Call for Book Chapters: Changing role of Systems Librarians and Systems Offices in libraries
I have a contract to deliver a book on the changing role of Systems Librarians and Systems Offices in libraries to Chandos Publishing in the UK by April 1 2010. I am looking for contributors who can provide a chapter on the subject. Of special interest are
* IT infrastructure
* Relationships with Vendors
* Library culture
* Public Relations/Marketing/Fundraising
* Open Source Software
* Hosted databases
and how these have changed what you do over the past few years. Since this is a British Publisher any contribution from outside the US would be especially interesting. If you are a Systems Librarian (or equivalent) and would like to submit a chapter please send me a proposal. It does not have to be formal at this point, just a paragraph or two on what you would write about and your contact information. Deadline for chapters in January 1, 2010. Please address all inquiries to iglesiasedg@ccsu.edu.
Thanks,
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Edward Iglesias
Systems Librarian
Central Connecticut State University
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
CFP: Documentation Magazine (an online publication of the Documentation Sciences Foundation)
CFP: Documentation Magazine (an online publication of the Documentation Sciences Foundation)
URL: http://www.documentalistas.com/:
Note: Periodical is in Spanish, but English language articles may be submitted (according to their site).
Are you someone who writes on the subject of Information-Knowledge issues?
Then Documentation Magazine (an online publication of the Documentation Sciences Foundation, which is freely distributed across the Internet with an audience of more than 150.000) wants to hear from you.
It is looking for contributors who can provide new content that appeals to Information and Knowledge Sciences. Topics can focus on any of the following categories: Library / Archive / Documentation / Information technology / Museum / Communications / Knowledge /
Preservation / Social aspects of information / Digital divide / Semantic web / Epistemology / Digital assets.
Articles (no commercials), written in English or Spanish, and TXT format, will be accepted based on suitability of content to the audience, conciseness (max word count is 2000), sentence structuring, grammar, etc. Only articles meeting these requirements will be considered. The Foundation's editorial staff reserves the right to review, edit, and make changes to the original articles as deem fit.
Articles will also include the author's bio and contact information. Pictures/images, in jpeg format, are highly encouraged (author is responsible for copyright issues, that materials belongs to him/her, the article is original, and has not been published elsewhere). The authors don't receive pay for the publication of the article. Writing an article will ensure that you continue to build your personal brand and your expertise online.
You can submit your article for consideration no later than August 10, 2009, to redaccion@documentalistas.org
URL: http://www.documentalistas.com/:
Note: Periodical is in Spanish, but English language articles may be submitted (according to their site).
Are you someone who writes on the subject of Information-Knowledge issues?
Then Documentation Magazine (an online publication of the Documentation Sciences Foundation, which is freely distributed across the Internet with an audience of more than 150.000) wants to hear from you.
It is looking for contributors who can provide new content that appeals to Information and Knowledge Sciences. Topics can focus on any of the following categories: Library / Archive / Documentation / Information technology / Museum / Communications / Knowledge /
Preservation / Social aspects of information / Digital divide / Semantic web / Epistemology / Digital assets.
Articles (no commercials), written in English or Spanish, and TXT format, will be accepted based on suitability of content to the audience, conciseness (max word count is 2000), sentence structuring, grammar, etc. Only articles meeting these requirements will be considered. The Foundation's editorial staff reserves the right to review, edit, and make changes to the original articles as deem fit.
Articles will also include the author's bio and contact information. Pictures/images, in jpeg format, are highly encouraged (author is responsible for copyright issues, that materials belongs to him/her, the article is original, and has not been published elsewhere). The authors don't receive pay for the publication of the article. Writing an article will ensure that you continue to build your personal brand and your expertise online.
You can submit your article for consideration no later than August 10, 2009, to redaccion@documentalistas.org
CFP: Code4Lib Journal (C4LJ)
The Code4Lib Journal (C4LJ) exists to foster community and share information among those interested in the intersection of libraries, technology, and the future.
The Code4Lib Journal is now accepting proposals for publication in its 8th issue. Don't miss out on this opportunity to share your ideas and experiences. To be included in the 8th issue, which is scheduled for publication in mid November 2009, please submit articles, abstracts, or proposals to c4lj-articles@googlegroups.com by Friday, August 14, 2009. When submitting, please include the title or subject of the proposal in the subject line of the email message.
C4LJ encourages creativity and flexibility, and the editors welcome submissions across a broad variety of topics that support the mission of the journal. Possible topics include, but are not limited to:
* Practical applications of library technology (both actual and hypothetical)
* Technology projects (failed, successful, proposed, or in-progress), including how they were done and challenges faced
* Case studies
* Best practices
* Reviews
* Comparisons of third party software or libraries
* Analyses of library metadata for use with technology
* Project management and communication within the library environment
* Assessment and user studies
C4LJ strives to promote professional communication by minimizing the barriers to publication. While articles should be of a high quality, they need not follow any formal structure. Writers should aim for the middle ground between blog posts and articles in traditional refereed
journals. Where appropriate, we encourage authors to submit code samples, algorithms, and pseudo-code. For more information, visit C4LJ's Article Guidelines or browse articles from the first 7 issues published on our website: http://journal.code4lib.org.
Remember, for consideration for the 8th issue, please send proposals, abstracts, or draft articles to c4lj-articles@googlegroups.com no later than Friday, August 14, 2009.
Send in a submission. Your peers would like to hear what you are doing.
Code4Lib Journal Editorial Committee
The Code4Lib Journal is now accepting proposals for publication in its 8th issue. Don't miss out on this opportunity to share your ideas and experiences. To be included in the 8th issue, which is scheduled for publication in mid November 2009, please submit articles, abstracts, or proposals to c4lj-articles@googlegroups.com by Friday, August 14, 2009. When submitting, please include the title or subject of the proposal in the subject line of the email message.
C4LJ encourages creativity and flexibility, and the editors welcome submissions across a broad variety of topics that support the mission of the journal. Possible topics include, but are not limited to:
* Practical applications of library technology (both actual and hypothetical)
* Technology projects (failed, successful, proposed, or in-progress), including how they were done and challenges faced
* Case studies
* Best practices
* Reviews
* Comparisons of third party software or libraries
* Analyses of library metadata for use with technology
* Project management and communication within the library environment
* Assessment and user studies
C4LJ strives to promote professional communication by minimizing the barriers to publication. While articles should be of a high quality, they need not follow any formal structure. Writers should aim for the middle ground between blog posts and articles in traditional refereed
journals. Where appropriate, we encourage authors to submit code samples, algorithms, and pseudo-code. For more information, visit C4LJ's Article Guidelines or browse articles from the first 7 issues published on our website: http://journal.code4lib.org.
Remember, for consideration for the 8th issue, please send proposals, abstracts, or draft articles to c4lj-articles@googlegroups.com no later than Friday, August 14, 2009.
Send in a submission. Your peers would like to hear what you are doing.
