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ARL 2012 SPEC Survey Topics

For more information, contact:
Lee Anne George
Publications Program Officer
Association of Research Libraries
202-296-2296
leeanne@arl.org

Call for Proposals for 2012 SPEC Survey Topics

Deadline July 22, 2011

Washington DC–The Association for Research Libraries (ARL) is seeking proposals for 2012 SPEC survey topics. For more than 35 years ARL has gathered and disseminated data through the SPEC survey program to assist libraries in the continuous improvement of their management systems. Proposals for topics for the 2012 SPEC survey cycle are now being sought. Each year, ARL works with librarians in the US and Canada to develop six surveys of the ARL membership on “hot topics” related to research library policies and practices. (Survey authors do not need to work at an ARL member library, but only ARL libraries are surveyed.)

Criteria for selecting a survey topic include its currency and insightfulness, its importance to research libraries, its relevance to ARL’s three strategic directions (Influencing Public Policy, Reshaping Scholarly Communication, and Transforming Research Libraries) or its programs that promote diversity or assessment, and whether resources that illustrate current policies and practices can be gathered from survey respondents.

Examples of current areas of interest to research libraries that could fit the SPEC survey model include, but are not limited to:
  • Remote storage/shared storage/collection consolidation
  • Approaches to library collaborations
  • Archiving digital content
  • Non-traditional expertise among library professionals and prevalence of disciplinary expertise among staff
  • Digital image collections and services
  • Managing new forms of scholarship
  • Outcomes influenced by library research across the curriculum
  • Physical and virtual spaces promoting research engagement and content creation: e.g., research commons, digital research centers, etc.
  • Budget restructuring and reallocation, including funding sources, development, and fundraising
  • Strategic planning – approaches and implementation
  • Strategies for articulating value and impact of library services
Proposals should include the following elements and should be brief (2 to 5 pages total):
  • A short bio of the author(s) indicating qualifications to carry out research on the proposed topic.
  • An overview of the topic with a discussion of why it is important to examine it at this time and a description of what you hope to learn from the survey data. Include a statement such as “The purpose of this survey is to…” (This text could be used to introduce the survey to respondents.)
  • A paragraph indicating the relevance of the research topic to one or more of ARL’s three strategic directions.
  • A list of the main categories of survey questions–reflecting your description of what you hope to learn–along with a sample question for each category.
  • A list of the types of supporting documentation you would request from survey respondents.
For consideration for 2012, proposals must be submitted online at http://www.formstack.com/forms/?1072045-gzgJwsCiFY by July 22, 2011. Proposals will be reviewed and successful authors will be notified by August 22, 2011.

For details on participating in the SPEC survey program see: http://www.arl.org/stats/specsurveys/specfaq.shtml

Questions about the SPEC survey program and proposal development can be directed to Lee Anne George, Publications Program Officer, at leeanne@arl.org.

Resources:

Description of ARL’s Strategic Directions: http://www.arl.org/arl/governance/strat-plan/index.shtml

For previous SPEC survey topics see:

Complete list of published SPEC Kits: http://www.arl.org/resources/pubs/spec/complete.shtml


The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is a nonprofit organization of 126 research libraries in the US and Canada. Its mission is to influence the changing environment of scholarly communication and the public policies that affect research libraries and the diverse communities they serve. ARL pursues this mission by advancing the goals of its member research libraries, providing leadership in public and information policy to the scholarly and higher education communities, fostering the exchange of ideas and expertise, facilitating the emergence of new roles for research libraries, and shaping a future environment that leverages its interests with those of allied organizations. ARL is on the Web at http://www.arl.org/.

4th Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries International Conference (QQML2012

Deadline for Abstract submission October 30, 2011.

First Call of Proposals QQML2012

Dear Colleagues,

 It is our great pleasure to announce the 4th Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries International Conference (QQML2012) at 22 – 25 May 2012, Limerick, Ireland.

Since 2009 QQML has provided an excellent framework for the presentation of new trends and developments in every aspect of Library and Information Science, Technology, Applications and Research.

The 4th QQML2012 was scheduled during the previous 3rd QQML2011 Conference. It was also decided that the 5th QQML 2013 International Conference will be organized in Rome, Italy.

QQML2009, QQML2010 and QQML2011 were successful events both from the number and quality of the presentations and from the post conference publications in Journals and Books.

