Call for papers - Models for Remote Information Services

[Ann Koopman]

Please excuse cross-postings.  This is the final call for papers.  If you
are interested in submitting a proposal but have trouble meeting the
deadline, please call and see what arrangements can be made.  

CALL FOR PAPERS -- PHILADELPHIA 2000

CONTRIBUTED PAPERS SESSION
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DIVISION
SPECIAL LIBRARIES ASSOCIATION


The SLA Science & Technology Division is planning a Contributed Papers
Session 
for the Philadelphia Conference in June 2000.

ELIGIBILITY:  Any SLA member is welcome to submit an abstract for
consideration.  

THEME:  THE DISTRIBUTED SCI-TECH LIBRARIAN: MODELS FOR REMOTE INFORMATION
SERVICES

How are you using new technologies to deliver your services to a
distributed audience?  Do remote users in the science or technology fields
require special services?  Are new technologies reshaping the kinds of
service you can offer, your staffing patterns, the training your staff
requires, or the responsibilities of your department?  Do you use a
security system to qualify your users for restricted services?  How are you
integrating your services with licensed content?  How do you promote and
market your services?  How are you measuring and evaluating changing
patterns of service use?  What challenges have you overcome in creating
your electronic services, and what trends do you see in the future for such
services?

ABSTRACT:  Submit your proposal in the form of a 300-500 word abstract.  Be
sure to include the paper's topic, scope, methodology, and conclusions or
results.   

CRITERIA:  Criteria for review will include relevance to the session theme,
and evidence of scholarship.  Preference will be given to members of the
Science & Technology Division.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION:	OCTOBER 1, 1999.

PAPERS:    If your paper is one of the 3 selected for presentation, you
will be expected to 1) submit the complete text of your paper to the
program convener by March 15, 2000; 2) present your paper at the
Philadelphia SLA conference (20 minutes allowed); and 3) allow your paper
to be printed in session preprints and/or mounted on the Science &
Technology Division's Web site.  

SUBMIT ABSTRACT (email preferred)  TO:

Ann Koopman					email:	Ann.Koopman at mail.tju.edu
Scott Memorial Library			phone:	215-503-0441
Thomas Jefferson University		fax:	215-923-3203
1020 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA   19107

For additional information about this session, see the planning site at
http://jeffline.tju.edu/~koopman/scitech2000/papers.html