Code4Lib Journal Editorial Committee
CALL FOR PAPERS: 2009 Chicago Colloquium on Digital Humanities and Computer Science (DHCS)
CALL FOR PAPERS: 2009 Chicago Colloquium on Digital Humanities and Computer Science (DHCS)
http://dhcs.iit.edu
Submission Deadline: August 30, 2009
DHCS Colloquium: November 14 - 16, 2009
The annual Chicago Colloquium on Digital Humanities and Computer Science (DHCS) was established to bring together researchers and scholars in the humanities and computer science to advance the digital humanities as a field of intellectual inquiry and to identify and explore new directions and perspectives for future research.
This year, DHCS will be held at the Illinois Institute of Technology, with the theme "Critical Computing", seeking to explore how best to develop productive research collaborations between computer scientists and humanists. The colloquium is sponsored by Illinois Institute of Technology, University of Chicago, and Northwestern University.
We invite proposals for presentations, posters, demos, and panel discussions on all topics that intersect current theory and practice in the humanities and computer science. Please see the colloquium website for more detailed information.
Last year's proceedings are available at: http://jdhcs.uchicago.edu
Submission Format: Please submit an abstract of up to 1000 words in Adobe PDF format via http://linguistlist.org/confcustom/DHCS2009
Important Dates:
Deadline for Submissions: Sunday, August 30
Notification of Acceptance: Monday, September 14
Full Program Announcement: Thursday, September 24
Registration opens: Tuesday, September 29
Contact: dhcs2009@iit.edu
http://dhcs.iit.edu
Submission Deadline: August 30, 2009
DHCS Colloquium: November 14 - 16, 2009
The annual Chicago Colloquium on Digital Humanities and Computer Science (DHCS) was established to bring together researchers and scholars in the humanities and computer science to advance the digital humanities as a field of intellectual inquiry and to identify and explore new directions and perspectives for future research.
This year, DHCS will be held at the Illinois Institute of Technology, with the theme "Critical Computing", seeking to explore how best to develop productive research collaborations between computer scientists and humanists. The colloquium is sponsored by Illinois Institute of Technology, University of Chicago, and Northwestern University.
We invite proposals for presentations, posters, demos, and panel discussions on all topics that intersect current theory and practice in the humanities and computer science. Please see the colloquium website for more detailed information.
Last year's proceedings are available at: http://jdhcs.uchicago.edu
Submission Format: Please submit an abstract of up to 1000 words in Adobe PDF format via http://linguistlist.org/confcustom/DHCS2009
Important Dates:
Deadline for Submissions: Sunday, August 30
Notification of Acceptance: Monday, September 14
Full Program Announcement: Thursday, September 24
Registration opens: Tuesday, September 29
Contact: dhcs2009@iit.edu
Monday, July 20, 2009
CFP: Urban Library Journal
CFP: Urban Library Journal
The editors of Urban Library Journal (ULJ) announce a call for proposals for the Winter 2010 issue.
Urban Library Journal, an open access, refereed journal of research and discussion dealing with all aspects of urban libraries and librarianship, welcomes articles dealing with academic, research, public, school, and special libraries in an urban setting.
Manuscript length should fall between 2,500 and 5,000 words. Full author guidelines can be found on the ULJ website. Proposals are due by August 15, 2009. Full manuscripts are due by December 1, 2009. For more information about ULJ and to see the latest issue: http://lacuny.cuny.edu/ulj.
Please email queries and proposals to the journal co-editors:
Lisa Finder
Hunter College Libraries
lfinder@hunter.cuny.edu
Lauren Yannotta
Hunter College Libraries
lyannott@hunter.cuny.edu
The editors of Urban Library Journal (ULJ) announce a call for proposals for the Winter 2010 issue.
Urban Library Journal, an open access, refereed journal of research and discussion dealing with all aspects of urban libraries and librarianship, welcomes articles dealing with academic, research, public, school, and special libraries in an urban setting.
Manuscript length should fall between 2,500 and 5,000 words. Full author guidelines can be found on the ULJ website
Please email queries and proposals to the journal co-editors:
Lisa Finder
Hunter College Libraries
lfinder@hunter.cuny.edu
Lauren Yannotta
Hunter College Libraries
lyannott@hunter.cuny.edu
Call for Papers and Posters: 2009 Midwest Chapter of the MLA Annual Meeting
Call for Papers and Posters: 2009 Midwest Chapter of the MLA Annual Meeting
The program committee of the Midwest Chapter of the Medical Library Association (MLA) invites proposals for contributed papers and posters for the 2009 Midwest MLA Annual Meeting in Columbus, Ohio from October 3 through 6, 2009 at the Hyatt on Capitol Square. The conference theme of "Seek, Discover, Explore" lends itself to a variety of topics, and provides opportunities for presenters to show how they endeavor to seek out new and improved ways to provide cutting-edge library services, to discover innovative techniques for using technology and the Internet, or to explore how libraries connect people to information in creative ways. Papers and posters may highlight practical problem-solving approaches, report on research in librarianship, document collaborative efforts or outreach activities, or describe innovative programs, resources, or services. Contributed paper and poster topics are as unlimited as your imagination, talents, and creativity can devise.
Contributed papers will be presented on Sunday, October 4, 2009 from 2 p.m. until 4 p.m.
Posters will be on display on Monday, October 5, 2009 from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m.
Presenters should be available to discuss their posters from 11 a.m. to noon on October 5, 2009.
For contributed paper proposals, submit a 250 word abstract to describe your paper. Include your name, position title, address, phone number, and email address. The abstract should be sent to: Leslie Schick, University of Cincinnati Health Sciences Library, PO Box 670574, 231 Albert Sabin Way, Cincinnati, OH 45267-0574 or emailed to leslie.schick@uc.edu.
For poster proposals, submit a 250 word abstract to describe your poster. Include your name, position title, address, phone number, and email address. The abstract should be sent to: Linda DeMuro, Director of Library Services, Nationwide Children's Hospital Library, 700 Children's Dr., Columbus OH 43205 or emailed to Linda.DeMuro@NationwideChildrens.org.
The deadline for abstract submission is July 31, 2009.
Notifications of paper/poster acceptance/rejection will be made by August 15, 2009.
The program committee of the Midwest Chapter of the Medical Library Association (MLA) invites proposals for contributed papers and posters for the 2009 Midwest MLA Annual Meeting in Columbus, Ohio from October 3 through 6, 2009 at the Hyatt on Capitol Square. The conference theme of "Seek, Discover, Explore" lends itself to a variety of topics, and provides opportunities for presenters to show how they endeavor to seek out new and improved ways to provide cutting-edge library services, to discover innovative techniques for using technology and the Internet, or to explore how libraries connect people to information in creative ways. Papers and posters may highlight practical problem-solving approaches, report on research in librarianship, document collaborative efforts or outreach activities, or describe innovative programs, resources, or services. Contributed paper and poster topics are as unlimited as your imagination, talents, and creativity can devise.
