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CFP - Bridging the Spectrum Symposium (March 2024), Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C.

  • 1.  CFP - Bridging the Spectrum Symposium (March 2024), Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C.

    Posted Nov 20, 2023 04:21 PM

    Call for Proposals

    Bridging the Spectrum: 

    The 16th Annual Symposium on Scholarship and Practice

    Online, Friday, March 1, 2024

     

    The Department of Library and Information Science at Catholic University of America invites researchers, practitioners and students to submit proposals for the 2024 Bridging the Spectrum Symposium, a forum for sharing research findings, best practices, and works in progress in library and information science. The 16th Symposium will be a virtual event.

    The Symposium will include three types of presentations: briefings, posters and panels. 

    • Briefings are 15-minute presentations of an innovative practice, project, or research activity. 

    • Posters are exhibits describing a practice, project, or research activity. 

    • Authors can organize panels of speakers to present and discuss an emerging theme or topic. 

     

    Proposal topics may include, but are not limited to, the following: 

    • Community engagement and outreach, including marketing and advocacy for library and information services

    • Information services against misinformation and propaganda

    • New developments in information organization (linked data, semantic web, etc.)

    • Preservation and management of born-digital and digitized resources 

    • Management and analysis of data and information

    • Library networks and international collaboration

    • Technology trends and impact on information services

    • Management of information services in cultural institutions

     

    Important Dates

    • Proposals due: January 5, 2024

    • Notification of acceptance: Late January 2024

    • Symposium: March 1, 2024

    The submissions can be made through 

    https://catholic.iad1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6EwiScDCkUg125w

     

    Overviews of past symposia are available on the Symposium website at https://lis.catholic.edu/news-events/symposium/index.html 

    Please feel free to contact the Symposium Committee at cua-lis-symposium@cua.edu if you have questions.

    Symposium Committee: Sue Yeon Syn, Kevin Gunn, Shane MacDonald, Maria Thurber, Heather Wiggins



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    Shane MacDonald
    Special Collections Archivist, University Libraries, Special Collections
    The Catholic University of America University Archives
    Washington DC
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