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2019 Acquisitions Institute at Timberline Lodge

Saturday, May 18  – Tuesday, May 21, 2019

Timberline Lodge

One hour east of Portland, Oregon on the slope of Mt. Hood

www.acquisitionsinstitute.org

 

Call for Proposals

 

WHAT IS The Acquisitions Institute?

·         Since 2000, the pre-eminent conference located in Western North America on acquisitions and collection development held at Timberline Lodge.

·         A three-day conference focusing on the methods and innovation of building and managing library collections.

·         A small (capped at 80 attendees), informal and stimulating gathering in a convivial and glorious Pacific Northwest setting.

 

WHAT TOPICS are we looking for?

The planning committee is open to Presentations and Table Talks on all aspects of library acquisitions and collection management.  Presenters are encouraged to engage the audience in discussion, whether the presentation leans more toward the practical “here’s what we did” sessions or toward the more abstract “here’s what we think” sessions. We seek balance in the program by including both the practical and abstract points of view, either from one or two presenters or a panel of presenters. The committee may wish to bring individual proposals together to form panels. For Table Talks, the proposer(s) must be willing to facilitate the talk they propose.

 

Topics we and/or last year’s attendees are interested in include:

·         Collections analysis projects (e.g., GreenGlass or Gold Rush experiences, altmetrics, etc.)

·         Assessment tools, methods, and projects (e.g., linking collections with learning outcomes; usage studies)

·         Managing liaison programs

·         New models for selection

·         Sustainable models for publishing/pricing

·         Effective management of collections with constrained resources

·         Vendor and publisher evaluation, including business skills to determine financial viability

·         Diversity, inclusion and social justice in acquisitions and collections

·         Negotiation skills and how to use them, including during library-vendor and library-publisher meetings

·         Innovative vendor-librarian relationships and/or partnerships

·         Staffing, training and development, and recruiting issues, challenges, successes (e.g., onboarding new acquisitions and/or collections staff)

·         Using data visualization techniques to tell our stories (e.g., budget, collections, staff successes, etc.)

·         Impacts of Open Access and Open Repositories on acquisitions and collection development

·         Data curation, including Big Data, and management and other new roles for subject and technical services librarians

·         Digital scholarship

·         Public library and/or small academic library perspectives in acquisitions and collection development

The DEADLINE for submitting a proposal is December 31, 2018.

 

Submission proposal form: http://acquisitionsinstitute.org/2019-call-for-proposals/

 

Important Dates

Thu 9/27/18: Call for proposals announced

Mon 12/31/18: Proposals due

Wed 1/16/19: Review of proposals complete, and presenters notified

Fri 1/18/19: Presenters confirm commitment to present

Mon 2/4/19: Registration scheduled to open

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The Acquisitions Institute at Timberline Lodge Planning Committee is

Damon Campbell, University of Oregon;

Lindsay Cronk, University of Rochester;

Kristina DeShazo, Oregon Health & Science University;

Kerri Goergen-Doll, Oregon State University;

Kim Maxwell, MIT;

Nancy Slight-Gibney, Retired.

LITA Top Tech Trends

We are currently seeking nominations for panelists for the 2019 ALA Midwinter LITA Top Tech Trends program in Seattle, Washington! You may nominate yourself or someone you know who would be a great addition to the panel of speakers.

Submit your nominations.

The next LITA Top Tech Trends Program will be held on Sunday, January 27, 2019, 1:00 – 2:30 pm. During the program, a moderator and several panelists will each discuss trends impacting libraries. LITA encourages participation from underrepresented groups, such as women, people of color, and LGBTQA+. We also value diverse perspectives on the panel from different types and size of libraries and individuals who can bring a fresh voice.

The submission deadline is October 21, 2018.

Panelists will be selected based on their proposed trends, experience, and overall balance to the panel. View the submission guidelines.

Negotiating Assignment Design & Learning Outcomes for Faculty and Librarians

Save the Date!

