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We are pleased to announce below the CFP: Call for Papers for the Canadian Association of Professional Academic Librarians' (CAPAL) inaugural conference to be held at the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences at Brock University from May 25-26, 2014. CAPAL will be joining over 70 scholarly associations to share ideas, knowledge, research and experience under the umbrella theme of "Borders Without Boundaries." The specific theme for CAPAL's conference, "Shifting Landscapes: Exploring the Boundaries of Academic Librarianship," speaks to a desire to bring together challenging perspectives relating to academic librarians while acknowledging the core values of academic librarianship.
The Keynote Speakers for the CAPAL Conference include:
Dale Askey, Associate University Librarian at McMaster University & Administrative Director of the Lewis & Ruth Sherman Centre for Digital Scholarship
Dr. Stephen Bales, Assistant Professor and Humanities and Social Sciences Librarian at Texas A&M University Libraries
Dr. Roma Harris, Professor in the Faculty of Information and Media Studies at the University of Western Ontario
Mark A. Puente, Director of Diversity and Leadership Programs, Association of Research Libraries
We welcome proposals from all sectors of academic librarianship and look forward to seeing you at Congress in 2014. For more information and ongoing updates about the conference see:
http://capalibrarians.org/2014-annual-conference/
http://congress2014.ca/
The deadline for proposals is November 29, 2013.
Mary Kandiuk,
On behalf of the Programme Planning Committee
http://capalibrarians.org/
CFP: Call for Papers
CAPAL/ACBAP Annual Meeting – May 25-26, 2014
Borders Without Boundaries, Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences 2014, Brock University
Shifting Landscapes: Exploring the Boundaries of Academic Librarianship
The boundaries of academic librarianship are shifting. At its inaugural conference the Programme Committee of the Canadian Association of Professional Academic Librarians (CAPAL)/ L’Association canadienne des bibliothécaires académiques professionnels (ACBAP) is seeking to engage the community around key issues. We aim to create a program that will challenge current thinking about professional issues, promote the exchange of ideas and enhance communication among our members, and forge new relationships with other organizations that share our goals and values. We also aim to provide a venue to present research and scholarship.
THEME AND TOPICS
The conference theme “Shifting Landscapes: Exploring the Boundaries of Academic Librarianship” speaks to a desire to bring together challenging perspectives relating to academic librarians while acknowledging the core values of academic librarianship. The Programme Committee invites papers in English or French on any aspect of academic librarianship which address the Conference theme. Potential topics for exploration around which participants might share ideas, knowledge, experience and research include (but need not be limited to) the following:
Academic Freedom in a Litigious Age
Emerging Areas of Research and Scholarship
Advocacy and Mobilization
Promoting Diversity, Equity and Social Justice
Evolving Roles and Professional Identity
The Programme Committee invites proposals for individual papers as well as proposals for panel submissions of three papers. Papers should be approximately 20 minutes in length. We also welcome proposals for other session formats. For individual papers, please submit a 250-word abstract, a brief biographical statement, and your contact information. For complete panels, please submit a 250-word panel abstract as well as a list of all participants including brief biographical statements, and a separate 250-word abstract for each presenter. Please identify and provide participants’ contact information for the panel organizer. Please feel free to contact the Programme Committee to discuss a topic for a paper, panel or other session format. Proposals and questions should be directed to Mary Kandiuk, Programme Chair, at: mkandiuk@yorku.ca.
Deadline for proposals: November 29, 2013