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Librarians Retirement Handbook: By Colleagues In the Know

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Seeking Submissions from Soon-to-be Retired, Retired Librarians Librarians Retirement Handbook: Book publisher: Library Juice Press Editor: Carol Smallwood, MLS. Writing and Publishing: The Librarian's Handbook, ALA Editions, 2010; Librarians as Community Partners: An Outreach Handbook, American Library Association, 2010; Thinking Outside the Book, McFarland 2008. Some others: Peter Lang, Libraries Unlimited, Linworth, Scarecrow Foreword: Robert P. Holley, Professor of Library & Information Science, Wayne State University, obtained his doctorate from Yale University, his MLIS from Columbia University. Dr. Holley contributed to, Writing and Publishing: The Librarian's Handbook, ALA Editions, 2010 Afterword: Sarah Passonneau, Assistant Professor, Assistant-to-the Dean, Iowa State University Library. Previously a community college, school librarian in Minnesota; county librarian in California. Contributor: Greening Libraries, Library Juice Press, 2011 Chapters sought for an anthology by soon to be retired or now retired academic, public, school, special librarians sharing their experiences on retirement to help colleagues. Concise, how-to chapters, using bullets, headings No previously published, simultaneously submitted material; 2100-2300 words total. One chapter or two. If two, please divide words--one chapter may be 1000 for examplee, the other 1200 words. If you must use citations, employ MLA style faithfully. Chapters may be written by one librarian, or co-written by two Possible topics: Financial Planning Before Retiring; Early Retirement--or Not; Part Time/Full Time Jobs After Retirement; Using Library Skills to Enhance Retirement Life; Writing for Ourselves, and Family History; Writing for Publication, Local and National; Keeping Healthy in Mind and Body; The Aging Process, Wills, Assisted Living; Going Back to School, Auditing/for Credit; Political Office and Leadership Positions; Notable Retirement Activities; Retirement Daily Economics; Legacies, Memorials The deadline for completed chapters (Call #1) is December 20, 2009. Contributors will receive an agreement to sign before publication. Compensation: a complimentary book, discount on additional copies To avoid duplication, please e-mail by attached Word File, 1-3 titled proposals each in a separate paragraph by November 21, along with a 85-90 word bio beginning with: your name, current or previous library/libraries of employment, city/state location, employment title(s), awards, publication titles, memberships, and career highlights. If co-written by two authors, please send a separate bio of 85-90 words for each author. You will be contacted as soon as possible telling you which one (if any) of your topics will work, inviting you to e-mail your completed chapter(s); an invitation doesn’t guarantee acceptance. Kindly place RETIRED/your name on the subject line to: smallwood@tm.net

Workforce Issues in Library and Information Science

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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/

Canadian Association for Information Science/Association

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Canadian Association for Information Science/Association canadienne des
sciences de l'information


 

Call for Papers
38th Annual Conference
Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada June 2 - 4, 2010


 

Information Science: Synergy through Diversity


 

With focus on innovative research and on information science as an evolving
field, the conference will provide information scientists with a forum for
presentation on four areas that form the conference program theme:


 

We are seeking submissions that address any aspects of the following:
• Knowledge and Information Management (e.g. Knowledge Management,
Competitive Intelligence, Economic Intelligence)
• Social networking and user participation in knowledge structure (e.g. Web
2.0, folksonomies, ontologies)
• Information Organization (e.g. cataloguing and classification,
Informetrics, Records Management, metadata)
• Human-Information Interaction (HII) (e.g. information retrieval, interface
design, information architecture, user studies, information behaviour,
information literacy)


 

Proposals that address other aspects of information and library science or
other aspects of the conference or congress themes are also warmly invited.


 

Call for papers.
Proposals for CAIS/ACSI 2010 are solicited. All submissions should include a
title, the name(s) of the author(s), and a statement of how the content
relates to the conference themes. Proposals may be submitted in English or
French. Doctoral candidates are especially invited to submit proposals for
the conference.



