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CFP: The 2013 LACUNY Institute: Libraries, Information, and the Right to the City
CFP: The 2013 LACUNY Institute: Libraries, Information, and the Right to the CityApril 5, 2013John Jay College of Criminal JusticeKeynote Speakers:-Christine Pawley - Former director of the School of Library and Information Studies, University of Wisconsin - Madison and historian of print culture in America.-
Jessa Lingel - Doctoral student at Rutgers and author of "Occupy Wall Street and the myth of the technological death of the library."Libraries, Information, and the Right to the CityIn recent years movements of scholars and activists have advanced a concept known as ?the right to the city.? As the noted geographer David Harvey puts it ?the right to the city is far more than the individual liberty to access urban resources: it is a right to change ourselves by changing the city.? Situated at the heart of a global metropolis the Library Association of the City University of New York http://lacuny.org/
is in an excellent position to initiate this dialogue.The 2013 LACUNY Institute committee welcomes proposals that examine how library and information professionals engage in such social transformations. The majority of the world?s population now resides in urban areas making questions surrounding the city central to understanding the shape of the 21st century. The goal of the 2013 institute is to create a dialogue about how library and information professionals can (or should) move beyond being guarantors of access and become engaged in communities? production of knowledge. We consider ?the city? to be the public sphere broadly defined (i.e., proposals that examine these issues in small communities are welcome). The massive technological transformations of recent years have changed the nature of both libraries and the public sphere. At the 2013 LACUNY Institute we would like to explore the roles of libraries and information in the polis of the future.Here are few examples of subjects that would be considered appropriate: * Librarians and social movements * Libraries and public services * The ethics of representation * Services to traditionally marginalized groups * Critical information literacy * The ethics of user generated content * The ethics of neutrality * Libraries and civic engagement * Open access and the public's right to informationWe look forward to your participation in the spring of 2013!Submission of proposals for papers should include: * name(s) of presenter(s) * title(s) * affiliation(s) * contact information * abstracts of 300-500 words.Presentations will be 20 minutes with time allocated for questions and discussion.Full papers will be published in a special issue of Urban Library Journal http://ojs.
cunylibraries.org/
.Submit a 300 to 500 word abstract to this webform https://docs.google.
com/spreadsheet/viewform?pli=
1&formkey=
dFNhT0JvQ0RJSTU4X3p4RWYtZElUX0
E6MQ#gid=0
or email a word document with the above information to [email protected] Deadline: December 21, 2012Notification of acceptance: January 25, 2013
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Call For Proposals: Privacy And Surveillance: Library Advocacy For The 21st Century (lacuny Institute 2015)
Call for Proposals: Privacy and Surveillance: Library Advocacy for the 21st CenturyLACUNY Institute 2015Date: May 8, 2015Location: John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York CFP: URL: http://lacuny.org/institute-call-for-proposals/Keynote...
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Academic Libraries 2013 (michigan Library Association) Is Now Accepting Proposals
Academic Libraries 2013 (Michigan Library Association) is now accepting proposals. URL: Conference Brochure: http://www.mla.lib.mi.us/sites/default/files/MLA_AL_BROCHURE.pdf Information on MLA site: http://www.mla.lib.mi.us/events/academic The...
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2013 Mla Spring Institute Call For Proposals, Due November 15, 2012
2013 MLA Spring Institute Call for Proposals, Due November 15, 2012 URL: http://www.mla.lib.mi.us/sites/default/files/13%20SI%20call%20for%20proposals.docThe Michigan Library Association (MLA) invites proposals to present at ?Spring Institute 2013:...
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2013 Mla Spring Institute Call For Proposals
2013 MLA Spring Institute Call for Proposals, Due November 15, 2012 The Michigan Library Association (MLA) invites proposals to present at ?Spring Institute 2013: Growing, Networking, and Inspiring? the association?s annual 2-day event, which focuses...
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Cfp: Urban Library Journal
CFP: Urban Library Journal The editors of Urban Library Journal (ULJ) announce a call for proposals for the Winter 2011 issue. Urban Library Journal, an open access, refereed journal of research and discussion dealing with all aspects of urban libraries...
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