I want to express my thanks and appreciation 
to Lorna and Melissa for their timely and 
extremely informative responses to my query 
about the 2011 ALISE conference theme.

It all sounds rather fascinating now -- more 
nuanced, varied, stimulating and promising 
even than I would have dared to hope.

And all the greater is therefore my regret that 
I won't be able to participate or even to attend. 
But, even now already, I can and do wish all 
of you who do take part, a very rewarding 
conference experience.


- Laval Hunsucker
   Breukelen, Nederland




----- Original Message ----
From: Lorna Peterson <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wed, April 21, 2010 3:15:31 AM
Subject: Re: ALISE: Call for juried paper proposals

On Tue, 20 Apr 2010, Laval Hunsucker wrote:

>> "More information on the conference theme ..."

"Competitiveness and Innovation" is a United States national policy theme that is influencing legislation, grants, and research directions. Although ALISE is an international organization, this U.S. national policy theme has ramifications for global policy as well-- and certainly there are consequences-- good and/or bad for LIS concerning national policies of "competitiveness and innovation." What are the directions for LIS within this policy frame of "Competitiveness and Innovation?"

Critical pieces, historical explorations, gendered analysis-- possible approaches are given below in the call. All of your questions are good quesitons and likely are making others think-- this is a good thing! We are looking forward to a wide variety of proposals that will address this theme.

Colleagues, please think and explore, embrace or reject, research and describe what are the elements, what is the history, what are the opportunities and examples-- etc. etc. etc. of "Competitiveness and Innovation" in library and information science and its related fields/areas (publishing, museums, entertainment industries, education).

The ALISE Conference Juried Paper Proposals Committee looks forward to receiving your submissions!  And we will get the website updated ... we need a few more weeks please.

many thanks,
lp

Lorna Peterson, PhD
ALISE President 2010-2011
Associate Professor
University at Buffalo
Graduate School of Education
Department of Library and Information Studies
534 Baldy Hall
Buffalo NY 14260
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On Tue, 20 Apr 2010, Laval Hunsucker wrote:

>> More information on the conference theme can
>> be found at: http://www.alise.org/
> 
> There's probably something I'm overlooking, but I
> can't find on this site anything about the *2011*
> conference, except date and location.
> 
> That's a pity, because I was indeed eager to learn
> more about the theme that has been chosen. Who
> is/are being perceived, or has/have been conceived
> of, here as competitor(s), and for what are they
> competing with the ALISE membership ?  ( Or is
> it, in fact, a question of competition among parties
> *within* the realm of established LIS education ? )
> The theme for last year was, after all, "Creating a
> Culture of Collaboration", I believe.
> 
> I always become nervous when I start hearing LIS
> folks talking in terms of *competition* ;  I have
> trouble seeing anything ( at least strategically ) good
> in such an orientation.
> 
> Or is it, still otherwise, a matter here of LIS
> education's role in producing professionals who
> will then be in a position to help their clients to
> become more competitive and innovative in
> what *they* do ?
> 
> I'm really wondering what the idea is -- but, as said,
> I can't locate anything more explicit concerning this
> theme.
> 
> 
> - Laval Hunsucker
>   Breukelen, Nederland