Dolores' List of CFPs

The deadline for a Special Issue of the /Journal of
Web Librarianship/ dedicated to Library Websites:
Evaluation and Usability Studies has been EXTENDED to
August 1, 2007. This issue will be edited by
Professor Amanda Spink and Dr. Helen Partridge; all
queries and submissions should be sent to them (see
below).

Details: As more library services are delivered via
library Websites, evaluating and measuring Website
effectiveness, usability and success is critical for
all libraries. Such studies are crucial for improving
library Websites, enabling user-centered design and
improving the quality, value and impact of library
online services.

This special issue of The Journal of Web Librarianship
seeks papers reporting empirical studies evaluating
library Websites in any type of library environment.
The methodologies used are not limited and may include
quantitative or qualitative techniques, case studies,
longitudinal studies, experiments, focus groups,
surveys, questionnaires, interviews, or other research
designs. Papers may include the evaluation and testing
of new user-centered measures.

Submission of Manuscripts
All submissions must be in English, should represent
original work done by the authors, and must NOT have
been published, accepted for publication, or be
presently under consideration for publication
elsewhere. Manuscripts should be prepared according to
The Journal of Web Librarianship for Authors:
http://www.lib.jmu.edu/org/jwl/

Reviews of the submitted manuscripts will proceed in
accordance with The Journal of Web Librarianship
editorial policy. Submissions should be by electronic
transmission ONLY (using a Word file attachment) and
must be sent to the guest editors.

Please direct any questions about the special issue
and your submissions to the Special Issue Guest
Editors:

Professor Amanda Spink
Faculty of Information Technology
Queensland University of Technology
Gardens Point Campus, GPO Box 2434
Brisbane QLD 4000 Australia
Email: ah.spink@qut.edu.au

Dr. Helen Partridge
Faculty of Information Technology
Queensland University of Technology
Gardens Point Campus, GPO Box 2434
Brisbane QLD 4000 Australia
Email: h.partridge@qut.edu.au

Important Dates

August 1, 2007 Deadline for submission - EXTENDED
September 1, 2007 Preliminary notices to authors
October 1, 2007 Notices to accepted review comments
January 1, 2008 Final acceptance following revisions

_The Bottom Line: Managing Library Finances_ is looking for regular columnists who can speak to the issues and background of the journal indicated below. I am especially interested in senior management in public, private, academic, and special libraries writing columns that address issues related to budgeting, management, human resources, development, and outsourcing (among others) in libraries. Columns are needed on a quarterly basis. Please contact the editor directly if you are interested in contributing. Thank you.

Dr. Brad Eden
Editor, _The Bottom Line_
Associate University Librarian for Technical Services and Scholarly Communication
University of California, Santa Barbara
eden@library.ucsb.edu

ECIR-30th European Conference on Information Retrieval
Glasgow, Scotland, 30th March - 3rd April 2008

For more information go to: http://ecir2008.dcs.gla.ac.uk/index.html

The BCS-IRSG annual European Conference on Information Retrieval (ECIR) is the major European forum for the presentation of new research results in the broad field of Information Retrieval. The conference encourages the submission of high quality research papers reporting original, previously unpublished results.

Call for Research Papers:

We are seeking the submission of high-quality and original research papers that have not been previously published and are not under review for another conference or journal. Submissions will be reviewed by experts on the basis of the originality of the work, the validity of the results, chosen methodology, writing quality and the overall contribution to the field of Information Retrieval. Typical topics of interest include (but are not limited to):
Theory and Models for Information Retrieval.
Efficiency and Performance of IR. Platforms, Architectures. Applications of IR.
Evaluation and Test collections.
Indexing. Query representation, Query reformulation, Structure-based representation, XML, Metadata. Summarization. Natural language processing for IR.
Tracking, Filtering, Topic detection, Collaborative filtering, Agents, Routing and Email spam.
Categorization and clustering.
User studies and interfaces. Interactive IR. Task-based IR.
Web IR, Distributed IR, Digital libraries. Intranet, Desktop, Enterprise and Blog Search. Adversarial IR.
Question answering and information extraction. Text Data Mining and Machine Learning for IR.
Multimedia IR.
Cross-language and multilingual Information Retrieval.

All accepted papers will be published in Springer-Verlag's LNCS series and distributed to all delegates at the Conference. The proceedings will appear as a special commerative edition of LNCS to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the ECIR conference series. It is also planned that some selected outstanding papers from the conference will be invited to contribute to an edited volume of papers marking this significant milestone.

Call for Posters:

Poster submissions addressing any of the areas identified in the conference topics above are also invited. Poster authors are encouraged to demonstrate work in progress and late-breaking research results. Poster papers will also be included in the proceedings.

Call for Workshops/Tutorials:

Submissions are solicited for workshops and tutorials on all topics of Information Retrieval and its applications. Especially encouraged are workshops that facilitate interaction and collaboration among participants, while opening new directions for future research, as well as tutorials that inform the Information Retrieval community on recent advancements in related fields, or on novel application areas related to Information Retrieval.

Publishes papers on ethics in conjunction with the academy, graphic images, scholarly communication, or biometrics. Journal of Information Ethics. Contact: Robert Hauptman, Journal of Information Ethics, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minn. 56301; hauptman@stcloudstate.edu

Call for presentations
Submission deadline August 27, 2007

Montgomery County Community College, Blue Bell, Pa presents the 13th Annual Technology and Learning Conference for faculty and administrators on Friday, October 5, 2007, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., at its Central campus, just north of Philadelphia.

Join colleagues to share experiences and expertise in technology and learning! If you are excited about the potential for enhancing teaching and learning through technology, attend this conference to share your insight and learn from others!

The conference will provide a forum for professional development as well as opportunities to:

learn about new and exciting technologies
exchange ideas and best practices for incorporating technology and learning
extend communication between educational institutions and the community

For more information go to: http://www.mc3.edu/techconf/
Questions? Contact techday@mc3.edu

Journal of College Reading and Learning, a forum for theory, research, and policy related to college literacy and learning.

