The ALISE Youth Services SIG invites proposals for short papers to be presented at our session at the ALISE Annual Conference in Seattle, WA, January 22-25, 2013.  Papers should consider the topic, “Addressing Beautiful Questions Through Engaged Research,” as it pertains to LIS youth services educators. The panel will feature eight short papers of five minutes each.  Following the paper presentations, the SIG co-chairs, Allison Kaplan (Wisconsin-Madison) and Annette Goldsmith (Washington), will moderate a discussion of the ideas presented in the papers and of their educational, academic, and professional implications.

Possible topics may include, but are not limited, to:

·         Research question: What makes the question beautiful?

·         Study design: Different ways in which the research can be described as “engaged”

·         Location: Local, regional, national, and international reach/implications/significance of the research

·         Research agenda: context of the research in relation to personal, collaborative, institutional, YALSA, etc. research agendas

·         Role of youth: As research partners, subjects, implied readers, etc.

All ALISE Youth Services SIG members are eligible to submit proposals.  To submit a paper proposal for peer review and possible inclusion in the program, please send a 500-word abstract of your short paper via email to Annette Goldsmith: [log in to unmask].  Be sure to include your name, institutional affiliation, position, and contact information.  The deadline for submitting abstracts is Friday, September 14, 2012.  Acceptance notices will be sent to all applicants by Friday, October 12, 2012.

N.B.: If your paper is selected, you will need to create a single PowerPoint slide to accompany your presentation.  Extended abstracts and citation lists will be collected and distributed to program attendees and posted to the ALISE Youth Services SIG website.  Program attendance and paper delivery in person will be required for all accepted papers.