-------- Original Message -------- Subject: ACRL STS Call for Poster Proposals Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 11:33:00 -0500 From: Gonzalez, Edward Louis Flores <[log in to unmask]> To: Maps-L CC: References: ***Please excuse cross-posting *** * * *Call for Poster Proposals:* *ACRL Science and Technology Section (ACRL-STS)* *ALA Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, 2009* The ACRL STS Research Committee and STS Program Planning Committee invite proposals for posters to be exhibited during the STS program reception at the ALA Annual Conference in Chicago. Posters will be displayed from 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. on Monday, July 13, 2009, immediately following the STS Program, which starts at 8:30 a.m*.* Be part of our program of the Science and Technology Section of ACRL and submit your ideas by *January 12, 2009.* We encourage proposals for posters relating to the following program theme: * * *Big Science, Little Science, E-Science: the science librarian's role in the* *conversation* /This program will explore the science librarian's role in the emerging conversation/ /concerning data and data curation in scientific research with the goal of raising/ /awareness and empowering science librarians to approach faculty members about/ /these issues./ Therefore, posters should address the role of the science librarian in scientific research. The STS Research Committee will select posters for the Chicago session through a blind review process on the basis of timeliness, thoughtfulness, and relevance to sci/tech librarianship and to the program theme. Additional criteria are available at: http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/about/sections/sts/stsconferences/posters09.cfm DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION: *Monday, January 12, 2009*. Review of submissions will begin immediately. A brief description of the poster (250 words or less) should be submitted via e-mail to Mindy Thuna, Co-Chair of the STS Research Committee, [log in to unmask] Be sure to include your name, institution, phone, fax, e-mail address, and poster title. STS Research Committee and STS Program Planning Committee