Contributed papers will be presented on Sunday, October 4, 2009 from 2 p.m. until 4 p.m.
Posters will be on display on Monday, October 5, 2009 from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m.
Presenters should be available to discuss their posters from 11 a.m. to noon on October 5, 2009.
For contributed paper proposals, submit a 250 word abstract to describe your paper. Include your name, position title, address, phone number, and email address. The abstract should be sent to: Leslie Schick, University of Cincinnati Health Sciences Library, PO Box 670574, 231 Albert Sabin Way, Cincinnati, OH 45267-0574 or emailed to leslie.schick@uc.edu.
For poster proposals, submit a 250 word abstract to describe your poster. Include your name, position title, address, phone number, and email address. The abstract should be sent to: Linda DeMuro, Director of Library Services, Nationwide Children's Hospital Library, 700 Children's Dr., Columbus OH 43205 or emailed to Linda.DeMuro@NationwideChildrens.org.
The deadline for abstract submission is July 31, 2009.
Notifications of paper/poster acceptance/rejection will be made by August 15, 2009.
Call for Papers: ART DOCUMENTATION
Call for Papers: ART DOCUMENTATION
Editors are inviting articles for both the Spring and Fall 2010 issues of ART DOCUMENTATION, the semiannual peer-reviewed journal of the Art Libraries Society of North America. The articles should fall within the scope of art and architecture librarianship, visual resources curatorship, digital image management, technology related to the visual
arts, art publishing, artists’ books, and related fields.
For the Spring 2010 issue, papers should be close to completion; the preliminary deadline is September 1, 2009. Many articles have already been accepted for this issue, but there is still space for a few more. For the Fall 2010 issue, please send your abstracts for articles
concerning research or projects that you are still developing. The preliminary deadline for this issue is April 1, 2010.
Have you recently given a presentation at a conference that would be appropriate to expand as a journal article? Please send an abstract if the subject falls within the scope of ART DOCUMENTATION.
ART DOCUMENTATION contributor guidelines may be found at
http://www.arlisna.org/artdoc/contrib_guidelines.html.
I look forward to hearing from you!
Judy Dyki
Editor, ART DOCUMENTATION
Library Director, Cranbrook Academy of Art
39221 Woodward Avenue, Box 801
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48303-0801
248-645-3364 voice
248-645-3464 fax
jdyki@cranbrook.edu
Editors are inviting articles for both the Spring and Fall 2010 issues of ART DOCUMENTATION, the semiannual peer-reviewed journal of the Art Libraries Society of North America. The articles should fall within the scope of art and architecture librarianship, visual resources curatorship, digital image management, technology related to the visual
arts, art publishing, artists’ books, and related fields.
For the Spring 2010 issue, papers should be close to completion; the preliminary deadline is September 1, 2009. Many articles have already been accepted for this issue, but there is still space for a few more. For the Fall 2010 issue, please send your abstracts for articles
concerning research or projects that you are still developing. The preliminary deadline for this issue is April 1, 2010.
Have you recently given a presentation at a conference that would be appropriate to expand as a journal article? Please send an abstract if the subject falls within the scope of ART DOCUMENTATION.
ART DOCUMENTATION contributor guidelines may be found at
http://www.arlisna.org/artdoc/contrib_guidelines.html.
I look forward to hearing from you!
Judy Dyki
Editor, ART DOCUMENTATION
Library Director, Cranbrook Academy of Art
39221 Woodward Avenue, Box 801
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48303-0801
248-645-3364 voice
248-645-3464 fax
jdyki@cranbrook.edu
Wednesday, July 08, 2009
CFP: Michigan Innovative Users Group (MIUG) Fall Meeting
CFP: Michigan Innovative Users Group (MIUG) Fall Meeting
Date: Thursday, October 1, 2009
Location: Lansing Community College - West Campus
Presentation and Forum (Birds of a Feather) Proposal Deadline: August 21, 2009.
The Michigan Innovative Users Group invites you to present your ideas, experiences and views on various modules of the Innovative system at our October 1 meeting.
• Sessions might include presentations, demonstrations or panel discussions.
• Forums (Birds of a Feather) can be discussions on a particular topic, module or issue(s).
Presentations for all levels across all library type and Millennium modules are encouraged and welcomed. This is an outstanding opportunity to share the insights you’ve gained, reprise an IUG 2009 presentation or assess the potential for a possible IUG 2010 presentation.
Please use the proposal submission form located on the MIUG website:
http://www.miug.org/proposal.html
Date: Thursday, October 1, 2009
Location: Lansing Community College - West Campus
Presentation and Forum (Birds of a Feather) Proposal Deadline: August 21, 2009.
The Michigan Innovative Users Group invites you to present your ideas, experiences and views on various modules of the Innovative system at our October 1 meeting.
• Sessions might include presentations, demonstrations or panel discussions.
• Forums (Birds of a Feather) can be discussions on a particular topic, module or issue(s).
Presentations for all levels across all library type and Millennium modules are encouraged and welcomed. This is an outstanding opportunity to share the insights you’ve gained, reprise an IUG 2009 presentation or assess the potential for a possible IUG 2010 presentation.
Please use the proposal submission form located on the MIUG website:
http://www.miug.org/proposal.html
CFP: International Conference on Digital Libraries (ICDL)
CFP: International Conference on Digital Libraries (ICDL)
Shaping the Information Paradigm
New Delhi * 23 – 26 February 2010
Web www.teriin.org/events/icdl
Venue: Conference at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi • 24–26 February 2010
Tutorial at IGNOU, Convention Centre, New Delhi • 23 February 2010
The rapid growth of information technology has thrown up enormous opportunities in the field of library science, especially digital libraries (DL). Seeing the potential of leveraging this tool for learning and bridging the knowledge gap, TERI’s Library and Information Centre has already conducted two international conferences on digital libraries since the year 2004. It is now proposed to host the third such conference from 23–26 February in 2010 organized by TERI in partnership with IGNOU and ISIM .
We invite you to submit your proposal for presentation and tutorial at ICDL 2010.
Objectives
· Provide a platform and enable interaction among DL experts and researchers
· Facilitate creation adoption, implementation and utilization of DL‘s, and their future implications
· Bridging the digital divide through knowledge sharing
Who should participate?
· Information professionals
· IT and knowledge service providers
· Policy makers
· Academicians, students and distance learner
· E-publishers and virtual communities
· Other stakeholders
Call for papers
Original papers focusing on the theme of the conference—Digital Libraries: Shaping the Information Paradigm are invited for the conference poster and tutorial. Some of the topics are listed below:
· DL development, architecture, and management
· Contents management in DL
· Multi-linguality and interoperability issues
· Digital rights management
· Digital preservation and access management
· Semantic web
· KM (knowledge management) and organizational repositories
· E-learning and e-publishing
· DL standards and policy
· Open archives initiatives
· ODOL (Open distance online learning)
· Multimedia content
· Virtual support to distance learners
· E-resources management for distance learners
· Access management
· m-learning technology
For details of paper submission guidelines and submission process, visit.
