Weekly Roundup: 7/25-7/29

Publication CFPs

• Call for Full Papers:  NMRT Footnotes.  Due August 8

Conference CFPs

• Call for Proposals:  ACRL Distance Learning Section ALA 2012 Conference Proposals on Embedded Librarianship.  Due September 16

Free Webinars

• Free Webinar:  Finding a Legal Comfort Zone on the Web.  July 27

Call for Proposals: ACRL Distance Learning Section ALA 2012 Conference Proposals on Embedded Librarianship. Due September 16

The Distance Learning Section (DLS) of the Association of College and
Research Libraries (ACRL) is accepting  conference presentation
proposals  on embedded librarianship  for the American Library
Association Annual Conference to be held in Anaheim, California in June2012. The DLS program will be Saturday, June 23, 2012 at 8:00 am.

The program is entitled “Embedded Librarian Best Practices: You can do
it, we can help,” and the committee is seeking librarians who have a
successful model for embedding in online classes. Presenters will be
required to provide a twenty-minute presentation detailing their modeland then be available for a Q & A period.

If you are interested in presenting, please send a 200 word description
of your model and a recent CV to Lora Baldwin at mcclell@iue.edu.
Proposals are due Friday, September 16, 2011, with a decision to be made
by late September.

Free Webinar: Finding a Legal Comfort Zone on the Web. July 27

Free WebJunction webinar on IF and Web 2.0 next week!

The ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom is pleased to be collaborating with WebJunction and ALA TechSource on the free webinar, “Finding a Legal Comfort Zone on the Web,” which will be offered on Wednesday, July 27, 2011 at 2 p.m. Eastern. The event will focus on best practices for libraries to engage with the public online, take advantage of user-generated content, and protect intellectual freedom principles.

Eli Neiburger and Barbara Jones, contributing writers to the Nov/Dec 2010 issue of Library Technology Reports, “Privacy and Freedom of Information in 21st-Century Libraries,” will be the presenters. In anticipation of next week’s webinar, TechSource has also opened access to Jones’s and Neuberger’s chapters on the issue’s MetaPress page!

For more information on next week’s webinar, check out this excellent TechSource blog post, and visit WebJunction’s page, which includes a link to register.

Call for Full Papers: NMRT Footnotes. Due August 8

The NMRT Footnotes Committee is seeking contributions for our next issue.

Feature Articles

If there’s a project you want to share or some aspect of your job that you want to write about, we want to hear about it! Further, if you are a new librarian and want to get published and gain some professional writing experience, Footnotes is a great place to start. (Past issues of Footnotes can be found here.)

**Book Reviews**

Have you just read a book that would appeal to new librarians/information professionals? Want to share your thoughts? All subjects will be considered. A few book reviews will be published in each issue.

**Website Reviews**

Who doesn’t like to find out about fellow librarian’s favorite online resources/websites?! This column will include a handful of reviews of similar sites. Authors: please indicate the theme of the websites you are interested in reviewing. All subjects will be considered; please consider a minimum of 3 website reviews to include in your final submission

Please contact Nancy Eagan nge222@gmail.com with your article idea by Monday, July 25th.

The submissions deadline for this issue will be August 8th.

Thank you for your contributions!

Weekly Roundup: 7/18-7/22

Publication CFPs

• Call for Full Papers:  Reference Services Quarterly.  Due September 15
• Call for Full Papers:  Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian.  Due September 6
• New Journal:  Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication

Call for Applicants

• Call for Applicants:  Reviewers for Technical Services Quarterly
• Call for Applicants:  Reviewers for the Southeastern Librarian

Call for Applicants: Reviewers for the Southeastern Librarian

The SELn Editorial Board solicits members to serve as volunteer reviewers. Beginning with the volume 49 Summer 1999 issue, two issues of The Southeastern Librarian will include juried articles.

We need representatives who are qualified to evaluate the content of articles so that the articles are "referred" by those with subject knowledge as well as by those with a knowledge in research methodology. As such, we are seeking individuals from all types of libraries representing a broad range of responsibilities.

