[Asis-l] RFP to Host Library Research Seminar V in 2010

[John Bertot]

Request for Proposals to Host Library Research Seminar V (2010)
 
The Library Research Round Table (LRRT) of the American Library Association
is seeking volunteers to organize and coordinate the next Library Research
Seminar (LRSV), an international conference focusing upon research within
the library and information science profession and discipline.  These
persons should have strong credentials in research and in organizing
meetings and should have the backing of their organizations. These
organizations should be schools that offer ALA accredited degrees in library
and information science or libraries that make significant contributions to
library research. LRRT encourages collaborative proposals between interested
parties. 
 
LRS is a research meeting that will include empirical, methodological, and
conceptual work within library and information science.  It will include the
following types of scholarship:
 
* Quantitative and qualitative work;
* Functionally related work ­ e.g. covering information seeking or
retrieval, classification or library management;
* Site specific work ­ e.g. covering public or academic libraries;
* Doctoral student research; and
* Collaborative work between professionals and researchers.
 
Examples of potential topics for seminar programs and presentations are:
 
* The foundations of the library profession;
* Information access;
* Facilities for information service;
* Technologies; 
* Research methodology;
* Library organizations;
* Library management;
* Information policy;
* Digital libraries;
* Preservation & archiving;
* Evaluation of library and information services; and
* Library education.
 
LRS requires a site and a facility, either on or near the sponsors¹ home
institution that meets these criteria:
 
* Provides a conference planning service;
* Has rooms, dining, and meeting space for 300 to 400 conference attendees;
* Offers meeting and dining space within walking distance of one another;
* Includes meeting space able to support juried papers, invited papers,
panel discussions, advisory clinics, and roundtable discussions;
* Provides these facilities in October or early November without conflict
with major local events, e.g. football games;
* Offers these facilities all day Thursday, Friday, and Saturday;
* Has extensive and convenient air travel service; and
* Provides a cost-effective event with reasonable fees and travel expenses.
 
LRS meets every three years and LRRT intends to distribute future seminars
equally among the eastern, western, and middle parts of North America.  The
next seminar, LRSV, will meet in fall 2010, and LRRT invites applications to
host that seminar. 
 
The seminar is self-supporting and non-profit.  Any surplus will supply seed
money to the succeeding LRS.
 
Interested parties should send a proposal of no more than ten pages that
explains how their credentials in research and organizing meetings and their
institutional support, their site and facilities will ensure a successful
seminar to:
 
            John Carlo Bertot
            Chair, Library Research Round Table
            101 Shores Building
            142 Collegiate Loop
            College of Information
            Florida State University
            Tallahassee, FL 32306-2100 142
 
The deadline for submission of proposals is December 4, 2007.  LRRT will
announce selection of the site on February 1, 2007. Contact John Bertot with
any questions at jbertot at fsu.edu; 850.644.8118.  Members of the LRRT
executive committee may contact those who submitted proposals with questions
prior to making a final selection.
 
Information about LRSIV (October 10-12, 2007 in London, Ontario) is
available at http://lrs4.fims.uwo.ca/.

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* John Carlo Bertot, Ph.D.                        Phone: (850) 644-8118 *
* Professor                                         Fax: (850) 644-4522 *
* College of Information                         Email: jbertot at fsu.edu *
* Florida State University               http://www.ii.fsu.edu/~jbertot *
* 101 Shores Building                                                   *
* Tallahassee, FL 32306-2100                                            *
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