Call for Proposals
The Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials (SALALM) invites submission of proposals for its 63rd annual meeting, hosted by Biblioteca Daniel Cosío Villegas at the El Colegio de México in Mexico City, July 1-4, 2018. Priority will be given to workshops, roundtables, pop ups, panels, presentations and rodas vivas that address disputed places (sites) like the Plaza de Tres Culturas Tlatelolco and references (cites) to these spaces. The conference theme, S/Cites, Texts, and Voices in Critical Librarianship: Decolonizing Libraries and Archives is an invitation to think critically about how the processes of selection, commodification, organization, and description give shape to research and teaching on Latin America, Iberia and the Caribbean. For more information about the conference please consult the conference webpage http://salalm2018.colmex.mx/. Instructions for proposals follow. Proposals might consider questions including, but are not limited to:
1. How can we use contested space to explore how we influence significance, perspective, and critical reflection in our professions?
2. How do our descriptions of resources or events reinforce or challenge meanings?
3. How might we address the inequalities of access to electronic platforms and misperceptions about their provision of global resources?
4. How does a s/cite’s symbolism or repeated appearance (or lack thereof) promote or hinder “impact” in our professions?
5. What roles do standards and professional benchmarks play in collection building, cataloging, and curricular development?
6. How does our work promote or hinder information empowerment and global information equality?
7. How might alternative library and archival practices or tools foster equitable access?
8. How do current funding structures affect our successes and failures?
9. How can we foster critical reflection in our profession?
Proposal Instructions
Please indicate your proposed format from the list below and send the respective information to Suzanne Schadl, schadl@unm.edu by 1 March 2018 with the subject line: SALALM2018.colmex. You will be notified of acceptance by March 15.
Proposal Instructions
Please indicate your proposed format from the list below and send the respective information to Suzanne Schadl, schadl@unm.edu by 15 February 2018 with the subject line: SALALM2018.colmex. You will be notified of acceptance by 15 March 2018.
1). Workshops=Hands on interactive instruction and problem solving
Title
Names and affiliations of facilitators
Technology Requirements (computer and projector/multiple computers)
Abstract/Overview: 250 words
Example of how this workshop addresses intersections or contested space:
2). RoundTable Discussions= Discussions of issues facilitated by varied participants
Title
Names and affiliations of facilitators
Technology Requirements (computer and projector/multiple computers)
Abstract/Overview: 250 words
Example of how this roundtable addresses intersections or contested space:
3). Multiple paper panels = 3-5 presenters offering (in 15-20 minutes) papers for publication in SALALM proceedings
Title Panel
Titles Individual Papers
Names and affiliations of presenters
Technology Requirements (computer and projector/multiple computers)
Abstract/Overview of panel: 500 words
Example of how this panel addresses intersections or contested space:
4). Multiple Rodas Vivas = 5-7 presenters sharing (in 7 minutes or less) projects, problems, questions they address in their work. Photo essays of these Rodas Vivas can be submitted for publication in SALALM proceedings
Title Panel
Titles individual presentations
Names and affiliations of presenters
Technology Requirements (computer and projector/multiple computers)
Abstract/Overview of panel: 250 words
Example of how this Roda Viva addresses intersections or contested space:
5). Individual Roda Viva Presentations = 7-minute-presentation sharing work-related projects, problems and questions
Title of presentation
Name and affiliation of presenter
Technology Requirements (computer and projector/multiple computers)
Abstract: 100 words
Example of how this Roda Viva address intersections or contested space:
6). Individual Paper presentation = 15-20 minute-presentation of a paper that could be submitted for publication in SALALM proceedings
Title of presentation
Name and affiliation of presenter
Technology Requirements (computer and projector/multiple computers)
Abstract: 150 words
Example of how this paper addresses intersections or contested space:
7). Pop-ups –temporary visual or oral interventions offered in opportune spaces
Title
Name and affiliation of presenter/artist
Technology Requirements
Abstract: 100 words
Example of how this pop up addresses intersections or contested space: