Reminder: Digital Library Federation Fall Forum call for proposal
deadline is August 23, 2010.
The 2010 Digital Library Federation (DLF) Fall Forum is seeking
ideas and proposals for presentations, panel sessions, workshops, reading
discussions, and hands-on problem solving.
The Forums have traditionally been working meetings where DLF
members come together to share, strategically plan, and commit to future
activities. Although the focus remains the same, starting with the 2010 Fall
Forum, participation is open beyond the Federation to all those interested in
contributing to and playing an active part in the successful future of digital
libraries, museums and archives services, and collections.
For the 2010 Fall Forum, the Program Planning Committee is requesting
ideas and proposals focused within the broad framework of digital collections
and their effect on libraries, museums and archives services, infrastructure,
resources, and organizational priorities.
We welcome proposals from both current community members and
non-members who are interested in joining the DLF.
Managing digital content from cradle to grave is a complex
challenge for library, museum, and archives operations. It requires creative
and collaborative approaches. In that spirit, and to maximize the Forum’s
benefit and better facilitate the community’s work, the Forum’s schedule will
provide many opportunities to actively engage and network. The 2010 Fall Forum
will have a strong participatory feel, with opportunities for community discussions,
creative problem solving, and hands-on workshops. Ideas and activities
generated at the Fall Forum will inform future DLF work and shape the program
for the future DLF Community Forums.
Session genres include:
Presentations and Panels: Traditional lecture format with question-and-answer
sessions.
Workshops:
In-depth, hands-on
training about a tool, technique, workflow, etc. You can recommend a topic or
trainer, or you can volunteer to share your own expertise.
Reading Discussions:
Group
discussion of a particular blog post, article, video, report, or book. Suggest
a reading and a discussion facilitator, or volunteer to facilitate the
discussion of a particular reading yourself.
Working Sessions:
Creative problem solvers, including project managers, developers, and/or
administrators, gather to address a specific problem. This does not have to be
a computational problem. The approach can be applied to workflow issues,
metadata transformations, or other complex problems that would benefit from a
collective, dynamic solution approach.
Tools Showcase: Variation on a poster session or lightning talks. Presenters
will demonstrate tools they have developed or are using in their digital
library environment.
Proposal Submission Guidelines and Evaluation Procedures
Ideas or complete proposals should be submitted as an attached
document to [log in to unmask]
Proposals must include a title, session leader, session genre, and
a proposal description (maximum 500 words).
If you are submitting an idea and not a full-fledged proposal,
please suggest someone to lead the session, and indicate whether or not you
have contacted this individual regarding this possibility.
Proposals must be submitted by August 23, 2010.
Those submitting complete proposals will be notified of their
status by September 10, 2010.
Ideas for sessions and workshops will be posted on the DLF
Community Discussion Forum for feedback by September 10, 2010.
Presenters will be guaranteed a registration place.
The 2010 Fall Forum will be held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Palo
Alto November 1-3, 2010.
More information about the 2010 Fall
Forum can be found at http://www.clir.org/dlf/dlfforum.html
Rachel L. Frick, MSLS
Director, Digital Library Federation Program
Council on Library and Information Resources
1752 N Street NW Suite 800
Washington, D.C. 20036-2909
p: 202.939.4758