Call for Proposals: Academic Exchange Quarterly: Alternative Library Instruction. Due August 31

Special Feature editors Rebecca Feind and Crystal Goldman are pleased to
announce that manuscripts are now being accepted for the following issue of
Academic Exchange Quarterly.  The Winter 2011 issue theme is Alternative
Library Instruction.  The goal of this issue will be to provide examples of
alternative library instruction created by librarians or faculty members in all
settings, K-12, public, academic, special, etc., that can be implemented by
others. Alternative library instruction can be, but is not limited to:

-- Curriculum integrated instruction
-- Virtual instruction
-- Audio/video tours
-- Interactive instruction
-- Active learning experiences
-- Game oriented instruction

Who May Submit:

Manuscripts are sought from those librarians or faculty members who have
produced engaging and effective library instruction programs that move beyond
the traditional methods of instruction either through the use of technology or
creativity. Please identify your submission with keyword: ALTERNATIVE-1

Submission deadline:

Any time until the end of August 2011.  Early submission offers an opportunity
to be considered for Editors' Choice.  See details for other deadline options
like early, regular, and short.

Submission Procedure:

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

For more information, please visit this website:

http://www.rapidintellect.com/AEQweb/6alt.htm

While we apologize for cross-posting, we encourage you to forward this
announcement as we hope to have a wealth of contributions to create an issue
packed with ideas!

Weekly Roundup 1/24-1/28

• Call for Proposals:  Chapters for Library Collection Development for Professional Programs.  Due February 28
• Call for Proposals:  Endnotes:  The Journal of the New Members Round Table.  Due March 31
• Call for Proposals:  Learning Communities Essays.  Due April 1
• Call for Proposals:  Mobile Technologies in Serials:  The Journal for the International Serials Community.  Due February 28
• Call for Proposals:  STS Annual Research Forum at ALA 2011.  Due February 15
• Call for Proposals:  AAAS Pacific Division Conference, Library Science Symposium.  Due April 21
• Call for Proposals:  Second International Conference on Popular Culture and Education.  Due June 30
• Call for Proposals:  Chapters for Planning and Implementing Resource Discovery Tools in Academic Libraries.  Due February 28

• Call for Applicants:  Editor of the ALCTS Newsletter Online.  Due March 4
• Call for Applicants:  Editors and Peer Reviewers for Journal of Learning Spaces.  Due February 28

• Free Webinar:  Libraries and 21st Century Skills.  February 1
• Free Webinar:  A Vision for Cloud--and Earth--Based Services at UC Davis.  February 2

Call for Proposals: Second International Conference on Popular Culture and Education. Due June 30

Visit the website:  http://home.ied.edu.hk/~hkpop/conference2011.html


You are invited to join us at the Second International Conference on Popular Culture and Education, organised by the Centre for Popular Culture and Education, at the Hong Kong Institute of Education. 
The conference will bring together researchers from a variety of areas to focus on the implications of popular culture for educational practices and youth development. Papers on all aspects of popular culture and education are welcomed. 

The first three days of the conference will be devoted to academic presentations. The fourth day of the conference will feature practical workshops for local teachers on popular culture and pedagogy. 

(Call for papers deadline: 30 June 2011)

Weekly roundup: 1/16-1/21

• Call for Proposals:  Virginia Library Association Concurrent Sessions.  Due May 1
• Call for Proposals:  Collaborative Librarianship
• Call for Proposals:  LibGuides:  Making Dynamic Web Design and Management Simple for Non Web-designers--A LITA Guide.  Due February 15
• Call for Proposals:  Chapters for ePedagogy in Online Learning:  Developments in Web Mediated Computer Interaction.  Due March 14
• Call for Proposals:  Shenandoah Valley Regional Studies Seminar. Due March 15
• Call for Proposals:  Great Lakes History Conference--Education & Society.  Due June 15
• Call for Proposals:  Theatre Library Association Plenary.  Due February 15
• Call for Proposals:  6th International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences.  Due February 15
• Call for Proposals:  ALA International Roundtable Preconference.  Due February 20

• Call for Participation:  Collaborative Librarianship (Reviewers Needed)
• Call for Participation:  Encyclopedia of Women and American Pop Culture

• Call for Applicants:  ALA Diversity Research Grant Program.  Due April 30

• Free Webinar:  Spotlight on Mobile Computing:  Stories of Mobile Learning.  January 21 (Will be archived)
• Free Webinar:  RDA Ask-the-Experts Webinar.  February 17
• Free Webinar:  Continuing Uncertainty Under FCC Network Neutrality Rules.  January 26 (Will be archived)

Call for Proposals: Great Lakes History Conference--Education & Society. Due June 15

Call for Papers: Great Lakes History Conference:
“Education and Society” 
October 7 & 8, 2011

The 37th annual Great Lakes History Conference, sponsored by Grand Valley State University, will be held in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on October 7-8, 2011. Professor William Reese, Carl F. Kaestle WARF Professor of Educational Policy Studies and History at the University of Wisconsin, will deliver the keynote address. 

