ALISE '14 Annual Conference - "EDUCATIONAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP" January 21-24, 2014 Philadelphia, PA Call for Juried Panel Proposals Deadline for proposals: July 15, 2013 Notification of acceptance: September 15, 2013 Proposals are encouraged for panel sessions for the 2014 ALISE Annual Conference, "Educational Entrepreneurship." Panels should relate to the role of questions in library and information science and how questions are conceptualized, leveraged, pursued, and harnessed by LIS educators and researchers. Panels are sought that address pedagogical strategies, theory development, research methods, and the evaluation of information resources, practices, services, and systems. A panel must have a clear focus explicitly related to the conference theme and all presentations in a panel must share that focus. (More information on the conference theme can be found at http://www.alise.org/). Panels should be designed to foster interaction between panelists and audience members. Innovative panel formats are encouraged. Panel presentations will be scheduled in 1 ½ hour blocks. Submission Requirements and Evaluation Criteria Panel proposals must include: 1. The title of the panel presentation. What is the question being addressed? 2. The name, affiliation, and contact information for the panel convener; if there is more than one panel convener, one must be designated as the contact for the proposal. 3. The names and affiliations of proposed presenters. 4. A brief, 50-word abstract for the conference program. 5. An extended abstract that includes a description of the theme, topic, and purpose of the proposed panel, including identification of the target audience and a description of the panel format. Please describe how time will be allotted to presenters, discussion, Q&A, etc., as applicable. (The extended abstract should be submitted as a .doc or .docx file.). Proposals will be evaluated by the Juried Panel Proposals Committee according to the following criteria: 1. Congruence with the conference theme 2. Relevance to current and emerging issues in LIS education 3. Qualifications of the proposed presenters 4. Appropriateness of the panel format 5. Opportunity for audience interaction Conference presentation time slots will be published in the conference program. All presenters are required to register for the ALISE 2014 conference. Please note: submitting a proposal constitutes your permission for ALISE to publish the brief and extended abstracts in the conference program and on the ALISE website, if your proposal is accepted. Submission Instructions Submissions will be made through the Easy Chair system, at http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=alise2013. Follow these steps: 1. Log on the system (create an EasyChair account if you do not already have one). 2. If you are also a reviewer, please be sure to select "author" as your role for your own submission. 3. Select "New Submission". 4. Complete all the information requested. Enter a title and provide a 50-word abstract for your submission. This will be used for the Conference Program. 5. Upload your file (panel proposal) and press "Submit". 6. You should also receive a confirmation email from the EasyChair system. Deadline for submissions is July 15, 2013. Claudia J. Gollop Associate Professor Frances Carroll McColl Term Professor School of Information and Library Science University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill CB# 3360, Manning Hall Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3360 919-962-8362 (tel.) 919-962-8071 (fax) [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>