March 2008 Archives

New Journal for 2008 | Call for Papers

The editors of Emotion, Space and Society invite submissions from across the full spectrum of the social sciences and humanities.

Research articles and opinion pieces should investigate the multiplicity of spaces and places that produce and are produced by emotional and affective life. We encourage a broad range of
theoretical and methodological engagements with emotion as a social, cultural and spatial phenomenon, and welcome innovative presentational formats.

To submit your article online, go to: http://ees.elsevier.com/emospa/

For more information on Emotion, Space and Society, please email one of the Editors named below, or visit us online at: http://www.elsevier.com/wps/locate/emospa

EDITORS, Emotion, Space and Society
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Dr. Joyce Davidson, Queen's University, Canada
joyce.davidson@queensu.ca

Dr. Liz Bondi, University of Edinburgh, UK
liz.bondi@ed.ac.uk

Dr. Elspeth Probyn, The University of Sydney, Australia
elspeth.probyn@arts.usyd.edu.au

Dr. Mick Smith, Queen's University, Canada
ms24@post.queensu.ca

For queries about book reviews and review articles, please contact:
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Bettina van Hoven, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
b.van.hoven@frw.rug.nl

Deborah Thien, California State University, USA
dthien@csulb.edu

Co-editors: Brigitte Bechtold (Central Michigan University; becht1bh@cmich.edu
) and Donna Cooper Graves (University of Tennessee at
Martin; dgraves@utm.edu ).

This one-volume specialized encyclopedia, to be published by the Edwin Mellen Press,
will be devoted to the topic of infanticide across human history and in its worldwide context. While remaining accessible to the general public, this interdisciplinary encyclopedia will be aimed primarily at college students, scholars in related fields, and professionals. It will include entries of various lengths, and longer contributions on broad geographic areas. All will be signed by their authors, who will also receive individual bylines in the volume.

* Identify the entries you are interested in submitting via email to both
co-editors by June 15, 2008
* Include an attachment in Windows XP of your 2-page CV, with your academic
affiliation, and areas of research and teaching
* Completed short entries (250, 500, 750 words) will be due September 15, 2008
* Completed long entries (1000 or 2,500 words) will be due December 15, 2008
* The maximum number of references per entry is as follows: 3 for entries of 250
words; 4 for entries of 500 words; 5 for entries of 750 words, 7 for entries of 1000
words, and 10 for the 2,500 word essays. Only one internet source should be included
per entry. In their introductory overview, the co-editors will include a list of
resources

Geographic areas

We are looking for several substantive submissions of 2500 words, covering the large
geographic areas listed below. For these, the following topics must be addressed:
poverty, infanticide rationale, sex selection, midwifery, abandonment, urban-rural
patterns, criminalization, forensics, legislation, high-profile cases.

Africa; Arab world; Australia; Caribbean, Central and Latin America; China; Europe
(Continental); India; Japan and Korea; United Kingdom and the Commonwealth; United
States

For the following entries, the recommended number of words is in parentheses.
Suggestions for additional entries will be given due consideration. If your term is
one included in the substantive geographic areas listed above, your entry should
focus only on the definitional character of the term.

A Abandonment (250); Aboriginal (250); Abortion (500); Accusation (250); Antiquity
(500)

B Baby farms (1000); Birth defects (250); Birth order (500)

C Cannibalism (250); Case study (250); Census (750); Child murder (250);
Colonialism (1000); Commission of violence (1000); Concealment of birth (750);
Coroners (750); Criminalization (1000)

D Demography (1000); Dowry (250)

E Ellenborough Act (250); Environment (500)

F Fairy tales (500); Feral children (250); Filicide (250); Forensics (1000);
Foundling homes (750); Foucault, Michel (250); Freud, Sigmund (250)

G Goebbels, Magda (250)

H High-profile cases (750); Honor Killing (250); Hugo, Victor (250); Hydrostatic
lung test (500)

I Illegitimacy (500); Incest (750); Infant depositories (750); Industrialization;
(1000); Inheritance (500)

L Langer, William L. (250); Lawmakers (250); Legislation (250); Literary fiction
(1000)

M Mal de mâchoire (250); Medea (250); Medieval period (750); Methodology (1000);
Midwifery (500); Mythology (500)

N Neonaticide (250); Nineteenth Century (500); Nomadism (500)

O Omission of care (500); One-child policy (500); Overlaying (250)

P Pacific Islands (500); Paternal recognition (250); Patriarchy (750); Poor farms
(500); Post-partum depression (750); Post-traumatic stress (250); Poverty (500);
Pre-history (1000); Puerperal fever (500)

R Rape (250); Religion (500); Rural (250); Roe v. Wade (250)

S Sen, A. K. (250); Servitude (1000); Sex ratio (500) ; Sex selection (250);
Slavery (1000); Statute, 1624, James I (250); Stigma (250)

T Tours d'abandon (500); Twinship (500)

U Urban (500)

V Villermé (250)

W Wetnursing (750); Women's shelters (500); Women's studies (250); World Health
Organization (500)

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS!
We are now accepting submissions for our April screening of
Threat Level.
If you identify yourself or your work as somehow queer, then you
and your work belong. This series is a venue for the great work
being made by queers everywhere as well as creating a vibrant
and supportive space for community building.
In order to continue the representation of the diversity of queer
voices, queer and trans filmmakers of color are strongly encouraged
to submit their work.

*Submissions must be received by April 3rd*.
We will not review late submissions for the April screening;
but, we will include them for review in the June screening.

Please send all submissions to:

"Threat Level"
c/o Feder/Rosskam
1265 W. Early Ave #2
Chicago, IL.
60660

Please send only NTSC, DVD's in english or with english subtitles.
Be sure to include: a short description of the work, contact info
for the filmmaker and your mailing address.

As this is an on-going screening series, if you can not make the first
deadline, please send your submission after that date to be considered
for a future screening.

Check out our myspace page:
myspace.com/threatlevelqueershorts

ACRL invites proposal submissions for a half-day or full-day professional development programs to be held prior to the 2009 ALA Midwinter Meeting or the 2009 ALA Annual Conference. Submissions will be accepted through April 7, 2008.

FORMAT

Professional development programs should allow participants to develop skills related to a specific topic and should focus on interactive learning using a variety of presentation styles. Programs that offer practical tips and cutting-edge techniques are especially encouraged. Proposals should explicitly outline activities that will be incorporated during the session to enable attendees to achieve the session’s learning outcomes. Programs can either be half-day or full-day sessions.

PRESENTATION DATES

2009 Midwinter Meeting. ACRL workshops will be held in Denver on Friday, January 23, 2009.
2009 ALA Annual Conference. ACRL preconferences will be held in Chicago on Friday, July 10, 2009.
HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR PROPOSAL
Proposals should be submitted via the online proposal form:

https://marvin.foresightint.com/surveys/Tier1Survey/ACRL/241

The deadline for submissions is 5:00 p.m. PST, Monday, April 7, 2008. Proposals must include the following:

Complete contact information for all speakers.
Presentation title.
Presentation description. Outline the main points of the program, its relevance to attendees, and how you would incorporate at least one active learning exercise in your session (approx. 500 words).
Short presentation description. (approx. 100 words)
Support of ACRL Strategic Plan. Outline how your program would support the ACRL Strategic Plan.
At least three learning outcomes and how they will be achieved.
Indicate whether program will be held at the 2009 Midwinter Meeting or Annual Conference
Indicate whether program has been offered before for ACRL
Program length.
Maximum number of attendees.
SELECTION CRITERIA
Proposals will be evaluated by the ACRL Professional Development Coordinating Committee for clarity, originality, and timeliness. Selection criteria are online at http://www.acrl.org/ala/acrl/acrlevents/2009call.cfm.

Notifications will be issued by June 2008. Visit http://www.acrl.org/ala/acrl/acrlevents/2009call.cfm for complete details. Questions? Contact Margot Conahan at mconahan@ala.org; or call 312-280-2522.

ACRL is a division of the American Library Association (ALA), representing more than 13,000 academic and research librarians and interested individuals. ACRL is the only individual membership organization in North America that develops programs, products and services to meet the unique needs of academic and research librarians. Its initiatives enable the higher education community to understand the role that academic libraries play in the teaching, learning and research environments.

Call for Proposals

Bonjour, Library Instructors!

Doug and Ryan are at it again, only this time it's Chef Ryan and Chef Doug. We have the approval from ACRL to do a Library Instruction Cookbook. If you are a Gourmet Instructor, we want your recipes for instruction.

Working Book Title: The Library Instruction Cookbook: 50+ Active Recipes for 1-Shot Sessions. By Chef Ryan Sittler and Chef Doug Cook (Chicago: ACRL, summer 2009).

Read on for details……

Ground Rules
1. Your submission must describe an activity (We are working on the assumption that students learn best when they are involved in the process.)

2. The lesson plan for the activity cannot involve more than 10 minutes of librarian talk. (Our second assumption is that you like to hear yourself talk more than students do. We’ll give you 10 minutes to introduce the activity.)

3. Your proposal must address as much of the following as possible:

Title
Your Name, University, and E-mail
Potential Cookbook Category
Occasion
Activity Goal/Purpose
Main Ingredients (Equipment, supplies, etc)
Preparation (before the class starts)
The Instruction Session
Main Instructional Technique
Subject/Discipline addressed
Length of session – one to two hhours
Audience/Class size – freshmen, no more than thirty
ALA Information Dietary Standards Addressed
Cautions
Reaction/Reflection –
Instructional Resources/Handouts
4. If your submission gets chosen, you need to include a picture of your students in action. (Cookbooks need pictures.)

5. Creative is good! Light, nutritious, and filling are good. This is a cookbook!

6. We need 3-5 page chapters for teaching activities in the following Cookbook Categories:

General Library Orientation
Database Demonstration
Evaluation of Resources (Web site, journal article, primary vs. secondary sources, magazine vs. journal, etc.)
Specialized Subject Research (archives, local information, subject oriented, etc.
Advanced Research (seniors, graduate students, etc.)
7. We also plan to utilize a blog with the book as a way to allow readers to provide the Library Instruction Community with feedback. (feedback....cookbook...it's made in heaven...). Go to http://libraryinstructioncookbook.blogspot.com/ to see the beginning of the blog and to see sample chapters, which may give you some recipe ideas.

8. Email your proposals (in a .doc attachment) to Doug Cook [dr_library_guy@yahoo.com] and to Ryan Sittler [rlsittler@aol.com], by May 15, 2008. If your proposal is accepted, the final recipe will need to be submitted to us (tentatively) by December 31, 2008. We are planning for the cookbook to debut at ALA Annual 2009.

Bon Appetit!

