Friday, August 19, 2011

CFP - School Libraries Worldwide

CFP: School Libraries Worldwide

School Libraries Worldwide is the official professional and research journal of the International Association of School Librarianship. It is published twice yearly, in January and July, and is available online and through select periodical databases. School Libraries Worldwide publishes new works of current research and scholarship on any aspect of school librarianship. All papers are double-blind peer reviewed and adhere to the highest editorial standards.

Connections: Linking learning, leadership, technology, information, and society through school libraries (Volume 18, Number 1, January 2012)

This issue of School Libraries Worldwide will center on the theme of Connections: School librarians linking learning, leadership, technology, and society. As Malcolm Gladwell wrote in his influential book The Tipping Point (2001), “Connectors are the people who "link us up with the world ... people with a special gift for bringing the world together” (pp. 38, 41). For this issue, we use this definition as our point of departure in considering the many connecting roles of school libraries and librarians. We encourage papers that both affirm and extend this initial definition.

This issue will provide an opportunity for researchers to share their work relating to connections and connectors in school libraries.

Possible topics include, but are not limited to:

School librarians as agents who link home and school;
School libraries as places where children build connections between learning and their roles in society;
School librarians as ambassadors of broadband Internet and mobile devices;
School librarians as promoters of transliteracy in context;
School librarians as connectors across cultural, social, professional and ethnic boundaries;
The interplay between school libraries and digital libraries or virtual learning environments.

School library researchers are invited to submit papers reporting their own original research that has not been published elsewhere. Authors who wish to know more about the issue theme should contact the editors to discuss revision.

School Libraries Worldwide also welcomes submissions of excellent research on any topic relating to school librarianship for the open portion of the journal.

Deadline for submissions of full papers: September 20, 2011.
Authors interested in contributing to this issue should contact the editors, Marcia Mardis and Nancy Everhart at slw@cci.fsu.edu

Submission guidelines are available online at School Libraries Worldwide submission guidelines

Submissions and suggestions for the journal should be sent to:

Dr. Marcia A. Mardis and Dr. Nancy Everhart
Editors, School Libraries Worldwide
School of Library and Information Science
College of Communication & Information
The Florida State University
Tallahassee FL 32306-2100 USA
Fax: 1 (780) 492-7622
E-mail: slw@fsu.edu

CFP: Florida Association of College and Research libraries

CFP: Florida Association of College and Research libraries Fall 2011 Annual Program

Florida Association of College and Research Libraries
(FACRL)
Fall 2011 Annual Program Call for Proposals


The Florida Chapter of the Association of College and Research Libraries (FACRL) is conducting their annual fall program on Thursday and Friday, October 20-21, 2011 at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach. For more information on the program, please see our site at: http://facrl.fcla.edu/programs/Fall2011Program/Fall2011programinfo.html

The main topic of this year’s program is “Future of Academic Libraries in Florida”. We are excited to announce our keynote speakers will be Jim Morris and Shirley Hallblade, Co-Chairs of the statewide Task Force for the Future of Academic Libraries in Florida.

FACRL invites you to submit paper presentations (45 minutes) and poster sessions under the following themes:

A: Return of Investment (ROI) in Academic Libraries

1. ROI measures
2. Assessment, ACRL metrics and learning outcomes
3. Preparation for SACS reaffirmation

B: Content Delivery and User Expectations

1. Practical experience using new discovery tools
2. User expectations and response
3. Impact on academic libraries

C: Constant Change....Constant Opportunity

1. Professional development for working librarians
2. Emerging technologies
3. Library schools and course offerings to meet challenge of ever changing technologies

PROPOSAL SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: Proposals may be submitted by a single speaker or a panel of speakers. To be considered as a presenter, please provide the following:
1. Type of program (paper or poster session)
2. Proposal theme
3. Proposal title and an abstract (200 words)
4. Learning outcomes (200 words)
5. Contact information for all the presenters:
a. Name
b. Position
c. Institution and address
d. Phone
e. Email address

Please mark your proposal with a subject line “FACRL annual conference proposal” and email to Anjana H Bhatt at abhatt@fgcu.edu no later than Monday, August 8, 2011. Acceptance letters will be mailed on or before Monday, August 22, 2011.

A final copy of the presentation or the final poster session abstract must be submitted on or before Monday, October 17, 2011 for inclusion in the conference brochure and the web site.

CFP - 2012 Information Fluency Conference

Call for Papers for the 2012 Information Fluency Conference

The 2012 Information Fluency Conference planning committee invites you to submit proposals for the upcoming conference to be held at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, Florida. This year's theme is "Information Fluency and the Digital Divides." Proposals should address one or more of the various aspects of Information Fluency and the Digital Divides. Proposals will be peer-reviewed and may be published in a special edition of the Journal of Information Fluency. The conference program committee will accept 28 proposals for concurrent sessions or roundtable discussions and 15 posters for poster presentations. This Call for Proposals is being sent electronically only. We request that you share this information with colleagues who may be interested.

Submit your Proposal Online at www.ce.ucf.edu/if
Proposals must be submitted by October 14, 2011

The conference will feature keynote address, concurrent sessions, and posters with presentations on the various aspects of the theme, "Information Fluency and the Digital Divide." Learn about new and cutting edge theories in IF and see what your colleagues are doing on campuses around the world. Present your research and share your expertise.

Visit www.ce.ucf.edu/if, email us if@ucf.edu or call us at 407-882-0260 for more information. The call for papers is also attached as a PDF.

If you have a friend or colleague who would be interested in this program, please forward this message to them today!

Dr. Jason Martin
Associate Librarian
Interim Department Head
Curriculum Materials Center
University of Central Florida Libraries
PO Box 162666
Orlando, FL 32816-2666
E-Mail: jason.martin@ucf.edu
URL: library.ucf.edu/Staff/mjmartin
Phone: 407-823-2327
Fax: 407-823-3984

CFP: Many Faces of Information Competence

CFP: Many Faces of Information Competence (Academic Exchange Quarterly)

Academic Exchange Quarterly
Summer 2012, Volume 16, Issue 2
Expanded issue up to 400+ pages.
Articles on various topics plus the following special sections

The Many Faces of Information Competence
Feature Editor
Rhonda Huisman, Assistant Librarian
Liaison to the School of Education and Center for Teaching and Learning
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)
E-mail: rhuisman@iupui.edu

Focus:
Academic librarians are increasingly instructing targeted groups within the academic environment. Such groups include freshman learning communities, international students, graduate students, and faculty. Each of these groups is far from homogenous because of the diversity of their expectations of libraries and their information-seeking experiences. Even into the twenty-first century, many faculty members, for example, are reluctant to use electronic resources. How can we develop instruction programs that will address the shared needs of such groups and the diverse needs of individuals? What assessment tools are available to measure the success of such programs? How can we identify constituencies being underserved? Manuscripts are sought that describe successful (and even unsuccessful) approaches to information literacy for targeted groups and/or diverse populations in higher education. Manuscripts are also sought that report on quantitative or qualitative evaluations of the impact of information literacy programs, courses, and components of courses.

