internal factors driving a library's collection management decisions

 *Assessment tools, methods, and projects-- (i.e., linking collections with learning outcomes; usage studies)

 *Return on investment studies-how do we demonstrate our impact?

 *Acquisitions and collection development: the small academic library or public library perspective

 *The future of print:  what are the collection management issues?

 The DEADLINE for submitting a proposal is December 30, 2011. 

 To submit a proposal, send an abstract of 200 words or less to: 

planning@acquisitionsinstitute.org

General CFP: Public Services Quarterly

General CFP: Public Services Quarterly

Helping libraries keep pace with innovations in user education, reference services, accessibility, and technology
Editor: Beth Blakesley, Washington State University

To view a FREE online sample copy, go to: www.tandfonline.com/WPSQ


Manuscript Submissions:
Manuscripts should be submitted electronically to the editor, Beth Blakesley, at: beth.blakesley@wsu.edu
For more information including subscription rates and publication details,
please visit: www.tandfonline.com/WPSQ

Public Services Quarterly covers a broad spectrum of public service issues in academic libraries, presenting practical strategies for implementing new initiatives and research-based insights into effective practices. The
journal publishes research-based and theoretical articles as well as case studies that advance the understanding of public services, including reference and research assistance, information literacy instruction, access and delivery services, and other services to patrons. Articles may examine creative ways to use technology to assist students and faculty. Practice-based articles are thoroughly grounded in the literature and situate the work done in one library into the larger context.

Public Services Quarterly also publishes a strong selection of continuing columns. Columns aim to keep public service librarians up to date on the latest resources, from the latest professional books and important web sites, to articles on key themes in the field. Other columns illuminate the thoughts of graduate students in graduate library and information science programs worldwide; key issues in technology as they relate to public services, fresh marketing ideas, and issues confronting academic special libraries.

PUBLIC SERVICES QUARTERLY
Print ISSN: 1522-8959
Online ISSN: 1522-9114

CFP: 2012 LITA National Forum

CFP: 2012 LITA National Forum
October 3-7, Columbus, OH
Call for Proposals

Due Date for proposals: February 17, 2012

The 2012 National Forum Committee seeks proposals for high quality pre-conferences, concurrent sessions and poster sessions for the 15th annual LITA National Forum to be held in Columbus, OH, October 3 - October 7, 2012.

The 2012 theme is:  New World of Data:  Discover. Connect.  Remix.
The Forum Committee is interested in pre-conferences and presentations about projects, plans or discoveries in areas of library-related technologies related to the identification, location, harvesting, harnessing, use, misuse, preservation and loss of data of all types and all formats in dynamic and emerging web environments. We welcome proposals related to all types of libraries: public, school, academic, government, special, and corporate. Proposals on any aspect of library and information technology are solicited.

The Forum Committee is especially interested in presentations highlighting projects that are experimental or involve risk-taking.
Possible ideas for topics might include:
•    Dynamics of Data
•    The Intelligent Web
•    Geolocation
•    Data integration
•    The Semantic Web
•    Preservation of privacy and social data
•    Linking data for personal growth, for enterprise and commerce
•    Frameworks, boundaries and protocols
•    Linking, sharing and intellectual property rights
•    Public data vs. private data
•    Data on the move
•    Authentication, verification, validity
•    Data economics
•    Metadata and tagging
•    Digital Forensics
•    Data Curation
•    Data discovery tools
•    Effective or creative use of data display tools
Presentations must have a technological focus and pertain to libraries. Presentations that incorporate audience participation are encouraged. Sessions can be full-day pre-conferences, concurrent sessions (50 minutes), or poster sessions. The format of the presentations may include single- or multi-speaker formats, panel discussions, moderated discussions, case studies and/or demonstrations of projects.

New for 2012:
•         Vendors wishing to submit a proposal should partner with a library representative who is testing/using the product.
•    Emphasis on “hands on” sessions
We welcome and invite proposals for:
•    Preconference
•    Concurrent Session (50 minutes)
•    Poster Session
 All concurrent sessions will be 50 minutes.

Presenters will submit draft presentation slides and/or handouts on ALA Connect in advance of the Forum and will submit final presentation slides or electronic content (video, audio, etc.) to be made available on the web site following the event. Presenters are expected to register and participate in the Forum as attendees; discounted registration will be offered.

