CFP: 2016 FACRL Annual Program: Prove It! Demonstrating Effectiveness with Data (Florida - October 2016)

Call for Proposals for the 2016 Florida Association of College and Research Libraries (FACRL) Annual Program:  Prove It! Demonstrating Effectiveness with Data

In a time of increasing accountability, academic libraries must demonstrate their effectiveness with hard data. How do you demonstrate your library’s impact on departmental or institutional goals, particularly those that pertain to student success or retention? After identifying impactful goals, what benchmarks has your library or institution identified to illustrate effectiveness? How are you collecting meaningful data? How do you convey the resulting data and its implications to your stakeholders?

FACRL is seeking proposals for presentations and poster sessions for the 2016 FACRL Annual Program to explore the need to identify, collect, and disseminate impactful data in today’s academic library environment. 

Presentations should be 45 minutes in length with time provided for questions. The annual program will be held on Friday, October 28 at the Thrasher-Horne Center for the Arts in Orange Park, FL.

Proposals are due by August 5, 2016. Acceptance emails will be sent on or before August 26, 2016. Inquires may be sent to the FACRL President, Christina Will at christinawill@sjrstate.edu or (386) 312-4152. All presenters must register and pay for conference attendance.

Please visit https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/FACRLproposal to submit your proposal.

Christina Will, PhD
President, FACRL
Dean of Library Services
St. Johns River State College

Palatka  ▪  Orange Park  ▪  St. Augustine

386-312-4152  christinawill@sjrstate.edu​

Reminder CFP (book chapters): Performing Arts Programming in Libraries

Deadline Reminder: August 15, 2016

If you have coordinated, welcomed, or participated in performing arts programming in a library, consider proposing a chapter for Performing Arts Programming in Libraries, an edited collection that will demonstrate why and how libraries of all kinds are bringing the performing arts—such as music, theatre, dance, and performance art—into their spaces. Each chapter will focus on one or more programs, describing their practicalities and goals, as well as any outcomes or assessments. Librarians, performers, teachers, professors, and community arts coordinators are especially encouraged to submit a proposal.

Successful proposals will clearly state one or more of the following:

· The reasons for programming the performing arts in a library

· The logistics and practicalities of developing, marketing, and hosting this kind of programming

· The goals, learning outcomes, or purpose of the programming, including community outreach, curricular support, student or civic engagement, increasing access to the arts, etc.

· The benefits to library patrons and performers/artists

· Potential ways to adapt a program to another library

Proposals should be no more than 1,000 words and include (1) the name(s), institution(s), and title(s) of the author(s); (2) the title of the proposed chapter; (3) a description of the program(s), including the performing arts discipline(s); and (4) information about any qualitative or quantitative assessments of the program(s).

Send proposals as Word attachments to the editor, Angela Pratesi (angela.pratesi@uni.edu). The deadline for submissions is August 15, 2016. Initial chapter drafts will be expected by December 2, 2016.

CFP: World Libraries (Open Access Journal)

World Libraries -- a peer-reviewed, open access LIS journal published by the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at Dominican University in River Forest, Illinois -- invites submissions on library and information topics of interest to an international audience.

If libraries, museums and archives are windows to the world, it follows that those working in them must also be internationally engaged, sharing ideas across borders, profiting from the successes and discoveries of farflung colleagues, and strengthening alliances built upon shared philosophies.

World Libraries is a cooperative, collaborative project devoted to the free and unfettered sharing of knowledge. Working from the premise that librarianship has always had and should always have an international scope -- and that we ignore ideas and neglect allies at our own peril -- we invite LIS professionals and fellow travelers to engage in an ongoing conversation.

Topics may include but are not limited to:

  *   Library and information trends, including the maker movement, sharing economy, gamification, resilience, connected learning, haptic technology, linked data and elder services
  *   Disaster preparation and recovery, including crisis informatics
  *   Preservation and conservation, including the impact of global climate change
  *   Scholarly communication, including libraries as publishers and information creators
  *   International dialogue on LIS topics, including organizations such as IFLA and the International Librarians Network
  *   The impact of library and information services on political discourse and activity, socio-economic trends, and quality of life
  *   Marketing and advocacy, including case studies of approaches and campaigns
  *   Library design and innovative use
  *   The for-profit library sector and economic globalization
  *   Comparative librarianship, including postcolonial studies
  *   Information services and minority groups, including immigrant communities, indigenous people and LGBTQ+ people
  *   Literacy, including information and artifactual literacy
  *   Demonstrating the value of library and information services
  *   Access to information and intellectual freedom
  *   The future of library and information services
  *   Leaders or influential figures in the library and information sector
  *   And library and information topics in any country or region, particularly emerging countries and regions
Submissions may take the form of research papers, interviews, reportage and correspondence, opinion pieces, talks and lectures, roundtables, multimedia storytelling, and product and media reviews (including books, audio-visual works and electronic resources). Other types of submissions are welcome and will be given due consideration by our editorial team. Accepted research papers are evaluated by at least two peer reviewers.