Who May Submit:
Manuscripts are sought from academic librarians, teaching faculty, and administrators in higher education who work with information literacy competencies. Please identify your submission with keyword: INFOLIT-2

Submission deadline:
Article submission deadline: February 29, 2012

Submission Procedure:
http://rapidintellect.com/AEQweb/rufen1.htm

CFP: Collaborat​ive Librarians​hip

CFP: Collaborat​ive Librarians​hip

Collaborative Librarianship – Publication of Vol. 3, no. 2 (Summer 2011) -July 7, 2011 – (Denver CO) – The open access journal, Collaborative Librarianship, (eISSN: 1943-7528) has published the 2nd issue of Volume 3. Scholarly articles cover: the role of interns in academic libraries; an innovative approach to library partnerships with literary organizations; library collaboration with high schools; and a new mode of peer mentoring in libraries. This issue also offers a tribute to Alan Charnes, CEO of the Colorado Alliance of Research libraries, who retires later this summer. Continue to consult the News section, updated several times each week.

Collaborative Librarianship – Statistics, July 7, 2011 – As of June 30th, 2011, the views/downloads total count for all items published to date tops 83,000.

Collaborative Librarianship: Call for Participation – July 7, 2011 – (Denver CO) – Consider joining the groundswell of support for library collaboration: volunteer to become a peer reviewer for the scholarly, open access, online journal, Collaborative Librarianship. All related subject/interest areas are welcomed. To register as a peer reviewer, please go to the home page, click “Register” tab, and provide the information. (Email address and other information given are strictly confidential and for use only by Collaborative Librarianship.) You can also contact directly the General Editor, Ivan Gaetz: igaetz@regis.edu.

Collaborative Librarianship: Call for Papers – Are you involved in some interesting, innovative or experimental aspect of library collaboration? Is your library exploring or implementing resources or services that build on, promote, or expand the scope of library collaboration? Are you critically reflecting on the methodology, theory or philosophy of why and how librarians, libraries or library consortia work together? If so, we would like to hear from you! Please consider submitting articles for “peer review” or “From the Field” sections of Collaborative Librarianship. Reader responses to articles and opinion pieces also are welcomed. Submissions can be made directly through the CL website. Issues will be published in March, June, September and December each year.

Collaborative Librarianship – on facebook and twitter- Participate in the conversation. Join the over 500 facebook “fans” of Collaborative Librarianship (http://www.facebook.com/CollaborativeLibrarianship), and follow CL on twitter.

CONTACT:
Ivan Gaetz, General Editor, Collaborative Librarianship
Regis University, 3333 Regis Blvd. Mail Code D-20
Denver CO 80221-1099
303-458-3556igaetz@regis.edu
www.collaborativelibrarianship.org

CFP: Information Literacy and Social Justice: Radical Professional Praxis

CFP: Information Literacy and Social Justice: Radical Professional Praxis (An Edited Collection)

Editors:
Shana Higgins and Lua Gregory are instruction and reference librarians at University of Redlands. They recently co-taught a first-year seminar titled, “Bleep! Censorship and Free Speech in the U.S.”

Outline:
In her award winning essay “Information Literacy and Reflective Pedagogical Praxis,” Heidi L.M. Jacobs draws out the inherent democratizing and social justice elements of information literacy as defined in the “Alexandria Proclamation On Information Literacy and Lifelong Learning.” She suggests that because of these underlying social justice elements, information literacy “is not only educational but also inherently political, cultural, and social” (258). We propose to extend the discussion of information literacy and its social justice aspects that James Elmborg, Cushla Kapitzke, Maria T. Accardi, Emily Drabinski, and Alana Kumbier, and Maura Seale have begun. If we consider the democratizing values implicit in librarianship’s professional ethics (such as intellectual freedom, social responsibility, diversity, democracy and privacy, among others) in relation to the sociopolitical context of information literacy, we will begin to make intentional connections between professional advocacy and curriculum and pedagogy. We hope this book will encourage a renewal of professional discourse about libraries in their social context, through a re-activation of the “neutrality debate,” as well as through an investigation of what it means for a global citizen to be information literate in late capitalism.

Objective of book:
This edited collection, to be published by Library Juice Press in Fall 2012, poses the following questions: What are the limits of standards and outcomes, such as ACRL’s [i.e. Standard 1.2 The information literate student identifies a variety of types and formats of potential sources for information. ], in fitting information literacy instruction to the complex contexts of information in the real world? Would the teaching of social justice and the democratizing values of the library profession strengthen critical information literacy in the classroom? And how do we balance the need to teach search skills and critical information literacy in our instructional efforts?

Target audience:
The target audience for this book includes instruction librarians, library instruction program coordinators, faculty and instructors interested in information literacy, and all librarians interested in the political, economic, social, and cultural contexts of the production, dissemination, suppression, and consumption of information.

Possible topics:
We encourage proposals on the intersections of information literacy instruction with the democratizing values of the library profession.

· Possible topics may include information literacy aspects of media coverage of war and embedded journalism, renewal of the Patriot Act, market-based censorship, for-profit libraries (Library Systems & Services), EPA library closures and access to environmental information, immigrants and library access, Wikileaks and government censorship, corporate censorship, anti-communism and anti-socialism in the media, classification of government documents, international and comparative studies on censorship, First Amendment protection to whistleblowers and the press, British Petroleum and oil spill research, global warming censorship, and library database mergers.

· Examples of information literacy sessions focusing on the above topics and/or framed by democratizing and social justice values of the library profession. Examples can also be aimed at specific disciplines.

· Discussions of theories/theorists (e.g. Noam Chomsky, Edward S. Herman, C. Wright Mills, Paulo Friere, Peter McClaren, etc.) and their usefulness in illuminating sociopolitical contexts of information within the classroom.

