CFP: WESS International Conference on Migration, Paris 2004

["Julia Frommer" <frommer _at__ bsb-muenchen.de>]

Sehr geehrte Kolleginnen und Kollegen,

die US-amerikanischen Kollegen der Western European Studies Section 
(WESS) / ALA bitten um Kenntnisnahme und Resonanz bzw. Weiterleitung 
des Aufrufs zur aktiven Teilnahme an der Veranstaltung 
            
     Migrations in Society, Culture and the Library

in Paris im Maerz 2004.


Vielen Dank und freundliche Gruesse
M. Mann-Kallenborn


Dr. Maria Mann-Kallenborn
Bayerische Staatsbibliothek / 
Bestandsaufbau und Erschliessung
D-80328 Muenchen
Tel.: + 49 / 89 / 28638 - 2704
Fax: + 49 / 89 / 28638 - 2309
e-mail: mann-kallenborn _at__ bsb-muenchen.de 


Dear Colleagues:

Please see below and attached the Call for Papers for an international
conference of interest to librarians and other information
professionals.
It will take place during the Salon du Livre in Paris March 22-26,
2004.

We would very much appreciate it if you could forward the announcement
to
the members of your association and/or relevant discussion lists as
well as
to individual colleagues who you think would be interested in
participating.  

Feel free to contact me if you have questions.

Thank you very much for helping to spread the word on this conference!

Jeffry Larson
Chair, WESS 2004 Conference Planning Committee
Librarian for Western European Romance Languages & Literatures,
Linguistics, & Classics
Yale University Library
P. O. Box 208240
New Haven, CT 06520-8240 USA
Tel.: 203-432-1760; fax: 203-432-8527
E-mail: jeffry.larson _at__ yale.edu 

                                 Call for Papers

                 Migrations in Society, Culture and the Library
             WESS International Conference: Paris March 22-26, 2004


      The Western European Studies Section (WESS) of the Association
of
      College and Research Libraries (ACRL) invites paper and panel
      proposals that apply to the theme of the conference: Migrations
in
      Society, Culture and the Library.

      Although the themes of the conference are broad, we especially
      encourage individual paper proposals and panel proposals that:

- address how migration-related transformations in Western Europe are
affecting collection strategies and public service in North American
and European research libraries

- examine transatlantic activities and projects in Western European
and
Migration Studies, and their significance for libraries

- address the transformations of materials that libraries must acquire
and the tools they use to provide storage and access

- investigate how "migrating" borders (both in scholarly disciplines
and across the face of Europe) impact libraries

- explore how migration activities and academic interest in migration
studies have had an impact on the content and focus of cultural
production (literature and other arts) and book publishing in Europe.

Individual papers should be twenty minutes in length and may be in
English or in French.  Simultaneous translations will be available.
Panel proposals will comprise three speakers. Papers should form the
basis for a collection of proceedings.  Proposals and abstracts are
due by April 1, 2003.  Electronic submissions are encouraged.

For the full conference announcement and further information, see the
website:
http://www.library.jhu.edu/rsd/other/wess2004/wess2004.html 

Please send panel proposals and paper abstracts (300 words max)
addressing the paper's theme and conclusion, along with a short
biographical note to:

      Barbara Walden
      278A Memorial Library, University of Wisconsin-Madison
      728 State Street, Madison, WI, 53706-1494
      E-mail: bwalden _at__ library.wisc.edu