Dolores' List of CFPs

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.

http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlawards/samuellazerow.cfm

Samuel Lazerow led a distinguished career as a major contributor to the advancement of information technology at the Library of Congress, the National Library of Medicine, and the National Agriculture Library among others. He ended his career as Senior Vice-president at the Institute for Scientific Information.

This award fosters advances in collections or technical services by providing fellowships to librarians for travel or writing in those fields. Research projects in the compilation of bibliographies will not be supported by this fellowship.

Award
$1,000 cash and a citation donated by the Thomson Scientific.

Criteria
The proposals will be judged with an emphasis on the following:

Potential significance of the project to acquisitions or technical services work
Originality and creativity
Clarity and completeness of the proposal
Evidence of an interest in scholarship (previous publication record)
Application Procedure
Brief proposals (five pages or less, double-spaced) should include the following:

Description of research, travel, or writing project
Schedule for project
Estimate of expenses (e.g., travel, faxing, data analysis, computer time, photocopying, typing)
An up-to-date curriculum vitae should accompany proposal
Awardee Obligation
Recipients of the fellowship are required to submit a 6-10 page report of the results of their research to the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) within two months of the project's completion. A 500-word summary for possible publication in C&RL News is also due at that time.

Submissions
Send eight (8) copies of the application to: Association of College and Research Libraries, Samuel Lazerow Fellowship, 50 East Huron Street, Chicago, IL 60611.

Submission Deadline: Postmarked by Friday, December 7, 2007

Information & Assistance
If you have questions or need help in compiling a nomination, please contact the award committee chair, Richard Bradberry, Dean, University Library, Bowie State University, Bowie, MD 20715, T: (310) 860-3849, E-mail: rbradberry@bowiestate.edu, or Megan Griffin, at (800)545-2433, ext. 2514, (312) 280-2514 or via e-mail at mgriffin@ala.org.

Previous Recipients
2007 – No recipient
2006 – Kyung-Sun Kim, "Factors Affecting the Selection of Information Sources."
2005– Kristin R. Eschenfelder, "Investigating the Impact of Digital Rights Management Systems on Libraries: A Pilot Study."
2004 – Karen M. Letarte and Jacqueline P. Samples for their research proposal entitled "Looking at FRBR Through Users' Eyes: Toward Improved Catalog Displays for Electronic Serials."
2003 – Katharine Farrell & Marc Truitt
2002 – Jeffrey Beall
2001 – Adam Chandler
2000 – Kyle Banerjee
1998 – Dilys E. Morris
1997 – Linda M. Golian
1996 – Jimmie Lundgren & Betsy Simpson
1995 – Karen A. Schmidt
1994 – Kuang-Hwei (Janet) Lee-Smeltzer
1992 – Eric A. Johnson
1990 – Terence K. Huwe
1989 – Robert H. Burger
1988 – Carol Kelley
1987 – Margaret Johnson
1985 – Anne L. Highsmith
1983 – Denise Bedford

Sponsorship provided by Thomson Scientific

The 2008 Annual Conference will be held in Anaheim, CA, from June 26–July 2, 2008.

Call for Proposals

Are you an expert? Do you have useful research, subject expertise, or innovative ideas to share? If so, we invite you to share your work with your colleagues. Submit a presentation proposal for the 2008 American Library Association Annual Conference to be held in Anaheim, California, June 26-30, 2008. The deadline for submissions is March 31, 2008. No late entries will be accepted.

ALA invites proposals for the following tracks

Children & Young Adults
Children and youth are the library users of the future. The presentations should provide practical and theoretical information that will further develop skills and expand the minds of forward thinking administrators, teacher-librarians, and children's youth services specialists.

Subtracks
Best Practices and Programming
Literature & Collection Development
Technology
Early Literacy

Collection Management & Technical Services
The old is new again. Conflicts and convergence in collection management and technical services.

Subtracks
Cataloging & Media
Collection Development

Digital Information & Technologies
This track provides updates on the latest technologies, innovations, and standards involved in the provision of information and services.

Research
Exciting new research and tips on how to conduct and publish your own.

User Services
Who are our users and what do they want? The presentations should discuss how you can transform library services to meet the needs of your changing user communities.

Subtracks
Reference
Literacy and Learning
Outreach

Benefits of Presenting

As a presenter, you will not only help create an informative program, you will also:
Gain recognition
Highlight your institution's achievements
Expand your peer network
Hone your public speaking skills
Obtain feedback on your ideas/research
Advance the profession

Requirements

ALA Annual Conference presenters will be required to:
register for and attend the conference (complimentary registration may be requested for non-librarian presenters);
grant permission for possible taping (audiocassette and video) and broadcast (Web) of their presentation;
assign ALA first publication rights, as papers will be published as part of the ALA conference proceedings;
contributed paper presenters must provide completed papers in both hard copy and electronic versions by the deadline date.

