CFP: Media in Transition 5: creativity, ownership and collaboration in the digial age
Location: Massachusetts, United States (April 27-29, 2007 )
Call for Papers Date: January 5, 2007
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Our understanding of the technical and social processes by which culture is made and reproduced is being challenged and enlarged by digital technologies. An emerging generation of media producers is sampling and remixing existing materials as core ingredients in their own work.
These and related cultural practices have generated heated contention and debate. What constitutes fair use of another's intellectual property? What ethical issues are posed when sounds, images, and stories move from one culture or subculture to another?
This fifth Media in Transition conference aims to generate a conversation that compares historical forms of cultural expression with contemporary media practices. We hope this event will appeal widely across disciplines and scholarly and professional boundaries.
Among topics the conference might explore:
-history of authorship and copyright
-folk practices in traditional and contemporary society
-appropriating materials from other cultures: political and ethical dilemmas
-poetics and politics of fan culture
-blogging, podcasting, and collective intelligence
-media literacy and the ethics of participatory culture
-artistic collaboration and cultural production, past and present
-fair use and intellectual property
-sampling and remixing in popular music
-cultural production in traditional and developing societies
-Web 2.0 and the "architecture of participation"
-creative industries and user-generated content
-parody, spoofs, and mash-ups as critical commentary
-game mods and machinima
-the workings of genre in different media systems
-law and technological change
Short abstracts of no more than 200 words for papers or panels should be sent via email to Brad Seawell at seawell@mit.edu no later than January 5, 2007. Brad can be reached by phone at 617-253-3521. Email submissions are preferred, but abstracts can be mailed to:
Brad Seawell
MIT 14N-430
77 Mass. Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02139
Brad Seawell
MIT 14N-430
77 Mass. Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02139
617-253-3521
Email: seawell@mit.edu
Visit the website at http://web.mit.edu/comm-forum/mit5/index.htm
Saturday, August 05, 2006
Call for book manuscripts: How Things Worked: Institutional Dimensions of the American Past
Call for book manuscripts: How Things Worked: Institutional Dimensions of the American Past
The Johns Hopkins University Press is seeking authors for a new book series, How Things Worked: Institutional Dimensions of the American Past. Titles will analyze the history of major institutions, describe how they changed over time, and explain why they mattered. Institutions are defined broadly to embrace such phenomena as banking, courts, the military, farms, factories, labor unions, the press, and the religious denominations. Each book will be accessible, brief (in the 75,000 word range), and suitable for undergraduate course adoptions. Please send proposals or manuscripts to the consulting editors, Professors Robin Einhorn and Richard R. John, c/o The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2715 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218.
Professors Robin Einhorn and Richard R. John
c/o The Johns Hopkins University Press
2715 North Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21218
Email: einhorn@berkeley.edu, rjohn@uic.edu
The Johns Hopkins University Press is seeking authors for a new book series, How Things Worked: Institutional Dimensions of the American Past. Titles will analyze the history of major institutions, describe how they changed over time, and explain why they mattered. Institutions are defined broadly to embrace such phenomena as banking, courts, the military, farms, factories, labor unions, the press, and the religious denominations. Each book will be accessible, brief (in the 75,000 word range), and suitable for undergraduate course adoptions. Please send proposals or manuscripts to the consulting editors, Professors Robin Einhorn and Richard R. John, c/o The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2715 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218.
Professors Robin Einhorn and Richard R. John
c/o The Johns Hopkins University Press
2715 North Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21218
Email: einhorn@berkeley.edu, rjohn@uic.edu
Jewish Graphic Novel-Call for Papers
Jewish Graphic Novel-Call for Papers
Deadline November 30, 2006
Essays sought for an interdisciplinary collection co-edited by an art historian and literary scholar. The growing subgenre of Jewish literary and graphic culture contains a number of significantly innovative aesthetic works that are increasingly recognized by literary critics as an exciting form of alternative narrative that may also represent the inception of a new visual literacy that has significant implications for the future of Jewish literary and artistic expression. As the catalog of a recent art exhibit devoted to this cultural phenomenon states, “Jewish Graphic novels represent an important genre in artistic expression and assert the intensity of word and image in conveying narratives that speak eloquently to the contemporary viewer. [They] offer intense visual elucidation of Jewish historic and literary events by combining intense illustration with searing social issues.” Works to be addressed may include graphic novels by Will Eisner (A Contract With God: and Other Tenement Stories, Fagin the Jew, The Plot: The Secret Story of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion); Czech writer Vittorio Giardino’s trilogy of volumes about Jewish life under the shadow of totalitarianism (A Jew in Communist Prague: Loss of Innocence, A Jew in Communist Prague: Adolescence, and A Jew in Communist Prague: Rebellion); Ben Katchor’s The Jew of New York; Miriam Katin's memoir of WWII survival, We Are On Our Own; Neil Kleid’s portrayal of mobsters in Brownsville; Etgar Keret’s surreal tales, Jetlag: Five Graphic Novellas; Joe Kubert’s stunning account of the Warsaw ghetto uprising in Yossel: April 14, 1943; Joann Sfar’s whimsically philosophical The Rabbi’s Cat; James Strum’s disturbing parable of American racism, The Golem’s Mighty Swing; and J.T. Waldman’s recent bold retelling of the essential Jewish myth of power and powerlessness in Megillat Esther. The editors also hope to include an essay or two on the impact of Art Spiegelman’s seminal works of Holocaust oral history in Maus: A Survivor’s Tale: My Father Bleeds History and Maus II: A Survivor’s Tale: And Here My Troubles Began, which crystallized the acceptance of the graphic novel as a legitimate literary form. This collection aspires to fill an important gap in existing scholarship by offering the first collection of critical discussions to solely address the way that Jewish graphic novels grapple with Jewish history, cultural politics, antisemitism, portrayals of Ashkenazi and Sephardic identities, the role of the Holocaust in the artist’s cultural and moral imagination, political controversy, literature, sacred texts, and myth through these captivating works that render image and text in hitherto unimagined forms. Other essays might consider the important role of autobiography in the graphic novel and the role of the graphic novel in the Jewish Studies classroom. This list is by no means exhaustive; other relevant theoretical, pedagogical, or cultural approaches will be considered. Authors are encouraged to use images whenever appropriate but they are individually responsible for all necessary permissions. Papers from all disciplines, or interdisciplinary submissions (whether focused on single works or comparative discussions), are welcomed.
Send brief bios along with abstracts (300 words) or complete essays that follow the current edition of the MLA Style Manual to both Ranen Omer-Sherman rosherman@miami.edu and Samantha Baskind s.baskind@csuohio.edu by 11/30/06.
Samantha Baskind, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Art History and Graduate Program Director
Cleveland State University
Department of Art
2307 Chester Ave.
Cleveland, OH 44114
tel: 216-687-2096 fax: 216-687-2275
Deadline November 30, 2006
Essays sought for an interdisciplinary collection co-edited by an art historian and literary scholar. The growing subgenre of Jewish literary and graphic culture contains a number of significantly innovative aesthetic works that are increasingly recognized by literary critics as an exciting form of alternative narrative that may also represent the inception of a new visual literacy that has significant implications for the future of Jewish literary and artistic expression. As the catalog of a recent art exhibit devoted to this cultural phenomenon states, “Jewish Graphic novels represent an important genre in artistic expression and assert the intensity of word and image in conveying narratives that speak eloquently to the contemporary viewer. [They] offer intense visual elucidation of Jewish historic and literary events by combining intense illustration with searing social issues.” Works to be addressed may include graphic novels by Will Eisner (A Contract With God: and Other Tenement Stories, Fagin the Jew, The Plot: The Secret Story of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion); Czech writer Vittorio Giardino’s trilogy of volumes about Jewish life under the shadow of totalitarianism (A Jew in Communist Prague: Loss of Innocence, A Jew in Communist Prague: Adolescence, and A Jew in Communist Prague: Rebellion); Ben Katchor’s The Jew of New York; Miriam Katin's memoir of WWII survival, We Are On Our Own; Neil Kleid’s portrayal of mobsters in Brownsville; Etgar Keret’s surreal tales, Jetlag: Five Graphic Novellas; Joe Kubert’s stunning account of the Warsaw ghetto uprising in Yossel: April 14, 1943; Joann Sfar’s whimsically philosophical The Rabbi’s Cat; James Strum’s disturbing parable of American racism, The Golem’s Mighty Swing; and J.T. Waldman’s recent bold retelling of the essential Jewish myth of power and powerlessness in Megillat Esther. The editors also hope to include an essay or two on the impact of Art Spiegelman’s seminal works of Holocaust oral history in Maus: A Survivor’s Tale: My Father Bleeds History and Maus II: A Survivor’s Tale: And Here My Troubles Began, which crystallized the acceptance of the graphic novel as a legitimate literary form. This collection aspires to fill an important gap in existing scholarship by offering the first collection of critical discussions to solely address the way that Jewish graphic novels grapple with Jewish history, cultural politics, antisemitism, portrayals of Ashkenazi and Sephardic identities, the role of the Holocaust in the artist’s cultural and moral imagination, political controversy, literature, sacred texts, and myth through these captivating works that render image and text in hitherto unimagined forms. Other essays might consider the important role of autobiography in the graphic novel and the role of the graphic novel in the Jewish Studies classroom. This list is by no means exhaustive; other relevant theoretical, pedagogical, or cultural approaches will be considered. Authors are encouraged to use images whenever appropriate but they are individually responsible for all necessary permissions. Papers from all disciplines, or interdisciplinary submissions (whether focused on single works or comparative discussions), are welcomed.
Send brief bios along with abstracts (300 words) or complete essays that follow the current edition of the MLA Style Manual to both Ranen Omer-Sherman rosherman@miami.edu and Samantha Baskind s.baskind@csuohio.edu by 11/30/06.
Samantha Baskind, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Art History and Graduate Program Director
Cleveland State University
Department of Art
2307 Chester Ave.
Cleveland, OH 44114
tel: 216-687-2096 fax: 216-687-2275
CFP: Museum and Society Colloquium, Bucharest, Romania
CFP: Museum and Society Colloquium, Bucharest, Romania
Location: Romania
Call for Papers Date: 2006-08-27
Call for Papers
Museum and Society Colloquium
Museum of the Romanian Peasant, Bucharest
October 6th-8th, 2006
The colloquium proposes an analysis of identity discourses in societal museums and a retrospective and reflexive look on the relationship between Museum and Society, generally speaking. Even more, looking towards the future the question can be raised of what kind of museums do we need and for what types of societies?
This year, the Museum of the Romanian Peasant (MRP) celebrates its centenary. In 1906 it became the first ethnographic museum in Romania. Since then, it functioned as a museum of National Art, of Popular Art, of the Communist Party, and, after 1990, as the Museum of the Romanian Peasant. In 1996, it was awarded the EMYA prize (European Museum of the Year).