 

Types of submissions


 

Extended Abstracts: Extended Abstracts (approximately 1000-1500 words, no
smaller than 10-pt. font), reporting on research projects, theoretical
developments or innovative practical applications are invited. These
abstracts should be reports of completed or well-developed projects on
topics suitable for publication in scholarly and professional journals.
Proposals that report on completed or ongoing research will be given
preference. Diverse perspectives (theoretical and applied) and methodologies
are welcomed.


 

Panels: Panels presenting topics for discussion such as, analyses of
emerging trends, opinions on controversial issues, reports by practitioners
on current information science and technology projects, and contrasting
viewpoints from experts in complementary professional areas are welcome.
These may include debates, forums, or case studies. Submissions should be in
the form of extended abstracts (approximately 1000-1500 words, no smaller
than 10-pt. font), providing an overview of the issues, projects, or
viewpoints to be discussed by the panel. Submissions must also include
title, sponsor(s), and names and affiliations of all participants (max. 3
including moderator, speakers, reactors, etc.).


 

Student to CAIS/ACSI Award: Papers submitted by graduate students will be
considered for this award. The award includes a monetary prize as well as
publication of the full manuscript in the Canadian Journal of Information
and Library Science / La revue canadienne des sciences de l'information et
de bibliothéconomie. Students should submit the full paper by April 16th to
be considered for this award. Details of the award, including previous
winners, can be found at the CAIS/ASCI website.


 

Deadline for proposals is January 15th, 2010. Proposals including the
name(s) of the author(s), mailing and e-mail addresses, telephone and fax
numbers, should be sent electronically (in Word or RTF format) to
conf2010@cais-acsi.ca. 


 

Conference proposals will be refereed by the Programme Committee. Authors
will be notified of the Committee's decision no later than February 26th,
2010. All accepted extended abstracts will be published on the CAIS Website.
If you wish to submit a full-text version of your paper on the CAIS Website,
it must be submitted no later than April 16th, 2010. Please refer to the
length and format. All presenters must register for the conference.


 

Participants are also encouraged to submit full papers to the Canadian
Journal of Information and Library Science / La revue canadienne des
sciences de l'information et de bibliothéconomie.


 

For further information, please contact one of the CAIS/ACSI 2010 Conference
Co-chairs.


 

Co-Chairs of the CAIS/ACSI Conference 2010


 

Dr. Valerie Nesset
vmnesset@buffalo.edu
State University of New York at Buffalo
Department of Library and Information Studies
544 Baldy Hall
Buffalo, NY 14260
USA
Tel : +1.716.645.1485
Fax: + 1.716.645.3775   


 

Dr. Elaine Ménard
elaine.menard@mcgill.ca
McGill University
School of Information Studies
3459 McTavish, MS72C
Montréal, Québec, H3A 1Y1
Canada
Tel: +1.514.398.3363
Fax: +1.514.398.7193
        
Dr. Sabine Mas
sabine.mas@umontreal.ca
Université de Montréal
École de bibliothéconomie et des sciences de l'information C.P. 6128,
succursale Centre-ville Montréal, Québec, H3C 3J7 Canada Tel :
+1.514.343.2245 Fax : +1.514.343.5753


 

Registration
The conference will take place as part of the 2010 Congress of the
Humanities and Social Sciences at Concordia University. Registration should
be done online through the Congress Website


 

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Association canadienne des sciences de l'information/Canadian Association
for Information Science


 

Appel à communications
38e Congrès annuel
Université Concordia, Montréal, Qc, Canada
2 au 4 juin 2010


 

Sciences de l'information : la synergie à travers la diversité


 