These volunteer reviewers will be asked to review articles in their area of subject expertise and to make a recommendation regarding publication. Each reviewer will receive a packet including instructions for authors, guidelines for reviewers, and an article rating sheet. Reviewers must be members of SELA.

To volunteer or nominate someone to serve on the jury, please contact Perry Bratcher, SELn Editor, 503A Steely Library, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY 41099. Phone: (859) 572-6309. Fax: (859) 572-6181. E-mail: bratcher@nku.edu.

Call for Applicants: Reviewers for 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

New Journal: Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication

A joint publishing partnership between the libraries at Pacific University (OR) and California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (CA) has announced a new open access, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to library-led scholarly communication initiatives, online publishing and digital projects.

The Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication will provide a focused forum for library practitioners to share ideas, strategies, research and pragmatic explorations of library-led initiatives related to such areas as institutional repository and digital collection management, library publishing/hosting services and authors’ rights advocacy efforts.  As technology, scholarly communication, the economics of publishing, and the roles of libraries all continue to evolve, the work shared in JLSC will inform practices that strengthen librarianship.

Marisa Ramirez (Cal Poly) and Isaac Gilman (Pacific University) will co-edit the journal in collaboration with an editorial board composed of experienced and respected library practitioners.  Founding board members include: Allyson Mower (University of Utah), Amy Buckland (McGill University), Ann Lally (University of Washington), JQ Johnson (University of Oregon), Katherine Johnson (California Institute of Technology), Lisa Schiff (California Digital Library), Michael Boock (Oregon State University), Pamela Bluh (University of Maryland, School of Law), Paul Royster (University of Nebraska), Rebecca Kennison (Columbia University), Sarah Shreeves (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), Shawn Martin (University of Pennsylvania), Susan Wells Parham (Georgia Institute of Technology) and Terry Owen (University of Maryland).

Just as the core library areas of resource sharing, collection management, cataloging/metadata, instruction and public services have journals dedicated to best practices, there is a need for this new core area of library services to be specifically represented in the literature.  The Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication will meet that need – providing a shared intellectual space for scholarly communication librarians, institutional repository managers, digital archivists, digital data managers and related professionals.  

The first issue is planned for early 2012, with rolling publication of quarterly issues thereafter.  All content will be open access upon publication and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license.

For more information, contact:

Isaac Gilman

(503) 352-7209

gilmani@pacificu.edu

Call for Full Papers: Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian. Due September 6

Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian is now accepting manuscripts for volume
31(1). The submission deadline is September 6, 2011.

B&SS Librarian is a peer-reviewed, quarterly journal focusing on all aspects of
behavioral and social sciences information with emphasis on librarians,
libraries and users of social science information in libraries and information
centers including the following subject areas:

Anthropology
Business
Communication Studies
Criminal Justice
Education
Ethnic Studies
Political Science
Psychology
Social Work
Sociology
Women's Studies


And the following areas of focus:
publishing trends
Technology
User behavior
Public service
Indexing and abstracting
Collection Development and evaluation
Library Administration/management
Reference and library instruction
Descriptive/critical analysis of information resources

Please consider Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian as the journal for your
publication.

The journal's website includes Instructions to Authors at:
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/journal.asp?issn=0163-9269&linktype=44

Please send all submissions and questions to the editor at:
L-ROMERO@illinois.edu

Call for Full Papers: Reference Services Quarterly. Due September 15

Submit your manuscript directly to the editor, Brenda Reeb, at
brenda.reeb@rochester.edu. Please follow the author instructions found at the
journal website -
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/journal.asp?issn=1087-5301&subcategory=AH250000&linktype=44

Manuscripts are accepted on a rolling basis.  Manuscripts that have completed
the review process by the dates below will be published in the corresponding
issue listed.

Vol 16 (4) September 15 2011
Vol 17 (1) December 15 2011
Vol 17 (2) March 15 2012
Vol 17 (3) June 15 2012

Why publish in IRSQ?
•       Peer reviewed
•       Four-week review process
•       Narrow scope focuses on web technologies related to reference services

This journal is published by the Taylor & Francis Group. Request a free online
issue at the journal website
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/journal.asp?issn=1087-5301&subcategory=AH250000.

