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This is a reminder that the deadline for submissions is fast
approaching. Please consider submitting a proposal for this conference.
Thanks,
Mimi Hernandez
C a l l for P r e s e n t a t I o n s a n d
P o s t e r S e s s i o n s
The University of Arizona Library invites you to submit an abstract for a
presentation or poster session for Living the Future 2 to be held April
21 - 24, 1998 in Tucson. Living the Future 2 is a follow-up to the 1996
Living the Future conference where over 150 participants from the United
States and other countries learned of Arizonas experience with
organizational change. Topics included were: process improvement,
team-based organizations, transforming organizational culture, changing
roles, restructuring, becoming a learning organization, valuing
diversity, needs assessment, and customer satisfaction.
This second conference promises to be an exciting forum in which
information providers from all types of learning organizations can
present their vision and experiences in preparing for the future, and
share innovative changes for success in their institutions.
Areas of focus for Living the Future 2 include:
Partnerships
Within the organization
Outside the organization
Information Literacy
Learning and teaching strategies
Learning communities
Teaching portfolios
New Services and their Impact on Organizations
Customer focus
Performance measures, needs assessment, strategies and planning
Human Resources Issues
Balancing health and work
Diversity
Team and staff patterns
Organizational Changes
Leadership/management
Becoming a learning organization
Leading change
Physical Space
Organizational structure
Process improvement
Team concept
Submit Your Presentation or Poster Session Idea!
1) Choose your topic. You may select your topic from one of the areas
specifically mentioned above, or from any other area related to
organizational change. We welcome innovative ideas!
2) Complete the program application form (attached, or available via the
Web at
http://dizzy.library.arizona.edu/conference/ltf2.htm ), including an
abstract (300-word minimum) describing the focus of your presentation or
summarizing its main points.
3) Send your abstract and application form to the address listed below.
Selection Criteria:
Our panel of national referees will evaluate proposals based on the
clarity of their content and organization, innovation, usefulness,
currency, and relationship to the conference themes of organizational
change and continuous learning. Special consideration will be given to
proposals that:
Illustrate how library and information professionals and staff can
support learning organizations in preparing to meet future challenges;
Envision future services to customers;
Use a presentation style that is appropriate to the content (be
creative!)
Emphasize successful practice or learning, or that propose new theories
or models for organizational growth and development;
Are well-organized, thoughtfully constructed, high-quality presentations.
Presentations are scheduled for thirty- and sixty-minute blocks; time
should be provided within each block for audience questions or
participation.
Presentations must not have been previously presented or published;
poster sessions must not have been given elsewhere. Selected
presentations, as appropriate to the medium, will be published on the
World Wide Web as part of our conference proceedings; authors must grant
first publication rights.
Important Notes and Dates
All attendees must register for the Living the Future 2 conference
(registration cost and other related information are available at
http://dizzy.library.arizona.edu/conference/ltf2.htm)
Presenters will be awarded an honorarium of $100 (poster sessions
excluded; for presentations given in a panel style, the coordinator of
the panel will be awarded the honorarium)
Photocopies and handouts, if any, must be provided by presenters. If
desired, you may ship your handouts ahead of time.
Monday, September 15, 1997 Proposals for presentations due
Monday, October 20, 1997 Proposals for poster sessions due
Friday, November 14, 1997 Program submitters notified of acceptance
Monday, March 2, 1998 Final requests for equipment due
April 21-24, 1998 Living The Future 2 conference
Friday, May 29, 1998 Presentations due to conference organizers for
publication on the World Wide Web
Send completed proposals and Ms. Shelley E. Phipps
abstracts to: Living the Future 2 Conference
University of Arizona Library, Room A347
1510 E. University
Tucson, AZ 85721-0055
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
Fax: 520.621.9733
I. Proposal Title:
____________________________________________________________________
II. Proposal submitter:
Name:
___________________________________________________________________
Work title:
___________________________________________________________________
Institution:
___________________________________________________________________
Address:
___________________________________________________________________
City/State/Zip:
___________________________________________________________________
Work phone: _______________________________ Fax:___________________________
Email:
___________________________________________________________________
If more than one submitter will be involved in giving the
presentation, please provide the above information for each participant
on a separate sheet of paper. Include program title.
III. Format: ___ presentation ___ poster session
IV. Length: ___ 60 minutes slot ___ 90 minutes (dependent
upon avialability)
Please make sure to allow at least 20 minutes for questions and
interaction with audience.
V. Description (50-word promotional description of your program):
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
VI. Key benefits for audience -- what will audience members learn, for
example.
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
VII. Equipment: A table, podium, microphone, floor microphone for
audience use and overhead projector will be provided at each
presentation. If you will require additional equipment, check the
appropriate line below:
____ Floor microphone for audience
____ Overhead projector
____ Video projector
____ Slide projector
____ Proxima (for projecting computer screens)
____ Computer (please specific Macintosh or
PC-compatible)____________________
(Special note: Presenters must furnish own software; Ethernet
connections to the Internet will be available but performance cannot be
guaranteed; presenters are encouraged to bring back-up simulations.)
____ Other (please describe):
_________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
VIII. Abstract (300-word minimum) (Include title of presentation on
each page if using additional sheets)