Selection Criteria

The ALA Annual Conference subcommittees will evaluate the content of your proposal for relevance to the conference tracks and themes, clarity, originality, and timeliness. Proposals should be of original work that has not been previously published. Special attention will be given to proposals that:
Generate ideas or report research that contribute to ongoing discussion about the future of academic and research libraries.
Demonstrate innovative thinking.
Contribute ideas for positioning academic and research librarians to be leaders both on and off campus.
Present strategies for effectively implementing new ideas and technology.
Encourage active learning among conference attendees.

Presenters will be notified of acceptance of their proposals by February 18, 2008. A maximum of 20 proposals will be accepted.

Funding

In accordance with ALA practices, ALA or division members cannot receive honoraria nor have expenses reimbursed for presenting conference programs. Participants are required to pay for conference registration fees, travel, and other expenses. Non-librarian presenters may be eligible for per diem, travel reimbursement, and/or honorarium. All requests for reimbursement or honorarium are subject to approval by the program committee; acceptance of the proposal does not guarantee funding.

For more information go to: http://www.ala.org/ala/eventsandconferencesb/annual/2008a/proposals.htm

Workshop PROSIT -PROducing Standards for the 'Internet of Things'

Zurich, Switzerland, 26 March 2008
http://www.prosit-ws.org

Background and Scope

Imagine a network with literally billions of mobile nodes, without any
pre-defined communication infrastructure, whose nodes are primarily
sensors and actuators with limited processing capabilities. Such
networks exhibit specific communication requirements between individual
nodes, and between nodes and central access points that provide
connectivity with the outside world.

Many, if not most of these nodes are integrated into everyday devices;
they will be found inside cars, at home, and in the shopping mall. The
application areas based on such networks are varied and numerous,
including, for example, intelligent homes, car safety, and item
tracking. Many such applications will become part of our lives, and are
prone to collect information that would be considered as private by
many. For the average user, it will be next to impossible to establish
who has access to these information, and for which purposes.

This unprecedented penetration of virtually everyone's life suggests the
need for a close scrutiny of the various processes to be associated with
the development of such a technology and its subsequent wide deployment.
International standardisation of information and communication
technologies (ICT) is among the most important of these processes. It is
linked to both the technological development and the policy and legal
frameworks within which the technology is to be developed and deployed.
Accordingly, this Workshop aims to discuss the development of adequate
standards setting processes for the Internet of Things. The analysis of
the current situation in ICT standards setting, the current legal
situation with respect to standards, and the development of
recommendations on how to adapt the processes to adequately serve the
environment created by the IoT will be addressed through insights from
various disciplines.

Sample topics to be discussed by the Workshop include:

* aspects of the standards process' necessary democratic legitimacy,
* potential barriers of entry to certain stakeholders (e.g., SMEs, NGOs,
consumers),
* the necessary level of openness of the process (i.e., level of
consensus required, observation of due process, 'equality' of
participants, etc),
* the different stakeholders' requirements on the process,
* analysis of today's standard setting processes with respect to their
suitability for the IoT,
* legal implications of standards today and tomorrow (including IPR issues),
* new forms of participation in the process,
* how to manage relations between relevant standards (e.g., UMTS,
CAPWAP, Zigbee, ISO 18000) and associated standards setting bodies
(ETSI, 3GPP, IETF, ITU-T, etc).

The Workshop aims at serving as a platform for the exchange of ideas and
views. It will, therefore, devote much time to the interaction between
participants. To this end, not only submissions of 'traditional' papers
are solicited, but also proposals of topics for round-table discussions
or other forms of moderated interactions.

The Workshop will be held in conjunction with the Int. Conference
'Internet of Things 2008'; see http://www.the-internet-of-things.org/

Submission guidelines

We solicit contributions from both academia (draft papers of up to 6,000
words) and practice (extended abstracts of up to 1,000 words). Also,
proposals for interactive activities are solicited (1000 words;
providing information about topic, format, speakers, etc). Submissions
should be sent in .rtf, .doc, or .pdf to the workshop organiser at
kai.jakobs@cs.rwth-aachen.de. All draft papers will undergo a double-
blind peer-review process; all other proposals will be evaluated more
informally, based their on suitability and originality.
Selected papers will be considered for publication in the Int. Journal
of IT Standards and Standardization Research (JITSR).