Chef Ryan Sittler rlsittler@aol.com

Chef Doug Cook – dr_library_guy@yahoo.com

http://libraryinstructioncookbook.blogspot.com/

SUBMISSION DUE DATE: August 31, 2008
SPECIAL ISSUE ON
Decision-making Technologies: a Systems Approach
of the
International Journal of Decision Support System Technology (IJDSST)
Official publication of the Information Resources Management Association
www.igi-global.com/ijdsst
Published: Semi-annual (both in Print and Electronic form)
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AIM OF THE SPECIAL ISSUE
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To support and advance the development of engineering constructs,
frameworks and models, methods, processes and techniques, tools and
instruments, and instantiations of systems and components, as well as of
behavioral- oriented management constructs, frameworks, theories and
models (Hevner & March, 2003) of decision-making technologies for the
realization of efficient, effective and trustworthy DMSS in organizations
through a Systems Approach (Ackoff, 1973; Gelman & García, 1989), such as
Soft Systems (Checkland, 2000), System Dynamics (Forrester, 1991; Sterman,
1989), Critical Systems (Flood & Room, 1996), Viable System Model (Beer,
1984, 1989), Critical Realism-based Systems Approach (Mingers, 2000),
Fuzzy Systems (Bellman & Zadeh, 1970), and Simulation-based Systems
(Zeigler, 1998; Kljajic & Farr, 2008) among others. This special issue
invites to submit high-quality papers for reaching this aim and scope.
REFERENCES (upon request)
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RECOMMENDED TOPICS
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Main topics suggested (but not limited to) are:
theoretical, modeling/simulation-based or engineering-oriented studies on
-constructs
-frameworks and models
-methods, processes and techniques (includes computational mechanisms)
-tools and instruments
-instantiations of systems and components
for DMSS design and building based on the Systems Approach and clearly
linked to a decision-making process, as well as theoretical and empirical
behavioral-oriented studies on
-constructs
-theories, frameworks and models
for DMSS business case, project management, system implementation, and
system evaluation based on the Systems Approach and clearly linked to a
decision-making context.
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SUBMITTING TO IJDSST
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Prospective authors should note that only original and previously
unpublished articles will be considered. INTERESTED AUTHORS SHOULD CONSULT
THE JOURNAL’S GUIDELINES FOR MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSIONS at
www.igi-global.com/journals/guidelines.html. All article submissions will
be forwarded to at least 3 members of the Editorial Review Board of the
journal for double-blind, peer review. Final decision regarding
acceptance/revision/rejection will be based on the reviews received from
the reviewers. All submissions must be forwarded electronically to
[mmora@securenym.net with copy to forgionn@umbc.edu] by ****** NO LATER
THAN [August 31, 2008]. ******
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Full paper submission due: August 31, 2008
First notification to authors due: September 30, 2008
Second paper submission due: October 31, 2008
Definitive paper acceptance due: November 30, 2008
Camera-ready versions due: December 15, 2008
Publishing date: July, 2009
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GUEST EDITORS
Miroljub Kljajic, University of Maribor, Slovenia
George E. Lasker, The IIAS in Systems Research and Cybernetics, Canada
Manuel Mora, Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes, México
Ovsei Gelman, CCADET, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México
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PUBLISHER
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The IJDSST is published by IGI Global, publisher of the “IGI Publishing,”
“Information Science Publishing,” “IRM Press,” “CyberTech Publishing,”
“Information Science Reference,” and “Medical Information Science
Reference” imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher,
please visit www.igi-global.com.
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Manuel Mora, EngD.
Associate Professor
Autonomous University of Aguascalientes
www.uaa.mx

Penn State Great Valley

CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS
Classrooms for the Future: Best Practices Institute

Date: Thursday, October 30, 2008
Location: The Great Valley Campus of Penn State University

This one-day event will bring together high school teachers and school administrators who are implementing Classrooms for the Future (CFF) to share what works (and what to avoid!). Teachers, CFF coaches, school administrators, and others are invited to submit a 45-minute presentation, workshop, or panel.

The institute will consist of five tracks
Tips for Administrators
CFF Mathematics
CFF Science
CFF Social Studies
CFF English/Language Arts

Some ideas for presentation topics include
How have you used interactive whiteboards in your classroom or district?
Is it better to have laptops on rolling carts or in the classroom?
A project-based unit on the American Revolution
Gold mines on the Prentice-Hall textbook Web site
Sources of free multimedia software
How to put it all together and keep it going
Planning for theft and damage
Tips and rules for laptops in your classroom

Presentations and Workshops Submission Guidelines
Include the following
The title of your presentation or workshop
The track you have chosen (listed above)
A one-to-two paragraph description of your presentation or workshop
A short outline of the topics you will cover
Your name and contact information, your position, and your employer

Panels Submission Guidelines
Include the following
The title of your panel
The track you have chosen (listed above)
A one-to-two paragraph description of your panel
Name, title, and a one paragraph CV for each panel member
Your name and contact information as the panel coordinator, your position, and your employer

Submit by e-mail to: Dr. Roy Clariana, Education Division Head, Penn State Great Valley, RClariana@psu.edu .

The deadline for submissions is midnight on May 15, 2008.

Find out more at www.gv.psu.edu/cff .

Penn State Great Valley
30 East Swedesford Road
Malvern, PA 19355
www.gv.psu.edu

On behalf of the Conference Organising Committee, we would like to inform you of the:

THE THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INTERDISCIPLINARY SOCIAL SCIENCES
Monash University Centre, Prato, Tuscany, Italy, 22-25 July 2008
http://www.SocialSciencesConference.com

The International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences examines the nature of disciplinary practices, and the interdisciplinary practices that arise in the context of 'real world' applications. It also interrogates what constitutes 'science' in a social context, and the connections between the social and other sciences.

Main speakers include Jan Nederveen Pieterse, Professor of Sociology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; and Constantine Skordoulis, Professor of Physics and Epistemology of Natural Sciences in the Department of Education at the University of Athens, Greece. The Conference will also include numerous paper, workshop and colloquium presentations by practitioners, teachers and researchers. We would particularly like to invite you to respond to the Conference Call-for-Papers. Presenters may choose to submit written papers for publication in the fully refereed International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences. If you are unable to attend the Conference in person, virtual registrations are also available which allow you to submit a paper for refereeing and possible publication in this fully refereed academic Journal, as well as access to the electronic version of the Conference proceedings.

The deadline for the next round in the call for papers (a title and short abstract) is 31 March 2008. Proposals are reviewed within two weeks of submission. Full details of the Conference, including an online proposal submission form, are to be found at the Conference website - http://www.SocialSciencesConference.com

We look forward to receiving your proposal and hope you will be able to join us in Prato in July 2008.

Yours Sincerely,

Dr. Norma Burgess
Dean, College for Graduate Studies
Chatham University
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
For the Advisory Board, International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences

Call for Papers:

Brunel University's Centre for American, Transatlantic and Caribbean History (CATCH) is organising a one-day conference on 7th June 2008 to discuss transatlantic perspectives on American women's history. The conference will reflect on the contours of American's women's history research today, particularly amongst scholars and postgraduates working and studying in the UK, although papers are also welcome from those researching in the United States and elsewhere. The conference will include two plenaries. One will be given by Professor Jay Kleinberg, Director of CATCH and an editor of the recently published: The Practice of US Women's History: Narratives, Intersections and Dialogues, who will address US women's history practice and practitioners in the UK. Professor of Women's and American Studies at the University of Kansas, Ann Schofield, will discuss transatlantic approaches to American women's and gender history.

The conference will consist of discussion panels, chaired by historians such as Dr. Inge Dornan (Brunel), where panellists will summarise the arguments of their pre-circulated papers and questions will follow. There will also be poster sessions where postgraduates and others can outline their research projects. The conference organisers are aware of the need for greater discussion of American women's history within the United Kingdom where innovative research is taking place. It is hoped that the papers will be published and that a network and an annual conference will be established as outcomes of this conference.

Themes of the conference could include but are not limited to:

Ethnicity and Race,

Class and Labour,

Sexuality,

Life cycles: Aging and Family,

Growing Up Female,

Social Movements,

Gender vs. Women's History,

Feminist History and Activism,

Women and Education,

Female Occupations,

Women and War.

Papers are welcome from established academics, early career scholars and postgraduates. There will be no charge for the conference which will be held at Brunel University in Uxbridge, Middlesex. Lunch and refreshments will be provided. Please submit a 300 word abstract by April 15th to the conference secretary, Rachel Cohen, at Rachel.Cohen@brunel.ac.uk.

CALL FOR CHAPTERS

Proposals Submission Deadline: 4/30/2008

Full Chapters Due: 8/31/2008

Collaborative Technologies and Applications for Interactive Information Design:
Emerging Trends in User Experiences

A book edited by Scott Rummler and Dr. Kwong-Bor Ng, CUNY Queens College

Introduction
Collaboration is a form of electronic communication in which individuals work on the same documents or processes over a period of time. The Web is considered one of the first examples of collaboration in the digital age, and today, collaboration is often discussed in the context of Electronic Content Management Systems (ECM) and other content-rich social computing tools. When applied to technologies development, collaboration often has a focus on user-centered design and rapid prototyping, with a strong people-orientation. Common functionalities include Wikis, interactive message boards, social bookmarking, electronic negotiation and collaborative filtering. This book will examine the topic from a wide variety of viewpoints, including Information and Library Science, IT consulting, and education.

Objective of the Book
This will be the only publication that addresses collaboration in all of its forms. It will offer a fresh perspective on the Web by viewing it as basically the response for a need for collaboration. The book will have a wide range of authors whose expertise is assembled in no other place, from emerging IT, to user experience design, to ECM systems.

Most of the major recent IT developments (the Web, the iPhone, ECM systems) have arisen directly or indirectly out of a need for collaboration. Collaboration is now being seen as desirable in itself, so it is likely that the next big thing in the IT space will involve collaborative technologies. This publication will allow experts with diverse backgrounds to combine their expertise for the first time. The authors and their associates will form a natural base for discussing and promoting the book, and can be expected to be enthusiastic.

Target Audience
The book is expected to extend the current audience for research on the topicby attracting business practitioners and a percentage of additional diverse technology readers. Major groups include: scholars in the field of Information Science, business users of ECM systems, educators seeking collaborative learning experiences, IT sociologists, Information Architects, User Experience Designers, experts who study the effect of technology on society, business consultants.

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

Adaptive Interface

Authentication

Best Practices in Collaboration

Collaborative Authoring (e.g., Wiki)

Collaboration in Library Settings

Collaboration in Handheld Devices

Collaboration in Manufacturing

Collaboration in Product Design

Collaboration in Research and Development

Collaboration in Smart Appliances

Collaboration in the Healthcare Industry

Collaboration in Usability Engineering

Collaboration in User-designed Content

Collaboration in User-generated Content

Collaborative Technology: Theory, Applications, and Trends

Context Awareness

Designing Spaces for Collaboration

Disruptive Collaborative Technologies

E-Learning Implementations in the New York City School System

Electronic Content Management Systems and Collaboration

Emerging Collaboration Technologies

Emerging technology in Collaboration

Future Directions in Collaboration

Future Trends in Collaborative Technologies

Information Architecture for Collaboration

IT Consulting for Collaboration

Library 2.0 and Collaboration

Models for Permissions in Collaboration

Social Group Theory of Collaboration

Social tagging and folksonomy

The Design of Collaborative Technology Spaces

The history of collaboration

Theoretical foundations of collaboration

Usability Factors in Collaboration

User Experience Design for Collaboration

Web 2.0 and Collaboration

Submission Procedure
Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before April 30, 2008, a 2-3 page chapter proposal clearly explaining the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by May 31, 2008 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by August 31, 2008. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), publisher of the Information Science Reference (formerly Idea Group Reference) and Medical Information Science Reference imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com.

Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded electronically (Word document) or by mail to:

rummler_s@yahoo.com

Call for Government Best Practices Speakers - Please contact Kim Hovda at khovda@marketaccess.org if your agency has implemented an innovative solution in the areas of Data Centers, TeleWork or COOP and you would like to share your experience and lessons-learned.

Homeland Defense Journal Training Conferences (R)

Data Center Best Practices Training Conference

June 12-13, 2008

Walter E. Washington Convention Center

Washington, DC

The Future of COOP and Tele-work Training Conference

August 6-7, 2008

The Capital Hilton

Washington, DC

* Two pre-conference workshops are being offered for this conference: please visit www.homelanddefensejournal.com for more information

How to Effectively Audit Contingency and Business Continuity Plans Workshop -- August 4-5, 2008

Crisis Management Plan Writing - An Interactive Two-day Workshop on Expanding and Enhancing Local Crisis Management Capabilities -- August 4-5, 2008

1. About Data Center Best Practices Conference

The Data Center Best Practices Conference is specifically designed for Government Data Center Professionals and their Systems Integrators and Consultants. The primary focus of this 1 ½ day event is infrastructure, virtualization, “green” data centers and best practices. Conveniently located at the Washington DC Convention Center, this rapid-fire conference will feature leaders from both industry and government who will provide participants with ideas, check-lists, top “to-do’s and actionable information that can be used immediately in your agency or organization's data center. Insight will be given into some of the greatest ongoing challenges that data center managers face, especially in funding critical projects, and how others have used creative ways to mitigate these issues.

