Present a Paper in Philadelphia

SLA is now accepting proposals for papers to be presented at the association's 2011 Annual Conference in Philadelphia.

The paper topics should address library science, information management, research, or other issues pertinent to client service, technology, or adinistration in special libraries. The topics must be related to the conference theme, "Future Ready," or one of the three sub-themes:

1. Communicating value through strategic alignment;
2. Leveraging technology for innovation; and
3. Using knowledge sharing to encourage collaboration.

Proposals should be in the form of an abstract of between 250 and 300 words. The proposals will be evaluated by a panel of SLA members in a blind review, with the strongest submissions being selected for development into full papers.

The proposed papers must meet these requirements:

• At least one author must be a member of SLA;
• At least one author must commit to presenting the paper at the 2011 Annual Conference;
• The proposal must be received by the deadline;
• The paper must not have been published in, or submitted to, any other publication or offered to another conference planning group; and
• The author (and any co-authors) must be willing to sign a copyright assignment form that will permit SLA to use the paper in various formats.

Proposals must be submitted no later than 13 December 2010 to Martha Foote at mfoote@libraryco.ca. All applicants will be notified of the decision about their paper on 17 January 2011. Applicants with the strongest proposals will be invited to develop their proposals into full papers.

Completed papers and signed copyright assignment forms are due on 2 May 2011. The papers will be presented at 90-minute sessions at the conference, with each author allotted 15 minutes.