Accepting nominations for the 2015 Bogle Pratt International Travel Fund,

The American Library Association (ALA) is accepting nominations for the 2015 Bogle Pratt International Travel Fund, sponsored by the Bogle Memorial Fund and the Pratt Institute School of Information and Library Science.  An award of $1,000 is given to an ALA member to attend their first international conference. The nominee must have been an ALA member for one full year.

The deadline for nominations is Jan. 1, 2015.

The award is in recognition of Sarah Comly Norris Bogle, a prominent U.S. librarian who made notable contributions to children’s librarianship, international library service and library education.

Application forms can be found on the Bogle Pratt site or by calling the International Relations Office at (800) 545-2433, ext. 320.  Email: intl@ala.org.

Nominations for the ALA Presidential Citation for Innovative International Library Projects

The ALA Presidential Citation for Innovative International Library Projects began as an ALA Presidential initiative of Dr. Loriene Roy, ALA President in 2007-2008 and Notable IRRT Member. Citations to recognize innovative contributions to international librarianship are awarded each year by the ALA President at the International Relations Round Table (IRRT) International Librarians Reception during the ALA Annual Conference. Projects must be nominated by an ALA member or an individual with an IFLA affiliation. Nominators may submit nominations for more than one project. In order to nominate a library project, nominators must complete the Nomination Form and submit it to the International Relations Office by e-mail or regular mail. Deadline: January 1. 

Nominations Sought For Humphry/OCLC/Forest Press Award for International Librarianship

The American Library Association is accepting nominations for the 2015 John Ames Humphry/OCLC/Forest Press Award for International Librarianship. The deadline for nominations is January 1, 2015.

The award consists of a prize of $1,000 and a certificate, which are presented at the International Relations Round Table Reception at the ALA Annual Conference. The award is given to a librarian or person who has made significant contributions to international librarianship.

Created on the occasion of the retirement of John Humphry as Executive Director of Forest Press, publisher of the Dewey Decimal Classification, the award recognizes Humphry's far-ranging work to internationalize the English language editions of Dewey and to ensure that translations were adapted to meet the needs of other cultures and countries.

For additional information, please visit the Humphry/OCLC/Forest Press Award.

Deadline extended! Call for papers for the IRRT International Papers Session

The American Library Association, International Papers and Projects Committee invites proposals for presentations to be made at the next ALA Annual Conference in San Francisco, California, USA.  Presentations will be delivered at the International Papers Session scheduled for June 27, 2015.

The International Papers and Projects Program provides librarians with an opportunity to exchange information about library services, collections and projects throughout the world.  The program also serves to stimulate the interest of U.S. librarians in international library matters. Through its International Papers Committee, ALA’s International Relations Round Table (IRRT) invites librarians to submit a presentation proposal.  The 2015 International Papers and Projects Program theme is:

Learning from One Another: Mentoring Across and Within Borders

Mentoring is an effective way of assisting people to progress in their careers through a partnership between two people, an experienced mentor and a less experienced mentee.  Formal mentoring programs exist in librarianship as in other professions and may be found within libraries, library associations, or other professional settings.

This program will feature presentations on mentoring projects and programs from around the world. Presenters are encouraged to consider the theme from diverse angles. Possible topics may include, but are not limited to:

·       Mentoring programs that are international in scope

·       Analysis of successes and obstacles of intra-national mentoring

·       Mentoring as part of sister library partnerships

·       Comparison of mentoring programs in different countries

·       How mentoring across borders has strengthened international connections

Proposals will be selected based on their originality, clarity, and adherence to the theme.  Proposals should be evaluative and not merely descriptive.  Descriptions of mentoring programs that have not been implemented will not be considered.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Proposals, presentations, and papers must be written and delivered in English, which is the working language of the program.

