SLA 2009: Information to Inspiration: Knowledge & Vision Shaping the Future
SLA Contributed Papers: An opportunity to share your knowledge!
How are you using your expert knowledge and talents to shape the future? Do you have a vision of what the future will look like? Are others inspired by your ideas, innovations, and passion? How is your workplace preparing for the future? Do you have valuable insight from lessons learned that could help other information professionals? If so, here is your opportunity to engage in scholarship and share that knowledge with your peers.
SLA is now accepting proposals for papers to be presented at its Annual Conference & INFO-EXPO 14-17 June2009 in Washington, DC, with the theme "Information to Inspiration: Knowledge & Vision Shaping the Future." Accepted papers will also be published on the SLA website.
Every SLA member is eligible and encouraged to apply. The proposals will be evaluated by a panel of SLA members in a blind review and the strongest will be selected for development into full papers due May 1, 2009.
Topics of the papers should be related to library science, information management, research or other issues related to customer service, technology, or administration in special libraries. Proposals will be judged on their relevance to the conference theme "Information to Inspiration" or the tag "Knowledge and Vision Shaping the Future", as well on the strength of the idea, quality of writing, and potential member interest.
Minimum Requirements for Acceptance
In addition to the quality and relevance of the proposed paper, it must meet these requirements:
- At least one author is a member of SLA.
- At least one author commits to present the paper at the annual conference.
- The proposal has been received by the deadline.
- The paper has not been published in or submitted to any other publication or conference planning group.
- The author (and any co-authors) must be willing to sign a copyright assignment that will permit SLA to use the paper in various formats.
Submission Guidelines and Specifications
Go here for examples of papers from SLA's 2008 Annual Conference & INFO-EXPO in Seattle.
Full guidelines, including formatting instructions, are available here.
Deadlines
12 December 2008 -- Proposal due. Submit an abstract of your paper via e-mail to jwheeler@ucalgary.ca Abstracts should be 250-300 words in length, which is roughly one page in 12-point text.
31 January 2009 -- Notification. Twelve to fifteen proposals will be chosen and all applicants will be notified of a decision.
1 May 2009-- Paper due. Authors submit their completed paper and copyright assignment to SLA.
14-17 June 2009 -- Conference presentation. Authors will deliver a 15 minute presentation of their papers (along with three to four other authors) during a 90 minute Contributed Papers Session.
We look forward to your submission and to hearing how you've been inspired and are inspiring!
If you have questions, please contact Justine Wheeler, Chair of the Contributed Papers Selection Committee, at jwheeler@ucalgary.ca.
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