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<p class=MsoNormal>2010 LITA National Forum Call for Proposals<br>
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<br>
Due Date: February 19, 2010<br>
<br>
The 2010 National Forum Committee seeks proposals for high quality concurrent
sessions, preconferences and poster sessions for the 13th annual LITA National
Forum to be held in Atlanta GA, September 30 - October 3, 2010.<br>
<br>
Theme: The Cloud and the Crowd<br>
<br>
The Forum Committee is interested in presentations about projects, plans, or
discoveries in areas of library-related technology involving emerging cloud
technologies, software-as-service, as well as social technologies of various
kinds. We are interested in presentations from all types of libraries:
public, government, school, academic, special, and corporate. Proposals
on any aspect of library and information technology are welcome. Some possible
ideas for proposals might include:<br>
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* Using virtualized or cloud resources for storage or computing
in libraries<br>
* Library-specific open source software (OSS) and other
OSS "in" Libraries, technology on a budget<br>
* Crowdsourcing and user groups for supporting technology
projects<br>
* Semantic Web<br>
* Training via the crowd<br>
* Social Computing: social tools, collaborative software,
etc.<br>
* Engaging your "crowd"<br>
* User created content: Book reviews, tagging, etc.<br>
* Virtual worlds<br>
* Federated and Meta-Searching: design and management,
integrated access to resources, search engines<br>
* Digital Libraries/ Institutional Repositories:
developments in resource linking, preservation, maintenance, web services<br>
* Harnessing the crowd data to improve the user experience<br>
* Security in the cloud: control vs flexibility, legal
implications<br>
* Authentication and Authorization: Digital Rights
Management (DRM), authentication, privacy, services for remote patrons<br>
* Web design: information architecture, activity-centered
design, user-centered design, usability testing<br>
* Technology Management: project management, geek
management, budgeting, knowledge sharing applications<br>
* Globalization and library services - does it matter
where your staff or users are?<br>
<br>
Presentations must have a technological focus and pertain to libraries and/or
be of interest to librarians. Concurrent sessions are approximately 70 minutes
in length and sessions of all varieties are welcomed from traditional single-
or multi-speaker formats to panel discussions, case studies, and demonstrations
of projects. Forum 2009 will also accept a limited number of poster session
proposals. For projects that will still be in preliminary development in
October 2010, we recommend presentations at a lightning talk or other "un-conference"-like
activities for which time will be reserved at Forum. A call for these types of
presentations and discussions will be issued after February 2010.<br>
<br>
New this year:<br>
<br>
1. In response to attendee feedback, this year we will be
offering "half-session" slots as well as full sessions. This is
designed for speakers who do not wish to use the full 75 minutes, but who do
not have a partner in mind for sharing the time. The Committee will pair
these half-sessions up so that the timing of the Forum remains organized.
Please indicate in your proposal whether you are requesting a full or
half session. Half sessions should plan on approximately 30 minutes
speaking time to allow both speakers time to set up and for Q&A. If
you are requesting a full session, you should be prepared to use most of the
allotted time.<br>
2. If you are interested in publishing a paper based on
your talk in ITAL, you will have the opportunity to indicate that. These
proposals will be shared with the ITAL editor.<br>
<br>
Presenters are required to submit draft presentation slides and/or handouts in
advance for inclusion on the ALA Connect site, and are required to submit final
presentation slides or electronic content (video, audio, etc.) to be made
available on the Web site after the event.<br>
<br>
Your proposals are welcomed and much appreciated! To submit a proposal, enter
the following information online at <a
href="http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/lita2010/" target="_blank">http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/lita2010/</a><br>
<br>
* Title<br>
* Summary (to be used in community feedback/voting: a
one-sentence description of your presentation mentioning neither the name(s) or
institution(s) of the presenter(s), max. 200 characters)<br>
* Abstract and brief outline (max 400 words)<br>
* Level indicator (basic, intermediate, or advanced)<br>
* Brief biographical information. Include experience as a
presenter and expertise in the topic<br>
* Full contact information<br>
* Is this proposal for a preconference? Concurrent
session? Poster session?<br>
* If this proposal is for a concurrent session, might it
be considered for a poster session?<br>
* If this proposal is for a concurrent session, might it
be expanded into a half-day or full-day preconference?<br>
* If this proposal is for a concurrent session, are you
requesting a full or half session?<br>
* How did you hear about the 2010 Forum call for
proposals?<br>
<br>
Submit proposals by February 19, 2010 online at: <a
href="http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/lita2010/" target="_blank">http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/lita2010/</a><br>
The 2010 Forum Planning Committee will review proposals starting in
February 2010. You will be contacted about the status of your proposal by the
end of March.<br clear=all>
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-- <br>
Susan Sharpless Smith<br>
Director of Research, Instruction & Technology Services<br>
Z. Smith Reynolds Library<br>
PO Box 7777<br>
Wake Forest University<br>
Winston-Salem, NC 27109<br>
336.758.5828 (office)<br>
336.758.5605 (fax)<br>
<a href="http://susansharplesssmith.info" target="_blank">susansharplesssmith.info</a>
(website)<br>
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<a href="http://www.nclaonline.org" target="_blank">http://www.nclaonline.org</a>
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-- <br>
Susan Sharpless Smith<br>
Director of Research, Instruction & Technology Services<br>
Z. Smith Reynolds Library<br>
PO Box 7777<br>
Wake Forest University<br>
Winston-Salem, NC 27109<br>
336.758.5828 (office)<br>
336.758.5605 (fax)<br>
<a href="http://susansharplesssmith.info">susansharplesssmith.info</a>
(website)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><i>Mary C. Horton<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i>Director of Administrative Services<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i>University Libraries<o:p></o:p></i></p>
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