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International Journal of the Graduate School of Library and Information Science,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
CALL FOR PAPERS
Special Issue
Information literacy beyond the academy: towards policy formulation
Edited by
Dr. John Crawford,
Glasgow Caledonian University
Information literacy has not been chosen as a subject for an issue of Library trends since 1991 vol. 39 (3) Winter 1991: Toward Information Literacy -- Innovative Perspectives for the 1990s � http://www.ideals.uiuc.edu/handle/2142/5379/browse?type=dateissued
The issue was heavily focused on the Higher education sector. Since then research, development and practitioner activity has moved on and activity and research and development work around information literacy also takes place in career choice and management, employability training, skills development, workplace decision making, adult literacies training and community learning and development, public libraries, school and further education, lifelong learning and health and media literacies. Information literacy has matured sufficiently to have become a national and international policy issue as evidenced by President Obama's proclamation http://www.whitehouse.gov/assets/documents/2009literacy_prc_rel.pdf � and such international statements as the Prague Declaration of 2003. http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=19636&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
The planned issue which will contain 8-10 papers will celebrate this broadening of the agenda by calling for papers on the above subject areas and also those focusing on national and international policy making. Papers submitted must reflect on the wider policy implications of their content and suggest how findings can be more widely applied. Individual case studies and exemplars of good practice without a wider context will not be appropriate. While papers on the HE sector will be welcomed they must focus on information literacy training and activity in a wider or cross sectoral context such as employability training or working with other education sectors such as schools or colleges or the workplace and other non-educational environments. Papers are invited from all information sectors and academia.
Proposals of no more than 300 words to be sent by 15 January 2010 to:
John Crawford at jcr@gcal.ac.uk � or polbae2003@yahoo.co.uk
In framing proposals intending authors may wish to be view author guidelines on the journal website at http://www.press.jhu.edu/journals/library_trends/guidelines.html
Decisions will be communicated to contributors no later than 26 February 2010.
Deliver date of manuscripts: 30 November 2010 . Each article will be in the range 3,000-10,000 words. All copyright permissions must be obtained by the author. Proof of permission must be sent at the same time that the manuscript is submitted. Articles will be published in Volume 60:1 Summer/August 2011.
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
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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
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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
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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
Deadline: Friday, November 20, 2009
38th Annual LOEX Conference
April 29 - May 1, 2010
Dearborn, Michigan
The Michigan LOEX Committee invites you to submit proposals to be considered for presentation at the 38th Annual LOEX Conference, April 29 - May 1, 2010 in Dearborn, Michigan. The conference theme, Bridging and Beyond: Developing Librarian Infrastructure, spans the information literacy landscape, looking for the best in library instruction.
Presenters are encouraged to develop unique and creative proposals related to the theme. Proposals should showcase effective and innovative practices, provide useful information that participants can use at their libraries, support collaboration, and be as applicable as possible to a wide range of academic institution types. Successful proposals reflect elements of one of seven themes:
* Structural Supports: Assessment and Evaluation focuses on the use of peer evaluation, evaluating instructional tools, assessing student needs and learning, and judging information literacy initiatives.
* Infrastructure: Designing Enhanced Learning Spaces looks at how specially designed spaces improve and/or impact information literacy or instruction initiatives.
* New Materials: Innovative Use of Instructional Technology examines ways new technology is being utilized in the classroom. This track can include looking at the building, implementation, or maintenance of technology in the classroom.
* Expansion: Utilizing Nontraditional Instruction Methods asks presenters to show the unique ways they approach information literacy. The emphasis is on creative teaching strategies, curriculum designs, and engagement exercises.
* Bridges Near and Far: Forming Innovative Collaborations showcases connections with others to further information literacy initiatives. Connections and collaboration can be of all sorts, including within the library or library system, within the campus community, or with connections located off-campus.
* Removing the Tolls: Employing Effective Leadership illustrates the different ways leadership can eliminate barriers to create an improved environment for information literacy initiatives.
* Reinforcements: Curriculum Lesson Plans "to Go" has the presenter share a proven lesson or unit plan, including processes and materials. Session participants should be able to go back to their respective institutions and readily implement the lesson plan.
SESSION FORMATS
Two types of proposals will be accepted.
* Presentation: A 60-minute session that includes time for a 45-minute presentation and 10-15 minutes of question and answer. Most feature a successful program, practice or key issue related to instruction or information literacy. Presentations are intended for an audience typically of 50-70 people. Presenters should include in the proposal description the topic and an outline of the presentation.
* Interactive Workshop: A 60-minute session where the presenter facilitates a learning environment in which attendees develop or explore teaching and/or research techniques. Presenters are expected to facilitate a well-planned and interactive session. Workshops are intended for an audience typically of 30-60 people. Proposals should include a description of the topic and details on how the presenter will make this session a "hands-on" experience for attendees.
In addition, there will be Poster sessions. Students currently enrolled in a Master's program in library and information sciences along with librarians in resident or intern programs will be invited to propose poster sessions. Details about proposing poster sessions have been posted in a separate call for proposal, http://www.loexconference.org/postersessions.html
SUBMISSION INFORMATION
Proposals must be received by November 20, 2009. Proposals only can be submitted through the online submission form. The primary contact on the proposal will be notified if the proposal has been accepted for presentation by Friday, January 15, 2010.
More information can be found at: http://www.loexconference.org/callforproposals.html
Contact for presenters: Jennifer Zimmer at sessions2010@loexconference.org
Code4Lib 2010 is a conference for library technologists to commune, gather/create/share ideas and software, be inspired, and forge collaborations. It is also an outgrowth of the Access HackFest, wrapped into a conference-like format. It is *the* event for technologists building digital libraries and digital information systems, tools, and software.
The conference will be held Monday February 22nd (preconference day) - Thursday February 25th, 2010 in Asheville, NC. More information can be found at <http://code4lib.org/conference/2010/>.
Prepared talks
Prepared talks are 20 minutes, and must focus on one or more of the following areas:
* "tools" (some cool new software, software library or integration platform)
* "specs" (how to get the most out of some protocols, or proposals for new ones)
* "challenges" (one or more big problems we should collectively address)
The community will vote on proposals using the criteria of:
* usefulness
* newness
* geekiness
* diversity of topics
We cannot accept every prepared talk proposal, but multiple lightning talk sessions should provide everyone who wishes to present with an opportunity to do so.
Schedule
Proposals can be submitted through November 13. Voting will commence soon thereafter and be open through December 1st. Successful candidates will be notified by December 3rd. The submitter (and if necessary a second presenter) will be guaranteed an opportunity to register for the conference through December 21st.
Guidelines for Proposals and Submissions
Proposal abstracts must be no longer than 500 words. Include your name and email address. All proposals should be submitted on the wiki page at <http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/2010talks_Submissions> .