Throughout this time, the peasant was constantly alongside the museum, but bearing different faces. In one way or another, the peasant’s symbolic centrality for the building of the Romanian national-state and its identity remained at the core of the museum’s exhibit. The museum’s aesthetics and ideology followed the society’s transformations and changed from a classical ethnography to the contemporary vision, considered by many ….as postmodern. Building upon its experience as an ethnography museum, MRP nevertheless seeks to gather in this colloquium researchers interested in the intertwined discourses of Museum and Society, such as anthropologists, sociologists, historians, art critics and others.
The deadline for receiving abstracts (500 words) and a short CV is August 27th, 2006. Presentations in both English and French are accepted. The colloquium papers will be published in the museum’s anthropological journal MARTOR.
The travel and accommodation fees for a maximum of 15 participants will be supported by the organizers.
Contact:
Gabriela Cristea
Researcher – Research Department
Museum of the Romanian Peasant
Sos. Kiseleff, no. 3
Sect. 1, Bucharest
ROMANIA
Phone: 004021.317 96 58
Email: cristea.gabriela@gmail.com
Location: Romania
Call for Papers Date: 2006-08-27
Call for Papers
Museum and Society Colloquium
Museum of the Romanian Peasant, Bucharest
October 6th-8th, 2006
The colloquium proposes an analysis of identity discourses in societal museums and a retrospective and reflexive look on the relationship between Museum and Society, generally speaking. Even more, looking towards the future the question can be raised of what kind of museums do we need and for what types of societies?
This year, the Museum of the Romanian Peasant (MRP) celebrates its centenary. In 1906 it became the first ethnographic museum in Romania. Since then, it functioned as a museum of National Art, of Popular Art, of the Communist Party, and, after 1990, as the Museum of the Romanian Peasant. In 1996, it was awarded the EMYA prize (European Museum of the Year).
Throughout this time, the peasant was constantly alongside the museum, but bearing different faces. In one way or another, the peasant’s symbolic centrality for the building of the Romanian national-state and its identity remained at the core of the museum’s exhibit. The museum’s aesthetics and ideology followed the society’s transformations and changed from a classical ethnography to the contemporary vision, considered by many ….as postmodern. Building upon its experience as an ethnography museum, MRP nevertheless seeks to gather in this colloquium researchers interested in the intertwined discourses of Museum and Society, such as anthropologists, sociologists, historians, art critics and others.
The deadline for receiving abstracts (500 words) and a short CV is August 27th, 2006. Presentations in both English and French are accepted. The colloquium papers will be published in the museum’s anthropological journal MARTOR.
The travel and accommodation fees for a maximum of 15 participants will be supported by the organizers.
Contact:
Gabriela Cristea
Researcher – Research Department
Museum of the Romanian Peasant
Sos. Kiseleff, no. 3
Sect. 1, Bucharest
ROMANIA
Phone: 004021.317 96 58
Email: cristea.gabriela@gmail.com
CFP: American Theological Library Association Annual Conference
CFP: American Theological Library Association Annual Conference
Date: June 13-16, 2007
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
URL: http://www.atla.com/member/conference/conf_2007/presenter_call.html
The Annual Conference Committee cordially invites members and friends of the American Theological Library Association (ATLA) to make proposals for papers, presentations, or special sessions for the ATLA 2007 Annual Conference. The conference theme is "A City of Firsts" and will take place in Philadelphia, June 13-16, 2007. The Committee will consider proposals for papers on theological librarianship, the academic disciplines of theology, and general librarianship. Proposals should include a title that captures the scope of the paper, an abstract of no more than 200 words giving the significance and focus of the paper, and the name(s) and the institution(s) of the presenter(s). The abstract might include the following elements:
-Why should people listen to this paper and what is the context of the problem addressed?
-Definitions of any terms that might not be understood.
-A summary of the main points of the paper.
-A demonstration of the presenter's track record - how the paper builds on one's professional experience, previous publications, or research.
-Proposals must be received by September 15, 2006.
Submit to:
Sandra Oslund, Chair
ATLA Annual Conference Committee
Bethel Seminary Library
3949 Bethel Drive
St. Paul, MN 55112
Phone: 651.638.6127
Fax: 651.638.6006
Email: s-oslund@bethel.edu
Call for Ideas from the Education Committee
The Education Committee invites members and friends of ATLA to make suggestions for Pre-Conference Workshops and for Roundtables at the ATLA 2007 Annual Conference. The conference theme is "A City of Firsts," and it will take place in Philadelphia, June 13-16, 2007.
Pre-Conference Workshops, offered on Wednesday before Annual Conference, should be practice-oriented and should include some hands-on element for the participants. Workshops are offered in a half-day (3 1/2 hours) and a full-day (7 hours) format. When making a suggestion, please indicate which format the workshop would take, and what topics and activities would be included. Ideally, you would suggest a workshop you are willing to lead, but ideas and leader suggestions are also welcome. If you have attended an excellent workshop and think other ATLA members would benefit from it, please call it to our attention.
Roundtables consist of a brief presentation that should begin a discussion about a specific topic. Roundtables can cover a wide range of topics but should be more practice-oriented than theoretical. When suggesting a topic, please include what questions could be considered and who would be a good leader for the discussion. Again, it would be ideal if you suggested a session you are willing to lead, but this is not a requirement for making suggestions.
Suggestions need to be received by Septemeber 15, 2006.
Submit to:
Christina Torbert, Chair
ATLA Education Committee
University of Mississippi
P.O. Box 1848
University, MS 38677
Phone: 662-915-7059
Fax: 662-915-6744
Email: caltheat@yahoo.com
Date: June 13-16, 2007
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
URL: http://www.atla.com/member/conference/conf_2007/presenter_call.html
The Annual Conference Committee cordially invites members and friends of the American Theological Library Association (ATLA) to make proposals for papers, presentations, or special sessions for the ATLA 2007 Annual Conference. The conference theme is "A City of Firsts" and will take place in Philadelphia, June 13-16, 2007. The Committee will consider proposals for papers on theological librarianship, the academic disciplines of theology, and general librarianship. Proposals should include a title that captures the scope of the paper, an abstract of no more than 200 words giving the significance and focus of the paper, and the name(s) and the institution(s) of the presenter(s). The abstract might include the following elements:
-Why should people listen to this paper and what is the context of the problem addressed?
-Definitions of any terms that might not be understood.
-A summary of the main points of the paper.
-A demonstration of the presenter's track record - how the paper builds on one's professional experience, previous publications, or research.
-Proposals must be received by September 15, 2006.
Submit to:
Sandra Oslund, Chair
ATLA Annual Conference Committee
Bethel Seminary Library
3949 Bethel Drive
St. Paul, MN 55112
Phone: 651.638.6127
Fax: 651.638.6006
Email: s-oslund@bethel.edu
Call for Ideas from the Education Committee
The Education Committee invites members and friends of ATLA to make suggestions for Pre-Conference Workshops and for Roundtables at the ATLA 2007 Annual Conference. The conference theme is "A City of Firsts," and it will take place in Philadelphia, June 13-16, 2007.
Pre-Conference Workshops, offered on Wednesday before Annual Conference, should be practice-oriented and should include some hands-on element for the participants. Workshops are offered in a half-day (3 1/2 hours) and a full-day (7 hours) format. When making a suggestion, please indicate which format the workshop would take, and what topics and activities would be included. Ideally, you would suggest a workshop you are willing to lead, but ideas and leader suggestions are also welcome. If you have attended an excellent workshop and think other ATLA members would benefit from it, please call it to our attention.
Roundtables consist of a brief presentation that should begin a discussion about a specific topic. Roundtables can cover a wide range of topics but should be more practice-oriented than theoretical. When suggesting a topic, please include what questions could be considered and who would be a good leader for the discussion. Again, it would be ideal if you suggested a session you are willing to lead, but this is not a requirement for making suggestions.
Suggestions need to be received by Septemeber 15, 2006.
Submit to:
Christina Torbert, Chair
ATLA Education Committee
University of Mississippi
P.O. Box 1848
University, MS 38677
Phone: 662-915-7059
Fax: 662-915-6744
Email: caltheat@yahoo.com
CFP: Print Culture and the Novel: 1850-1900
CFP: Print Culture and the Novel: 1850-1900
A One-Day Conference, English Faculty, University of Oxford
January 20, 2007 (??)
No longer was it possible for people to avoid reading matter; everywhere they went it was displayed - weekly papers at a penny or twopence, complete books, enticing in their bright picture covers, at a shilling, and all fresh and crisp from the press. No wonder that the fifties, which saw the spread of Smith's stalls to almost every principal railway line in the country,
were also the period when the sales of books and periodicals reached unprecedented levels. --Richard Altick.
2007 marks fifty years since Richard Altick's The English Common Reader. That book tells us that printed matter was, from the 1850s, ubiquitous in British society. Consequently, the novel was accessible to readers via a newly diverse and dynamic print culture, - an accessibility which affected its structure, reputation and content. This model has served critics of Victorian literature for almost fifty years, but as Altick's groundbreaking and influential work approaches its half-century it is perhaps time to consider, review and collate work on print culture and the novel.
This conference seeks to interrogate the various relationships not only between the novel and the periodical, but between a whole range of emergent print forms as they developed in the period, such as advertising, illustration, cartoons and pamphlets. Adumbrated in the Common Reader, the ways in which the novel was made available to readers can be productively
re-thought in the light of new research taking place in this field.
Focussing on the second half of the nineteenth century we encourage a broad interpretation of themes which might include, but is not limited to:
-The commercialisation of the novel
-The author as professional
-Serialisation
-The role of the publisher in the development of the novel
-Readerships: were different print-forms read differently?
-The novel as an institution of print culture
We welcome papers taking an interdisciplinary approach that productively combine literary with book-history methodologies.
We invite proposals for papers of 20 minutes duration. 200-250 word proposals should be sent to printculture@ell.ox.ac.uk by 1st September 2006.
A One-Day Conference, English Faculty, University of Oxford
January 20, 2007 (??)
No longer was it possible for people to avoid reading matter; everywhere they went it was displayed - weekly papers at a penny or twopence, complete books, enticing in their bright picture covers, at a shilling, and all fresh and crisp from the press. No wonder that the fifties, which saw the spread of Smith's stalls to almost every principal railway line in the country,
were also the period when the sales of books and periodicals reached unprecedented levels. --Richard Altick.
2007 marks fifty years since Richard Altick's The English Common Reader. That book tells us that printed matter was, from the 1850s, ubiquitous in British society. Consequently, the novel was accessible to readers via a newly diverse and dynamic print culture, - an accessibility which affected its structure, reputation and content. This model has served critics of Victorian literature for almost fifty years, but as Altick's groundbreaking and influential work approaches its half-century it is perhaps time to consider, review and collate work on print culture and the novel.
This conference seeks to interrogate the various relationships not only between the novel and the periodical, but between a whole range of emergent print forms as they developed in the period, such as advertising, illustration, cartoons and pamphlets. Adumbrated in the Common Reader, the ways in which the novel was made available to readers can be productively
re-thought in the light of new research taking place in this field.
