Contributed
Papers
Nashville2004
Putting Knowledge to Work®
June 5-10, 2003
SPECIAL LIBRARIES
ASSOCIATION'S
95th ANNUAL CONFERENCE PROFESSIONAL PAPERS
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.
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