Contact: Emily Payne, Texas State University at San Marcos, for more informaton go to http://www.crla.net/journal.htm

NASIG 23rd Annual Conference "Taking the Sting Out of Serials"
June 5-8, 2008
Tapatio Cliffs Hilton Resort, Phoenix, Arizona
The 2008 Program Planning Committee (PPC) invites proposals and/or program ideas for pre-conference, vision, strategy, and tactics sessions. The Program Planners are specifically interested in hearing from publishers, vendors, librarians, and others about issues relating to scholarly communication, licensing, and publishing.
Please keep in mind the following:
• The Program Planning Committee will review all submitted proposals for their content, timeliness, and relevance to the conference theme and reserves the right to combine, blend, or refocus proposals to maximize their relevance and to avoid duplication.
• The Program Planning Committee will treat all submissions as suggestions and guideposts.
• Time management issues and reimbursement guidelines generally limit each session to two speakers.
• Proposals may be suggested as one type of session and/or format and ultimately be accepted as any one of the other types of sessions or formats; this decision is the purview of the Program Planning Committee.
• Vision and Strategy speakers are required to produce a written paper for the conference proceedings. Because NASIG publishes its conference proceedings, content needs to be unique for copyright purposes.
• ALL presentations must be original and not previously presented at other conferences.
The conference will be held at Tapatio Cliffs Hilton Resort, nestled in between Phoenix and Scottsdale in the midst of the Sonora Desert: http://www.pointehilton.com/indextc.cfm.
NASIG has a reimbursement policy for conference speakers whose organizations do not cover expenses. For more information about this policy, please see: http://www.nasig.org/conferences/reimbursement_policy.htm.
Sessions Types:
• Pre-conferences are in-depth programs that focus on practical aspects of the work and skills we perform on a daily basis. In general, these programs are several hours in duration, have limited attendance, and may include hands-on training.
• Vision sessions are offered at no-conflict times to allow all conference attendees to participate. These programs generally deal with the larger universe of ideas and issues that may influence the serials world.
• Strategy sessions generally deal with all or, at least, several segments of the serials world including, but not limited to publishers, vendors, service providers, and librarians. These sessions are 90 minutes; please allow 10 minutes for questions from the audience.
• Tactics Sessions are designed to address day-to-day issues and generally deal with one or two practical aspects of the serials world. These sessions are 60 minutes; please allow 10 minutes for questions from the audience.
To suggest a proposal or an idea, please fill out the submission form available at: http://www.nasig.org/public/forms/idea.htm.
The deadline for this call for proposals and ideas is August 20, 2007.
For more information about the North American Serials Interest Group, please see: http://www.nasig.org.
Inquiries may be sent to the PPC co-chairs, Sarah Wessel and Erika Ripley at: prog-plan@nasig.org.

The Code4Lib Journal (C4LJ) will provide a forum to foster community and share information among those interested in the intersection of libraries, technology, and the future.

Submissions are currently being accepted for the first issue of this promising new journal. Please submit articles, abstracts, or proposals for articles to c4lj-articles@googlegroups.com (a private list read only by C4LJ editors) by Friday, August 31, 2007. Publication of the first issue is planned for late December 2007.

Possible topics for articles include, but are not limited to:

* Practical applications of library technology. Both actual and
hypothetical applications invited.
* Technology projects (failed, successful, proposed, or
in-progress), how they were done, and challenges faced
* Case studies
* Best practices
* Reviews
* Comparisons of third party software or libraries
* Analyses of library metadata for use with technology
* Project management and communication within the library environment
* Assessment and user studies

Above all, C4LJ encourages creativity and flexibility, and the editors welcome submissions across a broad variety of topics. Anything that supports the mission of C4LJ is welcome.

The goal of the journal is to promote professional communication by minimizing the barriers to publication. While articles in the journal should be of a high quality, they need not follow any formal structure or guidelines. Writers should aim for the middle ground between, on the one hand, blog or mailing-list posts, and, on the other hand, articles in traditional journals. We want publishing in the journal to be easy and painless, helping the community to share timely, relevant information that is currently shared all too rarely.

Articles need not include comprehensive literature reviews and bibliographies, although pointing the reader to useful work that has gone before can certainly be helpful. Authors are encouraged to include code samples, algorithms, and pseudo-code where appropriate.

The Journal will be electronic only, and at least initially, edited rather than refereed.

Please contact us with proposals or queries, as well as draft articles, at c4lj-articles@googlegroups.com (a private list read only by C4LJ editors) no later than Friday, August 31, 2007. Earlier contact is appreciated.

For more information, you can find information on our mission, processes and structures, and guidelines for authors at: http://journal.code4lib.org/

We look forward to hearing from interested people,

Code4Lib Journal Editorial Committee

Carol Bean
Jonathan Brinley
Edward Corrado
Tom Keays
Emily Lynema
Eric Lease Morgan
Ron Peterson
Jonathan Rochkind
Jodi Schneider
Dan Scott
Ken Varnum

SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS

We invite contributions for a new volume in the
Elsevier series Advances in Library Administration and
Organization: “Culture, Context and History in the
Post-Soviet World of Information Institutions,
Resources and Practices.”

This volume is inspired by the cross-national and
comparative research of Richard Quandt, Christine
Borgman, Andrew Lass, Nadia Caidi, all of which raise
fundamental questions about the role culture, context
and history have played in the post-Soviet
reproduction and transformation of information
institutions, resources and practices across the
former Soviet bloc.

We are particularly interested in original
contributions that address one or more of the
following issues:

The definitions, understandings and roles played by
local concepts of “culture” and ”cooperation” in the
construction of cross-national information agendas in
the post-Soviet space;

The character of the relationship between local
concepts of “public” and “private” and the roles this
specific relationship has played in the reproduction,
transformation and/or invention of institutions
dedicated to the management and provision of
information;

Transformations in the social uses of libraries, ICTs,
and public/private collections in the post-Soviet
space;

Transformations in the understanding, goals and
significance of “reading” over the past ten to fifteen
years.

We welcome contributions from any discipline. We are
particularly interested in receiving original
contributions from scholars outside of the US.

Although we will consider shorter or longer papers,
submissions should be 10,000 to 12,500 word, formatted
in APA style and submitted via email. As for
deadlines for submissions, please contact
Graves(details below).

If you prefer to correspond or submit manuscripts by
mail, please address all correspondence to:

William Graves III, PhD
English and Cultural Studies Department
Bryant University
1150 Douglas Pike
Smithfield, Rhode Island 02917
USA

For inquiries regarding the journal “Advances in
Library Administration and Organization,” please
contact James M Nyce at jnyce@bsu.edu or at the
following address:

James M. Nyce, PhD
Department of Anthropology
Ball State University
2000 W. University Ave.
Muncie, IN 47306
USA

The Journal of Library Metadata (JLM) is a peer-reviewed journal publishing articles on all aspects of metadata applications in libraries. The journal is published quarterly by The Haworth Press, Inc.