Submit proposals to: http://lib.skidmore.edu/library/LITA_Proposal.html

The online form will ask for:
•    Contact information
•    Title
•    Summary (one sentence, 200 characters) (Please exclude any information identifying the presenter(s) or his/her/their organization.)
•    Abstract (400 words max.)
•    Participatory elements of the presentation
•    Level indicator (basic, intermediate or advanced)
•    Brief biographical information
•    Preferred choice of format
•    Whether you would like to consider a paper in ITAL based upon your talk
•    Do you agree to be streamed: yes or no
You will be notified about the status of your proposal by mid-April, 2012.
Any questions regarding the Forum?  Please contact the LITA Office:

lita@ala.org
(312) 280-4268

Slightly OT: CFP: The Language of Food (Graduate Student Panel) - Conference Ithaca, NY April 2012

Slightly OT: CFP: The Language of Food (Graduate Student Panel) - Conference Ithaca, NY April 2012

Call for Papers
Graduate Student Panel
“The Language of Food”
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
April 13-14, 2012

Cornell University’s upcoming conference “The Language of Food: Exploring Representations of the Culinary in Culture” seeks papers for a graduate student panel on the entertainment value of food.

After consecutively earning three Michelin stars for two of his restaurants (The French Laundry and Per Se), Thomas Keller presented his restaurant group with a concept for a new restaurant under the banner of “a fun idea.” In his cookbook based on that restaurant, Keller had this to say of his plan: “we’d focus on dishes that represented the most important food of all to me, the food from our childhood… We could deepen our understanding of this food, we could try to perfect the family meal… It turned out to be a lot of fun,” he added. The festival has long held special significance for anthropological considerations of food and eating. Writing in response to nutritionists and policy experts who treated festivities as illegitimate demands on the food system, Mary Douglas called attention to the stabilizing function of incorporative hospitality for persons with precarious employment (Food in the Social Order, 1984). There can be little doubt, though, that the festive dimension of food has in recent decades extended well beyond its role (1) in socially competitive contexts where agents strive to distinguish themselves from other social strata or (2) in socially incorporative contexts where agents attempt to guarantee sustenance through alternative distribution networks such as church potlucks. Keller’s cookbook Ad Hoc at Home offers just one example of how many are thinking about family meals: as something that can and should be fun. This trend appears to depart significantly from the rational-strategic framework in which home economists situated cooking from the 19th Century well into the 20th.

A graduate student panel at Cornell University’s conference “The Language of Food” will grapple with the following questions in an attempt to address shifts in the festive dimension of food and eating: When, why, and with what socio-cultural consequences did food and cooking become so much fun? Are gender roles still consequential in the kitchen or does culinary entertainment undermine these boundaries? How has the rise of the cooking show and star-chefs affected our culinary traditions? Can watching the Food Network or engaging in culinary tourism be reduced to strategies aimed at distinction and hence the production and reproduction of a dominant class? Or does the entertainment value of food force us to pose other questions regarding the structure of society and questions of taste?

The panel organizer seeks proposals for 20 minute presentations. Proposals of roughly 500 words should be sent to Timothy Haupt (th268@cornell.edu) no later than 1 January 2012.

Participants will be responsible for their own travel and accommodation.

Conference: “The Language of Food: Exploring Representations of the Culinary in Culture”

13 and 14 April 2012, Cornell University

    Timothy Haupt
Department of Anthropology
Cornell University
Email: th268@cornell.edu

Call for Posters: Business & Finance Division and the College & University Business Libraries Section, Special Libraries Association - Chicago 2012

Call for Posters: Business & Finance Division and the College & University Business Libraries Section, Special Libraries Association - Chicago 2012

 

Theme:           Agility in Business Librarianship

Location:         2012 SLA Annual Conference – Chicago, IL

Date/Time:      Monday July 16th – 4:00pm – 5:30pm

In this call for posters, the Business and Finance Division of SLA is providing an opportunity for business librarians to share ideas and develop research collaborations.  Over the last few years both public and private organizations have had to make difficult choices among people, services and resources. We are looking for case studies or practical applications on how business librarians are integrating “agility” into their work including:

•         Services or standards that promote agility

•         Agile approaches to business information education

•         Assessment of agile initiatives

•         Librarian / faculty / college collaboration

•         Utilizing new technologies for increased staff agility

•         Business information education in multi-disciplinary contexts

•         Outsourcing / insourcing / co-sourcing / offshoring /multisourcing services/resources

•         Using agility to promote business research services

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 Chicago, June 2012.

