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Dear Colleagues,



This is a gentle reminder that the proposal deadline for the 2020 Bridging
the Spectrum Symposium is Oct. 23, 2019. Please use the link below to
submit your proposals soon. Feel free to contact the Symposium Planning
Committee if you have questions.



We look forward to receiving your proposals!



Best regards,

Ingrid Hsieh-Yee

Chair, Symposium Planning Committee


*Call for Proposals*



*Bridging the Spectrum:*

*The 12th Annual Symposium on Scholarship and Practice*



Time:  Friday, February 14, 2020.

Place: Pryzbyla Student Center, Catholic University of
America



The Symposium Planning Committee invites researchers, practitioners and
students to submit proposals for the *2020 Bridging the Spectrum Symposium*,
a forum for sharing research findings, best practices, and works in
progress in library and information science. The submission system is now
open at http://cuaslis.org/openconf/author/submit.php



The Symposium will include three types of presentations: briefings, panels,
and posters. Briefings are 15-minute descriptions of an innovative
practice, project, or research activity. There will be morning and
afternoon briefing sessions.



Authors can organize panels of speakers to present and discuss a theme or a
topic. Panels are typically one hour in length.



Posters are exhibits describing a practice, project, or research activity.
Posters will be viewable throughout the day, and there will be a lightning
talk during which presenters will highlight their projects. In addition,
poster presenters will attend a poster session to discuss their work with
attendees.



The submission system is open at
http://cuaslis.org/openconf/author/submit.php and the deadline for
submission is *October 23, 2019.*



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



Questions may be directed to the Committee at [log in to unmask]



*Important Dates*


Proposals Due: October 23, 2019
Notification of Acceptances: November 15, 2019
Final Program Abstracts Due: December 5, 2019

Final Program released, registration opens: December 16, 2019

Symposium: February 14, 2020



More information about the 2020 Symposium is available

at https://lis.catholic.edu/news-events/symposium/2020/index.html



Overviews of past symposia are available on the Symposium website

athttps://lis.catholic.edu/news-events/symposium/index.html





Please feel free to contact the Symposium Committee at
[log in to unmask] if you have questions.



Symposium Committee:

Drs. Ingrid Hsieh-Yee (chair), Sue Yeon Syn, and Jane Zhang


Ingrid Hsieh-Yee, Ph.D.
Professor
Room 451A Columbus School of Law Building
Dept. of Library & Information Science
Catholic University of America
Washington, DC 20064
Phone: 202-319-6270
Fax: 202-319-5574
E-mail: [log in to unmask]