Le congrès met l'accent sur la recherche innovatrice et l'évolution du
domaine des sciences de l'information, et offre aux spécialistes de
l'information un cadre pour présenter leurs recherches liées aux quatre axes
suivants :
• La gestion des connaissances et de l'information (par ex., gestion des
connaissances, veille à la concurrence, gestion stratégique de
l'information)
• Les réseaux sociaux et la participation des usagers dans la structure des
connaissances (par ex., Web 2.0, folksonomies, ontologies)
• L'organisation de l'information (par ex., catalogage et classification,
infométrie, gestion des documents administratifs, métadonnées)
• Les interactions homme-information (IHI) (par ex., recherche
d'information, conception d'interface, architecture de l'information, études
des utilisateurs, comportements informationnels, culture informationnelle)



 

Les soumissions axées sur d'autres sujets des sciences l'information et de
la bibliothéconomie ou sur tout autre aspect se rapportant aux thèmes du
congrès ou de la conférence sont également les bienvenues.


 

Appel à communications : Les propositions pour le Congrès de l'ACSI/CAIS
2010 sont sollicitées. Celles-ci doivent inclure un titre et le nom de
l'auteur ou des auteurs. Les propositions doivent aussi indiquer comment
elles s'inscrivent dans le cadre de l'un des thèmes du congrès. Les
propositions peuvent être soumises en anglais ou en français. Une invitation
toute particulière à soumettre une proposition pour le congrès est adressée
aux candidats au doctorat.


 

Types de propositions : Les résumés (environ 1 000-1 500 mots, police de
taille 10-pt. et plus) décrivant des projets de recherche, des
développements théoriques ou des applications pratiques novatrices sont
sollicités. Ces résumés doivent présenter des travaux de recherche achevés
ou des projets en cours sur des thèmes appropriés à la publication dans les
revues savantes et professionnelles. La préférence sera accordée aux
propositions ayant une base théorique et méthodologique clairement
articulée. Divers points de vue (théoriques et appliqués) et méthodologies
sont les bienvenus.


 

Tables rondes : Des tables rondes présentant des sujets de discussion tels
que l'analyse des tendances actuelles, les opinions sur des questions
controversées, les rapports par les praticiens de l'information sur des
projets scientifiques et technologiques, et les divers points de vue
d'experts dans des domaines professionnels complémentaires sont les
bienvenues. Ces tables rondes peuvent inclure des débats, forums ou des
études de cas. Les soumissions, sous la forme d'un court résumé (environ 1
000-1 500 mots, police de taille 10-pt. et plus), doivent inclure un aperçu
des questions, des projets, ou des points de vue devant être discutés par le
groupe. Les propositions doivent également inclure le titre, le nom et les
affiliations de tous les participants (max. 3 participants, y compris le
modérateur, les conférenciers, etc.)


 

Prix « Un étudiant à l'ACSI/CAIS » : Les articles soumis par des étudiants
de 2e et 3e cycle (maîtrise et doctorat) sont admissibles à ce prix. Le prix
consiste en une récompense monétaire et en la publication de l'article
complet dans La Revue canadienne des sciences de l'information et de
bibliothéconomie / Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science. Les
étudiants désirant participer à ce concours doivent soumettre leur article
complet au plus tard le 16 avril 2010. Une description du prix, incluant la
liste des précédents lauréats, se trouve sur le site web de l'ACSI/CAIS.


 

La date limite pour soumettre les propositions est le 15 janvier 2010.
Toutes les propositions doivent inclure le(s) nom(s) du ou des auteur(s),
les adresses postale et de courrier électronique, les numéros de téléphone
et de télécopieur, et être envoyées électroniquement (en format Word ou RTF)
ou en version imprimée à conf2010@cais-acsi.ca.


 

Les propositions seront évaluées par le comité du programme. Les auteurs
seront avisés de la décision du comité au plus tard le 26 février 2010. Tous
les résumés acceptés seront publiés sur le site web de l'ACSI. Si vous
désirez soumettre une version complète de votre article sur le site de
l'ACSI, ces textes doivent nous parvenir au plus tard le 16 avril 2010. Pour
de plus amples renseignements sur la longueur et le format des textes à
soumettre, veuillez vous référer aux instructions disponibles en ligne
doivent s'inscrire au congrès.


 

Les conférenciers peuvent également soumettre la version complète de leur
article à La Revue canadienne des sciences de l'information et de
bibliothéconomie / Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science.