Infrastructure:

• Power planning
• Air management planning
• System monitoring
• Cabling infrastructure
• “Greening of the Data Center”
• Virtualization across platform and application (how to)
• Disaster Planning and Recovery
• Managing the infrastructure (for increasing complex data centers)

Best Practices:

• Privacy compliance
• Threat management
• Remote vendor access
• Disaster Recovery/Backup
• Forecasting Staying ahead of your client demand needs
• Government Data Center best practices

What You'll Learn:

• Best practices across a wide array of data center topics
• How others have solved issues
• How to secure funding for critical projects
• Physical security
• Technology to reduce use of energy and improved airflow
• Virtualization
• Offsite storage
• And much more…

Speakers Include:

• Major Carl Brodhun, United States Marine Corp.
• Mr. Peter Panfil, VP Engineering, Emerson Electric
• Charles R. Christopherson, Jr., USDA Chief Information Officer
• Yogesh Khanna, Vice President, Chief Technology Officer of IT Infrastructure Solutions for CSC’s North American Public Sector

• Will Lintner, Dept of Energy, Federal Energy Management Program

*Agenda to be announced soon

Who Should Attend:

• Analysts
• CIOs
• Data Center Administrators
• Disaster Recovery Managers/Specialists
• Facilities Engineers
• Facilities Management

• Government Solutions Integrators - Data Center Operators
• IS VPs
• IT Managers
• Network Managers
• Project Managers
• Systems Software Managers
• Technical Specialists
• Technology Consultants

* For list of previous attendees and more information please visit www.homelandedfensejournal.com

Registration Charges:

*Government attendees: $395 per person
*Small Business: $595 per person
*Industry: $695 per person

Location Information:

This conference will be held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center at 801 Mount Vernon Place, NW Washington, DC 20001.

2. About the Future of Continuity of Operations (COOP) and Telework Conference

The Future of Continuity of Operations and Telework Training Conference is about best practices, lesson-learned and current thinking in the development of agency mission continuity plans. As a baseline of preparedness for the full range of potential emergencies, all government agencies, including federal, state, local, and counties shall have in place a viable COOP capability which ensures the performance of their essential functions during any emergency or situation that may disrupt normal operations. The changing threat environment and recent emergencies, including localized acts of nature, accidents, technological emergencies, and military or terrorist attack-related incidents, have shifted awareness to the need for COOP capabilities that enable agencies to continue their essential functions across a broad spectrum of emergencies. Federal Emergency Management Agency recommends that all COOP planning goals include an all-hazards approach, identification of alternate facilities, and the ability to operate within 12 hours of activation, and maintain emergency operations for up to 30 days.

COOP planning is an effort to assure that the capability exists to continue essential agency functions across a wide range of potential emergencies. The objectives of a COOP plan may include:

• Ensuring the continuous performance of an agency’s essential functions/operations during an emergency
• Protecting essential or backup capabilities of facilities, equipment, records, and other assets
• Reducing loss of life, minimizing damage and losses
• Achieving a timely and orderly recovery for an emergency and resumption of full services to customers
• Telework

Telework is an essential element of federal agencies' COOP Planning. In the aftermath of the events of September 11, 2001, it has become increasingly evident that Federal agencies need to consider a full range of possibilities related to how and where their work is accomplished. Continuity of operations relies more than ever on enabling government employees and contractors to work from any location. Both the White House and the House Reform Committee in their recent discussions of COOP, especially in the event of a pandemic, emphasized telework as a critical component in any COOP plan.

Who Should Attend:

• Agency Executives concerned with continuity of operations
• Disaster recovery, business continuity planners
• Operations executives
• Data communications and information technology managers
• Disaster recovery team members
• Supervisors of security and guard

What You Will Learn:

• Steps in the Development of your agency continuity plan
• How to manage, implement, test and refresh your plan
• Government regulations on COOP and Business Continuity and how they pertain to your agency
• Updated strategies for crisis communication, coordination, data communications, incident comment
• Lessons-learned from real world experiences and best practices
• Action checklists for your agency plans
• How to implement a Telework plan
• Telework technology

Speakers:

* Robert (Bob) J. Hughes - Chief Information Officer, Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau U.S Department of Treasury
* Kent Smiley, PMP - Director COOP/COG, State of Colorado

Location:

The conference will be held at the Capital Hilton, 1001 16th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036 (202) 393-1000. The hotel is located only a few blocks from 3 different Metro Stations: Farragut North (Red Line), Farragut West (Blue & Orange Lines), McPherson Square (Blue & Orange Lines).

The Capital Hilton is holding a small block of guest rooms available at the rate of $209+tax. To secure a room, you must call Mike Schneider at 202-639-5717 and ask for the Market*Access International COOP and Telework Conference to get this rate.

* For a list of previous attendees and further information please visit www.homelanddefensejournal.com

* Two pre-conference workshops are being offered for this conference: please visit www.homelanddefensejournal.com for more information

How to Effectively Audit Contingency and Business Continuity Plans Workshop -- August 4-5, 2008

Crisis Management Plan Writing - An Interactive Two-day Workshop on Expanding and Enhancing Local Crisis Management Capabilities -- August 4-5, 2008

Registration Charges:

*Government attendees: $295 per person
*Small Business: $395 per person
*Industry: $495 per person

Registration Options:

[1] Register on-line at www.homelanddefensejournal.com
[2] Phone Customer Service at (703) 807-2758
[3] E-mail Customer Service at customerservice@marketaccess.org

[4] Fax the Registration Form provided below to: (703) 807-2728
[5] Mail the Registration Form provided below to:

Homeland Defense Journal
4301 Wilson Blvd. #1003
Arlington, VA 22203

Contact Us:

* For government speaking and best practices presentation opportunities, please contact Brian Lake, (703-807-2753)
* For product and solutions companies interested in sponsorship information and related speaking opportunities, contact Sareth Neak, (203-328-3046)
* For organizations interested in partnership opportunities, contact Brian Lake, (703-807-2753)

In honor of James P. Danky's long service to print culture scholarship, the Center for the History of Print Culture in Modern America, in conjunction with the Wisconsin Historical Society, is offering an annual short-term research fellowship.

The Danky Fellowship provides $1000 in funds for one individual planning a trip to carry out research using the collections of the Wisconsin Historical Society (please see details of the collections at http://www.wisconsinhistory.org). Grant money may be used for travel to the WHS, costs of copying pertinent archival resources, and living expenses while pursuing research here. If in residence during the semester, the recipient will be expected to give a presentation as part of the colloquium series of the Center for the History of Print Culture in Modern America (http://slisweb.lis.wisc.edu/~printcul/).

Preference will be given to:
proposals undertaking research in print culture history
researchers from outside Madison
research likely to lead to publication
We strongly encourage applicants to speak with the Reference Archivist at the WHS (phone: 608-264-6460; email: askarchives@wisconsinhistory.org) before applying for a grant. We are happy to help identify potential collections of which you may not otherwise be aware.

There is no application form. Applicants must submit:

1) A cover sheet with name, telephone, permanent address and e-mail, current employer/affiliation, title of project, and proposed dates of residency.

2) A letter of two single-spaced pages maximum describing the project and its relation to specifically cited collections at the society and to previous work on the same theme, and describing the projected outcome of the work, including publication plans. If residents of the Madison area are applying, they must explain their financial need for the stipend.

3) Curriculum vitae.

4) Two confidential letters of reference. Graduate students must include their thesis advisor.

Applications are due by May 1st. The recipient will be notified by May 31st.

Please email applications to:

Christine Pawley Ph.D.
Director, Center for the History of Print Culture in Modern America
University of Wisconsin-Madison
4234 Helen C. White Hall
600 N. Park St.
Madison, WI 53706

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

OVERVIEW

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

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

TOPICS

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

IMPORTANT DATES

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

SUBMISSION

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

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

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

October 20-21, 2008
Monterey, CA
Deadline: April 21, 2008

We're seeking presenters for our Internet@Schools West 2008 conference, to be held in Monterey, California, October 20-21, 2008. Sponsored by MultiMedia & Internet@Schools magazine, the conference covers practical and timely technology-related topics and technology-based tools and resources for K-12 media and technology specialists. It is held in conjunction with the Internet Librarian 2008 conference.

If you're somehow keeping up in this age of the participatory, "content creationary," interactive, 2.0 Internet and all that it offers educators and students! … and in the ongoing era of NCLB mandates, shrinking budgets, mushrooming lists of curriculum standards … not to mention all the new literacies—from information, to visual, to technology, to online social literacy—to teach to your students … then 1) you're remarkable, and 2) *we want to hear from you! Please consider volunteering to speak at Internet@Schools West.*

All speakers receive a full, complimentary registration to the Internet@Schools West and Internet Librarian 2008 conferences, plus great recognition from their peers. So think over your latest success stories or technology ventures and go to http://www.infotoday.com/Internet@Schools/CallForSpeakers.shtml.

Thanks! We look forward to hearing from you soon. The deadline for proposals is April 21, so think quickly and send in your ideas!

Conference Co-Chairs
David Hoffman
Editor, *MultiMedia & Internet@Schools Magazine*

Susan Geiger
Librarian, Moreau Catholic High School
Hayward, California

THE SIXTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NEW DIRECTIONS IN THE HUMANITIES
Fatih University, Istanbul, Turkey, 15-18 July 2008
http://www.HumanitiesConference.com

The Humanities Conference and its associated Journal provides a space
for dialogue and for the publication of new knowledge which builds on
the past traditions of the humanities whilst setting a renewed agenda
for their future.

Main speakers include Alparslan Acikgenc, Fatih University, Istanbul;
Patrick Baert, University of Cambridge; Alice Craven, American
University of Paris; Talat Halman, Bilkent University; and Ilber
Ortayli, President of the Topkapi Palace Museum. The Conference will
also include numerous paper, workshop and colloquium presentations by
practitioners, teachers and researchers. We would particularly like to
invite you to respond to the Conference Call-for-Papers. Presenters may
choose to submit written papers for publication in the fully refereed
International Journal of New Directions in the Humanities. If you are
unable to attend the Conference in person, virtual registrations are
also available which allow you to submit a paper for refereeing and
possible publication the Journal, as well as access to the electronic
version of the Conference proceedings.

The deadline for the next round in the call for papers (a title and
short abstract) is 31 March 2008. Proposals are reviewed within four
weeks of submission. Full details of the Conference, including an online
proposal submission form, are to be found at the Conference website -
http://www.HumanitiesConference.com

We look forward to receiving your proposal and hope you will be able to
join us in Istanbul in July 2008.

Yours Sincerely,
Vassil Anastassov
Department of English Language and Literature
Fatih University
For the Advisory Board, International Conference on New Directions in
the Humanities

Call for Papers for 2009 Conference in Denver, Jan. 20-23
Theme: Research Designs for LIS

Submit title and ~500 word abstract for papers describing emerging
research methodologies, innovative research designs, and other
imaginative research methods that have been or can be used in the LIS
field.

Selection criteria: 3 papers will be chosen to represent a range of research topics. Final presentations should be 20 minutes long.

Please send submissions no later than June 15, 2008
Dr. Susan Burke, University of Oklahoma, sburke@ou.edu
or
Dr. Betsy Martens, University of Oklahoma, bvmartens@ou.edu
Call for Papers for 2009 Conference in Denver, Jan. 20-23
Theme: Research Designs for LIS

Submit title and ~500 word abstract for papers describing emerging
research methodologies, innovative research designs, and other
imaginative research methods that have been or can be used in the LIS
field.

Selection criteria: 3 papers will be chosen to represent a range of research topics. Final presentations should be 20 minutes long.

Please send submissions no later than June 15, 2008
Dr. Susan Burke, University of Oklahoma, sburke@ou.edu
or
Dr. Betsy Martens, University of Oklahoma, bvmartens@ou.edu

Announcement
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Last Call for Papers/Abstracts and Invited Sessions Proposals for

The 3rd International Symposium on Knowledge Communication and Peer Reviewing: KCPR 2008 (http://www.sciiis.org/kcpr2008)

The 3rd International Symposium on Knowledge Communication and Conferences: KCC 2008 (http://www.sciiis.org/kcc2008)

Being organized in the context of The 2nd International Conference on Knowledge Generation, Communication and Management: KGCM 2008 (http://www.sciiis.org/kgcm2008)
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The three events have the following deadlines:

Papers/Abstracts Submissions and Invited Sessions Proposal: April 9th, 2008
Authors Notification: April 28th, 2008
Camera-ready, full papers: May 15th, 2008
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All Submitted papers will be reviewed by a double-blind (at least three reviewers), non-blind, and participative peer review. These three kinds of review will support the selection process of those that will be accepted for their presentation at the conference, as well as those to be selected for their publication in JSCI Journal.

Authors of accepted papers who registered in the conference can have access to the evaluations and possible feedback provided by the reviewers who recommended the acceptance of their papers/abstracts, so they can accordingly improve the final version of their papers. Non-registered authors may not have access to the reviews of their respective submissions.

Authors of the best 10%-20% of the papers presented at the conference will be invited to adapt their papers for their publication in the Journal of Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics.

