CFP: LITA Forum 2013

[Brice, John]

Cindy:

Why don't we submit a proposal for the Libki project.  We have everything
all written up on it.  We would just have to get some slides made and would
be already to go.  You like LITA and Louisville is realitevly close and has
great barbecue.

John

On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 5:26 PM, Emanuel, Jennifer E
<emanuelj at illinois.edu>wrote:

>  http://www.ala.org/lita/conferences/forum/2013****
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> ** **
> Due date for proposals: February 25, 2013****
>
> The 2013 National Forum Committee seeks proposals for high quality
> pre-conferences, concurrent sessions and poster sessions for the 16th
> annual LITA National Forum to be held in Louisville, Kentucky, November
> 7-10, 2013.****
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> *The 2013 theme is Creation, Collaboration, Community*****
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> The Forum Committee welcomes pre-conferences, presentations, and
> interactive programs related to all types of libraries: public, school,
> academic, government, special, and corporate. Proposals should relate to
> the themes of creation, empowering library users, collaboration,
> cooperation, and building or engaging communities.  Proposals may cover
> projects, plans, ideas, or recent discoveries. We accept proposals on any
> aspect of library and information technology.****
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> The committee particularly invites submissions from first time presenters,
> library school students, and individuals from diverse backgrounds.****
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> The Forum Committee is especially interested in presentations highlighting
> projects that involve the creation of library spaces, the maker movement,
> and innovative solutions to pragmatic problems.  It also encourages
> sessions that are hands-on. ****
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> Possible ideas for topics might include:****
>
>    - Maker spaces/Maker Movement****
>    - Creation of New Library Spaces****
>    - Data Curation****
>    - Discovery****
>    - User Experience****
>    - Web Services****
>    - Coding ****
>    - Digital Libraries****
>    - Institutional Repositories****
>
>  ****
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> Presentations must have a technological focus and pertain to libraries.
> Presentations that incorporate audience participation are encouraged.
> Sessions can be full-day pre-conferences, concurrent sessions (50 minutes),
> or poster sessions. The format of the presentations may include single- or
> multi-speaker formats, panel discussions, moderated discussions, case
> studies and/or demonstrations of projects.****
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> Vendors wishing to submit a proposal should partner with a library
> representative who is testing/using the product.****
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> Presenters will submit draft presentation slides and/or handouts on ALA
> Connect in advance of the Forum and will submit final presentation slides
> or electronic content (video, audio, etc.) to be made available on the web
> site following the event. Presenters are expected to register and
> participate in the Forum as attendees; discounted registration will be
> offered.  ****
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> Submit proposals to:
> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dEpzV2N6Unh3UlBsVzBhZ1BRX3dfZUE6MQ <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dEpzV2N6Unh3UlBsVzBhZ1BRX3dfZUE6MQ>
> ****
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> The online form will ask for:****
>
>    - Contact information****
>    - Title****
>    - Program Description (100 Words) (Please exclude any information
>    identifying the presenter(s) or his/her/their organization.)****
>    - Participatory elements of the presentation****
>    - Level indicator (Introducing, Implementing, Innovating)****
>    - Brief biographical information****
>    - Whether you would like to consider a paper in ITAL based upon your
>    talk****
>    - Do you agree to be streamed: yes or no****
>
>  ****
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> *You will be notified about the status of your proposal by mid-April, 2013
> *****
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>  ****
>
> Any questions regarding the Forum?  Please contact the LITA Office:
> lita at ala.org; (312) 280-4268****
>
> ** **
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> ** **
>
> Jenny Emanuel****
>
> Digital Services & Reference Librarian****
>
> University of Illinois****
>
> 300 Library, MC-522****
>
> Urbana, IL 61801****
>
> emanuelj at illinois.edu****
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> 217-244-3770****
>
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