Focussing on the second half of the nineteenth century we encourage a broad interpretation of themes which might include, but is not limited to:
-The commercialisation of the novel
-The author as professional
-Serialisation
-The role of the publisher in the development of the novel
-Readerships: were different print-forms read differently?
-The novel as an institution of print culture
We welcome papers taking an interdisciplinary approach that productively combine literary with book-history methodologies.
We invite proposals for papers of 20 minutes duration. 200-250 word proposals should be sent to printculture@ell.ox.ac.uk by 1st September 2006.
CFP: Public Space: text and context
CFP: Public Space: text and context
15-16 March 2007 (Morocco)
Call For Papers
A public space is a place where anyone has a right to come without being excluded because of economic, social, ethnic conditions. One of the earliest examples of public spaces is the Agora, where no fees or paid tickets are required for entry, nor are the entrants admitted based on background. In ancient times, the agora was a public square where the exchange of information occurred alongside the exchange of goods. In the traditional sense, it is a place where citizens interact. They find an opportunity to hear one another and are provided a public space for social action. Access to the public sphere was thus essential to good citizenship without which no effective democracy would be possible, for citizenship entitles one to participate in public
affairs and decide the fate of the community, and it presumes access to the public arena where these political and social issues are discussed and resolved. Philosophers and social scientists have stressed the importance of the public space for modern democratic societies and for the “education” of the citizen, in Civil Society and the Political Public Sphere Jürgen Habermas defines the public sphere as "a network for communicating information and points of
view" which eventually transforms them into a public opinion.
However, history shows us that even though in theory citizenship allows one to take part in the affairs of the community, access to the public arena has always been exclusive, i.e. certain classes; categories (slaves, women) ethnicities etc… have always been barred from the public sphere. Today, as the example of the developing or emerging countries demonstrates, good citizenship cannot be achieved without a certain degree “human development”. While the values of democracy are slowly and not always surely making their way into these societies, the public sphere is still restricted to a certain educated class. In fact, whole sections of the population find themselves excluded from it because of poverty and most importantly because of the lack of education, social, and economic empowerment. The same situation could also be observed in first world countries where immigrants and certain ethnic minorities do not have
access to the public space. The aim of this conference is to trigger a reflection on topics related to public space or public sphere as textuality and as praxis. We are particularly interested in interdisciplinary papers that address issues of public space in connection with literature,
the arts, social action, economic and social empowerment, and all other forms that give a sense of presence in society and in the world. Topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
Public space and/in literature, the arts and humanities
Minorities and (access to, or in/visibility in) public space
Public space and the politics of social and economic empowerment
Public space and human development
Hyperspace as a public space
Art and performance in urban spaces
Public space in urban policies
Public space and civil society
Please send via email (no attachments) an abstract of approximately 250 words and a short biography/Vita by December 15th 2006, completed papers expected by February 15th, 2006. Please note that the reading time is limited to 20 minutes per paper (8-9 typed pages).
Selected papers will be considered for publication, participants are therefore urged to conform their articles to the guidelines of the Chicago Documentation Style.
The Faculty of Letters offers accommodation for 2 nights and food to all participants. Air travel will be at the participants' charge. A participation fee of 100 USD is required from international participants; Moroccan Nationals are required to pay a fee of 300 MAD.
A website for the conference will be available shortly.
Please send proposals to Dr Larbi Touaf or Dr Soumia
Boutkhil (Conference Chairs)
ltouaf@yahoo.com
sboutkhil68@yahoo.com
Larbi Touaf
Assistant-Professor
Department of English
University Mohamed I Ojuda
Po Box 457
60000 Oujda, Morocco
Phone: 212- (0) 5650 0604
Fax: 212 - (0) 5650 0596
http://myprofile.cos.com/ltouaf
15-16 March 2007 (Morocco)
Call For Papers
A public space is a place where anyone has a right to come without being excluded because of economic, social, ethnic conditions. One of the earliest examples of public spaces is the Agora, where no fees or paid tickets are required for entry, nor are the entrants admitted based on background. In ancient times, the agora was a public square where the exchange of information occurred alongside the exchange of goods. In the traditional sense, it is a place where citizens interact. They find an opportunity to hear one another and are provided a public space for social action. Access to the public sphere was thus essential to good citizenship without which no effective democracy would be possible, for citizenship entitles one to participate in public
affairs and decide the fate of the community, and it presumes access to the public arena where these political and social issues are discussed and resolved. Philosophers and social scientists have stressed the importance of the public space for modern democratic societies and for the “education” of the citizen, in Civil Society and the Political Public Sphere Jürgen Habermas defines the public sphere as "a network for communicating information and points of
view" which eventually transforms them into a public opinion.
However, history shows us that even though in theory citizenship allows one to take part in the affairs of the community, access to the public arena has always been exclusive, i.e. certain classes; categories (slaves, women) ethnicities etc… have always been barred from the public sphere. Today, as the example of the developing or emerging countries demonstrates, good citizenship cannot be achieved without a certain degree “human development”. While the values of democracy are slowly and not always surely making their way into these societies, the public sphere is still restricted to a certain educated class. In fact, whole sections of the population find themselves excluded from it because of poverty and most importantly because of the lack of education, social, and economic empowerment. The same situation could also be observed in first world countries where immigrants and certain ethnic minorities do not have
access to the public space. The aim of this conference is to trigger a reflection on topics related to public space or public sphere as textuality and as praxis. We are particularly interested in interdisciplinary papers that address issues of public space in connection with literature,
the arts, social action, economic and social empowerment, and all other forms that give a sense of presence in society and in the world. Topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
Public space and/in literature, the arts and humanities
Minorities and (access to, or in/visibility in) public space
Public space and the politics of social and economic empowerment
Public space and human development
Hyperspace as a public space
Art and performance in urban spaces
Public space in urban policies
Public space and civil society
Please send via email (no attachments) an abstract of approximately 250 words and a short biography/Vita by December 15th 2006, completed papers expected by February 15th, 2006. Please note that the reading time is limited to 20 minutes per paper (8-9 typed pages).
Selected papers will be considered for publication, participants are therefore urged to conform their articles to the guidelines of the Chicago Documentation Style.
The Faculty of Letters offers accommodation for 2 nights and food to all participants. Air travel will be at the participants' charge. A participation fee of 100 USD is required from international participants; Moroccan Nationals are required to pay a fee of 300 MAD.
A website for the conference will be available shortly.
Please send proposals to Dr Larbi Touaf or Dr Soumia
Boutkhil (Conference Chairs)
ltouaf@yahoo.com
sboutkhil68@yahoo.com
Larbi Touaf
Assistant-Professor
Department of English
University Mohamed I Ojuda
Po Box 457
60000 Oujda, Morocco
Phone: 212- (0) 5650 0604
Fax: 212 - (0) 5650 0596
http://myprofile.cos.com/ltouaf
CFP: “Birth of the Bestseller: The 19th Century Book in Britain, France, and Beyond”
CFP: “Birth of the Bestseller: The 19th Century Book in Britain, France, and Beyond”
The Bibliographical Society of America invites proposals for papers to be delivered at “Birth of the Bestseller: The 19th Century Book in Britain, France, and Beyond,” a conference on book history to be held in New York on 29-31 March 2007.
The nineteenth century saw enormous changes in the world of books. The rise of a mass readership, the invention of machine-driven technologies, new reproduction methods, and an astonishing variation in literature, authorship, publishing, periodicals, printing, typography,
illustration, marketing, taste, and design contributed to an era of intense complexity and development. Yet, despite growing interest over the decades, some aspects of the period remain largely unstudied. This conference, to take place at three prestigious venues, will focus on
the physical book in nineteenth century Britain, France, the United States, or elsewhere.
The conference topic and location are occasioned by concurrent exhibitions at the Grolier Club (“Lucien and Esther Pissarro’s Eragny Press”), the Morgan Library & Museum (“Victorian Best-sellers”), and the Fales Library, New York University (“Nothing New: The Persistence
of the Bestseller”). Related exhibitions and events will be held during Spring 2007 at the Bard Graduate Center and the New York Public Library.
Plenary speakers for the conference:
Petra T. Chu, Professor of Art History and Director, MA Program of
Museum Professions, Seton Hall University
Marie E. Corey, Librarian, Robertson Davies Library, Massey College in the University of Toronto
Margaret D. Stetz, Mae and Robert Carter Professor of Women's Studies
and Professor of Humanities, University of Delaware
John Sutherland, Emeritus Lord Northcliffe Professor of Modern English
Literature, University College London
Michael Winship, Professor of English, University of Texas at Austin
Subjects for proposals may include, but are not limited to:
-- production, publication, circulation, and marketing of bestsellers (not limited to fiction)
-- genres and formats specific to or developed in, the nineteenth century, such as books in “parts,” the three-volume novel, yellowbacks, penny dreadfuls, cheap reprints and original series, editions de luxe, private press books, illustrated books and magazines,
photographically-illustrated books
-- development of a mass reading public, the rise of periodicals
-- new publishing and marketing strategies
-- international production and markets across the Channel and the oceans through communication, travel, and shipping
-- changes in production technology—including printing, typography, papermaking, bookbinding, and reproductive methods—and the impact on content, the publishing and printing industry, and the economics of bookmaking
-- illustration for popular and elite audiences
-- authors and authorship, illustrators, publishers, designers, agents, and printers, their roles, their relations, the rise of celebrity status
-- book collecting, bibliophily, the rise of bibliographical studies
-- copyright and piracy
-- Arts and Crafts reaction against industrial book design, private presses, limited editions
-- implications for research on print culture and publishing history
Abstracts (one page maximum) for 20 minute papers, together with a curriculum vitae or resume, must be received by the conference committee by 1 September 2006. Proposals may be sent via e-mail or regular mail to the Chair of the committee:
Mark Samuels Lasner
Senior Research Fellow
University of Delaware Library
181 South College Avenue
Newark, DE 19717
marksl@udel.edu
“Birth of the Bestseller”is organized by the Bibliographical Society of America and is co-sponsored by the Grolier Club, the Morgan Library & Museum, and the Fales Library, New York University. Supported in part by the New York Council for the Humanities, a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
For further information, go to: http://www.bibsocamer.org.
Mark Samuels Lasner
Senior Research Fellow
University of Delaware Library
181 South College Avenue
Newark, DE 19717
Tel (302) 831-3250
marksl@udel.edu
biblio@aol.com
The Bibliographical Society of America invites proposals for papers to be delivered at “Birth of the Bestseller: The 19th Century Book in Britain, France, and Beyond,” a conference on book history to be held in New York on 29-31 March 2007.
The nineteenth century saw enormous changes in the world of books. The rise of a mass readership, the invention of machine-driven technologies, new reproduction methods, and an astonishing variation in literature, authorship, publishing, periodicals, printing, typography,
illustration, marketing, taste, and design contributed to an era of intense complexity and development. Yet, despite growing interest over the decades, some aspects of the period remain largely unstudied. This conference, to take place at three prestigious venues, will focus on
the physical book in nineteenth century Britain, France, the United States, or elsewhere.
