[Scla-list] FW: [LAMA DwD DG] CFP: National Diversity in Libraries Conference, 2010 - DEADLINE approaching!

[Curtis Rogers]

Call for Proposals


The 2010 National Diversity in Libraries Conference, NDLC2010: From
Groundwork to Action, will take place from July 14-16, 2010 in
Princeton, NJ.  The National Diversity in Libraries Conference (NDLC) is
a biennial event that serves as a regional meeting for library staff
members to discuss diversity issues, especially issues common to the
host region's culture. 

The 2010 NDLC Planning Committee invites you to submit a proposal for
presentation at the conference. Proposal submission details are listed
below. 


Suggested Topics/Tracks


Conference presentations are sought in all areas of diversity, including
but not limited to, the following: 

*	Workplace: administration and management; recruitment and
retention; leadership; continuing education; mentoring; organizational
culture; office environment; budgeting; motivation; staff skill
development; cross-training; usability. 

*	User services: reference; collections; programming; health
education; assessment; instructional design; marketing; collaborations;
community spaces/learning spaces; outreach; the Library as a Place;
customer service; consumerization; usability. 

*	Technology: emerging technologies; technology services; social
networking; teaching and learning; innovations; online learning; core
competencies; Library 2.0; YouTube; digitization; open source; visual
media; web-based collaborative software; learning 2.0, second life;
widgets/applications/mashups; virtual libraries/scan on demand. 


Presentation Formats


Presentations may take one of the following formats: 

*	Individual presentation 
*	Poster session 
*	Panel session 


Submission Guidelines


Proposals which include all of the following will be considered: 

*	Name and contact information for principal contact (if more than
one person will be presenting); 
*	Complete contact information for all speakers: include name,
title, employer or affiliation, email address, telephone/fax numbers; 
*	Title of proposed program; 
*	Program theme; 
*	Program format; 
*	A brief (100 words or less) description of the program for
conference program purposes; 
*	A detailed description (up to 500 words) for proposal submission
review; 
*	At least three learning outcomes; 
*	Audiovisual/equipment requirements (if any); and 
*	Biographical statement of the presenter(s) (up to 50 words per
presenter). 

Proposal submission deadline: October 2, 2009. 

Notifications will be made by early December, 2009. 


Selection Criteria


All proposals will be peer reviewed.  Successful proposals will: 

*	Identify critical diversity issues that will be treated in the
program; 
*	Demonstrate how the audience will be engaged in program; 
*	Have a high degree of relevance to the projected conference
attendees; 
*	Contain program content that can be re-purposed for continued
discussion after the conference; 
*	Be unique and innovative or raise issues that have not yet been
widely examined; and 
*	Have its foundation in recognized diversity research and/or
statistics or presents new research and/or statistics 


How to Submit Proposals


Submit proposals by email (Word document or PDF attachment) to ndlc2010
(at) Princeton (dot) EDU <mailto:ndlc2010 at Princeton.EDU> ; Please also
direct questions about the conference to this address (you will be
required to confirm that you are sending a message to this email
address). 
Proposal submission deadline: October 2, 2009. 

Visit https://qed.princeton.edu/main/NDLC2010 for additional
information. 

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Trevor A. Dawes

Circulation Services Director

Princeton University Library

President, ACRL-NJ/NJLA-CUS, 2009-2010

 

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