Each session to be included in the conference program will have corresponding electronic pre-conference and post-conference sessions for 15 days each. In the electronic pre-conference sessions authors will have access to the papers to be presented at their session and to an associated electronic forum, so they can be better prepared for their conference face-to-face session. Similarly, electronic post-conference sessions will complement and support a follow-up of the respective conference sessions, via an electronic forum and the possibility of evaluating papers presented at the associated session. These evaluations will also support the selection process for the papers to be published in JSCI journal.

The registration fee of effective invited session organizers will be waived and they will receive at the registration desk, for free, 1) a package of 4 DVDs and one CD containing the 6-hour tutorial "Fundamentals and History of Cybernetics: Development of the Theory of Complex Adaptive Systems " and 2) a second 4-DVDs/1-CD package 6-hours tutorial titled " Cybernetic Management ". The market price of each of these packages is US $ 295. Twelve more benefits for invited session organizers are listed at KCC 2008, KCPR 2008 and/or KGCM 2008 web page.

For submissions of Invited Sessions Proposals, please go to the menu's option " Invited Sessions > Invited Session Organizers " of the conference web site, where you can fill the respective form.

Effective Invited sessions organizers will be co-editors of printed version of the proceedings volume where their session or symposia paper were included, and the CD version of the proceedings.

Best regards,
KCC08/KCPR08/KGCM08 Secretariat

CALL FOR PROPOSALS
Mid-Atlantic Digital Library Conference 2008
http://blogs.bucknell.edu/DigitalLibraryConference2008/
July 9, 2008
Hosted by Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania

ALL PROPOSALS DUE BY MAY 1, 2008

March 18, 2008, Lewisburg, PA -- Bucknell University's Library &
Technology Division is pleased to issue this Call for Proposals for the
first Mid-Atlantic Digital Library Conference. The conference goal is to
bring together librarians and technologists from a wide range of
cultural heritage institutions such as colleges and universities,
libraries, museums, historical societies, and art galleries, who are
interested in providing digital access to their collections. The
conference seeks to support this community through a mix of speakers,
contributed papers and posters, workshops, and engaging discussion. The
conference will be held on July 9, 2008.

Audience
Librarians, technologists, and other information professionals with
responsibility for or an interest in digitization projects, metadata,
and digital library systems. Sessions will range in scope and depth.
Some sessions will be appropriate for those with no prior knowledge in
the field, while others will be more technical in nature.

Conference Topics
Conference presentations are sought in all areas related to digital
libraries, including the following:

- Case studies
- Collaborative projects
- Digital content for teaching (K-12)
- Digital content for teaching (higher education)
- Digital images
- Digital library systems and architecture
- Digital projects -- archives and historical societies
- Digital projects -- museums and art galleries
- Digital projects -- public libraries
- Digital projects -- special libraries
- Digitizing art collections and other rare/fragile materials
- Encoded Archival Description (EAD)
- Getting started with digitization projects
- Grant-funded projects
- Metadata
- Working with faculty
- Working with students
- Working with IT staff

We encourage proposals targeted at all levels of experience
(introductory, intermediate, and advanced) and a wide range of audiences
(academic librarians, public librarians, special/corporate librarians,
archivists, museum curators, digital library technologists, library
administrators, library/information science graduate students).

The program committee hopes to have several tracks to accommodate a wide
range of topics, experience levels, and audiences.

Presentation Formats
Proposals are invited for a variety of formats: lecture-style
presentations, panel discussions, and posters.

Submitting a Proposal
Email proposals to dig@bucknell.edu. Proposals must include the
following information:

Proposed session title
One- to two-paragraph abstract
Name(s) and contact information for all presenters
Type of session being proposed (lecture-style presentation, panel
discussion, or poster)
For lecture-style presentations: level of experience (introductory,
intermediate, or advanced)

Proposals will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Notification to proposal
authors is expected to occur by early May.

Feel free to contact Bucknell University's Digital Initiatives Group
[dig@bucknell.edu] if you have questions or proposal ideas you would
like to discuss before submitting a proposal.

Conference Location
Bucknell University is located in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. The campus is
in a beautiful rural setting adjacent to the Susquehanna River.
Harrisburg and State College (home of Penn State University) are about
an hour away; New York, Washington D.C., Baltimore, Philadelphia and
Pittsburgh are approximately a three- to four-hour drive.

Are you interested in authoring book reviews for future issues of the Journal of Business & Finance Librarianship? If so, please contact me directly by email (gxm22@psu.edu)

In your message, please indicate your areas of expertise or interest (such as finance, marketing, or specific industries, etc) and include your postal mailing address. As the new book review editor, I look forward to welcoming new reviewers and working with established JBFL reviewers.

Regards,
Glenn

About the Journal (from Haworth Press):

The Journal of Business & Finance Librarianship is an innovative quarterly journal that provides you with useful articles about the creation, organization, dissemination, retrieval, and use of business information. This refereed journal covers the business information needs of special libraries, academic libraries, and public libraries, as well as information services and centers outside of the traditional library setting. You'll find that the journal is international in scope, reflecting the multinational and international scope of the business community today.

The immediate focus of the journal is practice-oriented articles, but it also provides an outlet for new empirical studies on business librarianship and business information. Aside from articles, this journal offers valuable statistical and meeting reports, literature and media reviews, Web site reviews, and interviews.

Recent issues of the Journal of Business & Finance Librarianship have covered topics such as:
• political risk and country risk, some of the factors and methods used in foreign country risk analysis, and a variety of political risk sources
• the structure of the National Trade Data Bank, a comparison of the three versions of it currently on the market, and detailed descriptions of many of the database's most useful programs
• how and why intranets developed and how they can be used as strategic business tools that empower an organization to meet its corporate vision
• an analysis of the public rankings of in Canadian business periodicals and a retrieval tool for such information
• an effective and practical way to get business students familiar with various library resources
• a selective review of some of the business dictionaries in print
Special thematic issues of the journal have covered:
• Marketing Information
• The Core Business Web
• Distance Learning Librarianship

Product Details:
ISSN: 0896-3568 Electronic - ISSN: 1547-0644 SKU: J109v13

Current Volume:
Volume 13, No. 1¬Fall 2007.
Volume 14, No. 1¬Fall 2008. Quarterly (4 issues per volume).

Glenn S. McGuigan
Book Review Editor, Journal of Business & Finance Librarianship
Business & Public Administration Reference Librarian
Penn State Harrisburg Library
351 Olmsted Drive
Middletown, PA 17057-4850
Phone: 717-948-6078 / Email: gxm22@psu.edu / IM: GlennPSHLibrary

Call for Chapters Proposals

Proposal Submission Deadline: April 16, 2008

Editors: Holim Song, Ed.D. (Texas Southern University, USA)

Terry Kidd (University of Texas School of Public Health, USA)

Introduction

As we move into the 21st century, educators and trainers alike are beginning to harness the power of technology and how it can be used to promote quality teaching and learning. Instructional technology and human performance either in the traditional manner or in the online and web based environment have become popular for students, educators, businesses, and educational institutions as new mediums to deliver top quality educational and training related programs. Not only has the educational institution discovered this methodology for teaching, but business and industry have begun to see the power of instructional systems and technology for training development and in human performance improvement. The Handbook of Research on Human Performance and Instructional Technology will provide the theoretical understanding of the essential link between education, training development, organization development, performance improvement, and instructional technology. This new publication will be distributed worldwide among businesses, industry, schools, and higher academic institutions and will be an important instrument in providing them with access to the latest knowledge relating to instructional technology and human performance in order to meet the needs and challenges of tomorrow. Contributions to this important publication will be made by scholars throughout the world with notable research portfolios and expertise.

Coverage

The Handbook of Research on Human Performance and Instructional Technology will provide a compendium of terms, definitions and explanations of concepts, process and acronyms. Additionally, this volume will feature chapters (6,000 – 8,000 words) authored by leading experts offering an in-depth description of key terms and concepts related to current trends and issues relating to instructional technology and human performance.

Recommended topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
Applications of Second Life
Mobile Learning
Web 2.0
Pod Casting
Emerging Technologies
Applications to Foreign Language, Second Language Acquisition and Special Education
Affective computing in instructional technology
Game-based learning
Human-computer interaction
Virtual Reality & Modeling Simulation for Instruction
Innovative learning approaches with technology
Distance and Online Education
Multimedia Education
Technology Integration & Implementation
Multicultural & Social Issues in Technology
Technology and Ethics
Instructional Quality with Technology
Instructional Technology Innovation/Diffusion
Instructional Design Methodologies
Innovative Instructional Technology Applications
Cognition and Instructional Technology
E-Learning Architectures
Training Development & Technology
Organizational Development and E-Learning Strategy
Developing, Integrating, and Delivering E-Learning Solutions
Digital Libraries for E-Learning
Intelligent E-Learning Technology
Interactive E-Learning Systems
Knowledge Management in E-Learning
Learning & Content Management Systems
Accessibility & Usability

Invited Submissions

Individuals interested in submitting a chapter (6,000-8,000 words) on the above-suggested topics or other related topics in their area of interest should submit via email a 1-2 page manuscript proposal clearly explaining the mission and concerns of the proposed chapter by April 16, 2008. We strongly encourage other topics that have not been listed in our suggested list, particularly if the topic is related to the research area in which you have expertise. Upon acceptance of your proposal, you will have until August 15, 2008, to prepare your chapter of 6,000 – 8,000 words and 7-10 related terms and their appropriate definitions. Guidelines for preparing your paper and terms and definitions will be sent to you upon acceptance of your proposal. Full chapters will be submitted to a double-blind peer review.

Please forward your e-mail of interest including your name, affiliation and a list of topics (5-7) on which you are interested in writing a chapter to Dr. Holim Song, editor at hsong@tsu.edu no later than April 16, 2008. You will be notified about the status of your proposed topics by May 1, 2008. This book is tentatively scheduled for publishing by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), www.igi-global.com, publisher of Information Science Reference (formerly Idea Group Reference) and Medical Information Science References imprints in 2010.

Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded electronically (Word document) or by mail to:

Editor, Holim Song
hsong@tsu.edu
Texas Southern University
College of Education
3100 Cleburne Street
Houston, TX 77004
USA

Call for Chapter Proposals

Proposal Submission Deadline: April 30, 2008

Edited by: Terry T. Kidd
University of Texas Health Science Center, USA

Introduction
Learning is the practice of teaching and educating and the environment in which these activities take place. Learning often occurs in the workplace, through 'extension' or 'continuing education' courses at secondary schools, through colleges or university and online and ultimately in business and industry. Adult learning refers to the field of study and practice of utilizing sound instructional design principals, technology and learning theory as a means to solve educational challenges and human performance issues relating to adults.

As we move further into 21st century a new paradigm of learning is emerging – the paradigm of eLearning and learning through cyber space. With this new form of learning environment, we now begin to see the emergence of multiple modalities of learning including human performance technology, mobile learning environments, distance education opportunities, as well as blended learning possibilities. We must now begin to critically examine and bring to light the teaching and learning practices in these venues.

There is substantial effort and research within various disciplines that address current issues and trends and the implications of eLearning, online dealing and associated adult learning environments both in business and in education. Recently there have been several initiatives within the US that focus on strategies and research approaches to improve the learning process within these virtual contexts and to help streamline innovative learning paradigms. Because of the multicultural space and present cultural differences, there is a need to introduce an interdisciplinary approach into research and future development of innovative learning approaches within the context of adult learning for eLearning and online education. Therefore we must examine the implications of teaching and learning practices within these venues.

Objective and Mission of the Book
The aim of this book is to bring together related subject matter from different fields, reports and discussions from students, faculty members, researchers, and practitioners in the field of instructional technology, training development, education, performance improvement, relating to aspects of elearning. The chapters collected for this book will have influence on future developments in adult learning both in education and in industry.

The book will stimulate researchers to focus on current issues, trends, implications, and emerging thoughts in the field of adult learning in the context of eLearning and online education to design better products and services. In addition, we want to provide theoretical understanding of the essential links between authentic learning, social psychology, instructional design, eLearning, online education, and methods of adult learning.

This book will offer a critical discussion and insights into the virtual domain of eLearning and online education within the context of adult learning. Here the focuses are on the theoretical and practical challenges of eLearning in business and industry in the forms of workplace learning (e.g. training, organization development, and performance improvement) and its opportunities for education (classroom learning, adult learning, K-12 education).