World Libraries is published in English, but non-English content is welcome and translation assistance may be available.

Authors whose works are published in World Libraries are given the option of retaining the rights to their works. They may retain copyright or select a Creative Commons license that best suits their needs. More information will be provided upon acceptance of a submission.

For more information, please visit http://worldlibraries.dom.edu/index.php/worldlib/about/submissions.

Questions? Please contact World Libraries editor Scott Shoger at sshoger@dom.edu<mailto:sshoger@dom.edu>

More about World Libraries

World Libraries is a project of the faculty, staff and students of Dominican University Graduate School of Library and Information Science; an advisory board of library and information professionals from around the world; and an ever-changing cast of contributors and readers. It was established in 1990 under the title Third World Libraries.

Past contributors and editors include Marta Terry González, Loriene Roy, Ken Haycock, Sara Paretsky, Roderick Cave, D. J. Foskett, Norman Horrocks, Carlos Victor Penna, Josefa Emilia Sabor, Peter Havard-Williams, Herbert S. White, Jeanne Drewes, Lars-Anders Baer, Peggy Sullivan, Robert P. Doyle, Michael E. D. Koenig and John W. Berry.

Themed issues have focused on indigenous library services, Latin American librarianship, the Center for Research Libraries and information services in Cuba, Nigeria and Poland. The entire run of the journal is available at http://worldlibraries.dom.edu.

Library 2.016 : Libraries of the Future (online conference - October 6, 2016)

We're excited to announce the third of three Library 2.016 online mini-conferences: "Libraries of the Future," October 6th, 2016, from 12:00 - 3:00pm US-Pacific Time (click for your own time zone).

As libraries shape their futures – and adapt to the future needs of their communities – what are the near- and long-term trends that point to our brightest opportunities. What can we learn from library innovators and innovators from other sectors and industries that will help us shape the future we want and that our communities aspire towards?

Explore with us some of the key trends that point toward specific futures for libraries, and engage in conversations with civic, social, and education innovators to learn more about what they think about the future, and how libraries can become an integral part of their future visions. Libraries and librarians are well-positioned to envision the future – at the intersection of information, education, technology, and community – and this dialogue will help bring our best thinking together with the exciting visions of our collaborators, allies, and partners. Sponsored with ALA’s Center for the Future of Libraries. 

This is a free event, being held online. Please register HERE to attend live or to receive the recording links.

Please also join this Library 2.0 network to be kept updated on this and future events.

Participants are encouraged to use #library2016 on their social media posts leading up to and during the event.

CALL FOR PROPOSALS:

We will have a limited number of slots for presenter sessions. The call for proposals is now open HERE. We encourage all who are interested in presenting to submit.

WEBINAR PLATFORM:

The sessions will be held in Blackboard Collaborate, and can be accessed live from any personal computer and most mobile devices. Verify that you are using a compatible version of Java (Complete Steps 1 and 2). Additional information will be sent with the final conference information after registration.

CFP: The Collective (March 2-3, 2017- Knoxville, Tennessee)

The Collective

March 2-3, 2017

Knoxville, Tennessee

CFP URL: http://www.thelibrarycollective.org/program/

Tired of spending a fortune on conferences? Bored with keynotes and too much “sage on a stage” presentations? Yearning to meet librarians eager to innovate?

Join the movement for affordable and useful professional development for librarians at The Collective 2017! Our Call for Proposals is open for submissions, voting, and comments until August 25th.

All sessions at The Collective are interactive with tangible skills and takeaways because we think professional gatherings should be fun, affordable, and useful. 

Find out more about how to learn, create, and collaborate with us here: http://www.thelibrarycollective.org/program/

About the Collective

Founded in 2015, the goals of The Collective are learning, networking, and kickstarting new ideas among next-generation librarians and library stakeholders where the participants determine the content.