Previously titled the Journal of Internet Cataloging, after a change in title and editorship, JLM will now focus on metadata, an exciting, timely subject of importance to all libraries. The journal will publish three categories of articles: standard, peer-reviewed articles; shorter, scholarly, non-peer reviewed articles; and short viewpoint articles.

These articles will cover all aspects of metadata applications in libraries, including:

Application profiles

Best practices

Controlled vocabularies

Crosswalking of metadata and interoperability

Digital libraries and metadata

Display of search results

Federated repositories

Federated searching

Folksonomies

Individual metadata schemes

Institutional repository metadata

Metadata content standards

Metadata harvesting

Ontologies

Preservation metadata

Resource Description Framework

Resource discovery and metadata

Search engines and metadata

SKOS

Stochastic vs. deterministic searching

Tagging and tag clouds

Topic maps

Visual image and moving image metadata

Categories of Articles

Please consider writing and submitting an article that falls into one of the following three categories:

Peer-reviewed articles (original research, scholarly manuscripts), which should be 10-50 typed pages, double-spaced.
Short, scholarly, non-peer-reviewed articles, often practical in nature (for example, describing a particular library metadata implementation). These should range from 500-2,000 words, with limited citations to other resources.
Upbeat Viewpoint articles giving the author’s opinion on a timely topic related to library metadata applications. These should range from 500-2,000 words and may or may not contain citations. Focus should be on improvements or solutions instead of negative aspects of an existing system, standard, or service.

For more information please visit the Journal of Library Metadata web site at: http://jlm.haworthpress.com.

Please direct all inquiries and article proposals to:

Jeffrey Beall

Editor, Journal of Library Metadata

Auraria Library

University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center

1100 Lawrence St.

Denver, CO 80204 USA

jeffrey.beall@cudenver.edu

Library & Archival Security is the only journal that stresses legal and organizational security issues and incidents in libraries, archives, and other information centers. Peer-reviewed and refereed, the journal is devoted to providing information on all aspects of security in libraries, archives, and other information centers, including physical security; data and communications security; relevant legislation; disaster preparedness and recovery; and studies of related social, legal, and ethical issues.

Intended for scholars and practitioners in the fields of library and archival science concerned with the security and availability of traditional and digital collections. Library & Archival Security contains articles of theoretical and practical importance.

Topics include:

• theft detection and prevention
• related inventory methods
• security systems and equipment
• incidents involving public behavior and safety in libraries
• challenges posed by digital collections and wide area networking
• the security, integrity, and confidentiality of electronic records, networks,
and communications, library Internet sites, and local library automation systems
• the legal and ethical implications of library record keeping

As a rule, Library & Archival Security includes the following sections:

• a section which includes opinionated editorial, notes about important issues, etc.,
from practitioners and theoreticians in the field and occasionally from users of libraries and archives
• at least two feature articles per issue
• a section containing substantive book, media, and security product reviews and/or
lists of new and forthcoming titles of interest.

Library & Archival Security also contains research reports and case studies. The editorial advisory board and review panel include practitioners and theoreticians in the fields of library and archival science, as well as professionals in the areas of security and disaster preparedness and recovery.

Library & Archival Security is currently accepting manuscripts for consideration of publication. Manuscripts should be 5—20 typed pages, double spaced (including references and abstract). The references and format should follow the The Chicago Manual of Style (Chicago: University of Chicago Press). Authors are encouraged to submit manuscripts electronically to the editor. The journal is published biannually (2 issues per volume), in both print and electronic format.

For more information on how to prepare articles for publication, visit the journal’s Web site at:
http://LAS.HaworthPress.com and click on “Instructions for Authors” in the “Journal Information” column. You may also contact the editor at:

Christopher Brown-Syed, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Library and Information Studies
534 Baldy Hall
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY 14260-1020
Email: cbrownsyed@cogeco.ca

Library & Archival Security also contains research reports and case studies. The editorial advisory board and review panel include practitioners and theoreticians in the fields of library and archival science, as well as professionals in the areas of security and disaster preparedness and recovery.

Library & Archival Security is currently accepting manuscripts for consideration
of publication. Manuscripts should be 5—20 typed pages, double spaced (including references and abstract). The references and format should follow the The Chicago Manual of Style
(Chicago: University of Chicago Press). Authors are encouraged to submit manuscripts
electronically to the editor. The journal is published biannually (2 issues per volume), in both
print and electronic format.

For more information on how to prepare articles for publication, visit the journal’s Web site at:
http://LAS.HaworthPress.com and click on “Instructions for Authors” in the
“Journal Information” column. You may also contact the editor at:

Christopher Brown-Syed, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Library and Information Studies
534 Baldy Hall
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY 14260-1020
Email: cbrownsyed@cogeco.ca

As you may have heard, the Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences is now edited by myself and Mary Niles Maack, also of UCLA. The forthcoming Third Edition is scheduled to come out sometime in late 2008 or early 2009.

We have completely re-conceptualized the encyclopedia, expanding it to cover all the major information disciplines, including LIS, archives, records management, museum studies, bibliography, informatics, knowledge management, information systems, document and genre studies, and social studies of information. I will be giving a paper on it at the CoLIS 6 (Conceptions of LIS) conference in Sweden in August, providing both the theoretical and practical rationale for this approach.

We hope that the real-world result, though, will be the furtherance of mutual understanding and collective power among the information fields. We believe that both theory and professional practice should benefit from this unified approach.

We anticipate having something over 600 article-length entries in the encyclopedia, which should be considerably larger than the four-volume set was for the Second Edition. Most of the articles have been assigned by now, but life being full of the usual vicissitudes, there are a few planned entries remaining that we do not yet have authors for. Some of these articles are quite central to the field. In some cases we just didn't happen to find someone to invite (we don't know everybody's specialties and interests!), and in other cases authors had to withdraw for one reason or another.

Sooooooo, for the entries below, we are inviting you to volunteer to write one or more articles, and/or to suggest people who you think would do a good job writing the article. We are interested in faculty, practitioners, and students with at least one year of grad school as possible authors. Don't be shy! Junior faculty should also know that articles are refereed, so, unlike some encyclopedia contributions, this one should count for your tenure.