Important dates:

27 January 2008: Workshop paper submission deadline
9 February 2008: Notification of acceptance/rejection of papers
23 February 2008: Submission of final papers

Programme Committee

Knut Blind, FhG ISI & TU Berlin, DE
Yves Chauvel, ETSI, FR
Tineke Egyedi, TU Delft, NL
Simao Ferraz de Campos-Neto, ITU-T, CH (tbc)
Vladislav Fomin, Vytautas Magnus U., LT
Ole Hanseth, U. of Oslo, NO
Eric Iversen, NIFU STEP, NO
Kai Jakobs, RWTH Aachen U., DE
Ken Krechmer, ICSR, US,
Kalle Lyytinen, Case Western Reserve U., US
Roy Rada, U. of Maryland, US
Kai Reimer, RWTH Aachen DE
Mostafa H. Sherif, AT&T, US
Henk de Vries, ERASMUS U., NL
Willem Wakker, ACE Cons., NL
Marc van Wegberg, U. of Maastricht, NL
Robin Williams, U. of Edinburgh, UK

CALL FOR POSTER SESSION PROPOSALS

NASIG 23rd Annual Conference, June 5-8, 2008
Tapatio Cliffs Hilton Resort, Phoenix, Arizona

The NASIG Program Planning Committee (PPC) invites poster
session proposals for the 23rd Annual NASIG conference in
Phoenix, Arizona, June 5-8, 2008. The theme of the
conference is "Taking the Sting Out of Serials." Posters
will be on display 9:30-5:30 on Friday, June 6th. Presenters
should be available to discuss their topics during two break
periods during this day.

Poster sessions provide an opportunity to share innovative
ideas and new applications of technology. Sessions may
present a report of a research study, an analysis of a
practical problem-solving effort, or a description of an
innovative program that may be of interest to the serials
community. In keeping with NASIG's tradition of
non-commercialism, poster sessions focusing solely on a
commercial product will not be accepted. Additional
guidelines for poster sessions are available:
http://www.nasig.org/public/postersguidelines.html.

To apply, complete the online application form at:
http://www.nasig.org/public/forms/poster.html

Deadline for submission: Applications must be received by 5
p.m. EST on Thursday, March 15, 2008. Members of the PPC's
Sub-committee on Poster Sessions will evaluate abstracts.
Presenters will be notified by April 2, 2008.

Inquiries may be sent to the PPC co-chairs, Erika Ripley and
Sarah Wessel at: prog-plan@nasig.org

GL10 CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT

Tenth International Conference on Grey Literature
Designing the Grey Grid for Informational Society
Science Park Amsterdam, Netherlands
December 8-9, 2008

Call for Papers can be found at:http://www.textrelease.com/callforpapers.html

ABOUT GL10 http://www.textrelease.com

The needs and demands of Information Society are in constant state of change and flux. Information overload, information loss, information-on-demand are among just a few of the many factors confronting information professionals, practitioners, and net-users on a daily basis.

To a great extent, grey literature is the cause of all this. For the past two decades grey literature has grown exponentially in relation to commercially published literature. The grey literature community realizes that while the challenges faced at the First International Conference on Grey Literature in 1993 may not have all been resolved, solutions today lay in a whole new order, on yet another scale and magnitude than ever before. GL10 seeks to address the challenges to grey literature that still remain, while dealing with even newer challenges and an infrastructure that can effectively integrate all.

The title of this year's conference, 'Designing the Grey Grid for Information Society' invokes an infrastructure, which must take into account social, political, and organizational factors. For these also impact system-to-system performance when dealing with the scale and diversity of information, data, document types, collections, and subject areas linked to grey literature. As such, interoperability becomes de facto a requirement in the design of the grey grid i.e. an infrastructure that can model and withstand the test of an ever changing Information Society.

PROPOSED SESSION THEMES:

* Born digital and web-based grey: Challenges for library systems and collections
* Interoperability in the Grey Grid: Data, metadata, datasets, and databanks
* Non-text and multimedia grey literature, Signs of our times
* Grey Life Cycle: Uses, applications, and impact of GL on Information Society
* Towards Grey Scholarship: Research, education, and other policy driven programmes

FOR MORE ON GL10

The GL-Conference Series is based on a Call-for-Papers that will follow shortly upon this announcement. Likewise, a monthly conference memorandum will be issued by the Program and Conference Bureau in order to keep delegates, authors, participants, and other information professionals informed on the progress of the Tenth International Conference on Grey Literature. If you would like to receive a free copy of this monthly publication, please let us know.

