76^th IFLA General Conference & Council, Gothenburg, Sweden ,

August 10-15, 2010

IFLA EDUCATION AND TRAINING SECTION - Open session

Call for papers

New digital directions and library education:  sustaining library education  programs.

Colleagues from around the world are invited to submit an abstract for consideration for the SET Open Session.  

The IFLA Section for Education and Training (SET) seeks papers for its Open Session on the topic New  digital  directions and library education: sustaining library education  programs. This topic has been chosen in accordance with the main theme of the conference, Open access to knowledge: promoting sustainable progress.  A separate call for papers has been issued for the Section's satellite session and for a joint SET session with the IFLA E-learning special interest group on Understanding the value of ePortfolios to reflect on and present learning and professional development. 

We are particularly keen to have papers and perspectives from LIS educators, practitioners and students and from a wide range of library sectors (e.g. public, academic, school, special).  Papers must be original and could cover issues like:  

• The impact of new information technologies : reconceptualizing, and/or globalizing library education?
• Library education in iSchools
• Pedagogy for online/virtual library education and training
• Employability of graduates in the digital library world.
• Interdisciplinarity, synergies and/or convergences of digital archives, libraries and museums in library education.

Language of the session: The paper should be in one of the IFLA official languages. It is hoped that simultaneous interpretation will be available for this session, but we strongly recommend that the presentation slides are in English, even if the presentation is delivered in one of the other official languages.

Important dates and information:  Proposals for papers must be submitted by: 31 December  2009. The proposal should clearly indicate the session it is for and include a title, an abstract of no more than 300 words, plus a brief speaker biography. All proposals will be evaluated by a refereeing committee representing the IFLA Section of Education and Training: Dr. Gillian Hallam, Professor S.B. Ghosh, Mouna Benslimane, Mai Poldaas, Chihfeng Lin, Dr. Kerry Smith.  Please email your proposals to: Dr Kerry Smith (Australia), k.smith@curtin.edu.au

Successful candidates will be notified by 28 February 2010 and must supply the full paper by 16 April 2010  to allow time for the review of papers and preparation of translations.  Details on the format and length of the final paper will be emailed to those candidates whose abstracts are accepted.

At least one of the paper's authors must undertake to be present to deliver a summary of the paper during the Section's programme in Gothenburg.  PLEASE NOTE that the Section for Education and Training has no funds to assist prospective authors; abstracts should only be submitted on the understanding that the expenses of attending the Gothenburg conference (including travel, expenses and conference fee) will be the responsibility of the author(s)/presenter(s) of accepted papers. Some national professional associations may be able to help fund certain expenses, and a small number of grants for conference attendance may be available at: http://www.ifla.org/III/members/grants.htm

The Lehigh Valley Chapter of the Pennsylvania Library Association invites proposals for posters to be displayed at the Chapter's annual conference, which will be held on Thursday, May 20, 2010 at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, PA.

The theme of this year's conference is A Library Slice of Life. Share a slice of your library's life with a poster highlighting those programs and best practices that make your library special.

INTEGRATING PRACTICE AND RESEARCH

LIBRARY RESEARCH SEMINAR V

October 13-16, 2010

College Park, Maryland

Call for Juried Proposals

The fifth Library Research Seminar (LRS-V) will bring together a diverse community of scholars from academia and practitioners from libraries and archives who are interested in research that informs policy-making, decision-making, and best practices.  Participants will share research projects and explore ways to develop future research agendas, refine research methods, and facilitate successful completion of research projects.

The LRS-V Program Committee invites proposals for various types of contributions (types are described below) on topics related to libraries and archives including but not limited to:

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Doctoral and Masters' students are especially encouraged to submit proposals.

Send submissions to lrs-v@umd.edu in either MS Word or PDF format. Proposals must be no more than 1000 words in length and additionally must include: title; author/organizer name, affiliation, and contact information; names and contact information for any other participants.  lrs-v@umd.edu may also be used for inquiries and questions.