 

Pour de plus amples renseignements, veuillez communiquer avec une des
co-présidentes du congrès ACSI/CAIS 2010 :


 

Co-présidentes du congrès ACSI / CAIS 2010


 

Dr. Valerie Nesset
vmnesset@buffalo.edu
University at Buffalo (SUNY)
Department of Library and Information Studies
544 Baldy Hall
Buffalo, NY 14260
USA
Tel : 1.716.645.1485
Fax:  1.716.645.3775
        
Dr. Elaine Ménard
elaine.menard@mcgill.ca
McGill University
School of Information Studies
3661 Peel, Suite 303 
Montréal, Québec, H3A 1X1
Canada
Tel: 1.514.398.3363
Fax: 1.514.398.7193
        
Dr. Sabine Mas
sabine.mas@umontreal.ca
Université de Montréal
École de bibliothéconomie et des sciences de l'information
C.P. 6128, succursale Centre-ville
Montréal, Québec, H3C 3J7
Canada
Tel : 1.514. 343.2245
Fax : 1.514.343.5753



 

Inscription
Le congrès fera partie de la conférence 2010 de la Fédération canadienne des
sciences humaines qui se teindra à l'Université Concordia. Pour s'inscrire,
visitez la page d'accueil de la conférence
 

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.

The Acquisitions Institute

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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

Campus Technology 2010

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July 19 - 22, 2010
Seaport World Trade Center
Boston, MA

>> To learn more, visit:

>>To submit, go to:

There is still time to submit your proposal and BECOME A SPEAKER at Campus Technology 2010, July 19 - 22, 2010, in Boston, MA. Campus Technology 2010, a division of 1105 Media, Inc., is recognized nationally as a venue where leaders in higher education technology come to share their innovations, methods and best practices with their colleagues.

This year we are especially seeking proposals for sessions that cover how education programs and instructional strategies are supported by the latest information and education technologies. Learning applications and tools, instructional design, learning spaces/smart classrooms, digital campus and IT infrastructure and leadership/strategy are topics of particular interest, along with presenters with expertise in Web 2.0 tools, social software, immersive environments, handheld devices and other technologies applied to teaching and learning.

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***SUBMIT YOUR PRESENTATION FOR ANY RANGE OF SESSION FORMATS***

Indicate breakout session, hands-on workshop, poster session and more. We encourage highly interactive expert panel presentations, case studies, shootouts, expert Q & A, audience participation sessions, audience polling--it's your moment to share your ideas and experiences with peers and experts, so be creative!

>> For a list of topic ideas, information on submission guidelines and access to the electronic submission form, visit:

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***DON'T DELAY! Deadline for submissions is Friday, November 6, 2009***

Code4Lib 2010: Call for Prepared Talk Proposals

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The Code4Lib 2010 conference

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> .

LIBRARIES IN THE DIGITAL AGE (LIDA) 2010

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Zadar, Croatia, 24 - 28 May 2010

University of Zadar, Zadar, Croatia (http://www.unizd.hr/)

Full information at: http://www.ffos.hr/lida/  Email: lida@ffos.hr

 

The annual international conference Libraries in the Digital Age (LIDA) addresses the changing and challenging environment for libraries and information systems and services in the digital world. Each year a different and 'hot' theme is addressed, divided in two parts; the first part covering research and development and the second part addressing advances in applications and practice. LIDA brings together researchers, educators, practitioners, and developers from all over the world in a forum for personal exchanges, discussions, and learning, made easier by being held in memorable locations.

