[NORSLIS] DOCAM '08 annual meeting

[Helena Francke]

(sorry for cross postings or if this has already been posted to the list / Helena)

The Document Academy
Invites:
 
PROPOSALS FOR PAPERS 
 
DOCAM ’08
 
March 28-29, 2008
 
University of Wisconsin-Madison
School of Library and Information Studies
Helen C. White Hall
Madison, Wisconsin USA
 
 
DOCAM ’08 is the fifth Annual meeting of the Document Academy, an international network of scholars, artists and professionals in various fields interested in the exploration of the document as a useful approach, concept and tool in Sciences, Arts, Business, and Society.
 
The aim of The Document Academy is to create an interdisciplinary space for experimental and critical research on documents in a wide sense, drawing on traditions and experiences around the world. It originated as a co-sponsored effort by The Program of Documentation Studies, University of Tromso, Norway and the School of Information, University of California, Berkeley. For 2008, the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Library and Information Studies will be hosting the meeting.
 
The conference will run from 9 AM Friday, March 28, to 5 PM Saturday, March 29.  In order to keep the open-ended discussion atmosphere of previous DOCAMs alive along with a growing number of participants, we have decided to have only plenary sessions and a relatively limited, but well-selected number of presentations.
 
Call for proposals:
 
Scholars, developers, artists and practitioners working with document research and development are invited to submit proposals for full and short papers for plenary sessions and exhibits by December 1, 2007.
 
Full papers for plenary sessions will address these themes:
 
-         DOCUMENT THEORY (general issues)
-         DOCUMENT ANALYSIS (case-studies and methodological issues)
 
Length: 6000-7500 words
 
Short papers for plenary sessions will focus on

-	DOCUMENT RESEARCH (theory, methods, case-studies)
 
Length: 2400—3600 words

Each author or group of authors of FULL papers will have 45 minutes for their presentation, including discussion; authors or groups presenting SHORT papers will be allotted 30 minutes. The order of presentations will be arranged according to themes as much as possible. 

Conference language is English. Conference organizers can provide an LCD projector; other equipment is the responsibility of the presenter.

File format: RTF or PDF 

All proposals must include:

*Description:

-         a short (500 words) verbal description of the work to be presented
-         Explanation of how the work will be presented (verbal presentation, powerpoint, video, performance, demonstration, and equipment needs)
 
*Names of all contributors, 
*Addresses,  including email contacts and 
*Up to 5 keywords 
 
Proposals should be submitted electronically to Catherine Arnott Smith at the School of Library and Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison (casmith24 at wisc.edu) .  Please include “DOCAM 2008” in the subject line of all correspondence, including proposal submission.

Submission deadline for proposals: 11:59 PM, December 1st, 2007
 
Receipt will be confirmed within one week. Decisions will be announced no later than January 15, 2008.

Final deadline for accepted full papers: 11:59 PM, March 1, 2008
 
For more information contact the co-chairs of Docam 2008:

Catherine Arnott Smith, PhD
Assistant Professor
School of Library and Information Studies
University of Wisconsin-Madison
600 N. Park Street
Madison, WI 53706

(608) 890-1334
fax: (608) 263-4849
casmith24 at wisc.edu

Prof. Niels Windfeld Lund
Documentation Studies
University of Troms*
NO-9037 Troms*, Norge

Tel: +47- 776 46284
niels.windfeld.lund at hum.uit.no


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Helena Francke, doctoral student
Swedish School of Library and Information Science
University College of Bor*s / Göteborg University
SE-501 90 Bor*s, Sweden

phone +46 33 435 43 20 (Bor*s)
      +46 31 773 58 49 (Göteborg)
fax +46 33 435 40 05
e-mail helena.francke at hb.se