Important dates:

Proposal submissions:      February 15, 2010

Notification:                       April 15, 2010

Conference dates:              October 13-16, 2010

Venue: University of Maryland, College Park (http://ischool.umd.edu)

LRS-V co-chairs:  Diane L. Barlow and Trudi Bellardo Hahn, University of Maryland

Sponsored by: Library Research Roundtable of the American Library Association and the Institute of Museum and Library Services

Edited by Eric Pardede (La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia)

To be published by Springer

in Information Science and Knowledge Management Series (http://www.springer.com/series/6159)

Book Aims and Summary

-----------------------

Communities have built collections of information in collaborative manners in the forms of encyclopaedias for  centuries. More recently, Wikipedia has demonstrated how collaborative efforts can be a powerful feature to  build a massive data storage. It is known that Wikipedia has become a key part of many corporations' knowledge  management systems for decision making. Wikipedia is only one example brought about by Web 2.0 with the goal of  creating communities of users.

While Web 2.0 has many benefits, there are many more opportunities to be unleashed. Imagine if one could use  information gathered by many people for critical decision making. There is great potential for creating and  sharing more structured data through the web. To make it more regulated and more realistic, the data will be  limited to the community scale rather than the global scale, for example, a community of academic research  group. Each community can create a large database, in which each member can contribute information freely and  can use the information with higher levels of confidence.

The general motivation for the project is to enable various communities to develop such databases. In more  specific, this publication has the following aims:

*  To provide a comprehensive list of issues and challenges for research in community-built database.

*  To disseminate the latest developments on community-built databases in various domains that can be used as a  successful template to other community-built database development project.

*  To provide visionary ideas for future community-built database research and application.

*  To provide solid references on current research topics in community-built database, that can be useful for  literature survey research.

Invitation for Proposals

--------------------------

We invite proposals from academic, researchers and industry practitioners in the area of collaborative  information systems, databases, social web and other domains. The proposal should contain the tentative title,  authors details, and brief description on the chapter.

Tentative Sections

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The book will consist of these folowing sections. Each of the sections can include between 4 to 6 chapters.

Section I   : Community-Built Databases: Standard and Technologies

Section II  : Community-Built Databases: Storage and Modelling

Section III : Social Aspect of Community-Built Databases

Section IV  : Community-Built Databases Applications

Section V   : The Future of Community-Built Databases

Important Dates

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Proposal Deadline                  : 21 November 2009

Notification of Proposal Outcome    : 05 December 2009

Final Chapter Deadline              : 15 March 2010

Camera Ready Deadline               : 15 August 2010 

Editorial Board

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Hamideh Afsarmanesh (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

Barbara Carminati (University of Insubria, Italy)

Gillian Dobbie (University of Auckland, New Zealand)

Lyndon Kennedy (Yahoo, USA)

Ee-Peng Lim (Singapore Management University, Singapore)

Irena Mlynkova (Chales University, Czech Republic)

Mirella Moura Moro (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil)

Wenny Rahayu (La Trobe University, Australia)

Maytham Safar (Kuwait University, Kuwait)

Lorna Uden (Staffordshire University, UK)

Contact

--------------------------------------------------------

For further info, please contact the editor:

Eric Pardede

Department of Computer Science and Computer Engineering

La Trobe University

Melbourne VIC 3083

AUSTRALIA

Email: E.Pardede@latrobe.edu.au

         (BenchmarX'10) - April 4, 2010 - Tsukuba, Japan

                http://ulita.ms.mff.cuni.cz/ws/benchmarx10/

                to be held in conjunction with DASFAA 2010

                    http://dasfaa2010.cs.tsukuba.ac.jp/

The successful first year of the workshop (BenchmarX'09) was devoted to benchmarking

of XML and Semantic Web applications. However, since the amount of related approaches

is wide and, at the same time, new technologies occur while the obsolete ones vanish,

the general strategy of BenchmarX is to extend and modify the target areas and topics

to follow the modern trends. XML still is one of the most common data formats, however,

there are applications that are not based on it or use it only marginally. On the other

hand, Semantic Web is only part of a bigger research area of web technologies oriented

on data. Hence, this year we want to go beyond the borders of pure XML and Semantic Web.

