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Call for Proposals
2006 Special Libraries Association NorthWest Regional
Conference
Content Management - Converging Information, People and
Technology
October 6 - 7, 2006 - Vancouver, BC
Hosted by Western Canada, Oregon and Pacific Northwest
Chapters
You are invited to submit a proposal for presentation at the
2006 SLA NorthWest Regional Conference.
Venue: Fairmont Hotel Vancouver, Vancouver, BC http://fairmont.co
m/hotelvancouver
Introduction: Content management (CM) has, in recent years,
moved from the back room of the web designer onto the desk
of almost every information professional who has
responsibility for getting their organisation's content out
to a suitable audience. CM professionals have helped to
articulate the process and develop the systems to manage
it. Many librarians, on the other hand, are meeting CM for
the first time, even if they recognise elements of it in
their existing skill sets.
The keynote speaker will be Bob Boiko. As the author of the
Content Management Bible, Bob is, without exaggeration, the
guru of content management. He is a teacher, consultant,
writer, programmer, and itinerant businessman. Bob is
currently President of Metatorial Services, Inc.
(www.metatorial.com) and an affiliate faculty member of the
InformationSchool at the University of Washington
(www.ischool.washington.edu).
Target Audience: The primary objective of the conference is
to bring together SLA members and others with a professional
or academic interest in content management and related
disciplines. The conference will focus on developing
content management skills for attendees of all knowledge
levels, from novice to advanced, and demonstrating the added
value of content management.
Presentations: We welcome presentations on the use of CM in
and outside of library settings and from introductory to
advanced levels. We expect that most programs will run for
just under one hour including time for questions and
answers, although we are open to suggestions of other
formats (workshops, panel discussions, etc.) that might run
for longer or shorter periods.
Topics: We welcome presentations on, for example:
* fundamentals of CM
* CM systems
* best practices
* metadata
* case studies
* taxonomies and thesauri
* CM jobs in special libraries
* information architecture
* CM challenges
Speakers should bear in mind that their audience may
encompass a range of knowledge and experience of both CM and
information skills.
Submission guidelines: Please see the attached Submission
Form for guidelines and evaluation criteria. The conference
web site is at http://www.sla.org/chapter/cwcn/conference/NWRC200
6/index.htm. Questions may be addressed
toNWSLAprograms f3rg.com. Deadline for submissions is
March 31, 2006.
Please forward this Call for Proposals to others who may be
interested in presenting.
Sincerely,
Michelle Bagley
Librarian
Western Culinary Institute
921 SW Morrison, Suite 400
Portland, OR 97205
Phone: 503.223.2245 Ext. 413
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Michael Crandall
Chair, Master of Science in Information Management Program
The Information School
University of Washington
mikecran<at>u.washington.edu
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