QQML2012 will continue and expand the related topics.

Papers are invited for this international conference. The conference will consider, but not be limited to, the following indicative themes:

Advocacy, networking and influencing: methodologies for building the evidence base in library and information services (LIS)

Balanced Scorecard tools in libraries
Bibliometrics

Change of Libraries and the Managerial Techniques
Conceptual and Organizational Perspectives of Knowledge Communication,
Copyright
and licensing

Data mining

Development and Assessment of Digital Repositories  
Development of new metrics

Digital archives

Digital preservation

Digitization
Distance learning and the role of the library

E-Books
E-Learning and the contribution of the libraries, archives and museums
E
-research

E-science

Electronic publishing

Financial Management for Excellence
Human resources management
Information and Knowledge Services
Information
literacy: Information sharing, Democracy and lifelong learning
Information retrieval

Innovative management

Institutional repositories
Intercultural management
Knowledge Based Systems and their Applications 
Knowledge  management concept and technology,
Knowledge mining

Libraries and shared services
Library Cooperation: Problems and Challenges at the beginning of the 21st century
Library
management and marketing

Library statistics

Measuring information literacy effectiveness

Metadata creation

New means of selecting, collecting, organizing, and distributing digital content

Ontologies

Open Access and Open Source

Operational information systems 

Performance Measurement and Competitiveness
Publishing
Models, Processes and Systems
Qualitative and Quantitative methodologies

Re-engineering change in higher education
Resource development policy
Scholarly Information and the new communication technologies

Semantics

Semantics Web

Software

Strategic management
Team building and management

Technology in the Communication: an interactive tool for development
Technology
transfer and Innovation in library management
Theoretical models of information media

User education

Special Sessions – Workshops

You may send proposals for Special Sessions (4-6 papers) or Workshops (more than 2 sessions) including the title and a brief description at:  secretariat@isast.org or from the electronic submission at the web page: http://www.isast.org/abstractpaperregister.html  

You may also send Abstracts/Papers to be included in the following sessions, to new sessions or as contributed papers at the web page: http://www.isast.org/abstractpaperregister.html  

Contributions may be realized through one of the following ways

a. structured abstracts (not exceeding 500 words) and presentation;

b. full papers (not exceeding 7,000 words);

c. posters (not exceeding 2,500 words);

d. visual presentations (Pecha kucha). These presentations consist of exactly 20 slides, each of which is displayed for 20 seconds.  Total presentation time is precisely 6 minutes 40 seconds and so it is important to use the transition feature in PowerPoint to time your presentation exactly.

 

In all the above cases at least one of the authors ought to be registered in the conference. Abstracts and full papers should be submitted electronically within the timetable provided in the web page: http://www.isast.org/importantdates.html
The abstracts and full papers should be in compliance to the author guidelines: http://www.isast.org/abstractpaperregister.html  

All abstracts will be published in the Conference Book of Abstracts and in the website of the Conference. The papers of the conference will be published in the website of the conference, after the permission of the author(s).

Student submissions

The Conference offers Postgraduate students and PhD Candidates a Competition opportunity. Students who submit to the conference could take part to the competition, by submitting only one paper to the competition. Students who enter to the competition have to participate to the conference and register before.

The papers will be judged by a scientific committee on the significance of the research theme, the research methodology, the description of the results and the organization of the presentation.

Professors and Supervisors are encouraged to organize conference sessions of Postgraduate theses and dissertations.

Please direct any questions regarding the QQML 2012 Conference and Student Research Competition to: the secretariat of the conference at: secretariat@isast.org  

On behalf of the Conference Committee

Dr. Anthi Katsirikou, Conference Co-Chair
University of Piraeus Library Director
Head, European Documentation Center
Board Member of the Greek Association of Librarians and Information Professionals

anthi@asmda.com

 

Jerald Cavanagh BSc Econ, MSc, MA, Local Committee Co-Chair
Institute Librarian
Limerick
Institute of Technology

Limerick, Rep of Ireland

e-Mail:  jerald.cavanagh@lit.ie

 

Padraig Kirby BA (Hons) HdipLIS, Local Committee Co-Chair

Acting Senior Library Assistant

The Library

Limerick Institute of Technology

Moylish Park

Limerick, Republic of Ireland

Padraig.Kirby@lit.ie

 

Multicultural Review: Libraries as a public good in 21st century multicultural societies: Policy and the politics of literacy, libraries and librarianship

