Call for Proposals: Chapters for Information Literacy and Social Justice: Radical Professional Praxis. Due September 15

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.

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 Smale 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 "Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher
Education," 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 Proposals: CDL-NASIG 27th Annual Conference. Due September 16

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/. 

Call for Proposals: Chapters for Workplace Culture in Academic Libraries. Due September 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 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

Call for Proposals: Computers in Libraries 2012. Due September 9

CIL 2012 - Call for Speakers is Open

Computers in Libraries 2012

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

Conference: THATCamp Cyprus. September 3-4

The first THATCamp Cyprus will be held over the weekend of 3-4 September 2011 in Limassol, Cyprus, at the Cyprus University of Technology.

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.

THATCamp Cyprus is committed to explore the full breadth of how Technology and the Humanities intersect and integrate, while at the same time it wishes to take advantage of its Cyprus-specificity to suggest solutions to local questions. Hosted by the Visual Sociology and Museum Studies Lab (Cyprus University of Technology, Dept. of Multimedia and Graphic Arts) THATCamp Cyprus is also interested in how new technologies and platforms are changing fundamental things about social research, museums, archives, academia and education in more general terms.

Who should attend?
Anyone interested in studying, supporting, teaching, researching, creating or otherwise shaping digital humanities, humanistic social sciences, information sciences, new media, and any other allied fields. You can be an academic, a librarian, an archivist, a developer, a writer, a student (grad or undergrad), a curator, a designer, an educator, a public historian, an archaeologist, an independent scholar, or any combination thereof (as most of us are), or even a non-humanist. You can be an expert or a newbie; as long as you have something to talk about and things you want to learn regarding the intersection and integration of the humanities and technology, this is the place to be.

The sessions may range from software demos to training sessions to discussions of research findings to half-baked rants, but please no full-blown papers. Come to THATCamp with something in mind, and a desire to share it. This could be the place to bring up a project for rapid development, to articulate a theoretical concern or get feedback on an idea, and participants are also encouraged to propose coding and co-writing sessions where the emphasis is on doing, not talking.

http://cyprus2011.thatcamp.org/

Call for Nominations: 2011 Carnegie Corporation of New York/NYT I Love My Librarian Award. Due September 12

Nominations are open for the 2011 Carnegie Corporation of New York/New
York Times I Love My Librarian Award.

The award invites library users nationwide to recognize the
accomplishments of librarians in public, school, college, community
college and university libraries for their efforts to improve the lives
of people in their community.  Nominations are being accepted online at
atyourlibrary.org/ilovemylibrarian through Sept. 12.

Up to 10 librarians will be selected.  Each will receive a $5,000 cash
award, a plaque and will be honored at an awards ceremony and reception
in New York, hosted by The New York Times, in December.

Over the past three years, 30 librarians from across the country have
won the I Love My Librarian Award.  Last year, more than 2,000 library
users nationwide nominated a librarian.  Previous winners have been
lauded for starting community gardens, helping students with severe
disabilities read classic works of literature, for helping
non-traditional students learn new technology to get better jobs and
more.  For more information on previous winners, visit
atyourlibrary.org/ilovemylibrarian.

Each nominee must be a librarian with a master's degree from a program
accredited by the ALA in library and information studies or a master's
degree with a specialty in school library media from an educational unit
accredited by the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher
Education.  Nominees must be currently working in the United States in a
public library, a library at an accredited two- or four-year college or
university or at an accredited K-12 school.

The Carnegie Corporation of New York/New York Times I Love My Librarian
Award is administered by the Campaign for America's Libraries, ALA's
public awareness campaign that promotes the value of libraries and
librarians. The Campaign is made possible by ALA's Library Champions,
corporations and foundations.

Call for Proposals: Chapters for Information Literacy and Social Justice. Due September 15

Working title: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.

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.

Timeline:September 15, 2011 Proposal Submission Deadline
November 1, 2011 Notification of proposal acceptance
March 1, 2012 Full Chapter Submission Deadline
May 15, 2012 Review Results Returned
July 15, 2012 Revised Chapter Submission Deadline
September 30, 2012 Final Manuscript Completed

Call for Proposals: 2nd National Joint Conference of Librarians of Color. Due September 15

The 2nd National Joint Conference of Librarians of Color (JCLC)

"Gathering at the Waters: Celebrating Stories, Embracing Communities"

September 19-23, 2012 Kansas City, Missouri

 

Call for Proposals Opens on August 1st

Proposals needed for panels, workshops, and roundtables.