The Target Audience
The projected audience for this text will include participants from an international venue including higher education faculty, public school educators, researchers, instructional designers, education administrators, training and developing specialists, adult education specialists, and general practitioners of online teaching and learning within business, industry, medical/health, and the military. In addition, this text will serve as a resource to practitioners and students in adult learning, instructional technology, instructional design, curriculum & instruction, human resources development, organization development, training development, performance improvement, information systems and those who have general interest in instructional systems & technology.

Recommended Topics of Interest for the Publication include, but are not limited, to the following:
Philosophy of adult learning in the online environment
Online education for adult learning
Case studies and examples on successes and failures of eLearning and online education for adult learners
The power of online learning environments for adult learners
Pros and Cons of elearning and Online learning environments
Teaching Learning Strategies for eLearning and online learning
Corporate learning strategies for eLearning
Web 2.0 implications
Pod Casting and mobile learning
Designing online courses and eLearning modules for adult learners
Emerging Technologies for eLearning and online learning environments
Emerging strategies for eLearning and online learning environments
Applications of Online/eLearning Adult Learning for Foreign Language, Second Language Acquisition and Special Education
Game-based learning and eLearning and online education
Blended learning strategies
Social Implications of elearning and online learning environments
Ethical considerations for eLearning and online learning
Instructional Quality of eLearning and online learning
Diffusion and Adoption of eLearning and other distance education technologies/methods
Instructional Design Methodologies for eLearning and online learning
Cognition and Social Psychology implications in Adult Learning
Training Development possibilities with eLearning with Adult Learning
Organizational Development and its implications Adult Learning
Developing, Integrating, and Delivering E-Learning Solutions
Learning & Content Management Systems
Real life case studies and examples
Qualitative research on eLearning
Future Trends
International Perspective from Developing Countries

Submission Procedure
Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before April 30, 2008, a 1-2 page chapter proposal clearly explaining the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by May 31, 2008 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters of 3000-5000 are expected to be submitted by August 31, 2008. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), publisher of the “Information Science Reference” (formerly Idea Group Reference) and “Medical Information Science Reference” imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com.

Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded electronically (Word document) or by mail to:

Terry T. Kidd
University of Texas Health Science Center
1200 Herman Pressler Drive
Houston, TX 77030
terry.t.kidd@uth.tmc.edu

The Women's Studies Section will hold its first annual Research Poster Session during our General Membership Meeting at the ALA Annual Conference in Anaheim, CA, Saturday, June 28, 2008, 4:00-5:30 p.m. The forum seeks to provide beginning and established researchers and librarians an opportunity to present research or work in progress, and receive collaborative feedback and recommendations for future publishing and/or new initiatives.

The potential scope of the topics includes, but is not limited to, teaching methods, instruction, information technology, collection development, interdisciplinarity, and collaboration with academic faculty. For research ideas, see the Women’s Studies Research Agenda.(http://www.libr.org/wss/committees/research/resagenda.html)

Attendees at the forum will find an arena for discussion and networking with their colleagues interested in related issues and trends in the profession.

The committee will use a blind review process.

Selection criteria:

1. Significance of the topic. Priority will be given to Women’s Studies Section members and/or women’s studies topics.

2. Originality of the project.

Proposal submission instructions:

1. Proposals should include:
Title of the proposal
Proposal narrative (no more than 2 pages, double spaced, 12 pt. font)
Name of applicant(s)
Affiliation
Applicant address(es), Phone number(s), Email address(es), Fax number(s)

Are you a member of Women’s Studies Section? ___Yes ___ No
If you would like to become a member, go to: http://www.libr.org/wss/join.html

2. Submission deadline: March 31, 2008

3. Proposals should be emailed to: Cindy Ingold. Chair, Research Committee
(cingold@uiuc.edu)

4. The chair will notify the applicants by April 15, 2008.

The Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) announces the 2008 Paul Evan Peters Fellowship; applications are due by April 14, 2008.

The Paul Evan Peters Fellowship was established to honor and perpetuate the memory of CNI's founding Executive Director. The fellowship is awarded every two years to a student pursuing graduate studies in librarianship, the information sciences, or a closely related field, who demonstrates intellectual and personal qualities consistent with those of Paul Evan Peters, including:

--commitment to use of digital information and advanced technology to enhance scholarship, intellectual productivity and public life;

--interest in the civic responsibilities of information professionals and a commitment to democratic values and government accountability;

--positive and creative approach to overcoming personal, technological, and bureaucratic challenges, and

--humor, vision, humanity, and imagination.

The fellowship is in the amount of $5000 per year, to be awarded two consecutive years to a student in a graduate program.

Application information is available at: http://www.cni.org/pepfellowship/

HICSS-42

CALL FOR PAPERS

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

January 5-8, 2009

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Minitrack co-chairs:

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

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

IMPORTANT DEADLINES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Seeking Submissions from U.S. Writers for 3 Proposed Books*

(The first 2 guidelines are posted in part at http://www.encirclepub.com/poetry/aurorean/announcements; the 3rd at www.rachaelhanel.com)

Women & Poetry: Tips on Writing, Publishing and Teaching
from American Women Poets

Foreword by Robin Merrill, Maine Poets Society President 2006-2007. M.F.A. Stonecoast. With hundreds of poems published, some from her chapbook Laundry & Stories (Moon Pie Press) were featured on Garrison Keillor's "Writers' Almanac." http://www.robinmerrill.com

Afterword by the editors of Iris Magazine, an award-winning publication of 27 years celebrating and empowering young women through provocative articles, essays, and fiction pieces that are uplifting, inclusive, and literate. http://womenscenter.virginia.edu/coreprograms/iris.html

Markets for women, why women write, time management, using life experience, women's magazines, critique groups, networking, blogs, unique issues women must overcome, lesbian and bisexual writing, formal education, queries and proposals, conference participation, family scheduling, feminist writing, self-publishing, teaching tips, are just a few areas women poets are interested.

Practical, concise, how-to articles with bullets/headings have proven the most helpful. Please avoid writing about "me" and concentrate on what will most help the reader.

Milestones for American Women: Our Defining Passages

Foreword by Carolyn Lesser, Webster University, St. Louis, MO, nonfiction writing faculty; natural science children's books published by Harcourt, Alfred A. Knopf; essayist, poet, photographer, keynote speaker, artist.

Afterword by Dr. Loriene Roy, 2007-2008 President of the American Library Association. Professor, University of Texas at Austin, founder of "If I Can Read, I Can Do Anything," a national reading club for Native American children.

Please consider sharing the important milestones, life changing events, transitions in your life--material that would broadly fit the "Women's Studies" genre that is highly readable, moving and relatable. There are the passages that occur to us (for example, losing a loved one, having to relocate) and then the passages we choose (such as getting a degree in mid-life, adopting a child). Please focus on those pivotal moments and why they were milestones for you.

This book celebrates our passages as women, from one moment into another, from one door to the next. Often it is after the navigation, that in reflection, we see that some of the most difficult are the ones we have learned the most and have had lasting effects as well on those around us.

Guidelines for Women and Poetry
and/or Milestones for American Women:

Step 1: send your proposed topics before writing articles to avoid duplication; proposed topics must be accompanied by a 65-70 word bio with your present position, location, relevant publications, career highlights for the contributor page; please use POETS or MILESTONES as the subject line to smallwood@tm.net

Step 2:(if your topics are approved): deadline for submissions (by e-mail only) is March 30, 2008. Again, please use POETS or MILESTONES in the subject line; send to either Cynthia at brackett-vincent@encirclepub.com; or Carol at
smallwood@tm.net in a Word document (.doc format only) using 12-point Times New Roman font.

Article specifics: word total for 1-2 articles based on your experience: 1,900 minimum; maximum 2,100. Two articles preferred. If submitting two articles, please break them up fairly evenly in word count.

No previously published or simultaneously submitted material. Contributors must be reside in the U.S. Books such as this can typically take up to a year to compile. Contributors receive a complimentary copy and contributor's discount on additional copies.

Co-editor Cynthia Brackett-Vincent is publisher/editor of the esteemed Aurorean poetry journal; poetry instructor; award-winning poet; author of The 95 Poems chapbook (2005) and contributor to Educators as Writers: Publishing for Personal and Professional Development. In 2007, her poems received a citation, honorable mention and second place in the National Federation of State Poetry Societies, New England Writers and Maine Poets Society competitions. View Cynthia's background http://www.encirclepub.com/poetry/aurorean/editor

Co-editor, Carol Smallwood has written, co-authored, and edited 18 books such as Michigan Authors, for Scarecrow, Libraries Unlimited. An award-winning writer, her work has appeared in English Journal, Clackamas Literary Review, Phoebe, The Writer's Chronicle, and several others including anthologies; Who's Who in America, Who's Who of American Women. A chapbook is forthcoming from Pudding House. Her recent book
http://www.peterlang.com/index.cfm?vID=68601&vLang=E&vHR=1&vUR=2&vUUR=1

3.

Women Writing on Family: Writing, Publishing, and Teaching Tips by U.S. Women Writers

Foreword: Robbi Hess, Journalist, co-author, Complete Idiot's Guide to 30,000 Baby Names (Penguin Books); Editor, Byline Magazine

Afterword: Suzanne Bunkers, Professor of English, Minnesota State University, editor of Diaries of Girls and Women: a Midwestern American Sampler (University of Wisconsin Press).

This is a book not just on writing but tips for women writing about family. Possible subject areas you might address include: markets; why women write about family; using life experience; critique groups; networking; blogs; unique issues women must overcome; formal education; queries and proposals; conference participation; family scheduling; self-publishing; teaching tips; family in creative nonfiction, poetry, short stories, novels.

Practical, concise, how-to articles with bullets/headings have proven the most helpful to readers. Please avoid writing about "me" and concentrate on what will help the reader.

Word total for 1-2 articles based on your experience:
1,900 minimum; maximum 2,100. Two articles preferred.
If submitting 2, please break them up fairly evenly in word count.

No previously published or simultaneously submitted material, please.

Deadline: March 30, 2008

Contributors receive a complimentary copy and contributor's discount on additional copies. It is common for compilation of an anthology to take upwards of a year, but we will be in touch with updates on securing a publisher.

Co-Editor Rachael Hanel is a freelance writer and college instructor in Madison Lake, MN. The first chapter of her memoir was named runner-up for the 2006 Annie Dillard Award for Creative Nonfiction at the Bellingham Review and appears in the Spring 2007 issue. The chapter was also a semifinalist for the 2006 Gulf Coast Creative Nonfiction Award. She teaches personal essay and editing. Her website is www.rachaelhanel.com

Co-Editor Carol Smallwood has written, co-authored, and edited 19 books such as Michigan Authors, for Scarecrow, Libraries Unlimited. Her work has appeared in English Journal, Clackamas Literary Review, Phoebe, The Writer's Chronicle, The Detroit News, several others including anthologies; she's in Who's Who of American Women. A chapbook is forthcoming from Pudding House; a co-edited anthology is with an agent. A recent book is
http://www.peterlang.com/index.cfm?vID=68601&vLang=E&vHR=1&vUR=2&vUUR=1

Please send your topics first before writing (to avoid possible duplication) along with brief descriptions and 65-70 word bio with your present position, relevant publications, awards or honors. Use FAMILY for the subject line and submit to Rachael at rachael_hanel@yahoo.com

*In our experience, most publishers return rights to individual contributors variously after publication. However, because we are still seeking a publisher, we cannot speak to those rights specifically at this time. Contributors will be asked to sign a release form from the publisher and therefore will be have the opportunity to agree to the details of the contract or withdraw one's work at that time.

ACRL Invites Applications for RBM Editor

ACRL invites applications and nominations for the position of editor of Rare Books & Manuscripts (RBM), the biannual, scholarly research journal of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL). The editor is appointed for a three-year term, which may be renewed for an additional three years. Applicants must be a member of ALA and ACRL.
Qualifications include professional experience in academic libraries, a record of scholarly publication, editing experience, an ability to meet publication deadlines, an understanding of the scholarly communication process, and a broad knowledge of the issues confronting academic libraries.

Appointment will be made by the ACRL Board of Directors at the 2008 Annual Conference upon the recommendation of the search committee and of the ACRL Publications Committee. The incoming editor will assume full responsibility upon appointment in July 2008.

Nominations or resumes and letters of application, including the names of three references, should be sent to:

RBM Search Committee
c/o Dawn Mueller
ACRL
50 East Huron Street
Chicago, IL 60611
dmueller@ala.org
The deadline for receipt of applications is March 28, 2008.
Finalists will be interviewed at the ALA Annual Conference, Anaheim, 2008.