· Discussions on the “neutrality debate” in light of the sociopolitical and cultural context of information.

Submission Guidelines:
Please submit abstracts and proposals of up to 500 words to ilandsocialjustice@gmail.com by September 15, 2011. Notifications will be sent by November 1 and manuscripts from 1,500-7,000 words will be due by March 1, 2012.

Call for Chapters: Continuing Education for Librarians

Call for Chapters: Continuing Education for Librarians: Workshops, Conferences, College, and Other Ways

Book Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc.

Co-editor: Carol Smallwood, The Frugal Librarian: Thriving in Tough Economic Times; and Library Management Tips That Work, both 2011 ALA Editions

Co-editor: Vera Gubnitskaia, Orange County Library System, Orlando, Florida; contributor to Librarians as Community Partners: An Outreach Handbook (ALA Editions, 2010)

Co-editor: Kerol Harrod, Denton Public Library, Denton, Texas; 2011 Texas Library Association Public Relations Branding Iron Award

Chapters sought for an anthology by U.S. practicing academic, public, school, special librarians, LIS faculty, sharing practical how-to chapters on ways to continue education (librarianship and other fields) for advancement, keeping current, and personal satisfaction.

Possible topics: workshops, conferences, deciding on colleges, online classes, scholarships, graduate assistants, research and publication, stress management, financial aspects, teaching, balancing classes/family/work, networking, travel abroad.

Concise, how-to chapters using bullets, headings, based on experience to help colleagues. No previously published or simultaneously submitted material. One author or authored by two/one complimentary copy per chapter as compensation; 3,000-3,500 words.

Please e-mail 2-3 topics each described in 2-3 sentences by August 31, 2011 with brief biography sketch(s). Please place EDUCATION/Last Name on the subject line to: kerolharrod@gmail.com

CFP - Joint Conference of Librarians of Color

JCLC 2012 Call for Proposals (Joint Conference of Librarians of Color)
URL: http://lowereastsidelibrarian.info/jclc/cfp/2011

2012 Joint Conference of Librarians of Color
Call for Proposals
The 2012 Joint Conference of Librarians of Color, JCLC 2012: Gathering at the Waters: Celebrating Stories and Embracing Communities will take place from September 19-23, 2012 in Kansas City, Missouri. The mission of JCLC is to advance the issues affecting librarians of color within the profession and to also explore how best to serve the incredibly diverse and changing communities that use our libraries.

The Joint Conference of Librarians of Color is a conference for everyone and brings together a diverse group of librarians, library staff, supporters, trustees and community participants to explore issues of diversity inclusion in libraries and how they affect the ethnic communities who use our services. JCLC deepens connections across constituencies, creates spaces for dialogue, promotes the telling and celebrating of one’s stories, and encourages the transformation of libraries into more democratic and diverse organizations. This groundbreaking event is sponsored by the five ethnic caucuses: the American Indian Library Association (AILA), Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA), Black Caucus of the American Library Association (BCALA), Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA), and the National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish Speaking (REFORMA). JCLC 2012 follows the first gathering in 2006 in Dallas, Texas.
The 2012 JCLC Steering Committee invites you to submit a proposal for a presentation at the conference. Proposal submission deadlines are listed below.
JCLC Tracks and Topics
JCLC 2012 seeks conference session presentations in all areas of diversity, including, but not limited to, the topics below. Ideal sessions will either provide insights, skills, tools and strategies that stress solutions, implementation and practical applications; highlight exemplary programs, approaches and models; facilitate constructive dialogue, interaction, and understanding around significant issues affecting conference constituencies; or discuss efforts to create more inclusive environments, programs and curriculum.

Advocacy, Outreach and Collaboration
Marketing; outreach to diverse populations; community collaborations; user spaces; public policy; health education; using census data and other government information; cultural programming; services to and rebuilding of communities hit with disaster; research; undocumented, urban, rural and low-income communities; etc.
Collections, Programs and Services
Ethnic and multicultural collections; film and music; information literacy; children’s, youth and adult programming; programs for diverse populations; reference; instruction; grant funded programs; technical services; archives; preservation; documenting traditional knowledge; research; cataloging/subject headings/controlled vocabulary; etc.
Deep Diversity and Cultural Exchange (understanding and valuing differences)
Increasing awareness and tolerance of “minorities”; disabilities; gender; celebrating elders; religion; sexual orientation/LGBT populations; nationality; sharing traditional knowledge; serving the incarcerated; immigrant and refugees; cross cultural issues; transnational communities; multiculturalism; best practices and model programs; etc.
Leadership, Management and Organizational Development
Administration; staff development/training; recruitment and retention; leadership; organizational culture; management; cultural competencies; mentoring; assessment; mid-career strategies; staff and paraprofessional issues; conflict resolution and mediation; re-organization and re-structuring; leading during tight economic times; institutional change; research; fundraising; etc.
Technology and Innovation
Teaching and learning; emerging technologies; e-repositories; social networking applications; digitization; equal access for users; library tools; e-books; mobile devices; widgets; mashups; online learning and collaboration; open access movements; social aspects of technology and implications for use; videos; etc.

Session Formats
All sessions are 75 minutes long and may take one of the following formats:

Panel
Individual Paper/Presentation
Roundtable
Workshop
Poster Session

**JCLC will also accept proposals in different formats (other than those listed above) that will excite, engage and create a new learning environment for conference attendees**
Submission Guidelines
All proposals must be submitted to the Joint Conference of Librarians of Color website.
Deadline
All proposals must be received by midnight PST on September 15, 2011. No late submissions will be accepted. Notifications of proposal selection will be made on a rolling basis beginning on November 1, 2011 and ending on December 15, 2011.
Selection Criteria
All proposals will be blind reviewed (without author identification) by the JCLC Program Committee. Proposals are evaluated on quality and clarity of content, uniqueness of topic, relevance to conference attendees, ability to engage the audience, and the relationship of the proposal to the mission of the conference.
Questions
Many questions can be answered on the JCLC website. Questions may also be sent to Alanna Aiko Moore, JCLC Program Committee Chair.

CFP - Workplace Culture in Academic Libraries

CFP: Chapters for book on “Workplace Culture in Academic Libraries: The Early Twenty-First Century.”

This is a call for proposals for chapters for an upcoming book titled “Workplace Culture in Academic Libraries: The Early Twenty-First Century.” This book will be edited by Kelly Blessinger and Paul Hrycaj of Louisiana State University and published by Chandos Press.

