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

[email protected]

Carlos Surez-Balseiro, Ph.D.

Chair, ACURIL 2013 Publications Committee

[email protected]

Luisa Vigo-Cepeda, Ph.D.

Chair, Local Organizing Committee

[email protected]

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