2008 Conference Information
The Professional and Organizational Development (POD) Network & The National Council for Staff, Program and Organizational Development (NCSPOD)

October 22-25
The Nugget Resort
Reno, Nevada, U.S.

Weaving Patterns of Practice

You are enthusiastically invited to be a part of the joint POD and NCSPOD annual conference in Reno, Nevada, October 22-25, 2008. Please join us in exploring the theme of Weaving Patterns of Practice.

Northern Nevada's diverse landscape, from the Great Basin Desert to the Sierra Nevada peaks, has inspired the area's native artisans for centuries. This inspiration has been transformed into arts and crafts in which individual strands are woven together to create greater strength, utility and beauty. Yet the colors and textures of individual strands remain visible. The materials and designs are infinite, and the creative possibilities are endless.

This year’s conference represents the weaving together of our two organizations, POD and NCSPOD. On a practical level, our separate practices will be united into one event, where we join in achieving common goals, and yet maintain our unique identities by hosting receptions and sessions from each of our traditions. Working together gives us the opportunity to rethink and explain our practices. One example of this rethinking is the way in which we are organizing our session topics. Members of both organizations will find new language in the call for proposals.

This coming together also represents something larger: an exploration of the ways in which various kinds of institutions can collaborate to offer high quality post-secondary education. The following questions are provided to help you begin to reflect on our theme.

How do our patterns of practice reflect both those strands that persist across time and those that are emerging? In what ways do our practices intertwine the past, present, and future?

What diverse disciplines and populations do we seek to bring together through our work? In what ways, for example, do we promote cross-cultural and cross-generational learning communities?

Being pulled in so many directions, how do we as educators remain whole and strong? How do we integrate the various priorities of our lives?

These topics represent ongoing areas of research and practice among many POD members. They are not intended to limit your proposal in any way, but instead to help in assigning appropriate proposal reviewers and in planning the conference program.

This year you will start by choosing one of three broad categories and then one or two topics that best describe your proposal. The three broad categories from which you will select one:

Professional Development – Practices and activities contributing to the evolution of individuals in the field. Includes but is not limited to orientation, career planning, mentoring, goal setting, time management, and ethics.

Instructional Development – Practices and activities contributing to the advancement of teaching and learning. Includes but is not limited to learning theory, consultation, and programming.

Organizational Development – Practices and activities contributing to the vitality of the organization. Includes but is not limited to leadership, strategic planning, sustainability, accreditation and collaboration.

The topics are intended to allow greater specificity within the broad category

Proposals are due by Monday, April 7th, 2008. Proposals must be submitted online at http://podnetwork.org/pod. Proposals will be evaluated using a blind review process.
For more information go to http://www.podnetwork.org/conferences/2008/#Guidelines

Dear Colleague:

The College and Research Division of the Pennsylvania Library Association
(PaLA) invites you to submit a proposal for the PaLA Annual Conference, to
be held November 9 - 12, 2008 at the Valley Forge Convention
Center/Scanticon Hotel in King of Prussia. The 2007 conference at State
College was a great success for academic librarians (see conference notes on
our division blog to refresh your memory:
http://crd-pala.blogspot.com/).

We welcome both individual presentations as well as proposals for panels.
Proposals can be for single sessions (60 - 75 minutes) or double sessions.
We hope to see a topics addressing the amazing range of challenges and
opportunities in academic libraries.

*THIS YEAR'S DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS IS APRIL 15, 2008.
*All proposals will be accepted via PaLA's online proposal form.
However, because proposals cannot be changed/updated once they have been
submitted, PaLA has created the form in a PDF (attached to this message) to
be used as a working copy before using the online version.

In order to separate the proposal offerings for each division, a specific
collector for the CRD Division has been created. Please use this form:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=BtNJVcS62lplfu6X6UzGwA_3d_3d

I encourage you to contact me or other CRD board members if you'd like
discuss your conference program ideas.

Sincerely,
Christine Roysdon
Chair, College and Research Division, Pennsylvania Library Association PaLA
CRD web site: http://www.lehigh.edu/~inpla/CRD/

We would like to remind you that abstracts of papers, panels, workshops, or other sessions proposed for the Oxford e-Research Conference 2008 are due March 15, and encourage you to participate.

Those who wish to propose a paper should submit a paper abstract up to 1000 words, although drafts of proposed papers will also be reviewed. Proposals for a workshop or panel session should define the focus and proposed title, provide an outline of topics likely to be covered, and describe the proposed format, audience, and any special requirements. All proposals should include the name of the authors or contributors, their affiliations, where applicable, and indicate who will present the paper or chair the proposed panel.

Send all proposals and abstracts to: eresearch@oii.ox.ac.uk

About the conference:

This multi-disciplinary, international conference on e-Research will be held at the University of Oxford from 11-13 September 2008. It is being organized by a consortium of research projects in association with the journal Information Communication and Society (iCS).

The Oxford e-Research Conference 08 seeks to stimulate and inform multi-disciplinary research on the development, use and implications of information and communication technologies (ICTs), like the Internet, in shaping research across the disciplines. It will bring together academics and practitioners involved in key e-Research projects around the world to examine new developments in the technology and organization of e-research, and to critically examine studies of the social shaping and role of the Internet, Web and the Grid in the research process across the disciplines. The conference seeks to facilitate scholarly communication and publication on this topic, and help foster a broader public understanding of the significance of this area to the sciences and humanities as well as to the public at large.

More details: http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/microsites/eresearch08/

Eric T. Meyer, Ph.D.
Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, UK
e-mail: eric.meyer@oii.ox.ac.uk
Web: http://people.oii.ox.ac.uk/meyer/

Call for Applications

Penn State Harrisburg has established a new grant program to
support visiting scholars and graduate students who need to use
materials held by Archives and Special Collections in the Penn
State Harrisburg Library.

The travel and research grant program encourages scholarly use
of the repository's premier collection, the Alice K. Marshall
Women's History Collection, considered to be one of the largest
privately-compiled research collections on women's history in
the United States.

One or more grants will be awarded with stipends between $500
and $3,000 to cover travel, overnight accommodations, and other
research-related expenses. Research topics are not limited to
women's history, but they must require significant use of the
repository's holdings.

DEADLINE FOR THE RECEIPT OF 2008-2009 APPLICATIONS: MAY 1,
2008. Recipients will be notified by late May 2008.

For more information and to access the grant guidelines and an
application form, please visit
http://www.hbg.psu.edu/library/speccoll/grant.html, or contact
Heidi N. Abbey, Humanities Reference Librarian and Archivist,
via email at heidi.abbey@psu.edu, or by phone at 717-948-6056.

Invitation to Participate in the Poster Session: Learning Virtually

Many innovative technologies are available for delivering flexible and inexpensive on- and off-site training and professional development programs.

What tools are you using? Are you doing a lot with what you’ve got? What have you achieved? Do you have a new take on distance learning?

Build on your success by presenting a poster!

Posters will highlight best practices and tools for virtual/online, innovative staff training in your library:

3:30-5:30pm on Saturday, June 28th
in Anaheim at ALA

Poster session will follow the program panel Learning Virtually: Online Professional Development for Library Workers with Tight Budgets and Full Schedules on Saturday, June 28th, 1:30-3:30 pm. For more information visit: http://web.gccaz.edu/~cmacdon2/LearningVirtually/LearningVirtuallyFlyer.pdf

To submit your poster session idea for consideration please go to: http://web.gccaz.edu/~cmacdon2/LearningVirtually/

ALA information about poster sessions in general is available at: http://www.lib.jmu.edu/org/ala/default.aspx

Basically, poster sessions are an opportunity to informally present graphics and text about work you have done or are doing.

Usually posters are 4' x 8' or smaller - and in this case, must be self-standing (this location will not be providing boards for display). If you supplement your poster with computer graphics or other technology, you will need to bring your own projection equipment, laptops, etc.

Members of the Joint ACRL CJCLS-CLS-DLS Program Committee will be evaluating submissions on an ongoing basis through March 30, 2008.

The program and poster session are co-sponsored by the College Libraries Section, Community & Junior College Libraries Section, and the Distance Learning Section of ACRL.

CALL FOR PAPERS, TUTORIALS, PANELS
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MESH 2008, International Conference on Advances in Mesh Networks

August 25-31, 2008 - Cap Esterel, France

General page: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2008/MESH08.html

Call for Papers: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2008/CfPMESH08.html

Submission deadline: April 5, 2008

Submissions will be peer-reviewed, published by IEEE CPS, posted in IEEE Digital Library, and indexed with the major indexes.

Extended versions of selected papers will be invited for specialized journals.

The wireless mesh networks came to rescue the challenging issues related for predicting the location of a user and choosing the position of access points in wireless distributed systems. Basically mesh networks guarantee the connectivity through a multihop wireless backbone formed by stationary routers. There is no differentiation between uplink and downlink, but performance depends on the routing protocols. There are several challenging issues for properly exploiting wireless mesh networks' features, such as fast-link quality variation, channel assignments, performance, QoS-routing, scalability, slow/high speed mobile users, service differentiation, and others.
MESH 2008 is an inaugural event addressing the most challenging aspects for designing and deploying mesh networks. Contributions concerning unpublished results, lessons learnt, work in progress, positions, and future research are expected to be submitted on the following topics (but not limited to):

*

Architectures and algorithms

o Frameworks
o Wireless interference models
o Topology models
o Large-scale networks
o Real-time and non-real-time communications
o Channel assignment schemes
o Resource allocation
o Centralized and distributed scheduling
o Performance
o Static/mobile scenarios
o Access control
o Service differentiation

Protocols

o Protocol interference models
o Access and routing protocols
o Single-channel multihop / multi-channel routing
o Joint routing and scheduling
o Routing metrics
o Multichannel routing
o Quality of Services routing
o Multimedia-centric routing
o Fast-link quality metrics
o Bandwidth estimation
o Cross-layer multicast routing

Applications

o Multimedia services
o Home IPTV
o WiMax
o Broadband home networking communications
o Emergency/disaster
o Telemedicine and e-health
o Smart buildings
o Broadband Internet access

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IARIA Publicity Board

--- 10th Year Anniversary ---

24-26 November, 2008
Linz, Austria

http://www.iiwas.org/conferences/iiwas2008/
email: iiwas2008@iiwas.org

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IMPORTANT DATES
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July 1, 2008 : Full papers submission
September 15, 2008 : Acceptance Notification
October 15, 2008 : Camera-Ready Papers and Registration
November 24-26, 2008 : Conference

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Barely more than ten years after the birth of the World Wide Web, the Global
Information Infrastructure is daily reality. In spite of the many applications
in all domains of our societies: e-business, e-commerce, e-learning, e-science,
and e-government, for instance, and in spite of the tremendous advances by
engineers and scientists, the seamless integration of information and services
remains a major challenge. The current shared vision for the future is one of
semantically-rich information and service oriented architecture for global
information systems. This vision is at the convergence of progress in technologies
such as XML, Web services, RDF, OWL, of multimedia, multimodal, and multilingual
information retrieval, and of distributed, mobile and ubiquitous computing.
The goal of iiWAS'2008 is to provide an international forum for scientists,
engineers, and managers in academia, industry, and government to address
recent research results and to present and discuss their ideas, theories,
technologies, systems, tools, applications, work in progress and experiences
on all theoretical and practical issues arising in information and service
integration.