Proposals should include:1.    Title of the presentation
2.    Name, title, institutional affiliation, and full contact information (including a valid e-mail address) for each  presenter
3.    Abstract (300-500 words)
4.    A short biographical profile of each presenter

Proposals should be submitted electronically (as a single Microsoft Word or PDF attachment) to International Relations Office via email to intl@ala.org with a copy to richard.sapon-white@oregonstate.edu and buenaventura.basco@ucf.eduDeadline for submitting proposals is January 16, 2015. 

SELECTION PROCESSThree official and three (3) alternate proposals will be selected. Alternate proposals will be ranked and considered in place of official ones in case substitutions are necessary. All presenters will be notified of the selection results by February 6, 2015.

PRESENTATION FORMATThe International Papers and Projects Program is 1.5 hours total.  Presentations should run about 20 minutes each, followed by a Q & A session.  Presenters are encouraged to prepare a dynamic and interactive presentation, incorporating visual prompts, technologies, games, questions for the audience, etc. PowerPoints are common, but speakers who want to read a paper or refer to it are welcome to do so.  Optionally, presenters may submit a formal paper (5,000-10,000 words), to be published on the International Papers Committee website.We would like to invite you to view previous presentations listed on IRRT's International Papers and Projects Session Committee site. www.ala.org/irrt

7th Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries International Conference

 

7th Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries International Conference

 

 

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Dear Colleagues and Friends,

 

It is our pleasure to invite you in Paris (IUT-Descartes University, 26-29 May 2015) for the 7th Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries International Conference (QQML2015,  http://www.isast.org) which is organized under the umbrella of ISAST (International Society for the Advancement of Science and Technology, a non-profit organization).

If you already have sent your submission ignore this message. Just download and communicate the attached Conference Poster (a nice view of Paris).

However, you can visit the QQML Journal website at http://www.qqml.net/ to see the fast growing statistics and find our connection with EBSCO and DOAJ for paper downloads.

This is the seventh year of the conference which brings together different disciplines on library and information science; it is a multi–disciplinary conference that covers the Library and Information Science topics in conjunction to other disciplines (e.g. innovation and economics, management and marketing, statistics and data analysis, information technology, human resources, museums, archives, special librarianship, etc).

Please direct any questions regarding the QQML 2015 Conference to the secretariat of the conference at: secretar@isast.org  

Looking forward to welcoming you in Paris,

With our best regards,

On behalf of the Conference Committee

Anthi Katsirikou, PhD

Conference Co-Chair
University of Piraeus Library Director
Head, European Documentation Center
Board Member of the Greek Association of Librarians and Information Professionals

anthi@asmda.com

 

Joumana Boustany, PhD

Local Chair

Université Paris Descartes - Institut Universitaire de Technologie

DICEN-IDF, Dispositifs d'Information et de Communication à l'Ère du Numérique en Ile de France. EA7339, CNAM

joumana.boustany@parisdescartes.fr

TNT Series - The Librarian - Henry Mendelsohn - IRRT Chair's Program Committee co-chair and IRRT member

Current IRRT Chair's Program Committee co-chair and IRRT member Henry Mendelsohn is officially an adventurous librarian according to ALA and TNT!

From the 12/5/14 ALA Direct: "ALA has partnered with the TNT network to help promote its new series The Librarians, which premieres December 7.

The show is about an ancient organization of librarians responsible for protecting the world’s greatest magical relics (like Excalibur) stored beneath the fictional Metropolitan Public Library.

ALA helped TNT find six adventurous librarians to highlight on the show’s website and social media channels: They are Liana Juliano, Felton Thomas, Henry Mendelsohn, Jessica Zaker, Audrey Barbakoff, and Aaron Schmidt. "

See Henry's page. All 6 are on this page http://thelibrarianstnt.tumblr.com/ and here. [One of the others, Aaron Schmidt, also works with libraries internationally!]

 

We have many, many adventurous librarians in our round table! It is fun to see one of our own recognized in this way.

 

KUDOS TO HENRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!