[Sigsti-l] Fwd: [STS-L] Reminder - Call for Research Papers and Posters - Deadline 2/15

[Moriana Garcia]

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Subject: [STS-L] Reminder - Call for Research Papers and Posters - Deadline
2/15
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CALL FOR RESEARCH PAPERS AND POSTERS
The Research Committee of the ACRL Science and Technology Section is hosting
its Annual Research Forum and its Poster Session at the 2014 American
Library
Association Annual Conference in Las Vegas, NV, June 26 - July 1, 2014.

The Research Forum and Poster Session provide an excellent opportunity to
share
a wide range of research endeavors and methodologies relevant to science and
technology librarianship. The Committee adheres to mentoring principles and
utilizes a “blind” review process to select proposals.

Submissions for the paper and poster presentations are selected based on the
abstract and significant progress by June 2014.  Writing style is critical
and
should be clear, concise, and organized. Abstracts should include some
aspects
of the research process.  Some examples are:
·        Hypothesis
·        Problem or purpose – research question or thesis – stated in one
sentence.
·        Literature review in its simplest form – where your project fits
with scholarly community.
·        Target group: people, animals, things etc. and relevant
characteristics.
·        Methodology with essential components
·        Basic findings, including statistical limitations such as
confidence
intervals
·        Conclusions, implications, or applications
·        Contribute to the advancement of science and technology
librarianship.
·        Demonstrate innovative and original research.
·        Contribute ideas for positioning librarians to be leaders both on
and
off campus.

Abstracts.  Abstracts should total no more than 250 words while addressing
the
aforementioned criteria.  Abstracts should indicate presentation category:
Featured, Short Paper, or Poster Session.  Be sure to include your name,
institution, phone, and e-mail address of all participants (not part of word
count).  Please indicate whether or not the project was submitted to other
conferences, for publication in a journal, published or presented before.

Featured Paper Presentations.    Our Featured Paper Presentation will be 20
minutes in length and followed by a thoughtful 10 minute critique from a
guest
commentator, who offers suggestions on how to prepare the paper for
publication.  Proposals should reflect research that has been completed or
initiatives that have already been implemented. At a minimum, significant
progress should have been made toward completion or implementation.

Short Paper Presentations.  Short Papers are 10 minutes in length and may
reflect research or initiatives that have been completed or are currently in
progress. Short papers may also solicit feedback (5 minutes) on research
ideas
that are being formulated, outlining possible approaches and asking
attendees
and the guest commentator for their response.

Poster Presentations.  Submissions for the poster session are selected from
two
categories – STS Theme and Open Session.  The STS Theme for 2014 is "How can
librarians assist with student diversity and retention in the STEM and
health
science fields at their institutions?"  The Open category is for research
endeavors or practitioner projects outside the Theme that enhance science
and
technology librarianship.  Proposals should provide useful and practical
findings, and opportunities for discussion.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS: Galileo's 450th Birthday, Saturday,
February 15, 2014.  Submissions are selected by the STS Research Committee.
Acceptance of proposals reflects a commitment by the author(s) to present at
the ALA Annual Conference in Las Vegas.  Abstracts should be submitted via
e-mail to Jack Maness, jack.maness at colorado.edu, and Greg Nelson,
greg_nelson at byu.edu, Co-Chairs of the STS Research Committee.

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Moriana L. M. Garcia, MS, PhD, MLIS
Natural Sciences Liaison Librarian
Denison University Libraries
P.O. Box 805
Granville, OH, 43023
Phone: 740-587-5714