Call for Student and Recent Graduate Proposals
Digital Liaisons: Building Communities and Empowering Culture through Digital Libraries

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Friday, September 19, 2014
ACCEPTANCE NOTIFICATION: Monday, September 29, 2014

The Special Interest Group for Digital Libraries (http://www.asis.org/sig/sigdl) of the Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is seeking proposals for an Undergraduate, Master’s, and recently graduated professionals (having graduated May 2012 or later) research program at the ASIS&T 2014 Annual Meeting in Seattle on October 31 – November 4, 2014.

This session is intended to provide students and recent graduates with an opportunity to present their work during the main conference on areas of interest relevant to information and knowledge management. The session will also serve as a social meeting point to facilitate networking between students, faculty, and professionals. Note: Presenters do not have to attend the conference in order to qualify. To accommodate individuals who cannot attend the conference, we are accepting pre-made video presentations and mailed-in posters. All abstracts, presentation media, and posters will be published on the SIG DL website after the conference.

Topics
Poster and lightning talk presentation proposals should focus on innovative projects that explore digital libraries through topics concerning community and/or culture, in keeping with this year’s ASIS&T annual meeting theme. Proposals may include, but are not limited to, past research, case studies, and current projects on areas such as social network analysis, linked data, open access and new publishing models, crowd-sourcing, big data, digital humanities, citizen science, or other projects falling within the panel’s theme. (The list is meant to be illustrative, not prescriptive.)

Who is Eligible?
Submissions can be made as a single author or a group of authors, including collaborations between students or recent graduates from different institutions. Student chapters are particularly encouraged to submit a poster as a group. Authors do NOT need to be members of ASIS&T. However, they must pay for the conference registration fee and related expenses if attending in person. Students and recent graduates are encouraged to consult faculty and professional mentors but should not allow them to be a significant contributor to the content. All research is expected to be purely the students’ or recent graduates’ work and could include coursework, internship experiences, work-related experience, and independent interests, including theses or other capstone projects.

Selection Criteria
Up to 10 posters and 5 lightning talk proposals will be accepted for the panel session. Poster submissions must include an abstract of no less than 250 words and a one-page storyboard or mock-up of the poster. Lightning talk submissions must include a two-page paper using the ASIST short paper template available at https://www.asis.org/asist2014/AM14ProceedingsFormat.pdf. Students should indicate whether they will be present at the conference and which format they plan to present. Both posters and lightning talk proposals will be selected based on the following criteria: relevance of topics to the Digital Liaisons session and SIG DL mission, feasibility of presentation within a compressed format, and originality of research.

Poster Format
The posters will be displayed around the room for the entire session, including during the lightning talks. Students or recent graduates who are unable to attend the session will be allowed to mail in their poster ahead of time or have a colleague put it up for them.

Lightning Talks
Lightning talks will consist of 5-minute presentations with no more than 10 slides (optional). Presenters may, alternatively, submit a video of their talk. Presenters are encouraged to think creatively while maintaining formal language and respect for the audience.

Guest Speakers
Dr. Michael Eisenberg (Dean Emeritus and Professor at the Information School, University of Washington) will make the keynote remarks. and Dr. Karen Fisher (Professor at the Information School, University of Washington) will give plenary remarks.

Awards
The following awards will be given at the session.
$300 for the best paper
$150 for the best poster
$100 for honorable mention paper
$100 for honorable mention poster

Submission and Deadline
Authors are invited to submit proposals by filling out a form at http://tinyurl.com/k85n3ad anytime until 11:59 pm EST, September 19, 2014. Selections will be made by a panel of judges. If you have any questions, please email Holley Long at holley.long@colorado.edu

Link to CfP: http://tinyurl.com/pyqmjsp
Link to Submission Form: http://tinyurl.com/k85n3ad

Dear Colleagues

I am pleased to let you know about some new information on the SCONUL website, which has been produced on behalf of the SCONUL Strategy Group on User Experience and Success. This is a literature review on the contribution of information literacy and libraries to the development of graduate employability skills, produced by Megan Wiley, University of Bristol, under the guidance of Jackie Chelin, University of the West of England, one of our Group members. The Strategy Group’s remit includes information literacy, and over the last year we have been focusing on situating libraries’ “traditional” information literacy role in the new broader academic skills landscape, and the development of graduate attributes.

Using this review as a basis, we will be working on some case studies and advocacy tools for librarians working in this area, and to address this significant driver for development within institutions. We are also intending to create an Employability “Lens” for the SCONUL 7 Pillars Information Literacy model.

Literature review:
http://www.sconul.ac.uk/page/employability

I hope you find this useful and interesting. We would be happy to receive feedback, and any further ideas for developing this strand of our work which would be relevant for SCONUL members.

Kind regards

Jo Norry, Chair of SCONUL Strategy Group on User Experience and Success
Director of Libraries and Learning Innovation, Leeds Metropolitan University

Project Management for Information Professionals

At the 2014 Annual Conference, SLA President Kate Arnold identified project management skills as a key competency for today’s information
professional.

While most of us are actively involved in project work, few possess formal training. This interactive workshop will introduce the key elements of
project management. Participants will leave with a solid understanding of how to set achievable goals, focus efforts, and assess outcomes. 

Facilitator Jim Brosseau has worked for 30+ years in the high technology sector, as team leader, project manager, and director, and has personally
worked with more than 100 organizations over the past ten years with a goal of improving team effectiveness.

Date: Wednesday, September 10, 2014
Time: Registration and refreshments 8:00am-8:30am, workshop 8:30am-12:30pm
Place: Teck Resources, Suite 3300, Bentall 5 – 550 Burrard Street, Vancouver BC
Cost: $75 (members), $80 (non-members), $65 (students)

Please submit registration form and payment by September 8th. 
Spaces are limited, so register early!  Questions?
Email vancouver@wcanada.sla.org

We look forward to seeing many of you there,

Lindsay Tripp
Vancouver Director, SLA WCC