Important dates
Submission of full papers 15 September 2009
Notification of acceptance of paper with comments 30 October 2009
Submission of the final paper after incorporating comments 30 November 2009
For Early–bird registration offer please visit http://www.teriin.org/events/icdl/registration.php
Contact:
DEBAL C KAR
Organizing Secretary
ICDL Secretariat
TERI, Darbari Seth Block,
IHC Complex, Lodhi Road,
New Delhi – 110 003, India
Telephone 24682138, 24682100, 41504900
Fax 24682144, 24682145
E-mail icdl@teri.res.in
Web www.teriin.org/events/icdl
Shaping the Information Paradigm
New Delhi * 23 – 26 February 2010
Web www.teriin.org/events/icdl
Venue: Conference at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi • 24–26 February 2010
Tutorial at IGNOU, Convention Centre, New Delhi • 23 February 2010
The rapid growth of information technology has thrown up enormous opportunities in the field of library science, especially digital libraries (DL). Seeing the potential of leveraging this tool for learning and bridging the knowledge gap, TERI’s Library and Information Centre has already conducted two international conferences on digital libraries since the year 2004. It is now proposed to host the third such conference from 23–26 February in 2010 organized by TERI in partnership with IGNOU and ISIM .
We invite you to submit your proposal for presentation and tutorial at ICDL 2010.
Objectives
· Provide a platform and enable interaction among DL experts and researchers
· Facilitate creation adoption, implementation and utilization of DL‘s, and their future implications
· Bridging the digital divide through knowledge sharing
Who should participate?
· Information professionals
· IT and knowledge service providers
· Policy makers
· Academicians, students and distance learner
· E-publishers and virtual communities
· Other stakeholders
Call for papers
Original papers focusing on the theme of the conference—Digital Libraries: Shaping the Information Paradigm are invited for the conference poster and tutorial. Some of the topics are listed below:
· DL development, architecture, and management
· Contents management in DL
· Multi-linguality and interoperability issues
· Digital rights management
· Digital preservation and access management
· Semantic web
· KM (knowledge management) and organizational repositories
· E-learning and e-publishing
· DL standards and policy
· Open archives initiatives
· ODOL (Open distance online learning)
· Multimedia content
· Virtual support to distance learners
· E-resources management for distance learners
· Access management
· m-learning technology
For details of paper submission guidelines and submission process, visit
Important dates
Submission of full papers 15 September 2009
Notification of acceptance of paper with comments 30 October 2009
Submission of the final paper after incorporating comments 30 November 2009
For Early–bird registration offer please visit http://www.teriin.org/events/icdl/registration.php
Contact:
DEBAL C KAR
Organizing Secretary
ICDL Secretariat
TERI, Darbari Seth Block,
IHC Complex, Lodhi Road,
New Delhi – 110 003, India
Telephone 24682138, 24682100, 41504900
Fax 24682144, 24682145
E-mail icdl@teri.res.in
Web www.teriin.org/events/icdl
Monday, July 06, 2009
CFP: Eastern Great Lakes Innovative Users Group (2009 Meeting, Akron, Ohio)
CFP: Eastern Great Lakes Innovative Users Group (2009 Meeting, Akron, Ohio)
The Eastern Great Lakes Innovative Users Group invites you to present your ideas, experiences and views on the various modules of the Innovative Interfaces system at our annual fall meeting being held Friday, September 25, 2009 at the Akron-Summit County Public Library in Akron, OH.
* Presentations for all levels of experience across all modules and Innovative products are welcomed
* Proposals may take the form of programs, panel discussions, forums, demonstrations, and hands-on instruction
* Have an idea, but don't think you could devote a full 45 minutes to it? Submit a proposal for a 15-minute program
* New for 2009, hands-on instruction sessions (limit of 15 attendees per session) are welcomed
* Birds of a Feather” (BoF) sessions, which take the form of informal discussions on a particular topic, module or issue(s) may also be proposed
Submissions may be made using the form posted on the Eastern Great Lakes IUG website at http://www.rodmanlibrary.org/iug/program/iug-proposal2009.html
For further information, contact a member of the Program Committee and review the Program Guidelines at http://www.rodmanlibrary.org/iug/program/iug-guidelines2009.htm
Proposal Deadline: July 31, 2009.
We look forward to receiving many wonderful submissions!
Thank you,
Program Committee, 2009 Eastern Great Lakes IUG
John Sterbenz, Chair (jsterben@bus.umich.edu)
Barb Anderson (andersb3@ccf.org)
Suzette Burlingame (sburlingame@starklibrary.org)
Victor Zuniga (vzuniga@westervillelibrary.org)
Friday, July 03, 2009
CFP: Journal of Library and Information Service for Distance Learning
CFP: Journal of Library and Information Service for Distance Learning
The Journal of Library and Information Service for Distance Learning, a peer-reviewed journal published by Routledge/The Haworth Press, welcomes the submission of manuscripts.
The journal is devoted to the issues and concerns of librarians and information specialists involved with distance education and delivering library resources and services to this growing community of students.
Topics can include but are not limited to:
-Faculty/librarian cooperation and collaboration
-Information literacy
-Instructional service techniques
-Information delivery
-Reference services
-Document delivery
-Developing collections
If you are interested in submitting an article and ensuring that, if accepted, it will be published in the next issue, send the manuscript directly to the Editor, Jodi Poe at jpoe@jsu.edu by August 1, 2009. Inquiries and questions are welcome.
Instructions for authors are available at http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=journal&issn=1533-290X or can be emailed to you directly.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jodi W. Poe, Editor
Journal of Library & Information Services in Distance Learning
Associate Professor, Head of Technical Services
Houston Cole Library
Jacksonville State University
700 Pelham Road North
Jacksonville, AL 36265-1602
TEL: (256) 782-8103
FAX: (256) 782-5872
Email: jpoe@jsu.edu
The Journal of Library and Information Service for Distance Learning, a peer-reviewed journal published by Routledge/The Haworth Press, welcomes the submission of manuscripts.
The journal is devoted to the issues and concerns of librarians and information specialists involved with distance education and delivering library resources and services to this growing community of students.
Topics can include but are not limited to:
-Faculty/librarian cooperation and collaboration
-Information literacy
-Instructional service techniques
-Information delivery
-Reference services
-Document delivery
-Developing collections
If you are interested in submitting an article and ensuring that, if accepted, it will be published in the next issue, send the manuscript directly to the Editor, Jodi Poe at jpoe@jsu.edu by August 1, 2009. Inquiries and questions are welcome.