This book will focus on various aspects of workplace culture in academic libraries from the practitioners’ viewpoint, as opposed to that of the theoretician. Basic questions the book will be concerned with: What conditions contribute to an excellent academic library work environment? What helps to make a particular academic library a great place to work? Articles should focus on actual programs while placing the discussion in a scholarly context. Each article should minimally have an introduction, literature review, and conclusion. More research-based articles should also include a problem statement, methodology, and results. It will be preferable for authors to be current academic librarians, though articles from those who are not current practitioners will be acceptable as long as they are based on previous experience as a practitioner.


The editors have already approved chapter proposals from several invited authors, but we still have areas where proposals are needed. These areas are:

1. Staff morale: Interpersonal relations and attitudes: Staff organizations, social committees and other ways academic libraries can improve morale.

2. Mentoring/coaching: Creating pathways: Programs in place to match less-experienced librarians with more experienced librarians to provide personal assistance in their professional development.

3. Communication and information sharing: Wikis, intranets, retreats, and just plain talking: Different methods used to encourage communication pathways between staff members to increase awareness, retain knowledge, and prevent duplication of effort.

1. Staff motivation/incentives: Methods managers can use to motivate their staff (including practical examples) and innovative ways to provide incentives to staff in the absence of raises.

2. Adventures in shared management: Models from other universities: Innovations in less hierarchical and most holistic styles of management, how to empower workers by increasing their involvement in management and thereby their ownership of outcomes.


To submit a proposal, please submit the following by September 1, 2011 to Kelly Blessinger at kblessi@lsu.edu:

1) A one to two paragraph summary of your idea for a chapter
2) A current curriculum vitae
3) Citations to current works or a writing sample


Any additional questions can be directed to either editor:

Kelly Blessinger
kblessi@lsu.edu
225-578-8538

Paul Hrycaj
phryca1@lsu.edu
225-578-2629

CFP: NASIG 27th Annual Conference

CFP: NASIG 27th Annual Conference - Creating Harmony from Dis-Chord

June 7 - 10, 2012

Nashville, Tennessee



The 2012 Program Planning Committee (PPC) invites proposals for conference sessions. Publishers, vendors, librarians,

and others in the field of electronic resources and serials are encouraged to submit proposals relating to scholarly

communication, publishing, and resource acquisition, management, and discovery. Proposals based on emerging

trends, case studies, and descriptive and experimental research findings are encouraged.



The PPC is looking for topics within, though not limited to, the following learning tracks:



Access and Discovery

Acquisitions and Licensing

Archiving and Preservation

Cataloging and Metadata

Collection Development

eResources, eSerials, eBooks and eManagement

Mobile Technology

Open Access and Digital Repositories

Publishing and Scholarly communication

Standards



To propose a program or idea, please use the online form http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/NASIG2012. This Call for

Proposals will close on September 16, 2011.



Please note the following:



* Formerly, NASIG conferences included sessions with the designations of Strategy” and “Tactic.” These

designations will not be used at the 2012 conference, and all sessions that formerly held these designations will be

one hour long.



* The Program Planning Committee welcomes proposals that are still in the formative stages, and may work with potential

presenters to focus their proposals further.



* Proposals should name any particular products or services that are integral to the content of the presentation.

However, as a matter of NASIG policy, programs should not be used as a venue to promote or attack any product, service,

or institution.



* Time management issues generally limit each session to two to three speakers for conference sessions. Panels of four

(4) or more speakers must be discussed in advance with the Program Planning Committee (prog-plan@nasig.org)



* NASIG has a reimbursement policy http://www.nasig.org/conference_compensation.cfm for

conference speakers whose organizations do not cover expenses.



Inquiries may be sent to the PPC Chair (Michael Hanson) and Vice Chair (Karen Davidson) at: prog-plan@nasig.org



We look forward to a great conference in Nashville!



Michael Hanson and Karen Davidson

NASIG PPC Chair and Vice Chair





Established in 1985, the North American Serials Interest Group, Inc. is an independent organization that promotes

communication and sharing of ideas among all members of the serials information chain – anyone working with or

concerned about serial publications. For more information about NASIG, please visit http://www.nasig.org/.



Marilyn M. Carney

Publicist, NASIG, Inc.

mmcarney@waketech.edu

CFP - Collection Management

Collection Management seeks well-researched, refereed articles on the topic of shared or collaborative print repositories. The special issue will include 10-12 original papers and be published in v. 37 no. 3/4 (July 2012).

Topics may include, but are not limited to:
· Planning and development of shared print repositories
· Procedures and staffing of shared print repositories
· Selection of materials (including weeding) for archiving
· Coordination of archiving and preservation of print resources among libraries
· Business models that the support of coordination of shared repositories
· Establishment of funding for regional shared repositories
· Implications of the reliance on electronic resources and microfilm for humanities scholars
· Technological considerations and protocols to support a shared repository
· Implications of a shared regional repository on interlibrary loan, space availability, or staff relocation
· A history of shared print repositories and/or a comprehensive literature review

Manuscripts should be (20-40) typed pages, double-spaced (including references and abstract). The references and format should follow the Chicago style (as outlined in the latest edition of The Chicago Manual of Style). Electronic submission is preferred. The journal is published quarterly in both print and electronic formats. Additional information about submission requirements is at http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/journal.asp?issn=0146-2679&linktype=44

Deadlines
October 15, 2011: Submit an abstract (maximum of one page) with the title and your proposed article idea. Your full contact information may appear on a separate page, but please include your name, institution, and email address on the abstract page.
November 15, 2011: The editors will notify authors whether their proposals have been accepted.
February 15, 2012: Submit completed article.
March 15, 2012: Final versions of completed article are due.
Please submit abstracts and address correspondence to Karen Fischer with this subject line: CM special issue article proposal. We will be glad to answer any questions and look forward to your article proposals.

Editors:
Karen Fischer
Collections Analysis Librarian
University of Iowa
100 Main Library
Iowa City, IA 52245-1420
karen-fischer@uiowa.edu

Faye A. Chadwell
Donald and Delpha Campbell University Librarian & OSU Press Director
Oregon State University
121 The Valley Library
Corvallis, OR 97331-4501
faye.chadwell@oregonstate.edu

Call - Public Services Quarterly

Public Services Quarterly is recruiting for several volunteer positions.