CORRESPONDENCE ADDRESS

TextRelease
GL10 Program and Conference Bureau
Javastraat 194-HS
1095 CP Amsterdam
The Netherlands

Tel/Fax: +31(0)20-331.2420
Email: conference@textrelease.com
http://www.textrelease.com
http://www.greynet.org

CFP: Access 2008

Location: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (map)

Date: October 1-3, 2008 (Hackfest: Oct 1; Conference: Oct 2-4)

CFP Deadline: Friday, February 22, 2008

URL: http://access2008.mcmaster.ca

Access is Canada's premier library technology conference, featuring a single stream of sessions that deal with technology planning, development, challenges and solutions. We are now accepting proposals for prepared talks on the following topics (other ideas are more than welcome):

open source software
national and provincial/state-wide consortia technology initiatives
information policy
digital and social media
library catalogue innovations
digitization projects
institutional repositories
end-user searching behaviours
protocols and metadata
customized web interfaces
...or anything else suitably geeky, innovative and/or awe-inspiring! Sessions are usually 45 minutes or 1 hour in length. Proposals should include:

your name, title, institutional affiliation, contact information, blog/website URL
100 word (max) abstract describing your proposed presentation
co-presenters you will (or hope to) present with
Submission Procedures:

deadline for submission is February 22, 2008.
send your proposal to Amanda Etches-Johnson, Program Chair, at etchesa@mcmaster.ca
each submission will be acknowledged and all presenters will be notified of the status of their proposal by April 15, 2008.
if you'd simply like to recommend topics and/or speakers (other than yourself), feel free to get in touch!
Depending on the number of submissions, we can't promise that every proposal will be accepted. However, we will have sessions set aside for Lightning/Thunder talks, which provide an informal opportunity to share your ideas with your peers.

For more information about Access, see the Access 2007 website at http://access2007.uvic.ca. Alternatively, feel free to get in touch with the members of the Program Planning Committee:

Amanda Etches-Johnson

etchesa@mcmaster.ca

Jenn Horwath

jhorwath@hpl.ca

This is a call for articles for a special issue of _Library Hi Tech_, whose focus will be on new-look and open-source OPAC solutions. The editor of this special issue is looking for innovative and interesting ways that libraries are either adding 3rd party software front-ends to their OPACs, 3rd party software back-ends that power-use structured metadata, or open-source OPAC replacements as add-ons or are totally reconstructed for new uses and applications of the structured metadata. Applications that focus on user needs, user ease-of-use, and Library 2.0 ideas are especially encouraged.

If you are interested in submitting an article, please send a short proposal, discussing the topic and a suggested title, to the email below by March 30, 2008. Draft articles are due to the editor by October 1, 2008. Inquiries and questions are also welcome.

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

The Convenors of Information Online 2009, Linden Fairbairn and Kay Harris, welcome you to the 14th Information Online Conference & Exhibition. The Conference & Exhibition will be held at Darling Harbour Exhibition and Convention Centre, Sydney from the 20th to 22nd January 2009.

Information Online 2009 is already shaping up to be the biggest event we have ever held. For 2009 the Executive Committee is looking forward to presenting delegates with an innovative programme, so are calling for papers that will educate and inspire the delegates.

Papers for 2009 can be nominated for peer-review. If you would like to submit a paper, please download the details from our website:

www.information-online.com.au. Deadline for submitting is 28th March 2008.

ELUNA 2008, the annual meeting of the Ex Libris Users of North America, aims to offer Ex Libris customers and staff an opportunity to share information, experiences, best practices, and works in progress in an informal, collegial environment. Thought provoking content is encouraged to insure an interesting and worthwhile program. Presentation proposals are reviewed and selected by the ELUNA 2008 Conference Planning Committee.

Information about the conferernce can be found at http://www.hawaii.edu/uhlib/ELUNA08/ELUNA08PresenterInfo.html

The ELUNA 2008 Conference Planning Committee invites you to submit proposals for the poster session at the 2008 ELUNA Conference, July 30 - August 1, 2008, Long Beach, California.

Posters will be displayed in the meeting area throughout the conference. During the one-hour poster session, poster presenters will have the opportunity to present their projects in a relaxed and informal environment. Posters may address a wide range of topics related to any Ex Libris product or of interest to ELUNA members.

POSTER SUBMISSONS

Proposals are to be submitted through the following website. Please fill out the Poster Submission Form by April 30, 2008.

http://www.angelo.edu/services/library/eluna08proposalsubmissionform.html

POSTER GUIDELINES

For detailed guidelines, please see this website:

http://www.hawaii.edu/uhlib/ELUNA08/ELUNA08PosterGuidelines.html

NOTIFICATION OF ACCEPTANCE

You will receive acceptance notification by e-mail no later than May 30, 2008

This is a great opportunity to try out new ideas and receive instant feedback from your colleagues. We sincerely hope you will consider submitting a proposal.