Themes LIDA 2010

Part I: DIGITAL SCHOLARSHIP: support by digital libraries

Contributions (types described below) are invited covering the following topics:

  • research, practices, and values related to digital scholarship, including conceptual frameworks that emerged;
  • contemporary nature of the scholarly information and communication environment in general and as involving digital libraries in particular;
  • developments in digital humanities;
  • navigating shifting patterns of scholarly communication;
  • the impact digital libraries have on digital scholarship and on education in various fields, and vice versa; the impact of digital scholarship on digital libraries;
  • studies on how faculty, researchers, and students  make use of digital scholarly resources for their research or in education;
  • practices that emerged in libraries related to support of digital scholarship, such as resource/collection building, digitization, preservation, access, services and others;
  • international aspects of digital libraries with related trends in globalization and cooperative opportunities for support of digital scholarship;
  • research and discussions on general questions:  How are we to understand new forms of scholarship and scholarly works in their own right? How are we to respond in digital libraries? What are the opportunities and challenges?

Part II: DIGITAL NATIVES: challenges & innovations in reaching out to digital born generations

Contributions (types described below) are invited covering the following topics:

  • research and discussions on general questions:  who are these digital natives? How they are different from older generations - or digital immigrants - and what is the world they're creating going to look like?
  • the impact of digital natives on libraries;
  • digital libraries and social networks on the Web;
  • the cultural and technological challenges faced by digital libraries in serving digital natives;
  • examples of library services specifically aimed at digital natives;
  • efforts by libraries to help people that are more digital immigrants to  become more digitally natives;
  • role of libraries in e-learning and education in general;
  • is the future of libraries closely associated with how successfully they meet the demands of digital users?

Types of contributions

Invited are the following types of contributions:

  1. Papers: research studies and reports on practices and advances that will be presented at the conference and included in published Proceedings
  2. Posters: short graphic presentations on research, studies, advances, examples, practices, or preliminary work that will be presented in a special poster session. Proposals for posters should be submitted as a short, one or two- page paper.
  3. Demonstrations: live examples of working projects, services, interfaces, commercial products, or developments-in-progress that will be presented during the conference in specialized facilities or presented in special demonstration sessions.
  4. Workshops: two to four-hour sessions that will be tutorial and educational in nature. Workshops will be presented before and after the main part of the conference and will require separate fees, to be shared with workshop organizers.
  5. PhD Forum: short presentations by PhD students, particularly as related to their dissertation; help and responses by a panel of educators.

Instructions for submissions are at LIDA site http://www.ffos.hr/lida/

Deadlines:

For papers (an extended abstract) and workshops (a short proposal): 15 January 2010. Acceptance by 10 February 2010.

For demonstrations (a proposal) and posters (an extended abstract): 1 February 2010. Acceptance by 15 February 2010.

Final submission for all accepted papers and posters: 15 March 2010.

Conference contact information

Conference  co-directors:

TATJANA APARAC-JELUSIC, Department of Library and Information Science

University of Zadar; Zadar, Croatia; taparac@unizd.hr

TEFKO SARACEVIC, School of Communication and Information; Rutgers University; New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA tefkos@rutgers.edu

Program chairs:

For Theme I: VITTORE CASAROSA, Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell'Informazione, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerch;,  Pisa, Italy,  casarosa@isti.cnr.it

For Theme II: GARY MARCHIONINI,  School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA, march@ils.unc.edu

Venue

Zadar is one of the enchanting cities on the Adriatic coast,  rich in history. It still preserves a very old network of narrow and charming city streets, as well as a Roman forum dating back to the first century AD. In addition, Zadar region encompasses many natural beauties, most prominent among them is the Kornati National Park, the most unusual and indented set of close to a 100 small islands in the Mediterranean For Zadar see http://www.zadar.hr/English/Default.aspx. For Croatia see http://www.croatia.hr/

First Call for Papers

(Accepting paper submissions from Nov. 1, 2009)

The Third IEEE International Conference on Cloud Computing (CLOUD 2010)

July 5-10, 2010, Miami, Florida, USA

http://thecloudcomputing.org/2010

(Download a full-page color poster (in November 2009 and December 2009 Issues of the Communications of ACM and IEEE Computer) for the largest Services Computing event in 2010!)

http://thecloudcomputing.org/2010/ServicesComputing-ACM.pdf

http://thecloudcomputing.org/2010/ServicesComputing-Computer.pdf

Sponsored by the Technical Committee on Services Computing (IEEE Computer Society), the Third IEEE 2010 International Conference on Cloud Computing (CLOUD 2010) will be co-located with the 6th IEEE 2010 World Congress on Services (SERVICES 2010), the 8th IEEE 2010 International Conference on Web Services (ICWS 2010), and the 7th IEEE 2010 International Conference on Services Computing (SCC 2010) to grow itself to continute to be the most prestigious professional conference dedicated to cloud computing.