Instructions for authors are available at http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=journal&issn=1533-290X or can be emailed to you directly.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jodi W. Poe, Editor
Journal of Library & Information Services in Distance Learning
Associate Professor, Head of Technical Services
Houston Cole Library
Jacksonville State University
700 Pelham Road North
Jacksonville, AL 36265-1602
TEL: (256) 782-8103
FAX: (256) 782-5872
Email: jpoe@jsu.edu
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Call for Reviewers, Internet Resources Column (Public Services Quarterly)
Call for Reviewers, Internet Resources Column (Public Services Quarterly)
PSQ's Internet Resources Column is looking for reviewers to contribute to our next issue. The upcoming column will focus on Building the Library's Next Site.
What sites are you using to communicate with your patrons and/or your colleagues, in the library and at a distance? Have you used Drupal or an open source program to create an intranet or OPAC? Let's hear about it!
And, we are interested in learning about any other sites you find useful in your work, so please consider sharing your expertise with your colleagues.
Please submit site suggestions by Wednesday, July 8, 2009, and indicate whether or not you are willing and able to review the site yourself by August 7, 2009. Preference will be given to those sites submitted by the 8th.
Contact Column Editor: Nicole A. Cooke @ psqinternet@gmail.com
Site URL: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/WPSQ
PSQ's Internet Resources Column is looking for reviewers to contribute to our next issue. The upcoming column will focus on Building the Library's Next Site.
What sites are you using to communicate with your patrons and/or your colleagues, in the library and at a distance? Have you used Drupal or an open source program to create an intranet or OPAC? Let's hear about it!
And, we are interested in learning about any other sites you find useful in your work, so please consider sharing your expertise with your colleagues.
Please submit site suggestions by Wednesday, July 8, 2009, and indicate whether or not you are willing and able to review the site yourself by August 7, 2009. Preference will be given to those sites submitted by the 8th.
Contact Column Editor: Nicole A. Cooke @ psqinternet@gmail.com
Site URL: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/WPSQ
Monday, June 29, 2009
Bilingual reviewers needed (School Library Journal)
Bilingual reviewers needed (School Library Journal)
I am looking for bilingual librarians, fluent in English and Spanish, interested in reviewing Spanish- language materials for children. Please contact me at: mosquerafreda@aol.com . Subject: Reviewing for SLJ. Please include your full name, position, phone number, email, postal address and your experience evaluating children materials. Please do not send your replies to this list server.
Reviewers must have a full command of the Spanish-language and the ability to evaluate the quality of original materials and translations. Interviews will be conducted, in the evenings, over the phone, in Spanish. There is no monetary compensation. Reviewers keep the books they review as their compensation.
Reviews will be published in School Library Journal, monthly (July and August) and every other month (October and December.) These reviews will be also published on the Library Journal web site20as part of an effort to bring back CrÃticas reviews:
http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6664946.html?industryid=49055
The first set of reviews is already available on line at:
http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6666098.html?q=criticas
Publishers must send titles for consideration to:
School Library Journal
Book Review
360 Park Avenue South
New York, NY 10010-1710
Contact: Luann Toth
646 746-6764
ltoth@reedbusiness.com
or
Trevelyn Jones
646 746-6757
trjones@reedbusiness.com
Thank you,
Freda Mosquera
mosquerafreda@aol.com
I am looking for bilingual librarians, fluent in English and Spanish, interested in reviewing Spanish- language materials for children. Please contact me at: mosquerafreda@aol.com . Subject: Reviewing for SLJ. Please include your full name, position, phone number, email, postal address and your experience evaluating children materials. Please do not send your replies to this list server.
Reviewers must have a full command of the Spanish-language and the ability to evaluate the quality of original materials and translations. Interviews will be conducted, in the evenings, over the phone, in Spanish. There is no monetary compensation. Reviewers keep the books they review as their compensation.
Reviews will be published in School Library Journal, monthly (July and August) and every other month (October and December.) These reviews will be also published on the Library Journal web site20as part of an effort to bring back CrÃticas reviews:
http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6664946.html?industryid=49055
The first set of reviews is already available on line at:
http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6666098.html?q=criticas
Publishers must send titles for consideration to:
School Library Journal
Book Review
360 Park Avenue South
New York, NY 10010-1710
Contact: Luann Toth
646 746-6764
ltoth@reedbusiness.com
or
Trevelyn Jones
646 746-6757
trjones@reedbusiness.com
Thank you,
Freda Mosquera
mosquerafreda@aol.com
Friday, June 26, 2009
CFP: Special issue on Administration, management, and strategic planning of cataloging and metadata departments (Cataloging and Classification Qtly)
CFP: Special issue on Administration, management, and strategic planning of cataloging and metadata departments (Cataloging and Classification Quaterly)
Cataloging & Classification Quarterly will be publishing a special issue on 21st-century challenges for library administrators in the management and strategic planning of operations and personnel in cataloging and metadata departments. The guest editor is looking for articles that articulate new directions and opinions, as well as case studies, related to re-visioning, repurposing, establishing efficiencies, and/or redirecting both workflows and personnel within cataloging and metadata departments. Articles that examine how to justify and/or defend what are commonly known as “behind-the-scenes” or “back-end” library operations and personnel in the current budget crisis are especially timely. The guest editor is looking for a wide range of international participation, so proposals from authors outside of the United States are encouraged. Articles can be of any length, and figures and screen shots are encouraged.
If you are interested in contributing, please send the guest editor your name, a short proposal of the topic, and a tentative title for the article. Deadline for proposals is September 1, 2009. Articles would be due to the guest editor by January 1, 2010. Any questions can be directed to the guest editor. Thank you.
Dr. Brad Eden
Guest editor, Cataloging & Classification Quarterly
Associate University Librarian for Technical Services and Scholarly Communication
University of California, Santa Barbara
eden@library.ucsb.edu
Cataloging & Classification Quarterly will be publishing a special issue on 21st-century challenges for library administrators in the management and strategic planning of operations and personnel in cataloging and metadata departments. The guest editor is looking for articles that articulate new directions and opinions, as well as case studies, related to re-visioning, repurposing, establishing efficiencies, and/or redirecting both workflows and personnel within cataloging and metadata departments. Articles that examine how to justify and/or defend what are commonly known as “behind-the-scenes” or “back-end” library operations and personnel in the current budget crisis are especially timely. The guest editor is looking for a wide range of international participation, so proposals from authors outside of the United States are encouraged. Articles can be of any length, and figures and screen shots are encouraged.
If you are interested in contributing, please send the guest editor your name, a short proposal of the topic, and a tentative title for the article. Deadline for proposals is September 1, 2009. Articles would be due to the guest editor by January 1, 2010. Any questions can be directed to the guest editor. Thank you.
Dr. Brad Eden
Guest editor, Cataloging & Classification Quarterly
Associate University Librarian for Technical Services and Scholarly Communication
University of California, Santa Barbara
eden@library.ucsb.edu
CFP: Cataloging & Classification Quarterly
CFP: Cataloging & Classification Quarterly
CCQ welcomes the submission of research, theory, and practice papers relevant to the broad field of bibliographic organization.