Weekly Roundup: 7/11-7/15

Publication CFPs

• Call for Proposals:  Chapters for "Workplace Culture in Academic Libraries."  Due August 1
• Call for Proposals:  "Advances in Library and Information Series."  Due August 1
• Call for Full Papers:  Codex issue on "Successful Transitions to Academic Research."  Due September 1

Conference CFPs

• Call for Proposals:  4th Annual Symposium on Scholarship and Practice.  Due September 9
• Call for Proposals:  The Past, Present, and Future of the Book.  Due September 30
• Call for Proposals:  ELI 2012 Annual Meeting.  Due September 7
• Call for Proposals:  LITA Programs for the 2012 Annual ALA meeting. Due August 5
• Call for Proposals:  Virginia Forum 2012.  Due September 30

Conferences

• Conference:  12th Interlending and Document Supply Conference.  Register by July 15

Call for Proposals: Virginia Forum 2012. Due September 30

Virginia Forum: March 29-31, 2012 “Greater Virginias” The 2012 Virginia Forum will be held on the campus of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. The Virginia Forum is interdisciplinary and welcomes proposals from scholars, teachers, and professionals in all fields. The theme, “Greater Virginias,” emphasizes Virginia’s relationship across political and geographical boundaries to broader ideas, patterns, and adjoining regions. The theme is comparative and invites scholars to submit papers about all aspects of Virginia life, geography, environment, history, and culture. We plan to offer sessions and workshops that draw from the full range of Virginia-focused research, including the humanities and sciences. We invite proposals from fields including all the arts and sciences: economics, politics, geography, law, literature, history, politics, archaeology and anthropology, environmental studies, museum and library studies, preservation, and others. Please submit a one-page paper proposal and a one-page curriculum vitae in a single email message to vaforum@jmu.edu by 30 September 2011. Please be sure to include your email address and other contact information. Proposals for complete panel sessions, workshops, etc. are encouraged, and should include a one-page description of the overall session, as well as a separate, one-page description for each individual presentation in the session and a one-page curriculum vitae for each panel member. Additional information is available online at www.virginiaforum.org. Direct further inquiries to: vaforum@jmu.edu. Proposal Deadline: September 30, 2011.

J. Chris Arndt James Madison University MSC 2105 (540) 568-3993 (540) 568-3330 Email: vaforum@jmu.edu. Visit the website at http://www.virginiaforum.org

Call for Full Papers: Codex issue on "Successful Transitions to Academic Research." Due September 1

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 September 1, 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

NOTE: All submissions should be double-spaced using 12-point Times New Roman (or another simple font), and use the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th or 16th edition.

Submissions are due by September 1st 2011.

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

All inquiries, especially discussions of content and style, are warmly encouraged.

Call for Proposals: LITA Programs for the 2012 Annual ALA meeting. Due August 5

The LITA Program Planning Committee is now accepting proposals for the 2012 Annual American Library Association Conference.  We're looking for full day pre-conferences, and half day and two hour conference presentations on use of, new ideas for, and technology trends in libraries. Think about the technology success or failure you're recently had, or the topic you think we haven't had covered and put together a proposal. 

When/Where is the Conference?

2012 Annual Conference, Anaheim, CA: June 21–26, 2012

What kind of topics are we looking for? 

Anything relating to libraries and technology! (That narrows it down, right?) A few ideas might include: Comparing two or three library tools (LibGuides vs Google Pages), (Un)Successful Implementation of a New Technology, From the Trenches of an ILS Migration, Technology for Marketing, Marketing Technology, Managing Technology, Project Management, How to Quickly Build a Web App that looks Decent, Managing People and Technology, Supporting Continuing Ed for Technology, Video Creation and Editing, Including/Leveraging Users, Tech Tools for Data Management, etc etc etc. 

When are proposals due? 

August 5, 2011

How I do submit? 

Fill out this form

When will I have an answer? 

The committee will be reviewing proposals in August, final decisions will be made in September

Do I have to be a member of ALA/LITA/an IG/a committee?

No! We welcome proposals from anyone who feels they have something to offer regarding library technology. Unfortunately, we are not able to provide financial support for speakers.  

Got another question? 