How is The Collective different?

—First, we aim to dissolve the divide between “presenters” and “attendees” by making everyone active participants at The Collective and by having everyone, even conference organizers, pay an equally low registration fee. 

—This is an interactive gathering with emphases on skill-building, tangible takeaways, and networking. No “CV filler” or  “sage on a stage” presentations here!

—While we love our Deans and administrators, there are plenty of conferences where they get to shine. This is a gathering aimed at practitioners, those working on the front line.

—Every penny we receive through registrations goes right back to attendees to cover partial costs of the opening night dinner and complimentary breakfasts and coffee/snack breaks served both days. We have worked hard to ensure that conference costs are subsidized for all attendees through our corporate sponsorships, making ours an uncharacteristically low-cost professional gathering. We've also designed the event (i.e. registration, hotel, etc.) so that those within driving distance of Knoxville should be able to cover all associated costs of attendance for under $500.

—There is no vendor “expo” area at The Collective. We aim to create an event climate where vendors are treated as colleagues who can learn and collaborate with us to better serve our users. We think developing relationships is far more effective than hard sales and we believe sessions should contain content, not sales pitches.  

—Our event is put on by volunteers who give their time in service to the profession. We have no paid or dedicated staff.

What takes place at The Collective?

The gathering consists of two full days.

The program schedule and content is set by YOU, the participants. Learn more about our unique program planning here.

Morning kickoff sessions consist of interactive plenaries and panels, followed by more takeaway-driven afternoon sessions and lightning talks.

Extended lunchtimes offer an opportunity for discussion of special topics among shared interest groups or informal gatherings in our "unconference" spaces--the IdeaLibrary and Tinker Lab.  Aside from a longer afternoon "wrap-up" plenary discussion on the second day, evenings are reserved for informal networking and exploration of the Knoxville arts and culture scene. 

Our opening night reception is a festive, themed dinner with live music in downtown Knoxville and we also plan an optional library-themed pub crawl or other social event for the closing night! 

CFP URL: http://www.thelibrarycollective.org/program/

Call for Book Chapters - Theory Driven Teaching: Integrating Educational Theory & ACRL Core Concepts into Academic Library Instruction

Proposal Submission Deadline: August 11, 2016

Title: Theory Driven Teaching: Integrating Educational Theory & ACRL Core Concepts into Academic Library Instruction

Publisher: Association of College and Research Libraries Press (ACRL)

 

Chapters are sought for the forthcoming ACRL book Theory Driven Teaching: Integrating Educational Theory & ACRL Core Concepts into Academic Library Instruction.

 

The focus of the book is to empower librarians and instructional staff to teach within the new Framework, while grounding lesson plans in education theory. The book will provide lesson plans grounded in educational theory and aligned with the new ACRL Framework. Narratives accompanying each lesson plan will introduce relevant educational theories and the frames, as well as include examples of learning activities and assessment tools.

 

Chapters will be grouped according to the threshold concepts within the new Framework and then by academic discipline (social science, science & engineering, arts & humanities). Authors are welcome to submit multiple proposals within each concept or different discipline.

 

Tone and style:

Contributing authors will write as if explaining the lesson plan to a colleague. Tone should be approachable, but still geared toward an academic audience. Authors will include the genesis of the lesson (lightbulb moments, previously unmet patron needs, faculty requests, etc.), background information of the lesson plan including the learning theory(ies) behind its construction. Authors will also discuss why the lesson plan is suited to the special population(s) and the information literacy frame emphasized in that lesson.

 

The practical, scalable, step-by-step lesson plans will include the intended learning audience(s), any discipline-specific research methodology, prerequisites, any challenges and solutions associated with the lesson, and finally learning outcome assessment tools.

 

Final chapters will be 2,000-3,000 words in length.

 

Contributing authors will follow a template and receive support through peer review.

 

Submission Procedure:

Authors should complete the following form to submit proposals:http://goo.gl/forms/Ss81JA9H9fYjIOMl2

 

Proposals will include:

1.      Proposed Chapter Title

2.      Disciplinary coverage (social science, science & engineering, arts & humanities)

3.      Information literacy frame

4.      Educational theory behind lesson plan

5.      Special population lesson supports

6.      100 word abstract of proposed chapter

 

Send inquiries to: moberlie@gmu.edu or jmattso1@gmu.edu

 

 

Janna L. Mattson, Instruction & Social Sciences Librarian

Mary K. Oberlies, Conflict & Peace Studies Librarian

George Mason University Libraries

CFP: Libraries: Culture, History, and Society (New Journal)

Libraries: Culture, History, and Society

We are delighted to announce that Libraries: Culture, History, and Society is now accepting submissions for our premiere issue to be published in Spring 2017.