This journal, published now 8 times a year by Taylor & Francis, LLC, is respected as an international forum that emphasizes research and review articles, description of new programs and technologies relevant to cataloging and classification, and considered speculative articles on improved methods of bibliographic control for the future.
Articles are particularly welcome in areas dealing with research-based cataloging practice, including user behavior, user needs and benefits.
Authors are encouraged to submit manuscripts via email with attached word document to the Editor, Sandra K. Roe, Bibliographic Services Librarian, Illinois State University email: skroe@ilstu.edu.
Special Issues
Colleagues interested in guest editing a special issue or expanded double issue are invited to contact the Editor with a general proposal, tentative schedule, and CVs. Previous special issues have included:
*Metadata and Open Access Repositories (Michael Babinec and Holly Mercer, Guest Editors)
*Bibliographic Database Quality (Jeffrey Beall and Stephen Hearn, Guest Editors)
*The Intellectual and Professional World of Cataloging (Qiang Jin, Guest Editor)
*Knitting the Semantic Web (Jane Greenberg and Eva Méndez, Guest Editor)
*Cataloger, Editor and Scholar: Essays in Honor of Ruth C. Carter (Robert Holley, Guest Editor)
Annual Best Paper Award
Taylor & Francis sponsors an annual prize for CCQ with a small financial stipend for the Best Paper of the Year.
Complimentary Print Sample
A free print specimen copy may be obtained by sending an email to Jason McAndrew jason.mcandrew@taylorandfrancis.com
Free Digital (Electronic) Sample...(available immediately)
a) go to: http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=t792303976~db=all
b) Go down five lines to this line (it will be in light blue)
Subscribe....Sign in...Online Sample
Please note in advance that registration is required for obtaining
the complimentary online sample.
For More Details
Further details may be found at the CCQ home page: http://catalogingandclassificationquarterly.com/
CCQ welcomes the submission of research, theory, and practice papers relevant to the broad field of bibliographic organization.
This journal, published now 8 times a year by Taylor & Francis, LLC, is respected as an international forum that emphasizes research and review articles, description of new programs and technologies relevant to cataloging and classification, and considered speculative articles on improved methods of bibliographic control for the future.
Articles are particularly welcome in areas dealing with research-based cataloging practice, including user behavior, user needs and benefits.
Authors are encouraged to submit manuscripts via email with attached word document to the Editor, Sandra K. Roe, Bibliographic Services Librarian, Illinois State University email: skroe@ilstu.edu.
Special Issues
Colleagues interested in guest editing a special issue or expanded double issue are invited to contact the Editor with a general proposal, tentative schedule, and CVs. Previous special issues have included:
*Metadata and Open Access Repositories (Michael Babinec and Holly Mercer, Guest Editors)
*Bibliographic Database Quality (Jeffrey Beall and Stephen Hearn, Guest Editors)
*The Intellectual and Professional World of Cataloging (Qiang Jin, Guest Editor)
*Knitting the Semantic Web (Jane Greenberg and Eva Méndez, Guest Editor)
*Cataloger, Editor and Scholar: Essays in Honor of Ruth C. Carter (Robert Holley, Guest Editor)
Annual Best Paper Award
Taylor & Francis sponsors an annual prize for CCQ with a small financial stipend for the Best Paper of the Year.
Complimentary Print Sample
A free print specimen copy may be obtained by sending an email to Jason McAndrew jason.mcandrew@taylorandfrancis.com
Free Digital (Electronic) Sample...(available immediately)
a) go to: http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=t792303976~db=all
b) Go down five lines to this line (it will be in light blue)
Subscribe....Sign in...Online Sample
Please note in advance that registration is required for obtaining
the complimentary online sample.
For More Details
Further details may be found at the CCQ home page: http://catalogingandclassificationquarterly.com/
Call for Papers: Beyond Semantics - the linguistic turn of Library and Information Science
Call for Papers: Beyond Semantics - the linguistic turn of Library and Information Science
LIBREAS (Library Ideas) is an electronic journal which operates under a free-access model,
meaning no costs for authors and readership (http://www.LIBREAS.eu or http://www.libreas.eu/formal/english.htm). This eJournal was
launched in 2005 by students at Berlin School of Library and Information Science (IBI)
which is part of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. It still is housed at the IBI.
Now the editorial board consists of eight unpaid editors (mostly alumni of IBI, some
currently students). Recently LIBREAS established a branch in St. Paul,
Minnesota (USA) to strengthen our focus on North American scholarship.
LIBREAS aims to be the gateway between the "young and wild ones" and the
"old hands" in research and practice. It acts as a place for dialogue and idea exchange. By
now it is an established institution within the field of library and information science. We
particularly encourage emerging professionals and students to identify with LIBREAS.
Open-mindedness for new ideas and trends throughout the field of library and information
science is one characteristic of LIBREAS. Accompanied by at least two issues
per year, we publish self-produced audio recordings and podcasts, blogs, travel reports
and photo slide shows on a regular basis. LIBREAS seeks to provide a space
for development, identify niches and encourage controversial thoughts.
We invite you to submit articles, podcasts or reviews for our upcoming issue. We also encourage you to distribute this CfP to other interested parties.
LIBREAS Issue 15 Call for Papers: Beyond Semantics - the linguistic turn of Library and Information Science
A key challenge in Library and Information Science is the fundamental change in the content carriers. While traditionally physical media, such as books, served as the content carrier the increasing shift to digital content requires a radical change in perspective.
In the digital environment the content is flexible; hyperlinked, dynamically distributed and automatically indexed. In this environment the sheer amount of content limits the ability of intellectual indexing.
There are three branches of semiotics:
• Syntactics: referring to the relation of signs to each other
• Semantics: referring to the relation between signs and the respective things they refer to
• Pragmatics: referring to the relation of signs to their impacts on those who use them.
Current technical means of indexing are mostly limited to the syntactic level. The indexing process only requires the use of algorithms and the application of respective relations. Because of the binary structure of digital texts, those means and methods tend to be accurate. This method clearly has its limitations when it comes to the meaning of some texts. Therefore, we propose the application and elaboration of semiotic approaches to address these limitations.
On the semantic level there are some technical approaches within the research of the so-called semantic web (e.g. the development of ontologies). As of now, both the practicality and the outcomes of these technical approaches appear to be rather limited. Intellectual assistance is still necessary to actualize the relations of meaning.
On the pragmatic level there is currently no technical approach. Still, the pragmatic level has attracted an increasing amount of attention and gains relevance as the communication processes are increasingly handled in the digital realm. Currently, different types of content are mixed-up; such that the line between official publication and personal utterances (e.g. blogs, Twitter) is blurred.
The major thesis of the next issue of LIBREAS is as follows:
It is imperative that any contemporary discourse in signs and sign-structures includes the whole semiotic framework. A solely intellectual and pragmatic approach inevitably fails because of the sheer amount of material, while a reduction of syntactic and structural aspects leads to the contraction of perspective regarding the actual usage of such environments. The combination of the syntactic, semantic and pragmatic levels is vital for LIS to effectively deal with the complexity of digital and netted content.