Please feel free to email (abigailgoben@gmail.com) and the group will figure it out.  

Call for Proposals: ELI 2012 Annual Meeting. Due September 7

ELI 2012 Annual Meeting—Call for Proposals

Taking the Pulse: Connecting, Assessing, and Innovating

February 13–15, 2012  Hilton Austin, Austin, Texas, and Online

We would like to personally invite you to join us at the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative 2012 Annual Meeting.

The 2012 gathering offers an exciting setting for interactive, hands-on learning and networking, whether you are joining online or face-to-face for presentations, discussions, seminars, and learning activities. We are seeking proposals that will address the thematic focus of the meeting, and, while not exclusive, represent these areas of keen interest across the teaching and learning community:

• Social media
• Mobile learning
• Learning analytics
• Digital and information literacy
• Methods for evaluating technology-based instructional innovations

Proposals that reflect these five focus areas and the ELI's values and mission will receive the highest priority.

This year, presenters have a choice of submitting proposals for face-to-face sessions, online sessions, or both. Also new this year, proposal reviewers will carefully evaluate proposed session learning objectives and active learning strategies to ensure an engaging learning experience for attendees. Learn more about the 2012 focus areas and submit a proposal today.

Don't miss your opportunity to play an active role in the meeting. Submit a presentation proposal online by September 7. 

Conference: 12th Interlending and Document Supply Conference. Due July 15

ONLY 3 DAYS LEFT FOR EARLY REGISTRATION TO THE 12th Interlending and Document Supply (ILDS) Conference. Rates increase after this Friday, July 15.

Come to the Windy City to hear how libraries across the globe are creatively sharing their resources to cope with shrinking library budgets, skyrocketing collection costs, and increasingly restrictive copyright laws. You'll hear about the latest developments in interlibrary loan: new technologies, recent cost studies, sharing digital resources, and strategies for improving transborder ILL. Our speakers will describe many cutting-edge projects, from cooperative collection development ventures to shared storage facilities to purchase-on-demand programs. Abstracts for all conference papers are available here.

What does registration cost?

    On or before July 15:

    ALA or IFLA members: $375

    Non-members: $425

    After July 15:

    ALA or IFLA members: $450

    Non-members: $500

What do you get for your money?

    Admission to all program sessions

    ILDS conference bag

    All-conference dinner on Monday evening at Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Art

    Lunch on Monday and Tuesday

    Morning and afternoon coffee breaks

An optional Chicago Skyline Boat Tour is scheduled for Tuesday evening, September 20, and costs $50 per person.

Chicago... home to the blues, deep dish pizza, the Magnificent Mile, and now the 12th ILDS Conference! Full program information, online registration, hotel information, and anything else you'd want to know about the meeting is at www.ilds2011.org

Call for Proposals: The Past, Present, and Future of the Book. Due September 30

Call for Papers and Workshops:
The Past, Present, and Future of the Book

The explosion of new digital book technologies – smart phones, tablets, print-to-order self-publishing sites, and so forth – has paradoxically energized more traditional studies of the book. The academic field tends to be divided into Book History (English and History), Book Arts (Art and English), Digital Books (Computer Science, Business, Sociology), and Cognition and Reading (Psychology, Education, Library Studies): each of these areas of interest is brimming with new scholarship as well as public interest.
In practice, the subfields overlap, and exciting things are happening at the intersections. To foreground these intersections and explore the pedagogical potential of Book Studies and Book Art, we invite paper and poster presentations, round-table discussions, and book-art workshops from scholars, artists, and librarians interested in the past, present, and future of the book. Proposals by collaborative student-faculty teams or by faculty from different disciplines are especially welcome.

Show some suggested presentation and round-table topics

Show some possibilities for workshops

All sessions will be 90 minutes in length; paper sessions in particular will include three twenty minute papers and a discussion period.
Abstracts are not to exceed 400 words. Paper and round-table proposals must specify special equipment needs. Workshop proposals must clearly identify facilities and materials needed; they must also include an estimate of supply costs per participant.
All proposals must be submitted through the website by September 30, 2011. A preliminary program will be announced in mid October, when registration will open. If you have any questions about appropriateness of materials and proposals, please contact us (mmouton@cornellcollege.edu).
Registration is free for ACM faculty, staff, and students. Lodging, meals, and materials for participants will be covered by a grant. Travel subsidies are available for ACM participants. For participants not affiliated with the ACM, the registration fee of $60 will cover meals and all materials.

