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From: Denise Agosto [Denise.Agostoischool.drexel.edu]
Sent: Monday, September 10, 2007 9:25 AM
Subject: Call for Papers -- 2008 Library Research Round
Table Forums at
ALAAnnual Conference, Anaheim, CA


2008 Library Research Round Table Forums at ALA Annual
Conference,
Anaheim, CA

The Library Research Round Table (LRRT) will sponsor two
Research Forums
at the 2008 American Library Association Annual Conference
in Anaheim,
CA (June 26 - July 2).  The LRRT Forums are a set of
programs at the ALA
Annual Conference featuring presentations of LIS research,
in progress
or completed, followed by discussion.  Two LRRT Research
Forums are
scheduled for 2008, one on general LIS research and one on a
more
specific topic that will emerge as we evaluate the
submissions.

This is an opportunity to present and discuss your research
project
conducted in the broad area of library and information
science or in a
more specialized area of the field.  LRRT welcomes papers
emphasizing
the problems, theories, methodologies, or significance of
research
findings for LIS.  Topics can include, but are not limited
to, user
studies and user behavior, electronic services, service
effectiveness,
organizational structure and personnel, library value
determination, and
evaluation of library and information services.  Both
completed research
and research in progress will be considered.  All
researchers, including
practitioners from all types of libraries, library school
faculty and
students, and other interested individuals are encouraged to
submit
proposals.  LRRT Members and nonmembers of LRRT are invited
and welcomed
to submit proposals.

The Committee will use a blind review process to select a
maximum of six
projects, three for each of the two forums.  The selected
researchers
will be required to present their papers in person at the
forums and to
register for the conference.  Criteria for selection are: 

   1. Significance of the study to library and information
science
research;

   2. Quality and creativity of the methodology;

   3. Potential to fill a research gap or to build on
previous LIS
studies;

   4. Adherence to submission requirements (see below).

 
Previously published research or research accepted for
publication by
December 7, 2007, will not be considered.


Please submit a two-page proposal by Friday, December 7,
2007.  Late
submissions will not be considered, and submissions must be
limited to
two pages in length.  On the first page, please list your
name(s),
title(s), institutional affiliation(s), and contact
information
(telephone number, mailing address, and email address).  The
second page
should NOT show your name or any other identifying
information.
Instead, it must include: 1) The title of your project, and
2) A
500-word abstract.  The abstract must include a problem
statement,
problem significance, project objectives, methodology, and
conclusions
(or tentative conclusions for work in progress), and an
indication of
whether the research is in-progress or completed.

 
Notification of acceptance will be made by Monday, February
18, 2008.  


Please send submissions (via email or snail mail) to:
  Denise E. Agosto, Ph.D.
  Library Research Round Table Chair-Elect
  Associate Professor
  3141 Chestnut St.
  College of Information Science & Technology
  Drexel University
  Philadelphia, PA  19104
  Phone: 215-895-1930 
  Denise.Agostoischool.edu


____
2007 ASIS&T Annual Meeting
Joining Research and Practice: Social Computing
and Information Science,
October 19-24, in Milwaukee
Plenaries: Anthea Stratigos, Outsell (research and advisory
firm) 
Clifford Lynch, Coalition for Networked Information
http://www.asis
.org/Conferences/AM07/

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