(via Dr. Ingrid Hsieh-Yee, Catholic University of America)
The Department of Library and Information Science at Catholic University of America invites researchers, practitioners and students to submit proposals for the 2022 Bridging the Spectrum Symposium, a forum for sharing research findings, best practices, and works in progress in library and information science. The 14th Symposium will be a virtual event. It will take place on Friday, February 18.
The Symposium will include three types of presentations: briefings, panels, and posters.
- Briefings are 15-minute presentations of an innovative practice, project, or research activity.
- Authors can organize panels of speakers to present and discuss an emerging theme or topic.
- Posters are exhibits describing a practice, project, or research activity.
Proposal topics may include, but are not limited to, the following.
- community engagement and outreach, including marketing and advocacy for library and information services
- information services against misinformation and propaganda
- new developments in information organization (linked data, semantic web, etc.)
- preservation and management of born-digital and digitized resources
- management and analysis of data and information
- library networks and international collaboration
- technology trends and impact on information services
- management of information services in cultural institutions
Keynote Address
The 2022 keynote address will be delivered by Jeremy J. Myntti, the Interim Associate Dean, Collections and Scholarly Communication, at the University of Utah’s J. Willard Marriott Library.
Title: “Curating the History of COVID-19”
Abstract: Many libraries and archives have a mission to document local or regional history and current events. Rapid response collecting during a crisis has become increasingly necessary in recent years in order to curate content during an event rather than after the event has concluded. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in early 2020, libraries across the world recognized the importance of documenting contemporary history for the current and future study of the pandemic. Many projects were created to document different aspects of the pandemic, each with a slightly different focus based on types of content, populations, or regions.
This talk will provide an overview of the many types of COVID related collections that have been created. A case study of the Utah COVID-19 Digital Collection will be shared, including how the project developed over time, workflows developed for processing user-submitted content, and the outreach efforts used to promote the collection.
Bio: Jeremy Myntti is interim Associate Dean for Collections and Scholarly Communication at the University of Utah J. Willard Marriott Library. His research interests revolve around making library collections more discoverable and accessible to our patrons. He is on the project team for the Utah COVID-19 Digital Collection collecting photos, stories, and oral histories from Utah residents related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Important Dates
- Proposals due: Wednesday, September 29, 2021
- Notification of acceptance: late October
- Final program abstracts due: December 6, 2021
- Symposium: February 18, 2022
Please make the submissions here. Anyone who does not already have an EasyChair account will need to set up one. Overviews of past symposia are available here.
Please feel free to contact the Symposium Committee, at cua-slis-symposium@cua.edu, with any questions. The Symposium Committee consists of Drs. Sung Un Kim (chair), Jane Zhang, and Sue Yeon Syn.