Call for Proposals: "Advances in Library and Information Series." Due August 1

Call for contributions to its “Advances in Library and Information Series"

URL:

http://resources.igi-global.com/Marketing/ALIS_Newsletter/June_2011/Call_for_Contributors.htm

IGI Global is pleased to announce that it is accepting new proposals for contribution to the “Advances in Library Information Science” (ALIS) book series. The series, which first launched in the spring of 2010, currently comprises 20 research-oriented publications on the developments and trends affecting libraries in the United States and around the world.

ALIS mission is to expand the body of library science literature by covering a wide range of subjects, particularly those relating to emerging technologies, digitization of resources, information literacy, library education, and collection development. The series is also complemented by a quarterly newsletter , which promotes each book’s content ahead of publication.

Librarians interested in becoming ALIS authors or editors are encouraged to submit a proposal, along with a short biography and CV, electronically (as Word documents) by August 1st for all summer submissions to, alis@igi-global.com.   For more information on how to submit a proposal, please visit www.igi-global.com/alis. For information about IGI Global’s existing library science titles, you may browse the LIS brochure or LIS topic collection. Mirela Roncevic editor, writer, content developer 646-207-4773 mirelaroncevic@gmail.com

Call for Proposals: Chapters for "Workplace Culture in Academic Libraries." Due August 1

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 Dr. 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.  Articles included would be related to the physical environment, the recruitment and hiring process, diversity, retention of quality staff, staff morale, interaction between departments, communication/information sharing, handling of complaints, and management styles conducive to healthy workplaces.   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.  

See the reverse side for more information on the potential topics in this book. 

To submit a proposal, please submit the following by August 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                                                                       Paul Hrycaj

kblessi@lsu.edu                                                                      phryca1@lsu.edu

225-578-8538                                                                          225-578-2629

BOOK OUTLINE

NOTE:  The details provided are merely suggestions, since the editors don’t wish to constrain the scope of submissions.

Work Environment

1.        Staff input: Case studies from different institutions and their hiring processes: Would likely include a survey instrument sent to university libraries where the author(s) would ask pertinent questions related to their hiring process.

2.        Achieving a diverse workforce: Viewpoints from other academic libraries:  A discussion on diversity is a relevant and important issue in academic libraries.  It could also cover initiatives such as minority resident librarians, committees/task forces to explore diversity improvement, and current practices and guidelines regarding recruiting efforts geared toward diversity.

3.        New Employees: Best practices for acclimating them to the environment: Focus would be on different initiatives such as peer mentoring and what is critical in new employee training.

4.        Physical environment: Why are catalogers always in the basement: Focusing on innovative uses of space for carrying out the various functions of an academic library, such as the information/learning commons, combined reference and circulation desks, multimedia work spaces and labs, use of library space for writing, technology, tutoring, etc. centers.

5.        Staff morale: Interpersonal relations and attitudes: Reward and incentive programs, staff organizations, social committees.

6.        Interaction between departments: Who is that guy:  Ways for improving interdepartmental communication through library retreats, cross-training, presentations, and staff newsletters.

7.        The tenure track:  How it affects the culture of academic libraries: Fighting “us vs. them” attitudes between tenured and non-tenured librarians, support systems for tenure-track librarians.

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

9.        Generational differences: What we can learn from each other: How to address perceived weakness in skills development for different generations, how generational differences require adjustments in management styles and incentives, how to best take advantage of experience as well as encourage new ideas.           

           

10.     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.

Management and Leadership for a Healthy Workplace

1.        Advisory groups and faculty governance: Ideas for improving librarian involvement in administrative decisions.

2.        Handling of complaints: What is tolerated, what is encouraged:  Programs and structures in place, both within and outside the library, for dealing with librarian concerns and   problems, including problem behaviors.

