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)