Call for Manuscripts for Special issue of Multicultural Review

Libraries as a public good in 21st century multicultural societies: Policy and the politics of literacy, libraries and librarianship

Guest Editors: Curtis Brewer, Anne McMahan Grant (Clemson University)

When it comes to recent national budget discussions, funding for library services has come up short. For example, a 9% cut has been proposed for the FY2012 budget to the Institute for Museum and Library Services, an organization that provides assistance to the nations libraries. (President, 2011) And, on a local level, according to a recent Library Journal poll, 72% of responding libraries said that their budgets had been cut during FY2010 with one library staff person making the pointed observation that “Public libraries are not sacred cows any more, and librarians need to accept this and make their libraries viable to protect them against future challenges” (Kelley, 2011 p. 28). With these newly limited budgets, libraries are moving toward changing their image from the library as a storehouse for books to the library as a learning commons or an information gateway designed to help patrons not only find information, but to help them determine good information from bad (Casserly, 2002). A strong argument could be made that the development and support for libraries as a public good are central to an everchanging multi-cultural information society with the provision of library services playing a central role. The simple fact is that libraries are no longer merely storehouses of information. Outreach services have expanded as more libraries have internet accessible chat services that provide a personal librarian for anyone who can access a web page. This is especially true in academic libraries as one study found that 84% of libraries surveyed offered instant messaging services via their web page (Tripathi, 2010). Hospitals have librarians who assist medical staff in finding crucial research for their patients (Abels, 2002). Schools and universities have librarians to train students to filter the vast amounts of information that they will encounter in their daily lives as well as to provide them access to research materials (The State of America’s Libraries, 2011). And communities have libraries that give them access to the internet, provide safe places for patrons to learn, and gives them free access to materials that could lead to public discussions that may reshape our understanding of ourselves and others (How Libraries Stack Up, 2010). Given the possibly robust dividends a public investment in libraries, librarians and literacy programs could provide, it is important to interrogate how the political and policy context are currently shaping these possibilities.

The study of politics, policy and multiculturalism makes us acutely aware of how the framing of problem definitions, research and policies shapes public understanding of an issue (Fraser 1989; Hajer and Waagner 2003). Therefore, in this special issue we seek to pay close attention to how dominant values, institutionalized power, privilege, and the policy process itself interact to frame and reframe literacy, libraries and librarians as political issues in multicultural societies in the early twenty-first century. We seek articles that will help make sense of this changing policy environment for all practitioners concerned with libraries or literacy.

In this special issue of the Multicultural Review we ask for manuscripts that might address the following questions:

1. What is the state of the politics of libraries in these times of retrenchment? What knowledge might help practitioners navigate the changing policy contexts?

2. How do the dominant values within our society create avenues for change or act as barriers in the development of policies that address libraries, librarians and literacy?

3. What are the experiences of patrons and those working in libraries across multiple contexts in this time of retrenchment?

4. How are librarians and supporters of public libraries currently influencing the creation of policy?

5. How do the dominant political discourses constitute the library as a public institution and how is this related to inequality?

6. What role do libraries and literacy programs play in the creation of space for a more democratic, deliberative and inclusive forms of political participation?

We assume each manuscript should clearly articulate a conceptual framework grounded in, and informed by theory and relevant research. We want to emphasize the importance of maintaining a focus on the politics of your substantive topic/area in your work, including political theories that interact with multicultural theory when relevant. We would also like to emphasize the breadth of the readership of MCR and encourage authors explicitly show the relevancy of their argument to the work in the field.

Possible themes may include:

The role of interest group development in the change of literacy policy;

A critical analysis of the racialization of libraries and librarianship advocacy and their relationships to the growing digital divide;

The ways in which political theories around social movements and fearless speech can shape the potential for the reframing of political discourses;

The use of radical democratic theory to inform the advocacy discussions surrounding literacy and libraries;

The use of feminist theory to analyze the development of politics of library and/or literacy policy;

An institutional analysis of the interactions between accountability policy, library policy and literacy policy in a multicultural society;

An economic/structural analysis of the distribution of funding for libraries and literacy programs;

An historical account of the development and evolution of the federal involvement in the public library in order to shed light on our current policy debates for all those who are currently working as practitioners.