The conference topic and location are occasioned by concurrent exhibitions at the Grolier Club (“Lucien and Esther Pissarro’s Eragny Press”), the Morgan Library & Museum (“Victorian Best-sellers”), and the Fales Library, New York University (“Nothing New: The Persistence
of the Bestseller”). Related exhibitions and events will be held during Spring 2007 at the Bard Graduate Center and the New York Public Library.
Plenary speakers for the conference:
Petra T. Chu, Professor of Art History and Director, MA Program of
Museum Professions, Seton Hall University
Marie E. Corey, Librarian, Robertson Davies Library, Massey College in the University of Toronto
Margaret D. Stetz, Mae and Robert Carter Professor of Women's Studies
and Professor of Humanities, University of Delaware
John Sutherland, Emeritus Lord Northcliffe Professor of Modern English
Literature, University College London
Michael Winship, Professor of English, University of Texas at Austin
Subjects for proposals may include, but are not limited to:
-- production, publication, circulation, and marketing of bestsellers (not limited to fiction)
-- genres and formats specific to or developed in, the nineteenth century, such as books in “parts,” the three-volume novel, yellowbacks, penny dreadfuls, cheap reprints and original series, editions de luxe, private press books, illustrated books and magazines,
photographically-illustrated books
-- development of a mass reading public, the rise of periodicals
-- new publishing and marketing strategies
-- international production and markets across the Channel and the oceans through communication, travel, and shipping
-- changes in production technology—including printing, typography, papermaking, bookbinding, and reproductive methods—and the impact on content, the publishing and printing industry, and the economics of bookmaking
-- illustration for popular and elite audiences
-- authors and authorship, illustrators, publishers, designers, agents, and printers, their roles, their relations, the rise of celebrity status
-- book collecting, bibliophily, the rise of bibliographical studies
-- copyright and piracy
-- Arts and Crafts reaction against industrial book design, private presses, limited editions
-- implications for research on print culture and publishing history
Abstracts (one page maximum) for 20 minute papers, together with a curriculum vitae or resume, must be received by the conference committee by 1 September 2006. Proposals may be sent via e-mail or regular mail to the Chair of the committee:
Mark Samuels Lasner
Senior Research Fellow
University of Delaware Library
181 South College Avenue
Newark, DE 19717
marksl@udel.edu
“Birth of the Bestseller”is organized by the Bibliographical Society of America and is co-sponsored by the Grolier Club, the Morgan Library & Museum, and the Fales Library, New York University. Supported in part by the New York Council for the Humanities, a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
For further information, go to: http://www.bibsocamer.org.
Mark Samuels Lasner
Senior Research Fellow
University of Delaware Library
181 South College Avenue
Newark, DE 19717
Tel (302) 831-3250
marksl@udel.edu
biblio@aol.com
CFP: THE FIFTH ANNUAL MEETING of the CULTURAL STUDIES ASSOCIATION (U.S.)
CFP: THE FIFTH ANNUAL MEETING of the CULTURAL STUDIES ASSOCIATION (U.S.)
Portland, Oregon (Portland State University) April 19-21, 2007
The Cultural Studies Association (U.S.) invites participation in its Fifth Annual Meeting from all areas and on all topics of relevance to Cultural Studies, including but not limited to literature, history, sociology, geography, anthropology, communications, popular culture, cultural theory,
queer studies, critical race studies, feminist studies, postcolonial studies, media and film studies, material culture studies, performance and visual arts studies.
The conference this year will feature plenary sessions on Ethics and Environment; Asia, The Pacific Rim, and Capitalism; and Post-9/11 America and the World. Plenarists will include:
Jill Casid, Art History, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Eric Cazdyn, East Asian Studies, University of Toronto
Katharyne Mitchell, Geography, University of Washington
David Palumbo-Liu, Comparative Literature, Stanford University
Paul Smith, Cultural Studies, George Mason University
Andrew Ross, Social and Cultural Analysis, New York University
All participants in the Fifth Annual meeting must pay registration fees by March 15, 2007, to be listed and participate in the program. See the registration page of the CSA conference website for details about fees at http://www.csaus.pitt.edu/conf/index.php?cf=4.
If you have any questions about procedures for submission or other concerns,
please e-mail us at: csaus@pitt.edu.
We welcome proposals in the following four categories:
1. INDIVIDUAL PAPERS
Proposals for individual papers are due October 16, 2006.
Successful papers will reach several constituencies of the organization and will connect analysis to social, political, economic, or ethical questions.
They should be submitted at http://www.csaus.pitt.edu/conf/submit.php?cf=4.
Successful submission will be acknowledged. If you do not receive an acknowledgement within 24 hours, please resubmit. The acknowledgement will say that your proposal has been "successfully submitted," which does NOT mean your proposal has been accepted.
All paper proposals require:
a. The name, email address, department and institutional affiliation of the author, entered on the website.
b. A 500-word abstract for the 20-minute paper entered on the website.
c. Any needed audio-visual equipment must be noted following the abstract in that space on the site.
2. PRE-CONSTITUTED PAPER SESSIONS, ROUNDTABLE SESSIONS, OR WORKSHOP SESSIONS
Proposals for pre-constituted sessions are due October 16, 2006.
Roundtables are sessions in which panelists offer brief remarks, but the bulk of the session is devoted to discussion among the panelists and audience members. Workshops are similarly devoted primarily to discussion, but they focus on practical problems in such areas as teaching, research, or activism. No paper titles may be included for roundtables or workshops.
Pre-constituted sessions should NOT be submitted on the website, but should be sent to csaus@pitt.edu with the words "Session Proposal" in the subject line. All proposals will be acknowledged, but please allow at least two business days before inquiring.
All session proposals require:
a. The name, email address, phone number, and department and institutional
affiliation of the proposer.
b. The names, email addresses, and department and institutional affiliations
of each participant.
c. A 500-word overview of the session, including identifying the type of
session (panel, roundtable, workshop) proposed. For paper sessions, also
include 500-word abstracts of each of the papers. Paper sessions should
have three or four papers.
d. A request for any needed audio-visual equipment. All AV equipment must
be requested with the proposal.
3. DIVISION SESSIONS
Proposals for division sessions are due October 16, 2006.
CSA is initiating a new format for the conference: divisions, which are thematic groupings of sessions, organized by division leaders. Division leaders will organize two to three sessions for the conference. These division sessions will be marked in the conference program. Lists of
divisions and procedures for submission to divisions are at http://www.csaus.pitt.edu. (See link in the bottom paragraph.)
4. SEMINAR SESSIONS
Proposals for seminars are due October 16, 2006.
The conference will again feature a series of seminars. Seminars are small-group (maximum 15 individuals) discussion sessions for which participants write brief "position papers" that are circulated prior to the conference. Those wishing to lead seminars are encouraged to submit a
proposal. Once seminar leaders are chosen, the seminars will be announced through the CSA's various public e-mail lists on November 1. Participants will contact the seminar leader directly who will then inform the Program Committee who will participate in the seminar after November 20.
Seminar proposals should be sent to: May Joseph, Assoc. Prof. Global Studies, Pratt Institute
may.joseph@earthlink.net.
All seminar proposals require:
a. A 500-word overview of the topic designed to attract participants and
clear instructions about how the seminar will work.
b. The name, email address, phone number, mailing address, and departmental
and institutional affiliation of the leader(s) proposing the seminar.
c. A brief bio or one page CV of the leader proposing the seminar.
d. A request for any needed audio-visual equipment. All AV equipment must
be requested with the proposal. Since seminars typically involve discussion
of previously circulated papers, such requests must be explained.
Those interested in participating in (rather than leading) a seminar should
consult the list of seminars and the instructions for signing up for them,
available on November 1 at http://www.csaus.pitt.edu/conf/index.php?cf=4.
Portland, Oregon (Portland State University) April 19-21, 2007
The Cultural Studies Association (U.S.) invites participation in its Fifth Annual Meeting from all areas and on all topics of relevance to Cultural Studies, including but not limited to literature, history, sociology, geography, anthropology, communications, popular culture, cultural theory,
queer studies, critical race studies, feminist studies, postcolonial studies, media and film studies, material culture studies, performance and visual arts studies.
The conference this year will feature plenary sessions on Ethics and Environment; Asia, The Pacific Rim, and Capitalism; and Post-9/11 America and the World. Plenarists will include:
Jill Casid, Art History, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Eric Cazdyn, East Asian Studies, University of Toronto
Katharyne Mitchell, Geography, University of Washington
David Palumbo-Liu, Comparative Literature, Stanford University
Paul Smith, Cultural Studies, George Mason University
Andrew Ross, Social and Cultural Analysis, New York University
All participants in the Fifth Annual meeting must pay registration fees by March 15, 2007, to be listed and participate in the program. See the registration page of the CSA conference website for details about fees at http://www.csaus.pitt.edu/conf/index.php?cf=4.
If you have any questions about procedures for submission or other concerns,
please e-mail us at: csaus@pitt.edu.
We welcome proposals in the following four categories:
1. INDIVIDUAL PAPERS
Proposals for individual papers are due October 16, 2006.
Successful papers will reach several constituencies of the organization and will connect analysis to social, political, economic, or ethical questions.
They should be submitted at http://www.csaus.pitt.edu/conf/submit.php?cf=4.
Successful submission will be acknowledged. If you do not receive an acknowledgement within 24 hours, please resubmit. The acknowledgement will say that your proposal has been "successfully submitted," which does NOT mean your proposal has been accepted.
All paper proposals require:
a. The name, email address, department and institutional affiliation of the author, entered on the website.
b. A 500-word abstract for the 20-minute paper entered on the website.
c. Any needed audio-visual equipment must be noted following the abstract in that space on the site.
2. PRE-CONSTITUTED PAPER SESSIONS, ROUNDTABLE SESSIONS, OR WORKSHOP SESSIONS
Proposals for pre-constituted sessions are due October 16, 2006.
Roundtables are sessions in which panelists offer brief remarks, but the bulk of the session is devoted to discussion among the panelists and audience members. Workshops are similarly devoted primarily to discussion, but they focus on practical problems in such areas as teaching, research, or activism. No paper titles may be included for roundtables or workshops.
Pre-constituted sessions should NOT be submitted on the website, but should be sent to csaus@pitt.edu with the words "Session Proposal" in the subject line. All proposals will be acknowledged, but please allow at least two business days before inquiring.
All session proposals require:
a. The name, email address, phone number, and department and institutional
affiliation of the proposer.
b. The names, email addresses, and department and institutional affiliations
of each participant.
c. A 500-word overview of the session, including identifying the type of
session (panel, roundtable, workshop) proposed. For paper sessions, also
include 500-word abstracts of each of the papers. Paper sessions should
have three or four papers.
d. A request for any needed audio-visual equipment. All AV equipment must
be requested with the proposal.
3. DIVISION SESSIONS
Proposals for division sessions are due October 16, 2006.
CSA is initiating a new format for the conference: divisions, which are thematic groupings of sessions, organized by division leaders. Division leaders will organize two to three sessions for the conference. These division sessions will be marked in the conference program. Lists of
divisions and procedures for submission to divisions are at http://www.csaus.pitt.edu. (See link in the bottom paragraph.)
