September 2007 Archives

This is the nineteenth year of a highly successful international conference stressing the applications of learning and motivation research and theory and technology to higher education learning. Emphasis is on research and practice in teaching and learning—with focus on uses of innovative learning strategies and the Internet in face-to-face, blended and online course development and teaching. This year’s conference will again include a focus on strategies to improve online learner support services. The conference is expected to provide 250 or more faculty presentations to 1,000 attendees in all academic fields from throughout the world.
The conference includes both 25 and 45 minute presentations as well as poster sessions. Awards will continue to be presented to faculty nominated by their institutions for highly innovative contributions to teaching, learning, and technology, and the conference will again sponsor the Ernest L. Boyer International Award for Excellence in Teaching, Learning and Technology. The Boyer Award recipient will be selected by an international faculty panel and will receive a $5,000 cash award funded by McGraw-Hill Learning Solutions. The conference will also again publish “Selected Papers from the International Conference,” containing 12 to 20 of the most outstanding papers submitted to the conference, as judged by a faculty committee. The conference will honor the author of the “Best Conference Paper” among those contained in this publication, which is covered by APA’s PsycINFO.

Recognizing the importance of America’s future higher education faculty, the conference will continue to offer a track designed to provide a forum for graduate students to meet, present, and discuss their teaching and research projects and interests. This track will include a special registration fee for graduate student-presented poster sessions, with a session reserved just for graduate students and an award for the best graduate student poster presentation.

CONFERENCE DATES AND PLACE
The conference will be held April 14-18, 2008, at the Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront. Located in the heart of downtown Jacksonville, on the northeastern Florida coast, the Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront is a vibrant and exciting venue, offering a unique blend of entertainment, luxurious accommodations, and stunning vistas. Some of the nation's finest beaches and golf courses are just a short drive away, and the country's oldest city, St. Augustine is within a 45 minute drive.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND
• Higher education faculty from all disciplines
• Graduate students from all disciplines
• Teaching/learning center faculties
• Instructional Designers
• Online support staff
• Training/development staff

The Nineteenth International Conference on College Teaching and Learning seeks proposals dealing with successful practices and research to improve higher education learning. We are especially interested in proposals combine innovative learning strategies, such as constructivist, immersive and cooperative learning, as well as learning communities, with uses of the Web and advanced technologies. All proposals must be submitted electronically either via the Web or e-mail.

The deadline for submissions is November 30, 2007.

CONFERENCE TRACKS
Proposals must be identified as ONE of six tracks as follows:
Track 1: Innovative Teaching/Learning Strategies in the Classroom
Track 2: Online Learning in the University
Track 3: Online Learning in the Community College
Track 4: New Horizons: Immersion Learning/New Technologies
Track 5: Online Support Services
Track 6: Assessment/Evaluation of Learning Outcomes
Track 7: Graduate Student Teaching/Research Projects

TYPE/LENGTH OF PRESENTATIONS
The Regular presentation type will be theater style seating for 25 or 45 minute presentations. Interactive presentation style is emphasized. Most rooms will be equipped with multimedia presentation systems. Poster Sessions are two-hour presentations which take place in a large ballroom. Each poster session participant is assigned to a booth and the conference provides a free standing poster board, a table and electricity at each booth.

TIMETABLE
September 30, 2007 EARLY SUBMISSION DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS FOR PAPERS, POSTER SESSIONS, AND AWARD NOMINATIONS
November 1, 2007 Early Notification of Selection of Proposals for Proposals submitted by September 30 Deadline
November 30 , 2007 FINAL SUBMISSION DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS FOR PAPERS, POSTER SESSIONS, AND AWARD NOMINATIONS
January 31 , 2008 Final Notification of Selection of Proposals
March 13, 2008 Conference Registration Fee Due; Deadline for Hotel Reservations

For more information go to http://www.teachlearn.org/

There are a number of travel grants to attend ALA's annual conference. If you need help attending, particularly if you are thinking of presenting there go to http://discuss.ala.org/marginalia/2007/09/25/travel-grants-for-attending-annual-conference/

September 27, 2007

Dear Colleagues:

On behalf of the Conference Committee, I am pleased to announce a call for papers for a multidisciplinary conference, The Art of Gender in Everyday Life V, to take place at Idaho State University (ISU), March 6 & 7, 2008. In addition to sessions, the conference will include: a keynote, "No More Tears: On the Persistence of Melodrama in Representing Women's Lives," by Dr. Tania Modleski, Florence R. Scott Professor of English at the University of Southern California, on the evening of Thursday, March 6; a Friday, March 7, lunchtime talk, “Mind-Body Equality” by ISU faculty member, athlete and businesswoman, Dr. Lori Head; and a screening of LUNAFEST on Friday evening.

The Conference Committee invites abstracts from university faculty and staff as well as from graduate and advanced undergraduate students. ALL submissions related to the art of living gendered lives will be considered. This year, given our speakers, we are especially interested in submissions that address gender and the arts (including the presentation of gendered performances, films, etc., as well as academic papers) gender and popular culture, and gender and the body. Abstracts must be postmarked by November 5, 2007.

This conference is an occasion to showcase current work being done in the area of gender studies. Participants from past years have consistently commented on the friendly atmosphere at The Art of Gender in Everyday Life conferences, and it is our principal mission to continue our tradition of creating a collegial, supportive and nurturing environment for the discussion of gender issues across the disciplines.

The Art of Gender in Everyday Life V is a special opportunity to network with colleagues in the relaxed setting of Pocatello, Idaho, nestled in the picturesque Bannock Range of the Rocky Mountains. We are pleased to announce that this year, for the first time in the history of the conference, participants will have the opportunity to register for a day trip to near-by Lava Hot Springs. Those taking part in the trip will experience a day of relaxation in the naturally-occurring mineral hot springs, the temperatures of which range from 102-112 degrees. More information about Lava Hot Springs is available at
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Getting to Pocatello is easy! Delta flies to the Pocatello Regional Airport, and ground shuttles are available from the Salt Lake City International Airport to Pocatello through Salt Lake Express .

Please find attached a formal call for papers, an announcement of our student paper competition, and a registration form. Should you prefer not to open an attachment, these documents can also be found on our website at <http://www.isu.edu/andersoncenter>. On behalf of the entire Conference Committee, I invite you to join us for this important event.

Kind regards,

Rebecca Morrow, Ph.D.
Director
Anderson Gender Resource Center

To learn more, visit our website:
www.isu.edu/andersoncenter

Note: Proposal submission deadline extended to November 1, 2007. Please
feel free to circulate this information to your colleagues.

The Encyclopedia of Social Interaction Technologies (to be published by
IGI Global) will offer a comprehensive view of the uses and applications
of social software in various contexts. The encyclopedia will provide
references to the most current information on the latest social software
developments written by experts from an array of disciplines.

The range of topics includes, but is not limited to, the list below.
Contributors are encouraged to recommend additional topics in their
area(s) of expertise that are pertinent to the scope of the publication.

Please forward your proposals (500-800 words) and contact information by
November 1, 2007 to the editors, Dr. Tatyana Dumova
(tatyana.dumova@und.edu) and Dr. Richard Fiordo
(richard.fiordo@und.edu), University of North Dakota, USA. Visit the IGI
Global web site at http://www.igi-pub.com/requests/details.asp?ID=231
for additional information.

Topics
Part I: Background and Development
Social software, social Web, and social capital
Social software: origin, architecture, and functions
Social software: background, deployment, and development
Social software: current and emerging trends
Social software: visionaries and minds

Part II: Concepts, Contexts, and Applications
Collaborative information and knowledge management
Data syndication
RSS feeds and feed aggregators
Podcasting
Collaborative filtering of information
Collaborative categorization
Social citations
Social bookmarking
Social guides
Tagging and folksonomies
Blog search
Podcast search
Social search
Social libraries
Wiki-based online collaboration
Typology and functionality of blogs
Mobile social software
Social software and scientific research
Educational implications of social software
Social software and collaborative learning
Blogs in education
Educational wikis
Educational podcasts
Social software for distance learning
Social software and e-Democracy
Social software and electronic advocacy
Social software and e-Government
Political blogs
Political wikis
Citizen journalism
Economics of social software
Business aspects of social software
Corporate blogging
Corporate wikis
Social software at a workplace
Impact of social software on organizational culture
Social software for small business
Social software for nonprofit organizations
Social software for professional learning
Blogs and wikis in health care & medicine
Social software and e-health resources
Social software and voluntary health associations
Medical podcasts
Social software in medical education
Social software in community health care
Social software for community integration
Social software and community activism
Community-based wikis and blogs
Social mapping
Social software for development
Online social networks and services
Social software and personal networking
Using social software to form, continue,
advance, and terminate relationships
Social software and interpersonal relations
Personal blogs
Family wikis
Travel wikis
Social shopping applications
Social software and media creation
Social production of content
Sharing and syndicating news
Social news networks
Social software and participatory media
Social software and entertainment
Video blogs
Audioblogging
Celebrity blogs
Sports blogs
Social music
Photo and video sharing
Online social gaming
Social interaction in virtual worlds

Part III: Issues and Viewpoints
Social software and the information overload
Social software and the digital divide
Social software and generational gap
Social software: potential risks and negative effects
Creative Commons, copyleft, and copyright
Wikipedia phenomenon: pros and cons
Improper uses of social software
Social software usability
Legal issues
Ethical concerns
Issues of privacy and surveillance

Perspectives on Gender and Technology: An interdisciplinary conference
sponsored by The University of Texas Center for Women's and Gender Studies

April 11, 2008

8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

The University of Texas at Austin

Purpose: To look at the interaction of gender and technology in the
contemporary world from three perspectives: ways of knowing, ways of doing,
and ways of changing.

* Ways of knowing - These papers will consider how technology
mediates/facilitates/responds to cultural and social realities, especially
those related to gender.

* Ways of doing - These papers will explore gendered constructs of "doing"
technology. (E.g., norms related to technological expertise, the impact of
gender on growth/advancement/entrance into technologically-oriented careers,
etc.)

* Ways of changing - These papers will consider the intersection of women
and technology in the developing world, especially the use of technology as
a tool for positive social change.

Who is invited: Because some of the most fruitful studies of gender and
technology are interdisciplinary, all methodologies and approaches are
welcome, from ethnographic studies to feminist theorizing to quantitative
empirical studies (and all points in between). We hope to attract a broad
representation of scholars and practitioners.

How to submit a proposal: PROPOSALS (500 WORDS) ARE DUE DEC 1, 2007.

Email proposals to Hillary Hart: hart@mail.utexas.edu. Please use MSWord
2003 (or earlier) or PDF for file formats, or embed the proposal in the
e-mail message.

Accepted proposals will be notified by DEC. 15, 2007; full manuscripts will
be due MARCH 15. Papers presented at the conference will be published in the
conference proceedings. NOTE: Editors of the following journals have
expressed specific interest in considering appropriate papers from this
conference for publication: Journal of Strategic Information Systems,
Science Communication, Journal of Technology in Human Services.

