Tuesday, May 04, 2004

CFP: Library Research Seminar III Learning and Growing: Inquiry into Librarianship

Library Research Seminar III Learning and Growing: Inquiry into Librarianship

Call for Participation

http://libraryresearchseminar.org/

The Third Library Research Seminar will be held in Kansas City, MO on October 14-16, 2004. Join colleagues to share research and scholarship on all aspects of librarianship. Proposals on services, access to information, facilities and technology, organizations, personnel, and the foundations of our profession are welcome.

Opportunities for Participation

JURIED PAPERS:
--Deadline for Abstracts - June 1, 2004
--Notification of Review Outcome - July 1, 2004
Proposals are invited that are based on original work in any of the areas outlined above, and focusing on any library environment. The work proposed should not have been published elsewhere. International
submissions are welcome; the conference language will be English. Presentation periods will be 35 minutes per paper. Plan on 20 minutes for the presentation itself and 15 minutes for questions. Abstracts should not exceed 1,000 words and should clearly indicate the paper's topic, method or approach, findings or conclusions, and significance.

Send abstracts to John Budd at MU/SISLT, 303 Townsend Hall, Columbia, MO
65211, or in MS WORD or .rtf format to BuddJ@missouri.edu

PANELS:
--Deadline for Proposals - June 1, 2004
--Notification of Review Outcome - July 1, 2004
Proposals for panel sessions that center on a coherent theme are also invited. These proposals should focus on the above areas and any library environment. Likewise, the work should be original and not
published elsewhere. International proposals are welcome. Panel sessions will be 75 minutes in length; it is suggested that panels be limited to no more than three presenters, so that audience participation
will be possible. Proposals should not exceed 1,000 words and should detail the theme of the panel, the names of the presenters, a summary of the presenters' approaches to the theme, and the intended audience outcomes for the session.

Send proposals to John Budd at the above address.

DOCTORAL STUDENT POSTER PRESENTATIONS
--Deadline for Poster Proposals - June 1, 2004
--Notification of Review Outcome - July 1, 2004
Doctoral students in library and information science programs are invited to submit proposals for inclusion in a poster session. Proposal format is identical to that for juried papers. Send proposals to John Budd at the above address.

The abstracts and proposals for all three forms of participations will be reviewed by members of the Seminar Planning Committee for possible inclusion in the program.