Friday, January 12, 2007

Call for Proposals

Colorado Academic Library Summit 2007

Call for Proposals

Due date for proposals is February 5, 2007

The Colorado Academic Library Summit planning committee seeks proposals for high quality concurrent sessions and digital poster sessions for the Colorado Academic Library Summit 2007. The Summit is jointly sponsored by CALC, CoALA, CLiC, CSL and BCR and will be held at the Sheraton Denver West Hotel (6th Ave & Union) on May 31-June 1, 2007.

Theme: Changing Cultures: Collaborations, Social Networking and New Technologies

The planning committee is seeking presentations that highlight the changing culture and values of library staff; the implementation and potential of social computing tools and emerging technologies; and reaching out to the new generation of patrons. Proposals should address one of the following three tracks:

Track 1: Changing Culture and Values of Library Organizations and Staff

If libraries are to embrace Library 2.0 and the many changes it means to library services and organization, we need to create dynamic organizations that can anticipate, manage and cope well with these changes. Track 1 will deal with identifying Library Culture 2.0; generational, motivational, and background differences among library staff and library patrons; encouraging the use of changing technologies and information access tools; advancing and administering successful succession planning; developing a vision of future library work force talents and training needs.

Track 2: Changing tools

Rapidly evolving technologies are facilitating new communication and interaction between libraries and their external communities. These tools allow librarians to offer services and resources in new ways or in new environments. Track 2 will explore areas of emerging technology within a library services context; integrating libraries into course management environments; Library 2.0 tools, communication and interaction; social computing and patron-centered environments; personal broadcasting (blogs, podcasting, etc.); cell phone and PDA accessible content and services; educational gaming and the library; augmented reality and enhanced visualization environments; context-aware environments or devices; and institutional repositories – trends and realities

Track 3: Outreach

The success of the academic library depends on understanding changing needs and expectations of its users. Track 3 will address a number of topics concerning library outreach in a changing culture: promotion and marketing of library resources and services to new clientele; developing and redesigning library services for a new generation; understanding and embracing new modes of scholarly communication; library outreach to a new generation of university faculty; using new technologies (including course management software) for library services and promotion.

Digital Poster Sessions

Want to share your innovative program with your colleagues, now is your chance—submit your idea for a digital poster session. Here’s the opportunity to demonstrate innovative uses to new technology in teaching and learning—are you using a blog or wiki in library instruction; are you incorporating digital special collections/archival resources into classroom individual instruction; have cell phone delivery been tested on your campus? Are you offering a multi-media lab for student use? We’ll have 6 digital poster sessions for you to share your innovations with your colleagues.

Table Topics

Lunch will include discussion topics at specific tables. These topics will be tied to the three themes described above. If you are interested in leading a discussion, please submit your name, topic title, and brief topic description per the instructions listed below.

Presentations for the concurrent sessions will be 1 hour in length and may include multiple presenters. There will be a total of 15 presentations in one of three time slots. To submit a proposal, send the following information via email:

  • Title of presentation, table topic or poster session (specify)
  • Abstract and brief outline (200 words max)
  • Brief biographical information
  • Full contact information

Submit proposals by February 5, 2007, to Rhonda Gonzales rhonda.gonzales@colostate-pueblo.edu You’ll be notified about the status of your proposal by February 19, 2007.