Featured Keynote Speakers:

Lucy Suchman, Professor & Co-director, Centre for Science Studies, Lancaster
University. Suchman joined the faculty at Lancaster after twenty years as a
researcher at Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center. She researches the
relationship of ethnographies of everyday practice to new technology design.
Her 1987 book, Plans and Situated Actions: The Problem of Human-Machine
Communication, is a watershed work in the field of human-computer
interaction. Among many other awards, in 2005, she won the Outstanding
Contribution to Research Award from the Communication and Information
Technologies Section of the American Sociological Association.

Rachael Muir, Founder and Executive Director of Girlstart. Girlstart is a
non-profit organization founded in Austin, Texas in 1997 to empower girls in
math, science, engineering and technology. Girlstart's programs have been
featured on the Today show, the Oprah Winfrey Show, CNN, and in Glamour,
Texas Monthly, Fast Company, and CosmoGIRL magazines.

Museums and the Web

April 9-12,2008
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Join hundreds of your colleagues at the only annual conference exploring the on-line presentation of cultural, scientific and heritage content across institutions and around the world: Museums and the Web.

Call for Participation Closes September 30, 2007.

Demonstration Proposals will be accepted through December 31, 2007.

For more information go to: http://www.archimuse.com/mw2008/

Museums and the Web addresses the social, cultural, design, technological, economic, and organizational issues of culture, science and heritage on-line. Taking an international perspective, senior speakers with extensive experience in Web development review and analyze the issues and impacts of networked cultural, natural and scientific heritage. Together, we are transforming communities and organizations.

The MW Program
MW features plenary sessions, parallel sessions, museum project demonstrations, commercial exhibits, mini-workshops, professional forums, a usability lab, a design 'Crit Room,' and the Best of the Web awards. The primary language of the conference has always been English, but in 2008, the sessions will be simultaneously translated English/French and /French/English to encourage a wide francophone participation.

Prior to the conference, there are full-day and half-day pre-conference workshops and a day of pre-conference tours, including one to the museums of Ottawa, Canada's national capital.
Social events include receptions each evening, a Birds-of-a-Feather Breakfast, and plenty of refreshment breaks to provide hours of discovery and debate among hundreds of colleagues from around the world.

The MW2008 Program will be selected through peer-review by an International Program Committee based on proposals due September 30, 2007.

Who Attends MW?
Webmasters, educators, curators, librarians, designers, managers, directors, scholars, consultants, programmers, analysts, and developers from museums, galleries, libraries, science centers, and archives join the professionals, companies, foundations and governments that support them and attend Museums and the Web every year.

Scholarships and Volunteers
Archives & Museum Informatics awards MW Scholarships to museum professionals from small institutions and developing countries. For MW2008, The Department of Canadian Heritage has sponsored Scholarships for Canadian Professionals. Scholarship applications are due December 31, 2007.

Students are invited to volunteer at MW; they may attend the conference in exchange for helping out. Preference in 2008 will be given to fully bilingual volunteers. Volunteer applications are accepted until all spaces are filled.

Can't Make It? Get the Book.
MW2008 Presenters will be required to submit written papers; the best will appear in print in Museums and the Web 2008: Selected papers from an international conference. All papers are also published on-line and on CD-ROM. Discounted advance orders of the Selected Papers and CD-ROM Proceedings are now being taken.

Past papers from all Museums and the Web conferences – since 1997 – are on-line. Printed volumes of Selected Papers from MW97 – MW2007 are also available to order.

Conference Co-Chairs
Jennifer Trant and David Bearman
Archives & Museum Informatics
158 Lee Avenue
Toronto, Ontario
M4E 2P3 Canada

Call for Papers
The Department of Philosophy at the University of Dayton will sponsor
the 33rd Richard R. Baker Colloquium in Philosophy
March 6-8, 2008 on Building Coalitions Across Difference.

Invited Guest Speakers are Sally Haslanger [Professor of Philosophy,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Author of: Adoption Matters: Philosophical and Feminist Essays (with
Charlotte Witt), Theorizing Feminisms (with Elizabeth Hackett,) and
Persistence (with Roxanne Marie Kurtz)] and Tommie Shelby [John L. Loeb
Associate Professor of the Social Sciences and African American Studies,
Harvard University. Author of: We Who Are Dark, and Hip Hop and
Philosophy: Rhyme 2 Reason (with Derrick Darby)]

The focus of the colloquium is on the intersection of race and gender in
contemporary philosophical reflection. Papers that approach the topic
from a wide range of philosophical perspectives are welcome.

Papers might address questions such as: Is solidarity based on group
membership still a valuable practice or concept? What aspects of race
theory and feminist theory are supportive of, or prevent, coalition
building? How can we learn from the past, making use of what is
valuable, without being tainted by what is harmful? How should we think
about ideology and how ideologies function in the construction of race
and gender? What would count as an ethics of the oppressed? How should
oppressed groups respond to each other? How should they respond to
oppressors?

Papers should be no more than 3,000 words, double-spaced, with a maximum
reading time of 25 minutes. Include an abstract of no more than 250
words. Submission deadline is October 30, 2007.

Papers should be submitted to: Patricia A. Johnson, Professor of
Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio
45469-1546. Electronic submissions in MS-Word are welcome. Send these
to patricia.johnson@notes.udayton.edu

This is the final call for proposals for the 2008 Online Northwest
Conference

PROPOSAL SUBMISSION DEADLINE:
Wednesday, October 10, 2007

WHAT IS ONLINE NORTHWEST?
Online Northwest is a one-day conference focusing on topics at the
intersection of libraries, technology and culture. The conference is
sponsored by the Oregon University System Library Council.

WHEN IS THE CONFERENCE?
Friday, February 22, 2008

WHAT TOPICS ARE APPROPRIATE?
The coordinating committee seeks presentations that discuss how
technology is being applied within library settings and how technology
is affecting library patrons and services. We strongly encourage
academic, public, school, and special librarians to submit proposals.
All topics relating to technology and libraries are welcome,
including:

*Assessing the impact of technology on patrons or services
*User interface design and evaluation
*Implementation of Web 2.0 technologies in libraries
*Collection development and assessment
*Resource sharing (e.g. ILL, document delivery)
*Information literacy and instruction
*Metadata design, application, or evaluation
*Management of electronic resources or digital repositories
*Computer programming and development of computer applications to
support delivery of library services

HOW DO I SUBMIT A PROPOSAL?
Please submit a 150-250 word abstract describing the presentation
content and intended audience via the online submission form available
at:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=328653886834

For examples of past presentations or more information, see:
http://www.ous.edu/onlinenw/

WHERE IS THE CONFERENCE?
CH2M Hill Alumni Center, Corvallis, Oregon (on the Oregon State
University campus)

Todd Hannon, MLS
Reference & Instruction Librarian
Oregon Health & Science University Library
Research & Reference Dept.
PO Box 573
Portland, OR 97207-0573
p:503.494.3474
f:503.494.3322
hannont@ohsu.edu

Mark your calendars, budget, and plan now for the 29th annual National Educational Computing Conference. Join more than 18,000 teachers, technology coordinators, library media specialists, teacher educators, administrators, policy makers, industry representatives, and students from all over the world who'll gather June 29–July 2 at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center on the San Antonio River Walk.

ISTE is now accepting presentation proposals for NECC 2008. Submission opportunities are divided into four major categories and a variety of themes & strands. Dynamic, energetic presenters interested in engaging their audiences in innovative ways should especially consider submitting proposals for the highly interactive Model Lesson and BYOL categories that debuted in 2007 to positive audience response.

We also invite you to help us develop content and/or participate in the following two session categories:
• Problem/Solution Panels—moderated panel featuring three or more independent presenters selected to share and discuss their solutions to a common Ed Tech challenge.
• Playground—informal, day-long presentations featuring interactive hands-on demonstrations of technologies and resources available for 21st-century media centers, art, assistive technology, gaming, math/science, music, open source, and virtual worlds.

Both ISTE member and non-member educators and students at all levels, nationally and internationally, are invited to submit. We also welcome corporate-sponsored proposals from exhibitors. The deadline for submission is October 3, 2007.

For more information go to http://center.uoregon.edu/ISTE/NECC2008/

2008 International Conference on
Information Resources Management
(Conf-IRM)

May 18-20, 2008
Sheraton Fallsview Hotel & Conference Centre
6755 Fallsview Boulevard
Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada

Important Dates

Submission date: 1 December 2007

Notification of Acceptance/Rejection: 1 February 2008

Final Submission and Early Registration due date: 14 March 2008

The organizing committee invites you to submit your
research work to Conf-IRM.

The International Conference on Information Resources Management (Conf-IRM) provides a peer-reviewed forum for researchers from across the globe to share contemporary research on developments in the fields of information systems and information management. It seeks to promote effective and vibrant networking among researchers and practitioners from around the world who are concerned about the effective management of information resources in organizations.

This network of researchers views fostering the development of emerging scholars in the information systems and information management fields as its primary task. Consequently the conference is designed to provide a venue for researchers to get substantive and beneficial feedback on their work.

Conf-IRM builds on the traditions of the Information Resources Management Association (IRMA) Conferences. Under new leadership, the IRMA Conference has been re-positioned and will now be known as Conf-IRM.

Tracks
Data Warehousing and Database Management
eBusiness and eGovernment Applications
E-Collaboration
Global IT Management
Human Side of IT
IS Research Methods
IT Architecture and Standards
IT for Development
IT in SMEs
IT Security and Privacy
IT Service Management
Knowledge Management
Outsourcing and Offshoring
Supply Chain Management
Telecommunications and ICT Infrastructure
Web 2.0 and Free and Open Source Software Development and Implementation
Conf-IRM Developmental Workshops and Panels Track

For more information go to: http://www.sprott.carleton.ca/conf-irm/index.htm

New Directions in Higher Ed IT: Navigating the Course While Still Drawing the Map
Whether your focus is administrative services, information resources, teaching and learning, technology infrastructure, or management, you can benefit from attending the Sixth Annual EDUCAUSE Midwest Regional Conference, March 17–19, 2008. Join us at the InterContinental Chicago to:

Hear from innovators and forward thinkers about current and emerging best practices in higher education information services

Connect with others in positions similar to yours to exchange experiences and explore ways to tackle common challenges

Learn about what’s going on in the profession and at the institutions in your area
This year's conference, "New Directions in Higher Ed IT: Navigating the Course While Still Drawing the Map," will provide a rich agenda defining the rapidly evolving challenges facing information technology in higher education, including teaching and learning, infrastructure, security and compliance, and personnel management. The program will include keynote presentations from acknowledged experts who will provide the “big picture” on current issues, presentations highlighting practical solutions, and interactive discussion sessions to facilitate networking and sharing.

Preconference seminars begin the morning of March 17, with the full conference program March 17– 19, 2008. The program follows five key tracks:

Collaborate from Where You Are
IT Agility for a Constantly Changing Environment
IT Infrastructure: Adding Value and Helping Organizations Achieve Their Strategic Objectives
Technology to Support Learning
Corporate and Campus Solutions
Make the most of your visit to Chicago. The InterContinental Chicago Hotel is conveniently located on Chicago's Magnificent Mile, home to great shopping and restaurants.

Participate As a Presenter
Play an active part in this leading higher education IT conference—submit a presentation proposal for the 2008 Midwest Regional Conference. You help create an innovative and informative program, make valuable contacts, and gain recognition for yourself and your institution’s achievements. The deadline for submissions is November 5 , 2007.

