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Doing Well by Doing Good": Entrepreneurial Leadership for Librarians

By DOLORES FIDISHUN on October 28, 2009 5:51 PM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS
Don't miss the opportunity to play an active part in 2010 ACRL/LLAMA Spring Virtual Institute, "Doing Well by Doing Good": Entrepreneurial Leadership for Librarians.  Submit a proposal now for an interactive webcast or online poster session.  Submissions will be accepted through November 16, 2009.

CONFERENCE THEME
The ACRL/LLAMA Spring Virtual Institute will offer a forum for an energizing exchange of ideas focusing on leading and managing libraries and staff in libraries. The conference theme,  "Doing Well by Doing Good": Entrepreneurial Leadership for Librarians, will explore different models and aspects of leadership and management and their impact on academic librarianship in today's challenged and flat economic environments.

Leadership of academic and research libraries is always challenging, but it is harder than ever to offer effective, excellent patron services when funds for staff, programs, resources, and services are no longer available. Rather than the overly ambitious challenge of "doing more with less" librarians instead are faced with having to make hard decisions that ensure services, resources, and staff can continue the library's mission.  How do we not only keep up, but also lead the way in an economy in flux?  What contribution can new technologies make to effective management in challenging times? How can we continue to serve as effective mentors and develop leaders for libraries of the future?  What can an entrepreneurial attitude contribute to library leaders' skills?

As ACRL looks ahead to the ACRL 2011 National Conference in Philadelphia, the ACRL Professional Development Coordinating Committee invites you to take a cue from a famous Philadelphian* known 1) for his love of libraries, and 2) from his reputation for practical (and thrifty!) solutions as you consider the issues and topics suggested for proposals.

1. Benjamin Franklin* was ambitious, hardworking, and trustworthy: Effective strategies for dealing with staff frustrations and stresses

2. Benjamin Franklin was image conscious: Advocacy for the academic library within the academy

3. Benjamin Franklin knew the value of networking: Creative professional development activities

4. Benjamin Franklin took risks, but only very calculated risks: Core competencies for effective risk taking managers

5. Benjamin Franklin came up with solutions that turned potential problems into silver linings: Travel-free and/or inexpensive opportunities for professional growth, or ways to find support for travel

6. Benjamin Franklin looked at the whole picture, guaranteeing supply, quality product, and distribution: Fostering mutually beneficial vendor relationships

7. Benjamin Franklin was inventive: - he thought "out of the box": Applying new inexpensive technologies and products to creative programming and problem solving

8. Benjamin Franklin identified unmet demands, created an awareness of them, and then often stepped forward to fill them: Coping with today's leadership challenges for effective long range/strategic planning

CONFERENCE FORMAT
The conference will be held April 21-22, 2010, and will take place in an online conference community.  The online community provides an environment in which groups of participants, both small and large, can gather electronically to learn, collaborate, and network.  The conference will offer both synchronous and asynchronous sessions and programs will be archived for viewing on-demand.

PRESENTATION FORMATS
Webcasts (Synchronous): An interactive webcast allows you to give a presentation in real-time, while also showing visuals, such as PowerPoint slides and desktop applications. You may also conduct polls, which can be loaded in advance or created on the fly.  Participants can interact with webcast presenters by talking with live audio or typing in questions and comments.  Webcasts may last up to 60 minutes each, and should include time for Q&A with the online audience. Webcasts should include an active learning element(s) in order to engage the online audience.  Interactive Webcasts will be offered on either April 21 or 22, 2010.
 
Online Poster Sessions (Asynchronous): The online poster session is a PowerPoint presentation that includes your voice recorded along with each slide.  Because the audio is recorded in advance, you do not need to be present when participants are listening to and watching the presentation.  In order to keep poster sessions targeted and focused, posters should be no longer than 10 minutes and are limited to 20 slides.  Information should be presented in bullet point format with no more than five points per slide.  Narration should be used to expand upon concepts/ideas on the slides.

All tools used in the Virtual Conference community area are designed to work with both PC and Macintosh computers, at dial-up Internet connections or higher. 

HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR PROPOSAL
Proposals should be submitted via the online proposal form.

The deadline for submissions is 11:00 p.m. CST, November 16, 2009.  You will need to have the following prepared before you begin your online proposal as you will not be able to save your proposal and edit later:

  • Presentation title
  • Presentation format
  • Presentation  description.  The description should be approximately 500 words, should outline the main points of the program, its relevance to attendees, and ways you will engage the online audience.
  • Short presentation description.  (100 words)
  • At least three learning outcomes
  • Complete contact information for all speakers.  Please note that the person submitting a group proposal will be considered the program organizer and the main contact for the presentation. 

SELECTION CRITERIA
Proposals will be evaluated for relevance to the conference theme, clarity, originality, and timeliness.  Special attention will be given to proposals that incorporate one or more of these characteristics:

  • Demonstrates innovative thinking
  • Presents strategies for effectively implementing new ideas and technology
  • Contributes ideas for positioning academic and research librarians to be leaders both on and off campus
  • Makes effective use of technology in relation to the content presented

NOTIFICATIONS
Notifications will be issued in January 2010.

QUESTIONS
Contact Margot Conahan at mconahan@ala.org or call 312-280-2522.
 



Irish Masculinities: An Interdisciplinary Conference

By DOLORES FIDISHUN on October 28, 2009 11:22 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks
26 - 27 February 2010
Irish Studies International Research Initiative,
Institute of Irish Studies, Queen's University, Belfast
Contact: irishmasculinities@googlemail.com
Call for Papers

Peter Middleton has asserted that 'Modern writers have revelled in masculinity without ever quite naming it' and this is particularly true of Irish authors and cultural practitioners. This inaugural interdisciplinary conference on Irish Masculinities will examine the multitudinous ways in which the Irish male has been portrayed and interrogated in Irish culture and society. Criticism on this issue is only now beginning to emerge and it is the aim of this conference to draw this diverse body of researchers together to locate and theorise Irish Masculinities for the first time within the specific context of Irish Studies.

Papers of 20 minutes' duration are invited on themes which may include, but are not limited to:

§  Representations of masculinity in Irish literature

§  The Irish male on stage and screen

§  Irish masculinities and socio-cultural taboos

§  Sport and the Irish male

§  Historicising Irish masculinity

§  Performing Irish masculinities

Please submit an abstract of not more than 300 words by 15th December to Dr. Caroline Magennis and Raymond Mullen at irishmasculinities@googlemail.com<mailto:irishmasculinities@googlemail.com>

Plenary speakers:
Prof. Gerardine Meaney (UCD): 'The Undercover Irishman: Race, Masculinity and Popular Culture'.

Prof. Patricia Coughlan (UCC): '"Taking real things for shadows": Contemporary Irish Literature and Masculine Affects'.

Prof. John Wilson Foster (QUB).


Politics, Libraries and Culture: Historical Perspectives*

By DOLORES FIDISHUN on October 3, 2009 5:53 PM | No Comments | No TrackBacks
CALL FOR PAPERS:*

*Library History Round Table (LHRT) Research Forum, June 2010*

* *

The Library History Round Table (LHRT) of the American Library Association (ALA) seeks papers for its Research Forum at the 2010 ALA Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., June 24-29, 2010. The theme of the Forum will be historical perspectives on the ways in which politics and libraries interact and influence one another. In this instance, politics should be considered broadly--not simply as concerning the administration of governments (international, national, state, local) but also the politics of other institutions and groups. Possible topics might be the effects politics have had on the history of libraries, archives, government documents and other cultural records. How have individual and institutional efforts of librarians influenced public policy pertaining to information access, reading, and services to the public? How have political concerns shaped the collection, preservation, availability and use of libraries and other repositories in different periods, locations, and jurisdictions? How have libraries, archives, and similar institutions tried to shape information politics and society through copyright law, the right to read, public library funding and other efforts?

