August 18, 2008 Call for Papers Association of Jewish Libraries Annual Convention Chicago July 5 8, 2009
The Association of Jewish Libraries, Inc. will hold its 44th annual convention at the Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers, Sunday July 5th through Wednesday July 8th, 2009. Librarians, archivists, and scholars from numerous disciplines will meet to share their interest in Judaica Librarianship and related areas. The Association is soliciting papers dealing with any aspect of Judaica librarianship or scholarship as it pertains to libraries, archives, museums, schools, synagogues, and related institutions. Typically, this has included workshops, panel discussions, and presentations about literature and other resources, programming, reader advisory services, special collections, technical services, library administration, collection development, digital and electronic resources and local Jewish history. Those wishing to participate in poster sessions are also invited to submit proposals. Prospective presenters should submit an abstract by December 1, 2008. Submissions must include the title of the paper, a short abstract (one-paragraph summary), presenter's name(s), address, affiliation, telephone number, fax number and email address. Please include a short bio as well. If the presentation requires audio-visual equipment, please indicate the type of equipment that will be needed. Please note: because of the time required to organize the program, proposed sessions, cover sheets and abstracts must arrive by the December 1st deadline. No late submissions will be considered. The submitted abstracts and proposed sessions will be reviewed by a Program Planning Board composed of members of the National and local AJL Convention Committee members. Notification will be made by early January, 2009 Send abstracts to Shoshanah Seidman electronically at [EMAIL PROTECTED], or by mail to Shoshanah Seidman, 9056 Tamaroa Skokie, IL 60076. If you need information, contact Shoshanah Seidman Tel: 847-491-7585, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] or Cheryl Banks, Tel: 847 831 9036, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
