[Asis-l] ACURIL 2011: Call for Papers and Presentations

[Richard Hill]

[Posted by request.  Dick Hill]
 
ACURIL 2011: The Role of Libraries and Archives in Disaster Preparedness, Response and Research
May 30 – June 3, 2011
Tampa, FL
http://guides.lib.usf.edu/ACURIL_2011

Conference programme
The main theme of this year’s conference is The Role of Libraries and Archives in Disaster Preparedness, Response and Research. In this conference, we seek to explore strategies and practices relevant to all aspects of disaster management for Caribbean libraries and archives. Contributions to the programme therefore can either have the purpose of knowledge dissemination and discussion (panel) or have the purpose of knowledge development and/or skills training (workshop). In addition, there will be a  poster session to showcase projects and research.  In our effort to increase professional development for ACURIL members and members of affiliated library associations, we welcome workshop proposals that could count as Continuing Education (CE) credit.

Programme subthemes
• how archives and libraries cope with disasters  (Tuesday)
• the role of archives and libraries in the community vis-à-vis disasters (Wednesday)
• the role of archives and libraries in disaster research (Thursday)

Basic procedures
•  Participants are requested to submit an abstract first.  Following acceptance of the abstract, authors are requested to submit a full paper. 
•  All submissions will be reviewed by the ACURIL XVI Program Committee and external reviewers.
•  Papers will be both presented during the conference and distributed electronically to the conference participants.  
• Abstracts will be printed in the Conference Program. 

Guidelines for abstract and paper submissions 
•  Relevance of the contribution to the theme should be explicitly elaborated on in all abstracts and papers. 
•  Abstracts should be between 200-500 words.
•  Papers should have a maximum 7000 words. 
•  Both abstracts and papers should be in the prescribed format 
•  Abstracts and papers should be in one of the three official ACURIL languages: English, Spanish, or French. 

 Guidelines for workshop and poster submission
•  Workshop and poster presentation proposals should be submitted as abstracts (same deadline and format)
•  The abstract should be explicit about relevance to the (sub)theme, the workshop/presentation objective, target group and format.  

 Formatting
• Papers should be double-spaced, Times Roman 12 point. 
• Citations should use APA 6th ed. or Chicago citation style
• Posters should be no larger than 3’ by 4’ horizontal format.
 
All abstracts and papers should include: title, name of presenter(s), employer and/or institutional affiliation, mailing address(es), e-mail address and telephone number. 
 
We are exploring with several journals the possibility of having a special issue with papers from the conference, hence, the emphasis on formal papers. 
 
Deadlines


Deadline for abstracts is 31 January 2011. Notification of acceptance/rejection will be 28 February 2011.
Deadline for final submission of full paper is  29 April 2011.
Confirmation of receipt will be sent to you as soon as possible. Should you not hear from us, please verify reception of your abstract through email.
 
Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions about your submission.
Ms. Ardis Hanson, ACURIL President 2010-2011, hanson at usf.edu
Ms. Margo Groenewoud, Chair of the XVI Conference Publications Committee, margo.groenewoud at una.an
 
Dr. Luisa Vigo-Cepeda, Executive Secretary, executivesecretariat at acuril.org
 
 
 
Vicki L. Gregory 
Professor 
School of Information 
University of South Florida