LHRT welcomes submissions from researchers of all backgrounds, including students, faculty, and practitioners. Proposals are due on November 30, 2009. Each proposal must give the paper title, an abstract (up to 500 words), and the scholar's one-page vita. Also, please indicate whether the research is in-progress or completed. Proposals should include the following elements: a problem or thesis the study addresses, a statement of significance, objectives, methods, primary sources used for the research, and conclusions (or tentative conclusions for works in progress).

From the submissions, the LHRT Research Committee will select several authors to present their completed work at the Forum. The program will be publicized in January 2010. So that the Forum's facilitator may introduce and react to each author, completed papers are due June 4, 2010. The Research Forum will likely occur on Sunday, June 27, 2010. All presenters must register to attend the conference. For registration options, see ALA's events and conferences page at http://www.ala.org/ .

*DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS*: November 30, 2009

*DEADLINE FOR COMPLETED PAPERS: * June 4, 2009

Please submit proposals and direct inquiries to:

* *

*Melanie A. Kimball
LHRT Vice-Chair/Research Committee Chair*
*Simmons** College*
*Graduate School of Library and Information Science
300 The Fenway*
*Boston**, MA 02115*
Telephone: (617) 521-2795
E-mail: melanie.kimball@simmons.edu

FIFTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE ARTS IN SOCIETY

By DOLORES FIDISHUN on September 29, 2009 10:40 PM | No Comments | No TrackBacks
22-25 July 2010     
University of Sydney, Australia     

The International Conference on the Arts in Society and The International Journal of the Arts in Society provide an intellectual platform for the arts and art practices, and enable an interdisciplinary conversation on the role of the arts in society. They are intended as a place for critical engagement, examination and experimentation of ideas that connect the arts to their ontexts in the world - in studios and classrooms, in galleries and museums, on stage, on the streets and in communities.

The 2010 Conference will coincide with the Sydney Biennale, and will be held in conjunction with featured exhibitions and programs. The Biennale of Sydney was created in 1973 as an international showcase for contemporary art. Its aim was to develop and present a program that challenged traditional thinking and encouraged innovative, creative expression. Within its first decade of exhibitions (1973-82) the Biennale of Sydney was among the first to celebrate Australia's cultural and ethnic diversity; the first to show indigenous art in an international contemporary art context; the first to focus on Asia and the contemporary art of the region. It was among the first to present to wide audiences the art of the social change movements which transformed Australian society in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

The occasion of the Sydney Biennale provides an opportunity for the Conference to serve as a node in the larger phenomenon of fairs, festivals, and their networks. As such, the Arts Conference aims to discover what values, instincts and common ground may exist within the arts and their practices and sites of reception around the world. Your participation shapes the Conference itself.

As well as an impressive line-up of plenary speakers, 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 International Journal of the Arts in Society. 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.

Whether you are a virtual or in-person presenter at this Conference, we also encourage you to present on the Conference YouTube Channel. Please select the Online Sessions link on the Conference website for further details.

The deadline for the next round in the call for papers (a title and short abstract) is 8 October 2009. Future deadlines will be announced on the Conference website after this date.  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.Arts-Conference.com/.

Graduate Journal of Social Science (GJSS)

By DOLORES FIDISHUN on September 29, 2009 5:02 PM | No Comments | No TrackBacks
The Graduate Journal of Social Science (GJSS) welcomes contributions for its June 2010 issue on interdisciplinarity.  The focus of this edition of the GJSS is on research papers that fall outside the scope of traditional subject divisions.   The GJSS is especially concerned with bridging the transnational gap in both methodological theorizing and academic publishing, and therefore welcomes work from all geographic regions.  The GJSS also encourages the submission of work by MSc/MA/MS, MPhil, PhD students and junior academics.

Submissions are welcomed from now until December 1, 2009. Articles should be between 5000-7000 words in length (including footnotes). Short essays (2-3,000 words), conference feedback (1,000 words), and book reviews on the topic of interdisciplinarity are also welcome. 

