SLA Contributed Papers

Nashville 2004
Putting Knowledge to Work®
June 5-10, 2004

2004 Annual Conference Contributed Papers

• Blended Learning; A Model for Instruction
  Arden Matheson, Head, Business Library
  University of Calgary
  
  
• Competitive Intelligence and Information Specialists: Working Together Toward a Common Goal
  Bonnie Hohhof, Editor
  Competitive Intelligence Magazine
  
  
• Using Geographic Information Systems to Define Small-scale Markets and Consumption Patterns
  Steve Bromberg
  Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County
  
  
• LibQUAL+TM and the Professional Military Library
  J. Gail Nicula, A.M.L.S., Ph.D.
  Library Director
  Joint Forces Staff College

  Shirley Brooks Laseter, M.L.S., D.P.A
  Library Director
  Air University
  

• Libraries and Librarians: A Link between Legal Information Services and Firm Productivity?
  Margaret Aby Carroll, BS, MLS - Library Sites Manager,
  Microsoft Corporation and Ph.D. student
  
  Dr. Yvonne J. Chandler, BA, MLIS, PhD Associate Professor, University of North Texas / School of Library and Information Science
  

• Marketing a Transitioning Digital Library: Providing Instruction to “@ Your Desktop” Users
  Carol DeAngelo, Biological & Physical Sciences Reference Librarian

  Ruth H. Hooker Research Library
  Naval Research Laboratory
  

• Putting Knowledge to Work in an Educational Setting
  Dr. Kimiz Dalkir, Assistant Professor, McGill University Graduate School of Library and Information Studies
  Mary Keller, MLIS, McGill University
  

• Transitioning from Knowledge Management
  to Portals: Creating Customized Data Delivery for End-Users
  Rebecca H. Augustyniak, Dawn B. Aguero,
  
  Amy M. Finley
  Clearinghouse for Applied Research and Public Service
  Florida State University

Submission Guidelines and Specifications
2004: Putting Knowledge To Work®

September 16, 2003—Submit an abstract to Theo Jones-Quartey via email at theo.s.jones-quartey@grace.com. Abstracts should be approximately 250-300 words in length.

March 15, 2004—Submission deadline for the complete text of the accepted paper to the association office. Send papers to contributedpapers@sla.org.

Length—Presentation fo the paper should be no longer than 15 minutes.

Requirements

In order for a professional paper to be considered for acceptance, the following requirements apply:

-The Abstract has been received by the deadline
-The author (or co-author) is a member of SLA
-The author (or co-author) commits to present the paper at the annual conference.

Abstracts will be judged on the relevance to the conference theme, substance and potential member interest. Applicants will be notified of acceptance by October 31, 2003. Full instructions on format for the complete text of the professional paper are listed below.
A signed copyright release form must also be included. Click here for that form

Paper and Page Specifications

All papers must be submitted electronically to contributedpapers@sla.org. The paper should be in MicroSoft Word or WordPerfect format. If you do not have access to either of these programs, please send a version in unformatted text-only format (ASCII, *.rtf, or *.txt for text on diskette; included in main mail window--not as an attachment--for e-mail). If you need instructions on saving your document as one of these file formats, please contact Contributedpapers@sla.org.

A printed copy is also required to be sent to SLA headquarters at:

Special Libraries Association
Attn: Contributed Papers.
1700 18th Street N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20009

Papers are now posted online. To see examples of papers from SLA’s 94th Annual Conference in New York, go to: http://www.sla.org/content/Events/conference/2003annual/slacontribpapers.cfm

Text Specifications
Font: Use Times New Roman typeface for all text, including titles, captions, figure labels, and chart text. This page is printed in Times New Roman.
Size: All general text should be in 12-point letters. The main title of the paper should be 18-point. See "Titles and Headings Specifications" for more information.

Titles and Headings Specifications
The title of your paper should be centered at the top of the first page. Chapter or division titles (Endnotes, References, Bibliography, etc.) should also be centered. Subheadings should be used when necessary to help guide your reader. Subheadings should be kept short and succinct. Most papers don't warrant more than A- and B-level subheadings. If your paper is very technical and you feel that the reader needs more guidance, you may use C- or even D-level subheadings as needed.

The title of your paper should be in boldfaced 18-point Times New Roman text, with only the first letter of each significant word capitalized (not conjunctions or prepositions). All author names, degrees, and affiliations should appear (also centered) directly below the title of the paper in 16-point Times New Roman type with only the first letter of each significant word capitalized. A-level subheadings should be in boldfaced 14-point type, all capital letters, centered. B-level subheadings should be in boldfaced 14-point type, centered, with only the first letter of each significant word capitalized. C-level subheadings should be in boldfaced 12-point type, flush with the left margin, and only the first letter of each significant word should be capitalized. Where D-level subheadings appear, they should be in 12-point italic type (not boldfaced), flush against the left margin, with only the first letter of each significant word capitalized. D-level subheadings begin the paragraph and are followed by a period.

Formatting Specifications
Endnotes/Footnotes: Footnotes should not be used. For reference notes, please use endnotes. Make sure you label the notes as Endnotes.

Justification: Please use full justification for all text; the left and right margins should appear straight. The main title of your paper, as well as chapter or division titles (such as Endnotes, References, and Bibliography), should becentered between the left and right margins.

Spacing: Single-space the text of your paper. Between paragraphs, include a single blank line. The text of your paper should start four lines below the title information. See "Titles and Headings Specifications" for details on those items.

Indentation: Please indent all paragraphs one-half inch (1.3 cm).

Text Attributes: Use boldface for the title and subtitle of your paper, author name(s), A-heads, B-heads, and C-heads. Do not underline titles, words, or subheads; use italicizing instead for differentiation and/or emphasis.

Miscellaneous: Do not use one-sentence paragraphs.
Avoid single lines at the top or bottom of a page (often called widows and orphans respectively).
Do not use an outline format, in which subheads are numbered.

Graphics
Graphic representations of concepts and data discussed in your paper can be effective and helpful aids to the readers' understanding of the materials. Please feel free to use charts, tables, maps, and other useful non-text elements in your paper.

SLA reserves the right to omit any charts, tables, photos, illustrations, maps, etc., that will not generate high print quality when published.

Number your illustrations, graphs, charts, and other graphics consecutively as Figure 1,Figure 2, etc., and refer to them as such in the text of your paper.

Miscellaneous Helpful Information
Please spell check your paper and read it through carefully several times to check for mistakes. It's usually helpful to ask someone who has not been involved in the research and writing of the paper (a "fresh set of eyes") to read through your final draft in order to catch any errors you might have overlooked. Unfortunately, due to time constraints, we will be unable to proofread, edit, or format contributed papers.