For more information go to http://www.educause.edu/mwrc08

Empowering Community Through Technology

Whether your focus is administrative services, information resources, teaching and learning, technology infrastructure, or management, you can benefit from attending the Eighth Annual EDUCAUSE Southwest Regional Conference, February 20–22, 2008. Join us at the Four Seasons Hotel Houston:

Hear from innovators and forward thinkers about current and emerging best practices in higher education information services

Connect with others in positions similar to yours to exchange experiences and explore ways to tackle common challenges

For more information go to http://www.educause.edu/swrc08

Learn about what’s going on in the profession and at the institutions in your area
This year’s conference, "Empowering Community Through Technology," will explore the convergence of technology throughout the higher education environment. Whether your focus is faculty or staff, technical or functional, this conference will offer a variety of opportunities for you to learn about and share with colleagues technological changes and uses on campuses in your region.

Preconference seminars begin the morning of February 20, with the full conference program February 20–22, 2008. The program follows four key tracks:

Empowering Our Teaching and Learning Communities
Leading the Charge for Change
Making IT work - the confluence of technology, people, and expectations
Corporate and Campus Solutions
Make the most of your visit to Houston. The Four Seasons Hotel Houston is conveniently located downtown with quick access to a variety of local attractions and restaurants.

Participate As a Presenter
Play an active part in this leading higher education IT conference—submit a presentation proposal for the 2008 Southwest Regional Conference. You help create an innovative and informative program, make valuable contacts, and gain recognition for yourself and your institution’s achievements. The deadline for submissions is October 10 , 2007.

Research Support Grant Program, 2007-8

The Maine Women Writers Collection at the University of New England in Portland, Maine, solicits applications for its Research Support Grant Program. These grants are intended for faculty members, independent researchers, and graduate students at the dissertation stage who are actively pursuing research that requires or would benefit from access to the holdings of the Maine Women Writers Collection.

MWWC Research Support Grants will range between $250 and $1000, and may be used for transportation, housing, and research-related expenses.

For application instructions and more information about the program and the Collection holdings, please see the MWWC website at www.une.edu/mwwc and click on "research."

Questions may be directed to Cally Gurley, MWWC Curator, at (207) 221-4324; cgurley@une.edu.

Deadline for receipt of applications: December 1, 2007.

The Maine Women Writers Collection, Abplanalp Library, Westbrook College Campus of the University of New England, is a pre-eminent special collection of published and non-published literary, cultural and social history sources, by and about women authors, either native or residents of Maine.

The Document Academy Invites:

PROPOSALS FOR PAPERS

DOCAM ’08

March 28-29, 2008

University of Wisconsin-Madison
School of Library and Information Studies
Madison, Wisconsin USA

DOCAM ’08 is the fifth annual meeting of the Document Academy, an
international network of scholars, artists and professionals in various
fields interested in the exploration of the document as a useful
approach, concept and tool in Sciences, Arts, Business, and Society.

The aim of The Document Academy is to create an interdisciplinary space
for experimental and critical research on documents in a wide sense,
drawing on traditions and experiences around the world. It originated as
a co-sponsored effort by The Program of Documentation Studies,
University of Tromso, Norway and the School of Information, University
of California, Berkeley. For 2008, the University of Wisconsin-Madison
School of Library and Information Studies will be hosting the meeting.

The conference will run from 9 AM Friday, March 28, to 5 PM Saturday,
March 29. In order to keep the open-ended discussion atmosphere of
previous DOCAMs alive along with a growing number of participants, we
have decided to have only plenary sessions and a relatively limited, but
well-selected number of presentations.

Call for proposals:

Scholars, developers, artists and practitioners working with document
research and development are invited to submit proposals for full and
short papers for plenary sessions and exhibits by December 1, 2007.

Full papers (6,000-7,500 words) for plenary sessions will address these
themes:

- DOCUMENT THEORY (general issues)
- DOCUMENT ANALYSIS (case-studies and methodological issues)

Short papers (2,400-3,600 words) for plenary sessions will focus on

- DOCUMENT RESEARCH (theory, methods, case-studies)

Each author or group of authors of FULL papers will have 45 minutes for
their presentation, including discussion; authors or groups presenting
SHORT papers will be allotted 30 minutes. The order of presentations
will be arranged according to themes as much as possible.

Conference language is English. Conference organizers can provide an LCD
projector; other equipment is the responsibility of the presenter.

All proposals must include:

*Description:

- a short (500 words) verbal description of the work to be presented
- Explanation of how the work will be presented (verbal presentation,
PowerPoint, video, performance, etc.; and any equipment needs)

*Names of all contributors,
*Addresses, including email contacts and
*Up to 5 keywords

Proposals should be submitted electronically to Catherine Arnott Smith
at the School of Library and Information Studies, University of
Wisconsin-Madison (casmith24@wisc.edu). Please include “DOCAM 2008” in
the subject line of all correspondence, including proposal submission.
File format: RTF or PDF

Submission deadline for proposals: 11:59 PM, December 1st, 2007

Receipt will be confirmed within one week. Decisions will be announced
no later than January 15, 2008.

Final deadline for accepted full papers: 11:59 PM, March 1st, 2008.

For more information contact the co-chairs of Docam 2008:

Catherine Arnott Smith, PhD
Assistant Professor
School of Library and Information Studies
University of Wisconsin-Madison
600 N. Park Street
Madison, WI 53706

(608) 890-1334
fax: (608) 263-4849
casmith24@wisc.edu

Prof. Niels Windfeld Lund
Documentation Studies
University of Tromsø
NO-9037 Tromsø, Norge

Tel: +47- 776 46284
niels.windfeld.lund@hum.uit.no

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Catherine Arnott Smith, PhD
Assistant Professor
School of Library and Information Studies
Room 4263 Helen C. White Hall
600 N. Park Street, Madison, WI 53706
Phone: (608) 890-1334
Fax: (608) 263-4849

The Call for Participation for the Thirteenth Off-Campus Library Services Conference is an open invitation to present your research, your knowledge and your experience to your peers. All professional, faculty, administrative and staff members who are involved in providing library services for students in non-traditional settings are invited to submit a paper. The proceedings will be printed in the Journal of Library Administration and as a separate volume by Haworth Press.

SUBJECT TRACK

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

FORMATS

Presentations should be planned for a fifty-five minute session including 10 minutes for questions. Written papers must have text (exclusive of graphs, charts, or references) over five pages in length and be formatted according to the APA Style Manuel. They should contain a reference list that shows you have researched your topic. Please specify on the Presentation Proposal form if you would be willing to present your session twice, which topic track you have chosen, the objective of your paper and the format that you will be using.

Workshops will last two hours. They will include hands-on learning for the participant. An abstract will be required for the program but no paper is required.

Panel discussions will include several speakers for a total of fifty-five minutes including 10 minutes for questions. A paper is required for the proceedings. See Presentations above.

Poster sessions are a visual display intermixed with narratives, tables, handouts and graphs. They may be print or in an electronic format or a mix of both. An electronic format will enable you to display web designs, instructional modules and other virtual resources. You will be required to set-up and host your display for an hour and 10 minutes and provide an abstract for the program. No written paper is required.

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Complete the proposal form with a 500 word maximum abstract that describes your proposed presentation, workshop or poster session. DO NOT INCLUDE institutional or personal identification in the abstract. Each submission will be acknowledged.
The deadline for submission is September 30, 2007. All presenters will be notified regarding their proposal status by October 31, 2007. The written paper will be due January 5, 2008.
Successful presenters need to complete all forms and read the standards and manuscript guidelines for the printed proceedings on the conference web site under Presenters.

EVALUATION AND ACCEPTANCE

The OCLS Conference Program Advisory Board members will be provided with blind copies of the proposal abstracts. Presenter and institutional identification will not be supplied or will be deleted if it is included in the text. Proposals will be evaluated based on their relevance to the interests of the attendees, contribution to the body of knowledge associated with the field of off-campus library services in distance education and their clarity of expression. Program balance and room space will also be considered in paper selection.

For more information:
http://ocls.cmich.edu/conference/call.htm

International Journal of Doctoral Studies (IJDS) (http://ijds.org/) is an academically peer reviewed journal. All submissions are blind refereed by three or more peers. Papers accepted for publication by IJ! DS appear online as accepted. Papers published online at http://ijds.org/, are available to colleagues around the world without charge and without regard to membership. Papers are also printed annually in print and on CD.
IJDS, an official publication of the Informing Science Institute (ISI), is now accepting submissions for Volume 3 (2008). !

Mission:

The mission of the IJDS is to provide readers worldwide with high quality peer-reviewed scholarly articles on a wide variety of issues in doctoral studies using the Informing Science (IS) framework. The editorial objective of IJDS is the facilitation of knowledge enhancement related to doctoral studies in areas ! such as (but not limited to): informing science, information systems, information technology, information science, information security, and IT education. IJDS especially encourages publications authored by faculty members who actively supervise doctoral students. Joint publications between faculty members and their doctoral students are also encouraged.

Coverage:

IJDS is an interdisciplinary forum that publishes high quality articles on theory, practice, innovation, and research that cover all aspects of doctoral studies. Book reviews are also welcome. Authors may use body of knowledge from business, information systems, computer science, education, psychology, engineering, anthropology, and such. Reviews of book related to the IJDS missions are also of interest. In additio! ns to the topics mentioned above, other topics of interest to IJDS include (but not limited) to the following:

Admissions Criteria
Online Doctoral Programs
Advisement
Oral Defense
Attrition and Persistence
Outcomes Assessment
Career Path and Employment
Practitioner Doctorate
Climate and Support for Doctoral Study
Public Policy and Doc Studies
Comparative Studies (e.g. U.S. versus EU models)
Research Assistant
Comprehensive Exams
Research Competence
Copyright and Intellectual Property
Research Doctorate
Dissertation Committee
Research Ethics
Diversity
Research Grants
Doctoral Faculty Qualifications
Research Methods and Traditions
Family Support
Residency Requirement
Historical and Philosophical Foundations of DS
Structure of Doctoral Programs
Innovative Doctoral Programs
Writing Skills
Statistical Skills, and Computer Skills

Please consider submitting a well-developed paper to IJDS. To view the author’s guidelines, references style, and paper submission process, please visit http://www.ijds.org/submit.html.

Society for Disability Studies 21st Annual Conference
New York City, June 18-22, 2008
?Cosmopolitan? Disability Studies Crips the City?
Submission Deadline: 1 December 2007

As Disability Studies becomes more aware of the boundaries of its own
discourses, we want to explore critically the lands of its origins,
the limits of its imagination, and the challenges of experiencing
wider space. Bodies, ideas, and words travel across borders, negotiate
restricted space and resistance, and become transformed as they
journey. How do notions of disability, Disability Studies, and
disability culture shift in these travels? Who participates in these
travels and who is denied entrance? How is space produced, enacted,
and lived in by disabled people? How are local life worlds configured
in space? What is at stake in seeing ourselves as citizens of a more
complex world in which multiple, simultaneous identities are engaged
in transit and dialogue?

