Call for Proposals LITA Forum 2005

["Cullinan, Kim" <Kim.Cullinan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

2005 LITA National Forum: Call for Proposals





Due Date for proposals: December 15, 2004



The 2005 National Forum Committee seeks proposals for high quality
concurrent sessions at the 7th annual LITA National Forum to be held at
the San Jose Marriott, San Jose, California, September 29-October 2,
2005.



Theme: The Ubiquitous Web: Personalization, Portability, and On-line
Collaboration. Wireless connectivity and portable computing devices can
take the Web almost anywhere, from the corner cafe to Timbuktu. Fire up
a laptop or a handheld and you're online-and not just online, but in an
environment where sites remember you and adapt to you. Now what?

Now that the technologies work, how do they work together? How do they
help us work together? What does a ubiquitous Web mean for libraries?



The Forum Committee is particularly interested in presentations that
highlight specific technology implementations, in any type of library.

Proposals on all aspects of library and information technology are
welcome.



Possible proposal topics include, but are not limited to:



1. Non-Traditional/New Media (including Streaming media, Electronic
books and journals...)



2. Digital Libraries (Resource linking strategies, Creating and
sustaining digital libraries, Preservation of digital

records...)



3. Authentication and Authorization (Digital Rights Management,
Authentication/privacy, Services for remote patrons,

Customization/personalization...)



4. Portals/Federated/Meta-Searching (Design and management of portals,
Integrated access to resources, Search engines...)



5. Information architecture (Web application design and databases, Web
content management...)



6. Emerging Technologies (Wireless technologies, Assistive technologies,
New user services and new communities...)



7. Technology Management (IT Project Management, Forecasting, budgeting,
and managing technological change, Knowledge sharing

applications...)



8. Internet Law (Filtering Technology, Privacy...)



9. Open source software



10. Distance education and courseware





Presentations must have a technological focus and they must pertain to
libraries and/or be of interest to librarians. Concurrent sessions are
approximately 75 minutes in length.



Forum 2005 will also accept a limited number of poster session
proposals. Presenters should indicate their interest in a poster session
on their proposals. Presenters are required to submit handouts one month
in advance for the Forum notebook, and handouts will be made available
on the Web site after the event. Your proposals are welcome and much
appreciated! To submit a proposal, send the following information via
email (in ASCII, PDF, or RTF format):



* Title



* Abstract and brief outline



* Level indicator (basic, intermediate, or advanced)



* Brief biographical information. Include experience as a presenter and
expertise in the topic



* Full contact information



* Could this be a possible poster session?



* How you heard about the 2005 Forum Call for Proposals





The 2005 Forum Planning Committee will review proposals at the ALA
Midwinter Conference in January 2005. You will be contacted about the
status of your proposal by the end of February 2005.



Submit proposals (in ASCII, PDF, or RTF) by December 15, 2004, to:

Mary Taylor, mtaylor@xxxxxxx, Executive Director, Library and
Information Technology Association.





Kim B. Cullinan, M.Ed., M.L.I.S.

Rockhurst University-Greenlease Library

1100 Rockhurst Rd.

Kansas City, MO 64110

816-501-4189

mailto:kim.cullinan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx