International Association of School Librarianship International Conference and Research Forum: August 25-30, 2014 Moscow, Russia
THEME: “School Library in the knowledge society: use of cognitive technologies, form creative person”
Proposals are invited from librarians, principals, teachers, educators, researchers, and others directly involved with the development or management of school libraries. Others who share an interest in advancing the field of school librarianship, including publishers, vendors, authors, illustrators, architects, psychologists, economists, and journalists, are also welcome to submit proposals.
Proposals should clearly relate to one or more of the Conference sub-themes:
• School library as a cognitive resource for the development of education
• New brands of school library: information culture and e-environment in the context of cognitive sciences development
• School library on the map of cognitive future
• School library in a rapidly changing world
• School library as a forming center of personal information culture
• The world of school libraries’ worlds: searching for harmony, intelligence, technology, culture
• School librarian – an agent of change in modern educational approaches to teaching
• New approaches in the all-life learning system of teacher-librarians
TYPES OF PRESENTATIONS
Proposals for presentation should be one of four types:
• Workshops (90 minutes or 180 minutes) on a focused topic related to the conference theme, where participants are actively involved in the learning process. They may comprise small or large group discussions, collaborative activities and exercises, or opportunities to practice applying the concepts that are presented. Workshops are not intended to be extended lectures, but are hands-on learning opportunities.
• Professional presentations (20 minutes each) on a topic related to the theme of the conference, which represent descriptions of programs, projects, activities, and/or innovations that are of relevance to a diverse audience and contribute to their professional development.
• Research presentations (20 minutes each) on a topic related to the theme of the conference, which represent findings from investigations (either complete or in-progress, but not proposals) that would be of interest to an international audience.
• Posters (a designated time will be set for presenters to display and meet viewers) of projects or research on a topic related to the theme of the conference.
The Proposal Form can be downloaded here .
Proposals for posters should be accompanied by a preliminary sketch in a single PowerPoint slide (proposal for poster must be sent via email).
All proposals must be in English.
Persons who are new to submitting conference proposals may find the following resources useful:
Writing Successful Conference Presentation Proposals
Writing a successful conference paper proposal
Writing a Great Conference Proposal
Planning, developing and writing an effective conference abstract
Writing conference abstracts
What makes a good conference abstract
ORIGINALITY
All proposals must be original, and not have been presented at any other conference, or published or submitted for publication in a journal.
SELECTION OF PROPOSALS
All proposals will be subjected to a double blind peer-review process.
Proposals will be reviewed based on the following criteria:
• Workshops, Professional papers and Posters – Relevance to theme of conference, Originality, Practical implications (where relevant), Interest to diverse audience
• Research papers – Relevance to theme of conference, Clarity of objectives, Significance of research, Appropriateness of design/methodology/approach, Findings (or Expected findings), Originality, Interest to diverse audience
The decision of the Program Committee shall be final, and no appeals will be entertained.
SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS
Proposals may be an attachment to on iasl2014@rusla.ru before 1 March 2014.
Please note that all expenses, including conference registration, travel, accommodation, visas, etc. are the responsibility of the authors/presenters. No financial support can be provided by IASL or the Organizing Committee. However, the Organizing Committee can issue, upon request, invitation letters for the purpose of applying for outside financial support.
KEY DATES
March 1, 2014 Last date for submission of proposals
April 15, 2014 Presenters informed
May 31, 2014 Final papers due
June 30, 2014 Last date for presenters to register in order to have their presentation scheduled in the program
Presenters who do not register by June 30 may not be included in the presentation schedule nor have their papers included in the conference proceedings.
FURTHER INFORMATION
For further information, please send a message to: iasl2014@rusla.ru or rusla@rusla.ru