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7/29/2019 Call for Papers, Workshops and Poster Presentations (Deadlines Extended)
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ACURILXLIIISANJUAN,PUERTORICO
9-14June2013
InterContinentalSanJuanResort&Casino
KNOWLEDGE TERRITORIES:
Exploring Commons Environments for Learning, Research,
Creativity and Productivity in Libraries, Archives and Museums in the Caribbean
CALL FOR PAPERS, WORKSHOPS AND POSTER PRESENTATIONS
(Deadlines Extended)
Important Dates
Submission of Abstracts 31 March 2013
[email protected]; [email protected]
Notification of Acceptance/Rejection 15 April 2013
Final submission due 26 April 2013
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Early bird conference registration 31 March 2013
Kindly fill out the electronic registration form:
http://www.acuril2013puertorico.org/conference-registration.html
Conference period 9- 14 June 2013 InterContinental San Juan Resort & Casino
Hotel Reservation form /Formulario de Reservacin de Hotel/ Formulaire de reservation de chambrehttp://www.acuril2013puertorico.org/hotel-registration.html
The President of the Association of Caribbean University, Research, and Institutional Libraries
(ACURIL), Mrs. Cindy Jimnez-Vera, cordially invites you to submit your abstract paper, workshop or
poster, for the forthcoming conference to be held in San Juan, Puerto Rico, 9-14 June 2013, at the
InterContinental San Juan Resort & Casino.
This Call for Paper, Workshops and Posters, to be presented at the Conference, is open to all information
specialists including librarians, archivists, record administrators, museologists and educators in the field of
information science, as well as information providers.
Conference Program
The theme of this years conference is KNOWLEDGE TERRITORIES: Exploring Commons
Environments for Learning, Research, Creativity and Productivity in Libraries, Archives and
Museums in the Caribbean. As expressed by Madam President Jimenez-Vera, it is being observed that
different types oflibraries, archives and museums, from several parts of the world, are changing their
environments and services to cater to the needs and expectations of their diverse clienteles. The
Commons philosophy, which leads to the design of different environments to satisfy diverse user
needs, appears to be propitious to stimulate individual and collaborative endeavors to the exploration
and creation of knowledge, and to provide a space to let the imagination and creativity grow.
This conference is also designed to provide the spirit of Ubuntu, in order to closely explore the
Commons philosophy, its application in our Caribbean information units, and to provide the strategies
and tools for best practices. It is our hope that the knowledge acquired from the lectures, workshops,
poster sessions, among many other professional development activities in this Acurilean learning and
practice community, will keep positioning our Caribbean information units in the frame of avant-
garde international librarianship.
The contributions to the program therefore can either have the purpose of knowledge dissemination and
discussion (panel) or have the purpose of knowledge development; and/or skills training (workshop). In
our effort to increase professional development for ACURIL members and members of affiliated libraryassociations, we welcome workshop proposals that could count as Continuing Education (CE) credit. In
addition, we are circulating a Call for poster sessions to showcase projects and research in relation to the
conference theme.
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Objectives of the Conference
This Caribbean event 2013, that brings together all Acurileans and other informationprofessionals, is
a proactive educational exercise, with a dual purpose:
First, to explore in a collaborative manner the key elements, strengths and limitations, of the
Commons concept, in its different dimensions, geared to provide spaces, for individual and collective
study, research, creativity and productivity, in libraries, archives, museums and other information
units; and,
Second, to examine together the possible effective implementation and development of
Commons variants, in our different Knowledge Territories, using the evidence-based practice of the
information professional. The space to be provided for dialogue and collective discussion, will allow
us to identify and evaluated different ways to approach the paradigm, designs, tools, action plans,
required training of personnel, aiming to consider ways in which to adopt new environments within
our libraries, archives, museums and other information units, as Knowledge Territories, within our
Caribbean region.