4. SEMINAR SESSIONS
Proposals for seminars are due October 16, 2006.
The conference will again feature a series of seminars. Seminars are small-group (maximum 15 individuals) discussion sessions for which participants write brief "position papers" that are circulated prior to the conference. Those wishing to lead seminars are encouraged to submit a
proposal. Once seminar leaders are chosen, the seminars will be announced through the CSA's various public e-mail lists on November 1. Participants will contact the seminar leader directly who will then inform the Program Committee who will participate in the seminar after November 20.
Seminar proposals should be sent to: May Joseph, Assoc. Prof. Global Studies, Pratt Institute
may.joseph@earthlink.net.
All seminar proposals require:
a. A 500-word overview of the topic designed to attract participants and
clear instructions about how the seminar will work.
b. The name, email address, phone number, mailing address, and departmental
and institutional affiliation of the leader(s) proposing the seminar.
c. A brief bio or one page CV of the leader proposing the seminar.
d. A request for any needed audio-visual equipment. All AV equipment must
be requested with the proposal. Since seminars typically involve discussion
of previously circulated papers, such requests must be explained.
Those interested in participating in (rather than leading) a seminar should
consult the list of seminars and the instructions for signing up for them,
available on November 1 at http://www.csaus.pitt.edu/conf/index.php?cf=4.
Author sought for chapter 6 of the Cultural History of Reading (Greenwood, 2007)
Author sought for chapter 6 of the Cultural History of Reading (Greenwood, 2007).
The Cultural History of Reading examines written documents (books, pamphlets, treatises, plays, poems, essays etc.) that shaped, and were shaped by, crucial cultural events throughout the world and in the United States.
For more information, please contact Dr. Sara Quay, Editor at
squay@endicott.edu
___________________________________
Sara E. Quay, Ph.D.
Dean, School of Education & Chair, Humanities
Endicott College
376 Hale Street
Beverly, MA 01915
office: 978/232-2200
Fax: 978/232-3100
The Cultural History of Reading examines written documents (books, pamphlets, treatises, plays, poems, essays etc.) that shaped, and were shaped by, crucial cultural events throughout the world and in the United States.
For more information, please contact Dr. Sara Quay, Editor at
squay@endicott.edu
___________________________________
Sara E. Quay, Ph.D.
Dean, School of Education & Chair, Humanities
Endicott College
376 Hale Street
Beverly, MA 01915
office: 978/232-2200
Fax: 978/232-3100
CFP: Computers and Writing 2007: Virtual Urbanism
CFP: Computers and Writing 2007: Virtual Urbanism
May 17-20, 2007
Wayne State University
Detroit, Michigan
Deadline for proposals: midnight, December 20, 2006.
Website for proposal submission and information:
http://englishweb.clas.wayne.edu/~cw07/cw07
Featured Speakers:
Geoffrey Sirc, Professor of English, University of Minnesota
Hellen Liggett, Professor of Urban Affairs, Cleveland State University
Richard Doyal, Professor of English, Penn State University
The conference theme juxtaposes computers and writing with contemporary city life, representations of the urban, and the virtual encounters we create when technology and textuality are introduced into our places of work, study, and pleasure. Detroit, Michigan offers a unique opportunity to consider the effects of rhetoric and writing on the urban experience, an experience constantly shaped and reshpaed by emerging and existing technological issues, from the birth of the assembly line at the Ford Motor Company to the introduction of techno music. Today, new kinds of projects, like the New Center's Digital Detroit and Wayne State University's concept of TechTown, are creating new kinds of urban experiences.
In addition to the featured keynote speakers, Computers and Writing 2007 will feature local artists, webloggers, and activists who explore the assemblages of technology, writing, and city space. Through the participation of keynote speakers, featured guests, and conference presenters and participants, Computers and Writing 2007 will integrate issues of virtual urbanism with those concerns writing and rhetoric professionals face today.
Participants may speak on any topic normally relevant to computers and writing, but we will encourage papers which speak to the issues raised by the juxtaposition of the urban, technology, and space.
We encourage participants to generalize outward from Detroit to think creatively about relationships among city spaces, writing, and technology.
While all submissions will be considered, we encourage submissions in response to the following:
* What are the relationships between place and digital writing?
* What are the places we write in and communicate within?
* How has the urban changed, maintained, complicated understandings of technology?
* What are the new writing spaces for pedagogy and research?
* What do we mean by virtuality or space?
* How has the university become or not become a virtual space of learning?
* What kinds of virtual pedagogies can we imagine for our future work in the profession?
Following previous Computers and Writing conferences, we strongly encourage proposals for workshops, which will take place on March 17.
We will also accept proposals for
"@Get Info: A Preview of Conference Papers at the CW07"
A successful event at CW06, @Get Info gives presenters the chance to sell, seduce, enchant, thrill, educate, influence, and persuade conference participants to attend their session - all in a 60-second "show and tell."
During @Get Info, presenters can do anything they wish to encourage attendance at their sessions, from showing video clips, animation, still images, Power Point slides, and sound files, to performing skits and routines. Presenters who attempt to go beyond their allotted time are given the "buzzer" and sent off the stage by the moderators.
We look forward to seeing you in Detroit.
Please direct any questions to
Jeff Rice
Assistant Professor English
Wayne State University
jrice@wayne.edu
--------------
J.Rice
Assistant Professor of English
Wayne State University
http://www.english.wayne.edu/People/faculty/ricej/index2.html
http://www.ydog.net/
May 17-20, 2007
Wayne State University
Detroit, Michigan
Deadline for proposals: midnight, December 20, 2006.
Website for proposal submission and information:
http://englishweb.clas.wayne.edu/~cw07/cw07
Featured Speakers:
Geoffrey Sirc, Professor of English, University of Minnesota
Hellen Liggett, Professor of Urban Affairs, Cleveland State University
Richard Doyal, Professor of English, Penn State University
The conference theme juxtaposes computers and writing with contemporary city life, representations of the urban, and the virtual encounters we create when technology and textuality are introduced into our places of work, study, and pleasure. Detroit, Michigan offers a unique opportunity to consider the effects of rhetoric and writing on the urban experience, an experience constantly shaped and reshpaed by emerging and existing technological issues, from the birth of the assembly line at the Ford Motor Company to the introduction of techno music. Today, new kinds of projects, like the New Center's Digital Detroit and Wayne State University's concept of TechTown, are creating new kinds of urban experiences.
In addition to the featured keynote speakers, Computers and Writing 2007 will feature local artists, webloggers, and activists who explore the assemblages of technology, writing, and city space. Through the participation of keynote speakers, featured guests, and conference presenters and participants, Computers and Writing 2007 will integrate issues of virtual urbanism with those concerns writing and rhetoric professionals face today.
Participants may speak on any topic normally relevant to computers and writing, but we will encourage papers which speak to the issues raised by the juxtaposition of the urban, technology, and space.
We encourage participants to generalize outward from Detroit to think creatively about relationships among city spaces, writing, and technology.
While all submissions will be considered, we encourage submissions in response to the following:
* What are the relationships between place and digital writing?
* What are the places we write in and communicate within?
* How has the urban changed, maintained, complicated understandings of technology?
* What are the new writing spaces for pedagogy and research?
* What do we mean by virtuality or space?
* How has the university become or not become a virtual space of learning?
* What kinds of virtual pedagogies can we imagine for our future work in the profession?
Following previous Computers and Writing conferences, we strongly encourage proposals for workshops, which will take place on March 17.
We will also accept proposals for
"@Get Info: A Preview of Conference Papers at the CW07"
A successful event at CW06, @Get Info gives presenters the chance to sell, seduce, enchant, thrill, educate, influence, and persuade conference participants to attend their session - all in a 60-second "show and tell."
During @Get Info, presenters can do anything they wish to encourage attendance at their sessions, from showing video clips, animation, still images, Power Point slides, and sound files, to performing skits and routines. Presenters who attempt to go beyond their allotted time are given the "buzzer" and sent off the stage by the moderators.
We look forward to seeing you in Detroit.
Please direct any questions to
Jeff Rice
Assistant Professor English
Wayne State University
jrice@wayne.edu
--------------
J.Rice
Assistant Professor of English
Wayne State University
http://www.english.wayne.edu/People/faculty/ricej/index2.html
http://www.ydog.net/
Friday, August 04, 2006
Western Medical Library Assn Chapters Early Bird Registration ends 9/15
Western Medical Library Assn Chapters Early Bird Registration ends 9/15
Missions and Mountains: Believe and Achieve
October 14-17, 2006, Red Lion Hotel, Seattle
http://www.pncmla.org/pncmla2006/
Join us for a lively, informative and jam-packed meeting of the Western
Chapters of the Medical Library Association in Seattle, October 14-17,
2006. The meeting will be preceded by two days of continuing education
with seven courses ranging from measuring your impact, evidence-based
practice, informatics, and licensing.
Contributed papers and posters by colleagues from all of the participating
chapters will provide insight into new innovations and services. Share your
own experiences and engage in conversations at a round table lunch
featuring a variety of topics.
And don't miss this year's banquet with featured speaker Gordon Taylor,
a Seattle author, whose recent book "Fever and Thirst" follows the journey
of Asahel Grant, a New England physician and missionary, through the
mountains of Kurdistan in the early 19th century.
[ http://www.feverandthirst.com/ ]
This year's meeting will also feature the following presentations:
-- Stephen Bezruchka, M.D., speaking about the correlation between
economic disparity and poorer health status overall in the United
States.
[ http://depts.washington.edu/hserv/faculty/bio.shtml?Bezruchka_Stephen ]
-- A panel of medical writers and reporters discussing their
experiences in covering health news.
-- Mark Oberle, M.D., sharing his personal recollections from the
Indonesia tsunami in 2004 and lessons learned about disaster
preparedness and public health.
[ http://depts.washington.edu/hserv/faculty/bio.shtml?Oberle_Mark ]
-- Jaime Green, speaking about how new technologies can improve
services to communities, based on her work with nonprofit
organizations.
[ http://www.npowerseattle.org/about/staff/jaime_greene.htm ]
The preliminary program, a complete list of continuing education
offerings, round table discussion topics and the registration form are all
available on the meeting web site:
http://www.pncmla.org/pncmla2006/
On behalf of the planning committee, we encourage you to join us in the
Emerald City this fall. While you may encounter an occasional rain shower,
they provide an opportunity to sample Seattle's well-known coffee houses.
While there, take time to experience the beautiful city of Seattle. Visit the
famous Pike Place Market, zoom up to the top of the Space Needle for views
of the Olympic and Cascade Mountains, the water and the city; or consider an
Alaskan cruise or daily catamaran service to San Juan Islands and Victoria,
B.C. The Seattle’s Convention and Visitors Bureau is a good starting point
for information about the city.
[ http://www.seeseattle.org ]
Complete their Visitor Information Request Form [ http://www.seeseattle.org/ccc/ ] or
call (206) 461-5840 to receive the 128 pg. “Visitor’s Guide”, “Favorite Seattle
Attractions” brochure, and the “Victoria, Vancouver & Seattle” brochure.