For this special issue of the Multicultrual Review we invite papers that interrogate and challenge the assumptions within the themes described above. Submissions may be either qualitative, quantitative or interpretive/conceptual manuscripts that address the questions and areas outlined above will be considered. Manuscripts should meet the 6th edition of APA Publication Manual and a maximum of 8000 words in length. The deadline for submission is September 15, 2011.

Please direct submissions, questions or abstracts to the guest editors
Curtis Brewer (brewer4@clemson.edu) and Anne McMahan Grant (anne1@clemson.edu)

Sources

Abels, Eileen G., Keith W. Cogdill, and Lisl Zach. The contributions of library and information services to hospitals and academic health sciences centers: a preliminary taxonomy, J Med Libr Assoc. 2002 July; 90(3): 276284.

Casserly, Mary. Developing a Concept of Collection for the Digital Age. portal: Libraries and the Academy, Volume 2, Number 4, October 2002, pp. 577-587.

Fraser, N. (1989). Unruly practices: Power, discourse and gender in contemporary social theory. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.

Hajer, M. A., & Wagenaar, H. (Eds.). (2003). Deliberative policy analysis: Understanding governance in the network society. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

How Libraries Stack Up: 2010, OCLC (Online Computer Library Center) Report.

Kelley, M. Bottoming out: Severe cuts today put big question marks on the future. Library Journal (1976) v. 136 no. 1 (January 2011) p. 28-31.

President Obama’s Budget Strips FY2012 Funding. American Libraries v. 42 no. 3/4 (March/April 2011) p. 8.

The State of America’s Libraries 2011 – A report by the American Library Association, April, 2011.

Tripathi, Manorama and Sunil Kumar. Use of Web 2.0 tools in academic libraries: A reconnaissance of the international landscape. The International  Information & Library Review Volume 42, Issue 3, September 2010, p. 195-207.
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Online Northwest

February 10, 2012 Call For Proposals - Deadline October 21, 2011 Online Northwest is a one-day conference focusing on topics that intersect libraries, technology and culture. The conference is sponsored by the Oregon University System Library Council. The 2012 conference will be held at CH2M Hill Alumni Center, Corvallis, Oregon (on the Oregon State University campus) on Friday, February 10, 2012. The conference explores how technology is being applied within library settings and how technology is affecting library patrons and services. Academic, public, school, and special librarians are strongly encouraged to submit proposals. Online Northwest seeks 60-minute presentations or 5-minute lightning talks on all topics relating to technology and libraries including: * Cloud computing * Institutional repositories * Augmented reality * Semantic web * Virtual research environments * Information discovery * Web 3.0 * Library apps * Mobile computing * Technology competencies * Electronic books * Other topics related to technology in libraries are welcome Submit Proposals: http://goo.gl/gx9bs Proposal Submission Deadline: Friday, October 21, 2011 For more information and examples of past presentations, see: http://www.ous.edu/onlinenw/ Blog: http://onlinenw.blogspot.com/ Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/onlinenw 

Second Annual International Conference on Information & Religion

Second Annual International Conference on Information & Religion

Theme: Preservation and Access: Facilitating Research in Information and Religion

May 18-19, 2012 ~ Kent State University, Kent, OH

 

Keynote: Carisse Berryhill, Ph.D., Special Collections Librarian, Abilene Christian University

 

 

Call for Papers and Posters

 

The Center for the Study of Information and Religion (CSIR) will host its Second Annual International Conference on Information and Religion in May 2012. This call for papers seeks original contributions in all areas related to information and religion. The conference theme invites participants to share their work in a variety of areas in which scholars are exploring the intersections of religion and information. Topics that might be addressed include but are not limited to the following:

 

. Preserving and making available religious texts and information objects associated with communities of faith;

. Social uses and appropriations made of these texts and objects;

. The information-seeking behavior of clergy;

. The role of the sermon as an influential communication medium in society; case studies in the sermon preparation task;

. Information in its application to local congregations as communities of practice;

. Faith and many types of intelligence (e.g., emotional intelligence);

. Dissemination of faith messages;

. Intersections of interests in the study of information and religion, where different disciplines might find it worthwhile to collaborate in research.

 

Prospective participants are encouraged to submit abstracts that report on recent research and scholarship. Contributions to this call for papers should not have been previously published. We also welcome proposals for poster presentations. There are no restrictions on research methodology.