New York, this city of immigrants, is the staging ground for the 2008
SDS conference. Thus, many cherished American ideas are up for grabs:
melting pots and assimilation, the energy of new beginnings, the
emergence of undergrounds and renaissances, beliefs in rugged
individualism and transnational capitalism, mechanisms of control and
security, and architectures of access. As we imagine disability and
disability studies in this iconic location, we ask, What are our Ellis
Islands, our Statues of Liberty, our Grand Central Stations, our
Stonewalls? Where are our Christopher Streets, our Broadways, our
Greenwich Villages?

How might New York City, a site both global and local, guide our
understandings of disability and Disability Studies from international
and transnational perspectives? How might such multiple locations in
turn illuminate, enrich, and challenge disability experiences and
Disability Studies within the United States? What are the assumptions
at work in casting New York as a cosmopolitan city, and to what
effect? What does it mean to imagine cosmopolitanism?evoking the city
without borders, people as citizens of the world?from disability
perspectives? How might notions of the city, cosmopolitanism, and the
urban produce Disability Studies scholarship that speaks to applied
disciplines and theoretical examinations of identity, citizenship,
space, and authenticity?

We invite proposals from any field that examine the ways in which
disability and urban issues intersect; engage the mobility of metaphor
and the refiguration of space; and/or explore the ways in which
Disability Studies shifts and translates in application to specific
sites and communities. Potential topics include:

? Public Health
? Violence, War, and Terror
? Mobility and Metaphor
? Housing, Home, and Homelessness
? Access and Spatiality
? Immigration and Translation
? Education
? Globalization and Transnational Critique
? Artistic Practices, Cultural Production, and Crip Culture
? History and Memory
? Categorization and Citizenship
? Public Policy in the Global City
? Bodies and Borders
? Surveillance and Security, Visibility and Invisibility
? Activist Communities, Strategies, and Identities
? Architectural Mappings and Geographical Textures
? Pollution, Garbage, and Environmental Devastation

SDS invites activists, artists, and scholars to submit proposals for
all work in progress in Disability Studies. We welcome
interdisciplinary proposals that bring together scholars in different
fields or using different methodologies, embodying the kinds of
translation and movement evoked in this year?s theme. Work can be
submitted in a variety of formats, including workshops, paper
presentations, poster sessions, performances, video/DVD recordings,
etc. For the 2008 conference, we also would like to introduce new
seminar slots for the discussion of shared readings, pre-circulated
papers, or other focused topics.

Accessibility in presentations is central to the philosophy of SDS.
Presenters should explore ways to make physical, sensory, and
intellectual access a fundamental part of their presentation. All
presenters are required to, at minimum, provide e-text versions of
papers in advance of the conference (for open captioning), large-print
hard copies (18 point font or larger) of all handouts, hard copies or
outlines of their talks in 12 point and 18 point fonts, audio
description of visual images, charts, and video/DVDs, and open or
closed captioning of films and video clips. Presentations should also
be planned so that their delivery will accommodate open-captioning and
ASL translation. In order to facilitate ASL interpretation and open
captioning, drafts of accepted presentations will be due by 1 May
2008. If you have questions about making your presentation accessible,
please contact Alison Kafer at kafera@southwestern.edu or Petra
Kuppers at petra@umich.edu. Please note: English and ASL are the two
main languages in use at SDS; if you have other language needs, please
indicate such on your proposal and we will try to assist you in
obtaining accommodations.

For details on submission, please visit the SDS website
www.disstudies.org. Questions about the conference program or
submission process should be directed to Alison Kafer at
kafera@southwestern.edu or Petra Kuppers at petra@umich.edu.

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.

CALL FOR PAPERS

Libraries & the Cultural Record – Special issue on Women in Information Science

GUEST EDITORS

Diane Barlow and Trudi Bellardo Hahn
College of Information Studies
University of Maryland
dbarlow@umd.edu, thahn@umd.edu

ISSUE FOCUS

This special issue will spotlight the lives and contributions of remarkable women pioneers in information science. Papers may be about women whose field of specialty and accomplishments fall in a wide variety of areas—documentation, classification, standards, information retrieval, library technologies, LIS education, social epistemology, information use, information policy, STI, or other. A paper may address a subject’s leadership, innovation, advocacy, research, or other significant contributions, and should place the subject historically in her social, cultural, and professional context. Further, bios should show the relationship of her particular specialty to the larger discipline.

Possible subjects for bios are Jean Antes, Henrietta Avram, Marcia Bates, Helen Brownson, Elfreda Chatman, Pauline Atherton Cochrane, Diana Crane, Susan Crawford, Edith Ditmas, Margaret Egan, Madeline (Berry) Henderson, Mary Herner, Karen Sparck-Jones, Barbara Kyle, Lotsee Patterson, Phyllis Richmond, Jane Robbins, Claire Schultz, Jean Tague-Sutcliffe, Winifred Sewell, and Martha Williams. These individuals are named as examples. We welcome papers on other women pioneers in information science as well.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Please submit the name of the individual you wish to write on and a brief outline of your paper by October 7, 2007. Authors will be selected by October 19. Submit full papers (4,000-8,000 words) by March 15, 2008. Authors will receive reviews by May 1. Final papers will be due by June 15, 2008.

ANTICIPATED PUBLICATION: spring 2009

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Libraries & the Cultural Record is an interdisciplinary journal that explores the significance of collections of recorded knowledge--their creation, organization, preservation, and utilization--in the context of cultural and social history, unlimited as to time and place. It is the only journal that covers the broad history of the related disciplines and professions of the emerging Information Domain. For more information, see: www.ischool.utexas.edu/~lcr.

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

Electronic Commerce Research: Special Issue Call Reminder

Deadline: 1st December 2007

For more information please visit:
http://www.ebusiness-newcastle.com/news/article.php?id=40

I HAVE AN AVATAR THEREFORE I EXIST: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES IN
METAVERSES

Millions of users from around the globe participate in massive multiplayer
online role playing games (MMORPG), such as Second Life and World of
Warcraft, 3D worlds that are often considered the next generation Web. With
their user base growing at an exponential rate we are already experiencing
the development of a phenomenon that may be as significant as the Web
itself. The rapid development of MMORPGs and metaverses is likely to bring
about significant business as well as social, legal, policy, methodological
and technological opportunities and challenges.

This special issue aims to explore these and contribute to this rapidly
expanding field by focusing on issues relevant to electronic business and
management. Academics and practitioners are invited to submit conceptually
and empirically based original papers addressing areas such as those listed
below:

Business opportunities and challenges
Marketing implications
Identity management issues
Virtual economies and economic policies
Virtual entrepreneurship and metaverse ebusiness models
Developing MMORPGs and related strategies and ebusiness models
Real money trading Consumer and business ethics in metaverses
Case studies (e.g. Second Life, World of Warcraft etc)
Human-computer interaction issues in metaverses
Psychological aspects of participating in metaverses
Legal issues (e.g. copyright and ownership of virtual property)

The above areas are just indicative and this special issue would welcome
papers discussing other relevant topics. For the manuscripts guidelines
please visit the journal's web site. All papers, accompanied by a short
biographical note for each author (approximately 200-250 words per author),
should be submitted as an email attachment to the Guest Editors (Email:
savvas.papagiannidis@ncl.ac.uk). All papers will be double blind refereed.

Evidence Based Library and Information Practice is seeking papers for future issues. Manuscripts may be submitted as either articles, commentaries or brief reports.

Papers in the Articles section of the journal are original research or scholarship and are subject to double-blind peer review. Commentaries are viewpoint papers on issues relating to evidence based practice. We are also interested in brief anecdotal reports outlining experiences of evidence based decision making in specific environments. Commentaries and anecdotal reports are not subject to peer review but do undergo editorial review prior to acceptance.

Submissions are welcome from all information disciplines on all areas of EBP including, but not limited to:

EBL application
Qualitative or quantitative research
Management and Administration issues related to EBP
Research Tools (statistics, data collection methods, etc.)
Collaborative and Interprofessional EBP
Research education in library schools
Evidence-Based Practices from other disciplines applicable to EBL
Harnessing evidence to support new innovations
Developing and applying evidence based tools
Future prospects for the evidenced based information profession
Maximizing the value and impact of our information services

All manuscripts are submitted online. Further information on submissions, including Author Guidelines, can be found on the journal website at http://ejournals.library.ualberta.ca/index.php/EBLIP/about/submissions

EBLIP operates on a strict publication schedule and strives to review manuscripts within 8 weeks and publish papers within 4 months of submission.

Articles may be submitted at any time, however submission deadlines for subsequent issues are December 1/07, March 1/08, June 1/08, and September 1/08 (publication dates are March 15/08, June 15/08, September 15/08 and December 15/08, respectively).

About the journal:

Published quarterly by the University of Alberta, this peer-reviewed, open access journal is targeted at all library and information professionals interested in an evidence based model of practice. By facilitating access to librarianship research via original research articles and evidence summaries of relevant research from the library literature, Evidence Based Library and Information Practice will enable librarians to practice their profession in an evidence based manner.

We look forward to receiving your manuscripts. Should you have any questions, please contact any member of the Editorial Team.

Thank you,

The Editorial Team

Lindsay Glynn, Editor-in-Chief lglynn@mun.ca

Denise Koufogiannakis, Associate Editor (Evidence Summaries) denise.koufogiannakis@ualberta.ca

Alison Brettle, Associate Editor (Articles) a.brettle@salford.ac.uk

Pam Ryan, Production Editor pam.ryan@ualberta.ca

In recognition of the central place of
“intersectionality” in contemporary Women’s Studies—a
widespread disciplinary commitment to analyzing race,
class, and gender as powerful interlocking principles
by which people are organized globally and locally—the
Southeastern Women’s Studies Association is building a
Women of Color caucus. The objectives of the group
will be to provide a strong network for support and
the sharing of scholarly and pedagogical ideas around
issues of race throughout the region.

As a first step towards establishing this network of
scholars, activists, and students, and in celebration
of our keynote speaker, bell hooks, the Women of Color
caucus of SEWSA calls for papers that explore the
production of Black feminist knowledge in the U.S.
Southeast, to be presented at the SEWSA 2008
conference in Charlotte, North Carolina, in connection
with the conference theme, “Frontiers of Feminism at
Home and Abroad.”

TOPIC: STILL TALKING BACK—BLACK FEMINISM IN THE U.S.
SOUTHEAST
In her oft-cited essay, “Talking Back,” bell hooks
describes the punishments she received as a child for
talking back to authority figures. “I was taught that
it was important to speak but to talk a talk that was
in itself a silence,” she writes. “Taught to speak
and yet beware of the betrayal of too much heard
speech, I experienced intense confusion and deep
anxiety in my efforts to speak and write.” The
problem of developing and sustaining a progressive
Black feminist voice in the U.S. southeast could be
framed in similar terms, given the obstacles to
antiracist education faced by professors and scholars
of this field, ranging from student resistance to
faculty isolation and tokenism to what Patricia Hill
Collins calls “the new racism,” a post-Civil Rights
cultural belief that racism is a thing of the past.