The editors of GJSS also welcome proposals for guest-editing original "special editions" of the journal on a rolling basis.  In 2009, special editions included:
        "Queer Methodologies"
        "How well to 'facts' travel?"
        "Lost (and Found) in Translation"       

More information can be found on the GJSS website: http://gjss.org 

Gwendolyn Beetham
PhD Student, Gender Institute
London School of Economics & Political Science
Houghton Street
London WC2A 2AE
email: g.a.beetham@lse.ac.uk
tel: (U.S.) 001 347.834.3624
      (U.K.) 44 (0) 7552 69 9981
  

Fellowship in Africana Studies

By DOLORES FIDISHUN on September 18, 2009 12:34 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks
African and African American Studies and Africana Research Center
The Department of African & African American Studies and the 
Africana Research Center invite applications for a one-year 
postdoctoral fellowship in Africana Studies, African/African 
American or African Diaspora Studies, beginning Fall 2010.

During their residency, fellows have no teaching or administrative 
responsibilities. They will be matched with a mentor, attend 
professional development luncheons and other AAAS and ARC events, 
and be expected to be active in Penn State's community of Africana 
researchers.

Successful applicants should have completed their dissertation 
either before beginning the fellowship or within the previous four 
academic years.  Salary is competitive. Applicants should submit 
their applications online at www.arc.psu.edu <http:// www.arc.psu.edu/>  to ensure full consideration; complete 
applications must be received by November 16, 2009. For questions 
about the application process, please contact 
africanacenter@la.psu.edu.

Penn State is committed to affirmative action, equal opportunity 
and the diversity of its workforce.

Gender, Sport, and the Olympics

By DOLORES FIDISHUN on September 18, 2009 12:32 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks
Extended CFP: Gender, Sport, and the Olympics (new deadline: Oct 20, 2009)

The editors of  /thirdspace: a journal of feminist theory and culture/ invite submissions for our forthcoming issue on gender, sport, and the Olympics.

Prompted by the upcoming 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, we are interested in exploring the central role which gender and sexuality play in shaping ideas about athleticism, sport culture, and the body, and the significant ways in which athletic events such as the Olympics work to transform conceptions of public space, national boundaries and identities, and gendered self-presentations and performances. This issue invites contributions on:

o        the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver
o        sport, athleticism, and ability
o        the Para Olympics
o        LGBT participation in athletics and the Olympics
o        legal impacts on gender and sport (i.e. Title IX legislation in the
United States)
o        sport and masculinities/femininities
o        the role of gender in sporting competition
o        gendered perspectives on Olympic events
o        the use of prosthetics and technologies in athletic competition
o        the impact of the Olympics on the environment
o        sports/the Olympics and the use of public space, including
displacement of individuals/communities, the environment, and urban renewal
o        and other topics relevant to the theme of gender, sport, and the
Olympics.

We welcome submissions from a wide range of disciplinary and geographical perspectives. Submissions from researchers working within, or among, the disciplines of geography, sociology, literature, area studies, cultural studies, film/media studies, art, history, education, law, and women's/gender studies are particularly encouraged.

We accept the submission of work from scholars of any rank or affiliation, and encourage submissions from emerging feminist scholars, including graduate students.

All submissions to the journal must be submitted electronically through our online submission process. All submissions are peer-reviewed by established, senior feminist scholars. For more information on our publishing policies
see:

To submit: Please follow our online submission process at http://www.thirdspace.ca/journal/about/submissions

** Deadline: Oct 20, 2009 **

For more information, please contact us at info [at] thirdspace.ca



Dr Kim Toffoletti, Senior Lecturer in Sociology & Gender Studies
Secretary, Australian Women's and Gender Studies Association (AWGSA)
Chief co-editor, Thirdspace: A Journal of Feminist Theory and Culture

School of History, Heritage and Society Faculty of Arts
Deakin University 221 Burwood Hwy Victoria 3125 Australia
Phone: 03 9244 3986 International: +61 3 9244 3986
Fax: 03 9244 6755 International: +61 3 9244 6755
Email: kim.toffoletti@deakin.edu.au
Deakin University CRICOS Provider Code 00113B (Vic)

BUILDING INSIGHTS; BREAKING BOUNDARIES

By DOLORES FIDISHUN on August 19, 2009 12:36 PM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

ELSEVIER:

BUILDING INSIGHTS; BREAKING BOUNDARIES

MANUSCRIPTS SUBMISSION

 

Dear Colleague,
 
On behalf of all the Editors-in-chief of Elsevier Journals, we wish to Communicate to you that we are currently accepting manuscripts in all Fields of human Endeavour.
All articles published will be peer-reviewed. The following types of papers are considered for publication:
 
• Original articles in basic and applied research. 
•Critical reviews, surveys, opinions, commentaries and essays.
 