(3-4 week delivery time).
The early registration deadline for the October meeting is September 15th, so
don't delay!
Lisa Oberg and Gail Kouame
Program Co-Chairs
Pamela Corley
Publicity
Western Chapters Planning Committee
Pamela M. Corley
Research Support Librarian
USC Norris Medical Library
2003 Zonal Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90089-9130
323-442-1125 fax: 323-221-1235
pcorley@usc.edu
Missions and Mountains: Believe and Achieve
October 14-17, 2006, Red Lion Hotel, Seattle
http://www.pncmla.org/pncmla2006/
Join us for a lively, informative and jam-packed meeting of the Western
Chapters of the Medical Library Association in Seattle, October 14-17,
2006. The meeting will be preceded by two days of continuing education
with seven courses ranging from measuring your impact, evidence-based
practice, informatics, and licensing.
Contributed papers and posters by colleagues from all of the participating
chapters will provide insight into new innovations and services. Share your
own experiences and engage in conversations at a round table lunch
featuring a variety of topics.
And don't miss this year's banquet with featured speaker Gordon Taylor,
a Seattle author, whose recent book "Fever and Thirst" follows the journey
of Asahel Grant, a New England physician and missionary, through the
mountains of Kurdistan in the early 19th century.
[ http://www.feverandthirst.com/ ]
This year's meeting will also feature the following presentations:
-- Stephen Bezruchka, M.D., speaking about the correlation between
economic disparity and poorer health status overall in the United
States.
[ http://depts.washington.edu/hserv/faculty/bio.shtml?Bezruchka_Stephen ]
-- A panel of medical writers and reporters discussing their
experiences in covering health news.
-- Mark Oberle, M.D., sharing his personal recollections from the
Indonesia tsunami in 2004 and lessons learned about disaster
preparedness and public health.
[ http://depts.washington.edu/hserv/faculty/bio.shtml?Oberle_Mark ]
-- Jaime Green, speaking about how new technologies can improve
services to communities, based on her work with nonprofit
organizations.
[ http://www.npowerseattle.org/about/staff/jaime_greene.htm ]
The preliminary program, a complete list of continuing education
offerings, round table discussion topics and the registration form are all
available on the meeting web site:
http://www.pncmla.org/pncmla2006/
On behalf of the planning committee, we encourage you to join us in the
Emerald City this fall. While you may encounter an occasional rain shower,
they provide an opportunity to sample Seattle's well-known coffee houses.
While there, take time to experience the beautiful city of Seattle. Visit the
famous Pike Place Market, zoom up to the top of the Space Needle for views
of the Olympic and Cascade Mountains, the water and the city; or consider an
Alaskan cruise or daily catamaran service to San Juan Islands and Victoria,
B.C. The Seattle’s Convention and Visitors Bureau is a good starting point
for information about the city.
[ http://www.seeseattle.org ]
Complete their Visitor Information Request Form [ http://www.seeseattle.org/ccc/ ] or
call (206) 461-5840 to receive the 128 pg. “Visitor’s Guide”, “Favorite Seattle
Attractions” brochure, and the “Victoria, Vancouver & Seattle” brochure.
(3-4 week delivery time).
The early registration deadline for the October meeting is September 15th, so
don't delay!
Lisa Oberg and Gail Kouame
Program Co-Chairs
Pamela Corley
Publicity
Western Chapters Planning Committee
Pamela M. Corley
Research Support Librarian
USC Norris Medical Library
2003 Zonal Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90089-9130
323-442-1125 fax: 323-221-1235
pcorley@usc.edu
Wednesday, August 02, 2006
CFP: Computers in Libraries 2007 (Arlington, Virginia, USA)
CFP: Computers in Libraries 2007 (Arlington, Virginia, USA)
Deadline: August 7, 2006
Conference: April 16-18, 2007
URL: http://www.infotoday.com/cil2007/CallforSpeakers.shtml
Submission URL:
https://secure.infotoday.com/cilspeakers/SpeakerSubmissions.asp
BEYOND LIBRARY 2.0: BUILDING COMMUNITIES, CONNECTIONS, & STRATEGIES
Whether you call it Web 2.0, as first mentioned in 1999 but popularized by Tim O’Reilly in 2005, Web services, social media, or a new platform, social computing is enabling librarians and information professionals to interact with their clients and communities in new and exciting ways. New tools and processes have ignited creative integrated content mashups, specialized and personalized services for community segments, and exciting new techniques for dealing with voluminous information flows. Our conference theme, Beyond Library 2.0, captures leadingedge online initiatives and innovations in all types of information enterprises, tools and techniques for enhancing user-friendly digital information flows, information discovery and visualization methods for dealing with today’s information overload, building new communities and supporting online connections in engaging ways, and more. Join us at the most comprehensive conference for library and information professionals interested in technology to discover the insights, strategies and practices that will allow us to manage computers, libraries, digital information, and people in a cohesive and productive way.
Information Today, Inc., a key provider of technology conferences for more than 20 years with Internet Librarian and KMWorld & Intranets, is pleased to announce the 22nd annual Computers in Libraries—the most comprehensive North American conference and exhibition concentrating on all aspects of library technology. The conference offers a multifaceted program designed to meet the needs of librarians, information managers, systems professionals, Webmasters and Web managers, content evaluators, intranet strategists, portal creators, and information specialists. The focus of the conference is on cutting-edge technology that is transforming library operations, products and services, and roles within all types and sizes of library and information services.
Computers in Libraries caters to all interests and all levels of knowledge, offering four simultaneous tracks plus many workshops, networking opportunities, and an extensive exhibit hall. This year’s tracks and themes encompass: Building Communities; Integrating Systems & Strategies; Information Discovery & Search; Technology Planning; Managing Content & E-Resources; Web Tools & Leading-Edge Technology; Intranets & Portals; Search Engines; Case Studies of Internet & Intranet Librarians; Digital/Virtual Library Services; Library Automation & Infrastructure; Managing Information and Knowledge Assets; E-Learning &
Training; Web Design & Development; Streaming Multimedia; Managing Digitally; and more. Speakers are knowledgeable, authoritative and focus on practical applications, “how-to” solutions, and case studies as well as technical and managerial issues. Please consider sharing your knowledge and sending us a proposal to speak. To the right are some of the topics we hope to cover, but don’t let this list limit your imagination!We look forward to hearing from you.
If you would like to participate in Computers in Libraries 2007 as a speaker or workshop leader, please submit a proposal as soon as possible (August 7, 2006 at the very latest). Include the following brief details of your proposed presentation on the form: title,
abstract, a few sentences of biographical information that relate you to the topic, and full contact information for you and your co-presenters (title, address, e-mail, phone & fax). All abstracts are reviewed by the Organizing/Review Committee and notification regarding acceptance will be made in the fall.
PROGRAM CHAIR
Jane I. Dysart
Dysart & Jones Associates
jane@dysartjones.com
Phone: 416-484-6129
Deadline: August 7, 2006
Conference: April 16-18, 2007
URL: http://www.infotoday.com/cil2007/CallforSpeakers.shtml
Submission URL:
https://secure.infotoday.com/cilspeakers/SpeakerSubmissions.asp
BEYOND LIBRARY 2.0: BUILDING COMMUNITIES, CONNECTIONS, & STRATEGIES
Whether you call it Web 2.0, as first mentioned in 1999 but popularized by Tim O’Reilly in 2005, Web services, social media, or a new platform, social computing is enabling librarians and information professionals to interact with their clients and communities in new and exciting ways. New tools and processes have ignited creative integrated content mashups, specialized and personalized services for community segments, and exciting new techniques for dealing with voluminous information flows. Our conference theme, Beyond Library 2.0, captures leadingedge online initiatives and innovations in all types of information enterprises, tools and techniques for enhancing user-friendly digital information flows, information discovery and visualization methods for dealing with today’s information overload, building new communities and supporting online connections in engaging ways, and more. Join us at the most comprehensive conference for library and information professionals interested in technology to discover the insights, strategies and practices that will allow us to manage computers, libraries, digital information, and people in a cohesive and productive way.
Information Today, Inc., a key provider of technology conferences for more than 20 years with Internet Librarian and KMWorld & Intranets, is pleased to announce the 22nd annual Computers in Libraries—the most comprehensive North American conference and exhibition concentrating on all aspects of library technology. The conference offers a multifaceted program designed to meet the needs of librarians, information managers, systems professionals, Webmasters and Web managers, content evaluators, intranet strategists, portal creators, and information specialists. The focus of the conference is on cutting-edge technology that is transforming library operations, products and services, and roles within all types and sizes of library and information services.
Computers in Libraries caters to all interests and all levels of knowledge, offering four simultaneous tracks plus many workshops, networking opportunities, and an extensive exhibit hall. This year’s tracks and themes encompass: Building Communities; Integrating Systems & Strategies; Information Discovery & Search; Technology Planning; Managing Content & E-Resources; Web Tools & Leading-Edge Technology; Intranets & Portals; Search Engines; Case Studies of Internet & Intranet Librarians; Digital/Virtual Library Services; Library Automation & Infrastructure; Managing Information and Knowledge Assets; E-Learning &
Training; Web Design & Development; Streaming Multimedia; Managing Digitally; and more. Speakers are knowledgeable, authoritative and focus on practical applications, “how-to” solutions, and case studies as well as technical and managerial issues. Please consider sharing your knowledge and sending us a proposal to speak. To the right are some of the topics we hope to cover, but don’t let this list limit your imagination!We look forward to hearing from you.
If you would like to participate in Computers in Libraries 2007 as a speaker or workshop leader, please submit a proposal as soon as possible (August 7, 2006 at the very latest). Include the following brief details of your proposed presentation on the form: title,
abstract, a few sentences of biographical information that relate you to the topic, and full contact information for you and your co-presenters (title, address, e-mail, phone & fax). All abstracts are reviewed by the Organizing/Review Committee and notification regarding acceptance will be made in the fall.
PROGRAM CHAIR
Jane I. Dysart
Dysart & Jones Associates
jane@dysartjones.com
Phone: 416-484-6129
Thursday, July 27, 2006
CFP: Carolina Innovative Users Group Meeting (October 2006)
CFP: Carolina Innovative Users Group Meeting (October 2006)
The Carolina Innovative Users Group is looking for Millennium users who would like to present at the October 19-20 CIUG workshop/meeting, which will be held at Columbia College in Columbia, South Carolina. There are a variety of needs including Circulation notices in Millennium, WebBridge, Electronic Resource Management and several others.
In addition to the above, we will have breakout sessions to help spawn discussion on the different modules. If you would like to lead/host one of these, please let us know. These modules are:
Database Management
Serials/Acquisitions
Web OPAC
Circulation
Systems
If you are interested please email me at mkwineco@email.uncc.edu
by August 15, 2006. More information on this conference/workshop can be found at
http://wncln.lib.unca.edu/ciug
Thank you.
