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A reminder about the paper proposal deadline for…
Collections 2006: Collections, Communities, and the Future
Pre-Conference Session
Libraries and Archives Canada, Room A
395 Wellington Street, Ottawa, ON
Wednesday, June 14, 2006
9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Proposals for papers to be presented at Collections 2006 are still being
accepted. These can deal with almost any collections-related topic or
topics and should result in a presentation of about 30 minutes in
length. Each presentation should feature one or two speakers. Papers with
broad applications or with applications to more than one library sector or
community of users will be given preference. Proposals will be reviewed by
a committee of three collections librarians. Six presentations will be
selected.
The proceedings of this year’s pre-conference will be published. Accepted
papers will need to be ready for publication by July 17.
The deadline for submission of proposals is Monday, April 10, 2006.
Please send proposals, including a short abstract, to:
Andrew Waller
MLB 402B
University of Calgary Library
2500 University Drive NW
Calgary, AB
T3K 2C3
<mailto:waller_at_ucalgary.ca>waller_at_ucalgary.ca
(403) 220-8133 voice
(403) 284-2109 fax
The keynote speaker for Collections 2006 will be Katina Strauch who is the
Head Librarian, Collection Development at the College of Charleston
Libraries, Charleston, SC. Katina has been involved in collections work
for many years and is the founder of the Charleston Conference and the
journal Against the Grain. She is also the co-founder of the Charleston
Company, which produces the publications The Charleston Report and The
Charleston Advisor. Her talk will be entitled “Quality, Quicksand, or
Quagmire?: A Conversation About the Evolving Science of Collection
Development”.
We would like to thank Blackwell’s Book Services for their kind sponsorship
of the keynote address
Registration fees (unchanged from 2005) for the pre-conference are:
* CLA Collections Development and Management Interest Group (CDMIG)
Members: $80
* CLA members: $100 (Non-members of CDMIG)
* Non-CLA members: $125
Registration includes lunch (kindly sponsored by YBP Library Services) and
two coffee breaks (AM break kindly sponsored by Midwest Library Services,
PM break kindly sponsored by Coutts Library Services). Registration also
includes a short lunchtime tour of the exhibitions in the Library and
Archives Canada building.
The registration deadline is April 17, 2006.
The pre-conference registration form can be found at
<www.cla.ca/conference/2006/2006Pre-ConReg1.htm>www.cla.ca/conference/2006/2006Pre-ConReg1.pdf.
The website for the pre-conference website is
<www.cla.ca/conference/2006/sessions-preconference-p4.htm>www.cla.ca/conference/2006/sessions-preconference-p4.html.
If you have any questions, please contact Andrew Waller
(<mailto:waller_at_ucalgary.ca>waller_at_ucalgary.ca or (403) 220-8133).
Received on Sat Apr 08 2006 - 01:20:01 EDT