*** Column Editor for “Best of the Literature” – this person will write columns and/or recruit others and edit columns that provide an annotated bibliography of 5-8 recent publications on a topic of interest to public services librarians.

*** Column Editor for “Internet Resources” - this person will write and/or recruit others and edit columns that review web resources that would be useful to public services librarians.

*** Members of the Editorial Board – we need two to four people to serve as peer reviewers for manuscripts submitted to the journal.

If you are interested in any of these opportunities, please send me a note expressing interest and providing information about your experience or qualifications.

See http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/WPSQ for more details about the journal. If you don’t have access to the journal and would like to see samples of the columns, just let me know.

Thanks for considering, and please get in touch if you have any questions.

Beth Blakesley
Incoming Editor, Public Services Quarterly
beth.blakesley@wsu.edu

Call - Public Services Quarterly

Public Services Quarterly is recruiting for several volunteer positions.

*** Column Editor for “Best of the Literature” – this person will write columns and/or recruit others and edit columns that provide an annotated bibliography of 5-8 recent publications on a topic of interest to public services librarians.

*** Column Editor for “Internet Resources” - this person will write and/or recruit others and edit columns that review web resources that would be useful to public services librarians.

*** Members of the Editorial Board – we need two to four people to serve as peer reviewers for manuscripts submitted to the journal.

If you are interested in any of these opportunities, please send me a note expressing interest and providing information about your experience or qualifications.

See http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/WPSQ for more details about the journal. If you don’t have access to the journal and would like to see samples of the columns, just let me know.

Thanks for considering, and please get in touch if you have any questions.

Beth Blakesley
Incoming Editor, Public Services Quarterly
beth.blakesley@wsu.edu

Thursday, August 18, 2011

CFP - Shared Print Repositories

Call for Papers: Special Issue of Collection Management on Shared Print Repositories

Collection Management seeks well-researched, refereed articles on the topic of shared or collaborative print repositories. The special issue will include 10-12 original papers and be published in v. 37 no. 3/4 (July 2012).

Topics may include, but are not limited to:
· Planning and development of shared print repositories
· Procedures and staffing of shared print repositories
· Selection of materials (including weeding) for archiving
· Coordination of archiving and preservation of print resources among libraries
· Business models that the support of coordination of shared repositories
· Establishment of funding for regional shared repositories
· Implications of the reliance on electronic resources and microfilm for humanities scholars
· Technological considerations and protocols to support a shared repository
· Implications of a shared regional repository on interlibrary loan, space availability, or staff relocation
· A history of shared print repositories and/or a comprehensive literature review

Manuscripts should be (20-40) typed pages, double-spaced (including references and abstract). The references and format should follow the Chicago style (as outlined in the latest edition of The Chicago Manual of Style). Electronic submission is preferred. The journal is published quarterly in both print and electronic formats. Additional information about submission requirements is at http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/journal.asp?issn=0146-2679&linktype=44

Deadlines
October 15, 2011: Submit an abstract (maximum of one page) with the title and your proposed article idea. Your full contact information may appear on a separate page, but please include your name, institution, and email address on the abstract page.
November 15, 2011: The editors will notify authors whether their proposals have been accepted.
February 15, 2012: Submit completed article.
March 15, 2012: Final versions of completed article are due.
Please submit abstracts and address correspondence to Karen Fischer with this subject line: CM special issue article proposal. We will be glad to answer any questions and look forward to your article proposals.

Editors:
Karen Fischer
Collections Analysis Librarian
University of Iowa
100 Main Library
Iowa City, IA 52245-1420
karen-fischer@uiowa.edu

Faye A. Chadwell
Donald and Delpha Campbell University Librarian & OSU Press Director
Oregon State University
121 The Valley Library
Corvallis, OR 97331-4501
faye.chadwell@oregonstate.edu

CFP - Computers in Libraries

CIL 2012 - Call for Speakers is Open
March 21 - March 23, 2012
Hilton Washington, Washington DC

Bring Your Imagination!
Now is your chance to speak at CIL 2012.

Information Today, Inc. is pleased to announce the 27th annual Computers in Libraries – the most comprehensive North American conference and exhibition concentrating on all aspects of library technology. Our theme this year is Creating Innovative Libraries.

If you would like to participate in Computers in Libraries 2012 as a speaker or workshop leader, please submit a proposal as soon as possible (September 9, 2011 at the very latest).

Creating Innovative Libraries is what librarians, systems and information professionals, and teams of other partners and experts do with computers, the internet and cutting edge technology. At Computers in Libraries 2012, the focus is on practices and techniques, technology, and the imagination and creativity that makes innovative libraries. 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. So bring your imagination and creative ideas to Computers in Libraries 2012
and help change the landscape of innovating libraries.

Submit Your Proposal!

We look forward to hearing from you!

Jane Dysart
Program Chair
Dysart & Jones Associates

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Workshop -Teaching with Primary Sources


*NEA Fall 2011 Meeting: Teaching with Primary Sources*
Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
October 14 - 15, 2011

This fall's New England Archivists meeting will focus on teaching with
primary sources. Meeting participants will have the opportunity to
discuss the use of primary-source materials in educational and outreach
programs and the technology to share such materials. Detailed
information about the sessions, workshops, accommodations, and
registration is available at www.newenglandarchivists.org.

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

FREE conference - THATCamp

THATCamp (The Humanities and Technology Camp) is an open meeting where humanists and technologists of all skill levels learn and build together in sessions proposed on the spot. It is an unconference, which means that there are no presentations, and all participants work together to form the program. On Saturday, November 19 in downtown Atlanta, GA, the Museum Computer Network is sponsoring THATCamp MCN, a free unconference for anyone interested in how new technologies and platforms are changing the landscape of museums.

Graduate students in museum studies or related disciplines, museum professionals, and developers are all encouraged to register. Topics for discussion might include everything from managing software projects to uses of social media for museums, and participants are also encouraged to propose coding sessions and co-writing sessions where the emphasis is on doing, not talking. We plan to have a draft program up by September 1, but participants can continue to submit session ideas even as the unconference is taking place. There will also be free workshops at THATCamp MCN on technologies such as the Omeka web exhibit builder, and $500 fellowships are available courtesy of the Kress Foundation to make it possible for early-career museum professionals and students to travel to THATCamp MCN. The fellowship application deadline is August 1.