A semiannual peer-reviewed publication from the Library History Round Table of the American Library Association and the Penn State University Press, LCHS will be available in print and online via JSTOR and Project Muse.

The only journal in the United States devoted to library history, LCHS positions library history as its own field of scholarship, while promoting innovative cross-disciplinary research on libraries’ relationships with their unique environments. LCHS brings together scholars from many disciplines to examine the history of libraries as institutions, collections, and services, as well as the experiences of library workers and users. There are no limits of time and space, and libraries of every type are included (private, public, corporate, and academic libraries, special collections and manuscripts). In addition to Library Science, the journal welcomes contributors from History, English, Literary Studies, Sociology, Education, Gender/Women’s Studies, Race/Ethnic Studies, Philosophy, Political Science, Architecture, Anthropology, Geography, Economics, and other disciplines.

Submissions for volume 1, issue 1, are due August 29, 2016.  Eric Novotny and Bernadette A. Lear of Penn State University Libraries are co-editors.

Manuscripts may be submitted electronically through LCHS’s Editorial Manager system at http://www.editorialmanager.com/LCHS/default.aspx. They must also conform to the instructions for authors at http://bit.ly/LCHScfp1.

We are excited to see this journal become a reality and welcome your thoughts (and submissions!) as we create a new platform for studying libraries within their broader humanistic and social contexts.

For further questions, please contact the editors:
Bernadette Lear, BAL19@psu.edu
Eric Novotny, ECN1@psu.edu

Call for Papers: CALA Occasional Paper Series (OPS), 2016 Fall Issue (Chinese American Librarians Association)

The CALA Occasional Paper Series (OPS) is now calling for papers. Our editorial group now welcome submissions to the 2016 Fall issue of CALA OPS. Please submit by Friday, August 19, 2016 for Fall issue, 2016.

Call for Papers: CALA Occasional Paper Series (OPS), 2016 Fall Issue

Occasional Paper Series (OPS) is one of the official publications of the Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA). It is an open access publication which provides an opportunity for CALA members to publish article(s) on a peer-reviewed, official, and professional platform. It is a professional opportunity for you to publish your essays and will benefit many fields in library and information science.

We now welcome submissions to the 2016 Fall issue of CALA OPS. Manuscripts can address any aspects of librarianship. It can be a paper delivered at a conference related to library and information science; a bibliography, index, guide, handbook, research manual, or
directory; a report of a survey or study of interest to librarians of all types of libraries; a compilation of existing documents such as library policies or procedures; or a full­-length research paper.

Manuscripts are usually between 3000-5000 words in length. Longer and shorter articles can also be accepted if considered to be relevant and of high quality. All manuscripts must be typed and double-spaced in 12-point Times New Roman font throughout. References, citations, and general style of manuscripts should follow the Publications Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th edition. For detailed submission guidelines, please check the CALA OPS website: http://cala-web.org/publications/ops-editorial-guidelines.

The deadline for submission to the 2016 Fall issue of CALA OPS is Friday, August 19, 2016. Late submissions will be considered for the following issues. To submit a manuscript, please submit via the interface: http://www.cala-web.org/forms/ops-submission. Manuscripts
submitted to CALA OPS should not have been published or be under consideration for publication elsewhere.

If you are interested in being a reviewer for CALA OPS, please visit the CALA website (http://cala-web.org/forms/ops-reviewer-app) and fill out the CALA OPS reviewer application form.

Should you have any questions, please contact the CALA OPS editorial board members:

Suzhen Chen (Chair), University of Hawaii at Manoa, suzhen@hawaii.edu
Liangyu Fu, University of Michigan, liangyuf@umich.edu
Minhao Jiang, Wayne State University, minhao.jiang@wayne.edu
Xiaojie Duan, University of Southern Mississippi, Xiaojie.duan@usm.edu

Call for Column Entries: Strategic Planning and Assessment Column (The Journal of Library Administration)

Strategic Planning and Assessment Column

The Journal of Library Administration

Column Editor: Wanda V. Dole, Emeritus Dean of the Library, University of Arkansas at Little Rock

The Journal of Library Administration informs readers on research, current developments, and trends related to the leadership and management of libraries. In today’s global environment, library administrators must make complex and challenging decisions to help institutions achieve the identified mission, vision and goals. The aims and scope of the journal are posted at http://www.tandfonline.com/action/aboutThisJournal?show=aimsScope&journalCode=wjla20#.U6rt9rEmX9s

The journal publishes up-to-the-minute information that library and information professionals and paraprofessionals in public, academic, special, and corporate environments need to lead and manage toward the overall objective of community and stakeholder support. 