In this call for papers, the Women of Color caucus of
SEWSA seeks treatments of race in the context of this
region. What are the obstacles and punishments—and
the rewards and necessities—for “talking back” about
race in the new millennial U.S. southeast? What are
the methodologies and pedagogies and theoretical
possibilities of Black feminism as a discourse of
resistance and social transformation? How can we
counter the problems of old racism, new racism, and
internalized racism in the production of knowledge as
teachers and scholars of Black feminism? What is at
stake? How can we generate a voice that not only
speaks but is heard? Why/how/and to what effect are
we “still talking back”?

Abstracts due by: Oct. 15, 2007. Send to Dr. Merri
Lisa Johnson (mjohnson@uscupstate.edu)

Panelists will be selected by Oct. 30, and the panel
will be submitted to SEWSA by the conference deadline
of Nov. 2.

If the paper is not selected as part of this panel, it
will be considered automatically for inclusion in the
conference as an individual paper submission.

For those of you who want to quote from books and would like to just copy and paste the section, {{ Don't forget to cite where you got the quote from in your paper!!!!}} Google books now allows you to do this for books that are in the public domain. For more information check the Chronicle of Higher Education's Wired campus blog at http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/index.php?id=2395

CALL FOR PROPOSALS

36th Annual LOEX Conference
May 1-3, 2008
Oak Brook, Illinois

The Illinois LOEX Committee invites you to submit proposals to be considered
for presentation at the 36th Annual LOEX Conference. The 2008 conference
theme, Librarian as Architect: Planning, Building & Renewing, explores the
meaningful building of supportive information literacy learning environments
and experiences in instruction.

Presenters are encouraged to think creatively about the theme. Proposals
should provide active engagement of participants, model best practice,
provide useful information, skills, or ideas or include effective and
innovative practices and collaborative approaches. Successful proposals
reflect elements of the six themes.

Assessing Needs & Outcomes includes assessing user needs, assessing student
learning, assessing information literacy initiatives, peer assessment, and
evaluating teaching or instructional tools.

Breaking Ground includes comprehensive planning or implementation of cutting
edge innovation, technology, or emerging trends in all aspects of information
literacy and instruction.

Building Relationships focuses on innovative approaches to collaboration on
or off campus and the development of new communities or increased diversity.

Laying the Foundation refreshes thinking about fundamental aspects of
information literacy and instruction, including the pedagogy of teaching, the
instructional design process, core curriculum initiatives, ethics, and the
relationship between information literacy and intellectual property.

Creating Learning Spaces stresses new uses for old spaces, showcases new
spaces and explores using virtual spaces.

Cutting the Ribbon includes creative ways to deploy new technologies, promote
new programs, integrate new initiatives with existing programs, and renew
ongoing programs.

Two types of proposals will be accepted.

Breakout session: A 60-minute session that includes time for a 45-minute
presentation and 10-15 minutes of question and answer. These sessions are the
core of the conference program. Most feature a successful program, practice
or key issue related to instruction or information literacy. Breakout
sessions are intended for an audience typically of 50-70 people. Presenters
should include in the proposal description the topic and an outline of the
presentation.

Interactive workshop: A 60-minute session where the presenter facilitates a
learning environment in which attendees develop teaching and or research
techniques. Presenters are expected to facilitate a well-planned and
interactive workshop. Although the exact number of participants won't be
known until the session takes place, estimates based on room size and
interest surveys will be provided to the presenters before the conference.
Proposals should include a description of the topic and details on how the
presenter will make this session a “hands-on” experience for attendees.

Submission Information
Deadline for proposal submission is Friday, November 16, 2007. Proposals must
be submitted through the online submission form.

http://www.loexconference.org/2008/proposals.htm

Christine Kickels
LOEX 2008 Planning Committee

National Women's Studies Association (10/19/07; 6/19-22/08)
Guaranteed Panel (Aging and Ageism Caucus)

Life writing is full of visible and invisible connections to people's ideas
about aging and old age. When younger people do creative pieces about their
own lives' futures, they often kill themselves off before they have to
imagine what being old is like. Many of the life writing projects created
for multigenerational collaboraton are life review studies, as if the past
was the main part of an old person's life worth considering and the future
was not going to be as interesting. How can feminist aging studies
positively affect these experiences? Panel presentations might consider, but
are not limited to, questions such as these:
-What is feminist life writing, inside and outside of academia?
- How might assignments channel the ideas of traditional-aged student or
returning students to reconsider ageist stereotypes?
- How might service learning projects incorporate such reconceptions?
- What is the value of doing revisiting our ideas of aging and old age via
course assignments and our own work, and what is the value of asking people
to bring feminist Aging and Age Studies concepts to focus on life review?

Queries and 1-page abstracts arriving by October 19, 2007 to
Leni Marshall
leni@agingstudies.edu

Email submissions preferred, but hard copies may be addressed to
Leni Marshall
Department of English
Century College
3300 Century Avenue
White Bear Lake, MN 55110

PRESENT A POSTER SESSION AT CAMPUS TECHNOLOGY WINTER 2007--FAST-TRACK IMMERSIVE WORKSHOPS

Event Dates: December 10 - 12, 2007

Location: Westin San Francisco Market Street Hotel
San Francisco, CA

Event Focus: Fast-Track Immersive Workshops Putting IT Leadership Skills into Practice

Website: http://www.1105info.com/lzkokfk_rzrzael.html

Poster Session Submission Form: http://www.1105info.com/krxvxsj_rzrzael.html

Gain Visibility. Discuss Your Work With Peers. Publish Your Proceedings Online!

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Campus Technology invites you to be among the small group of 25 higher education professionals and technology experts to present and share your work in poster sessions at our first annual winter workshop event.

Designed to immerse attendees in day-long sessions that integrate both tactical and hands-on elements, our workshops will provide the tools and resources needed to develop effective technology project management plans and strategies to suit your unique campus situation.

The workshops will target EIGHT VITAL AREAS OF TECHNOLOGY impacting campus IT initiatives now and in the future. Presentations that enhance the workshop curricula by covering these education topics will receive first consideration:

- Business Intelligence
- Social / Academic Collaboration
- Assessment
- Globalized Education
- IT Leadership
- Security
- eLearning
- Teaching and Learning Technology

***PROPOSAL DEADLINE IS: SEPTEMBER 26, 2007***

Submissions can now be made online through our handy electronic form. Click here to access it now: http://www.1105info.com/hpsesjk_rzrzael.html

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WHY SHOULD I HOST A POSTER SESSION?

 Gain visibility - Your work will be seen and discussed by hundreds of colleagues and industry leaders.
 Get published - Poster presenters have the opportunity to post their paper online in our event proceedings.
 Professional growth - Speaking at professional events improves presentation skills and promotes networking opportunities.
 Save on registration - Accepted Poster Session presenters may register for the workshop at the speaker discount rate.

***PROPOSAL DEADLINE IS: SEPTEMBER 26, 2007***

Submit your proposal online now. Visit http://www.1105info.com/lzkokfz_rzrzael.html

See you this year at Campus Technology Winter 2007-December 10-12!

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P.S. WHY ATTEND CAMPUS TECHNOLOGY WINTER 2007--FAST-TRACK IMMERSIVE WORKSHOPS?

This event is your opportunity to build or finesse your campus' technology project plans with feedback from peers and technology experts. For 2 ½ days you'll have access to IT visionaries, campus technology project leaders, and product and service experts who can help you put together an effective project action plan with your institution's needs in mind. Don't miss out on this highly informative and valuable hands-on event.

BE SURE TO REGISTER BY NOVEMBER 2 TO SAVE.

Visit http://www.1105info.com/hpsesjb_rzrzael.html to learn more.

March 18-21, 2008
Atlanta, GA

Call for Proposals

http://www.electroniclibrarian.org/ocs/index.php/erl/2008

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ER&L Conference Program Planning Committee encourages you to submit a proposal for the Electronic Resources & Libraries 2008 Conference to be held March 19-21, 2008, with pre-conference sessions on March 18. The conference location will be the Global Learning and Conference Center in Atlanta, GA.

View Track Descriptions: http://www.electroniclibrarian.org/ocs/index.php/erl/2008/schedConf/trackPolicies

Proposal Deadline: Proposals will be evaluated as they are received, and priority may be given to those who submit early. The Proposal Deadline is Nov. 1, 2007

Proposal Evaluation: The committee will evaluate each proposal on the basis of subject matter (including, but not limited to, the issues listed in the topic descriptions), clarity, and timeliness. Proposals should be for original work that has not been published. We may request that some presenters combine sessions with complementary subject matter.

Compensation: Presenters receive 25% off the cost of registration.

More info: ER&L provides a forum for information professionals to explore ideas, trends, and technologies related to electronic resources and digital services. The idea of this event is to bring together stakeholders inside and outside of the library to look at the impact the digital environment has on library collections, access to resources, and our organizations. We invite various perspectives and approaches to managing, promoting and accessing electronic resources. We hope to foster collaborative, cross-departmental, cross-community approaches to the issues e-resources have brought to our environment.

Questions: Please direct questions about the Call for Proposals to Bonnie Tijerina (bonnie.tijerina@gmail.com) or Elizabeth Winter(elizabeth.winter@library.gatech.edu). Please direct questions related to preconferences to Xan Arch(xanadu@stanford.edu).

ER&L '08 conference details are online at:

http://www.electroniclibrarian.org/ocs/index.php/erl/2008

Barbara Blummer
Library Manager
Center for Computing Sciences
bablumm@super.org
301-805-7539

Share your library successes and innovations by putting on a Poster Session at the PALINET 07 Conference + Vendor Fair at the Tremont Plaza Hotel/Tremont Grand in downtown Baltimore, MD!

Poster Sessions are scheduled to take place from 8:00 A.M. until 10:00 A.M. on Tuesday, October 30, 2007.

The subject categories are limited only by your imagination! Your proposals should include:

1. Title of the poster session

2. Name(s)
3. Institution(s)
4. Contact information, including phone, fax, e-mail, and mailing address
5. A one or two word subject description, plus a brief summary

Submit proposals by Monday, October 1, 2007 to Justine Adelizzi, Marketing Coordinator, via e-mail (adelizzi@palinet.org) or fax (215.382.0022).

Thank you!

Justine Adelizzi, Marketing Coordinator
PALINET / 3000 Market Street, Suite 200 / Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: 215.382.7031, x 1205 / Member Services: 800.233.3401
Fax: 215.382.0022 / E-mail: adelizzi@palinet.org
Web: http://www.palinet.org

Register today for the PALINET 07 Conference + Vendor Fair on October 29 & 30 and the PALINET Digitization Expo on October 31 in Baltimore, MD at www.palinet.org/2007conference.