This unconference is offered in conjunction with the Museum Computer Network conference, but if you are attending the MCN meeting, you must still register separately for THATCamp MCN. You do not need to register for the MCN meeting in order to attend THATCamp MCN.

Contact Amanda French at mcn@thatcamp.org with any and all questions, and follow @THATCampMCN on Twitter for updates.

Conference - Best Practices Exchange

Best Practices Exchange (BPE) 2011: “Distilling Digital Collections”



We are seeking proposals for sessions to be presented at the 6th annual
Best Practices Exchange (BPE), which will be held in Lexington, KY,
at the Hyatt Regency hotel, October 20-22, 2011. The BPE is a
conference that focuses on the management of digital information in
state government, and it brings together practitioners to discuss their
real-world experiences, including best practices and lessons learned.



Following the format of past Best Practices Exchanges we encourage you, the attendees, to present your projects and experiences, successes, failures and lessons learned. This year's conference has four broad tracks. Each track is enumerated below,
along with a list of themes embraced by each track. We ask that potential speakers be guided, but not limited, by the themes indicated.



Each session will be 90 minutes long with two or more speakers per session. We ask that you keep presentations to 10-15 minutes to allow for discussion and engagement with the audience. Proposals should include an abstract of 100 words or less, the proposed track (if applicable), and the name, title, email, phone number and organization of each presenter. You may submit a proposal for one speaker, which will then be paired with others by the program committee; or a proposal for a full session with multiple speakers (please contact and confirm the other speakers prior to submission.) For more information about proposals, please see the “Presentations” page on the website at: http://www.bpexchange.org/2011/?page_id=16



1) Access: Online access; should everything be accessible; FOIA/Open Records issues; legal issues with access



2)Sustainability: Budget/funding issues; technology (IT consolidation, lack of IT support); life after the grant; evaluation, statistics, and user feedback.



3) Digital Projects: Lessons learned; what worked and what didn’t; solutions; new tools or services



4) Collaboration and Community: Support groups and user communities; shared services; user services; library/archives crossovers



Proposals are due by September 15, 2011. Please send all session proposals to Mark Myers, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, atmark.myers@ky.gov .



(The hotel costs will be $139/night and conference registration will be $125. We are finalizing the details on how we are going to process registrations. Registration information will be posted to the website: www.bpexchange.org/2011soon.)

CFP - Open Information Science Journal

The Open Information Science Journal
The Open Information Science Journal is an Open Access online journal, which publishes research articles, reviews, and letters in all areas of Library and Information Science, aiming at providing the most complete and reliable source of information on current developments in the field.

For more information go to: http://www.benthamscience.com/open/toiscij/MSandI.htm

Manuscripts may be submitted directly to toiscij@benthamopen.org. Each peer-reviewed article that is published in a Bentham OPEN Journal is universally and freely accessible via the Internet in an easily readable and printable PDF format.

Online Manuscript Submission: An online submission and tracking service via Internet facilitates a speedy and cost-effective submission of manuscripts.1 The full manuscript has to be submitted online via Bentham's Content Management System (CMS) at http://www.bentham-editorial.org/ View Instructions

Alternatively, you may also submit your full manuscript by e-mail to toiscij@benthamopen.org

Manuscripts must be submitted by one of the authors of the manuscript, and should not be submitted by anyone on their behalf. The principal/corresponding author will be required to submit a Covering Letter along with the manuscript, on behalf of all the co-authors (if any). The author(s) will confirm that the manuscript (or any part of it) has not been published previously or is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. Furthermore, any illustration, structure or table that has been published elsewhere must be reported, and copyright permission for reproduction must be obtained.

For all online submissions, please provide your complete manuscript in the form of a single zipped folder containing soft copies of all the materials (main text in MS Word or Tex/LaTeX), figures / illustrations in TIFF, PDF or JPEG, and chemical structures drawn in ChemDraw (CDX) / ISISDraw (TGF) as separate files, while a PDF version of the entire manuscript must also be included, embedded with all the figures / illustrations / tables / chemical structures etc.

It is imperative that before submission, authors should carefully proofread the files for special characters, mathematical symbols, Greek letters, equations, tables and images, quantitative evidence and analysis, to ensure that they appear in proper format.

A successful electronic submission of a manuscript will be followed by a system-generated acknowledgement to the principal/corresponding author within 72 hours of the dispatch of the manuscript. Any questions with regards to the preparation of and submission of your manuscript to the journal should be addressed to toiscij@benthamopen.org and copied to managingeditor@benthamopen.org

NOTE: Any queries therein should be addressed to oa@benthamscience.org and copied to Jalil@benthamscience.org

Workshop - EXPLORING MAPS

EXPLORING MAPS: HISTORY, FABRICATION, AND PRESERVATION

Presented by the Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts



Philadelphia, PA – November 2 and 3, 2011



Cosponsored and hosted by

The Athenaeum of Philadelphia



ABOUT THE PROGRAM

The great majority of maps were produced for practical use, not designed to last. Many are oversize and have been folded or rolled for storage over the years. Often maps were created using media that has not proven stable with time. In each case, the practicality of the map has worked against the likelihood of its long-term preservation and has presented conservation challenges. Maps that remain intact today are consequently even more valuable, not only for their aesthetic beauty but also for the rare insight they offer into the landscapes and world views of the past.



This program will provide an overview of the history of maps and address predominant issues in their care and preservation. Speakers will also explore creative, innovative approaches to reinterpreting and revitalizing historic maps through advances in preservation and technology.



LOCATION & TIME

The Athenaeum of Philadelphia

219 South 6th Street

Philadelphia, PA 19106



Wednesday, November 2 & Thursday, November 3, 2011

9:00 AM – 5:00 PM



REGISTRATION & FEES

$225 CCAHA members

$250 Non-members



Registration, secure credit card payment, and additional program information are available on our website at: www.ccaha.org/education/program-calendar



The Academy of Certified Archivists will award five Accreditation Recertification Credits (ARCs) to eligible Certified Archivists (CAs) attending this program. For more information, go to: www.certifiedarchivists.org.



Major funding for this program was generously provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities, with additional support from the Philadelphia Council on the Arts, the Philadelphia Cultural Fund, and the Independence Foundation.



To learn more about CCAHA and its programs and services, please visit www.ccaha.org.



QUESTIONS? Call 215-545-0613 or email pso@ccaha.org

Workshop - Mysteries of Magnetic Tape Revealed

Mysteries of Magnetic Tape Revealed!