If you have any questions, please send email to Chulin Meng (cmeng@luc.edu).

GL10 - CALL FOR PAPERS
http://www.textrelease.com/callforpapers.html

Tenth International Conference on Grey Literature
"Designing the Grey Grid for Information Society"
Science Park Amsterdam NL, December 8-9, 2008

To: Authors, Publishers, Librarians, Web Editors, Researchers, Policy Makers, Information Managers, Brokers and Vendors, Information Specialists, Intermediaries, Information Technicians, Information Professionals, Journalists, and Academia

GUIDELINES FOR THE SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS
http://www.textrelease.com/images/GL10_Call-for-Papers.pdf

Participants who seek to present a paper at GL10 are invited to submit an English abstract between 300-400 words. The abstract should deal with the problem/goal, the research method/procedure, an indication of costs related to the project, as well as the anticipated results/conclusions of the research. The abstract should likewise include the title of the proposed paper, names of the author(s), and full address information.

INDICATE THE SESSION THEME MOST SUITED TO YOUR ABSTRACT:
· Born digital and web-based grey: Challenges for library systems and collections
· Interoperability in the grey grid: data, metadata, datasets, and databanks
· Non-text and multimedia grey literature, the signs of our times
· Grey life cycle: uses, applications, and impact of grey literature on information society
· Towards grey scholarship: research, education, and other policy driven programmes

DUE DATE AND FORMAT USED FOR SUBMISSION
The abstract must be emailed on or before May 1, 2008 in MS Word. The author will receive written verification upon its receipt. The GL10 Program Committee will use these abstracts to finalize the Conference Program.

FURTHER PROCEDURE
Shortly after the Program Committee has met, those who submitted abstracts will receive notification of their place on the GL10 Conference Program. This notice will be accompanied by further guidelines for the submission of the full-text papers and PowerPoint presentations. Authors will then have 30 days to complete their Conference Registration. For further details, see the GL10 Conference Registration Form.

CORRESPONDENCE ADDRESS

TextRelease
GL10 Program and Conference Bureau
Javastraat 194-HS
1095 CP Amsterdam
The Netherlands

Tel/Fax: +31(0)20-331.2420
Email: conference@textrelease.com
http://www.textrelease.com
http://www.greynet.org

http://cfp2008.org/
18th Annual CFP conference
May 20-23, 2008
Omni Hotel
New Haven, CT

CALL FOR PROPOSALS

This election year will be the first to address US technology policy in the information age as part of our national debate. Candidates have put forth positions about technology policy and have recognized that it has its own set of economic, political, and social concerns. In the areas of privacy, intellectual property, cybersecurity, telecommunications, and freedom of speech, an increasing number of issues once confined to experts now penetrate public conversation. Our decisions about technology policy are being made at a time when the architectures of our information and communication technologies are still being built. Debate about these issues needs to be better-informed in order for us to make policy choices in the public interest.

This year, the 18th annual Computers, Freedom, and Privacy conference will focus on what constitutes technology policy. CFP: Technology Policy '08 is an opportunity to help shape public debate on those issues being made into laws and regulations and those technological infrastructures being developed. The direction of our technology policy impacts the choices we make about our national defense, our civil liberties during wartime, the future of American education, our national healthcare systems, and many other realms of policy discussed more prominently on the election trail. Policies ranging from data mining and wiretapping, to file-sharing and open access, and e-voting to electronic medical records will be addressed by expert panels of technologists, policymakers, business leaders, and advocates.

Open participation is invited for proposals on panels, tutorials, speaker suggestions, and birds of a feather sessions through the CFP: Technology Policy '08 submission at http://www.cfp2008.org/submissions/.

Suggested topics for discussion include:

* Information Privacy
* Anonymity Online
* Government Transparency
* Voting Technology
* Online Campaigning
* Social Networks
* Citizen Journalism
* Cybercrime & Cyberterrorism
* Digital Education
* Copyright and Fair Use
* Patent Reform
* Open Access
* P2P Networks
* Information Policy and Free Trade
* Media Concentration
* Genes & Bioethics
* Electronic Medical Records
* Web Accessibility
* Open Standards
* Network Neutrality
* High-Speed Internet Access Policy
* Freedom of Information
* Technology Policy Administration

Submission Deadlines:
Panel, Tutorial, and Speaker proposals: March 21, 2008.
Birds of a Feather Session (BoFs) proposals: April 21, 2008.

Panel, Tutorial, and Speaker proposals accepted by the Program Committee will be notified by April 7, 2008.

Registration available online at http://www.regonline.com/Checkin.asp?EventId=193762.