Listed below are needed topics. Depending on the results of current invitations outstanding, we may announce more possibilities in a couple of weeks. PLEASE RESPOND BY JULY 31.

Thanks, Marcia
NEEDED ARTICLES:
Library public services
Film and broadcast archives
Social science data archives
Serials collection and management
Special librarianship
Special libraries
Reprography in libraries and archives
Library portals and gateways
Library architecture and interior design
Oral history in libraries
Custody and chain of custody
Disruptive information technologies
Information theory
Bioinformatics
Artificial intelligence
Information technology consulting firms (e.g., Accenture)
Philosophy and psychology of collecting
Cybernetics
Network management
Optical scanning and text recognition
Records compliance and risk management [records management]
Records organization and access [records management]
Records preservation [records management]
Expert locators and recommender systems
Information storage technologies
Version control

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Marcia J. Bates, Ph.D.
Professor Emerita
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Editor (with Mary Niles Maack), Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences
Department of Information Studies
Graduate School of Education and Information Studies
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1520 USA
Tel: 310-206-9353
Fax: 310-206-4460
Web: http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/faculty/bates/

ISKO 2008 — Montréal. Call for Papers

10th biennial ISKO Conference
Culture and Identity in Knowledge Organization

Official Call is OPEN

The 10th biennial International Conference of the International
Society for Knowledge Organization (ISKO) is organised and hosted by
the École de bibliothéconomie et des sciences de l’information,
Université de Montréal.

Previous ISKO conferences took place in Darmstadt (1990), Madras
(1992), Copenhagen (1994), Washington (1996), Lille (1998), Toronto
(2000), Granada (2002), London (2004) and Vienna (2006).

Time and Place of ISKO 2008: Tuesday 5 to Friday 8 of August 2008, at
the Université de Montréal (Québec, Canada).

Website: http://www.ebsi.umontreal.ca/isko2008/

Contact: isko2008@gmail.com

Conference Theme: Culture and Identity in Knowledge Organization.
The proposed research topics for this edition include:
­ Epistemological Foundations in KO
­ Models and Methods
­ Systems and Tools ­ Ethics
­ KO for Libraries, Archives, and Museums
­ Non-Textual Materials
­ KO in Multilingual Environments
­ Users and Social Context
­ Discourse Communities and KO
­ KO for Information Management and Retrieval
­ Evaluation

Types of Contributions Accepted to ISKO 2008
Research papers, posters, and workshop proposals are accepted for
this conference.

The authors should clearly outline the central objective or
hypothesis of the research, and present preliminary or intermediary
results. If authors intend to present their most recent findings (not
yet available at the submission date) at the conference, they should
clearly indicate their potential significance. Research-in-progress
papers may also be submitted but may not be retained if underdeveloped.

Research Papers
Professionals and researchers are invited to submit abstracts with a
maximum of 1500 words for full and research-in-progress papers by
November 9th, 2007. Full papers that are not accepted might be
retained as posters.

Posters
Professionals and researchers are invited to submit abstracts with a
maximum of 500 words for posters by November 9th, 2007.

Workshop Proposals
Submission for workshops are also invited.

Review of Contributions
The international programme committee will review the abstracts, and
authors will be notified of decisions by December 14th 2007. The
deadlines for submission of papers for the printed conference
proceedings are below. All abstracts should be submitted through
email (isko2008@gmail.com) by November 9th 2007. Late submission will
not be eligible for consideration.

Guidelines for Submission of Abstract
First page should include the following information (copy&paste in
your document):
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Tenth International ISKO Conference
Montréal, August 5­8, 2008

Author name(s): {fill in}
Affiliation(s): {fill in}
Full contact information: {fill in}
Title: {fill in}
Conference topic: {fill in}
Type of submission: {Paper / Poster / Workshop}
Number of words: {fill in}
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The abstract should follow on the second page (no name should appear
on this page).

Format: Word or RTF.

Conference Chair
Dr. Clément Arsenault, Associate Professor,
École de bibliothéconomie et des sciences de l’information.
Université de Montréal, Canada. E-mail: clement.arsenault@umontreal.ca

Programme Chair
Dr. Joseph T. Tennis, Assistant Professor,
The Information School of the University of Washington, Seattle, USA.
E-mail: jtennis@u.washington.edu

Poster Session Chair
Dr. Michèle Hudon, Associate Professor,
École de bibliothéconomie et des sciences de l’information.
Université de Montréal, Canada. E-mail: michele.hudon@umontreal.ca

Programme Committee
To be announced soon (please check the website).

Authors will be requested to submit their final accepted
contributions using the ISKO 2008 formatting guidelines.

Valid Document Formats: Microsoft Word (.doc) and Rich Text Format
(.rtf).

Submission for Accepted Papers and Posters
­ Papers — max. 7 pages (~3500 word). Papers will be published in
the printed proceedings.
­ Posters — max. 2 pages (~1000 words). Posters will be published
on the website.
­ To prepare your camera ready manuscript you must use and conform
to the ISKO 2008 paper template or to the ISKO 2008 poster template.
The templates and guidelines will be posted on the website at a later
date.
­ Failure to conform to templates will lead to paper rejection from
Proceedings and Conference.
­ The working language of the conference is English.

Important Dates
­ Abstract submission, deadline: November 9th 2007.
­ Notification of acceptance of paper submissions: December 14th 2007.
­ Notification of acceptance of posters: January 18th 2008.
­ Camera ready papers due in MS Word/RTF format: 1st March 2008.

Contact: isko2008@gmail.com

The Call for Participation of the Thirteenth Off-Campus Library Services Conference is now available on the conference web site at http://ocls.cmich.edu/conference/call.htm The conference will be held in the Hilton Salt Lake City Center April 23-26, 2008.

Faculty, librarians, administrators, staff and students who have an interest in or are working with students who take classes at a distance from campus are welcome to present a proposal for this conference. The five subject tracks below offer a framework for the conference. Select a track relating to your topic and send in your proposal. The conference offers an audience who understands and responds to your presentation and publication in the Journal of Library Administration.

Research- Surveys, assessment, statistics, theories, overviews

Teaching and learning- Methods, strategies, models, one-on-one, classroom

Electronic information and delivery- E-books, databases, web technology, virtual reference

Collaboration- Librarian, faculty, consortia, or other

Administration and support services- Program development, ILL, document delivery, reference management systems, collection development, budgets, staffing

Additional information about formats, submission requirements, timelines and evaluation criteria are available on the web site.