 

Instructions for submitting refereed paper or poster extended abstracts: The abstract should be no longer than 250 words (including research question, methods, results). Include the title of the paper/poster, names, affiliations, and contact information of the authors (with one author to be designated as the contact for the paper). Submit abstracts in PDF or Word format by Dec. 31, 2011, to Dr. Rosemary Du Mont, CSIR Associate, at rdumont@kent.edu. Notification of acceptance: February 1, 2012.

 

Papers accepted for presentation at the conference will be considered for publication in ASIR (Advances in the Study of Information and Religion). Details regarding submission of full papers will be given to those whose abstracts are accepted for conference presentation. Please note: Presenters are responsible for their own expenses related to the conference, including but not limited to registration fees, lodging, transportation and meals.

 

For more information, please contact Dr. Don Wicks (dwicks@kent.edu), Interim Director of SLIS and Director of CSIR, or Dr. Dan Roland (droland1@kent.edu), CSIR Primary Researcher.

 

http://csir.slis.kent.edu

 

 

 

DigitalWorld 2012

 Call for Submissions 
DigitalWorld 2012: January 30 - February 4, 2012 - Valencia, Spain see: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2012/DigitalWorld12.html DigitalWorld 2012 is a federated event focusing on advanced topics concerning digital society, computer human interaction, knowledge, learning, and geographical processing. Submission (full paper) deadline: September 5, 2011 Submissions must be electronically done using the 'Submit a Paper' link on the entry page of each conference. Before submission, please check and conform with the Editorial rules: http://www.iaria.org/editorialrules.html. For details on the each conference's topics, see the individual Call for Papers for each conference. Unpublished high quality contributions in terms of Regular papers and Posters or Work in Progress are welcome. Workshop proposals and Panel proposals on challenging topics are encouraged. Extended versions of selected papers will be published in IARIA on-line Journals (http://www.iariajournals.org) and in Special issues of different journals mentioned on the entry page of each conference. All tracks/topics are open to both research and industry contributions. -- ICDS 2012, The Sixth International Conference on Digital Society http://www.iaria.org/conferences2012/ICDS12.html -- ACHI 2012, The Fifth International Conference on Advances in Computer-Human Interactions http://www.iaria.org/conferences2012/ACHI12.html -- GEOProcessing 2012, The Fourth International Conference on Advanced Geographic Information Systems, Applications, and Services http://www.iaria.org/conferences2012/GEOProcessing12.html -- eTELEMED 2012, The Fourth International Conference on eHealth, Telemedicine, and Social Medicine http://www.iaria.org/conferences2012/eTELEMED12.html -- eL&mL 2012, The Fourth International Conference on Mobile, Hybrid, and On-line Learning http://www.iaria.org/conferences2012/eLmL12.html -- eKNOW 2012, The Fourth International Conference on Information, Process, and Knowledge Management http://www.iaria.org/conferences2012/eKNOW12.html -- CYBERLAWS 2012, The Third International Conference on Technical and Legal Aspects of the e-Society http://www.iaria.org/conferences2012/CYBERLAWS12.html IARIA Publicity Board 

LITA Proposals for ALA Annual 2012

The LITA Program Planning Committee is now accepting proposals for the 2012 Annual American Library Association Conference.  We’re looking for full day pre-conferences, and half day and two hour conference presentations on use of, new ideas for, and technology trends in libraries. Think about the technology success or failure you’re recently had, or the topic you think we haven’t had covered and put together a proposal. 
When/Where is the Conference?

2012 Annual Conference, Anaheim, CA: June 21-26, 2012

What kind of topics are we looking for? 
Anything relating to libraries and technology! (That narrows it down, right?) A few ideas might include: Comparing two or three library tools (LibGuides vs Google Pages), (Un)Successful Implementation of a New Technology, From the Trenches of an ILS Migration, Technology for Marketing, Marketing Technology, Managing Technology, Project Management, How to Quickly Build a Web App that looks Decent, Managing People and Technology, Supporting Continuing Ed for Technology, Video Creation and Editing, Including/Leveraging Users, Tech Tools for Data Management, etc etc etc.  Please keep an eye on the LITA Listserv for a poll for more ideas soon!


When are proposals due? 

August 5, 2011
How I do submit? 
When will I have an answer? 
The committee will be reviewing proposals in August, final decisions will be made in September
Do I have to be a member of ALA/LITA/an IG/a committee?
No! We welcome proposals from anyone who feels they have something to offer regarding library technology. Unfortunately, we are not able to provide financial support for speakers.  
Got another question? 
Please feel free to email me (abigailgoben@gmail.com) and the group will figure it out.