BenchmarX'10 is aimed at benchmarking (and related issues) of all stages of data

processing in the context of up-to-date database management systems and data-oriented

web technologies in general. Typical (but not the only) representatives of such

applications and technologies can be web services and semantic web services, Web 2.0

applications, social networks etc. Similarly, new data types, such as data streams,

sensor data or imprecise/uncertain data, triggered proposal and implementation of new

strategies for their storage, processing and management that need to benchmarked, tested

and compared specifically.

Even though data management and data-oriented applications are involved in topics of

many conferences around the world, the community dealing with benchmarking of such

applications and related issues is still scattered. The aim of BenchmarX is to bring

it together and provide a platform for common discussion of all the related topics.

We invite submission from both research and industrial communities dealing with different

theoretical and applied aspects of benchmarking of database management systems and

data-oriented web applications. Areas of interests include, but are not limited to:

 - Benchmarking:

    * Benchmark projects and suites

    * Benchmarking metrics, criteria and methodologies

    * Analysis and/or comparison of performance of selected applications

    * Experiences and lessons learned

    * Exploitation of benchmarking results

 - Gathering of testing data:

    * Data synthesis

    * Inference of schemas, integrity constraints etc.

    * Data/operation repositories

 - Real-world requirements:

    * Analysis of real-world data, operations etc.

    * Evolution of real-world data

    * Synthetic vs. real data

    * Specific requirements of real-world applications

Important Dates

    * Abstract and paper submission: December 1, 2009

    * Author notification: February 2, 2010

    * On-site paper deadline: February 16, 2010

    * Camera-ready paper submission: April 26, 2010

    * Author registration: To be specified...

    * Workshop: April 4, 2010

    * Main conference: April 1 - 4, 2010

Organizers

    * Jiri Dokulil, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic

    * Irena Mlynkova, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic

    * Martin Necasky, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic

Program Committee Chairs

    * Martin Necasky, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic

    * Eric Pardede, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Australia

Program Committee

    * Radim Baca, Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic

    * Geert Jan Bex, Hasselt University, Belgium

    * Martine Collard, INRIA Sophia Antipolis, France

    * Sven Hartmann, Clausthal University of Technology, Germany

    * Agnes Koschmider, Institute AIFB, Universitat Karlsruhe, Germany

    * Kazuhiro Inaba, National Institute of Informatics, Japan

    * Michal Kratky, Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic

    * Sebastian Link, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

    * Sebastian Maneth, University of New South Wales, Australia

    * Alexander Paar, Universitat Karlsruhe, Germany

    * Incheon Paik, The University of Aizu, Japan

    * Sherif Sakr, University of New South Wales, Australia

    * Dmitry Shaporenkov, University of Saint-Petersburg, Russia

Proceedings

Authors should submit papers reporting original works that are currently not

under review or published elsewhere. The paper should be submitted in PDF

format, with maximum length twelve (12) pages, following Springer-Verlag's

LNCS manuscript submission guidelines, available at

http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html.

The review process will be two-round. During the first round each paper

will be reviewed by 2-3 PC members for its technical merit, novelty and

relevance to the workshop. On the basis of the reviews the PC chairs will

prepare the list of accepted, borderline and rejected papers. During the

second round the PC members will be asked to comment the list as well as

all reviews. On the basis of this discussion the PC chairs will make the

final decision.

All papers accepted by BenchmarX'10 will be published in a combined volume

of Lecturer Notes in Computer Science series published by Springer in the

form of conference post-proceedings. At the workshop site, informal on-site

proceedings will be handed out as well.

The Library Leadership and Management Association (LLAMA) seeks an experienced writer or editor to assist in the production and eventually take over as editor of LLAMA's quarterly journal, Library Leadership & Management (LL&M).  Presently the journal is operating with a co-editorship model that is working quite well, and may be a model for a new approach to producing content for LL&M.  Applications for a shared editorship role are encouraged.