Program proposal deadline: September 15, 2011

 

For more information, go to: http://jclc-conference.org/program/presenter-faqs

 

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.

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.

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: 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. 

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: 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> .

Call for Proposals: Literacy and Society, Culture, Media, & Education. Due September 30

Abstracts are invited for presentation in the international conference "Literacy and Society, Culture, Media, & Education" held at Ghent University 9-11 February 2012 http://www.literacyconference2012.ugent.be . The conference is conceived to offer a forum of discussion about digitality in/of society, culture (incl. literature and the other arts), and education. In an age of digitality and mass media, perceptions and practices of culture, cultural production and consumption, and thus also education and pedagogy -- from elementary to higher education from epistemological questions, classroom practices, and application (including technology), as well as institutional structures -- are undergoing rapid changes and debate. The impact of digitality thus results in the necessity of and demand for new perspectives on literacy(ies). Participants in the conference explore theories, practices, and applications for the study of the interrelations of digitality and contemporary society, culture, and pedagogy. Papers are presented in the thematic sections of 1) Media and Society, 2) Media and Culture, and 3) Media and Education. Abstracts of 300 words with a 150-word bioprofile are invited by 30 September 2011 to Geert Vandermeersche at geert.vandermeersche@ugent.be . Presentations are 20 minutes in length followed by 10 minutes of discussion. Selected papers from the conference are planned to be published in the peer-reviewed and AHCI indexed humanities and social sciences quarterly CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/clcweb (ISSN 1481-4374). Limited funding is available to graduate student participants.

Geert Vandermeersche Faculty of Psychology and Education Ghent University Henri Dunantlaan 2 B-9000 Gent, Belgium Email: geert.vandermeersche@ugent.be Visit the website at http://www.literacyconference2012.ugent.be

Call for Proposals: Fifteenth Distance Library Services Conference. Due September 16

Inspire and challenge those who provide library services at a distance by sharing your ideas and best practices at the Distance Library Services Conference!

Central Michigan University’s Off-Campus Library Services welcomes proposal submissions for the Fifteenth Distance Library Services (DLS) Conference to be held in Memphis, TN, April 18-20, 2012.   The DLS Conference is an opportunity to present your research, knowledge and experience on issues related to providing library services to those who are teaching and learning at a distance. 

As practices that are effective in distance learning become increasingly applicable to any library environment, the information and networking opportunities offered by the DLS Conference can benefit all librarians, educators and administrators who are interested in expanding their reach beyond the physical campus. 

To submit a proposal, please complete the online form:
http://ocls.cmich.edu/conf2012/call.php. 

The deadline for proposal submissions is September 16, 2011.

Call for Applicants: 2011 Annals of Science Essay Prize. Due September 30

It is my pleasure to announce the 2011 Annals of Science Essay Prize. The prize competition occurs annually, and the winner is awarded $500, a free subscription to Annals of Science, and publication of the award winning essay. The official advertisement for the prize is contained in the link below. If you have any questions about the prize or submitting a paper, feel free to check out our website: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/tf/00033790.html or contact: annals.science@utoronto.ca Official prize announcement: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/pdf/competitions/tasc_2011.pdf I hope to see some of your papers as submissions! Sincerely, Greg Lusk Editorial Assistant Annals of Science

Call for Full Papers: Public Knowledge Journal. Due September 1

The Public Knowledge Journal is accepting submissions for the fall edition on the topic of academic research. The deadline for scholarly articles and book reviews is September 1, 2011. Public Knowledge Journal is a multidisciplinary, graduate student-run, electronic journal hosted by the Center for Digital Discourse and Culture at Virginia Tech. The journal incorporates a variety of communication technologies to sustain a conversation about the topics and questions raised in each issue. The journal welcomes contributions of articles for peer review, as well as book reviews, essays, interviews, and other works using a variety of media. Authors retain copyright to any work that is published in Public Knowledge Journal. Sarah Surak Public Knowledge Journal Virginia Tech Email: editor@pkjournal.org  Visit the website at http://pkjournal.org