For more updates about events at the conference or if your e-mail has changed subscribe to the Conference Listserv

To subscribe go to this address:

LISTSERV@LISTSERV.CMICH.EDU

In the message area type:

subscribe OCLSCONF your first name your last name

For Example: subscribe OCLSCONF Jane Smith

Connie Hildebrand

Conference Coordinator

Off-Campus Library Services Conference

April 23-26, 2008, Salt Lake City, Utah

989-774-6080

connie.hildebrand@cmich.edu

http://ocls.cmich.edu/conference

Call for papers and participation: 3rd Annual Social Informatics
Research Symposium: The social web, social computing and the social analysis of
computing (SIG SI)

Friday October 19th, 1-6pm; Hyatt Regency Milwaukee Wisconsin

The purpose of this ASIST preconference research symposium is to
disseminate current research and research in progress that investigates
the social aspects of information and communications technologies (ICT)
across all areas of ASIST. The symposium includes members of many SIGs.

The symposium defines "social" broadly to include critical and
historical approaches and well as contemporary social analysis; and, it defines
"technology" broadly to include traditional technologies (i.e., paper) as
well as state of the art computer systems This year's theme is "The
social web: Web 2.0, social computing and the social analysis of computing"

We are pleased to announce that the keynote will be given by Dr.
Alice Robbin, Director of the Rob Kling Center for Social Informatics and Associate
Professor in the School of Library and Information Science at Indiana
University. Her topic will be "Planning the Future of Social Informatics in ASIST." Dr
Robbin will lead a lively discussion focusing on

~Funding opportunities for research on the social impacts of technology
~How social informatics reseachers in library and information science
and related disciplines might collaborate in the development of
innovative research proposals

Call for papers and posters:

Submit a short paper (3000 words) or poster (1000 words) by August 31,2007

Submissions may include empirical, critical and theoretical work, as
well as richly described practice cases and demonstrations.

Acceptance announcements made by September 10, in time for conference
early registration (ends Sept 14th).
Tentative Schedule

Paper presentations: 1-2:30 pm
Break: 2:30-2:45 (with poster viewing)
Paper presentations: 2:45-4:15
Poster 15 minute madness: 4:15 to 4:30
Break: 4:30-4:45 (with poster viewing)
Closing Keynote Discussion: 4:45-6:00 pm

For further information and instructions for submitting papers and posters
see: https://mywebspace.wisc.edu/eschenfelder/web/si2007.

Kristin Eschenfelder
Associate Professor
School of Library and Information Studies
University of Wisconsin-Madison
eschenfelder@wisc.edu
1-608-263-2105
http://slisweb.lis.wisc.edu/~kreschen

Howard Rosenbaum
Associate Professor
School of Library and Information Science
Indiana University
hrosenba@indiana.edu
812 855 3250

Call for Chapter Proposals
Working Title: Casebook on Gaming in Academic Libraries

An ACRL Monograph

Editors:
Amy Harris, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, a_harri2@uncg.edu
Scott Rice, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, serice2@uncg.edu

Deadline for proposals: August 31, 2007
Expected publication: Summer 2008

Gaming in all its forms is making its way into academia. Casebook on
Gaming in Academic Libraries will provide case studies and reports of
best practices and experiences in the many ways in which academic
libraries have chosen to become part of this trend.

Casebook on Gaming in Academic Libraries will include three sections
to encompass the variety of ways gaming has been incorporated into
academic libraries.

Section 1: Gaming as Marketing

How is gaming used to bring students into the library and make students
aware of other library services?

Section 2: Gaming and Collections

How have academic libraries started augmenting their collections with
hardware and software?

Section 3: Gaming and Teaching

How is gaming used for teaching information literacy skills in academic
libraries? How does gaming fit into the academic classroom?

Possible topics may include but are not limited to the following:

Information literacy games
Game night hosting
Student orientation games
Games in information commons
Game software and hardware collections
Games to train staff

Submissions

Individuals interested in contributing a chapter are invited to e-mail
a proposal to the editors on or before August 31, 2007. Proposals
should be from 400-600 words and include information about your name,
affiliation, a working title, and abstract. Authors of accepted
proposals will be notified of acceptance by September 14, 2007. Full
chapters will be expected by January 15, 2008.

Scott Rice
Networked Information Services Librarian
ElectronicResources and Information Technology
Jackson Library
UNC GreensboroTo read messages on topics discussed on the ILI listserv, click the ARCHIVES button on the left-hand menu, or visit: http://lists.ala.org/wws/arc/ili-l

CALL FOR PAPERS

The Australian Library Journal - Special Issue on INFORMATION BEHAVIOUR

Guest Editor:

Amanda Spink
Professor of Information Technology
Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Email: ah.spink@qut.edu.au

IMPORTANT DATES:

Full papers due: December 1 2007
Authors receive reviews: December 15 2007
Final papers due: February 1 2008
Anticipated publication: First quarter 2008

The Australian Library Journal has been published since 1951. Published quarterly, it contains a wide coverage of Australian library issues, including research. It is the acknowledged flagship publication of the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA). The journal is available through subscription.

ISSUE FOCUS

This special issue is seeking theoretical or empirical papers on any aspect of information behaviour.

Information behaviour is a basic element of human kind. Humans have sought, organized and used information for millennia as they evolved and learned patterns of information behaviour to help resolve their human problems and survive. The field of library and information science is a leading discipline in conducting research that seeks to understand human information related behaviours. Various interdisciplinary perspectives to information behaviour are emerging, including an information foraging approach, sense-making approach, information seeking approach, an everyday life information seeking approach and a more holistic approach integrating various approaches with information use and organisation. Theoretical and empirical papers discussing any aspect of information behaviour are encouraged.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Submissions of 3-5000 words should be emailed in Word format to the special issue editor, Amanda Spink at ah.spink@qut.edu.au.