We seek panels and papers on the history of education broadly considered, from national and transnational perspectives, with particular focus on providing a historical context to current “crises” in education, whether at the elementary and secondary level or in higher education. Papers may consider a range of topics, including the history of schooling, educational policy, educational reform, the history of colleges and universities, the “crisis in the humanities,” the costs and financing of education, questions of academic freedom, non-academic educational institutions, transnational educational projects, educational philosophy and pedagogy, the role of ethnic and racial difference in education, education and gender, or the intersection of religion and education. 

The Great Lakes History Conference is a general history conference with an interdisciplinary emphasis. Although we give priority to proposals addressing this year’s theme, we will consider papers and panels on other topics as well. Proposals from varied disciplines and in all fields of history are welcome. We encourage comparative work across regions and chronological boundaries. Please consult the Grand Valley State University History Department website (www.gvsu.edu/history) and its link to the conference for updated information. 

If you are interested in presenting a paper, please send an abstract of approximately 200 words and curriculum vitae by June 15, 2011, to Dr. Paul Murphy, murphyp@gvsu.edu or Dr. Doug Montagna, montagnd@gvsu.edu. Please include your address, e-mail and phone number. We encourage submission of complete panels; please forward a brief description of the panel and abstracts and curriculum vitae for each presenter. Papers must take no longer than 30 minutes in a 2-paper session and 20 minutes in a 3-paper session. Sessions will last 90 minutes. Those interested in commenting on a session should send a CV and indicate areas of expertise. 
Conference headquarters will be at the L.V. Eberhard Center of Grand Valley State University in downtown Grand Rapids. Hotel accommodations will be available at the Holiday Inn of Grand Rapids (formerly the Days Hotel), which is across from the Eberhard Center. Their telephone number is (616) 235-7611. The conference is within easy walking distance of museums and restaurants. Grand Rapids is served by most major and regional airlines. The conference weekend coincides with Grand Rapid’s ArtPrize contest (http://www.artprize.org/home), so we suggest conference hotel accommodations be made early. 

Please address all inquiries and abstracts to:

Dr. Paul Murphy or Dr. Doug Montagna
Grand Valley State University, 1 Campus Drive
Department of History, MAK D-1-160
Allendale, MI 49401
Phone: (616) 331-3429, Fax: (616) 331-3285
Email: murphyp@gvsu.edu or montagnd@gvsu.edu
Registration and program information will be sent August 2011

Call for Participation: Encyclopedia of Women and American Pop Culture.

The Encyclopedia of Women and American Popular Culture

Facts On File, a New York-based academic and reference publisher, is seeking contributing scholars for a print and online reference work on the history of women in America popular culture from colonial times to the present. The project is aimed at the academic high school and undergraduate levels. 

The encyclopedia will include articles on individuals, organizations, themes, events, ideas, works of art and literature, and more. Alphabetically arranged entries cover popular-culture and women’s history subjects— film; television; music; radio; comics and graphic novels; visual and performing arts; festivals; technology; cyberculture and online social networking; video games; sports and recreation; fashion and appearance; advertising; consumer products (including toys and games); transportation and travel; and food and diet.

Articles will vary in length from 500-2,500 words for entries on specific topics. The Encyclopedia of Women and American Popular Culture will also include a number of ancillary features, including overarching introductory essays and a detailed bibliography. We are seeking contributors for articles. All contributors will receive full authorial credit, a modest cash honorarium and/or copy of the full encyclopedia set (depending on contribution length and contributor preference). 

If you are a Ph.D. candidate, professor, or independent scholar interested in contributing to this exciting and important reference project, we would be happy to email you a prospectus with a full description of the project—with deadline, compensation, and other pertinent information. Please contact Editor at popcultureeditor@gmail.com. Please write “Call for Contributors” in the subject line of your email and attach your CV and a recent nonfiction writing sample, preferably a published book review or encyclopedia article.

If you cannot contribute, please feel free to notify other qualified scholars of this notice. 

Call for Proposals: Collaborative Librarianship (Reviewers Needed)

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. Submissions can be made directly through the CL website. Issues will be published in March, June, September and December, 2011. 


Collaborative Librarianship: Call for Papers
URL: http://www.collaborativelibrarianship.org/

Inquiries about submissions could be made by contacting Ivan Gaetz, or by contacting the section editors listed on the journal’s website.