Join us for the MILEX Fall Workshop & Meeting:

Thursday, November 15, 2018

9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Loyola University Maryland – Columbia Campus

(Registration forthcoming)

Incorrect or confusing use of library/information literacy jargon in research assignment descriptions. Source requirements not corresponding with resources available.  Incorporating the Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education in course assignments.  Assessing students’ information literacy skills and knowledge using course assignments.  These are a few of the many challenges librarians face when assisting students with their research assignments while promoting, teaching, and assessing information literacy concepts.  How can we improve communication and collaboration between librarians and faculty when it comes to assignment design?  How can librarians and faculty negotiate our differing expectations with regards to student learning outcomes?  We will view examples of successful librarian-faculty efforts to design and re-design research assignments, and discuss ideas for how to work with “problematic” assignments.

Call for Proposals! (Due October 12th)

Please consider submitting a proposal for one or both of the following:

1.      Short (15-20 minute) presentations about successful collaborations and/or interventions between librarians and faculty related to assignment design or re-design.

2.      Very short (5-minute) sharing of examples of “problem assignments” for group feedback on how to work with faculty and/or the assignment expectations.

Proposals for the 15-20 minute presentations should be a brief paragraph explaining the collaboration or intervention.  The “problem assignment” proposals can be simply a copy of the assignment or a brief description.  Send all proposals by October 12th togcalialotz@harford.edu .

Hope to see you there!

LOEX 2019: Up North: Reflect, Reconnect, & Renew

LOEX 2019: Call for Breakout Session Proposals

47th Annual LOEX Conference
May 9-11, 2019
Minneapolis, MN

You are invited to Minneapolis for LOEX 2019 to showcase your innovations in library instruction. We are excited to see how librarians from a wide-variety of locales are exploring their information literacy environment and dealing with the obstacles & opportunities that they are facing along the way.

This year’s LOEX tracks are:
* Lead & Innovate: Blazing New Trails
* Collaboration: The S’more the Merrier
* Strategies for Outreach & Engagement: Navigating the 10,000 Lakes
* Pedagogy & Information Literacy: Jumping into the Deep End
* Facilitating Student Research: Igniting the Flame
* Assessment: Are We There Yet?

Proposals for 50-minute long presentations and interactive workshops can be submitted only through the online submission form and must be received by Friday, November 16, 2018. The primary contact for the proposal will receive a message indicating receipt of the proposal when it is submitted and will be notified if the proposal has been accepted for presentation by Monday, January 14, 2019.

For more details, please visit http://www.loexconference.org/breakoutproposals.html

ALA ALCTS CaMMS Cataloging and Classification Research Interest Group

The ALCTS CaMMS Cataloging & Classification Research Interest Group seeks speakers to present at the ALA Midwinter Conference to be held in Seattle, WA on Saturday, Jan 26, 2019 from 3 to 4 p.m.

Full presentations that are accepted are asked to be about 15 minutes long and the accepted light presentations 5-10 minutes long. Audience questions and discussion after the presentations are encouraged. Below are the details:

Theme: Research on Cataloging and Classification and Its Applications within and beyond the Library

Topics include (but not limited to):

o   Classification, categorization and clustering in facilitating resource organization, description and retrieval;

o   Classification schemes, adapting or developing classification systems for describing and classifying digital documents in the library and the web;

o   Application of bibliographic classification principles in working with digital collections and metadata in institutional and digital repositories;

o   Ethical issues in subject analysis and biases in classification schemes, thesauri and other knowledge organization systems;

o   Thesauri in modern information retrieval and automatic text classification;

o   Collaboration with graduate students, faculty and researchers in digital humanities, science and other fields on data curation related projects on campus and beyond;

o   Transforming library bibliographic data from MARC to BIBFRAME, RDA and the Library Reference Model;

o   Communications between technical services, digital initiatives and public services;

o   Semantic web and LOD technologies in working with library data, and cataloger’s responsibilities in the linked data environment.

Please email proposals to the Co-Chairs by Wednesday, October 31, 2018. In your proposal, please include the following:

· Presentation title

· Abstract: 150-300 words

· Amount of time needed to make the presentation

· Names and positions of presenter(s)

· Email address(es) of presenter(s)

We look forward to hearing from you!

CCRIG Co-Chairs, 2018-2019

Sai Deng  sai.deng@ucf.edu

Becky Skeen  becky.skeen@usu.edu

CCRIG Co-Vice Chairs, 2018-2019

Amy B. Bailey  abbailey@indiana.edu

Jianying Shou  jianying.shou@duke.edu

ACRL Instruction Section Current Issues Virtual Discussion Forum (2019 ALA Midwinter)

The IS Current Issues Virtual Discussion Forum is an excellent opportunity for instruction librarians to explore and discuss topics related to library instruction and information literacy. The steering committee welcomes proposals from individuals who are interested in convening this discussion online in advance of the 2019 ALA Midwinter Meeting: Thursday, January 17, at 2 PM EST/11 AM PST.