Within this context, the Journal of Library Administration features articles by the most highly regarded professionals in the field as related to leadership, management, evaluation, assessment, marketing, and more to promote organizational success.  This involves all aspects of public and technical operations, information technology and management, access to information in all formats and delivery options, physical and irtual environments, and organizational behavior.

The Strategic Planning and Assessment column focuses on the closely related topics of strategic planning and assessment in all types of libraries. The column examines all aspects of planning and assessment including (but not limited to) components, methods, approaches, trends, tools and training.   The column appears four times a year in even-numbered issues of the journal.  Interested authors are invited to submit articles to the editor at wvdole@ualr.edu.   

Possible topics include 

o   Strategic planning versus strategic thinking.

o   Why some strategic plans fail and others thrive?

o   Positive and negative impacts of strategic planning and assessment

o   Including assessment metrics in strategic plans

o   SWOT analysis versus Appreciate Inquiry

o   Staffing and training for strategic planning and assessment

o   New metrics for new challenges

o   Value metrics

o   The role of planning and assessment in budget allocation, public services (staffing and locating service points) and building and renovating facilities

o   Analyzing and presenting results of planning and assessment

o   Continuous improvement cycle

o   Planning and assessment as tools for organizational change

Interested authors are invited to submit proposals for columns and author contact information to the editor at wvdole@ualr.edu.  Articles on both theory and practice and examples of both successful and unsuccessful attempts in all types of libraries are invited. 

Articles should be at least 3000 words and written in Microsoft Word format. 

Author guidelines and further information can be found at http://www.tandfonline.com/action/authorSubmission?journalCode=wjla20&page=instructions#.U6ruMbEmX9s

-- 

Wanda V. Dole| Emeritus Dean & Professor
University of Arkansas at Little Rock

wvdole@ualr.edu

Call for Chapters: Effective Library Instruction: Inspiring Student Motivation (ACRL Publication)

Effective Library Instruction: Inspiring Student Motivation

For publication with ACRL Press

Proposal submission deadline: October 1, 2016

 

Editors Sarah Steiner and Miriam Rigby invite the submission of chapter proposals for a book on library instruction. The book’s primary focus is student motivation, with an emphasis on motivational techniques that can be incorporated into instruction settings where time is of the essence: one-shots, quick introductions, video tutorials, etc. We are open to studies that branch away from higher education as long as they focus on adult learners.

 

New and completed research and case studies are welcome, provided any new studies can be completed within the timeline explained below. Chapters based on completed research must not be previously published or simultaneously submitted elsewhere.

 

We are seeking proposals for two types of chapters:

1.       Research/case studies/explorations of the following motivation-related topics (multiple studies desired for each):

o   Establishing a connection between student needs and interests and the value of information literacy topics/frames

o   Building intrinsic motivation via positive outcome expectancies or efficacy expectancies

o   Inspiring students to learn by employing learning goals rather than performance goals

o   Allowing students to set their own learning goals

o   Encouraging play and discovery, social connection, and supportive learning environments

o   Creating appropriate levels of challenge through communication of expectations, class activities, active learning activities, or assessments

 

2.       Instruction exercises that use/encourage the above.

 

Submission procedure: Please submit chapter proposals of up to 500 words, a short author’s statement, and a writing sample, toinfolitmotivation@gmail.com by October 1, 2016. If you are proposing new, uncompleted research, please provide a tentative timeline that includes a date for submitting your research plan to your Human Subjects/Institutional Review Board, if appropriate, as well as any additional dates you think are relevant.  Authors will be notified of acceptance before December 1, 2016.

 

If there are multiple authors for a chapter, please submit author statements for each author and at least one writing sample - it is optional to provide multiple writing samples (i.e. not all co-authors have to submit writing samples, but if you feel it best represents your team to submit more than one, please do.)