SITE 2008

Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education
International Conference

March 3-7, 2008 * Las Vegas, Nevada

(Riviera Hotel & Casino Convention Center)

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

** Submissions Due: Oct. 22, 2007 **

Organized by
Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE)
http://site.aace.org/
and
Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)
http://www.aace.org/
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** What are your colleagues saying about SITE conferences? **
http://site.aace.org/conf/testimonials.htm

COLOR POSTER--SITE 2008 CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
Available to Print & Distribute (PDF to print; 200kb)
http://site.aace.org/conf/SITE08poster.pdf

>> CONTENTS & LINKS (details below) <<

1. Call for Papers and Submission & Presenter Guidelines, Deadline Oct. 22th:
http://site.aace.org/conf/call.htm
http://site.aace.org/conf/submitguide.htm
http://site.aace.org/conf/PresenterLounge

2. Scope & Major Topics: http://site.aace.org/conf/topics.htm

4. Presentation Categories: http://site.aace.org/conf/categories.htm
5. Proceedings & Paper Awards: http://site.aace.org/pubs/

6. Corporate Participation: http://site.aace.org/conf/corporate.htm
7. For Budgeting Purposes: http://site.aace.org/conf/rates.htm

8. Las Vegas: http://www.aace.org/conf/Cities/LasVegas
9. Deadlines: http://site.aace.org/conf/deadlines.htm

INVITATION:
SITE 2008 is the 19th annual conference of the Society for Information
Technology and Teacher Education. This society represents individual
teacher educators and affiliated organizations of teacher educators in all
disciplines, who are interested in the creation and dissemination of
knowledge about the use of information technology in teacher education and
faculty/staff development. SITE is a society of AACE.

You are invited to participate in this international forum which offers
numerous opportunities to explore the research, development, and applications
in this important field. All proposals are peer reviewed.

SITE is the premiere international conference in this field and annually
attracts more than 1,200 leaders in the field from over 50 countries.

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To submit a proposal, complete the online form at:
http://site.aace.org/conf/submitguide.htm (online soon)

For Presentation and AV guidelines, see:
http://site.aace.org/conf/PresenterLounge
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PROGRAM ACTIVITIES:

* Keynote Speakers
* Invited Panels/Speakers
* Papers (Full & Brief)
* Posters/Demonstrations
* Corporate Showcases & Demonstrations
* Tutorials/Workshops
* Roundtables
* Symposia

SCOPE:
The Conference invites proposals from the introductory through advanced level
on all topics related to:

(1) the use of information technology in teacher education, and
(2) instruction about information technology in
* Preservice
* Inservice
* Graduate Teacher Education
* Faculty & Staff Development

Proposals which address the theory, research and applications as well as
describe innovative projects are encouraged.

MAJOR TOPICS

GENERAL TOPICS:
* Assessment and E-folios
* Corporate
* Distance/Flexible Education
* Electronic Playground
* Equity and Social Justice
* Evaluation and Research
* Information Technology Diffusion/Integration
* International
* Latino/Spanish Speaking Community
* Leadership
* New Possibilities with Information Technologies
* Graduate Education and Faculty Development
* Video Cases
* Web/Learning Communities
* Workforce Education

CONTENT AREA TOPICS:
* Art Education
* Human Languages Education
* Information Technology Education
* English Education
* Mathematics Education
* Middle School Education
* Science Education
* Social Studies Education
* Special Education/Assistive Technology
* Young Child Education

PRESENTATION CATEGORIES:
http://site.aace.org/conf/categories.htm
The Technical Program includes a wide range of interesting and useful
activities designed to facilitate the exchange of
ideas and information. These include
keynote and invited talks, paper presentations, roundtables,
poster/demonstrations, tutorials/workshops, panels, and corporate showcases.

PROCEEDINGS:
http://www.EdITLib.org
Accepted papers will be published by AACE in the Technology and Teacher
Education Annual proceedings series. Books in this series serve as major
source documents indicating the current state of teacher education and
information technology. This proceedings will be published as a searchable
electronic book on CD-ROM.

The Annuals are internationally distributed through and archived in the
Education and Information Technology Digital Library, http://www.EdITLib.org.

First and second paper authors are limited to two papers published in the
Annual.

PAPER AWARDS:
http://site.aace.org/pubs/
All presented papers will be considered for Best Paper Awards within
several categories.

Award winning papers may be:
Invited for publication in the
- Journal of Technology and Teacher Education
(JTATE) (http://www.aace.org/pubs/jtate) or
- Online journal, Contemporary Issues in
Technology & Teacher Education (CITE) (http://www.citejournal.org/),

Highlighted in the:
- AACE online periodical AACE Journal (http://www.aace.org/pubs/aacej/), and
= Education and Information Technology Digital Library, http://www.EdITLib.org.

CORPORATE PARTICIPATION:
http://site.aace.org/conf/corporate.htm
A variety of opportunities are available to present research-oriented
papers, or to showcase and market your products
and services. For information about Corporate
Showcases (30 minutes) and Corporate
Demonstrations (2-hours, scheduled with the Poster/Demos),
click here.

FOR BUDGETING PURPOSES:
http://site.aace.org/conf/rates.htm
http://site.aace.org/conf/hotel.htm
The conference registration fee for all presenters and participants will be
approximately $295 (members); $340
(non-members). Registration includes Proceedings on
CD, receptions, and all sessions except tutorials.

The conference hotel (Riviera Hotel & Casino Las Vegas) specially discounted
guest room rate is $119 (single/double). http://site.aace.org/conf/hotel.htm

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA: Experience the Shows, Dining,
Shopping, Attractions, & Tours!
http://www.aace.org/conf/Cities/LasVegas/

Las Vegas, an ever-changing fantasy-land of a
city, has seen unbelievable expansion since it
emerged from the desert 100 years ago. Las Vegas
continues to build upon its reputation as a
vibrant showcase for the extraordinary. This is
the city that attracts more than 38 million
visitors a year by offering the grandest hotels,
the biggest stars in entertainment, the highest
caliber of award-winning chefs and master
sommeliers, and, of course, the brightest lights.

Las Vegas offers unmatched entertainment. Some of
the many headliners include Celine Dion (Caesars
Palace), Barry Manilow (Las Vegas Hilton) and
Toni Braxton (Flamingo Las Vegas). Broadway hits
such as "MAMMA MIA!" (Mandalay Bay), "Phantom -
The Las Vegas Spectacular" (Venetian) and "The
Producers" (Paris Las Vegas) are amongst visitor
favorites. World-class productions are also
available and include Cirque du Soleil's newest
shows, "K�" (MGM Grand) and "LOVE" (The Mirage).

While planning an evening of entertainment, look
to the growing roster of gourmet restaurants and
unparalleled wine and food adventures in Las
Vegas. A host of fine dining and lifestyle
magazines have honored the city for its fantastic
fare and hailed individual restaurants for their exquisite cuisine,

A shoppers paradise. Drawing an influx of
designers and upscale specialty boutiques, Las
Vegas has become one of the premium world-class
shopping destinations in the country.

It's not just a conference. it's a vacation! So
plan to join us in Las Vegas for SITE 2008, a
great conference in one of the world's greatest destinations.

For further Las Vegas information, see:
http://www.visitlasvegas.com

DEADLINES:

Proposals Due: Oct. 22, 2007
Authors Notified: Nov. 21, 2007
Proceedings File Due: Jan. 21, 2008
Early Registration: Jan. 21, 2008
Hotel Reservation: Feb. 11, 2008
Conference: Mar. 3-7, 2008

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To be added to the mailing list for this conference, link
to http://www.aace.org/info.htm

If you have a question about SITE, please send an e-mail to
SITE/AACE Conference Services, conf@aace.org

Contact:
SITE--Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education
P.O. Box 1545
Chesapeake, Virginia 23327 USA
Phone: 757-366-5606 * Fax: 703-997-8760
E-mail: conf@aace.org * http://site.AACE.org

ICLS2008 - 8th International Conference of the Learning Sciences
Utrecht, The Netherlands, from 24th until 28st of June, 2008

CONFERENCE THEME:
International Perspectives in the Learning Sciences: Cre8ing a Learning World

Conference website
http://www.isls.org/icls2008

1ST CALL FOR PROPOSALS

Submission of proposals is web based:
Deadline for submission: 19th of November 2007

The following contributions are welcomed:

1. Full Papers
2. Symposia
3. Interactive Sessions
4. Fire hose Sessions
5. Poster
6. Pre/conference Workshops
7. Doctoral Consortium

All submissions will be peer reviewed. You will be notified of acceptance/non acceptance by January 28, 2008. The final, camera ready copy is due by March 3, 2008.

Registration without contribution will be possible.

Looking forward to meeting you in Utrecht!

On behalf of the organizers, yours sincerely,
Prof dr. Paul A. Kirschner
Conference Chair

Resources for Feminist Research
Call for manuscripts for a Special Issue

Healthy Environments for Women Teachers and Faculty

Deadline for Submission: December 31, 2007

How healthy are schools and universities? What are the characteristics of a healthy or unhealthy educational setting? How healthy are the women who work in these settings? What initiatives would support a healthy physical and social environment for women teachers and faculty?

Historically, empirical studies of occupational health focused on the incidence of illness, injury, absenteeism, and disability. By contrast, a population health approach examines the social, environmental and biophysical factors that support health. Gender, culture, income and social status, social support networks, working conditions, physical environment and other interrelated factors influence the health of individuals and populations. From this perspective, teacher health is not simply a clinical descriptor or the absence of disease. Rather, the health of individual teachers and teachers as a group is an essential social resource. Safeguarding and promoting teacher and faculty health and wellbeing can be achieved by creating and sustaining healthy educational environments.

This special issue will explore the health of women teachers and faculty and the educational environments where they work. Invited are articles that explore the complex and varied experiences of women teachers and faculty, the factors that nurture and support their safety, and physical and mental health and well-being, and the processes, interventions, and institutional structures that create and strengthen healthy environments for women teachers and faculty.

Diana L. Gustafson and Roberta F. Hammett are the guest editors of this special issue of the Resources for Feminist Research. We invite submissions of original manuscripts that explore broader theoretical questions as well as those that report on innovative research studies and policy-oriented issues on a range of topics such as:
* Social well-being in rural, northern and isolated community schools
* Homophobia and chilly classroom climates
* The healthy communities movement in the educational context
* Healthy or health-related institutional policies and initiatives
* Promotion and tenure anxiety among visible minority women
* Women teachers' mental health issues
* The production and mediation of women faculty's occupational stress
* The control and surveillance of women's bodies in schools and universities
* Safety and risk for women working in unsafe physical spaces
* Women teachers' perspectives on health hazards
* Incentive programs for teachers' healthy lifestyle choices
Manuscripts may be submitted by e-mail to RFR. Manuscripts should conform to RFR's editorial policy as described at www.oise.utoronto.ca Contributions must be original research or scholarly articles approximately 6,500-7,500 words, in English or French with a short abstract (75 words) which will be translated into the other official language. Submissions should be double-spaced. All manuscripts are reviewed anonymously by at least three qualified readers.

Please address questions about this special issue to:

Diana L. Gustafson, Associate Professor of Social Sciences and Health
Division of Community Health and Humanities
Faculty of Medicine, HSC 2834
Memorial University
St. John's, NL A1B 3V6
diana.gustafson@med.mun.ca



Respectfully

Diana L. Gustafson RN BA MEd PhD
Associate Professor of Social Sciences and Health
Graduate Program Coordinator
Division of Community Health and Humanities
Faculty of Medicine HSC 2834
Memorial University
St. John's, NL A1B 3V6
tel: +1-709-777-6720
fax:+1-709-777-7382
diana.gustafson@med.mun.ca
www.med.mun.ca/comhealth/CV/cv_gustafson.htm

3 to 9 July 2008
Madrid, madrid, Spain

Website: http://www.mmww08.org

10th International Interdisciplinary Congress on Women THEME: New Frontiers:
Dares and Advancements The experience of dislocation whether physical or
conceptual affects women in specific ways. Congress is open to proposals in
ALL fields.

