Call for Posters
William Armstrong
SLA Annual Conference—Toronto 2005
The PAM Division will be partnering this year with the Chemistry Division and the Science-Technology Division to present a poster session entitled, "Better Understanding Your Users." What has been done to learn about library and information users? How and where are they finding and/or using information or technology employed in the search for information? Do they use the library, and if so, how do they perceive the library? What technology are they using? What search engines are our patrons using? When and why? What role does the library play in their studying/teaching/research and daily living?
These are some of the questions we want to address within the scope of the 2005 presentations. If you are engaged in any sort of research involving the aforementioned thematic material, please consider submitting an abstract for possible inclusion in the poster session. If such questions interest you and you are not currently engaged in research on these matters, consider such a project. The poster session will present an ideal opportunity for you to share your findings in an informal manner on a topic that is becoming increasingly important to libraries. Information professionals can neither provide nor properly market services users need if they do not adequately understand their users.
Guidelines for materials and layout of poster presentations are available on the SLA Chemistry Division website at http://www.sla.org/division/dche/poster.html.
Please submit your name, institution, fax, email address, poster title and description (250 words or less) by email, fax, or surface mail to Bill Armstrong at the address given below. The deadline for submissions is March 1, 2005. Any SLA Member is welcome to submit an abstract for consideration. In the event that a greater number of submissions are received than can be accommodated, members of the three sponsoring divisions will be given first preference. All applicants will be notified no later than April 1, 2005 as to whether or not their proposal has been accepted. Contact Bill Armstrong at the address given below if you have any questions about this session.
Bill Armstrong
notwwa@lsu.edu
Chemistry Library
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Ph. (225) 578-2738
Fax: (225) 578-2760
Email: notwwa@lsu.edu
