[OPLINLIST] ALAO Conference Proposal Deadline--May 5, 2006

[George, Mary Ellen]

      Recipes for Success:  Ingredients, Process, & Product

	Academic Library Association of Ohio (ALAO) * 32nd Annual
Conference * November 3, 2006

	 

	Call for Proposals


	Presentation & Poster Session Proposal Deadline: May 5, 2006.


	Mix 1 pound collaborative library projects with 4 ounces of
technical services. Stir in 3 cups of collection development and
sprinkle with 2 tablespoons practical and inventive information. What is
this recipe? It is the 32nd Annual ALAO Conference "Recipes for Library
Success: Ingredients, Process and Product."

	This banquet of fresh ideas will whet your palate with
presentations, poster sessions, vendor exhibits and keynote speakers
addressing a wide variety of issues related to our everyday work in
academic libraries.

	What follows in this call for proposals is just a small list of
appetizers to offer some inspiration. We hope what you see here sparks
your appetite for hot topic discussions, practical solutions and
creative approaches to issues and challenges facing libraries because
you will want to mark your calendar now for a delectable feast of ideas
in 2006.

INGREDIENTS

PROCESS

PRODUCT

*	Apples & Oranges: A Mix of Patrons 
*	Fast Food vs. Nutritious Meals: Quantity vs. Quality 
*	Using the Food Pyramid Wisely: A Balanced Approach to Collection
Development 
*	Variety is the Spice of Life: Diversity in the Library 

*	Out of the Frying Pan & Into the Fire: Handling Hot Issues 
*	Chief Cook & Bottle Washer: Successful Collaborative Projects 
*	Culinary Institutes: What's New in Library School? 
*	The Toothpick Test: Checking In With Staff Evaluations 

*	Fusion Cuisine: Non-Library Services in Library Spaces 
*	Brown Bagging: Developing Lunchtime Training Sessions 
*	Food Is the Way to a Student's Heart: Nourishing Mind and Body 
*	Caviar Taste on a Mac 'n Cheese Budget 

	ALAO invites you to present your ideas, experiences, and views
on these issues at our 32nd Annual Conference.

	*	Sessions may take the form of contributed papers,
demonstrations, workshops, or panel discussions. 
	*	Poster session proposals addressing the conference theme
and presenting innovative ideas, practical solutions, original research
and/or creative approaches to issues and challenges facing libraries are
similarly encouraged. 

	To encourage support staff participation, the 2006 Program
Planning Committee will sponsor a Support Staff Presenter Grant for
staff members who want to present at the 32nd ALAO Annual Conference.
Conference proposal details are available online at
http://www.alaoweb.org/06conf/call.html and a proposal submission form
can be accessed at http://www.alaoweb.org/06conf/proposal-form.html.
For further details regarding the conference, go to the ALAO web site:
http://www.alaoweb.org/ <http://www.alaoweb.org/> . Look for the ALAO
2006 Conference link. 


	For more information, contact:


	Karen A. Plummer
	Phone: 330.972-7244 * Fax: 330.972-8363
	Email: kplumme at uakron.edu <mailto:kplumme at uakron.edu> 

	or

	Lori Fielding
	Phone: 330.972-2318 * Fax: 330.972-2317
	Email: ljf03 at uakron.edu <mailto:ljf03 at uakron.edu> 

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