From delanema@oplin.org Fri Nov 7 18:00:28 2003 From: delanema@oplin.org (Margaret L. Delaney) Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 13:00:28 -0500 Subject: [Sigvis-l] Managing Your Budget with Fundraising and Grantwriting Message-ID: <00b301c3a559$06df0f60$3b01a8c0@oval.lib.oh.us> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00B4_01C3A52F.1E090760 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Ohio Valley Area Libraries (OVAL) Regional Library System and Community and Professional Programs of Ohio University invite you join us for... ______________________ Managing Your Budget with Fundraising and Grantwriting Presented by: Richard Morgan, Ph.D. Date & Time: Saturday, November 22, 2003; 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Fees: $135 - Successful completion earns 1.2 CEUs for this class. Location: Grover Center, Ohio University, Athens Does your organization need financial support? Do you need funds for a special program, project or an organization goal? This workshop provides a practical introduction to raising money from public and private sources to support libraries, using a variety of proven techniques and processes. During the morning session, participants will explore proven techniques for identifying and contacting potential funders, developing and submitting proposals, and following up on your requests. Information is provided step-by-step and is designed for those with little or no experience in grantwriting. In addition, you will receive a 200 page manual to guide them through the grant writing process. In the afternoon, participants will discover how to manage, plan, and budget for fundraising campaigns. You will discuss vehicles for development, including annual fund programs, direct mail, telephone solicitation, special events, major gifts, and planned giving; personnel issues in fundraising related to volunteers, boards and staff development; and markets for funds such as individuals, corporations, foundations, and government agencies. Presenter Richard Morgan, Ph.D., has been executive director of national and international nonprofit organizations and agencies. He has held high level positions in development and fundraising, and teaches at several universities in Ohio. For further details, up-to-date information, and on-line registration, please visit the Dynamic Library Management web page at www.oval.lib.oh.us/dlmgt/. For more information about any OVAL workshop, contact Continuing Education Coordinator Margaret Delaney at ceoval@oplin.org or 1-800-759-1537 x2. ____________________________________________________________ Margaret L. Delaney, Continuing Education Coordinator Ohio Valley Area Libraries Regional Library System (OVAL) 252 West Thirteenth Street, Wellston, OH 45692 740-384-2103 x 2 ~ 740-384-2106 fax www.oval.lib.oh.us ~ ceoval@oplin.org ------=_NextPart_000_00B4_01C3A52F.1E090760 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Ohio Valley Area Libraries = (OVAL) Regional=20 Library System and Community and Professional Programs of Ohio = University invite=20 you join us for...

______________________
Managing Your = Budget
with Fundraising and Grantwriting

Presented by: = Richard=20 Morgan, Ph.D.

Date &=20 Time: Saturday, November 22, 2003; 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 = p.m.

Fees: $135=20 - Successful completion earns 1.2 CEUs for this class.

Location:=20 Grover Center, Ohio University, Athens

Does your organization need financial support? Do you = need=20 funds for a special program, project or an organization goal? This = workshop=20 provides a practical introduction to raising money from public and = private=20 sources to support libraries, using a variety of proven techniques and=20 processes.

During the morning session, participants will explore = proven=20 techniques for identifying and contacting potential funders, developing = and=20 submitting proposals, and following up on your requests. Information is = provided=20 step-by-step and is designed for those with little or no experience in=20 grantwriting. In addition, you will receive a 200 page manual to guide = them=20 through the grant writing process.

In the afternoon, participants will discover how to = manage,=20 plan, and budget for fundraising campaigns. You will discuss vehicles = for=20 development, including annual fund programs, direct mail, telephone=20 solicitation, special events, major gifts, and planned giving; personnel = issues=20 in fundraising related to volunteers, boards and staff development; and = markets=20 for funds such as individuals, corporations, foundations, and government = agencies.

Presenter Richard Morgan, Ph.D., has been executive = director of=20 national and international nonprofit organizations and agencies. He has = held=20 high level positions in development and fundraising, and teaches at = several=20 universities in Ohio.

For further details, up-to-date information, and = on-line=20 registration, please visit the Dynamic Library Management web page at www.oval.lib.oh.us/dlmgt/.<= /P>

For more information about any OVAL workshop, contact = Continuing Education Coordinator Margaret Delaney at ceoval@oplin.org or 1-800-759-1537 = x2.