Organized by: University Complutense of Madrid
Deadline for abstracts/proposals: 4 February 2008
(Check the event website for latest details.)

Mundos de Mujeres / Women's Worlds 2008 is open to proposals in ALL fields and themes related to women, gender and sexuality in contemporary societies, as well as historically. However, we have established some thematic guidelines to facilitate classification of proposals for the congress final program. We are placing a special emphasis on two central themes: violence and migrations, but these themes are by no means the only ones to be addressed at the conference. MMWW08 organizers will like to receive a wide variety of proposals in ALL fields of knowledge and working areas.

New Frontiers: Dares and Advancements
The experience of dislocation whether physical, conceptual or symbolic, affects women in specific ways. We have chosen three concepts to encompass the general theme of the congress: frontiers, dares and advancements, in order to address a wide range of themes, issues and disciplines that ought to be taken into account for a better understanding of the present world. On the one hand, the congress theme refers to physical dislocations as having to do with migration, illegal trafficking of women for sexual exploitation and slavery, cheap labour, racism, xenophobia and all forms of physical violence against women and those who are "in transit". On the other hand, it refers to imaginary and conceptual forms of dislocations and frontiers as having to do with survival mechanisms that women in extreme situations develop, many forms of conceptual dislocation and imaginary borders, "other worlds", the Internet and scientific revolutions that we are experiencing in the 21st century, new venues and ties among people who are fighting for gender equality and social justice around the World, new time/space frames, new feminist theoretical proposals, etc.

MMWW08 will be the ground for a deep and constructive analysis and an optimistic outlook at all the issues that affect women and have to do with feminist enterprises today.

The Center for the History of Print Culture in Modern America
Madison, Wisconsin

September 12-13, 2008

The conference will include papers focusing on the dynamic intersection of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Medicine (STEM) and print culture. Papers might address ways in which STEM-its histories and materials, its theories and practices, its economics, and its practitioners-affects or is affected by print culture. These approaches might include: innovations in the production and circulation of print; patterns of authorship and reading; publication, and dissemination of knowledge in the history of STEM. Alternatively, taking the various theories and methodologies that have grown out of half-a-century of historical and social studies of STEM, papers could investigate the social construction of STEM knowledge through print; technologies of experimentation and inscription as a print culture of the laboratory; and the social networks of readership in the production of scientific consensus or conflict. Though our emphasis is on the United States scene, we welcome submissions from other areas of the globe as well.
The keynote speaker will be Professor Jim Secord, of Cambridge University, Director of the Darwin Correspondence Project, and author of many publications, including the award-winning Victorian Sensation: The Extraordinary Publication, Reception and Secret Authorship of Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation, (University of Chicago Press, 2000).

Proposals for individual papers or complete sessions (up to three papers) should include a 250-word abstract and a one-page c.v. for each presenter. If possible, submissions should be made via email. The deadline for submissions is January 15, 2008. Notifications of acceptance will be made by early March.

Further information about the conference will shortly be available at the Center's web site at http://slisweb.lis.wisc.edu/~printcul/

As with previous conferences, we anticipate producing a volume of papers from the conference for publication in a volume in the Center's series, "Print Culture History in Modern America," published by the University of Wisconsin Press. A list of books the Center has produced, available on the Center's web site (http://slisweb.lis.wisc.edu/~printcul/), offers a guide to prospective authors.

For information, contact:
Christine Pawley, Director,
Center for the History of Print Culture
4234 Helen C. White Hall,
600 N. Park St.
Madison, WI 53706

phone: 608 263-2945/608 263-2900
fax: (608) 263-4849
email: cpawley@wisc.edu

Co-sponsors: School of Library and Information Studies, the Wisconsin Historical Society, the Holtz Center for Science and Technology Studies, the departments of the History of Science, the History of Medicine and Bioethics, and the School of Journalism and Mass Communication.

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Christine Pawley Ph.D.

Professor, School of Library and Information Studies
http://slisweb.lis.wisc.edu/~cpawley/

Director, Center for the History of Print Culture in Modern America
http://slisweb.lis.wisc.edu/~printcul/

University of Wisconsin-Madison
4234 Helen C. White Hall
600 N. Park St.
Madison, WI 53706

phone: 608 263-2945/608 263-2900
fax: (608) 263-4849
email: cpawley@wisc.edu

23-25 June, 2008 at the University of Oulu, Finland

The international conference USE-2008 aims at addressing issues related to theoretical conceptions and empirical applications of research on information use in knowledge production processes at different levels of activity in society.

Submissions are invited on all topics concerning information use in knowledge production processes, e.g.

· knowledge management and the research of paradigms of information studies

· knowledge creation as a research object of information studies

· theoretical aspects and models of knowledge creation and production, the perspective of information studies

· theoretical and empirical issues of information use

· methodologies in knowledge behaviour, practices and use, including aspects of information literacy

· information seeking and interactive information retrieval in knowledge production

· innovativeness and knowledge processes

· creativity and innovations

· knowledge-based economy, knowledge production and information professionals

· knowledge production, information, content, documentation, and the materialities

Submissions may be of three types:

Papers. The submission should be of 4500 - 5000 words maximum. The duration of the paper presentation is 20-25 minutes. Submissions are peer reviewed.
Poster presentations for doctoral research projects in progress. The submissions should be of 500 – 750 words. Poster presentations will be peer reviewed on the same criteria as paper presentations.
Panels. The submission should be of 1500 – 2000 words. Submissions will be peer reviewed on the same criteria as paper and poster presentations.

The deadline for submissions is November 30, 2007.

Presenters will be notified of acceptance by February 13, 2008.

A more detailed call for papers can be found on the website: http://www.oulu.fi/silo/use2008

For more information please contact:

Maija-Leena Huotari
Chair of the International Programme Committee
e-mail: maija-leena.huotari@oulu.fi

Elisabeth Davenport

Co-Chair of the International Programme Committee

e-mail: e.davenport@napier.ac.uk

book of readings and cases

Call for Chapters / Call for Reviewers

Introduction
The editors of Issues in Information and Media Literacy, a volume of case studies and academic papers to be published by the Informing Science Institute, invite chapters on a range of issues related to information and media literacy. We also seek colleagues from all fields involved with this area who are willing to provide quality reviews of submitted chapters in a timely manner (please see below).

Information and media literacy (media literacy is often subsumed into information literacy and this volume considers both) is regarded by many as a cornerstone for full participation in the ‘Information Society’. Moreover it is increasingly widely recognised as an important area of educational practice, social activism, public policy and academic research.

Even though the terms information literacy and media literacy have a relatively short history (media literacy has been around considerably longer than information literacy) they have attracted considerable attention from a wide range of academic disciplines and are considered key topics in many areas of academic study including education, information science, librarianship, mass communications, planning, political science and sociology amongst many others. Moreover, information and media literacy is a field of key interest to numerous educationalists, civil society activists, non-governmental organisations, international development agencies and supra-governmental organisations.

This book will bring together accounts from practitioners, educationalists, academics and others in an innovative, exciting and mutually informing manner. The text will offer a fresh interdisciplinary approach to the issues and aims to identify new areas of practice and research. The book will be widely available in print through online book retailers including Amazon and available free in electronic format online.

Information and Media Literacy
While the terms information and media literacy are widely used it is interesting to note that no single definition that is accepted by all exists. Indeed defining what information or media literacy actually refers to is one of the key fracture points in the field and spawns much debate. Most definitions agree that information and media literacy refers to a set of central skills that are best developed in tandem. Whilst not definitive list, many accounts state that an information literate person will be able to:

recognise the need for;
access;
analyse or interpret;
critically evaluate; and
communicate
information in a variety of forms in various media.

For example, the UNESCO-sponsored Meeting of Experts on Information Literacy in Prague in 2003 proffers that:

"Information Literacy encompasses knowledge of one's information concerns and needs, and the ability to identify, locate, evaluate, organize and effectively create, use and communicate information to address issues or problems at hand." (US National Commission on Library and Information Science, 2003)

Beyond this basic premise however consensus breaks down a little and numerous questions arise:

How best to promote and action information and media literacy?
Is information and media literacy an end in itself?
What models of learning and even politics underpin it?
Is there a difference between information and media literacy and information skills?
What actual strategies and activities to teach / encourage / develop information and media literacy work best?
These questions amongst many others now inform this very vibrant field of practice and academic research.

Content
This volume seeks to bring together accounts of the latest programmes, practical activities and research in the field. We wish to share good practice and to set new directions in research. We are keen to receive submissions in two forms:

Academic papers that detail original research and activities in the field. Submitted papers should be original, have not been published elsewhere and will be double blind peer-reviewed. Full chapters (guideline 5000-7000 words) are invited.

Discussions, descriptions and case studies of activities, programmes and initiatives that address issues of information and media literacy. Submitted papers may detail specific activities and strategies, offer a broader view or be a call for action on specific issue. We are particularly keen to receive submissions from practitioners in the field, educators and those involved in setting and implementing policy. Submitted papers should offer substantive new information, detail a successful (or unsuccessful) initiative or offer a fresh perspective. Chapters will be reviewed and final submissions are to concur with a specific house template. Full chapters (5000-7000 words) are invited.

Indicative topics:

In addition to the topics listed below we are keen to receive fresh and innovative approaches and areas. This may include:

Case studies, discussions and descriptions of information and media literacy related activities;
New models and theoretical aspects of information and media literacy;
Defining information and media literacy;
Future directions in information and media literacy;
The information society;
Developing critical approaches;
Pedagogic issues;
The business case for information and media literacy;
Economic aspects of information and media literacy;
Information and media literacy in K12 / compulsory education;
Information and media literacy beyond compulsory education;
Information and media literacy in higher education;
Developing ‘expertise’ in information and media skills
Skills versus knowledge-based approaches;
The history of information and media literacy;
The philosophy of information and media literacy;
The sociology of information and media literacy;
Political issues;
Information and media literacy skills based approaches;
Technical issues;
Information and media literacy in developing societies;
Information and media literacy in community development;
Citizenship in the information society;
Public policy;
Non-governmental organisations and the non-state sector;
Submission Details
The language of the book is English. All chapters must be original, unpublished, and not currently under review by any other publication or conference.

By submitting the manuscript for consideration, authors stipulate that they hold the copyright to the manuscript and, upon acceptance, transfer it to the Informing Science Institute. Authors also agree to assume all liability in case of copyright dispute.

Authors may submit a short proposal (1000 words max) for clarification of whether their submission will ‘fit’ the book. Proposals should be sent direct to the editor at m.leaning@trinity-cm.ac.uk by 15th November 2007.

Full chapters to be submitted by 31st December, 2007 using the process detailed below.
All submitted chapters will be double-blind reviewed.