We are far from understanding what a combination of the syntactic, semantic and pragmatic levels will look like in a technical application framework. For the next issue of LIBREAS we ask for contributions to address the issue from a conceptual and/or methodological perspective in a broader sense and/or that discuss the given thesis. The goal is to elaborate on the relationships between signs and text regarding the syntactic and semantic values, as well as their relationship with human users. Furthermore, we will try to formulate fields of application and methodological potential for LIS within this context.
The deadline for submissions is July 24th, 2009. Please note our guidelines for authors.
You may contact us via redaktion@libreas.eu.
LIBREAS (Library Ideas) is an electronic journal which operates under a free-access model,
meaning no costs for authors and readership (http://www.LIBREAS.eu or http://www.libreas.eu/formal/english.htm). This eJournal was
launched in 2005 by students at Berlin School of Library and Information Science (IBI)
which is part of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. It still is housed at the IBI.
Now the editorial board consists of eight unpaid editors (mostly alumni of IBI, some
currently students). Recently LIBREAS established a branch in St. Paul,
Minnesota (USA) to strengthen our focus on North American scholarship.
LIBREAS aims to be the gateway between the "young and wild ones" and the
"old hands" in research and practice. It acts as a place for dialogue and idea exchange. By
now it is an established institution within the field of library and information science. We
particularly encourage emerging professionals and students to identify with LIBREAS.
Open-mindedness for new ideas and trends throughout the field of library and information
science is one characteristic of LIBREAS. Accompanied by at least two issues
per year, we publish self-produced audio recordings and podcasts, blogs, travel reports
and photo slide shows on a regular basis. LIBREAS seeks to provide a space
for development, identify niches and encourage controversial thoughts.
We invite you to submit articles, podcasts or reviews for our upcoming issue. We also encourage you to distribute this CfP to other interested parties.
LIBREAS Issue 15 Call for Papers: Beyond Semantics - the linguistic turn of Library and Information Science
A key challenge in Library and Information Science is the fundamental change in the content carriers. While traditionally physical media, such as books, served as the content carrier the increasing shift to digital content requires a radical change in perspective.
In the digital environment the content is flexible; hyperlinked, dynamically distributed and automatically indexed. In this environment the sheer amount of content limits the ability of intellectual indexing.
There are three branches of semiotics:
• Syntactics: referring to the relation of signs to each other
• Semantics: referring to the relation between signs and the respective things they refer to
• Pragmatics: referring to the relation of signs to their impacts on those who use them.
Current technical means of indexing are mostly limited to the syntactic level. The indexing process only requires the use of algorithms and the application of respective relations. Because of the binary structure of digital texts, those means and methods tend to be accurate. This method clearly has its limitations when it comes to the meaning of some texts. Therefore, we propose the application and elaboration of semiotic approaches to address these limitations.
On the semantic level there are some technical approaches within the research of the so-called semantic web (e.g. the development of ontologies). As of now, both the practicality and the outcomes of these technical approaches appear to be rather limited. Intellectual assistance is still necessary to actualize the relations of meaning.
On the pragmatic level there is currently no technical approach. Still, the pragmatic level has attracted an increasing amount of attention and gains relevance as the communication processes are increasingly handled in the digital realm. Currently, different types of content are mixed-up; such that the line between official publication and personal utterances (e.g. blogs, Twitter) is blurred.
The major thesis of the next issue of LIBREAS is as follows:
It is imperative that any contemporary discourse in signs and sign-structures includes the whole semiotic framework. A solely intellectual and pragmatic approach inevitably fails because of the sheer amount of material, while a reduction of syntactic and structural aspects leads to the contraction of perspective regarding the actual usage of such environments. The combination of the syntactic, semantic and pragmatic levels is vital for LIS to effectively deal with the complexity of digital and netted content.
We are far from understanding what a combination of the syntactic, semantic and pragmatic levels will look like in a technical application framework. For the next issue of LIBREAS we ask for contributions to address the issue from a conceptual and/or methodological perspective in a broader sense and/or that discuss the given thesis. The goal is to elaborate on the relationships between signs and text regarding the syntactic and semantic values, as well as their relationship with human users. Furthermore, we will try to formulate fields of application and methodological potential for LIS within this context.
The deadline for submissions is July 24th, 2009. Please note our guidelines for authors.
You may contact us via redaktion@libreas.eu.
Call for Reviewers, Technical Services Quarterly
Call for Reviewers, Technical Services Quarterly
Technical Services Quarterly is looking for reviewers to contribute to the column, Tech Services on the Web. We are always interested in learning which sites are useful for your own work, so please consider sharing your expertise with our readers. Contact Column Editor: Marta Deyrup marta.deyrup@shu.edu
Site URL:
http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=t792306978~db=all
Technical Services Quarterly is looking for reviewers to contribute to the column, Tech Services on the Web. We are always interested in learning which sites are useful for your own work, so please consider sharing your expertise with our readers. Contact Column Editor: Marta Deyrup marta.deyrup@shu.edu
Site URL:
http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=t792306978~db=all
Thursday, June 25, 2009
ALA's Guide to Reference
ALA's Guide to Reference http://www.guidetoreference.org/ is recruiting contributing editors to identify and describe the best reference sources in assigned subject categories. Grounded in a hundred-year history as the standard for reference service, the new online Guide to Reference now offers over 16,000 authoritative print and web reference resources with browse and search
capabilities and is updated on an ongoing basis.
The complete and updated list of vacancies in subject and language sections is
maintained at: http://www.guidetoreference.org/DynamicContent.aspx?ctype=13
To join the team, please see the position description and application form at:
http://www.guidetoreference.org/DynamicContent.aspx?ctype=8
If you are attending the ALA Annual Conference in Chicago and would like to learn more about the Guide, please join us on:
Saturday, July 11
1:30-3:30 p.m.
McCormick Place West, W-476
or stop by our exhibit booth #1426.
(Please excuse duplication; message cross-posted to several lists.)
Denise Bennett, incoming General Editor for Guide to Reference
University of Florida, Marston Science Library
dbennett@ufl.edu
352-273-2864
capabilities and is updated on an ongoing basis.
The complete and updated list of vacancies in subject and language sections is
maintained at: http://www.guidetoreference.org/DynamicContent.aspx?ctype=13
To join the team, please see the position description and application form at:
http://www.guidetoreference.org/DynamicContent.aspx?ctype=8
If you are attending the ALA Annual Conference in Chicago and would like to learn more about the Guide, please join us on:
Saturday, July 11
1:30-3:30 p.m.
McCormick Place West, W-476
or stop by our exhibit booth #1426.
(Please excuse duplication; message cross-posted to several lists.)