Michael Winecoff
Atkins Library - Systems
UNC Charlotte
Charlotte, NC 28213
704-687-2072
mkwineco@email.uncc.edu
The Carolina Innovative Users Group is looking for Millennium users who would like to present at the October 19-20 CIUG workshop/meeting, which will be held at Columbia College in Columbia, South Carolina. There are a variety of needs including Circulation notices in Millennium, WebBridge, Electronic Resource Management and several others.
In addition to the above, we will have breakout sessions to help spawn discussion on the different modules. If you would like to lead/host one of these, please let us know. These modules are:
Database Management
Serials/Acquisitions
Web OPAC
Circulation
Systems
If you are interested please email me at mkwineco@email.uncc.edu
http://wncln.lib.unca.edu/ciug
Michael Winecoff
Atkins Library - Systems
UNC Charlotte
Charlotte, NC 28213
704-687-2072
CFP: Library Philosophy and Practice Special Issue, "Shape Shifters: Librarians Evolve Yet Again in the Age of Google."
CFP: Library Philosophy and Practice Special Issue, "Shape Shifters: Librarians
Evolve Yet Again in the Age of Google."
You are invited to submit proposals and manuscripts for a special issue of _Library Philosophy and Practice_ entitled: "Shape Shifters: Librarians Evolve Yet Again in the Age of Google." The issue, which will appear in Winter 2007, will be guest edited by Jill Cirasella and Mariana Regalado of Brooklyn College, City University of New York.
Librarians have a long history of responding professionally and creatively to changes in information dissemination technology. It is no surprise, therefore, that they are adapting themselves and their work to Google, its many modules, and its many competitors. Articles in "Shape Shifters" will explore how library services, resources, and job activities are changing
in response to these tools and the paradigm shift they herald.
Manuscripts are sought that examine concrete changes in a specific area or issue of public, school, academic, or special librarianship. Possible areas or issues include, but are not limited to:
- Reference
- Instruction
- Collection development
- Technical services
- Access services
- Rare books and/or preservation
- Privacy
- Website and interface design
- Space planning
- Administration and personnel
- Marketing
Whatever area or issue is examined, authors should discuss how changes in services, resources, and/or job activities are being facilitated or even necessitated by one or more of three critical aspects of these tools:
1) Ease of access
2) Proliferation of content
3) Independence from traditional library staff and spaces
Articles should be concise, well-reasoned, and focused on the practice and philosophy of librarianship. While some professional speculation is welcome, authors are discouraged from writing diatribes, manifestos, or calls-to-arms about Google or its competitors.
The submission deadline for completed manuscripts is October 20, 2006. Authors are strongly encouraged to contact the guest editors with proposals or drafts. Manuscript length is flexible but should normally fall between 1,500 and 4,000 words. Please email word-processed
manuscripts in MLA format to Mariana Regalado (regalado@brooklyn.cuny.edu)
and Jill Cirasella (cirasella@brooklyn.cuny.edu).
_Library Philosophy and Practice_ is a peer-reviewed electronic journal that explores the connection between library practice and the philosophy and theory behind it. To learn more about _Library Philosophy and Practice_, visit: http://libr.unl.edu:2000/LPP/lpp.htm.
Mariana Regalado
regalado@brooklyn.cuny.edu
Evolve Yet Again in the Age of Google."
You are invited to submit proposals and manuscripts for a special issue of _Library Philosophy and Practice_ entitled: "Shape Shifters: Librarians Evolve Yet Again in the Age of Google." The issue, which will appear in Winter 2007, will be guest edited by Jill Cirasella and Mariana Regalado of Brooklyn College, City University of New York.
Librarians have a long history of responding professionally and creatively to changes in information dissemination technology. It is no surprise, therefore, that they are adapting themselves and their work to Google, its many modules, and its many competitors. Articles in "Shape Shifters" will explore how library services, resources, and job activities are changing
in response to these tools and the paradigm shift they herald.
Manuscripts are sought that examine concrete changes in a specific area or issue of public, school, academic, or special librarianship. Possible areas or issues include, but are not limited to:
- Reference
- Instruction
- Collection development
- Technical services
- Access services
- Rare books and/or preservation
- Privacy
- Website and interface design
- Space planning
- Administration and personnel
- Marketing
Whatever area or issue is examined, authors should discuss how changes in services, resources, and/or job activities are being facilitated or even necessitated by one or more of three critical aspects of these tools:
1) Ease of access
2) Proliferation of content
3) Independence from traditional library staff and spaces
Articles should be concise, well-reasoned, and focused on the practice and philosophy of librarianship. While some professional speculation is welcome, authors are discouraged from writing diatribes, manifestos, or calls-to-arms about Google or its competitors.
The submission deadline for completed manuscripts is October 20, 2006. Authors are strongly encouraged to contact the guest editors with proposals or drafts. Manuscript length is flexible but should normally fall between 1,500 and 4,000 words. Please email word-processed
manuscripts in MLA format to Mariana Regalado (regalado@brooklyn.cuny.edu)
and Jill Cirasella (cirasella@brooklyn.cuny.edu).
_Library Philosophy and Practice_ is a peer-reviewed electronic journal that explores the connection between library practice and the philosophy and theory behind it. To learn more about _Library Philosophy and Practice_, visit: http://libr.unl.edu:2000/LPP/lpp.htm.
Mariana Regalado
regalado@brooklyn.cuny.edu
Wednesday, July 26, 2006
CFP: Online Northwest 2007
WHAT IS ONLINE NORTHWEST?
A one-day conference focusing on the use of technology within libraries, attracting librarians from the Pacific Northwest and around the country. It is sponsored by the Oregon University System Library
Council.
WHEN IS THE CONFERENCE?
February 16, 2007
WHAT TOPICS ARE APPROPRIATE?
The coordinating committee seeks presentations that discuss how technology is being applied within library settings and how technology is affecting library patrons and services. We strongly encourage academic, public, school, and special librarians to submit proposals. All topics relating to technology and libraries are welcome, including:
*Resource sharing (e.g. ILL, document delivery)
*Collection development and assessment
*Assessing the impact of technology on patrons or services
*User interface design and evaluation
*Information literacy and instruction
*Metadata design, application, or evaluation
*Management of electronic resources or digital repositories
*Computer programming and development of computer applications to support delivery of library services
HOW DO I SUBMIT A PROPOSAL?
Use the online submission form available at:
https://secure.oregonstate.edu/ocse/register.php?event=133
For examples of past presentations or more information, see:
http://www.ous.edu/onlinenw/
WHAT IS THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTING A PROPOSAL?
Monday, October 10, 2006
WHERE IS THE CONFERENCE?
CH2M Hill Alumni Center, Corvallis, Oregon (on the Oregon State
University campus)
WHAT IS ONLINE NORTHWEST?
A one-day conference focusing on the use of technology within libraries, attracting librarians from the Pacific Northwest and around the country. It is sponsored by the Oregon University System Library
Council.
WHEN IS THE CONFERENCE?
February 16, 2007
WHAT TOPICS ARE APPROPRIATE?
The coordinating committee seeks presentations that discuss how technology is being applied within library settings and how technology is affecting library patrons and services. We strongly encourage academic, public, school, and special librarians to submit proposals. All topics relating to technology and libraries are welcome, including:
*Resource sharing (e.g. ILL, document delivery)
*Collection development and assessment
*Assessing the impact of technology on patrons or services
*User interface design and evaluation
*Information literacy and instruction
*Metadata design, application, or evaluation
*Management of electronic resources or digital repositories
*Computer programming and development of computer applications to support delivery of library services
HOW DO I SUBMIT A PROPOSAL?
Use the online submission form available at:
https://secure.oregonstate.edu/ocse/register.php?event=133
For examples of past presentations or more information, see:
http://www.ous.edu/onlinenw/
WHAT IS THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTING A PROPOSAL?
Monday, October 10, 2006
WHERE IS THE CONFERENCE?
CH2M Hill Alumni Center, Corvallis, Oregon (on the Oregon State
University campus)
Tuesday, July 25, 2006
Outside The Wire: Call for papers, emails, letters, and blogs from soldiers who have served in Iraq
Outside The Wire: Call for papers, emails, letters, and blogs from soldiers who have served in Iraq
Global Security Press is supporting the publication of a new book, “Outside The Wire: True Stories of American Soldiers in Iraq.” This volume will contain letters, emails, blog excerpts, and other forms of communication from military personnel who have deployed as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Eligible contributors include active duty Army, National Guard and Reservists.
We are looking for heartwarming stories about American soldiers who did “good” things while in theater. Civil Affairs related missions are of particular interest. If you helped save children, build schools, feed the hungry, secure villages, turn on electricity, then we want to know about it.
Interested military personnel should send an email to jclark@bootsontheground.org. Please include in an email or cover letter your full legal name, rank and grade, permanent mailing address, dates of service, location of service, the type of communications (emails, letters, blog excerpts) proposed for the collection, and the submissions, of no more than fifty pages. There are no restrictions on the form of the written material – poetry, personal letters, war diaries, or journals. Do not send classified material. Photographs are welcome.
Deadline for all submissions is January 31, 2007. Submissions cannot be returned.
The editor of this book is James L. Clark, a prolific author and historian who is currently serving with the US Army's Civil Affairs.
James L. Clark
PO Box 722412
Norman, OK 73070
Email: jclark@bootsontheground.org
Visit the website at http://www.bootsontheground.org
Global Security Press is supporting the publication of a new book, “Outside The Wire: True Stories of American Soldiers in Iraq.” This volume will contain letters, emails, blog excerpts, and other forms of communication from military personnel who have deployed as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Eligible contributors include active duty Army, National Guard and Reservists.
We are looking for heartwarming stories about American soldiers who did “good” things while in theater. Civil Affairs related missions are of particular interest. If you helped save children, build schools, feed the hungry, secure villages, turn on electricity, then we want to know about it.
Interested military personnel should send an email to jclark@bootsontheground.org. Please include in an email or cover letter your full legal name, rank and grade, permanent mailing address, dates of service, location of service, the type of communications (emails, letters, blog excerpts) proposed for the collection, and the submissions, of no more than fifty pages. There are no restrictions on the form of the written material – poetry, personal letters, war diaries, or journals. Do not send classified material. Photographs are welcome.
Deadline for all submissions is January 31, 2007. Submissions cannot be returned.
The editor of this book is James L. Clark, a prolific author and historian who is currently serving with the US Army's Civil Affairs.
James L. Clark
PO Box 722412
Norman, OK 73070
Email: jclark@bootsontheground.org
Visit the website at http://www.bootsontheground.org
Call for Proposals: NASIG Continuing Education Committee
Call for Proposals: NASIG Continuing Education Committee
NASIG Continuing Education Committee
Call for Ideas and Proposals for 2007
The NASIG Continuing Education Committee (CEC) needs your ideas and
proposals for the continuing education programming for 2007. The CEC
is charged to provide high quality programs that can be offered on a
regional basis to NASIG members and potential members in all parts of
North America. Our goal is to provide a range and variety of
programming to meet the needs of as many segments of the serials
community as possible.