This is a call for articles for a special issue of _Library Hi Tech_, whose focus will be on new-look and open-source OPAC solutions. The editor of this special issue is looking for innovative and interesting ways that libraries are either adding 3rd party software front-ends to their OPACs, 3rd party software back-ends that power-use structured metadata, or open-source OPAC replacements as add-ons or are totally reconstructed for new uses and applications of the structured metadata. Applications that focus on user needs, user ease-of-use, and Library 2.0 ideas are especially encouraged.

If you are interested in submitting an article, please send a short proposal, discussing the topic and a suggested title, to the email below by March 30, 2008. Draft articles are due to the editor by October 1, 2008. Inquiries and questions are also welcome.

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

HICSS-42

CALL FOR PAPERS

Forty-second Annual Hawai'i International Conference on System Sciences
Minitrack on Classification of Digital Documents

January 5-8, 2009

Hilton Waikoloa Village Resort
Waikoloa, Big Island, Hawai’i

Additional details may be found on HICSS primary web site: http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu

We invite papers for a Minitrack on Classification of Digital Documents. Classification of physical documents suffers from the limitation that physical objects can be in only one place at one time. In a digital environment this limitation is eliminated, and a document can be displayed as a member of an endless array of classes. Even so, the basic problem of which classes remains as well as the non-trivial issues of how these classes are to be identified, defined and implemented.

Traditional approaches to classification continue to guide practice in many areas. Typically, such classifications draw their warrant from experts who develop standardized terminology, notations, and rules for application. The Web has now allowed everyone to be a classifier, indexer and developer of schemes. Classifications seem to grow unfettered in the digital environment as exemplified in social tagging sites and folksonomies as well as in pragmatic and opportunistic classifications such as those on eBay.com, and many shopping sites. These new emergent classifications, though, are not entirely random, and show evidence of deep patterns and regularities. The discovery of the fundamental principles underlying emergent and collaborative classifications is an exciting and important area for research.

As well, we see great development in the field of automatic classification. Previously, many researchers firmly believed that only a human could create a “meaningful” classification. Proponents of automatic classification point out, however, that classifications designed to be understood by humans are often inconsistent, expensive to build and maintain, rigid and often biased, slow-moving, and do not take advantage of patterns that emerge only when viewed from the perspective of many thousands of instances—too many for the human brain to manipulate.

The two fields of semantic and automatic classification have slowly come closer, and primarily through the integration of both kinds of perspectives in designing efficient but conceptually robust systems. Thus, we see the development of various intellectual tools such as taxonomies and ontologies, which focus not only on purely mechanical clustering, but also on the meaningful relationships between and among the clusters. Conversely, the ability to manipulate and automatically explore very large corpora has provided a forum for applying and refining those same intellectual tools. That is, we see a convergence of approaches, each informing the other.

Topics of the minitrack will address the social, organizational and technical aspects of classification for digital media. These include (but are not limited to):

The role of classification of digital documents in knowledge-management and information-management systems in organizational and societal contexts
Genre of digital documents viewed from a classification perspective;
The relationship of traditional approaches to classification of non-digital documents to the classification of digital documents.
The classification of digital documents as an element in information retrieval
Classification of non-text and multi-media digital documents
Analyses of classification systems emerging in digital media, e.g. the Web, mobile communication technologies, e-mail, instant messaging and multi-media communication environments
Bottom up classifications such as folksonomies and tag clouds
Issues related to transformation of classifications of digital media from one medium to another
Understanding of change and socio-organizational enactment processes of classification of digital documents
Classification for categorization/routing/filtering of text documents;
Theoretical and methodological elaborations of classification theory for enhancing research and/or practice of utilizing digital media.

Minitrack co-chairs:

Barbara Kwaśnik, Professor (please address all correspondence to this address)
Hinds Hall
School of Information Studies
Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY 13244
Phone: 315 443-4547
Fax: 315 443-5806
bkwasnik@syr.edu

Kevin Crowston, Professor
Hinds Hall
School of Information Studies
Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY 13244
Phone: 315 443-1676
Fax: 315 443-5806
crowston@syr.edu

IMPORTANT DEADLINES

From now to June 1: If you wish, you may prepare an abstract and contact the minitrack chairs for guidance and indication of appropriate content.

June 15: Authors submit full papers by this date, following the AUTHOR INSTRUCTIONS. Please consult the HICSS main website for complete information http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu All papers will be submitted in double column publication format and limited to 10 pages including diagrams and references. HICSS papers undergo a double-blind review (June15 - August15).

August 15: Acceptance notices are sent to Authors. At this time, at least one author of an accepted paper should begin visa, fiscal and travel arrangements to attend the conference to present the paper.

