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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b>Please excuse multiple postings.<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>Deadline extended to <u>Jan. 31, 2012</u>.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Adobe Garamond Pro","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:36.0pt;font-family:"Adobe Garamond Pro","serif"'>Call for Papers & Posters<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Adobe Garamond Pro","serif"'>Second Annual Conference on Information & Religion:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Adobe Garamond Pro","serif"'>“Preservation and Access: Facilitating Research in Information & Religion”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Adobe Garamond Pro","serif"'>Keynote: Carisse Mickey Berryhill, Ph.D., Special Collections Librarian, <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Adobe Garamond Pro","serif"'>Abilene Christian University</span></i></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Adobe Garamond Pro","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Adobe Garamond Pro","serif"'>May 18 & 19, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Adobe Garamond Pro","serif"'>Kent State University, Kent, OH</span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><br></span></b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="http://bit.ly/CSIRconf2012">http://bit.ly/CSIRconf2012</a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><br><br></span><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The Center for the Study of Information and Religion (CSIR) will host its Second Annual International Conference on Information and Religion in May 2012. This call for papers and posters seeks original contributions in all areas related to information and religion. The conference theme invites participants to share their work in a variety of areas in which scholars are exploring the intersections of religion and information. Topics that might be addressed include but are not limited to the following:<o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Preserving and making available religious texts and information objects associated with communities of faith; <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Social uses and appropriations made of these texts and objects;<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The information-seeking behavior of clergy;<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The role of the sermon as an influential communication medium in society; case studies in the sermon preparation task;<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Information in its application to local congregations as communities of practice;<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Faith and many types of intelligence (e.g., emotional intelligence);<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Dissemination of faith messages;<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Intersections of interests in the study of information and religion, where different disciplines might find it worthwhile to collaborate in research.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Prospective participants are encouraged to submit abstracts that report on recent research and scholarship. Contributions to this call for papers and posters should not have been previously published. There are no restrictions on research methodology.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Instructions for submitting refereed paper or poster abstracts: </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The abstract should be no longer than 250 words and should include the following:<o:p></o:p></span></li><ul type=circle><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Title of the paper or poster;<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Research question, methods, and results;<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Names, affiliations, and contact information for the authors (with one author to be designated as primary contact for the paper). <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The abstract should be submitted in PDF or Word format to Dr. Rosemary Du Mont, CSIR Associate, at <a href="mailto:rdumont@kent.edu">rdumont@kent.edu</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></li><ul type=circle><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2'><b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Jan. 31, 2012:</span></b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> Deadline to submit abstracts.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2'><b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>March 15, 2012:</span></b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> Notification of acceptance sent to participants. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2'><b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>April 15, 2012:</span></b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> Deadline to submit final, completed papers in order for them to be considered for publication in <i>ASIR: Advances in the Study of Information and Religion</i>. Papers <b><u>must</u></b> be in proper APA style. Additional details regarding submission of full papers will be sent to those whose abstracts are accepted for conference presentation.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul></ul><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Presenters are responsible for their own expenses related to the conference, including but not limited to registration fees, lodging, transportation, and meals.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The Center for the Study of Information and Religion (CSIR) is a research initiative of the School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) at Kent State University. Located in northeast Ohio, in close proximity to the cities of Akron-Canton and Cleveland, Kent State has an enrollment of more than 41,000 students. SLIS is home to approximately 700 master’s students and is a partner in the doctoral program of the College of Communication and Information (CCI). </span><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>For more information, please contact Dr. Don Wicks (<a href="mailto:dwicks@kent.edu">dwicks@kent.edu</a>), Interim Director of SLIS and Director of CSIR, Dr. Dan Roland (<a href="mailto:droland1@kent.edu">droland1@kent.edu</a>), CSIR Primary Researcher, or Dr. Rosemary Du Mont (<a href="mailto:rdumont@kent.edu">rdumont@kent.edu</a>), CSIR Associate.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Conference information will be posted at <a href="http://bit.ly/CSIRconf2012">http://bit.ly/CSIRconf2012</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>All the best,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br>Flo<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><~><~>~<~><~><~><~><~><~><~><~><~><~><~><~><~><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Flo Cunningham<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Marketing Communications and Public Relations Director<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>School of Library and Information Science<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Kent State University<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>330-672-0003<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:fcunning@kent.edu"><span style='color:blue'>fcunning@kent.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>www.kent.edu/slis<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ksuslis<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/#%21/KentStateSLIS" title="Kent State SLIS"><span style='color:blue'>@KentStateSLIS</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>SAVE THE DATE:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>28th Annual Virginia Hamilton Conference on Multiculture Literature for Youth, April 12 & 13, 2012<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>2nd Annual Conference on Information and Religion, May 18 & 19, 2012<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library. -- Jorge Luis Borges</i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>