This session is sponsored by the Business & Finance Division and the College & University Business Libraries Section. 

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/2011posters_guidelines.html

The deadline for abstract submissions is March 12, 2012.  Please submit your name, institution, fax, email address, poster title, and description (250 words or less) by email, fax, or surface mail to Trip Wyckoff 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 9, 2012 as to whether or not their proposal has been accepted.   If you have any questions about this session, contact

Trip Wyckoff, MLS

Florida State University

Strozier Library, PO Box 3062047

Tallahassee, FL 32306-2047

850.645.1475 phone

850.644.1231 fax

Email: twyckoff@fsu.edu  

ACRL 2012 Spring Virtual Institute - Call for Proposals [DEADLINE 12/15] - “Extending Reach, Proving Value: Collaborations Strengthen Communities.”

ACRL 2012 Spring Virtual Institute - Call for Proposals [DEADLINE 12/15] - “Extending Reach, Proving Value: Collaborations Strengthen Communities.”

Don’t miss the opportunity to play an active part in the 2012 ACRL Spring Virtual Institute, “Extending Reach, Proving Value: Collaborations Strengthen Communities.”

Submit a proposal now for an interactive webcast or lightning talk. Submissions will be accepted through December 15, 2011.

The ACRL Spring Virtual Institute, to be offered April 18-19, 2012, will explore how libraries are capitalizing on community collaborations in order to facilitate connectedness and demonstrate value. The institute will take place in an online conference community, which will provide an environment in which participants can gather electronically to learn, collaborate, and network. The institute will offer both synchronous and asynchronous sessions which will be archived after the institute for viewing on-demand. Proposals are invited for session formats including:

Interactive Webcast (Synchronous)
An interactive Webcast allows speakers to present 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.

Lightning Talk (Asynchronous)
Lightning Talks are short, asynchronous presentations of 5-8 minutes, combining a PowerPoint presentation or other visual materials with voice narration by the presenters.

Submissions will be accepted through next Thursday, December 15, 2011. Full text of the Call for Proposals is available online. Please note the program committee particularly wishes to encourage submissions from LIS students. Questions about the Call for Proposals or the 2012 Spring Virtual Institute should be directed to msutton@ala.org, 312-280-2522.

RUSA MARS Hot Topics in Electronic Reference Discussion Group - Last call for participation

RUSA MARS Hot Topics in Electronic Reference Discussion Group - Last call for participation

Last call for participation!  Deadline extended to December 7th. 

The RUSA MARS Hot Topics in Electronic Reference Discussion Group would like to know how your library is:

Reaching out to patrons in virtual ways: old school successes and new initiatives.

Has your academic, public, or “special” library revamped an existing service or created something new and exciting to enhance and improve library services in an overwhelmingly electronic environment?  Let’s talk about: virtual reference and instruction, library presence in social networks & software programs (i.e. Facebook, Linkedin), and new models of staffing and communication (i.e. smartphones, VoIP) that are transforming the traditional reference universe.  If so, we’re seeking panelists for our upcoming program at ALA Midwinter 2012: “Reaching out to patrons in virtual ways: old school successes and new initiatives.”

Presentations are in panel format, but are relatively informal and are intended to jumpstart discussion among the attendees.  The program will be held Saturday, January 21st from 1:30 – 3:30 at the ALA Midwinter conference in Dallas, TX (room and exact location TBD).  If you are not able to attend in person but can participate virtually on the panel, this can be accommodated.  If you are interested in serving as a panelist, please contact Christa Fowler (lcfowle2@sar.usf.edu) with a short (<400 words) summary or proposal by Wednesday, December 7, 2011. The committee will notify all potential speakers by December 9th. 

We’re flexible on the final number for our panel, but expect 3-4 speakers with 15-20 minutes each.

