<blink>ROFL</blink> On Feb 4, 2014, at 1:21 PM, Zoe Chao <[email protected]> wrote:
> <html dir="ltr"> > <head> > <title></title> > </head> > <body> > <p><b>Due February 24, 2014</b></p> > <p>The 2014 LITA Forum Committee seeks proposals for excellent > pre-conferences, concurrent sessions, and poster sessions for the 17th annual > Forum of the Library Information and Technology Association, to be held in > <b>Albuquerque, New Mexico, November 5-8, 2014</b>.</p> > <p>The 2014 theme, “Transformation: From Node to Network”, reflects > the ongoing evolution of libraries from being seen as largely standalone > institutions focused on their own locale to being integrated into and within > their communities — whether on a local, regional, national, or global level, > or on all four.</p> > <p>The Forum Committee welcomes proposals for full-day > pre-conferences, 50-minute concurrent sessions, or poster sessions related to > all types of libraries: public, school, academic, government, special, and > corporate.</p> > <p>Proposals could relate to any of the following topics:</p> > <ul> > <li>Cooperation & collaboration</li> > <li>Scalability and sustainability of library services and > tools</li> > <li>Researcher information networks</li> > <li>Practical applications of linked data</li> > <li>Large- and small-scale resource sharing</li> > <li>User experience & users</li> > <li>Library spaces (virtual or physical)</li> > <li>“Big Data” — work in discovery, preservation, or > documentation</li> > <li>Data driven libraries or related assessment projects</li> > <li>Anything else that relates to the conference theme</li> > </ul> > <p>Proposals may cover projects, plans, ideas, or recent discoveries. > We accept proposals on any aspect of library and information technology, even > if not covered by the above list. The committee particularly invites > submissions from first time presenters, library school students, and > individuals from diverse backgrounds. Submit your proposal through <a > href="http://bit.ly/2014forum";>http://bit.ly/2014forum</a> by <b>February 24, > 2014</b>.</p> > <p>Presentations must have a technological focus and pertain to > libraries. Presentations that incorporate audience participation are > encouraged. The format of the presentations may include single- or > multi-speaker formats, panel discussions, moderated discussions, case studies > and/or demonstrations of projects.</p> > <p>Vendors wishing to submit a proposal should partner with a library > representative who is testing/using the product. 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.</p> > <p>Please submit your proposal through <a > href="http://bit.ly/2014forum";>http://bit.ly/2014forum</a></p> > <p>More information about LITA is available from the <a > href="http://www.ala.org/lita/"; sl-processed="1">LITA website</a>, <a > href="https://www.facebook.com/LITA.ALA"; sl-processed="1">Facebook </a>and <a > href="http://twitter.com/LITAForum"; sl-processed="1">Twitter</a> .</p> > </body> > </html>