Plan now to attend this practical and informative workshop on preserving and managing audio-video tape, to be held Oct. 19-21, 2011, at the Sioux City Hotel (formerly the Clarion Hotel and Conference Center) in Sioux City, IA.



To register, go to http://www.midwestarchives.org and choose “Registration.”



Analog audio- and videotape formats dominated the recording of sound and moving images for the better part of the late 20th century, stretching back as far as the 1950s. Whether acquired through in-house creation or external donation, these machine-readable formats have become increasingly common denizens of archival holdings all over the world. And their growing numbers, the recent alarms regarding their uncertain physical viability and their dependence on largely obsolete technology serve only to further perplex the collections manager who is more comfortable with paper and born-digital records.



This symposium gathers archivists and practitioners to discuss the basics of magnetic audio and video media. Topics such as physical characteristics, preservation issues, format obsolescence, collections management, description, use and options for reformatting represent some of the content of this valuable exploration of the mysterious world of analog magnetic media. The symposium has been approved for ACA certification credit.



The symposium, sponsored by the Midwest Archives Conference, will be held Oct. 19-21, 2011, at the Sioux City Hotel (formerly the Clarion Hotel and Conference Center) in Sioux City, IA. Join us for the opening reception, 5-7 p.m. , Wed., Oct. 19, at the newly-opened Sioux City Public Museum across the street from the hotel.



For more information, go to http://www.midwestarchives.org.



About the speakers:



George Blood of George Blood Audio and Video (formerly Safe Sound Archive) in Philadelphia is an expert in preserving and transferring magnetic recordings, both audio and video. He will discuss the technical aspects of magnetic media and their care, the digitization process, and working with vendors.



Elizabeth Clemens is the audiovisual archivist at Wayne State University in Detroit. She will share her experiences working with magnetic media from an archivist’s perspective, covering topics such as preservation, selection, description and access.

Friday, August 12, 2011

Workshop - Seeking - and getting - an archives job

Seeking - and getting - an archives job, October 6-7, 9:00 am-5:00 pm, at the Oregon Historical Society, Portland, OR.

Workshop Description:

Job seeking is often a very frustrating process, full of hidden- and not-so-hidden -obstacles. Ever wondered what is going on in the minds of the recruiters? Want to make sure your application gets the consideration it deserves?

This workshop will focus on the job search process: from preparing application materials to writing interview thank you notes, with an added emphasis on crafting application materials and interviewing. The workshop is intended for both archivists new to the profession and archivists who want to brush up on their job seeking skills.

This two day workshop (October 6-7; 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.) is pre-approved for ten (10) Archival Recertification Credits.


Access is limited to thirty (30) so please register early. Registration cost is $40.00.

Workshop sponsored by Northwest Archivists, Inc. and the Oregon Historical Society.

More information and online registration: Seeking - and getting - an archives job

And on a more personal note: if you have any questions about the workshop, please feel free to contact me directly. I’m willing to help you seek out crash space if you don’t live in Portland, and so forth. I see that we’re already down to 27 available spaces and the NWA announcement just went out yesterday afternoon, so apparently we’re not kidding about the register early part! --Arlene



Arlene Schmuland, MA, CA

Associate Professor of Library Science

Head, Archives & Special Collections

Consortium Library

University of Alaska Anchorage

arlene@uaa.alaska.edu


Conference - Second Annual K-12 Archives Education Institute

Second Annual K-12 Archives Education Institute, October 15,
2011, at the National Archives at New York City


For immediate release


The Archivists Round Table of Metropolitan New York, Inc., (ART) in
partnership with the National Archives at New York City, announces the
second annual K-12 Archives Education Institute (AEI). The event will be
held at the National Archives at New York City from 9:30am-3:30pm. This
program is intended to bring together 35 local K-12 educators and archivists
to discuss strategies for teaching primary source materials on the topic of
immigration and migration. The Institute will culminate in a collaborative
exercise to develop K-12 curriculum on immigration and migration based on
Common Core Standards and utilizing the collections from participating
repositories. The AEI will begin with a morning panel moderated by
Christopher Zarr, Education Specialist at the National Archives at New York
City, with the following panelists:


• Pamela Cruz, Director, Girl Scouts of the USA National Historic
Preservation Center

• Richard Geldmacher, Social Studies Cluster Teacher, PS 68, Bronx; Chapter
Leader, United Federation of Teachers

• Ellen Noonan, Adjunct Professor of Public History, New York University;
American Social History Project/Center for Media and Learning, The Graduate
Center, City University of New York

• Melvin Reeves, Associate Director, Program Planning and Evaluation,
StoryCorps

• Andy Steinitz, Master of Science Student, Library and Information Science,
Pratt Institute; Assistant Registrar-Transfer Articulation, Office of the
Registrar, Pratt Institute


In the afternoon, there will be educational activities for participants on
the topic of immigration and migration. At the conclusion of the event,
certificates will be awarded to participants, which may be eligible for
Archival Recertification Credits (ARCs) for members of the Academy of
Certified Archivists, and professional development hours for teachers and
educators.


The group will continue to work collaboratively on the curriculum following
the Institute with the guidance of the AEI Planning Committee, ART, and the
National Archives at New York City. The curriculum, as a work in progress,
will be presented to the public at a special event in January 2012,
sponsored by ART and the National Archives.


A light breakfast and lunch will be provided for all participants. This
event is free for all participants who have been accepted to the Institute.
Generous support is provided by MetLife.


Teachers and educators, including student teachers, in the Metropolitan New
York area, as well as archivists working in the Metropolitan New York area,
are eligible to apply to the program. Applications are available online:
http://nycarchivists.wufoo.com/forms/k12-archives-education-institute. All
applications are due by September 16, 2011, and all applicants will be
notified of acceptance at that time.


All press inquires and questions may be directed to: Ryan Anthony Donaldson,
ART Communications and Outreach Coordinator, outreach@nycarchivists.org.

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Internship - Smithsonian Institution

Internship Opportunity
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution
Oral History Management

The Archives of American Art at the Smithsonian Institution seeks a graduate level intern to work with their retrospective oral history collection. The Archives of American Art (AAA) recently received a prestigious Save America's Treasures matching grant of $250,000 for the preservation and digitization of the Archives’ Oral History Collection. The purpose of this position is to support the preservation and digitization efforts occurring with this project.

