Call for Papers

Special Interest Group: Indigenous Matters

16 – 22 August 2014, Lyon

Theme:

Vive le “I” for indigenous in IFLA: strengthening cultural responsiveness and accountability in libraries and information

Due date for Proposals for Papers:
3 February 2014

Join in today!

The SIG Indigenous Matters invites proposals for papers that illustrate how library and information organisations demonstrate cultural responsiveness for and with indigenous peoples. This could be through recruitment, policy, practice, continuing professional development and/or something completely outside the box. We are seeking contribution’s that trigger the imagination; inspires positive change; dares others to replicate, or reaffirms what does not work.

Aligned with the Congress theme: ‘Librarians, Citizens, Societies: Confluence of Knowledge’, the SIG Indigenous Matters Open Session aims to identify, compare and address the challenges experienced when western world view meets indigenous world view or vice versa and how these issues are worked through by, or impact, library and information partnerships with indigenous communities and the creation of shared cultural meaning.

The goal is to create a diverse programme of 4-6 speakers representing indigenous peoples/ library and information organisations from different parts of the world who have different experiences to share.

The full Call for Papers is available on the WLIC 2014 website at http://conference.ifla.org/ifla80/calls-for-papers/vive-le-i-indigenous-ifla-strengthening-cultural-responsiveness.

Due date for Proposals for Papers: 3 February 2014.

Contact:

tumuaki@trw.org.nz

Te Paea Paringatai

Convenor, SIG Indigenous Matters

Registration has opened for the thirteenth annual Book History Workshop at Texas A&M University, scheduled for May 18-23, 2014.  Taking place in Cushing Memorial Library, the Workshop provides an intensive, hands-on introduction to the history of books and printing.  Applicants who apply early (before February 15) and are accepted into the program will receive a $100 tuition discount.

This five-day workshop allows participants to create a complete facsimile of an eighteenth-century pamphlet by setting, correcting, and imposing type on an English common press, then printing the book in three octavo formes.  The Workshop’s projects extend to other handpress-era technologies, including typecasting, papermaking, bookbinding, and illustration. Together, these projects provide a unique opportunity for book historians, literary scholars, and other students to experience a complement of practices used to create books from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries.

The Workshop acts as an introduction to book history, providing participants the rare opportunity to learn principles of analytical bibliography through discussion sessions and hands-on engagement: students will cast type in a hand mould, couche sheets of paper, and cut relief illustrations.  The activities of the week are incorporated into the finished project, the pamphlet bound in wrappers of handmade paper, featuring printers’ devices cut by each member of the Workshop.

The Workshop has traditionally attracted scholars, librarians, archivists, students, teachers, and collectors, as well as those pursuing personal interests in book history.  Three graduate credit hours are available to students through the Workshop’s partnership with the Department of Library and Information Sciences at the University of North Texas.

To register, find out more, request a printed brochure, or see photographs from previous Workshops, please go to: <http://cushing.library.tamu.edu/events/book-history-workshop>, or contact Todd Samuelson at todd.samuelson <at> tamu <dot> edu

CALL FOR PAPERS ¬ extended to February 16, 2014

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2014 Tri-Nations Education Conference
March 29-30, 2014
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada

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Internationalization in Education:

Its Nature, Challenges and Possibilities in an Increasingly Globalized World

Internationalization in Education is being discussed and debated globally as universities compete for the best students and researchers expand their networks and collaborations across national borders. University reputation and rankings are influenced by the degree of international engagement and many institutions are responding to this imperative. Yet many concerns have been raised about the motives behind internationalization, its benefits and challenges, and the short- and long-term benefits of student and faculty mobility. This conference provides a forum for a critical examination of these and other issues arising from this powerful global phenomenon.

Join us this spring in beautiful Vancouver, Canada.  Submit your proposal to present at the 2014 Tri-Nations Education Conference. Proposals will be reviewed as they are received and authors notified as soon as possible. The Call for Papers deadline is January 27, 2014 has beenextended to February 16, 2014.

This conference, initiated by the Deans of Education of five partner universities in China, Australia and Canada, is intended to encourage research exchange and collaboration on topics of importance to educators from around the world, but especially of interest in the Asia-Pacific Region.  Paper and presentation proposals are invited in any area related to the overall theme of the conference, but especially in the following areas:

•             Preparing teachers to work with increasingly diverse learners
•             Reciprocity, equity and social justice
•             Cooperation for global human development
•             Models of program and research collaboration
•             The value and challenges of comparative research
•             Cultural differences and educational research
•             Use of technology, online collaborative programs, MOOCs
•             Ethics of internationalization
•             Assessing the outcomes of internationalization
•             Internationalization of the curriculum
•             Institutional structures and processes
•             National policies and priorities
•             Language and international collaboration
•             Economics of internationalization
•             University status and rankings

Summaries of presentations and full papers will be published in the online 2014 Tri-Nations Education Conference proceedings after the conference.

Conference Languages
The official language of the conference is English.

Deadlines

Proposal & Abstract Submission Deadline: January 27, 2014
Early Bird Registration: before March 14, 2014
Conference: March 29-30, 2014

Submit your proposal by January 27 February 16 at:
http://trinations.educ.ubc.ca

Registration is now open for SEI 2014 (the Summer Educational Institute for Visual Resources and Image Management):  http://sei2014.org/registration/. Places traditionally have filled up quickly for this intensive workshop that specifically addresses the requirements of today’s professional in hands-on and lecture modules. Reserve your spot today!

SEI 2014 will be held at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign from June 10-13, 2014. The curriculum includes sessions on intellectual property rights, metadata, imaging, project management, and digital preservation. We are happy to announce that once again this year five scholarships will be sponsored by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation and you’ll find instructions on applying for the scholarships on the SEI website. Kress Scholarship applications are due by February 7, 2014.

SEI is suited to information professionals new to the field, current or recent graduate students, and more experienced professionals eager to respond to fast-changing technological advancements and job requirements. Individuals holding a range of professional roles have benefitted from past SEIs, including image collection managers, university and public librarians, archivists, and museum professionals responsible for image rights and reproductions. For more on SEI 2014, visit the website at http://sei2014.org/.

Graduates of SEI 2013 felt it was well worth the investment, providing perspectives not typically covered in graduate library science curricula. They praised the expertise and preparedness of the instructors, and also appreciated opportunities for sharing problem-solving perspectives, especially in the “Think Camp” session. In the post-SEI survey one participant summed up the experience saying “Since grad school courses never covered images, SEI really solidified my knowledge. It was especially useful to see the visual resources/art library/museum perspective on metadata and digital collection management.”

Please contact SEI co-chairs Amy Trendler (aetrendler@bsu.edu) or Meghan Musolff (musolffm@umich.edu) with any questions.

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