Call for Poster Proposals: ACRL Science and Technology Section (ACRL-STS), ALA Annual Conference, Anaheim California, 2012

Call for Poster Proposals: ACRL Science and Technology Section (ACRL-STS), ALA Annual Conference, Anaheim California, 2012

The ACRL STS Research Committee and STS Program Planning Committee invite proposals for posters to be exhibited during the STS  program reception at the ALA Annual Conference in Anaheim. Posters will be displayed from 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. on Monday, June  25, 2012, immediately following the STS program, which starts at 8:30 a.m. All proposers for accepted posters must be present to  answer questions.

We encourage proposals for posters relating to the following program theme:
Educating Tomorrows Science Professional: The program seeks to establish a dialogue between science & technology librarians,  faculty and students, focusing on the issue of preparing today’s students to become tomorrow’s science professionals. The  discussion will explore the challenges faculty face as they seek to educate emerging scientists, new outreach models for working  with faculty on creating information and data literate researchers, and the ways librarians can work with science students to  support their goals of becoming science professionals.

Posters that present innovative programs, cover new instructional methods, discuss successful outreach efforts and develop curricula for producing data literate faculty and students are welcomed. 

To be part of this program of the Science and Technology Section of ACRL, submit your poster ideas by Friday, January 6, 2012.  Poster proposals should be:
* Well written, clear, logical and well organized (250 words or less).
* Original, timely and relevant to science/technology librarianship.
* Contribute to the advancement of science librarianship.
* Develop ideas, offer significant conclusions, and provide useful and practical findings.
* Appeal to and engage the audience, providing opportunities for discussion and interaction.
* Provide a good visual description of the project.

Special attention will be given to proposals that:
* Relate to this year's theme.
* Generate ideas or report on work that contributes to an ongoing discussion about the future of science and technology  librarianship.
* Demonstrate innovative thinking.
* Contribute ideas for positioning science and technology librarians to be leaders both on and off campus.
* Present strategies for effectively implementing new ideas.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION: Friday January 6, 2012. Review of submissions by the STS Research Committee will begin immediately.

Poster proposals (250 words or less) should be submitted via e-mail to:
Edward Gonzalez, Co-Chair of the STS Research Committee, elgonzal@iupui.edu

Be sure to include your name, institution, phone, fax, e-mail address, and poster title. We do not accept proposals from vendors.

CALL FOR RESEARCH PAPERS, ACRL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SECTION

CALL FOR RESEARCH PAPERS, ACRL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SECTION

The Research Committee of the ACRL Science and Technology Section is hosting its Annual Research Forum at the 2012 AmericanLibrary Association Annual Conference in Anaheim, CA.

The Research Forum provides an excellent opportunity to share recent research or research ideas addressing issues in science and technology librarianship. The Committee will utilize a “blind” review process to select proposals from the following two categories:

1.   Featured Paper Presentation.    The Featured Paper Presentation is 30 minutes in length and is followed by a thoughtful critique from a guest commentator who offers suggestions on how to prepare the paper for publication.  Proposals should reflect research that has been completed or initiatives that have already been implemented. At a minimum, significant progress should have been made toward completion or implementation.

2. Short Paper Presentations.  Short Papers are 10 minutes in length and may reflect research or initiatives that have been completed or are currently in progress. Short papers may also solicit feedback on research ideas that are being formulated, outlining possible approaches and asking attendees and the guest commentator for their response.

One Featured Paper proposal and two Short Paper proposals will be selected. Criteria for proposal selections are as follows:

For an empirical study, an abstract should include:

* The problem stated in one sentence if possible

* The objects, people, or behavior being studied (Manual says “participants” and relevant characteristics)

* Essential features of the methodology

* Basic findings, including statistical limitations such as confidence intervals

* Conclusions, implications, or applications

For a case study, an abstract should include:

* The subject or characteristics of the objects studied

* The nature of the problem and solution illustrated by the case

* Questions for additional study

(APA Style Manual, 6th Edition, pp. 26-27)

In addition, the proposal should:

> Present ideas in a manner that is well written, clear, logical and well organized.

> Develops a topic that is original, timely and relevant to science/technology librarianship.

> Contribute to the advancement of science librarianship.

> Demonstrate innovative thinking.

> Contribute ideas for positioning librarians to be leaders both on and off campus.