The Archives’ Oral History Program began in 1958. The interviews include American artists, scholars, critics, collectors, dealers, supporters and others involved in American art. Today, our recordings make up the world’s largest collection of oral histories on the subject of art, allowing scholars to learn about the art world directly from the words of our nation’s most distinguished artists.

Duties will include, but are not limited to:
• Organizing materials sent to, and returned from, our digitization vendor
• Scanning original tape boxes
• Rehousing original materials for offsite storage
• Auditing oral history transcripts
• Identifying sound clips from transcripts to be used on the AAA Website
• Encoding oral history transcripts for AAA's Website
Time Commitment: 20- 40 hours per week for approximately 10 weeks. Can begin immediately.
Qualifications:
• Previous library or archival experience preferred
• Audio materials handling (or an interest in learning about audio handling) a strong plus
• Interest in oral histories and oral history management
• Detail oriented
• Ability to work independently

Application deadline for the Fall/Winter internship is September 2, 2011.
This internship is unpaid, but interns may receive course credit.
Internship applications must be submitted through the Smithsonian Online Academic Appointment System (https://solaa.si.edu). Applicants will be required to upload the following materials:
• Cover letter
• Résumé detailing your experience, career interests, and internship goals
• Unofficial academic transcript
• Names and email addresses of those who will provide letter of references
For further information please contact Jennifer Snyder at snyderj@si.edu

Sunday, August 7, 2011

Symposium - Artists' Records in the Archives

Deadline August 15th



Artists' Records in the Archives: A One Day Symposium - Call for
Participation

The archives of many institutions contain artists' records-documents
created by artists that often bear witness to the creative process, as
evinced by sketches, doodles, and other notations. Artists' records
differ from other types of records due to their inherent connection to
the art object and the art market. In recent years there has been a
plethora of symposia and conferences dedicated to artist archives, art
history and "the archive," as well as to the use of archival materials
by contemporary artists. While crucial, these investigations have been
driven almost entirely by art historians and have not included the
perspectives of archivists and special collections librarians. As part
of an effort to broaden the discussion surrounding artists' records, the
Archivists Round Table of Metropolitan New York has organized a one day
symposium, "Artists' Records in the Archives," to be held on October 11,
2011 held at the New York Public Library. Focusing on the perspective
of the information professional, this symposium will address how
contemporary artists use artists' records in their work, the
significance of artists' records in archives for scholars and curators,
and how archivists and special collections librarians manage artists'
records in their repositories.

Possible topics or areas of interest include, but are not limited to,
the following:

*Artists' use of other artists' records
*How archivists manage artists' records and how this might differ within
a museum, estate, gallery, and university setting
*Collecting artists' records
*Appraisal of artists' records
*Underdocumented artists and the archives
*Exhibitions and artists' records
*Artists' records and the digital environment
*Born digital artists' records
*Copyright, moral rights, and the artist
*Conversations between archivists, artists, and art historians regarding
archives

Date: October 11, 2011
Location: New York Public Library

All individual presentations will be 20 minutes long (10 page paper).

Submissions must include a title, name of author and institutional
affiliation, abstract (250 words max), and indication of technological
requirements.

Individual papers or entire panel proposals accepted.

A small travel stipend is available. If interested please indicate in
the submission.

Deadline for Proposals: Proposals should be emailed to
artistsymposium@gmail.com by August 15, 2011.




Lindsay Turley

Manuscripts and Reference Archivist

Museum of the City of New York

1220 Fifth Avenue

New York, NY 10029

917-492-3472

lturley@mcny.org

www.mcny.org

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

CFP - Successful Transitions to Academic Research

Call for Papers
Special Issue: Successful Transitions to Academic Research



Codex: The Journal for the Louisiana Chapter of the Association of College and Research Libraries is seeking article submissions for its theme issue “Successful Transitions to Academic Research”. The focus of our issue is the reporting and evaluation of collaborative efforts between academic and school librarians to teach information literacy skills to traditional college students aged 18-20 years. We encourage evidence-based contributions for improving student engagement and learning, as well as approaches which critique present pedagogical practices. The following types of submissions will be accepted until the closing date of MONDAY, OCTOBER 10th 2011.



· Research articles on information literacy (IL) programs and initiatives including both course-integrated instruction and formal IL courses in school and university curricula. Articles should be supported by empirical evidence that demonstrate the value or success of the program/initiative, lessons learned, and an applicable list of best practices.

· Articles that examine the current state of IL pedagogy using applicable theories from literary studies, library and information science, anthropology, sociology or philosophy.

· Interviews with practitioners in the field, including high school and college level teachers, librarians, and LIS faculty.

· Essay and opinion pieces on the state of IL and its future, especially in consideration of mobile technologies and changing notions of literacy



Please send all inquiries to the guest editor of this issue, Michael Matthews, at matthewsm@nsula.edu.

Monday, August 1, 2011

CFP - "Describing Digital Images of Medieval Manuscripts using Dublin Core: Projects and Proposals"

Call for panelists at "Describing Digital Images of Medieval Manuscripts using Dublin Core: Projects and Proposals" (panel)
at 47th International Congress on Medieval Studies

May 10 -13, 2012
Due September 15, 2011

Participants for this session sponsored by the Hill Museum and Manuscript Library (HMML) and Special Collections and Rare Books, Western Michigan University will discuss the use of Dublin Core as a descriptive tool for medieval manuscripts. Individuals and repositories currently using Dublin Core as a part of their descriptions for searching and identifying materials online are invited to participate and WMU's efforts to develop a formal application profile to create simple DC descriptions for discovery of manuscripts and for teaching will be discussed.

Abstracts and participant forms ( http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/submissions/index.html#PIF ) should be sent to


Susan Steuer
Western Michigan Univ.
Rare Books and Special Collections
Waldo Library 3017
1903 W. Michigan Ave.
Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5353

Fax: 269-387-5077
susan.steuer@wmich.edu

The full program is available at http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/Assets/pdf/congress/CallForPapers2012.pdf


--
Sheila Bair
Metadata & Cataloging Librarian
University Libraries
Western Michigan University
(269)387-5160

Free webinars - Trends in Library Training and Learning.

Couldn’t make it to ALA or came and want MORE amazing programs?



Join the Learning Round Table and WebJunction on August 10 – 11 for Trends in Library Training and Learning.

This two-day event allows you to attend one, some or all of the programs.

Additionally, you can host a viewing party with your colleagues to join together and discuss what you learn.



See:

http://www.webjunction.org/trends-training-learning