Call For Poster Sessions
The International Relations Round Table (IRRT) Invites you to present a poster session at the ALA Annual Conference in Chicago, IL, on Sunday, July 12, 2009.
What is a Poster Session?
This is a forum for librarians from around the world to highlight their libraries and to share their successful ideas with colleagues by presenting a research study, a practical problem-solving effort or an innovative library program. Poster sessions are displayed on bulletin boards (1m 20cm x 2m 40cm). Pictures, graphs, data and text are used to illustrate the presentation. Poster presentations provide other conference participants an opportunity to quickly and easily become acquainted with your topic. An effective poster presentation highlights, with visual display, the main points or components of your topic. Poster Sessions can cover any project or program. Some suggested subject categories for poster sessions are:
Conservation and Preservation, Library Services to Special Groups, Reference and Information Services, Management, Children's Services, Information and Referral Services, Young Adults' Services, Reference, Personnel, Library Use Instruction, Planning and Evaluation, Circulation Services, Organization, Special Collections, Technology, Automation, Archives, Education, Continuing Education, Telecommunications, Library Education, Computers, Rare Books, Literacy
HOW TO SUBMIT A PROPOSAL FOR A POSTER SESSION
The receipt deadline for proposals is January 31, 2009. Proposals received after this date may be considered if there is still available space for participation.
Please have the information below ready when filling out the online form:
1. Title of poster session.
2. Author's or Authors' name(s).
3. Employer or affiliated institution.
4. Contact information for author, including phone number, fax number, email, and mailing address (if there is more than one author, choose one person to be the contact).
5. Abstract of no more than 200 words.
6. A one or two word subject description.
A limited number of poster sessions will be selected for presentation at the Annual Conference. Detailed guidelines for the preparations of poster sessions will be included. When the final conference schedule is made in May/June you will be notified of the scheduled date and time of the poster presentation. Poster session abstracts are listed in the Poster Session Booklet, which is available to all attendees of the poster sessions. Proposals and presentation of poster sessions must be in English.
To submit proposals visit:
1. http://www.lib.jmu.edu/org/ala/default.aspx
2. Click on 'How to Apply'
3. Fill out the online form
If you have any questions, please contact the International Relations Office at intl@ala.org
International Relations Office
American Library Association
50 E. Huron Street
Chicago, IL 60611, USA
Phone: +312-280-3201
Fax: +312-280-4392
Email: intl@ala.org