Folks: At each
year’s ALA Annual Meeting the Library Research Round Table sponsors two
research forums. Proposals are now being taken for possible inclusion in
the 2011 forums. The process is double-blind referring. Information
is as follows:
Call for Presentation
Proposals
2011 Library
Research Round Table Forums at
ALA Annual
Conference,
Washington, DC
The Library Research Round Table (LRRT) will sponsor two
Research Forums at the 2011 American Library Association Annual Conference in
New Orleans (June 23-28). The LRRT Forums are a set of programs at the
ALA Annual Conference featuring presentations of LIS research, in progress or
completed, followed by discussion. Two LRRT Research Forums are scheduled
for 2011, one on general LIS research and one on a more specific topic that
will emerge as we evaluate the submissions. The two forums are:
Research to Understand Users:
Issues and Approaches
This session will feature three
library-related research papers investigating users and their use of libraries
and information. An LRRT committee will select the winning papers based
on quality of study design, significance of the research topic, and potential
for significant contribution to librarianship.
Four-Star Research
This session will feature three
library-related research papers describing studies of libraries and
librarianship. An LRRT committee will select the winning papers based on
quality and creativity of study design, significance of the research topic, and
potential for significant contribution to librarianship.
This is an opportunity to present and discuss your research
project conducted in the broad area of library and information science or in a
more specialized area of the field. LRRT welcomes papers emphasizing the problems,
theories, methodologies, or significance of research findings for LIS.
Topics can include, but are not limited to, user studies and user
behavior, electronic services, service effectiveness, organizational structure
and personnel, library value determination, and evaluation of library and
information services. Both completed research and research in progress
will be considered. All researchers, including practitioners from all
types of libraries, library school faculty and students, and other interested
individuals are encouraged to submit proposals. LRRT Members and
nonmembers of LRRT are invited and welcomed to submit proposals.
The Committee will use a blind review process to select a
maximum of six projects, three for each of the two forums. The selected
researchers will be required to present their papers in person at the forums
and to register for the conference. Criteria for selection are:
Please submit a two-page proposal by Friday, December 17,
2010. Late submissions will not be considered, and submissions must be
limited to two pages in length. On the first page, please list your
name(s), title(s), institutional affiliation(s), and contact information
(telephone number, mailing address, and email address). The second page
should NOT show your name or any other identifying information.
Instead, it must include: 1) The title of your project, and 2) A 500-word
or less abstract. The abstract must include a problem statement, problem
significance, project objectives, methodology, and conclusions (or tentative
conclusions for work in progress), and an indication of whether the research is
in-progress or completed. Previously published research or research accepted
for publication by December 15, 2010, will not be considered.
Notification of acceptance will be made by Monday, February
21, 2011. Please send submissions (via email or snail mail) to:
John M. Budd
Library Research Round Table
Chair-Elect
School of Information Science &
Learning Technologies
303 Townsend Hall
University of Missouri
Columbia, MO 65203
Phone: 573.882.3258
Fax: 573.884.4944
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John M. Budd, Professor
School of Information Science & Learning Technologies
University of Missouri
303 Townsend Hall
Columbia, MO 65211
Phone: 573.882.3258
Fax: 573.884.4944
Email: [log in to unmask]