With the Winter 2010 issue, LL&M is transitioning from a print and electronic model to a web-only publication.  We anticipate that the next several years will offer opportunities for the journal to grow in new directions, employ more graphics, and the future possibility for media and interactivity.  The associate editor will be responsible for working closely with the editor in developing and producing each issue and will establish relationships with the Publications Editorial Advisory Board, LLAMA Executive Board, and LLAMA Section and Committee chairs.  This will include producing and editing content, identifying appropriate topics for publication, and assisting authors in developing manuscripts.   More detailed responsibilities are in a public document on ALA Connect, titled LL&M Associate Editor Expectations http://connect.ala.org/node/84638.  Submissions to the journal are invited, accepted, reviewed, and chosen by the editor assisted by the associate editor. 

After a two-year term as associate editor, the incumbent will take over duties as editor for two years (2013 - 2014).  The associate editor serves as an ex-officio member of the LLAMA Board of Directors and the Publications Editorial Advisory Board. The first issue for which the newly appointed associate editor will share responsibility will be volume 26, no. 1.

Applicants must be LLAMA members and have experience within ALA.   They are expected to have  knowledge of LLAMA and its goals, have an interest in and knowledge of leadership issues relevant to libraries, and a familiarity with management and leadership literature in general.  Applicants must have written and published in a print or electronic environment and/or have demonstrated editorial experience.  Applicants should have familiarity with technological resources, such as blogs, social websites, and content management systems, as well as knowledge of emerging technologies in publishing.  An understanding of working within the context of a complex organization and balancing competing priorities will be an asset for the successful candidate.

The successful candidate must make a four-year commitment to attend ALA Midwinter and Annual Conference meetings, with emphasis on attending LLAMA section and committee meetings. A stipend up to $1,500 annually will be provided to cover documented travel and/or editorial expenses.  Conference registration costs will be covered as well. 

Applicants should submit a resume and cover letter summarizing their editorial philosophy, two to four samples of written work or editorial activities, and three letters of reference addressing their qualifications.  In case of co-editorship applications, a single cover letter with individual resumes, writing samples, and letters of reference should be sent, with one individual identified as the primary contact.  Materials should be sent in electronic form to: Kerry Ward, LLAMA Executive Director at kward@ala.org.  The deadline for application is May 1, 2010. Finalists will be interviewed at the 2010 ALA Annual Conference in Washington, DC.

The Document Academy invites:

PROPOSALS FOR PAPERS

Preconference activities Friday, March 19, 2010

Conference Saturday & Sunday, March 20 - 21, 2010

Conference to be held at the

University of North Texas

College of Information

Denton, Texas USA

DOCAM '10 is the eighth annual meeting of the Document Academy, an

international network of scholars, artists and professionals in various

fields interested in the exploration of the document as a useful

approach, concept and tool in Sciences, Arts, Business, and Society.

The aim of The Document Academy is to create an interdisciplinary space

for experimental and critical research on documents in a wide sense,

drawing on traditions and experiences around the world. It originated as

a co-sponsored effort by The Program of Documentation Studies,

University of Tromso, Norway and the School of Information, University

of California, Berkeley.

The University of North Texas College of Information will be hosting the 2010 meeting.

The conference will begin with a gathering Friday evening, March 19, and continue with its mix of formal and informal presentations and discussions from 9 a.m. Saturday, March 20, to 5 p.m. Sunday, March 21. In an effort to preserve the open-ended discussion atmosphere of previous DOCAMs, we will again have only plenary sessions. A poster session will allow for additional exchange of ideas.

Call for proposals:

Scholars, developers, artists and practitioners working with document

research and development are invited to submit proposals for full and

short papers for plenary sessions and posters by December 13, 2009.

Papers for plenary sessions will address:

- DOCUMENT THEORY (general issues)

- DOCUMENT ANALYSIS (case-studies and methodological issues)

- DOCUMENT RESEARCH (theory, methods, case-studies

Paper length should be appropriate to the corresponding coverage.

Authors or groups presenting papers will be allotted 30 minutes, including discussion. This condensed schedule should allow for more presentations and exchange of ideas.

Poster session will address:

- DOCUMENT THEORY (general issues)

- DOCUMENT ANALYSIS (case-studies and methodological issues)

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

Size: 20 in. x 30 in. or 30 in. x 40 in.

Posters will be on display throughout the conference, and open discussion is encouraged.