7th Annual Social Informatics Research Symposium (SIG): Bridging the gulf: The social analysis of computing in society and the workplace

First Call for Papers and Participation:

The 7th Annual Social Informatics Research Symposium (SIG): Bridging the gulf: The social analysis of computing in society and the workplace

Wednesday, October 12, 2011, 8:30-12:45 PM; New Orleans

The purpose of this ASIST post-conference research symposium is to disseminate current research and research in progress that investigates the social aspects of information and communication technologies (ICT) across all areas of ASIST. Submissions may include empirical, critical and theoretical work, as well as richly described practice cases and demonstrations.

This year’s theme is “Bridging the gulf: The social analysis of computing in society and the workplace.” In keeping with the theme of the conference, the symposium is soliciting work that focuses on the mutual shaping of people and information as mediated by ICTs in a wide variety of organizational and social settings. According to Horton, Davenport, and Wood-Harper (2005; 52) “the impetus for researchers to consider both social and technical aspects as mutually constitutive as a means of understanding technology introduction and use has a growing audience.” Building on the success of past years, the symposium includes members of many SIGs and defines “social” broadly to include critical and historical approaches as well as contemporary social analysis. It also defines “technology” broadly to include traditional technologies  (i.e., paper), state-of-the-art computer systems, and mobile and pervasive devices. This symposium will highlight research focusing on the social realities of ICT-based information systems in information science in order to better understand the complex interrelationships among people, information and technologies in society and in the workplace.

We are particularly interested in work that assumes a critical stance towards the interplay between people’s uses of information and ICT in society and in the workplace. Critical analyses are useful because they “bring into question established social assumptions and values regarding information and … ICTs and established understandings of  ‘information,’ particularly as they play themselves out and are institutionalized in social and professional discourses and professional training.” (Day, 2007; 575).

We encourage all scholars, both beginning and established, interested in social aspects of ICT (broadly defined) to share their research and research in progress by submitting an extended abstract of their work and attending the symposium.

One of the ways in which social informatics can grow and evolve is through collaborative funded research that addresses “grand challenges” in this domain. Following the presentation of the symposium papers, there will be a panel of scholars who will discuss the opportunities and challenges of building multi-disciplinary and multi-institutional teams for the purposes of conducting large scale funded research on social informatics. Among the panelists: Dr. Eric Meyer, Oxford Internet Institute, and Dr. Ann Bishop, University of Illinois. They will explore the types of problems and questions likely to be of interest to funding agencies, the complexities of successful grant writing and the issues involved in assembling and managing research teams. We expect an engaging discussion and lively interactions with the audience.

Timeline:

August 23, 2011: Submit a short paper (2000 words) or poster (500 words).

September 7, 2011: Author notifications (in time for conference early registration (NOTE: this timeline may be adjusted when the registration dates are announced)).

Tentative Schedule:

Paper presentations: 8:30-10:45 pm
Break: 10:45-11:15 (with poster viewing)
Closing Panel Discussion: 11:15-12:30 pm

20th Anniversary Women & Society Conference – 2011

October 21 & 22, 2011
Marist College, Poughkeepsie New York

Keynote speaker: Gail Dines, Ph.D.
A Feminist Scholar, Activist and Social Critic, Dr. Dines’ work focuses on the media and hypersexuality of our culture, her most recent book is Pornland ( Beacon Press, 2011). Her website is http://gaildines.com/

 


 CALL FOR PROPOSALS

Proposals and abstracts are being solicited for the 2011 Women & Society Conference celebrating the Conference’s 20th Anniversary. This feminist conference is interdisciplinary and multi-disciplinary, covering all aspects of women & gender being studied in the academy. The conference mentors and models feminist inquiry/scholarship for undergraduate students so joint faculty/student papers and excellent student papers are also considered, undergraduates may attend at no cost.

Please send your 250 word abstract with a brief bio. Papers, workshops, roundtables and panels are welcome; please include abstracts and bios for all participants, with one contact person. Please include all contact information–including home and e-mail addresses for summer correspondence to:

Women & Society Conference c/o JoAnne Myers
Fontaine 315 School of Liberal Arts
Marist College
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601

Submit a Proposal Online

For more information e-mail: JA.MYERS@MARIST.EDU

Proposals must be postmarked no later than July 15, 2011.

