IRRT/IRC Meetings at Midwinter

IRCInternational Relations Committee I -Friday, 1-11-2008 1:30 pm - 3:30
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center-Room 106 A/BIFLA UPDATESaturday, 1-12-2008 11:00 am - 12:00
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center-Room 113 A/BInternational Relations Committee IITuesday, 1-15-2008 1:30 pm - 3:30
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center-Room 105 A
International Relations Round Table (IRRT)Executive Committee MeetingSunday, 1-13-2008 8:00 am - 11:00
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center-Room 104 AINTERNATIONAL LIBRARIANS ORIENTATIONFriday, 1-11-2008 5:00 pm - 6:00Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center-Room 103 B

IRC/IRRT IRC/IRRT All Subcommittee MeetingSaturday, 1-12-2008 8:00 am - 11:00
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center-Room 113 A/B

International Attendees: Virtual Visitors Center
Meet us for DinnerIf you are an international librarian and would like to meet other international librarians attending the ALA Midwinter Meeting, please join us for dinner at a local Philadelphia restaurant (at your own expense) on Saturday, January 12, 2008 at 7:00PM. Please email liz.cooper@emory.edu, before January 8, to find out more information and reserve a space for dinner (spaces are limited).

Visit our Virtual Visitors Center WebsitePlease visit our virtual visitors center website at http://alavirtualinternationalvisitor.blogspot.com. It is a forum for you to ask questions and share information about yourself with other international librarians. We'd love to learn more about you and what you hope to gain from your attendance at ALA Midwinter.
Learn more about ALA's International Relations Round Table by visiting http://www.ala.org/ala/irrt/irrt.cfm


CALL FOR INTERNATIONAL PAPER SESSION

The American Library Association International Papers Committee invites proposals for papers for the ALA Annual Conference to be held in Washington, D.C. from June 26 through July 2, 2008.

The International Papers Program provides librarians with an opportunity to exchange information about library services and collections throughout the world. The program also serves to stimulate the interest of U.S. librarians in international library matters.

The International Relations Round Table (IRRT) invites librarians to submit a paper abstract. The 2008 International Papers Program theme is “Re-Assess, Reassign, and Reinvent: Collection Building Without Global Borders”. Librarians have long been interested in resource-sharing and collection enhancement on a worldwide basis. Political turmoil, economic restraints, and lack of professional personnel impede on collection development efforts of many libraries. This program explores global efforts to improve distribution of publications to library collections. The focus is on successful initiatives, and will provide helpful advise on assuring that library surplus materials reach their destinations on a timely, cost-effective manner.
SUBMITTING A PROPOSAL
The first deadline for proposals is Friday, December 28, 2007. Priority will be given to those entries received by this date. The final deadline will be January 18, 2008. Proposals and final papers must be written in English and presenters are expected to deliver their papers in English at the ALA Annual Conference. The tentative date for presentation is Saturday, June 28, 2008.

A maximum of four (4) papers will be selected for presentation. Four (4) alternate papers will also be chosen. Final notification of selected papers will be made by February 15, 2008.

CALL FOR INTERNATIONAL POSTER SESSIONS
The International Relations Round Table (IRRT) invites you to present a poster session at the ALA Annual Conference in Anaheim, CA. This is a forum for librarians from around the world to highlight their libraries and to share their successful ideas with colleagues by presenting a research study, a practical problem-solving effort or an innovative library program.

HOW TO SUBMIT A PROPOSAL FOR A POSTER SESSION

All poster abstracts, must be submitted online before January 31, 2008. Proposals and presentation of poster sessions must be in English.

To submit a poster abstract visit: http://www.lib.jmu.edu/org/ala/


A limited number of poster sessions will be selected for presentation at the Annual Conference. Final notification of selected poster sessions will be given by February 15, 2008. Detailed guidelines for the preparations of poster sessions will be included. When the final conference schedule is made in May/June you will be notified of the scheduled date and time of the poster presentation. Poster session abstracts are listed in the Poster Session Booklet, which is available to all attendees of the poster sessions.

For additional information, please contact the International Relations Office at:

International Relations Office
American Library Association
50 E. Huron Street
Chicago, IL 60611, USA
Phone: +312-280-3201
Fax: +312-280-4392
Email: intl@ala.org


HAPPY HOLIDAYS!