If you would like to share your knowledge, help your peers learn from one another, and spark a lively conversation, submit a proposal to lead the IS Current Issues Virtual Discussion Forum today.

Application Deadline: September 28, 2018.

To submit a proposal, please use the online submission form.

Applicants will be notified by October 31, 2018.

To see examples of past discussion topics, view the digests of past discussions online.

Questions?

Contact the ACRL IS Discussion Group Steering Committee Chair, Lauren Hays (ldhays@mnu.edu) or Vice-Chair, Melissa Harden (mharden@nd.edu).

Codex: The Journal of the Louisiana Chapter of the ACRL

It’s that time again, folks! Codex: The Journal of the Louisiana Chapter of the ACRL needs *YOUR* content! We’re looking for articles, annotated bibliographies, and materials reviews! To submit, please visit the Codex website: http://codex.acrlla.org
Please make sure to read the Author’s Guidelines page(http://journal.acrlla.org/index.php/codex/about/submissions#authorGuidelines).

Deadline for submissions will be Friday, October 26, 2018, by 4:30pmRemember: you don’t have to be a librarian, work in Louisiana, or even be a member of ACRL or ACRL-LA to submit – we welcome submissions from staff and LIS students as well! We’re all in this together! Please feel free to share this with your colleagues!
If you have questions regarding submissions to the journal, or would like to talk to me about an idea for an article, please don’t hesitate to contact me!
Megan Lowe, Editor

California Conference on Library Instruction

Friday May 3, 2019

San Francisco, CA

CCLI 2019 invites practice and research-based approaches on the inventive, intersecting, and radical ways your instruction has redefined/reimagined student success. In particular, CCLI welcomes proposals that highlight participatory learning, critical information literacy and pedagogy, and approaches that put students at the center of their learning.

 

Evolving pedagogy and an increased emphasis on assessment have driven librarians to reconfigure their approaches to student success: participation in campus-wide initiatives; rethinking student learning outcomes and assessment; encouraging experimentation and learning that empowers students to take the lead in their own success.

  

We invite you to submit a proposal in the form of a 60-minute presentation or panel discussion, a 75-minute active learning workshop, or a 5-7 minute lightning talk. We recommend that prospective presenters review our evaluation rubric for presentations and workshops at: https://goo.gl/wQHEV9. Proposals should relate to the conference theme, clearly outline the session, and be timely and applicable to librarians. For presentations and workshops, please also include 2-3 learning outcomes, as well as detail on how you plan to incorporate active learning into your session.

 

Examples of specific questions that could be addressed are:

 ·         What methods do you use to place students at the center of their learning?

·         How has the goal of inclusivity altered your teaching practice?

·         What markers of student success do you consider before undertaking a change in your instruction?

·         What approaches have you taken that have helped to shift your campus’s thinking about student success in information literacy?

 

Please submit your CCLI 2019 proposal at: https://goo.gl/MzLYPY .The deadline for submissions is Monday, October 22. CCLI 2019 will be held at the University of San Francisco on Friday, May 3, 2019.

 

We appreciate your consideration and look forward to hearing from you! For questions, contact Quincy McCrary (qmccrary@gmail.com) or Irene Korber (ikorber@csuchico.edu).

Code4Lib 2019

Code4Lib 2019 is soliciting proposals for prepared talks!

Code4Lib 2019 is a loosely-structured conference that provides people working at the intersection of libraries/archives/museums/cultural heritage and technology with a chance to share ideas, be inspired, and forge collaborations. For more information about the Code4Lib community, please visit https://code4lib.org/about/.

The conference will be held at the DoubleTree by Hilton in San Jose, CA, from February 19, 2019 to February 22, 2019.  More information about Code4lib 2019 is available on this year’s conference website https://2019.code4lib.org.

