CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

 

ALISE 2004 ANNUAL CONFERENCE

U. S. Grant--A Historic Wyndham Hotel     

San Diego, California      January 6-9, 2004
 

“POISED TO POUNCE: THE POWER OF CONVERGENCE”

Conference Program Planning Committee Chairs:

John M. Budd, Univ. of Missouri-Columbia & Marie L. Radford, Pratt Institute

 

 

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS IS AUGUST 15, 2003

 

The 2004 ALISE Conference will focus on the many new configurations and relationships in which Schools of Library and Information Studies, of whatever nomenclature, find themselves. While new relationships are not forged without negotiation and sometimes awkwardness, they have provided new opportunities and positioned LIS to move front and center in our universities and in the changing information environment. What are the gifts and challenges of interdisciplinarity? What shapes do new relationships take? Where might we go with our new partners that we couldn’t go before? How do we communicate with our staunch practitioner allies? This Conference gives us an opportunity to share experiences, flex some newfound muscle, and suggest even more possibilities for the Power of Convergence. Your participation in the ALISE 2004 Conference is welcomed.  We are interested in receiving:

• Individual Paper Submissions
• Panel Proposals (from individuals as well as ALISE SIG Conveners)

To stimulate programming that addresses the conference theme as well as the need for mentoring and socialization of current and future generations of LIS scholars and professionals, the following types of proposals are especially sought:

• Workshop/Program/Panel Proposals
  • Conference theme-based interdisciplinary programs
  • Career/mentoring workshops for newer scholars & untenured faculty
  • Seminars for LIS administrators
  • Workshops on surviving & thriving in academe (e.g., productivity, getting published, teaching tips)
  • Networking for publishing and employment opportunities
  • Programs that showcase research at the intersections
• Other Innovative Forms of Programming
  • Symposia on current LIS issues, alternative methodologies
  • Master Classes on particular schools of thought, the work of individual scholars from within or outside LIS, etc.
• Roundtable Discussion Proposals

FORMAT FOR SUBMISSIONS TO THE ALISE 2004 CONFERENCE:

 

• Individual Juried Paper Submissions: Completed projects or works in progress are welcome. Abstracts should be approximately 1,000 words and include: topic, purpose, method, findings (or anticipated findings for works in progress), and significance.  Decisions for presentations of juried papers will be based on abstracts, and applicants will be notified by 10/1/03. The final paper must be submitted to John V. Richardson by 12/5/03.  Papers should be 15-20 pages. The ALISE Program Planning Committee will conduct a blind review to select papers for presentation. Authors of accepted papers may submit their papers to JELIS for consideration for inclusion in a conference issue. Criteria for selection are:
  • Significance (for LIS, LIS education, and interdisciplinary topics)
  • Quality and creativity of the methodology
  • Potential to fill gaps or build on previous studies in LIS or LIS education.

Mail/Email All Juried Paper Submissions by August 15, 2003 to: 

John V. Richardson, Jr. Ph.D.
UCLA Professor of Information Studies
and Associate Dean, Graduate Division
1237B Murphy Hall, Box 951419
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1419

            jrichardson@gdnet.ucla.edu

 

• Juried Panel Proposals; Workshop/Program Proposals; Innovative Forms of Programming; Roundtable Discussions: Please submit title of panel/program, brief description of panel/program  (250 words describing structure, content, purpose, and outcome), contact information for organizer and all participants (including paper titles if appropriate, participant’s names, affiliations, phone & email addresses). The ALISE Program Planning Committee will conduct a blind review process to select panels/programs for presentation and panel organizer will be notified of acceptance by 10/1/03. 
  • SIG Conveners please note: all fully developed panels/programs, as described above, and submitted by the deadline will be scheduled. Incomplete or late proposals will not be accepted.

Mail/Email Panel/Workshop/Program Proposals by August 15, 2003 to:

Marie L. Radford, Ph.D., Acting Dean

Pratt Institute, School of Information & Library Science

144 W. 14^th St., 6^th Floor

NY, NY 10011-7301

mradford@pratt.edu

 

Watch the ALISE Website  for conference information updates!

See also Doctoral Student to ALISE details.