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Call for Abstracts

We invite you to consider presenting a poster at the 2005 Joint Annual Meeting of the New York-New Jersey and Upstate New York and Ontario Chapters, taking place in Lake Placid, New York on September 28 - 30, 2005.

The theme of the conference is Going for the Gold: Librarians as Information Champions. All abstract submissions should address a relationship to that theme by the project or idea being presented. The poster session will be held on Thursday, September 29th, 2005.

Please submit two copies of your abstract as email attachments to Barbara S. Reich no later than July 12, 2005. One copy should include all author and affiliation information. The second should have ALL identifying information, including any that may be in the abstract itself, removed and contain the text of the abstract only. An MS Word document (PC version) is preferred. If you would like to submit in another format, please contact Barbara S. Reich for instructions before submitting.

The email message should include the name, address, phone, fax and email address of the designated contact person.

A structured abstract of no more than 300 words is required for poster submissions. Information on writing and formatting a structured abstract can be found here.
Please be sure to include the title at the top of the page, followed by the full names and affiliations of all authors.

Upon receipt of your abstract, a confirmation will be emailed to you. If you do not receive confirmation within 3 days, please contact Barbara S. Reich.

All abstracts will be blind peer reviewed and selected based on the following criteria:

If your abstract is selected, you will be notified via email no later than August 3, 2005. Specific information regarding poster format will be distributed with the acceptances. Laptop presentations may be used; however, internet access and power will not be provided.

At least one author must be a paid registrant of the conference and present during the poster session. Only those registered will be allowed to be present.

Please email Barbara S. Reich or call (201) 996-2326 if you have questions.
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