Call For Participation

The Call for Participation for the Twelfth Off-Campus Library Services Conference is an open invitation to present your research, your knowledge and your experience to your peers. All professional, faculty, administrative and staff members who are involved in providing library services for students in non-traditional settings are invited to submit a paper.

Topic Tracks

Research—surveys, assessment, statistics, theories, overviews
Teaching and learning—methods, strategies, models, one-on-one, classes, virtual
Electronic information and delivery—collection development, e-books, databases, web technology
Administration and support services—program development, ILL, document delivery
Collaboration—librarian, faculty, consortia, or other

Formats

• paper presentation


• panel discussion


• workshops


• electronic poster sessions

Presentations should be planned for a fifty-five minute session including 10 minutes for questions. Written papers must have text (exclusive of graphs, charts, or references) over five pages in length and be formatted according to the APA Style Manuel. They should contain a reference list that shows you have researched your topic. Please specify on the Presentation Proposal form if you would be willing to present your session twice, which topic track you have chosen, the objective of your paper and the format that you will be using.

Workshops will last two hours. They will include hands-on learning for the participants. An abstract will be required for the program but no paper is required.

Panel discussions will include several speakers for fifty-five minutes including 10 minutes for questions. A paper is required for the proceedings. See presentations above.

Informal electronic poster sessions are a visual display intermixed with narratives, tables, handouts and graphs. An electronic format will enable you to display web designs, instructional modules and other virtual resources. This should be a canned presentation because access to the internet will not be available. You will be required to set-up and host your display for 55 minutes and provide an abstract for the program. No written paper is required.

Submission Requirements

1. Complete the proposal form with a 500 word maximum abstract that describes your proposed presentation, workshop or poster session. DO NOT INCLUDE institutional or personal identification in the abstract. Each submission will be acknowledged.

2. The deadline for submission is March 22, 2005. All presenters will be notified regarding their proposal status by June 2005. The written paper will be due December 9, 2005.

3. Successful presenters will be sent an author’s agreement and manuscript guidelines for the printed proceedings.

Evaluation and Acceptance

The OCLSC Program Advisory Board members will be provided with blind copies of the proposal abstracts. Presenter and institutional identification will not be supplied or will be deleted if it is included in the text. Proposals will be evaluated based on their relevance to the interests of the attendees, contribution to the body of knowledge associated with the field of off-campus library services in distance education, and their clarity of expression. Program balance and room space will also be considered in paper selection.

Call for Participation Form (MS Word Format - fillable)

Call for Participation Form (Rich Text Format)