"Change we are leading" is the theme of CLOUD 2010. Cloud Computing has become a scalable services consumption and delivery platform in the field of Services Computing. The technical foundations of Cloud Computing include Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Virtualizations of hardware and software. The goal of Cloud Computing is to share resources among the cloud service consumers, cloud partners, and cloud vendors in the cloud value chain. The resource sharing at various levels results in various cloud offerings such as infrastructure cloud (e.g. hardware, IT infrastructure management), software cloud (e.g. SaaS focusing on middleware as a service, or traditional CRM as a service), application cloud (e.g. Application as a Service, UML modeling tools as a service, social network as a service), and business cloud (e.g. business process as a service).

In the fast growing Services Computing community, we have launched a series of events to promote and grow Cloud Computing in the past years. In 2002, we promoted Business Grid to share business processes and applications. In early 2008, The IEEE Transactions on Services Computing (TSC) has adopted Cloud Computing to be included in the taxonomy as a body of knowledge area of Services Computing. In July 2008, the IEEE International Conference on Services Computing (SCC 2008) has delivered a keynote panel "Business Cloud: Bridging The Power of SOA and Cloud Computing" and a keynote "Cloud Computing". In September 2008, the 2008 IEEE International Conference on Web Services (ICWS 2008) has delivered a keynote "Web Services: Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Communication, and Beyond" and a panel "Cloud Computing and IT as a Service: Opportunities and Challenges" to further motivate the community members to define Cloud Computing in various areas.

Based on the technology foundations and industry driving forces, the 2009 International Conference on Cloud Computing (CLOUD 2009) is created to provide a prime international forum for both researchers and industry practitioners to exchange the latest fundamental advances in the state of the art and practice of Cloud Computing, identify emerging research topics, and define the future of Cloud Computing. CLOUD 2009 is the hot-topic conference co-located with the 2009 World Congress on Services (SERVICES 2009). The two well-established theme conferences, the 2009 IEEE International Conference on Web Services (ICWS 2009) held in July 2009 in USA and the 2009 IEEE International Conference on Services Computing (SCC 2009) held in September 2009 in India, also enjoyed the success of launching CLOUD-I 2009 and CLOUD-II 2009. CLOUD 2009 was jointly sponsored by IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Services Computing (TC-SVC) and Services Society. As a community, we have accomplished very well around CLOUD 2009's theme "Change We Can Lead" in 2009.

To discuss this emerging enabling technology of the modern services industry, CLOUD 2010 invites you to join the largest academic conference to explores modern services and software sciences in the field of Services Computing, which was formally promoted by IEEE Computer Society since 2003. From technology foundation perspective, Services Computing has become the default discipline in the modern services industry.

CLOUD 2010 tries to attract researchers, practitioners, and industry business leaders in all the following areas to help define and shape cloud computing, and its related modernization strategy and directions of the services industry. You are invited to submit research, engineering, and business innovation papers to the following areas:

•Infrastructure Cloud

•Software Cloud

•Application Cloud

•Business Cloud

•Service-Oriented Architecture in Cloud Computing

•Vituralization of Hardware Resources

•Virtualization of Software Resources

•Cloud Computing Consulting Methods

•Design Tool for Cloud Computing

•Maintenance and Management of Cloud Computing

•Cloud Computing Architecture

•Cloud Applications in Vertical Industries

Paper Submission and Review Process

Please use the submission page (http://www.thecloudcomputing.org/2010/submission.html) to find the right tracks and events to submit your papers.