In this ever-more digital and networked environment, we are
particularly interested in the areas of electronic resources. We are
especially interested in:
- Bibliographic control, strategies, and practices
- Collection development for digital resources
- Communication and collaboration between librarians, publishers,
content providers, subscription agents, etc.
- Emerging standards for electronic resource management
- Institutional repositories
- License negotiation skills (for librarians and content providers)
- Mapping license language for electronic resource management
- Serials acquisitions
- Serials management in public and/or special libraries
- Statistics and assessment
- Technology trends
- User-centered services, such as integration with course management
systems
In addition to these suggested topics, the committee welcomes
proposals on any issue that would be beneficial to the serials
community. Your creative ideas for program development are
encouraged.
Please include the following information with all proposals:
1. Topic of the program
2. Description of the program. What are the objectives?
3. Intended audience; who will benefit from this program?
4. Location(s) of the program (physical or virtual)
6. Proposed speaker(s)
7. Target date (month or season)
8. Duration of the program (half-day, full-day, etc.)
9. Local coordinator(s) of the program
10. Co-sponsors, if any
11. Preliminary budget request
12. Complete contact information for all individuals submitting the
proposal (name, organization, phone number, and email address)
Please send your proposals or ideas to the NASIG Continuing Education
Committee Co-Chair Paoshan Yue (yue@unr.edu) by August 31, 2006.
Thank you in advance for your assistance. With your help NASIG's
Continuing Education Committee is looking forward to presenting a
series of outstanding programs for the serials community.
NASIG Continuing Education Committee
Call for Ideas and Proposals for 2007
The NASIG Continuing Education Committee (CEC) needs your ideas and
proposals for the continuing education programming for 2007. The CEC
is charged to provide high quality programs that can be offered on a
regional basis to NASIG members and potential members in all parts of
North America. Our goal is to provide a range and variety of
programming to meet the needs of as many segments of the serials
community as possible.
In this ever-more digital and networked environment, we are
particularly interested in the areas of electronic resources. We are
especially interested in:
- Bibliographic control, strategies, and practices
- Collection development for digital resources
- Communication and collaboration between librarians, publishers,
content providers, subscription agents, etc.
- Emerging standards for electronic resource management
- Institutional repositories
- License negotiation skills (for librarians and content providers)
- Mapping license language for electronic resource management
- Serials acquisitions
- Serials management in public and/or special libraries
- Statistics and assessment
- Technology trends
- User-centered services, such as integration with course management
systems
In addition to these suggested topics, the committee welcomes
proposals on any issue that would be beneficial to the serials
community. Your creative ideas for program development are
encouraged.
Please include the following information with all proposals:
1. Topic of the program
2. Description of the program. What are the objectives?
3. Intended audience; who will benefit from this program?
4. Location(s) of the program (physical or virtual)
6. Proposed speaker(s)
7. Target date (month or season)
8. Duration of the program (half-day, full-day, etc.)
9. Local coordinator(s) of the program
10. Co-sponsors, if any
11. Preliminary budget request
12. Complete contact information for all individuals submitting the
proposal (name, organization, phone number, and email address)
Please send your proposals or ideas to the NASIG Continuing Education
Committee Co-Chair Paoshan Yue (yue@unr.edu) by August 31, 2006.
Thank you in advance for your assistance. With your help NASIG's
Continuing Education Committee is looking forward to presenting a
series of outstanding programs for the serials community.
Seeking contributors for a new _Against the Grain_ column: "How We Done It Bad"
Seeking contributors for a new _Against the Grain_ column: "How We Done It Bad"
All of us are familiar with the "How We Done It Good" article, a piece in which a librarian writes about a project that he or she has recently completed successfully. Sometimes the successful projects involve refinements of old practices and workflows, and sometimes they are
experimental new practices that have proved effective. In both cases, the point of the article is to share the good news and the details with colleagues, who might be inspired to try something similar in their own institutions.
For a new column, to be published irregularly in _Against the Grain_, I would like to invite submissions with an opposite orientation: the column will be called "How We Done It Bad," and it will feature stories of projects and experiments that went wrong -- maybe even horribly,
tragically wrong. The point of these articles won't be so much to provide amusement and/or provoke sympathy, but rather to share lessons learned. How can _AtG_'s readers benefit from mistakes that all of us have made? Can we save each other some wasted time and embarrassment (or worse) by sharing our own stories of wasted time and embarrassment?
Please send ideas and proposals to me at the email address below. I look forward to hearing from you!
(And yes, if you'd prefer to publish your experience anonymously, that's a definite possibility. However, please volunteer only your own stories -- not those of others who you feel have failed in some way.)
----
Rick Anderson
Dir. of Resource Acquisition
University of Nevada, Reno Libraries
(775) 784-6500 x273
rickand@unr.edu
All of us are familiar with the "How We Done It Good" article, a piece in which a librarian writes about a project that he or she has recently completed successfully. Sometimes the successful projects involve refinements of old practices and workflows, and sometimes they are
experimental new practices that have proved effective. In both cases, the point of the article is to share the good news and the details with colleagues, who might be inspired to try something similar in their own institutions.
For a new column, to be published irregularly in _Against the Grain_, I would like to invite submissions with an opposite orientation: the column will be called "How We Done It Bad," and it will feature stories of projects and experiments that went wrong -- maybe even horribly,
tragically wrong. The point of these articles won't be so much to provide amusement and/or provoke sympathy, but rather to share lessons learned. How can _AtG_'s readers benefit from mistakes that all of us have made? Can we save each other some wasted time and embarrassment (or worse) by sharing our own stories of wasted time and embarrassment?
Please send ideas and proposals to me at the email address below. I look forward to hearing from you!
(And yes, if you'd prefer to publish your experience anonymously, that's a definite possibility. However, please volunteer only your own stories -- not those of others who you feel have failed in some way.)
----
Rick Anderson
Dir. of Resource Acquisition
University of Nevada, Reno Libraries
(775) 784-6500 x273
rickand@unr.edu
Monday, July 24, 2006
Call for Proposals and Program Ideas: NASIG 2007 Annual Conference
Call for Proposals and Program Ideas: NASIG 2007 Annual Conference
22nd Annual Conference
"Place Your Bet in Kentucky: The Serials Gamble"
May 31 - June 3, 2007
Louisville, Kentucky
The President of the North American Serials Interest Group (NASIG) will open the first session of the 22nd annual conference on May 31, 2007 in Louisville, Kentucky. The 2007 Program Planning Committee (PPC) invites proposals and/or program ideas for pre-conference,
vision, strategy and tactics sessions. Please keep in mind the following:
* The PPC will review all submitted proposals for their content, timeliness, and relevance to the conference theme and reserves the right to combine, blend, or refocus proposals to maximize their relevance and to avoid duplication.
* PPC will treat all submissions as suggestions and guideposts.
* Time management issues and reimbursement guidelines generally limit each session to two speakers.
* Proposals may be suggested as one type of session and/or format and ultimately be accepted as any one of the other types of sessions or formats; this decision is the purview of the PPC.
* Vision and Strategy speakers are required to produce a written paper for the conference proceedings. Because NASIG publishes its conference proceedings, content needs to be unique for copyright purposes.
* ALL presentations must be original and not previously presented at other conferences.
For more information about the North American Serials Interest Group, please see: http://www.nasig.org. The conference will be held at Galt House, along Louisville's waterfront: http://www.galthouse.com.
NASIG has a reimbursement policy for conference speakers whose organizations do not cover expenses. For more information about this policy, please see:
http://www.nasig.org/public/reimbursement_policy.htm.
Sessions Types:
Pre-conferences are in-depth programs that focus on practical aspects of
the work and skills we perform on a daily basis. In general, these
programs are several hours in duration, have limited attendance, and may
include hands-on training.
Vision sessions are offered at no-conflict times to allow all conference
attendees to participate. These programs generally deal with the larger
universe of ideas and issues that may influence the serials world.
Strategy sessions generally deal with all or, at least, several segments
of the serials world including, but not limited to publishers, vendors,
service providers, and librarians. These sessions are 90 minutes; please
allow 10 minutes for questions from the audience.
Tactics Sessions are designed to address day-to-day issues and generally
deal with one or two practical aspects of the serials world. These
sessions are 60 minutes; please allow 10 minutes for questions from the
audience.
To suggest a proposal or an idea, please fill out the submission form
available at: http://www.nasig.org/public/forms/idea.htm. The deadline
for this call for proposals and ideas is August 1, 2006.
Inquiries may be sent to the PPC co-chairs, Rachel Frick or Sarah George
at: prog-plan@nasig.org.
22nd Annual Conference
"Place Your Bet in Kentucky: The Serials Gamble"
May 31 - June 3, 2007
Louisville, Kentucky
The President of the North American Serials Interest Group (NASIG) will open the first session of the 22nd annual conference on May 31, 2007 in Louisville, Kentucky. The 2007 Program Planning Committee (PPC) invites proposals and/or program ideas for pre-conference,
vision, strategy and tactics sessions. Please keep in mind the following:
* The PPC will review all submitted proposals for their content, timeliness, and relevance to the conference theme and reserves the right to combine, blend, or refocus proposals to maximize their relevance and to avoid duplication.
* PPC will treat all submissions as suggestions and guideposts.
* Time management issues and reimbursement guidelines generally limit each session to two speakers.
* Proposals may be suggested as one type of session and/or format and ultimately be accepted as any one of the other types of sessions or formats; this decision is the purview of the PPC.
* Vision and Strategy speakers are required to produce a written paper for the conference proceedings. Because NASIG publishes its conference proceedings, content needs to be unique for copyright purposes.
* ALL presentations must be original and not previously presented at other conferences.
For more information about the North American Serials Interest Group, please see: http://www.nasig.org. The conference will be held at Galt House, along Louisville's waterfront: http://www.galthouse.com.
NASIG has a reimbursement policy for conference speakers whose organizations do not cover expenses. For more information about this policy, please see:
http://www.nasig.org/public/reimbursement_policy.htm.
Sessions Types:
Pre-conferences are in-depth programs that focus on practical aspects of
the work and skills we perform on a daily basis. In general, these
programs are several hours in duration, have limited attendance, and may
include hands-on training.
Vision sessions are offered at no-conflict times to allow all conference
attendees to participate. These programs generally deal with the larger
universe of ideas and issues that may influence the serials world.
Strategy sessions generally deal with all or, at least, several segments
of the serials world including, but not limited to publishers, vendors,
service providers, and librarians. These sessions are 90 minutes; please
allow 10 minutes for questions from the audience.
Tactics Sessions are designed to address day-to-day issues and generally
deal with one or two practical aspects of the serials world. These
sessions are 60 minutes; please allow 10 minutes for questions from the
audience.
To suggest a proposal or an idea, please fill out the submission form
available at: http://www.nasig.org/public/forms/idea.htm. The deadline
for this call for proposals and ideas is August 1, 2006.
Inquiries may be sent to the PPC co-chairs, Rachel Frick or Sarah George
at: prog-plan@nasig.org.
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