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On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 8:10 PM, Amy Buckland <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > Access 2012 Call for ProposalsThe theme for Access 2012 is > discovery/découverte: > > We want to talk about new ways of doing things, how technology might > encourage serendipity in the library and help our users get to the > information they need. > We want to talk about new ways of weaving together and providing access to > information, resources and services. > We want to talk about ways for the library to use technology to discover > things about its communities and how they use their collections and > services. > We want to talk about discovering new roles for the library technology > folks to play in their libraries, on their campuses and in their > communities. > We want to talk about dark discoveries, the spotting of cracks in the > foundations, the sighting of monsters beyond the edge of the mapŠ > We are now looking for submissions in the following areas: > > * Hackfest projects: Problems meet solutions during the full-day hackfest > on October 18, 2012. Please submit a brief overview of the project you¹d > like hacked/like to hack. > * Ignite talks: Do you have something you want the rest of the community > to discover? Prep a deck with 20 slides, and give yourself 5 minutes to > tell your story, then wow us something new. Please submit a title for your > talk, a brief overview of your talk, and let us know if you¹ve ever done > an ignite/pecha kucha talk before. > * Presentation ³classic style²: These are your traditional ³tell us about > your awesome discovery² sessions, only now with a twist. We want the > newest and freshest takes on getting things done. Please submit a title > and an abstract (max 250 words) for your talk. All presentation > submissions will be peer-reviewed by a panel of your colleagues. (The > review will use a blind selection process.) > > All submissions should be sent to [log in to unmask] by April 30, > 2012. > > > > > Amy Buckland > eScholarship, ePublishing & Digitization Coordinator > McGill University Library > 514.398.3059 >