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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Debbie Considine [mailto:Debbie.Considine@indstate.edu] <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, September 23, 2014 1:28 PM<br><b>To:</b> list@alaoweb.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [ALAO] Permission to post call for proposals information for the OVGTSL 2015 Conference<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=Default><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=Default><b><span style='font-size:15.5pt'>OVGTSL: Call for Proposals<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=Default><span style='font-size:15.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=Default><i><span style='font-size:11.5pt'>Emerging Technologies & Reinventing Services</span></i><span style='font-size:11.5pt'>: Ohio Valley Group of Technical Services Librarians 2015 Conference<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default><span style='font-size:11.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=Default><span style='font-size:11.5pt'>Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default><span style='font-size:11.5pt'>May 18-20, 2015<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default><span style='font-size:11.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=Default><span style='font-size:11.5pt'><a href="http://library.indstate.edu/ovgtsl/">http://library.indstate.edu/ovgtsl/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default><span style='font-size:11.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=Default><u><span style='font-size:11.5pt'>Description</span></u><span style='font-size:11.5pt'>: Library technologies evolve at a rapid rate, and require continual assessment and adaptation of services. Yet, technical services librarians meet these challenges and develop innovative ways to recreate services for the information needs of library users. You are cordially invited to come and share with others how you are using emerging technologies to reinvent services at your library.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default><span style='font-size:11.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=Default><u><span style='font-size:11.5pt'>Proposal Information</span></u><span style='font-size:11.5pt'>: The Conference Program Committee invites forward thinking submissions in all areas related to technical services librarianship: acquisitions, cataloging, serials, electronic resources, and preservation in academic, public, and special libraries. Participants are strongly encouraged to think about emerging technologies and how technical services librarians are reinventing services, within technical services and in the library as a whole. Topics of interest include but are not limited to the following:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default><span style='font-size:11.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=Default style='margin-bottom:2.2pt'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Wingdings'>§ </span><span style='font-size:11.5pt'>Leadership in technical services <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default style='margin-bottom:2.2pt'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Wingdings'>§ </span><span style='font-size:11.5pt'>Collaboration within and outside the library <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default style='margin-bottom:2.2pt'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Wingdings'>§ </span><span style='font-size:11.5pt'>Emerging roles for technical services/technical services librarians <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default style='margin-bottom:2.2pt'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Wingdings'>§ </span><span style='font-size:11.5pt'>New staffing models in technical services <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default style='margin-bottom:2.2pt'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Wingdings'>§ </span><span style='font-size:11.5pt'>Metadata: creation, reuse, and interoperability <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default style='margin-bottom:2.2pt'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Wingdings'>§ </span><span style='font-size:11.5pt'>Integration of metadata with traditional cataloging workflow <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default style='margin-bottom:2.2pt'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Wingdings'>§ </span><span style='font-size:11.5pt'>Authority control <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default style='margin-bottom:2.2pt'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Wingdings'>§ </span><span style='font-size:11.5pt'>The catalog: what is its future? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default style='margin-bottom:2.2pt'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Wingdings'>§ </span><span style='font-size:11.5pt'>Meeting the challenges of RDA implementation <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default style='margin-bottom:2.2pt'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Wingdings'>§ </span><span style='font-size:11.5pt'>Special formats cataloging <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default style='margin-bottom:2.2pt'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Wingdings'>§ </span><span style='font-size:11.5pt'>Increasing costs and shrinking budgets: meeting financial challenges <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default style='margin-bottom:2.2pt'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Wingdings'>§ </span><span style='font-size:11.5pt'>Patron-driven acquisitions and services <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default style='margin-bottom:2.2pt'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Wingdings'>§ </span><span style='font-size:11.5pt'>Vendor relations with technical services <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default style='margin-bottom:2.2pt'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Wingdings'>§ </span><span style='font-size:11.5pt'>Managing the collections: de-selection and inventory <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default style='margin-bottom:2.2pt'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Wingdings'>§ </span><span style='font-size:11.5pt'>Linked data publishing and applications <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default style='margin-bottom:2.2pt'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Wingdings'>§ </span><span style='font-size:11.5pt'>Local documentation practices <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default style='margin-bottom:2.2pt'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Wingdings'>§ </span><span style='font-size:11.5pt'>Managing government documents: access and de-selection issues <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Wingdings'>§ </span><span style='font-size:11.5pt'>Cloud-based solutions in technical services<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default><span style='font-size:11.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=Default style='margin-bottom:2.2pt'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Wingdings'>§ </span><span style='font-size:11.5pt'>Digital library projects <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default style='margin-bottom:2.2pt'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Wingdings'>§ </span><span style='font-size:11.5pt'>Digital object curation and preservation <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default style='margin-bottom:2.2pt'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Wingdings'>§ </span><span style='font-size:11.5pt'>Network level data management <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default style='margin-bottom:2.2pt'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Wingdings'>§ </span><span style='font-size:11.5pt'>Role of technical services in open access and scholarly communication <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Wingdings'>§ </span><span style='font-size:11.5pt'>Open source tools and platforms in technical services <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default><span style='font-size:11.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=Default><span style='font-size:11.5pt'>Participants are invited to submit proposals that address emerging trends, report on recent research, or demonstrate new services, projects, and tools. Time slots for all sessions are 50 minutes in length; this time includes the presentation itself and questions from the audience. Submissions will also be accepted for lightning rounds and round tables.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default><span style='font-size:11.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=Default><span style='font-size:11.5pt'>Submit the following information to <a href="natalie.bulick@indstate.edu%20">natalie.bulick@indstate.edu</a> by <b>Friday, December 15, 2014</b>:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default><span style='font-size:11.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=Default style='margin-bottom:2.2pt'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Wingdings'>§ </span><span style='font-size:11.5pt'>Title of presentation <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default style='margin-bottom:2.2pt'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Wingdings'>§ </span><span style='font-size:11.5pt'>Abstract (no longer than 250 words) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default style='margin-bottom:2.2pt'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Wingdings'>§ </span><span style='font-size:11.5pt'>Names, affiliations, and contact information of all presenters <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default style='margin-bottom:2.2pt'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Wingdings'>§ </span><span style='font-size:11.5pt'>Primary contact for presenters <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default style='margin-bottom:2.2pt'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Wingdings'>§ </span><span style='font-size:11.5pt'>Format (presentation, lightning round, round tables) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Wingdings'>§ </span><span style='font-size:11.5pt'>Equipment and other special needs <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default><span style='font-size:11.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=Default><span style='font-size:11.5pt'>Presenters will be notified of proposal acceptance by February 1, 2015. For more information contact Natalie Bulick, vice-chair, Ohio Valley Group of Technical Services Librarians. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default><span style='font-size:11.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=Default><span style='font-size:11.5pt'>About OVGSTL<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.5pt'>The Ohio Valley Group of Technical Services Librarians (OVGSTL) was founded in 1924 and draws its members from the states of Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio. The annual conference rotates among these three states on a regular basis. Membership is open to anyone interested in library technical services.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>