September 15: Authors submit Final Version of papers following submission instructions posted on the HICSS web site. At least one author of each paper must register by this date with specific plans to attend the conference.

October 2: Papers without at least one registered author will be pulled from the publication process; authors will be notified.

Call for papers: Special issue on metadata and institutional repositories: Cataloging and Classification Quarterly

OVERVIEW

The general aim of this special issue of Cataloging and Classification Quarterly is to report and assess the current status and trends in describing the contents of institutional repositories, including semantic and syntactic schemes, staffing, work flows, tools, training, and resource issues. The guest co-editors seek to outline major challenges and future perspectives
related to the application, harvesting, and interoperability of institutional repository metadata.

Cataloging & Classification Quarterly emphasizes full-length research and review articles, descriptions of new programs and technology relevant to cataloging and classification, considered speculative articles on improved methods of bibliographic control for the future. The guest editors seek to represent an international perspective. Submissions by authors outside
North America are encouraged.

TOPICS

Topics of interest include but are not restricted to:
* Role of the cataloger/metadata librarian in institutional repositories
* Augmenting repository metadata through social tagging and community annotation
* Metadata standards and profiles in open access repositories
* Authority control and author affiliation in IRs
* Metadata issues affecting "findability" of repository content
* Integration of institutional repositories and the library catalog
* Metadata quality and harvested metadata
* Library-created vs. author-produced metadata
* Metadata process and workflows in institutional repositories

IMPORTANT DATES

* Abstract (up to 500 words): 31 March 2008
* Notification of appropriateness: 15 April 2008
* Manuscript submission: 15 July 2008
* Notification of acceptance/rejection: 1 September 2008
* Final revisions due: 1 November 2008
* Tentative publication date: Spring, 2009

SUBMISSION

Submission of a manuscript to this journal represents a certification on the part of the author(s) that it is an original work, and that neither this manuscript nor a version of it has been published elsewhere nor is being considered for publication elsewhere.
Potential contributors to the special issue are strongly encouraged to submit an extended abstract for feedback as to the suitability of proposed papers until 31 March 2008.
Submissions should be sent as e-mail attachments to the following addresses:
hmercer[at]ku[dot]edu & m-babinec[at]northwestern[dot]edu

GUEST EDITORS
* Michael Babinec, Assistant Head, Bibliographic Services Dept., Northwestern University Library
* Holly Mercer, Interim Coordinator for Scholar Services, University of Kansas

"Cataloging & Classification Quarterly is respected as an international forum for discussion in all aspects of bibliographic organization. It presents a balance between theoretical and applied articles in the field of cataloging and classification, and considers the full spectrum of creation, content, management, and use and usability of both bibliographic records and catalogs. This includes the principles, functions, and techniques of descriptive cataloging; the wide range of methods of subject analysis and classification; provision of access for all formats of materials; and policies, planning, and issues connected to the effective use of bibliographic records in modern society." More information about Cataloging and Classification Quarterly can be found online at http://www.catalogingandclassificationquarterly.com or http://www.haworthpressinc.com/store/product.asp?sku=J104

The ALA ALCTS CCS Cataloging and Classification Research Discussion Group will meet on Saturday, June 28th in Anaheim from 10:30am-12 noon.
Speakers are invited to discuss current and/or recently completed research in the area of cataloging and classification.
Please email the chair (see address below) of the group directly of your interest.
Robert

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Robert O. Ellett, Jr., Ph.D.
Lecturer
School of Library and Information Science
San Jose State University
ellett AT gmail.com

Collection Management (CM), a journal from Taylor and Francis (formerly Haworth) has launched a new column called TechCast and is seeking submissions for upcoming issues.

TechCast highlights software or web applications librarians use for any aspect of collection management including, but not limited to: selection/deselection, acquisition, creation, promotion, or analysis. Submissions should focus on new tools and practices for collection management, or on creative ways of using existing tools and practices.

Articles may take the form of reviews/comparisons, critiques, opinion pieces, or case studies and may be as short as 1,000 words or as long as 5,000. Recent articles have been on topics such as WorldCat Analysis Tool, and Flickr.

To propose a topic for the TechCast column, please send your name, title, affiliation and a 100-200 word abstract to: cmtechcast@gmail.com

If you have questions about the column, contact
TechCast editor, Margaret Mellinger at cmtechcast@gmail.com

For more information on Collection Management, please see the journal's home page at http://haworthpress.com/store/product.asp?sku=J105

OCLC Systems & Services: International Digital Library Perspectives will be publishing a special issue on digitization projects that are international and collaborative. The editor is looking for innovative digitization projects that feature multiple formats (books, images, maps, 3D visualization, music, art, etc.), and that have multiple partners and collaborators from different countries and nationalities.
Projects that are based on international grants are especially encouraged. Articles can be of any length, and figures and screen shots are encouraged. OSS: IDLP is a peer-reviewed journal.