For more information go to:

www.marist.edu/liberalarts/womensstudies/conference.html 

 


2nd International Conference on Pervasive and Embedded Computing and Communication Systems – PECCS 2012

CALL FOR PAPERS

 

Website: http://www.peccs.org

 

February 24 – 26, 2012

Rome, Italy

  

Important Deadlines:

 

Regular Paper Submission: September 22, 2011

Authors Notification (regular papers): November 15, 2011

Final Regular Paper Submission and Registration: November 29, 2011

 

Sponsored by

 

INSTICC – Institute for Systems and Technologies of Information, Control and Communication

 

In cooperation with Euromicro

 

Pervasive and embedded computing and communication is a paradigm that aims at providing trustworthy computing solutions and communication services all the time and everywhere. This entails the need for an interdisciplinary field of R&D that combines signal processing with computer hardware and software technologies, and utilizes and integrates pervasive, wireless, embedded, wearable and/or mobile systems. Applications range from ambient intelligence to ubiquitous multimedia, multidimensional signal processing, sensors, robotics, integrated communication systems and nanotechnologies. PECCS will bring together researchers, engineers and practitioners interested in the theory and applications in these areas.

 

Papers describing original work are invited in any of the areas listed below. Accepted papers, presented at the conference by one of the authors, will be published in the proceedings of PECCS. Acceptance will be based on quality, relevance and originality. There will be both oral and poster sessions.

 

Special sessions, dedicated to case-studies and commercial presentations, as well as technical tutorials, dedicated to technical/scientific topics, are also envisaged: companies interested in presenting their products/methodologies or researchers interested in lecturing a tutorial are invited to contact the conference secretariat. 

  

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

 

PECCS 2012 will have several invited keynote speakers, who are internationally recognized experts in their areas. Their names are not yet confirmed.

 

PUBLICATIONS

 

All accepted papers (full, short and posters) will be published in the conference proceedings, under an ISBN reference, on paper and on CD-ROM support.

All papers presented at the conference venue will be available at the SciTePress Digital Library (http://www.scitepress.org/DigitalLibrary/).

SciTePress is member of CrossRef (http://www.crossref.org/).

The proceedings will be submitted for indexation by Thomson Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation Index, INSPEC, DBLP and EI.

 

AWARDS

 

Best paper awards will be distributed during the conference closing session.

Please check the website for further information (http://www.peccs.org/best_paper_awards.asp).

  

CONFERENCE CHAIR

 

Joaquim Filipe, Polytechnic Institute of Set�bal / INSTICC, Portugal

 

PROGRAM CHAIR

 

C�sar Benavente-Peces, Universidad Polit�cnica de Madrid, Spain

 

CONFERENCE AREAS

 

1. MOBILE AND PERVASIVE COMPUTING

2. DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING

3. EMBEDDED SYSTEMS DESIGN

 

AREA 1: MOBILE AND PERVASIVE COMPUTING

 

    * Security and Privacy

    * Ambient Intelligence

    * Ubiquitous Computing Systems and Services

    * Human-Computer Interaction

    * Context-Aware Applications

    * Pervasive Health

    * Distributed Intelligent Agents

    * Mobile Computing

    * Ubiquitous Multimedia

    * Location Systems and Technology

    * Pervasive Embedded Networks

 

AREA 2: DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING

 

    * Time-Frequency Analysis

    * Signal Processing in Communications

    * Detection and Estimation

    * Image and Multidimensional Signal Processing

    * Multimedia Communication Systems

    * Audio and Speech Processing

    * Remote Sensing and Signal Processing

    * Adaptive Systems

    * Wavelet Signal Processing

    * Digital Filter Design and Implementation

    * Software Simulation

 

AREA 3: EMBEDDED SYSTEMS DESIGN

 

    * Software Architectures

    * Pervasive Embedded Devices

    * Networking and Connectivity

    * Micro and Nanotechnology

    * Real Time Systems

    * RF and Wireless Circuits

    * VLSI Design and Implementation

    * Low-Power Electronics

    * Embedded Robotics

    * Instrumentation and Measurement

    * Sensors and Sensor Networks

 

 

Program Committee

 

Available soon.

 

Please check further details at the conference website (http://www.peccs.org).