We encourage all members of the library, archives, museums, cultural heritage organizations, and technology community to submit a proposal for a prepared talk. Prepared talks should focus on one or more of the following areas:

 

  • Projects you’ve worked on which incorporate innovative implementation of existing technologies and/or development of new software

  • Tools and technologies – How to get the most out of existing tools, standards, and protocols (and ideas on how to make them better)

  • Technical issues – Big issues in library technology that are worthy of community attention or development

  • Relevant non-technical issues – Concerns of interest to the Code4Lib community which are not strictly technical in nature, e.g. collaboration, diversity, organizational challenges, etc.

In order to provide increased opportunities for a diversity of speakers and topics, all presentations will be listed by title and description only during the voting period. Speaker names will not be included until the program is posted. We will also be soliciting 10, 15, and 20 minute talks. You’ll be asked to indicate which talk lengths you would be willing to accommodate for your proposal. A separate call for poster proposals will be offered at a later date. There will also be sign up opportunities to present 5 minute lightning talks at the event.

Submit a presentation proposal

As in past years, the Code4Lib community will vote on proposals that they would like to see included in the program. The top 10 proposals are guaranteed a slot of their preferred length at the conference. The Program Committee will curate the remainder of the program in an effort to ensure diversity in program content and presenters. Community votes will, of course, still weigh heavily in these decisions.

Presenters whose proposals are selected for inclusion in the program will have conference registration slots held for them (up to 2 speakers per talk). The standard conference registration fee will apply.

Proposals can be submitted through Thursday, October 4, 2018 at midnight Pacific time. Voting will start on Tuesday, October 9, 2018 and continue through Thursday, October 25, 2018 at midnight Pacific time. The committee plans to announce selected proposals on Monday, October 29, 2018.

Thank you,

The Code4Lib 2019 Program Committee

HKAECT International Conference

2019 “Shaping the Future of Education, Communication and Technology”

17-19 June 2019 at Chu Hai College of Higher Education, Hong Kong

Website – http://www.hkaect.org/hkaect2019 | Email – hkaectconference@gmail.com

Technology has significant impact on education and communication. On the one hand, the whole learning process can be digitized, captured and analyzed that the data informs academic and practitioners for a continuous improvement in curriculum development, teaching philosophy, pedagogy, learner characteristics, student engagement, assessment and feedback. On the other hand, to a broader perspective, technology changes the way we communicate, in form of interpersonal communication, small group communication, mass media and journalism, new media, and social media. HKAECT International Conference 2019 provides a forum for exchanges of theory and practices on technology in education and communication. This platform provides a linkage between local and international academics and practitioners, and among institutions, society and the world. HKAECT International Conference 2019 aims to enhance the contribution of applied research and scholarship; support the development and application of new conceptual frameworks; improve the quality of contemporary practices; and encourage the continuous revisit of theories.

HKAECT International Conference 2019 cordially invites submissions for the below topics, but will not be restricted to:

⚫ Curriculum development, pedagogy and Instructional designs

⚫ Role and nature of knowledge, teaching philosophies

⚫ Professional development and leadership

⚫ Learner characteristics and student engagement

⚫ Online learning, Open Education Resources (OER) and MOOCs

⚫ Multimedia, interaction and learners’ community building

⚫ Learning analytics, assessment and feedback

⚫ Interpersonal relationship and communication

⚫ Newspaper, magazine, radio, TV and online news

⚫ Advertising, public relations, social and political advocacy

⚫ New media, social media, crossmedia and mobile communication

⚫ Ethical issues Other relevant topics would also be considered.

Full Paper Submission

Please submit the manuscript in 8 – 14 pages to Easychair (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=hkaect2019 ). The full paper submission will go through a blind peer review process. Accepted full papers will be included in a volume of the Educational Communications and Technology Yearbook series, published by Springer.

Presentation Submission

Please submit 500 words extended abstract to Easychair (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=hkaect2019 ). The abstract should clearly state the research objective, research question, the hypotheses (if any), the method, the findings, and the implications. The abstract will go through a blind peer review process. Accepted abstracts will be included in the Conference Program booklet and authors will be invited to present at the conference.

Important Dates

15 October 2018 Full paper submission due

15 November 2018 Notification of acceptance of full paper

15 December 2018 Full paper authors’ registration due

15 January 2019 Presentation abstract submission due

15 February 2019 Notification of acceptance of presentation abstract

15 March 2019 Early bird registration due

17-19 June 2019 HKAECT International Conference 2019