3.        Merit raises and salary compression: Their effect on the climate: Reasonable approaches for determining merit raises, how to continue valuing old employees while being able to offer competitive salaries to new employees.

4.        The transparent organization: Keeping staff in the loop: How administrators communicate effectively with staff regarding budget problems, staff changes, evaluation of administrators, etc.

5.        Different management styles: What works, what doesn’t : Effective approaches to and best practices in management in 21^st century academic libraries, how to break away from outmoded styles of management.

6.        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.

Call for Proposals: 4th Annual Symposium on Scholarship and Practice. Due September 9

Call for Papers Bridging the Spectrum: The Fourth Annual Symposium on Scholarship and Practice Great Room, Pryzbyla Student Center Friday, January 27, 2012 Catholic University of America 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. http://slis.cua.edu/symposium/2012/ The Bridging the Spectrum Symposium offers a knowledge-sharing forum and meeting place for practitioners, students, and faculty in Library and Information Sciences and Services. Presentations on innovative practices and initiatives as well as research studies are encouraged. Presentations may originate from any type of library, archive, or information services activity, and may encompass any aspect of Library and Information Professional work. Our aim is to host a diverse set of presentations and to foster connections across the spectrum of the information professions. Presentation Formats: Proposed contributions may be for one of three formats: * Briefings: 15-minute descriptions of an innovative practice, initiative, or research activity. There will morning and afternoon briefing sessions. * Posters: exhibits describing a practice, project, or research activity. Posters will be viewable throughout the day, and there will be a dedicated poster session. * Panels: discussions of a single topic by a series of speakers, typically 30 minutes to 1 hour in length. Sample Themes: Suggested themes include, but are not limited to: * Future of information organization * Digital preservation * Innovative service modes * Empowering the end user * Managing library and information services * Marketing and advocacy for library services Important Dates: * Proposal Submissions Open: July 11, 2011 * Proposals Due: September 9, 2011 * Notification of Acceptances: November 11, 2011 * Final Program Abstracts Due: December 9, 2011 * Symposium: January 27, 2012 Proposals may be submitted at http://cuaslis.org/openconf/<https://mail.cua.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://cuaslis.org/openconf/>. Submission instructions and program details are available on the Symposium website at http://slis.cua.edu/symposium/2012/ . Questions may be directed to the Committee at cua-slis-symposium@cua.edu<mailto:cua-slis-symposium@cua.edu> .

Weekly Roundup: 7/4-7/8

Publication CFPs

• Call for Proposals:  Chapters for Web Analytic Strategies for Information Professionals.  Due July 29

Free Webinars

• Free Webinar:  Mobile Resources and Tools in Health Sciences Libraries.  July 18-October 2
• Free Webinar:  Mendeley for Librarians.  July 26

Call for Proposals: Chapters for Web Analytic Strategies for Information Professionals. Due July 29

Web Analytic Strategies for Information Professionals: A LITA Guide (Call for Book Chapter Proposals)
We are seeking authors to contribute chapters to a LITA Guide called Web Analytic Strategies for Information Professionals. This book will be published by Neal-Schuman Publishers in early 2012.

Chapter topics could include, but are not limited to:

• Using Web Analytics in a Web Site Redesign
• Web Analytics for Web Assessment
• Innovative Uses of Web Analytics Data
• Mobile Analytics
• Case Studies on Specific Tools (open source, log file analysis tools, or other under-recognized tools, i.e., NOT Google Analytics)

Please submit proposals using the following form. Form must include a proposed title, an abstract of about 250 words, and tentative outline.  Proposals are due by Friday, July 29th. First authors will be notified by email of acceptance by August 12th. Book chapters for accepted proposals will be due by November 4, 2011. Final book chapters will be due December 30, 2011. Chapters should be approximately 2500-3000 words in length. For any questions contact the authors, Tabatha Farney (tfarney@uccs.edu) and Nina McHale (nina.mchale@ucdenver.edu).

Online form for proposal submission: http://bit.ly/webanalyticscallforchaptersNina & Tabatha

Nina McHale, MA/MSLS
Assistant Professor, Web Librarian
University of Colorado Denver, Auraria Library
Facebook & Twitter: ninermac
http://milehighbrarian.net