All submitted manuscripts will be peer-reviewed by at least 3 program committee members. Please note that the same paper should NOT be submitted to other conferences or events simultaneously. Such duplicate submissions will be rejected from all conferences without review.

At least one author of each accepted paper is required to register to the conference and present the paper. Only the accepted and presented papers will be published in the CD-ROM version and online version of the Proceedings of the 2010 IEEE International Conference on Cloud Computing (CLOUD 2010), which will be published by the IEEE Computer Society Press. Extended versions of selected best papers published in CLOUD 2010 will be invited for potential publication in the International Journal of Web Services Research (JWSR), the International Journal of Business Process Integration and Management (IJBPIM), and IEEE Transactions on Services Computing (TSC). The CLOUD 2010 Proceedings is expected to be included in EI Compendex and other indexing systems. JWSR is indexed in SCI-E and EI Compendex.

Submitted manuscripts will be limited to 8 (IEEE Proceedings style) pages and required to be formatted using the IEEE Proceedings template. Electronic submission of manuscripts (in PDF or Word format) is required. Detailed instructions for electronic paper preparation and submission, panel proposals, tutorial proposals, and review process can be found from this web site.

Paper Review Policy

IEEE CLOUD 2010's Policy and professional ethics require that referees treat the contents of papers under review as privileged information not to be disclosed to others before publication. It is expected that no one with access to a paper under review will make any inappropriate use of the special knowledge, which that access providers. Contents of abstracts submitted to conference program committees should be regarded as privileged as well, and handled in the same manner. The Conference Publications Chair shall ensure that referees adhere to this practice.

Organizers of IEEE conferences are expected to provide an appropriate forum for the oral presentation and discussion of all accepted papers. An author, in offering a paper for presentation at an IEEE conference, or accepting an invitation to present a paper, is expected to be present at the meeting to deliver the paper. In the event that circumstances unknown at the time of submission of a paper preclude its presentation by an author, the program chair should be informed on time, and appropriate substitute arrangements should be made. In some cases it may help reduce no-shows for the Conference to require advance registration together with the submission of the final manuscript.

 

Important Dates:

Paper Submission Due Date: March 6, 2010 (Accepting paper submissions from Nov. 1, 2009)

Decision Notification (Electronic): April 15, 2010

Camera-Ready Copy Due Date & Pre-registration Due: April 30, 2010

Electronic Resources & Libraries 2010 Conference

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Electronic Resources & Libraries 2010 Conference February 1-3, 2010 Pre-Conferences January 31, 2010
AT&T Conference Center at the University of Texas, Austin
Austin, TX


**The deadline for submitting proposals has been extended until next
Monday, 11/2/2009.**

ER&L Conference Program Planning Committee encourages you to submit a
proposal for the Electronic Resources & Libraries 2010 Conference to be
held February 1-3, 2010 with pre-conferences on  January 31st. The
conference location will be on the campus of the University of Texas,
Austin at the AT&T Conference Center. 

Some sessions will also be a part of an online conference.  Topics
include managing, selecting, assessing and marketing e-resources as well
as issues in digital rights and relationships in and out of libraries.

View Track Descriptions:

Proposal Evaluation: The committee will evaluate each proposal on the
basis of subject matter (including, but not limited to, the issues
listed in the topic descriptions), clarity, and timeliness. Proposals
should be for original work that has not been published. We may request
that some presenters combine sessions with complementary subject matter.
We will also hold a period of open voting to allow potential attendees
to help shape the program.  Voting will be posted on the ER&L blog the
week of November 2, 2010.

Compensation: Presenters receive 50% off the cost of registration.
Presenters asked to participate in an ER&L Online Conference will
receive free conference registration.

More information about the Call for Proposals is available at:
Questions: Please direct questions about the Call for Proposals to
Elizabeth Winter (elizabeth.winter@library.gatech.edu). Please direct
questions related to preconferences to Xan Arch (xanadu@stanford.edu).

Full ER&L '10 conference details are online at:


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