 

Note: This initial stage requires a 500 word description, so just planning out your article now is fine. Final manuscripts of between 1500 and 5000 words will be due July 2017, with drafts and edits staggered earlier throughout the year as best fits the schedules of the author(s) and editors. All chapters will undergo peer review by a subject matter expert prior to publication.

 

For additional information, contact the editors:

Sarah Steiner, Head of Research & Instruction Services, Western Carolina University, sksteiner@wcu.edu

Miriam Rigby, Social Sciences Librarian, University of Oregon, rigby@uoregon.edu

CFP: Special Issue of Journal of Library Metadata “Six Years after RDA-What Have Libraries Achieved toward Linked Data and Semantic Web?”

Call for Proposals: Special Issue of Journal of Library Metadata “Six Years after RDA-What Have Libraries Achieved toward Linked Data and Semantic Web?”

                                                                   

Guest Editors: Sharon Q. Yang and Kenneth Kauffman, Rider University

The Journal of Library Metadata calls for article proposals for its special issue to be published in December 2016. Please submit an article proposal by June 30th, 2016 with no more than 500 words. The theme of the issue is “Six years after RDA-What Have Libraries Achieved toward Linked Data and Semantic Web?”

It has been six years since RDA was released in 2010. Libraries have developed clear visions about future cataloging and metadata creation. Our goals include joining the Linked Data community, releasing bibliographic data on the Internet so major search engines such as Google and Yahoo can search library holdings. This special issue is devoted to the latest progress, achievements, and obstacles encountered in cataloging and metadata management, specifically in music cataloging. The topics may include, but are not limited to, BIBFRAME implementation and test drive (experience, achievements, obstacles, future outlook, suggested improvements), other Library of Congress initiatives and programs, any issues in RDA music cataloging, any projects in metadata and cataloging, predictions about the future. Even if you are working on BIBFRAME or any Linked Data projects on a small scale, we invite you to share your experience and insights.

Submission:

Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit a proposal (approximately 500 words) including a problem statement, problem significance, objectives, methodology, and conclusions (or tentative conclusions for work in progress). The proposal should also include author’s name, professional affiliation, and e-mail address. Only unpublished, original work will be considered. Proposals must be received by July 15, 2016. Full manuscripts (4000-7000 words) are expected to be submitted by September 15, 2016. All submitted manuscripts will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Please forward inquiries and proposal submissions electronically to the guest editors at yangs@rider.edu and kkauffman@rider.edu.

The Journal of Library Metadata is the exclusive forum for the latest research, innovations, news, and expert views about all aspects of metadata applications in libraries and about the role of metadata in information retrieval. This focused journal comprehensively discusses practical, applicable information that libraries can effectively use in their own information discovery environments. Specialized knowledge, the latest technology, and top research are presented pertaining specifically to evolving metadata use in libraries. More information about the Journal of Library Metadata can be found online at http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/wjlm20

Call for contributions to column in the Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship

This is a call for contributions to the "E-Resource Round Up" column for volume 28, issue 4 of the Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship (JERL). Submissions can be related to any aspect of electronic resources and their use in libraries, including conference reports, professional discussion groups, meetings, and practices in using electronic resources in-house. This would be a great opportunity for you to report on topics that may benefit others in our profession.

The editors would like to receive contributions to the column by Friday, August 19, 2016. Contributions should not be published elsewhere.

If you have a submission or questions, please contact the column editors:

Bob Wolverton

Mississippi State University Libraries

(662) 325-0548

bwolverton@library.msstate.edu

Karen Davidson

Mississippi State University Libraries

(662) 325-3018             

kdavidson@library.msstate.edu

CFP: Libraries and Archives in the Anthropocene: A Colloquium (New York - May 2017)

Libraries and Archives in the Anthropocene: A Colloquium

May 13-14, 2017

New York University

As stewards of a culture’s collective knowledge, libraries and archives are facing the realities of cataclysmic environmental change with a dawning awareness of its unique implications for their missions and activities. Some professionals in these fields are focusing new energies on the need for environmentally sustainable practices in their institutions. Some are prioritizing the role of libraries and archives in supporting climate change communication and influencing government policy and public awareness. Others foresee an inevitable unraveling of systems and ponder the role of libraries and archives in a world much different from the one we take for granted. Climate disruption, peak oil, toxic waste, deforestation, soil salinity and agricultural crisis, depletion of groundwater and other natural resources, loss of biodiversity, mass migration, sea level rise, and extreme weather events are all problems that indirectly threaten to overwhelm civilization’s knowledge infrastructures, and present information institutions with unprecedented challenges.