This joint action will allow our libraries, archives and museums personnel to re-evaluate, refurbish,
and stengthen its bases, within theoretical and practical frameworks, with evidences to support
effective actions and, therefore, to be able to share the experiences in the region and in other
international forums.
Program Subthemes
In order to achieve these objectives, the Conference will focus the following special themes,specifically related to the Knowledge Territories, that we identify as Libraries, Archives, and
Museums, integrating variants of the Commons paradigm.
Special Theme I. Knowledge Territories integrating the concept ofCommons: Theory and Practice.
Definition and development of the concept. Types of Commons in action and Critical evaluation:
Information Commons, Learning Commons, Research Commons, iCommons, iKnowledge
Commons. Which are the possibilities for our Knowledge Territories in the Caribbean?
Special Theme II. Trends in physical spaces within the Knowledge Territories in the Caribbean,
with the Commons integration; Observe variants, imagine, question, explore, think, design, reflect,
share ideas, reconsider, redesign, create, reshare and celebrate.
Special Theme III. Elaborate a strategic plan for the implementation and development of a
Knowledge Territory in the Caribbean, integrating a Commons variant, using the evidence-based
practice for information professionals framework.
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Special Theme IV. Training and profesional development of the personnel in the Knowledge
Territory in the Caribbean, integrating the Commons concept.
Special Theme V. Knowledge Territories with Hybrid Commons in the Caribbean: Redefinition of
user needs, on-site and virtual services, the strategic plan for development and evaluation, focusingand anticipating the diversity of interests nad preferences in the 21st Century, within our Caribbean
basin.
Basic Procedures
Participants are requested, first, to submit an abstract. Following acceptance of the abstract, authorsare requested to submit a full paper. Kindly see deadlines.
All submissions will be reviewed by the ACURIL XLIII Program Committee and external reviewers. Papers will be both presented during the conference and distributed electronically to the conference
participants.
Abstracts will be printed in the Conference Program.
Guidelines for abstract and paper submission
Relevance of the contribution to the theme should be explicitly elaborated. Abstracts should have a minimum of 200-500 words Papers should have a maximum of 7000 words Both abstracts and papers should be in the prescribed format Abstracts and papers should be in one of the three official ACURIL languages, being English,
Spanish, or French.
Guidelines for workshop submission
Workshop proposals should be submitted as abstracts (same deadline and format) The abstract should be explicit about relevance to the (sub)theme, the workshop/presentation
objective, target group and format.
Formatting
Papers should be double-spaced, Times New Roman 12 point. Citations should use the 6th ed., of theAmerican Psychological Association (APA) style manual.All abstracts and papers should include: title, name of presenter(s), employer and/or institutional
affiliation, mailing address(es), e-mail address and telephone number.
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Guidelines for Poster presentations
Guidelines for poster presentation are circulated separately. Coordinator of this Committee is Dr. Victor
Federico Torres : [email protected]
We are exploring the possibility of having a special journal issue or edited book with papers from theconference; hence, the emphasis on formal and uniformity in papers.
Should you have any questions about your submission of conference papers and workshops, kindly
contact us.
Cordially,
Prof. Cindy Jimnez-Vera
ACURIL President 2012-2013
Prof. Jeannette Lebrn-Ramos
General Rapporteur
Carlos Surez-Balseiro, Ph.D.
Chair, ACURIL 2013 Publications Committee
Luisa Vigo-Cepeda, Ph.D.
Chair, Local Organizing Committee
Kindly submit documentation to: [email protected] ;
Kindly reproduce and distribute copies of this document to other interested persons.
Por favor, reproduzca y distribuya copias de este documento a personas interesadas.
Veuillez communiquer des copies de cette document a dautres personnes intresses.
ACURIL 2013 PUERTO RICO
c/o Graduate School of Information Sciences and Technologies, University of Puerto Rico,P.O. Box 21906, San Juan, PR. 00931-1906 http://acuril.uprrp.edu