The AGPS Style Manual is used. For further information see - http://alia.org.au/publishing/alj/

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Amanda Spink
Research Capacity Building Professor of Information Technology
Faculty of Information Technology
Queensland University of Technology
Gardens Point Campus
2 George St, GPO Box 2434
Brisbane QLD 4001 Australia
http://www.fit.qut.edu.au
Tel: 61-7-3138-9583 Fax: 61-7-3864-2703
Email: ah.spink@qut.edu.au
Homepage: http://sky.fit.qut.edu.au/~spinkah/

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 14, 2007

Press Contacts
202-653-4628
Kevin O'Connell, koconnell@imls.gov

IMLS Calls for 2008 Connecting to Collections: Statewide Planning Grants

Application Deadline: October 16, 2007

Washington, DC-The Institute of Museum and Library Services invites
proposals for statewide, collaborative planning grants to address the
recommendations of the Heritage Health Index (HHI, see
www.heritagepreservation.org/HHI), a landmark study conducted by
Heritage Preservation in partnership with IMLS. HHI found the
collections held in the public trust by libraries, museums, and archives
to be at great risk. The report offered four recommendations for
collecting institutions:

* that they provide safe conditions for their collections;
* that they develop an emergency plan;
* that they assign responsibility for collections care; and
* that they marshal public and private support for and raise public
awareness about collections care.

These grants are aimed at fostering effective partnerships among
organizations that have a strong commitment to the collections
stewardship goals of a given state, commonwealth, or territory. Over the
course of two years, IMLS hopes to make one grant to each eligible state
or territory so that each of these entities can move closer to achieving
the recommendations of the HHI through an appropriate and achievable
plan for action.

For the past year, IMLS and its partners have been drawing attention to
the findings and recommendations of HHI. The Connecting to Collections:
A Call to Action initiative (see www.imls.gov/about/collections.shtm)
has already resulted in a successful national summit on conservation and
preservation, the signing of a cooperative agreement to create a
conservation "bookshelf," and the issuance of a request for proposals to
support Connecting to Collections: The National Tour. The Statewide
Planning Grants represent an equally important component of this
national initiative.

Application guidelines are available in PDF format at
www.imls.gov/applicants/grants/pdf/CtoC_2008.pdf (608KB). Please note
that the Institute will only accept applications submitted through
Grants.gov, the federal government's online application system. All
applicants who are using Grants.gov must register with Grants.gov before
submitting their application. Applicants who are not already registered
should allow at least two weeks to complete this one-time process. See
www.imls.gov/applicants/grantsgov/checklist.shtm for more information on
registration. Please direct any questions about the Statewide Planning
Grants to Christine Henry, 202-653-4674, chenry@imls.gov.

About the Institute of Museum and Library Services
The Institute of Museum and Library Services is the primary source of
federal support for the nation's 122,000 libraries and 17,500 museums.
The Institute's mission is to create strong libraries and museums that
connect people to information and ideas. The Institute works at the
national level and in coordination with state and local organizations to
sustain heritage, culture, and knowledge; enhance learning and
innovation; and support professional development. To learn more about
the Institute, please visit www.imls.gov

CALL FOR CHAPTERS
Proposals Submission Deadline Extended: 9/30/2007
Full Articles Due: 1/30/2008
Handbook of Research on Collaborative Learning using Concept Mapping
http://www.idea-group.com/requests/details.asp?ID=178
A book edited by
Patricia Lupion Torres PhD.
Universidade Catolica do Parana (PUCPR), Brazil &
Rita de Cassia Veiga Marriott MEd.
University of Birmingham/UK & Universidade Catolica do Parana/Brazil
patitorres@terra.com.br
rita.marriott@yahoo.com

Introduction

The new socioeconomic and technological pressures arising from an unparalleled globalised world require that current methodological solutions be reviewed. At such a unique conjuncture, with unprecedented resources, the opportunity of making learning situations more flexible and of advancing, enriching and socializing them must not be missed.

Educators are seeking new methodologies to respond to the demand for personal education and knowledge acquisition and production. A study by Laister & Kober (2005) identified a number of reasons for the success of Collaborative Learning (CL) as a teaching approach. Of these reasons, the following stand out: 1. the effectiveness of both short-term learning, in terms of the subject / material being studied, and long-term learning, in terms of cognitive skills and self-esteem; 2. when CL is compared with individual and competitive learning scenarios, it can be seen to help students perform better by increasing their ability to resolve problems and helping develop personality traits that will be of benefit to them in both their academic and professional lives; and 3. CL empowers the individual and gives him/her the skills to live a more independent, collaborative and pleasant life.

Collaborative learning thus offers the possibility of methodological innovation. It represents a significant shift away from the typical classroom, where the teacher places him/herself at the centre of the process. In CL, students, or students and teachers, unite their intellectual efforts and generally work in groups of two or more with the aim to understand, solve, create or determine the meaning of a subject together. Activities revolve around the exploration or use of course material by students rather than a simple presentation or explanation by the teacher. In collaborative work, students are inevitably faced with differences and must make an effort to work with these differences. Developing the ability to tolerate and resolve issues, to come to agreements that respect all the members of the group and to take an interest in colleagues’ progress are crucial skills for community life. Development of these values and skills is generally relegated to the student’s life “outside” the school environment. Encouraging teamwork, a sense of community and leadership skills are legitimate and valuable aims for the classroom rather than just for outside it. (SMITH & MacGREGOR, 1992, p. 2)
At the same time, the technological advances that have taken place in this new knowledge society have made it much easier both to access and to disseminate this know-how. Nevertheless, in spite of the extraordinary advances in communications and in all areas of knowledge, the enormous amount of information available has given rise to concerns and worries among teachers the world over regarding how to understand and learn about the information that is being disseminated and use it to construct new meanings.
Concept Mapping is a way of representing the information visually which is beginning to be implemented at all educational levels in many institutions worldwide. It was developed by Novak and his team in 1972 while working on a 12-year project with elementary school children in Ithaca/USA (Novak, 2004, p. 458) and it is regarded by many researchers as a powerful learning and teaching technique. Based on Ausubel’s ideas of progressive differentiation and integrative reconciliation, two of the major advantages of its use can be stated as: 1. When engaging in the construction of concept maps, students think both on the content and on the form, and this exercise promotes the development of both sides of the brain, the creative and the analytical one; and 2. The organised visual representation of content helps in the transfer of knowledge from the short-term memory to the long-term memory, anchoring new concepts to previously acquired ones.

By using collaborative learning and concept mapping, it is possible to build up on previous knowledge and construct and create something new using information and ideas. These intellectual acts of processing and constructing meaning or of creating something new are crucial to learning. Students, absorbed in challenging tasks or questions, collaborate and bring many different perspectives to the classroom as well as different cultures, learning styles, experiences and aspirations. This mutual exploration, creation of meaning and feedback result in a better understanding by the student and in the creation of new meanings for all of us since, as teachers, we can no longer follow the “one-size-fits-all” approach. (SMITH & MacGREGOR, 1992, p. 2)

Therefore, in the light of the above, The Handbook of Research on Collaborative Learning using Concept Mapping aims at overcoming and going beyond models based on the accumulation and reproduction of knowledge. The publication of this book/handbook is thus justified by the need to present, and the possibility of presenting, innovative educational and learning models that meet current complex educational demands.