Authors are invited to submit manuscripts reporting recent developments in their fields. Papers submitted will be sorted out and published in any of our numerous journals that best Fits. This is a special publication procedure which published works will be discussed at seminars (organized by Elsevier) at strategic Cities all over the world. Please maximize this opportunity to showcase your research work to the world. 
 
The submitted papers must be written in English and describe original research not published nor currently under review by other journals. Parallel submissions will not be accepted. 
 
Our goal is to inform authors about their paper(s) within one week of receipt. All submitted papers, if relevant to the theme and objectives of the journal, will go through an external peer-review process.  
 
Prospective authors should send their manuscript(s) in Microsoft Word or PDF format to elsevier@live.com and should Include a cover sheet containing corresponding Author(s) name, Paper Title, affiliation, phone, fax number, email address etc.

Kind Regards, 

Emily Robinson(Prof.) 
 
PS: Pls. show interest by mailing elsevier@live.com if your Manuscript is not ready but will be ready soon.

 

Visual Culture & Gender

By DOLORES FIDISHUN on July 9, 2009 3:23 PM | No Comments | No TrackBacks
Visual Culture & Gender (VCG) is an international, freely accessed online journal available  @ http://www.emitto.net/visualculturegender. The journal's purpose is to encourage and promote an understanding of how visual culture constructs gender in context with representations of race, age, sexuality, social units, (dis)ability, and social class and to promote international dialogue about visual culture and gender. VCG concerns the learning and teaching processes or practices used to expose culturally learned meanings and power relations that surround the creation, consumption, valuing, and dissemination of images, and involves issues of equity and social justice in the learning, teaching, and practice of art.

Submission of Manuscripts: September 15 is the deadline for submission of articles, images, and reviews of books, video/films, performance/actions, Web sites, visual culture, and exhibitions for an annual publication each autumn since 2006. VCG will consider for publication manuscripts that address gender issues in the context of visual culture and arts education. To be considered, manuscripts should be no more than 5000 words in length with an abstract of 150 words. Images are encouraged with manuscripts and should be sent in digital format (jpg, gif, or png) with copyright permission provided. Visual research is encouraged but images must be accompanied by text. Original manuscripts should be prepared according to the APA (5th edition) style. Include in a cover letter that the manuscript is original, not previously published, and not under consideration elsewhere. Please place your name only in the accompanying cover letter and not in the manuscript to facilitate anonymous review. Send the manuscript electronically as an email attachment with .doc extension and your name to Karen Keifer-Boyd at kk-b@psu.edu and Deborah Smith-Shank at debatart@niu.edu.
--
Karen Keifer-Boyd, Ph.D.
Professor, Art Education & Affiliate Professor, Women's Studies
School of Visual Arts, 210 Arts Cottage
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802-2905
Phone:  814.863.7312       Fax:  814.863.8664
Email: kk-b@psu.edu         Website: http://www.personal.psu.edu/ktk2

Co-editor of Visual Culture & Gender @ http://www.emitto.net/visualculturegender

Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture

By DOLORES FIDISHUN on July 9, 2009 12:20 PM | No Comments | No TrackBacks
Call For Papers
Reconstruction
Issue 10.3
Michael Benton, Alan Clinton, Wes Houp and Danny Mayer

Inventions of Activism

"Creative acts of social justice fulfill every function that can be asked of a work of art.
They inspire us, make us think in new ways, and birth new beauty and dignity in our world."
--Rebecca Alban Hofberger, "True Visions"

"Screw Hope; Let's Act"
--Walker Lane "Nope to Hope: False Capital and the Spectacle Triumphant"

This issue of _Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture_ solicits a variety of work which looks to activism as a broad array of creative practices yet to be defined.  We seek not to revisit debates between theory and practice, but to view activism as a form of invention which may lead to new cultural formations.