Denise Bennett, incoming General Editor for Guide to Reference
University of Florida, Marston Science Library
dbennett@ufl.edu
352-273-2864
CFP: LITA at ALA Annual, 2010
CFP: LITA at ALA Annual, 2010
LITA Committee Chairs, IG Chairs, and other technically inclined library folk,
This year, the LITA Program Planning Committee, in an effort to modernize the workflow for planning programs for ALA Annual, has moved the process entirely online! The following is the form that you can fill out if you are interested in proposing a program via LITA for ALA Annual 2010, June 24-30th in Washington, DC:
http://tinyurl.com/LITAPrograms2010
The form will be available at the above link, on ALA Connect (http://connect.ala.org/node/76611), on LITABlog (http://litablog.org/ala-annual-2010-program-proposals/), and anywhere else we can embed it.
Once you submit your program proposal, the Program Planning Committee will be in touch with you by the middle of August, 2009. The soft deadline for submitting proposals to LITA for a program for Annual 2010 is July 31st, 2009.
Questions
If you have questions about anything relating to programs at ALA Annual, there is a public discussion board on ALA Connect designed just for that:
http://connect.ala.org/forum/6608
You do have to have an ALA Connect login, but you do not have to be an ALA member...you can register as a non-ALA member and still ask questions of the PPC. If you are an ALA member, you can login to Connect using your ALA login information.
If you have any problems that the Connect group doesn't solve (or you have other issues), you can email me directly, Jason Griffey, at griffey@gmail.com or find me on Twitter at @griffey. But please try to use the forum first. :-)
What can you submit
I am well aware of the challenge inherent with planning technology programming a full year in advance of the conference. Feel free to be a general as you need to be in describing your program on first draft...we can always approach you and ask you for details as we move through the process. But you do not have to have every speaker booked, and every topic decided, to put forward a proposal. Have a topic area, a theme, an idea for where you think tech will be? Go with it.
Who Can Submit Proposals
There is one more difference in the process this year that everyone should be aware of. In the past, all programs were driven by Committee and Interest Group submissions, with each group effectively submitting one program. While the PPC is happy to get submissions from these groups, it is NOT NECESSARY to be backed by a group in order for LITA PPC to examine and forward your proposal for a program.
If you, as an individual member, have a great idea and want to be considered, please put in a proposal. If you and two friends want to throw your hats in the ring, please do. If you aren't a LITA or ALA member _at all_ and think you have the best idea for a program at ALA Annual in the history of technology, fill out the form!
Library Society of the World, Code4Lib, and other library groups: here's your chance! Please participate and share with us! Let LITA give you a stage for your ideas. If you have an idea worth putting in front of 300 people at the largest gathering of librarians in the world, we are interested in giving you that opportunity.
Bring it.
Jason Griffey
Chair, LITA Program Planning Committee
LITA Committee Chairs, IG Chairs, and other technically inclined library folk,
This year, the LITA Program Planning Committee, in an effort to modernize the workflow for planning programs for ALA Annual, has moved the process entirely online! The following is the form that you can fill out if you are interested in proposing a program via LITA for ALA Annual 2010, June 24-30th in Washington, DC:
http://tinyurl.com/LITAPrograms2010
The form will be available at the above link, on ALA Connect (http://connect.ala.org/node/76611), on LITABlog (http://litablog.org/ala-annual-2010-program-proposals/), and anywhere else we can embed it.
Once you submit your program proposal, the Program Planning Committee will be in touch with you by the middle of August, 2009. The soft deadline for submitting proposals to LITA for a program for Annual 2010 is July 31st, 2009.
Questions
If you have questions about anything relating to programs at ALA Annual, there is a public discussion board on ALA Connect designed just for that:
http://connect.ala.org/forum/6608
You do have to have an ALA Connect login, but you do not have to be an ALA member...you can register as a non-ALA member and still ask questions of the PPC. If you are an ALA member, you can login to Connect using your ALA login information.
If you have any problems that the Connect group doesn't solve (or you have other issues), you can email me directly, Jason Griffey, at griffey@gmail.com or find me on Twitter at @griffey. But please try to use the forum first. :-)
What can you submit
I am well aware of the challenge inherent with planning technology programming a full year in advance of the conference. Feel free to be a general as you need to be in describing your program on first draft...we can always approach you and ask you for details as we move through the process. But you do not have to have every speaker booked, and every topic decided, to put forward a proposal. Have a topic area, a theme, an idea for where you think tech will be? Go with it.
Who Can Submit Proposals
There is one more difference in the process this year that everyone should be aware of. In the past, all programs were driven by Committee and Interest Group submissions, with each group effectively submitting one program. While the PPC is happy to get submissions from these groups, it is NOT NECESSARY to be backed by a group in order for LITA PPC to examine and forward your proposal for a program.
If you, as an individual member, have a great idea and want to be considered, please put in a proposal. If you and two friends want to throw your hats in the ring, please do. If you aren't a LITA or ALA member _at all_ and think you have the best idea for a program at ALA Annual in the history of technology, fill out the form!
Library Society of the World, Code4Lib, and other library groups: here's your chance! Please participate and share with us! Let LITA give you a stage for your ideas. If you have an idea worth putting in front of 300 people at the largest gathering of librarians in the world, we are interested in giving you that opportunity.
Bring it.
Jason Griffey
Chair, LITA Program Planning Committee
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Call for Reporters (ALCTS Preconferences and Programs at ALA Annual, 2009)
Call for Reporters (ALCTS Preconferences and Programs at ALA Annual, 2009)
I need reporters for ALCTS preconferences and programs that will take place during the 2009 ALA Annual Conference in Chicago in July. Reports are typically about 500 words, will be published in the September issue of the ALCTS Newsletter Online (ANO), and include a
byline. Last year's reports are available at http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alcts/resources/ano/v19/n4/rpts/prog.cfm.
Contact me if you're interested in reporting or would like to suggest someone, and I'll send you a list of preconferences and programs. Reporters don't have to be ALCTS members, but they must be registered for the ALA Conference. Reports are due by August 15 and will run in
the September issue of ANO.
Sincerely,
Mary Beth Weber
Editor, ALCTS Newsletter Online
--
Mary Beth Weber
Head, Technical Services Department
Technical and Automated Services
Rutgers University Libraries
(732)445-0500
mbfecko@rci.rutgers.edu
I need reporters for ALCTS preconferences and programs that will take place during the 2009 ALA Annual Conference in Chicago in July. Reports are typically about 500 words, will be published in the September issue of the ALCTS Newsletter Online (ANO), and include a
byline. Last year's reports are available at http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alcts/resources/ano/v19/n4/rpts/prog.cfm.
Contact me if you're interested in reporting or would like to suggest someone, and I'll send you a list of preconferences and programs. Reporters don't have to be ALCTS members, but they must be registered for the ALA Conference. Reports are due by August 15 and will run in
the September issue of ANO.
Sincerely,
Mary Beth Weber
Editor, ALCTS Newsletter Online
--
Mary Beth Weber
Head, Technical Services Department
Technical and Automated Services
Rutgers University Libraries
(732)445-0500
mbfecko@rci.rutgers.edu
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