Authors will receive feedback from reviewers by 28th February 2008.
Authors of accepted chapters will then have a further opportunity to refine their work, based upon the comments of the reviewers and the editor.
Chapter revisions must be submitted by 18th April 2008.
A final acceptance notification will be issued by 19th May 2008.
Camera-ready submissions submitted by 30th June 2008.
The book is scheduled to be published by the Informing Science Press in 2008. Further details as they become available will be published on this URL: http://infoliteracy.ispress.org/.

Submission protocol
Full chapters should be submitted in the following manner.

Strip from the submission the authors' names, affiliations, and any other information that identify the authors. This allows your manuscript to be blind reviewed.
Manuscripts submissions are accepted only in RTF or Word .doc format via the website http://ilsubmit.ispress.org/
Summary of key dates

Proposals 15th November 2007

Full chapters 31st December 2007

Initial decisions and feedback 28th February 2008

Chapter revisions submitted 18th April 2008

Final acceptance notification 19th May 2008

Camera-ready submission 30th June 2008

CALL FOR REVIEWERS
Volunteers for chapter reviewers are also welcomed and we encourage a mutually supporting approach. To volunteer, please complete the form at URL
http://ilsubmit.ispress.org/review/signup.php with your particulars

2008 Library Research Round Table Forums at ALA Annual Conference, Anaheim, CA

The Library Research Round Table (LRRT) will sponsor two Research Forums at the 2008 American Library Association Annual Conference in Anaheim, CA (June 26 - July 2). The LRRT Forums are a set of programs at the ALA Annual Conference featuring presentations of LIS research, in progress or completed, followed by discussion. Two LRRT Research Forums are scheduled for 2008, one on general LIS research and one on a more specific topic that will emerge as we evaluate the submissions.

This is an opportunity to present and discuss your research project conducted in the broad area of library and information science or in a more specialized area of the field. LRRT welcomes papers emphasizing the problems, theories, methodologies, or significance of research findings for LIS. Topics can include, but are not limited to, user studies and user behavior, electronic services, service effectiveness, organizational structure and personnel, library value determination, and evaluation of library and information services. Both completed research and research in progress will be considered. All researchers, including practitioners from all types of libraries, library school faculty and students, and other interested individuals are encouraged to submit proposals. LRRT Members and nonmembers of LRRT are invited and welcomed to submit proposals.

The Committee will use a blind review process to select a maximum of six projects, three for each of the two forums. The selected researchers will be required to present their papers in person at the forums and to register for the conference. Criteria for selection are:

1. Significance of the study to library and information science research;

2. Quality and creativity of the methodology;

3. Potential to fill a research gap or to build on previous LIS studies;

4. Adherence to submission requirements (see below).

Previously published research or research accepted for publication by December 7, 2007, will not be considered.

Please submit a two-page proposal by Friday, December 7, 2007. Late submissions will not be considered, and submissions must be limited to two pages in length. On the first page, please list your name(s), title(s), institutional affiliation(s), and contact information (telephone number, mailing address, and email address). The second page should NOT show your name or any other identifying information. Instead, it must include: 1) The title of your project, and 2) A 500-word abstract. The abstract must include a problem statement, problem significance, project objectives, methodology, and conclusions (or tentative conclusions for work in progress), and an indication of whether the research is in-progress or completed.

Notification of acceptance will be made by Monday, February 18, 2008.

Please send submissions (via email or snail mail) to:

Denise E. Agosto, Ph.D.

Library Research Round Table Chair-Elect

Associate Professor

3141 Chestnut St.

College of Information Science & Technology

Drexel University

Philadelphia, PA 19104

Phone: 215-895-1930

Denise.Agosto@ischool.edu

Dear Colleague,

13 October 2007 is the proposal deadline in the call for papers for the:

E-LEARNING SYMPOSIUM
RMIT University, Melbourne, 9-11 December 2007
http://www.LearningSymposium.com

This Symposium will bring together educators from all sectors (teachers, principals, teacher educators and researchers) to explore new directions in e-learning. Main speakers at the Symposium will include leading thinkers and in the field of e-learning, as well as numerous paper, colloquium and workshop presentations. Key questions will be addressed about the nature of learning using digital media and tools:

* What is the impact of the new information and communications technologies on learners? What do they already know? What do they need to know? What is the role of education or formal learning?
* How can existing teaching practices and learning content be mapped onto the digital environment? Or should they?
* How can the digital environment be used to create new and more powerful forms of learning?
* When do we know it's working? Evaluating digital, multimedia and online learning environments.

The Symposium will have both a research and a practice focus:

* Research and theory: what technologies? what pedagogies? what works?
* Practices: a marketplace in which teachers showcase their best work and e-learning developers demonstrate their applications.

Presenters may choose to submit written papers for publication before or after the Symposium in the fully refereed International Journal of Learning. If you are unable to attend the Symposium in person, virtual registrations are also available which allow you to submit a paper for refereeing and possible publication in the journal, as well as access to the electronic version of the Symposium proceedings.

This Symposium is associated with the International Conference on Learning. The fifteenth annual Learning Conference is to be held at the University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 3-6 June 2008 . Details may be found at http://www.LearningConference.com

We do hope you will be able to join us at the e-Learning Symposium in Melbourne in December this year, and at the Learning Conference in Chicago next year.

Yours Sincerely,

Dr Helen Smith
RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia

Prof. Nicola Yelland
Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia

Prof. Mary Kalantzis
Dean, College of Education, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA

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If you have any inquiries about this Symposium, please send them by reply to this email. All emails are answered in person by one of our Symposium administrators within two working days. Helen Smith

Conference Theme: Opening the Information Economy

Conference Location: Concordia University, Montréal, Canada

Conference Dates: July 13-16, 2008

The information economy is based on the collection and the exchange of data and ideas. We all either contribute to or use materials from the information economy in most aspects of our everyday lives. As a result, the information economy exists as an environment in which we are all contributors and consumers. Within this system, effective communication is essential to success, allowing individuals to contribute ideas and information effectively and to make efficient use of the goods and services. Few of us, however, understand all of the nuances of the information economy or the communication factors that affect its operations.

This conference seeks to examine or to "open" this economic model by examining the connections between communication practices and the products, practices, and services that constitute the information economy. The objective of such an examination will be to help attendees better understand and participate in the information economy as both contributors and consumers.

The conference will take place on the campus of Concordia University in Montréal, Canada and will consist of paper presentations and panel discussions that focus on various communication, design, social, and cultural aspects of the information economy.

POSSIBLE TOPIC AREAS
Suggested topic areas include but are not limited to the following:

• Establishing and assessing the value of knowledge work and knowledge products

• Information design, usability, and accessibility

• Virtual teams, online collaboration, and distributed models of work

• Cross-cultural communication, globalization, outsourcing, translation, and localization

• Legal policies and social issues related to the information economy

• Media selection and multimodality

• The role of and perspectives on teaching and training within the information economy

• Content management, open source software, single sourcing, and XML

PROPOSAL SUBMISSION PROCESS AND SUBMISSION DATES
Send 1-2 page (250-500 word) proposals to IPCC2008@gmail.com by

• 15 October 2007 (deadline for submissions to be considered for early acceptance)

• 15 December 2007 (deadline for regular submissions)

For conference- or proposal-related questions contact: IPCC2008@gmail.com

Bringing artificial intelligence, cognitive science and computational theories to design research
23-25 June 2008
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA
preceded by Workshops
21-22 June 2008
http://mason.gmu.edu/~jgero/conferences/dcc08/

CALL for SUBMISSIONS
This biennial conference series provides an international forum for the
presentation and discussion of state-of-the-art and cutting-edge design
research with a focus on artificial intelligence, cognitive science and
computational theories in design. The conference proceedings will form a
continuing archive of design computing and cognition research. The
conference will be preceded by a series of half-day workshops on specialist
topics in design computing and cognition.

Attendees are invited to participate in the conference in the following
ways:
* Submit a full-length paper on completed research relating to design
computing and cognition.
* Submit a poster describing ongoing research; there will be time for oral
presentations of posters.
* Submit a proposal for a half-day workshop on a topic related to design
computing and cognition.

A set of research papers that have been refereed by an international board
of reviewers will be presented and published as a book. Posters describing
ongoing research will be presented.

Researchers from all fields employing computation and or cognition in
design are invited to participate.

SUBMISSION DATES
* Paper abstracts due, electronic submission in PDF and RTF formats only:
14 December 2007
* Papers for review due, electronic submission in PDF and RTF formats only:
18 January 2008
* Workshop proposals due: 22 February 2008
* Poster abstracts due: 29 February 2008

DETAILS
http://mason.gmu.edu/~jgero/conferences/dcc08/

*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
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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 .

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.

Call for Participation
Call for Reviewers

InSITE 2008
Informing Science & IT Education Conference
held on the seaside at the
Joliot-Curie resort
International Centre of Scientists
St Constantine, Varna, Bulgaria
J u n e 22 - 25, 2 0 0 8

http://InSITE.nu

Paper Submission Deadline: Nov. 30, 2007

Co-organized with
American University in Bulgaria
& Bulgarian State Institute of Library Studies and Information Technology

with cooperation from the
Union of Scientists in Bulgarianteer to Review Submissions

Please volunteer your expertise as a paper reviewer for the Informing Science + IT Education Conference. Sign up at the following URL:
http://volunteer.InSITE.nu

Thank you in advance for whatever assistance you can provide. Reviewers receive a reduction in their conference registration fee.

InSITE (Informing Science + IT Education) conference solicits papers in any area that explores issues in effectively and efficiently informing clients through IT (information technology) and papers on IT education.

Some of the areas that can be covered under the two proposed guidelines are: Business Intelligence, Business Process Management, Communications, Communicating Meaning, Community and Society, Computer Science, eCommerce, Education, Government, Information Science, IT, Journalism, Justice and Law, Mathematics, Philosophical Issues, Psychology, Sociology, Working Together.

It will be useful to review papers presented at previous conferences.
They can be found at http://proceedings.informingscience.org
Highly rated papers will be published in an Informing Science Institute journal. All other accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings.
The language of the conference is English. All papers will be double-blind reviewed by six or more reviewers. At least one reviewer will be external to the conference. All papers must be original, unpublished, and not currently under review by any other publication or conference. By submitting the manuscript for consideration, authors stipulate that they hold the copyright to the manuscript and, upon acceptance, transfer it to the Informing Science Institute. Authors also agree to assume all liability in case of copyright dispute.
Highly rated papers will be published in an Informing Science Institute journal. All other accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings.

Following are the specific requirements for each type of submission:

Research Papers should be submitted as complete papers (8-25 pages). Include a description of the context of use, the clients involved, the problem, and the proposed solution, if appropriate. Original thinking is valued.

Interactive Paper, Discussion Paper, and Practical Papers. Shorter papers (at least 8 pages) are also welcome. These let you share the ideas you have developed to date and receive constructive feedback.

Panel Discussions. Include a detailed description of the topic and identify four or more panelists who have agreed to attend the conference.

Conference Chairs
Stoyan Denchev,
Rector, Bulgarian State Institute of Library Studies and Information Technology
Dimitar Christozov,
American University in Bulgaria
Local Affairs Director
Tzvetanka Angelova, Union of Scientists in Bulgaria
Organized by the Informing Science Institute
Eli Cohen and Elizabeth Boyd
Organizers@InSITE.nu