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Dear Colleagues:
Below is the Call for Papers for the Paris 2004 Conference. We would
very
much appreciate your forwarding it to the library lists you belong to
and
to colleagues who would be interested in hearing about this. Please
also
note that the website and the flyer have been revised since you may have
last seen them.
Let me know if you would prefer an attached copy with the formatting
intact.
Thanks for your help in spreading the word as widely as possible!
For the Publicity Committee:
Helene Baumann
Call for Papers
Migrations in Society, Culture and the Library
WESS International Conference: Paris March 22-26, 2004
The Western European Studies Section (WESS) of the Association of
College and Research Libraries (ACRL) invites paper and panel
proposals that apply to the theme of the conference: Migrations in
Society, Culture and the Library.
Although the themes of the conference are broad, we especially
encourage individual paper proposals and panel proposals that:
· address how migration-related transformations in Western Europe
are
affecting collection strategies and public service in North American
and European research libraries
· examine transatlantic activities and projects in Western European
and
Migration Studies, and their significance for libraries
· address the transformations of materials that libraries must
acquire
and the tools they use to provide storage and access
· investigate how "migrating" borders (both in scholarly disciplines
and across the face of Europe) impact libraries
· explore how migration activities and academic interest in
migration
studies has had an impact on the content and focus of book publishing
in
Europe
Individual papers should be twenty minutes in length. Panel
proposals will comprise three speakers. Papers should form the
basis
for a collection of proceedings. Proposals and abstracts are due
by
April 1, 2003. Electronic submissions are encouraged.
For the full conference announcement and further information, see
the
website:
http://www.library.jhu.edu/rsd/other/wess2004/wess2004.html
Please send panel proposals and paper abstracts (300 words max)
addressing the paper's theme and conclusion, along with a short
biographical note to:
Barbara Walden
278A Memorial Library, University of Wisconsin-Madison
728 State Street, Madison, WI, 53706-1494
E-mail: bwalden _at__ library.wisc.edu
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