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I don’t think I’ve mentioned this here, although it’s certainly not news: Access 2008 is coming to Hamilton, Ontario this year! In case you didn’t know, Hamilton is home to MPOW and two other fantastic institutions (Hamilton Public Library and Mohawk College), and the three of us are getting together to make Access 2008 many kinds of awesome. I’m the Program Chair and we’ve just put the finishing touches on our CFP, so I’m getting the word out. (Aside: got advice for a neophyte program chair on putting together a dynamite conference program? I’m all ears!)
If you’re familiar with Access, you know that there isn’t usually a CFP process associated with the conference. I’m sure that probably has a lot to do with the fact that Access/code4lib regulars are a pretty tight group, so everyone has a pretty good sense of what everyone else is working on and what would make an interesting conference session. Which is great, but I’m sort of on the periphery of that group, and while I have a general sense of what folks are working on (and what would make an interesting conference session), I feel far from equipped to plan a 2.5 day program based on this sketchy knowledge. So, we wrote a CFP! And I’m expecting a flood of brilliant proposals! If you have an idea for a session, ping me because I can’t wait to hear it! Here are the details:
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Call for Proposals for Access 2008
Location: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Date: October 1-3, 2008 (Hackfest: Oct 1; Conference: Oct 2-4)
CFP Deadline: Friday, February 22, 2008
URL: http://access2008.mcmaster.ca
Access is Canada’s premier library technology conference, featuring a single stream of sessions that deal with technology planning, development, challenges and solutions. We are now accepting proposals for prepared talks on the following topics (other ideas are more than welcome):
- customized web applications and search interfaces
- open source software
- national and provincial/state-wide consortia technology initiatives
- information policy
- digital and social media
- library catalogue innovations
- digitization projects
- institutional repositories
- end-user searching behaviours
- protocols and metadata
…or anything else suitably geeky, innovative and/or awe-inspiring! Sessions are usually 45 minutes or 1 hour in length. Proposals should include:
- your name, title, institutional affiliation, contact information, blog/website URL
- 100 word (max) abstract describing your proposed presentation
- co-presenters you will (or hope to) present with
Submission Procedures:
- deadline for submission is February 22, 2008.
- send your proposal to Amanda Etches-Johnson, Program Chair, at etchesa AT mcmaster.ca
- each submission will be acknowledged and all presenters will be notified of the status of their proposal by April 15, 2008.
- if you’d simply like to recommend topics and/or speakers (other than yourself), feel free to get in touch!
Depending on the number of submissions, we can’t promise that every proposal will be accepted. However, we will have sessions set aside for Lightning/Thunder talks, which provide an informal opportunity to share your ideas with your peers.
For more information about Access, see the Access 2007 website. Alternatively, feel free to get in touch with the members of the Program Planning Committee:
Amanda Etches-Johnson
User Experience Librarian, McMaster University
etchesa AT mcmaster.ca
Jenn Horwath
Virtual Branch Manager, Hamilton Public Library
jhorwath AT hpl.ca
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If posting CFPs on your blog/listserv(s) is your thing, feel free to post away! Thanks, folks. And, see you at Access 2008!
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