> Define strategies for effectively implementing new ideas and technology.

An abstract not exceeding 250 words should indicate presentation category (Featured or Short Paper) and convey the title and purpose of the project.  Please outline the following elements; its scope, methodology, conclusions, and relevance to science and technology librarianship. Be sure to include your name, institution, phone, and e-mail address. Please indicate at the end of your abstract if the project has been submitted to other conferences, for publication in a journal, or has been published or presented before.

Acceptance of proposals reflects a commitment by the author(s) to provide presentations of 10 minutes (Short Paper) or 30 minutes (Feature Paper) at the ALA Annual Conference in Anaheim.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS: Friday, January 6, 2012. Review of submissions will begin immediately by the STS Research Committee. Abstracts should be submitted via e-mail to Andrew Stuart stuarta@ohio.edu , Co-Chair of the STS Research Committee.

Virginia Libraries Call for Papers

Virginia Libraries Call for Papers
URL     http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/VALib/

Virginia Libraries seeks to publish articles and reviews of interest to the library community in Virginia. Articles and interviews reporting research, library programs and events, information of particular interest to libraries in Virginia, and opinion pieces are all considered for publication. Queries are encouraged. Brief announcements and press releases should be distributed via the VLA listservs and blog (www.vla.org).

Please submit manuscripts via email as attachments in Microsoft Word, rich text, or plain text format. Articles should be double-spaced with any bibliographic notes occurring at the end of the article. Please avoid using the automatic note creation function provided by some word processing programs.

Work published in Virginia Libraries conforms to the latest edition of the Chicago Manual of Style and Webster`s Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged. Accepted pieces are subject to editing for style and clarity. Authors will be consulted on points of fact.

Articles should generally fall within the range of 750-3,000 words. Please query the editors before submitting any work of greater length.

Reviews should consider works produced by Virginia creators or concerning Virginia subjects that have been published within the last two years. The reviewed works can appeal to any age or audience or appear in any format or area of the arts, sciences, and humanities. Reviews generally fall within the range of 500-1,500 words and must include a bibliographic citation in Chicago style and an evaluative statement supported by evidence from the text. Please query the editors before writing or submitting a review.

All work submitted for consideration will be reviewed by the editors and may be refereed by the editorial board. Material not selected for publication will be returned within three months.

VLA holds the copyright on all material published in Virginia Libraries. Contributors receive one copy of the issue in which their work appears.

Illustrations are encouraged and should be submitted whenever appropriate to accompany a manuscript. Hard-copy illustrations will be returned if requested in advance. Digital images should have a resolution of at least 300 dpi. Authors are responsible for securing legal permission to publish photographs and other illustrations.

Each contributor should provide a brief sketch of professional accomplishments of no more than fifty words that includes current title, affiliation, and email address. Unless specified otherwise, this information will be shared with readers of Virginia Libraries. Physical addresses should also be provided for the mailing of contributors` copies.

Email manuscripts and queries to both Cy Dillon, cdillon@hsc.edu, and Lyn C. A. Gardner, cgardner@hampton.gov. Please be sure to include both editors.

Call for Papers: 5th Rizal Library International Conference (Philippines)

Call for Papers: 5th Rizal Library International Conference (Philippines)

The Ateneo de Manila University-Rizal Library is seeking papers for the 5th Rizal Library International Conference with the theme: “Libraries, Archives, and Museums: Common Challenges, Unique Approaches”

URL for 2010 Conference: http://rizal.lib.admu.edu.ph/2010conf/1/index.html

The conference will be held on October 25-26, 2012 at the Leong Hall, Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City, Philippines. It aims to showcase how libraries, archives, and museums approach challenges, formulate strategies and develop best practices.

Papers for this conference should belong to the following subthemes:
1. Acquisition and Appraisal
2. Space Management
3. Preservation and Conservation: Practices and Procedures
4. Marketing and Promotion
5. Digitization
6. Disaster Planning and Management
7. Cultural Heritage Preservation
8. Student Research

Interested individuals may submit abstracts (between 300 to 450 words, in MS Word or PDF format) to ltdavid@ateneo.edu / ksagun@ateneo.edu / mnabaunag@ateneo.edu. Deadline for abstract submission is on March 31, 2012.