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More conference opportunities for lib-libhistorians! Peter Hoare _________________________________________________________ From: "Christine Pawley" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 8:54 PM Subject: CFP: LHRT Research Forum, June 2004 > Call for Papers: LHRT Research Forum, June 2004 > > "From the Outside In: The Library in the Life of its Historical Users" > > (Apologies for cross-postings; recipients should feel free to forward > this message to listservs of other interested scholarly communities.) > > The Library History Round Table (LHRT) of the American Library > Association (ALA) seeks papers for its Research Forum at the 2004 ALA > Convention, Orlando, Florida, 23-30 June, 2004. > > While we encourage the submission of any paper that takes a cultural > and historical perspective on libraries, we are especially interested > in the submission of papers that address the library in the life of > its historical users. Most scholarship in the history of libraries > has focused on libraries as institutions, or on the lives and > contributions of individual library leaders. By contrast, little > attention to date has been paid to groups and individuals who > actually made use of libraries. Most research that does take users > as its focus has concentrated on the "user in the life of the > library"--that is, from "within" the library--rather than the > "library in the life of the user." Taking a view from the "outside > in," are interested in research that explores the ways in which > historically-situated groups and individuals have encountered public, > academic, school, private and other types of libraries. > > We anticipate examples of historically-situated user groups to be > distinguished by their occupancy of a particular time period as well > as social, cultural and geographic place. They might include, for > example, ethnic minorities, immigrants, religious organizations, > children, rural residents, interest groups, and members of the GLBT > community. > > Proposals for papers, 400 words in length, should give the paper > title, a short abstract, and biographical identification of the > scholar. > > DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: 30 NOVEMBER 2003. > > Submit proposal or send inquiries to: > > Christine Pawley > School of Library and Information Science > The University of Iowa > 3074 Main Library > Iowa City, IA 52242-1420 > > phone: 319/335-5711 > fax: 319/335-5374 > email: [log in to unmask] > > The program will be publicized on or before January 15, 2004. > Presenters must be members of ALA and LHRT before May 1st, 2004. See > http://www.ala.org for membership details. > > ** A forthcoming issue of The Library Quarterly will focus on "The > Library in the Life of the User." We expect that papers based on > submissions to "From the Outside In" will be considered for inclusion > in this special issue. Please watch listserv postings for further > details. ** > > ********************* > > > Christine Pawley Ph.D. > Assistant Professor > School of Library and Information Science > The University of Iowa > 3074 Main Library > Iowa City, IA, 52242-1420 > > phone: (319) 335-5711 > fax: (319) 335-5374 > email: [log in to unmask] > http://mingo.info-science.uiowa.edu/~pawley/ >