Call for Abstracts

 

8^th ALIA Top End Symposium
Darwin, Northern Territory
4 and 5 October 2013

Call for Abstracts

ALIA Top End invites abstracts of proposed presentations / papers for the Symposium to be held in Darwin from midday Friday 4 October to midday Saturday 5 October 2013.

We invite our colleagues to join us at our biennial conference to share their stories and delve into what makes Territory libraries unique now and into the future.

Through the theme of Design Discover Diversify we hope to encourage presenters to explore options including, but not limited to:

•  Investigate design thinking, designing our career paths, library design, and designing tools and apps.

• Discover our clients (their expectations and needs), our collections and services and how we make them accessible; discover new directions in publishing and explore how we link up with our colleagues.

•  Think outside the square - diversify, celebrate our diversity and explore what kinds of service models we will be moving to in the future and what our skill sets need to be.

You are invited to submit an abstract that outlines what you would like to present on in light of these topics.

Abstracts

An abstract of your paper / presentation is due by 30 July 2013, and should consist of no more than 300 words. Abstracts should be electronically submitted to: Barbara.coat@cdu.edu.au or Rachel.Klesch@cdu.edu.au

Please note that receiving an abstract does not guarantee acceptance of the paper.

Abstracts will be expected to meet the following criteria:

•  relevance to the audience and theme

• clarity, coherence and organisation of writing

• originality and innovation of the work.

All presenters are required to submit their presentations prior to the Symposium. Papers are preferred, but not essential. They will be made available on the ALIA Top End group website after the Symposium.

Submission deadline for abstract or proposal:            Monday 30 July 2013

Notification of acceptance:                                          Thursday 4 August 2013      

Full presentation and /or full paper due:                      Monday 23 September 2013

If you have any enquiries about submitting abstracts please contact Barbara.coat@cdu.edu.au or Rachel.Klesch@cdu.edu.au