Coverage

The Handbook of Research on Collaborative Learning using Concept Mapping will contribute with theoretical reflections and approaches on the use of Concept Maps in the collaborative-learning methodology in order to assist educators at different teaching levels and to foster professional discussion and progress in this new developing field. Each chapter will consist of 5,000 to 7,500 words and will report on research, studies, methodologies and approaches involving collaborative learning and concept mapping.

Recommended topics and chapter organization include, but are not limited to, the following:

1. Theoretical Foundation
- The Fundamentals of Collaborative Learning
- The Fundamentals of Concept Maps
- From planning to assessment in the context of collaborative learning using concept maps

2. Practical Foundation
- Successful experiences of collaborative learning using concept maps.
- Interfaces for the construction of collaborative concept maps

Invited Submissions: Prospective authors are invited to submit a 2-3 page manuscript on their proposed chapter via e-mail on or before September 30, 2007. The proposal should be on previously unpublished work on the above-suggested topics or other related topics in the area of collaborative learning using concept mapping and should clearly explain the mission and concerns of your research. We strongly encourage other topics that have not been listed in our suggested list, particularly if the topic is related to the research area in which you have expertise. Upon acceptance of your proposal, you will have until January 30, 2008 to prepare your chapter of 5,000-7,500 words and 7-10 related terms and their appropriate definitions. Guidelines for preparing your paper and terms and definitions will be sent to you upon acceptance of your proposal.

Please forward your proposal including your name and affiliation on or before September 30, 2007. You will be notified about the status of your proposed chapter by January 30, 2008. The book is scheduled to be published by Idea Group, Inc., publisher of the Idea Group Publishing, Information Science Publishing, IRM Press, CyberTech Publishing and Idea Group Reference imprints, in 2008.

Please forward inquiries and submissions to both editors by e-mail to:

Dr. Patricia Lupion Torres
Head of E-Learning
Universidade Catolica do Parana (PUCPR)
Brazil
patitorres@terra.com.br

&

Rita de Cassia Veiga Marriott MEd.
Language Teacher & E-Learning Researcher
University of Birmingham & Universidade Catolica do Parana (PUCPR)
UK/Brazil
rita.marriott@yahoo.com

The Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship(JERL) is a
peer-reviewed journal concerning issues in electronic
resources librarianship. The journal is published quarterly
by The Haworth Press (Taylor & Francis). Submissions are
being accepted for the inaugural and future issues of this
journal. http://www.jerl-info.com/announcement/view/1

JERL is also looking for a Reviews Editor who will be
charged with editing a review section to include books and
other resources of interest in the field.
http://www.jerl-info.com/announcement/view/2

This journal aims to inform librarians and other information
professionals about evolving work-related processes and
procedures, current research and the latest news on topics
related to electronic resources and the digital
environment's impact on collecting, acquiring and making
accessible library materials.

Suggested topics include, but are not limited to, the
following: Collecting electronic resources
• Assessment/evaluation of e-resources, Collection
planning,
Balancing Electronic with print, Determining value of
e-resources, Policies and procedures in maintenance of
digital resources and collections

Managing electronic collections
• Licensing, negotiation, and alternatives, Stewardship
and
Preservation of e-resources, Standards, Cross-functional
work/workflow, Library-vendor relations

Making digital collections accessible to users
• User preferences and expectations, Digital Rights
Management, E-resources delivery/promotion, Information
needs and behavior of users, Marketing and promotion of
e-resources, Search & Locate Tools

Scholarly Communication issues
• Intellectual Property, Copyright and Fair Use, History
of
publishing, Changing nature of research in digital
environment, Economics of e-resources in libraries

Digital Libraries and digital collections
• Digitization/re-digitization projects, Digital
repositories within the larger collection

Changing environment and the effects on libraries
• Planning the digital future, Changing nature of
librarianship, Organizational change,
Collaboration/collaborative work environments

JERL strives to find a balance between original, scholarly
research, and practical communications about relevant topics
in electronic resources librarianship.

The journal will publish the following types of articles:
• Peer-reviewed articles of a scholarly (original
research)
nature • Practice-related articles, such as case studies
or
pieces on the state of the field/new areas of work
• Review articles of books, conferences, and other
resources
of interest in the field
• Editorial/guest columns on topics of interest to those
who
work with electronic resources

Query letters to the editor to determine suitability for the
Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship are welcome.

Bonnie Tijerina
Editor, Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship
http://www.jerl-info.com

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Bonnie Tijerina
Electronic Resources Coordinator, Collection Development
Georgia Institute of Technology
Library and Information Center
Atlanta, GA 30332-0900
404-385-2044
AIM: bltijerina
bonnie.tijerina@library.gatech.edu

The 23rd Annual ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC 2008)

Special Track on Web Technologies

http://www710.univ-lyon1.fr/~dbenslim/sac2008-wt.html

Fortaleza, Brazil
March 16-20, 2008
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Overview
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The increasing popularity and advances in Web technologies (XML, Web
services, semantic Web, etc.) are enabling the development of new classes of
applications and new trends in the design of Information Systems.
This track focuses on emerging Web technologies, architectures, and
methodologies for building and managing advanced Web information systems.
The Internet and the related technologies have created an interconnected
world in which information can be exchanged easily, tasks can be processed
collaboratively, communities of users with similar interests can be formed
to achieve efficiency and improve performance, while security threats are
present more than ever before.
The goal of this track is to bring together researchers from academia and
industry who are actively engaged both in theoretical and practical aspects
of Web Technologies. It will present an opportunity for researchers to get
together and share recent developments and techniques in order to identify
the critical problems and the most promising research avenues. This track
addresses the challenging Web technologies issues focusing on exploring
novel methods, techniques, and trends to build up and manage information
systems.