TOPICS OF INTEREST
Conference program will include invited talks, peer reviewed technical
program, demos, short papers, posters, tutorials, panels, workshops and
invited sessions on the same or related topics, industrial presentations,
exhibitions around but not limited to the following topics:

Web Engineering and Web Services Track:
- Web Data Integration, Monitoring and Management
- Web Data Models, Metrics, Tools, Languages and Performance
- Web Agents, Intelligence and Mining
- Web Security and Trust Management
- Web Visualization, Rich Web UI and Deep/Hidden Web
- Web-based Enterprise Systems and Business Processes
- Web-based Auction and Negotiation
- Federated and cross-organizational Web engineering
- Web Services Architectural styles
- Web Services performance
- Dependability, security and privacy of web services (blogs, RSS, wikis, etc.)
- Orchestration, choreography and composition of web services
- Tools and technologies for Web Services development, deployment and management
- The impact of Web Services on enterprise systems
- Impact of formal methods on Web Services

E-applications Track (e-Business, e-Commerce, e-Payment, e-Government,
e-Learning, e-science, e-communities):
- E-application design models and methods
- E-application development processes, standards and methodologies
- E-application usability, accessibility, reuse and integration
- E-application localization and internalization
- E-applications case studies and best practices
- E-applications social and legal issues
- E-applications service architectures
- E-applications competition and collaborations
- E-applications data analytics and visualization
- Digital libraries
- Innovative E-Frameworks & E-Applications
- Innovative E-applications in Web 2.0, AJAX, E4X and other new developments
- Model-driven E-application development
- Workflow and E-services

Web Data and Semantic Web Track:
- XML data and schema integration
- XML data models, query processing and data management
- XML data privacy and security
- Web databases and warehousing
- Web data mining, exploration, and visualization
- Document Engineering and Integration
- Web Data Markup Languages, tools and methodologies for representing and managing Semantic Web data
- Web Semantics content creation, annotation, and extraction
- Web Semantics brokering, integration and interoperability
- Web Semantics search, query, and visualization
- Web Semantics middleware and services
- Web Semantics provenance, trust & security
- Ontology creation, searching, extraction, and evolution
- Ontology mapping, merging, and alignment

Information Integration in Ubiquitous Computing Track:
- Mobile and Ubiquitous Information and Service Integration
- Tools and techniques for designing, implementing, & evaluating Ubiquitous Computing Systems
- Grid and P2P architectures for service and information integration
- Agent-based ubiquitous applications
- Location and context-aware applications and services
- Infrastructure support for mobility and pervasive Web
- Web proxies and content adaptation
- Service creation and management environments for pervasive web
- Low-cost web access devices and networking for emerging regions
- Privacy-enhancing technologies in pervasive web
- Social search and the use of "human computing" in web search
- Experience report on ubiquitous computing implementation
- Visionary scenario on ubiquitos computing

PUBLICATION
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iiWAS2008 Proceedings will be published by the Austrian Computer Society as a
volume set in the books@ocg series and indexed in ISI-Proceedings and included in IEEE Computer Society Digital Library and ACM Digital Library (approval pending).

Distinguished papers, after further revisions, will be published in special issues of :
[1] International Journal of Web Information Systems
( http://www.emeraldinsight.com/ijwis.htm)
[2] International Journal of Web and Grid Services
( https://www.inderscience.com/browse/index.php?journalID=47)
[3] International Journal of Business Intelligence and Data Mining
( https://www.inderscience.com/browse/index.php?journalID=143)
[4] Journal of System and Management Sciences
( http://www.acpublishers.info/jsms)
[5] More are pending approval

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Papers must be submitted electronically in Postscript, PDF, or RTF/DOC format at (( http://www.iiwas.org/conferences/iiwas2008/submission.html)
Submitted papers must not substantially overlap with papers that have been published or that are simultaneously submitted to a journal or a conference with proceedings. Submitted papers will be blindly peer reviewed by at least three members of the international program committee and carefully evaluated based on originality, significance, technical soundness, and clarity of exposition. Accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings to be published by the Austrian Computer Society in books@ocg book series.
The submitted papers should not exceed 10 pages and must follow the OCG guidelines ( http://www.iiwas.org/conferences/iiwas2008/cfp.htm).

COMMITTES
Steering Committee Chair
Ismail Khalil Ibrahim, Johannes Kepler Uni Linz, Austria
General Conference Chair
Gabriele Kotsis, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria
General Program Committee Co-Chairs
David Taniar, Monash University, Australia
Eric Pardede, La Trobe University, Australia
Workshops Chair
Albrecht Schmidt, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Masters and Doctoral Colloquium Chair
Wolfram Wöß, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria
Organizing Committee Chair
Wieland Schwinger, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria
Publicity Coordinators
Kerstin Altmanninger, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria
Laura Rusu, La Trobe University, Australia
Publicity Co-Chairs
Bessam Abdulrazak, Sherbrooke University, Canada (Canada)
Saad Harous, Sharjah University, UAE (North Africa)
Ruzana Ishak, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia (Asia)
Rene Mayrhofer, University of Vienna, Austria (Europe)
Maytham Safar, Kuwait University, Kuwait (Middle East)
Bo Yang, Bowie State University, USA (North America)
Zhiwen Yu, Kyoto University, Japan (Asia)
Eduardo Carrillo Zambrano, Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga, Colombia (South America)
Awards Co-Chairs
Wenny Rahayu, La Trobe University, AUstralia
Bernady O Apduhan, Kyushu Sangyo University, Japan

Program Committee
Zaher Al Aghbari, Sharjah University, UAE
AbdulMalik Al-Salman, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
Tran Khanh Dang, HCMUT, Vietnam
Wolfgang Deiters, Fraunhofer ISST., Germany
Gillian Dobbie, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Klaus D. Hackbarth, University of Cantabria, Spain
Abdelkader Hameurlain, IRIT - Universiti Paul Sabatier, France
Saad Harous, University of Sharjah, UAE
Andreas Holzinger, Med. University of Graz, Austria
Maria Indrawan, Monash University, Australia
Dimka Karastoyanova, University of Stuttgart, Germany
Roland Kaschek, Massey University, New Zealand
Lau Sim Kim, University of Wollongong, Australia
Andreas Langegger, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria
Ong Kok-Leong, Deakin University, Australia
Ghita Kouadri-Mostefaoui, Oxford University, UK
Tei-Wei Kuo, National Taiwan University, Taiwan - R.O.C.
Reggie Kwan, Cartias F Hsu College, Hong Kong
Zoe Lacroix, Arizona State University, USA
Sang Ho Lee, Soongsil University, Korea
Wookey Lee, Inha University, Korea
Heinrich C. Mayr, Alpen-Adria-University Klagenfurt, Austria
Rene Mayrhofer, University of Vienna, Austria
Günther Pernul, University of Regensburg, Germany
Ilia Petrov, SAP, Germany
K. Satya Sa i Prakash, Amrita University, India
Juha Puustjarvi, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland
Rodolfo F. Resende, Universidade Federal of Minas Gerais, Brazil
Werner Retschitzegger, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria
Colette Rolland, University of PARIS-1 Panthéon
Gustavo Rossi, LIFIA-UNLP, Argentina
Maytham Safar, University of Kuwait, Kuwait
N. L. Sarda, I. I. T Bombay, India
Alexander Schatten, Technical University of Vienna, Austria
Miguel-Angel Sicilia, University of Alcala, Spain
Jolita Sorbonne Ralyte, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Zhili Sun, University of Surrey, UK
Seyed M.M. (Saied) Tahaghoghi, Microsoft Corporation
Robert Tolksdorf, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
Hiroshi Tsuji, Osaka Prefecture University, Japan
Lorna Uden, Staffordshire University, UK
Edgar Weippl, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
Michael Welzl, University of Innsbruck, Austria
Werner Winiwarter, University of Vienna, Austria
Wolfram Wöß, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria
Aoying Zhou, Fudan University, China

ORGANIZATION
The conference is endorsed by the international organization for
information integration and web based applications and services (@WAS), hosted and organized
and by the Institute of Teleccoperation, Johannes Kepler University, Linz,
Austria and supported by Monash University, Australia, La Trobe University, Australia and will
be held in conjunction with the sixth international conference on Advances in Mobile Computing
and Multimedia (MoMM'2008 - http://www.iiwas.org/conferences/momm2008/).

CONTACT
David Taniar, iiWAS'2008 PC Co-Chair
Clayton School of Information Technology
Monash University
Clayton, VIC 3800
Australia
Email: david@iiwas.org

Eric Pardede, iiWAS'2008 PC Co-Chair
Department of Computer Science and Computer Engineering
La Trobe University
Bundoora, VIC 3083
Australia
Email: eric@iiwas.org

Call for Participation

August 4-5, 2008, Denver, CO

Conference website: http://www.bcr.org/referencerenaissance

Sponsored by BCR (Bibliographical Center for Research) and

RUSA (Reference and User Services Association), an ALA Division

Rumors of the “death of reference” have been greatly exaggerated! Reference and information services now encompass not just traditional forms such as in-person point-of-service, telephone, and e-mail, but also Instant Messaging, Text Messaging (SMS), blogs, wikis, library pages on MySpace and Facebook, and virtual reference desks in Second Life.

A Reference Renaissance: Current and Future Trends conference will explore all aspects of reference service in a broad range of contexts, including libraries and information centers, in academic, public, school, corporate, and other special library environments. This two-day conference will incorporate the multitude of established, emerging, and merging types of reference service including both traditional and virtual reference. It presents an opportunity for all reference practitioners and scholars to explore the rapid growth and changing nature of reference, as an escalating array of information technologies blend with traditional reference service to create vibrant hybrids.

Our theme of a “Reference Renaissance” was taken from an editorial by Diane Zabel, in a recent issue of Reference and User Services Quarterly (winter 2007). Zabel wrote of a “resurgence of interest in reference” and that “reference is experiencing a regeneration, a reference renaissance.”

Submissions of papers, panels, and workshop proposals are welcomed that analyze issues, identify best practices, advance organizational and technological systems, propose standards, and/or suggest innovative approaches that will reveal as well as invent the future of reference in this exciting and unfolding landscape. The conference will be organized around the following interest tracks. Please note that the sub-bullets are intended to be suggested topics, not to be a comprehensive listing.

Virtual Reference (including e-mail, chat, IM, SMS, Second Life, etc.)
Interpersonal aspects of reference service across different types of service
Comparison of VR modes
Innovative Service Models (including face-to-face, outreach, and Web 2.0)
Comparison of different modes (locations, configurations, etc.) of service delivery
Social networking applications (such as blogs, wikis, Facebook, MySpace, etc.)
Case studies in virtual outreach
Satellite (or outpost) reference, roving reference
Managing Reference Services
Assessment/Evaluation (including guidelines and best practices, benchmarking performance, service quality, accuracy, effectiveness, and efficiency)
Hiring, training and motivating staff in an era of rapid change (including performance issues)
Marketing initiatives
Approaches, Values, & Philosophy of Reference Services
Reference as teaching
How much help to give (e.g., homework, course assignments)
Wild Card (including, but not limited to, controversial issues, comparisons, other innovative topics – be creative!)
Sustainability and budgeting issues
Reference consortia issues
Software and hardware development
Vendor (including demonstrations and workshops)
Vendor software and hardware development

TYPES OF SUBMISSIONS:

1. Papers (500 word abstracts): include reports and research studies on any aspect of reference, user studies, evaluation projects, innovative practical applications, theme papers, or theoretical developments. In addition, works in progress and student papers are invited. Submissions should include: 1) a cover sheet with the paper title, author(s), contact information and affiliations(s) for each author, conference track(s) and 2) a second page consisting of a 500 word abstract that summarizes the paper but does NOT show your name or any contact information. Papers will be refereed by the program committee.

2. Panels: include proposals for 1.5 hour long sessions on topics such as reference innovations, implementation of new technology, evaluation projects, reports by practitioners on current initiatives, theme panels, and contrasting viewpoints on controversial or hot issues. Innovative formats are sought, especially those that encourage audience participation, such as: roundtable discussions, debates, forums, or case studies. Submissions should include: panel title, names, affiliations, and contact information for all participants (moderators, panelists, respondents, etc.), conference track(s), and a brief overview (250 words) of the issues, projects or viewpoints to be discussed. Panels will be refereed by the program committee.

3. Workshops, Demonstrations, and Reports from the Field: include proposals for 30 minute sessions on working projects, new services, new approaches to reference instruction, or to developments-in-progress. These can be educational in nature. Submissions should include workshop of demonstration title, names and affiliations of all participants, contact information, conference track(s), and brief overview (250 words) of the session.

DEADLINES:

April 4, 2008 Deadline for All Submissions

May 5, 2008 Notification of Acceptance to Speakers

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS:
Submissions should be sent in electronic format (as an e-mail attachment as a Word document or pdf) to Program Chair Marie L. Radford (mradford@scils.rutgers.edu).

Information on conference registration and hotel reservations will be forthcoming on the conference website at: www.bcr.org/referencerenaissance

November 9-12, 2008 at the Valley Forge Scanticon
A Call for Proposals for the 2008 Conference!

Planning for the 2008 Annual Pennsylvania Library Association Conference is currently underway. The conference will offer more than 50 sessions and keynote sessions on topics of interest to Pennsylvania librarians from all types and sizes of libraries. If you are an expert on a topic that you feel will be of interest to librarians, we invite you to submit a session proposal.