If you are interested in contributing, please send the editor your name, a short proposal of the topic, and a tentative title for the article.
Deadline for proposals is July 1, 2008. Articles would be due to the editor by December 1, 2008. Any questions can be directed to the editor. Thank you.

Dr. Brad Eden
Editor, _OCLC Systems & Services: International Digital Library Perspectives_
Associate University Librarian for Technical Services and Scholarly Communication
University of California, Santa Barbara
eden@library.ucsb.edu

in conjunction with 17th ACM CIKM 2008

October 30, 2008, Napa Valley, California

http://www.dl.kuis.kyoto-u.ac.jp/wicow2

* AIM OF THE WORKSHOP *

The aim of this workshop is to provide a forum for discussion about issues related to information credibility and its evaluation.

As computers and computer networks become more sophisticated, a huge amount of information, such as that found in Web documents, has been accumulated and circulated. Such information gives people a framework for organizing their daily lives. A well-functioning society needs technology that can be used to manage this wealth of information and, in particular, investigate its credibility.

This technology would be able to handle a wide range of tasks:

extracting credible information related to a given topic, organizing this information, detecting its provenance, clarifying background, facts, and various related opinions and the distribution of them, and so on. Especially, as the Web is becoming a major source of information nowadays, it is necessary to provide efficient and reliable methods for evaluation of Web content's trustworthiness.

* TOPICS *

We invite submissions on any aspects of information credibility on the Web. Topics include, but are not limited to:

- Information credibility evaluation and its applications

- Content analysis for credibility evaluation

- Sentiment analysis of content

- Credibility of Web search results

- Search models and applications for trustworthy content

- Conflicting opinion detection and analysis

- Credibility evaluation of user-generated content

- Information credibility evaluation in social networks

- Analysis of information dissemination

- Estimation of author and publishing venue reputation

- Spatial and temporal aspects in information credibility

- Estimation of information age, provenance and validity

- Sociological and psychological aspects of information credibility

- Users study for information credibility

- Risk assessment of information credibility

- Multimedia content credibility

- Persuasive technologies

- Information credibility in online advertising and Internet monetization

- Object identification on the Web

IMPORTANT DATES

- July 20, 2008 - Paper submission

- August 10, 2008 - Notification of acceptance

- August 15, 2008 - Camera-ready paper submission

- October 30, 2008 - Workshop

SUBMISSION

All accepted papers will appear in CIKM Workshops Proceedings by ACM Press. Submissions should be sent in English in PDF format. They should adhere to ACM formatting guidelines and should not exceed 8 pages. Papers must be original and have not been submitted for publication elsewhere. At least one author of accepted submissions should register and participate in the workshop.

ORGANIZATION

General Chairs:

- Katsumi Tanaka Kyoto University, Japan

- Takashi Matsuyama Kyoto University, Japan

- Ee-Peng Lim Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

PC Chair:

- Adam Jatowt Kyoto University, Japan

Program Committee:

- Witold Abramowicz Poznan University of Economics, Poland

- Sourav S Bhowmick Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

- Yunbo Cao Microsoft Research Asia, China

- Jean-Yves Delort University of Montpellier 2, France

- Pavel Dmitriev Yahoo!, USA

- Rino Falcone CNR, Italy

- Kentaro Inui NAIST, Japan

- Daxin Jiang Microsoft Research Asia, China

- Yoshikiyo Kato NICT, Japan

- Yukiko Kawai Kyoto Sangyo University, Japan

- Masaru Kitsuregawa University of Tokyo, Japan

- Marek Kowalkiewicz SAP Research, Australia

- Dariusz Krol Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland

- Sadao Kurohashi Kyoto University, Japan

- Ee-Peng Lim Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

- Yutaka Matsuo University of Tokyo, Japan

- Martin Memmel DFKI, Germany

- Hisashi Miyamori Kyoto Sangyo University, Japan

- Manabu Okumura Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan

- Kotagiri Ramamohanarao University of Melbourne, Australia

- Kazutoshi Sumiya University of Hyogo, Japan

- Hideaki Takeda NII, Japan

- Katsumi Tanaka Kyoto University, Japan

- Martin Wolpers Fraunhofer FIT, Germany

- Masatoshi Yoshikawa Kyoto University, Japan

CONTACT

Adam Jatowt

email: adam [at] dl [dot] kuis [dot] kyoto-u [dot] ac [dot] jp

phone/fax: +81-75-231-4282