Call for Internet resource/Web site Reviewers

Call for Internet resource/Web site Reviewers: Public Services Quarterly

Public Services Quarterly (PSQ), a peer-reviewed journal from Haworth Press, is looking for Internet resource/web sites and reviewers. The Internet Column of PSQ provides reviews of Internet resources that are designed to help librarians develop and enhance their skills and professional competencies, be more effective in their positions, and provide better service to their patrons.

The Internet column will highlight Internet resources librarians use as professional tools with regard to any of the following: reference and research services, user education, information literacy, access services, online searching techniques, and marketing/outreach.

For the upcoming issue of PSQ, v.4(2), the Internet Column is seeking reviewers and site recommendations for online calendars, to-do lists, meeting organizers, room schedulers, and other such free web applications.

Reviewers should have experience in public services work in an academic library. Good writing skills, attention to detail, and ability to keep to deadlines are essential.

For more information on Public Services Quarterly, please see the journal's home page at http://www.haworthpressinc.com/web/PSQ/

If interested in recommending a site and/or becoming an Internet Resource reviewer, please reply to
Nicole A. Cooke, Internet Column Editor, at psqinternet@gmail.com.
Please provide your name, title, affiliation, a brief statement of your review interests for PSQ (no CVs or resumes needed), and details on previous writing/reviewing experience, if any.

If you have questions, feel free to contact me.

Best wishes,
Nicole

N i c o l e  A.  C o o k e,  M L S, M. E d.

Public Services Quarterly Internet Column Editor

Librarian / Assistant Professor

Montclair State University - Sprague Library

cooken@mail.montclair.edu

Call for Papers: New Reference Research

Call for Papers

New Reference Research:
14th Reference Research Forum, 2008

The Research and Statistics Committee of the Reference Services Section of RUSA is sponsoring its Fourteenth Reference Research Forum, "New Reference Research," at the 2008 American Library Association Annual Conference, Anaheim, CA.

This is an opportunity to present and discuss your research project conducted in the broad area of reference services such as user behavior, electronic services, reference effectiveness, and organizational structure and personnel.

Both completed research and research in progress will be considered. All researchers, including reference practitioners from all types of libraries, library school faculty and students, and other interested individuals, are encouraged to submit a proposal.

The Committee employs a "blind" review process to select a maximum of three (3) projects for 25 minute presentations, followed by open discussion. The selected researchers are required to present their papers in person at the forum. Criteria for selection are:

.. Significance of the study for improving the quality of reference service;

.. Quality and creativity of the research design and methodologies;

.. Potential for research to fill a gap in reference knowledge or to build on previous studies;

.. Previously published research or research accepted for publication will not be accepted.

Please submit a one-page proposal by Monday, January 7, 2008. Notification of acceptance will be made by Friday, March 21, 2008. The submission must consist of no more than two pages. On the first page, please list your name(s), title (s), institutional affiliation(s), and address(es) (including your mailing address, fax number and email address).

The second page should NOT show your name or any personal information.

Instead, it must include:

.. Title of the project;

.. Explicit statement of the research problem;

.. Description of the research design and methodologies used;

.. Brief discussion of the unique contribution, potential impact, and significance of the research.

Please send submissions preferably by email to:

Anne C. Moore, Ph.D.
Associate Director for User Services
W.E.B. Du Bois Library
University of Massachusetts Amherst
154 Hicks Way
Amherst, MA 01003-9275
Voice: (413)-545-0148
FAX: (413)-545-6494

LOEX of the West: Call for proposals

Call for Proposals

LOEX of the West 2008 Las Vegas, NV
Hit the jackpot: successful experimentation and innovation in instruction
Dates: 6/4/08 - 6/6/08

This intimate conference will feature programming highlighting the work of risk taking, game playing, fun-loving librarians and educators. Sessions in a variety of formats, including the experimental, will be creative and interactive and will showcase genuinely innovative approaches to helping students develop core information gathering and management skills. Sparkling, dynamic Las Vegas will be the backdrop to this exciting conference hosted at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas just a few miles from the neon lights of Las Vegas Boulevard better known as The Strip.

The deadline for submitting proposals is November 30, 2007 at 5:00 PM PST.

Complete and submit proposals at http://www.library.unlv.edu/conferences/loexw/proposals.html

Proposals will be reviewed during December and January and submitters will be notified of the results by January 30, 2008. Presenters are subject to registration and housing fees and are not reimbursed for travel, photocopying or other expenses related to their program.

Selected papers from the LOEX of the West 2008 conference may be published in Reference Services Review.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Visit the 2008 LOEX of the West Web page at http://www.library.unlv.edu/conferences/loexw/

QUESTIONS:

Proposals: Priscilla Finley Priscilla.finley@unlv.edu General LOTW08 information: Diane VanderPol diane.vanderpol@unlv.edu