For complete information go to: http://www.palibraries.org/events-conf/ann-conf.asp

The deadline for proposals is Tuesday, April 15, 2008.

Call for Proposals – 5th ALA Forum on Education

We are pleased to announce a call for participation for the 5th ALA Forum on Education: Service Learning and Citizen Engagement to be held on Friday, June 27, 2008 from 1:30 to 3:30 pm during the upcoming ALA Annual Meeting in Anaheim, California. Masters Level students who have participated in a service learning project or who have designed a yet to be completed service learning project are encouraged to submit a proposal.

The 5th ALA Forum on Education will feature a researchpooloza format followed by a traditional poster session. During the researchpalooza you will address the audience from a podium and present your service learning project in 90 seconds or less with the aid of one PowerPoint slide to an audience of 150 ALA members. Following the researchpalooza presenters will be asked to participate in a poster session where attendees will be able to ask questions and further discuss service learning projects. The researchpalooza format was a great success at MidWinter 2008 and we excited to offer an opportunity to participate in this innovative program.

To participate, please submit the following information via email to alaedforum@gmail.com
Name:
Title of Project:
University Affiliation:
Email Address:
Abstract or short description of service learning project:

Proposals will be accepted through March 16 and presenters will be notified by March 28

For more information please contact Joe Sanchez at joesanchez@austin.utexas.edu

Joe Sanchez
School of Information
University of Texas at Austin
http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/~sanchez

Time is running out to submit a proposal for the Juried Papers to be presented in Anaheim at the ALA Annual Conference. If you have useful research, subject expertise, or innovative ideas to share with your colleagues we invite you to submit a proposal.
Proposals which are accepted will be presented on Monday, June 30 and Tuesday, July 1, 2008. For more detailed information go to:
http://www.ala.org/ala/eventsandconferencesb/annual/2008a/proposals.htm
To submit a proposal, please download and complete the proposal form. Email the completed form and detailed abstract to Kimberly Arnold at karnold@ala.org. If you have questions regarding the submission process please contact Kimberly at 312-280-3216.
The deadline for submissions is March 31, 2008. No late entries will be accepted.

Call for Submissions for

Rebel Girl, Rebel Worlds: An Anthology of International Grrrl Zines

By Elke Zobl (Austria) with Red Chidgey (UK),
Sonja Eismann (Germany/Austria) and Haydeé Jiménez (Mexico/USA)

DO YOU PUBLISH A ZINE WITH A FEMINIST TAKE AND WOULD LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE TO
AN INTERNATIONAL ANTHOLOGY OF GRRRL ZINES?

We are zine activists who believe that the cut'n'paste revolution is an
important part of contemporary movements for social change ­ whether it's
talking about messed up beauty standards, how to change rape culture, or
how to fix the wheels on your bike, zines are crucial documents for
everyday change, empowerment, and education.

To create a living archive of feminist zines from across the globe, we are
working on an overview of the international Grrrl Zine Network; bringing
together primary documents on a wide range of topics with analyses of the
strengths and challenges of the Third Wave feminist movement. Based on
Elke's web site GRRRL ZINE NETWORK - A resource site for international
grrrl, lady, queer and trans folk zines, distros and DIY projects
(http://grrrlzines.net), we are compiling this anthology to document the
variety and fierceness of pro-girl zinesters' voices and are looking for
your contributions!

The Book
Part grassroots history, part activist anthology, Rebel Girl, Rebel Worlds
is a pioneering text, consisting of a mix of essays, interviews with
zinesters, visual examples from zines, documentation of zine events, scene
reports from various countries, resource guides and manifestos - all from
a global viewpoint. We believe that zines are a vital form of alternative
media that provide stories, art, critiques and reportage lacking from the
corporate-run, male-dominated presses. Zines help us to resist the status
quo, engage with our feminism, and make a difference. This book hopes to
provide a comprehensive overview of this culture in order to introduce
zine-making to a broader audience, and to collect together some of the
most inspiring writing from grrrls and their allies today.

Aims
This non-profit book hopes to represent a wide range of voices and
experiences from the grrrl zine community. We do not strive for uniformity
of opinion, but hope to build a picture of dissent, skill-sharing,
collaboration and network building. This book will illustrate that grrrl
and ladies in many countries are working on zines and keep the feminist
movement alive and well! It is our aim that young women, feminists,
trans-folk and their allies across the world will gain a sense of personal
and political empowerment from reading this book, when they discover that
they too can take the tools of cultural resistance into their own hands
and contribute to the global feminist effort of dismantling patriarchy and
effecting social change.

Please submit!
We are eager for this project to be as collaborative as possible. Please
send us your zine, contact us if you know a cool zine you’d like to see
included, let us know if you’d like to do an interview or are just curious
about the project! We are open to suggestions and ideas! Submissions are
welcomed from feminist zine producers, editors and distributors from all
parts of the world (covering zines from 1980 to the present day).

Potential contributors could submit:
* Feminist zines (electronic or print) via email or postal mail
* Digital images from feminist zines (images, covers, photos,
illustrations, comics etc.) via email
* Interviews with grrrl zinesters
* Essays on the grrrl zine community and Third Wave feminism
* Scene reports - what is the history of grrrl/feminist zines in your
country?
* Comixs on third wave feminism/riot grrrl/girl zine culture

The call includes, but is not limited to, zines which address the
following topics:
- The personal is political
- Let's smash patriarchy! Riot Grrrl, Feminism and Activism
- DIY revolution! Music, art, pop culture, and comics
- Ethnicity, race, colonialism
- Gender identities
- Women’s Bodies and Health, disabilities
- Zinemamas: Motherhood and alternative views of parenting
- The Beauty Myth: Body image and self-esteem
- Sex and Sexualities
- Survivor Culture: Abuse, Violence against women, self-defense
- Class, work and education
- Travel and leisure
- Religion and beliefs
- Environment and animal rights
- Protest, Dreams and Utopias

All submitted zines will be listed at www.grrrlzines.net. A selection of
zine articles, interviews, essays and scene reports will be chosen to
feature in the anthology.

Submissions:
Please include, a short biography, full contact details, date of birth and
nationality.

Zines should be submitted to elke@grassrootsfeminism.net or via postal
Mail to: Elke Zobl, Roemerweg 22, 5061 Elsbethen, Austria (Europe).

by Monday, March 31, 2008. Many thanks!

We expect to complete the book by June 30, 2008. (The book proposal will be
submitted to a feminist publisher in the USA)

Biographical notes on editors

Elke Zobl, Austria (*1975) created the online resource site Grrrl Zine
Network (www.grrrlzines.net) in 2001 and has been part of the Grrrl Zines
A-Go-Go collective conducting zine workshops with girls and young women in
San Diego, USA (www.gzagg.org). Since her return to Austria for research
projects on feminism and alternative media, she has conducted many zine
workshops and exhibits. She is currently working on a comprehensive web
site on Grassroots Feminism: An archive and resource platform of the
feminist movement today, www.grassrootsfeminism.net (up soon).

Red Chidgey, UK (*1979) has been involved in zine cultures for the past
ten years, including running the pro-girl zine resource fingerbang distro.
She received her MA in Critical Theory from the University of Sussex,
where she re-trained as a Life History researcher. She curated last year's
ZineFest! at the Women's Library, London, and recently published a chapter
on riot grrrl writing in Riot Girl: Revolution Grrrl Style Now! (Blackdog,
2007). www.redchidgey.net

Sonja Eismann, Germany/Austria (*1973) works as a pop culture journalist and
academic. She was a founding member of femzine nylon in Vienna and is
writing on feminism and pop culture (www.plastikmaedchen.net). Recently,
she published the anthology Hot Topic: Popfeminismus heute (2007).

Haydeé Jiménez , US/Mexico (*1981), grew up in Tijuana, Mexico. She studied
International Relations with a focus on Latin America and is interested in
issues such as human rights, gender issues, environment, and migration.
When she is not working with Elke on grrrlzines.net, she puts out her own
electronic music projects (www.myspace.com/hidhawk, http://umor-rex.com).

Call for Chapter Proposals

Teaching Gen M: A Handbook for Educators and Librarians is scheduled for publication by Neal-Schuman early in 2009. Chapter proposals for this book are being sought. Proposals should be no longer than 250 words and include the title of the chapter, an outline or description of the material to be covered, and a brief bio of the author. Deadline for submission is March 14, 2008. If accepted, completed chapters will be due June 30, 2008. Please send proposals as electronic attachments (.doc or .pdf) to the contacts listed below.

“Generation M” (“M” for “Media”) is a term applied to young adults born in the early 1980s through the early 1990s. Conventional wisdom has it that Gen M’s are constantly-connected, early-adopting, techno-savvy, multi-taskers who enthusiastically embrace new technologies and weave them into the fabric of their daily lives. Is the stereotype of the wired, techno-savvy undergraduate accurate or is there a more complicated reality? The purpose of the book is to provide instructors with background information regarding the unique aspects of Gen M and to present practical suggestions for creating learning objects that can be used in both traditional and online educational environments.

Draft Table of Contents

Part One: Defining Gen M

Introduction: Gen M Myths and Realities
Cultural divides
Computer literacy v. information literacy
Part Two: Technology and Culture

The Gaming Culture: Second Life, World of Warcraft, and Living Life Virtually
Blogs, Facebook, YouTube and the Public Private Life
Wikipedia and Google: Friend or Foe?
Thumb Rules: Texting, Communication, and Language
Part Three: The Answers: educational theories and practical applications

Technology and Pedagogy
Ethics and Honesty
Critical Thinking and the New Informed Citizenry

For more information contact:

Vibiana Bowman , Rutgers University Libraries
bowman@camden.rutgers.edu
or
Robert J. Lackie, Rider University
rlackie@rider.edu

CALL FOR PROPOSALS

Got Teens with Homework? We've Got Answers! Your Guide to Developing a Homework Help Center at Your Public Library is scheduled for publication by Libraries Unlimited early in 2009. Chapter proposals for this book are being sought.

Proposals should be no longer than 250 words and include the title of the chapter, an outline or description of the material to be covered, and a brief bio of the author. Deadline for submission is March 31st, 2008. If accepted, completed chapters will be due July 31, 2008. Please send proposals as electronic attachments (.doc or .pdf) to the contact listed below.

Book Description: There are undoubtedly many good reasons for creating a HomeworkHelp Center at a public library, but perhaps one of the most important reasons is to offer a welcoming and comfortable place for teens to obtain assistance with academic projects from caring and qualified professionals. Creating a Homework Help Center at a public library presents the ideal venue for positive collaboration between the library, schools, and community agencies. Additionally, Homework Help Centers provide teens with a safe and nurturing space to congregate after school ends for the day. This guide will offer librarians and library professionals with “how to” guidance for creating a homework help center in their library, as well as practical advice (inclusive of sample forms, best practices and lessons learned) on getting started by conducting a needs assessment, to staffing the homework help center, to developing service hours, to how to handle publicity.

Sample Chapter Include:

Why Create a Library Based Homework Center?

Could Your Library Use a Homework Center? Conducting a Needs Assessment

Funding: Will You Need a Grant?

Operations 101: Policies, Staffing, Hours, Equipment, and Collection Development

Collaboration with the Schools-----How To Make It Work!

Publicity and Public Relations------Get The Word Out!

Assessing Your Homework Help Center--------How's It Going?


For additional information, please contact:

Veronica L. C. Stevenson-Moudamane; MSLS, MA
2007-2008 Co-Chair NMRT Mentoring Committee
Manager of Junior Services
The Danbury Library
170 Main Street
Danbury, Connecticut 06810
203-797-4528 Voice
203-796-1677 Fax
vstevens@danburylibrary.org

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

CALL FOR PROPOSALS

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

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

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

Suggested topics for discussion include:

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

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

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

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

TEACHERS TALK

The editors solicit interviews in different formats (i.e. traditional
interviews, conversations/dialogues, etc.) with educators from a variety
of disciplinary and institutional settings—including non-academic—in the
US and abroad for upcoming special issues on:

Teaching the Body (June 1, 2008)
Teaching Performance (October 31, 2008)
Teaching Performance (March 31, 2009)

Cross-disciplinary and divergent perspectives are welcome.

Proposals and inquiries to the editors: transformations@njcu.edu.

Jacqueline Ellis and Edvige Giunta, Editors
Transformations
http://web.njcu.edu/sites/transformations/