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Topics of Interests
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We solicit original research and industrial papers in the area of web-based
information technologies with a special interest in the following topics:
• Emerging Web Technologies (e.g., Web 2.0 and AJAX)
• Wireless Mobile Web
• Web Information Systems
• Security, Privacy, and Trust of Web Technologies
• Quality of Web Services
• Web-Centric Systems
• Web Services
• Software Architectures for Web Services
• Business Process Integration
• Web Engineering
• Service-Oriented Architecture
• Industrial Experiences with Web Technologies
• Web Mining including Web Intelligence and Web 3.0
• Web Databases
• Web Metrics, Monitoring and Analysis
• Case Studies on Web Services-based Applications and Systems
• Web-based applications and solutions for e-commerce & B2B

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Paper Submissions
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All submissions will be subjected to at least two to three blind reviews to
ensure unbiased review process.
Accepted papers will be published in the ACM SAC 2008 proceedings and are
also available online through ACM.s Digital Library.
Prospective papers should be submitted per track using the provided
automated submission system. Submission of the same paper to multiple tracks
is not allowed. For submission guidelines and more information please visit
the SAC 2008 web-site (http://www.acm.org/conferences/sac/sac2008/).

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Important Dates
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* September 8, 2007: paper submission
* October 16, 2007: acceptance/rejection notification
* October 30, 2007: camera-ready copy

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Track Chairs
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* Youakim Badr (INSA-Lyon, France)
* Djamal Benslimane (University of Lyon, France)
* Zakaria Maamar (Zayed University, Dubai, UAE)

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Programme Committee
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David Bell (Brunel University, UK)
Salima Benbernou (Lyon 1 University, France)
Alexandre Bergel (University of Potsdam, Germany)
Brian Blake (Georgetown University, USA)
Jorge Cardoso (Madeira University, Portugal)
Beniamino Di Martino (University of Napoli, Italy)
Flavius Frasincar (Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands)
Faiez Gargouri (University of Safx, Tunisia)
Karl M. Goeschka (Vienna University of Technology, Austria)
Antonio F. Gómez Skarmeta (Universidad de Murcia, Spain)
Erwin Leonardi (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
Axel Küpper (Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Germany)
Saravanan Muthaiyah (George Mason University, USA)
Ingo Mueller (Swinburne University of Technology, Australia)
Chrsitelle Vangenot (EPFL of Lausanne, Switzerland)
Athanasios Vasilakos (University of Western Macedonia,Greece)
Quan Z. Sheng (University of Adelaide, Australia)
Fabrizio Silvestri (National Research Council, Italy)
Peter Stanchev (Kettering University, USA)
Mariemma Yagüe (University of Málaga, Spain)
(TBC)

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General Inquiries
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For further information, please visit
http://www710.univ-lyon1.fr/~dbenslim/sac2008-wt.html or send emails to
wt@insa-lyon.fr

Public Services Quarterly is currently soliciting manuscripts to be considered for upcoming issues. It also has an opening for the editor of the Best of the Literature column. The journal’s goal is to keep academic librarians in a variety of public service roles up to date with developments in the field. Public Services Quarterly covers the areas of reference and research assistance, information literacy and instruction, and access and delivery services and examines creative ways to use technology to provide your students and faculty with the support they need. Combining research findings and case studies with authoritative articles, the journal tracks the changing patterns in organizational and managerial structures to present new initiatives for expanding and improving library services. Each issue includes a number of columns filled with practical ideas and important resources. The columns are Technology, Marketing, Best of the Literature, Professional Reading, Future Voices in Public Services, and Internet Resources. Additional information can be found at http://tinyurl.com/38na7r

I hope that you will consider PSQ when you are writing an article related to public services in academic libraries. Submissions to PSQ are peer-reviewed, and instructions for authors are available through a link on the PSQ page. Please don’t hesitate to contact the editor if you have questions. Initial queries about an article topic are welcome. Please note that the article, when completed, is still subject to a complete editorial review. Also make sure that you include a cover page listing only the article title, as well as a second title page with the full information that is specified on the Instructions for Authors web page.

Column Editor Position Available: Currently, there is a vacancy for the editor of the Best of the Literature column. You can see examples of this column starting with volume 2 of the journal. If you are interested in applying, contact Wayne Bivens-Tatum, the current column editor, at rbivens@princeton.edu.

Trudi E. Jacobson, Editor, Public Services Quarterly, University Libraries, University at Albany, 1400 Washington Ave, Albany NY 12222; tjacobson@uamail.albany.edu; 518/442-3581.

*Library & Archival Security *is the only journal that stresses legal and organizational issues and incidents involving the security of libraries, archives, and other information centers. Peer-reviewed and refereed, the journal is devoted to providing information on all aspects of security in libraries, archives, and other information centers, including physical security; data and communications security; relevant legislation; disaster preparedness and recovery; and studies of related social, legal, and ethical issues.

Intended for scholars and practitioners in the fields of library and archival science concerned with the security and availability of traditional and digital collections. *Library & Archival Security* contains articles of theoretical and practical importance.

*Manuscripts are being sought on such security issues such as:*

*
challenges posed by digital collections and Internet connectivity
*
the security, integrity, and confidentiality of electronic
records, networks,
and communications, library Internet sites, and local library
automation systems
*
the legal and ethical implications of library record keeping
*
theft detection and prevention, including computer intrusion
detection and information audits
*
security systems and equipment, and related inventory methods,
such as RFID
*
accounts of preparedness for, and recoveries from natural
disasters, conflicts, or social and political unrest
*
incidents involving public behavior and safety in libraries
*
accounts of historical events which had impacts upon access to
library or archival material

* Library & Archival Security* also contains research reports and case studies. The editorial advisory board and review panel include practitioners and theoreticians in the fields of library and archival science, as well as professionals in the areas of security and disaster preparedness and recovery.

*Library & Archival Security *is currently accepting manuscripts for consideration of publication. Manuscripts should be 5—20 typed pages, double spaced (including references and abstract). The references and format should follow/ The Chicago Manual of Style/ (Chicago: University of Chicago Press). Authors are encouraged to submit manuscripts electronically to the editor. The journal is published biannually (2 issues per volume), in both print and electronic format.

For more information on how to prepare articles for publication, visit the journal’s Web site at: *http://LAS.HaworthPress.com* and click on “Instructions for Authors” in the “Journal Information” column. You may also contact the editor, or submit articles for review in Microsoft Word form at:*

Christopher Brown-Syed*, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Library and Information Studies
534 Baldy Hall
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY 14260-1020
Email: cbrownsyed@cogeco.ca

For a FREE print sample copy of the* **Library & Archival Security* please send an e-mail to: samplecopy@HaworthPress.com .