[Sigia-l] FW: SLA NorthWest Regional Conference - Call for Proposals

[Mike Crandall]

Call for Proposals - Deadline Extended 

2006 Special Libraries Association NorthWest Regional Conference

Content Management - Converging Information, People and Technology

October 6 - 7, 2006 - Vancouver, BC

Hosted by Western Canada, Oregon and Pacific Northwest Chapters 

You are invited to submit a proposal for presentation at the 2006 SLA
NorthWest Regional Conference. 

Venue: Fairmont Hotel Vancouver, Vancouver, BC
http://fairmont.com/hotelvancouver 

Introduction: Content management (CM) has, in recent years, moved from
the back room of the web designer onto the desk of almost every
information professional who has responsibility for getting their
organisation's content out to a suitable audience.  CM professionals
have helped to articulate the process and develop the systems to manage
it.  Many librarians, on the other hand, are meeting CM for the first
time, even if they recognise elements of it in their existing skill
sets.  

The keynote speaker will be Bob Boiko.  As the author of the Content
Management Bible, Bob is, without exaggeration, the guru of content
management.  He is a teacher, consultant, writer, programmer, and
itinerant businessman. Bob is currently President of Metatorial
Services, Inc. (www.metatorial.com) and an affiliate faculty member of
the Information School at the University of Washington
(www.ischool.washington.edu).  

Target Audience: The primary objective of the conference is to bring
together SLA members and others with a professional or academic interest
in content management and related disciplines.  The conference will
focus on developing content management skills for attendees of all
knowledge levels, from novice to advanced, and demonstrating the added
value of content management.

Presentations: We welcome presentations on the use of CM in and outside
of library settings and from introductory to advanced levels.  We expect
that most programs will run for just under one hour including time for
questions and answers, although we are open to suggestions of other
formats (workshops, panel discussions, etc.) that might run for longer
or shorter periods.

Topics: We welcome presentations on, for example:

*          fundamentals of CM
*          CM systems
*          best practices
*          metadata
*          case studies
*          taxonomies and thesauri
*          CM jobs in special libraries
*          information architecture
*          CM challenges 

Speakers should bear in mind that their audience may encompass a range
of knowledge and experience of both CM and information skills. 

Submission guidelines: Please see the attached Submission Form for
guidelines and evaluation criteria. The conference web site is at
http://www.sla.org/chapter/cwcn/conference/NWRC2006/index.htm. Questions
may be addressed to NWSLAprograms at f3rg.com. Deadline for submissions is
now April 18, 2006.  

Please forward this Call for Proposals to others who may be interested
in presenting.

Regards,
The SLA NorthWest Regional Conference Steering Committee