This colloquium will serve as a space to explore these challenges and establish directions for future efforts and investigations. We invite proposals from academics, librarians, archivists, activists, and others.

Some suggested topics and questions:

– How can information institutions operate more sustainably?

– How can information institutions better serve the needs of policy discussions and public awareness in the area of climate change and other threats to the environment?

– How can information institutions support skillsets and technologies that are relevant following systemic unraveling?

– What will information work look like without the infrastructures we take for granted?

– How does information literacy instruction intersect with ecoliteracy?

– How can information professionals support radical environmental activism?

– What are the implications of climate change for disaster preparedness?

– What role do information workers have in addressing issues of environmental justice?

– What are the implications of climate change for preservation practices?

– Should we question the wisdom of preserving access to the technological cultural legacy that has led to the crisis?

– Is there a new responsibility to document, as a mode of bearing witness, the historical event of society’s confrontation with the systemic threat of climate change, peak oil, and other environmental problems?

– Given the ideological foundations of libraries and archives in Enlightenment thought, and given that Enlightenment civilization may be leading to its own environmental endpoint, are these ideological foundations called into question? And with what consequences?

Formats:

Lightning talk (5 minutes)

Paper (20 minutes)

Proposals are due August 1, 2016.

Notifications of acceptance will be sent by September 16, 2016.

Submit your proposal here: http://goo.gl/forms/rz7uN1mBNM

Planning committee:

Casey Davis is Project Manager at the American Archive of Public Broadcasting at WGBH and co-founder of ProjectARCC: Archivists Responding to Climate Change.

Madeleine Charney is Sustainability Studies Librarian at UMass Amherst and co-founder of the Sustainability Round Table of the American Library Association.

Rory Litwin is a former librarian and the founder of Litwin Books, LLC (Colloquium sponsor)

For more information about the colloquium, including a profile of our keynote speaker, Roy Scranton, go to:http://litwinbooks.com/laac2017colloq.php

Call for Book Reviewers - Catholic Library World

I am seeking book reviewers Catholic Library World. Each issue of CLW includes 100 book reviews of books covering the topics of theology and spirituality, history, library science, children’s books, young adult books, and selected titles on other topics. The coverage is particularly strong for Catholic theology. The 300-500 word reviews serve to advise librarians in academic, school, church, and public libraries. Qualified book reviewers are invited to express interest by emailing the editor with a brief summary of their qualifications and reviewing interests. Unsolicited book reviews are not accepted.

Catholic Library World is the official journal of the Catholic Library Association. Established in 1929, CLW is an international refereed quarterly journal, publishing articles that focus on all aspects of librarianship.

CLW articles are intended for an audience that is interested in the broad role and impact of various types of libraries, including, but not limited to academic, public, theological, parish and church libraries, and school libraries. 

For more information, please visit: https://cathla.org/Main/About/Publications  

Call for posters--ACRL/NY 2016 Symposium: Money and Power (December 2, 2016 - NYC)

The ACRL/NY 2016 Annual Symposium: Money and Power is accepting proposals for posters.  Proposals must be received by Friday, September 2, 2016.

The symposium will be held on Friday, December 2 at the Baruch College Vertical Campus, 55 Lexington Ave, New York, NY 10010. Successful candidates will be notified by September 28.  

On the day of the symposium, you will be expected to arrive by 8:30 am, set up by 9:00 am, and stay through to the end of the symposium. Posters will be displayed on 5'x2' tables and cannot be displayed on walls. 

 

About the ACRL/NY 2016 Annual Symposium: This symposium will address how economic,social, and political factors affect the choices we make as individuals and as institutions within the field of academic and research libraries and archives. 

Possible subjects include questions of labor, class, budgets, funding strategies, the power to name within classification schemes, the role of power within scholarly discourse, leveraging power to foster change within institutions, power dynamics within reference and instruction, and sociopolitical hierarchies that libraries may replicate and/or challenge.

Applicants are invited to interpret the theme broadly and with originality, so long as there is a clear and compelling rationale tying the proposal to the theme

Selection will be done by blind review; please do not include any identifying information in your abstract. 

Proposals may be submitted here. 

If you have questions about the poster selection process, please contact Eamon Tewell at eamon.tewell@liu.edu.