We?re excited to announce that Michael Edson, Director of Web and New Media Strategies at the Smithsonian Institution, will be the keynote speaker at the Catholic University of America's 6th Annual "Bridging the Spectrum" Symposium, January 31, 2014. We're also accepting proposals for the Symposium, which will be held on the CUA campus in Washington DC. We seek proposals for poster presentations, briefings, and panel discussions encompassing research discoveries and practical innovations from all sectors of librarianship and the information professions. Students, faculty, and working professionals are all encouraged to submit proposals. For more details about the Symposium, visit http://lis.cua.edu/symposium/2014/ . To submit your proposal, go to http://cuaslis.org/openconf/ . Remember, the deadline is Sept. 13. -- The CUA LIS Symposium Committee (Dr. Renate Chancellor, Dr. Sung Un Kim, David Shumaker) [log in to unmask] David Shumaker Clinical Associate Professor Dept. of Library and Information Science Catholic University of America Washington, DC 20064 +1.202.319.5551 [log in to unmask] http://embeddedlibrarian.wordpress.com