What challenges do activists face as practicing utopians?  What more or less local examples of activism can be looked to as models for further practice?  How can activism as performance, as technology, as art lead to the production of new political and social theory?  How is activism the art of the possible?

We would like this issue itself to be a form of activism inasmuch as it brings together a set of theorized practices in the form of case studies from the present and the past, a community of minds in both its contributors and subsequent readers.  We also encourage contributors to look to problem areas that have not yet been addressed or not addressed sufficiently, and to propose new models of cultural intervention.  

Some areas of particular interest expressed by editors should serve as a starting point:

1.      Testimonials of individuals and/or groups that document the structures of collective action and resistances (both external and internal) to these movements.

2.      Activism as a form of social and political creativity.  Considerations of how theory can promote or become activism, or how theories of political and social invention derive, post facto, from such activities. 

3.      The rhetoric of activism in its statements and endeavors.

4.      Narration and development of (potential) actions with respect to labor (broadly defined).

5.       Activism as a form of education, as supplement to or alternative for traditional educational theories.  Educating activists.  Activating educators.  Theoretical and practical issues within "the academy."

6.      Resistance to resistance: fatigue, Bruce Robbins' "sweatshop sublime," institutional reprisals from the most oppressive (violence, termination) to the most frustrating (hypocrisy and lip service from those in power, mainstream media misinformation, public indifference), mythologies (of the American dream, of freedom of choice, of the free market, etc.) 

7.      Reform from within the institution vs. revolution from without.

8.      What is (non)violence and what roles do violence or nonviolence play in activism? 

9.      Issues of activism in different social and historical contexts, what can we learn (from Obama's vision of service to the most dangerous underground resistance movements)?

10.  Psychologies of activism.  For instance, do activists and/or organizers of activism benefit more from an openness to depaysement (the process by which the ethnographer/observer becomes altered and/or mediated by the culture under investigation) or dissociation/dispassion (the idea of "objective" or "critical" distance from the subject under study as providing a "better" vantage point).

11.  What are the benefits or disadvantages of "traditions" in activism?   Marx notoriously stated that he was not a Marxist, with that in mind, what kind of problems derive from the institution of founders and followers in activism?  Even more fundamental, what is the problem of what Eric Hobsbawm called the "inner conflict of traditions," the inevitable conflict between universal rules and specific, ever-changing circumstances/situations.

12.  J.K. Gibson Graham asks in Postcapitalist Politics "If we want other worlds and other economies, how do we make ourselves a condition of possibility for their emergence (7)?"

 We hope that activists of all kinds will view this issue as a form of potlatch that may lead to new practice and theory, new activist communities.  While we encourage the use of anecdote as example and extended narratives as models for inventing activism, we do not want this issue to be primarily about smoking guns and personal beefs.   In the light of the sensitive nature of this endeavor we will consider a variety of approaches to publication---including anonymity and/or "fictocritical" accounts which do not name names or present a situation with altered details.

 

Please send completed papers and abstracts to the editors at inventionsofactivism@gmail.com  no later than February 1, 2010.  Earlier submissions and queries are welcome as we may be able to collaborate with authors in order to produce work that not only fits with the intent of the issue but with the standards of Reconstruction.  Also, we encourage you to forward this CFP to interested parties and lists.

 

Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture (ISSN: 1547-4348) is an innovative online cultural studies journal dedicated to fostering an intellectual community composed of scholars and their audience, granting them all the ability to share thoughts and opinions on the most important and influential work in contemporary interdisciplinary studies. Reconstruction publishes three themed issues and one open issue per year. Send open submissions (year round) to reconstruction.submissions@gmail.com  and submissions for themed issues to the appropriate editors listed on the site at www.reconstruction.eserver.org

Reconstruction also accepts proposal for special issue editors and topics. Reconstruction is indexed in the MLA International Bibliography.



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