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

File format: RTF, MS Word, or PDF

All proposals should include:

·        Description: a short (500 words) verbal description of the work to be presented,

·        Explanation of how the work will be presented (verbal presentation, PowerPoint, video, performance, demonstration) and equipment needs,

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

Proposals should be submitted electronically to Dr. Brian C. O'Connor in the College of Information at the University of North Texas -brian.oconnor@unt.edu. Please include "DOCAM 2010" in the subject line of all correspondence, including proposal submission.

Submission deadline for proposals: December 13, 2009

Receipt will be confirmed within one week. Decisions will be announced

no later than January 15, 2010.

Final deadline for accepted papers:  March 1, 2010.

For more information contact the co-chairs of DOCAM '10:

Brian C. O'Connor, Ph.D.

Visual Thinking Laboratory

College of Information

University of North Texas

Denton, TX 76203

940.206.1172

brian.oconnor@unt.edu

Roswitha Skare, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Documentation Studies

University of Tromsø

NO-9037 Tromsø, Norge

Tel: +47- 776 46318

roswitha.skare@hum.uit.no

Richard Anderson, Ph.D.
Visual Thinking Laboratory
University of North Texas
Denton, TX 76203
rich.anderson@unt.edu

Melody McCotter, M.S.I.S.
Visual Thinking Laboratory
University of North Texas
Denton, TX 76203
melody.mccotter@unt.edu

ACRL 2011 Call for Participation

At the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776, John Hancock said: "There must be no pulling different ways; we must all hang together." Ben Franklin remarked: "We must indeed all hang together, or assuredly we will all hang separately." The ACRL 2011 National Conference theme, "A Declaration of Interdependence," reflects the promise and the challenge of the delegates to the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia. Academic and research libraries share a common set of principles. To be successful, libraries must cooperate with each other and interconnect with their campus communities.  The ACRL 2011 National Conference invites you to explore new ideas, engage in active learning, and consider the interdependency that exists in our academic and library community.

Submit a proposal for the ACRL 2011 National Conference to be held in historic Philadelphia, March 30 - April 2, 2011.  The ACRL National Conference attracts and engages many of the brightest minds in our profession. We encourage you to participate in this exciting and energizing exchange of ideas--bring your latest research, cutting-edge practices, and innovative developments to share with your colleagues.  We invite you to submit your innovative or radical proposals to help us make ACRL 2011 a truly revolutionary conference!

Conference Tracks

The ACRL 2011 Coordinating Committee invites you to investigate the issues and topics described in the conference tracks and to think about both the future of our field and the practices and plans that are helping us get there:

• Diversify our Interdependence: Building Relationships
• Evolutions in Higher Education
• Harness Lightning: Technology in the Service of Libraries
• Inventing Your Library's Future
• The Shape of Tomorrow: Liberating Collection Development
• Unite with Users: Reinventing the User Experience
• You Say You Want a Revolution: Next Generation Librarianship

Session Formats

ACRL 2011 will offer a variety of session formats, from full-day preconferences to informal roundtable discussions.  Session formats include:

• Contributed Papers
• Cyber Zed Shed Presentations
• Panel Sessions
• Preconferences
• Workshops
• Poster Sessions
• Roundtable Discussions
• Virtual Conference Webcasts

How to Submit

All proposals must be submitted via the online proposal submission form. 

Deadlines

May 10, 2010 - Contributed Paper, Panel Session, Preconference, and Workshop proposals due
November 1, 2010 - Cyber Zed Shed presentation, Poster Session, Roundtable Discussion, and Virtual Conference Webcast proposals due

Proposal Requirements

Review the program proposal requirements/instructions before you begin the online proposal submission process.  You may start and save an incomplete proposal, and edit or add additional information before the proposal deadline deadline date.  An ID number and password will be assigned to you when you submit your proposal.

Selection Criteria and Presenter Requirements

Please review the selection criteria and presenter requirements before you start your proposal submission.

Questions?  Contact  acrl@ala.org.