______________________________________________= ______________

Margaret L. Delaney, Continuing Education = Coordinator
Ohio Valley Area Libraries Regional Library=20 System (OVAL)
252 West Thirteenth Street, Wellston, OH = 45692
740-384-2103 x 2 ~ 740-384-2106 fax
www.oval.lib.oh.us ~=20 ceoval@oplin.org
 
 
------=_NextPart_000_00B4_01C3A52F.1E090760-- From SMiksa@unt.edu Thu Nov 13 14:34:04 2003 From: SMiksa@unt.edu (Shawne Miksa) Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 08:34:04 -0600 Subject: [Sigvis-l] CFP History and Foundations of Information Science Message-ID: Please excuse any cross-postings: ASIS&T SIG/HFIS -- the American Society for Information Science and = Technology's Special Interest Group on the History and Foundations of = Information Science -- invites proposals for special and technical panel = sessions at the society's next annual conference. The deadline for submission of proposals to SIG/HFIS is ***January 10, = 2004*** Proposals are invited both for full sessions, and for individuals' = participation in sessions. ASIS&T 2004 will be held in Providence, RI, on November 13-18, 2004. The = conference theme is "Managing and Enhancing Information: Cultures and = Conflicts," and a full call for papers will be available shortly at = http://www.asis.org/.=20 The conference committee accepts submissions of four major types: = contributed papers; posters; proposals for special or technical panel = sessions; and preconference sessions, which may be submitted through a = sponsoring SIG. Proposals for SIG/HFIS-sponsored special or technical panel sessions are = invited in any area of historical or theoretical interest, including (but = in no sense limited to) the following: - application of fuzzy sets theory in information science - effect of immigration on the field - history of visualization of information (possibly co-sponsor with = SIG/VIS) - tribute to Patrick Wilson (possibly co-sponsor with SIG/CR) - the unit of analysis: document, work, record? - pioneering women in information science, part II - methodological blindness-the object of study, methodological = commitments, tangible outcomes=85 - influence of outside theorists on information science, e.g., = Foucault, Durkheim, etc. (possibly co-sponsor with SIG/USE and SIG/CR) - the concept of information community (see attached discussion) Proposals should be submitted by email to smiksa@unt.edu no later than = January 10, 2003, and should include the following: - a title; - your name, address, telephone, fax, and email address; - names and affiliations of presenters and any other session = participants (moderators, reactors, etc.) besides yourself;=20 - a 500-word descriptive abstract of the session, or (if the = proposal is for a single individual's participation in a session) a 100-word abstract of your proposed contribution= . Notification of acceptance of technical panel sessions will be made by the = ASIS&T conference committee by April 2, 2004. Camera-ready copy of a = two-page description of the session will then be due by June 1, 2004. Alternative panel formats--such as one structured as a debate--are = welcomed.=20 SIG/HFIS encourages and supports work on the history and theoretical = development of information science. It serves as a forum for the interactio= n of all fields of study that have the potential for increasing the = understanding of the history, theories, fundamental concepts, and models = of information science, with the ultimate aim of improving information = systems and services. The range of topics of interest to SIG/HFIS members = is very broad: the group embraces philosophical, semiological, mathematica= l, physical, biological, psychological and sociological disciplines, and = its members take historiographical, social, cultural, critical, and = scientific approaches (among others) to the study of people, events, = documents, and ideas. Shawne Miksa Chair, SIG/HFIS (2003-04) Assistant Professor; School of Library and Information Sciences, University= of North Texas, P.O. Box 311068, Denton, TX, 76203-1068, office: = 940-565-3560, fax: 940-565-3101; smiksa@unt.edu=20 From rhill@asis.org Thu Nov 20 15:59:52 2003 From: rhill@asis.org (Richard Hill) Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 10:59:52 -0500 Subject: [Sigvis-l] AM 04 Call for Participation. Nov 13-18, 2004 Message-ID: <4119-2200311420155952598@dickxp> CALL FOR PAPERS (abbreviated=2E Complete call is at http://www=2Easis=2Eor= g/Conferences/AM04/am04call=2Ehtml) MANAGING AND ENHANCING INFORMATION: CULTURES AND CONFLICTS American Society for Information Science & Technology 2004 Annual Meeting November 13-18, 2004, Providence, Rhode Island The information society, especially after recent world events, is displayi= ng an increasing tension between forces that encourage and discourage inte= gration and cooperation=2E A major focus of this conference will be on con= flicts and solutions involving many national and international information= cultures, including social, professional, educational, and technological = interests=2E These themes and others will be explored by plenary and invit= ed speakers and through refereed presentations=2E Submissions on a wide va= riety of information and technology topics are solicited, including (but n= ot limited to): =09Social, ethical, political, legal, and economic issues =09Technologies for computing and networking =09Information management, organization, and access =09Information seeking and use =09Information retrieval =09Interactivity and usability =09Information production and delivery TYPES OF SUBMISSIONS: Contributed papers, posters, Special or Technical (SIG) sessions, and Prec= onference sessions SUBMISSION DEADLINES: * January 17, 2004 Submissions due for contributed papers, special session= s, and seminars/workshops=20 * March 2, 2004 Submissions due for posters * April 2, 2004 Authors/proposers notified of acceptance * June 1, 2004 Camera-ready copy due for conference proceedings WHERE AND HOW TO SUBMIT All submissions are made electronically via a link from the ASIST Web site= =2E Details on= acceptable file formats and specific contact information required in the = online submission form are on the Web page=2E Any problems with electronic= submissions should be directed to rhill@asis=2Eorg=2E Dick Hill Executive Director American Society for Information Science and Technology 1320 Fenwick Lane, Suite 510 Silver Spring, MD 20910 FAX: (301) 495-0810 (301) 495-0900