• new methods of communicating
• new models of discovery and research
• new standards of accountability for colleges and universities including skills-based outcomes
• changes in teaching methodologies such as inquiry-based learning
• changes in the way course material is delivered
• changes in the way students learn and think
• financial constraints

CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS

The Research and Statistics Committee of the Reference Services Section of RUSA invites the submission of research projects for presentation at the 16th Reference Research Forum at the 2010 American Library Association Annual Conference in Washington, D.C.

The Reference Research Forum continues to be one of the most popular and valuable programs during the ALA Annual Conference, where attendees can learn about notable research projects conducted in the broad area of reference services such as user behavior, electronic services, reference effectiveness and assessment, and organizational structure and personnel. All researchers, including reference practitioners from all types of libraries, library school faculty and students, and other interested individuals, are encouraged to submit a proposal.

For examples of projects presented at past Forums, please see the Committee's website:

http://tinyurl.com/rssresearchstatistics

The Committee employs a blind review process to select three projects for 20 minute presentations, followed by open discussion. Winning submissions must be presented in person at the Forum in Washington, D.C.

Criteria for selection:

• Quality and creativity of the research design and methodologies;

• Significance of the study for improving the quality of reference service;

• Potential for research to fill a gap in reference knowledge or to build on previous studies;

• Research projects may be in-progress or completed;

• Previously published research or research accepted for publication will not be accepted

Proposals are due by Monday, January 4, 2010. Notification of acceptance will be made by Monday, February 8, 2010. The submission must not exceed two pages. Please include:

1. A cover sheet including your name(s), title(s), institutional affiliation(s), mailing address(es), fax number(s) and email address(es).

2. The second page should NOT show your name, any personal information, or the name of your institution. Instead, it must include:

a. Title of the project;

b. Explicit statement of the research problem;

c. Description of the research design and methodologies used, and preliminary findings if any;

d. Brief discussion of the unique contribution, potential impact, and significance of the research

Please send submissions by email to:

Liane Luckman

Chair, RUSA RSS Research and Statistics Committee

lluckman@txstate.edu

CALL FOR PAPERS -- LIBRARY TRENDS

This month Library Trends will publish a special issue entitled "Workforce Issues in Library and Information Science." Due to the increasing interest in succession planning, recruitment, and retention in this time of demographic change, the editors of Library Trends are pleased to announce plans for a second special issue to further explore the topic. This special issue will be guest edited by Drs. Joanne Gard Marshall and Susan Rathbun-Grubb (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Institute on Aging and UNC School of Information and Library Science) and Dr. Deborah Barreau, UNC School of Information and Library Science.

For this issue of Library Trends, we are looking for papers that explore workforce issues and concerns and/or report the results of research in these areas:

* Recruitment, career-tracking, retention, and retirement of information professionals

* Increasing diversity in information organizations and LIS programs; retention and career development of ethnic minorities

* The unique workforce issues particular to specific types of information settings: academic, public, special, and school libraries, archives and museums, information services and technology companies, etc.

* The ways in which LIS educators or professional associations are assessing current and future workforce needs and  responding through program change and development and continuing education offerings

* Collaborations between LIS educators and practitioners in planning for and responding to information workforce needs.

* Responses of library and information agency administrators to the need for succession planning and the continuance of leadership in their organizations

* Description and evaluation of strategies for organizational retention and intra-organizational career development

IMPORTANT DATES

  * Abstract for proposed submission: December 4, 2009

  * Submission Deadline: March 1, 2010

  * Review Decisions: April 1, 2010 (all submissions will be peer-reviewed)

  * Final Versions Due: April 15, 2010

  * Publication: Late 2010

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

All abstracts for proposed submissions should be emailed directly to Susan Rathbun-Grubb at susanrg@email.unc.edu by December 4, 2009.

For formatting instructions, please see the Library Trends Author Guidelines available here:

http://www.press.jhu.edu/journals/library_trends/guidelines.html

If you have any questions about the special issue, please contact Joanne Gard Marshall at marshall@ils.unc.edu or Susan Rathbun-Grubb at susanrg@email.unc.edu or Deborah Barreau at barreau@ils.unc.edu.

For more information about Library Trends, please see:

http://www.press.jhu.edu/journals/library_trends/

Call For Papers: Special Issue of Collection Management

Patron-Initiated Collection Development: Current Successes and Future Directions

To be published in v. 35, no. 3/4 of Collection Management in 2010. Seeking article proposals from colleagues at all kinds of libraries (all sizes of academic libraries, public libraries, and international libraries) about patron-initiated collection development, such as:

● interlibrary loan book purchase programs
● experiences with allowing patron use or selection to drive acquisition of electronic books
● consortial collection development plans with strong patron-driven acquisitions elements
● other innovative patron-initiated selection activities for materials in a variety of formats
● implications for the future roles of collection librarians in an environment of increased user-driven Acquisitions
● user discovery of patron-initiated collection development plans

The editors are particularly interested in proposals for articles that will that include evaluation/assessment/analysis.

Background

The special issue editors are members of the team that published the following article:

Anderson, Kristine J., Robert S. Freeman, Jean-Pierre V. M. Herubel, Lawrence J. Mykytiuk, Judith M. Nixon, and Suzanne M. Ward. 2002. "Buy, Don't Borrow: Bibliographers' Analysis of
Academic Library Collection Development through Interlibrary Loan Requests." Collection
Management, 27(3/4): 1-11.

This article analyzed six subject areas for books purchased instead of borrowed as the result of interlibrary loan requests in 2000-2001. Now that ILL book purchases have been standard procedure at the Purdue University Libraries for ten years, the authors and their colleagues will
analyze this decade's worth of information to explore the following topics in a series of four articles:

● Revisit the initial study by comparing earlier findings with more recent data
● Analyze the ILL book purchase program in relation to scientific/technical/medical (STM) titles ● Conduct in-depth statistical analysis across a decade of data, looking at issues such as patron status, subject areas as indicated by call number, subsequent circulation, comparison with similar subject area books acquired through traditional means, etc.
● Position paper on new roles for collection librarians. As user-initiated collection development frees time and effort from traditional collection duties and responsibilities, how will academic librarians develop and nurture emerging objectives and prerogatives, e.g. teaching, research?

The accepted articles from colleagues at other institutions will complement the four listed above.
Deadlines

November 13, 2009: Submit an abstract (maximum of one page) with the title and your proposed article idea. Your full contact information may appear on a separate page, but please include your name, institution, and email address on the abstract page.

December 4, 2009: The editors will notify authors whether their proposals have been accepted.

February 28, 2010: Submit completed article (10-25 double spaced pages).

Please submit abstracts and address correspondence to Judy Nixon ( jnixon@purdue.edu) with this subject line: CM article proposal.

Call for Proposals

WHAT IS The Acquisitions Institute?

* The pre-eminent Western North America conference on acquisitions and collection development, entering its tenth year at Timberline Lodge.

* A small, informal and stimulating gathering in a convivial and glorious Northwestern setting.

* A three day conference focusing on the methods and madness of building and managing library collections.

* See The Acquisitions Institute home page at http://libweb.uoregon.edu/ec/aitl/ for more information.

WHAT TOPICS are we looking for?

* The planning committee is open to presentations on all aspects of library acquisitions and collection management. Presenters are encouraged to engage the audience in discussion. Panel discussions are well received. The planning committee may wish to bring individual proposals together to form panels. The committee is especially looking for submissions on the following topics:

    * Operations management of acquisitions or collection development

    * Acquisitions functions in open source catalogs

    * Role of consortia in collection development

    * How subject librarians use their time

    * Recruiting for technical services and collection development

    * Scholarly communication from the publisher perspective

    * Data curation: new roles for subject and technical services specialists

    * E-books, streaming audio, streaming video: content, access, cataloging

    * External forces driving a library's collection management decisions

    * Collection assessment: library and vendor perspectives

    * Linking collections with learning outcomes

    * Return on investment studies

    * Acquisitions and collection development: the small library perspective

WHAT IS THE DEADLINE for submitting a proposal?

* December 30, 2009

HOW do I submit a proposal?

* Send an abstract of 200 words or less to:

    Faye A. Chadwell

    121 The Valley Library

    Oregon State University

    Corvallis, OR 97331-4501

    faye.chadwell@oregonstate.edu

    Voice: (541) 737-8528

    Fax (541) 737-3453