ACURIL XLIII  SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO
9 -14 June 2013
International San Juan Resort & Casino

KNOWLEDGE TERRITORIES:
EXPLORING COMMONS ENVIRONMENTS
FOR LEARNING, RESEARCH,
CREATIVITY AND PRODUCTIVITY IN
LIBRARIES, ARCHIVES AND MUSEUMS IN THE CARIBBEAN


CALL FOR PAPERS, WORKSHOPS AND POSTER PRESENTATIONS

Important Dates
Submission of Abstracts                     15 February 2013
Notification of Acceptance/Rejection    28 February 2013
Final submission due                          29 March 2013
Early bird conference registration         28 February 2013
Conference period                              9- 14 June  2013


The President of the Association of Caribbean University, Research, and Institutional Libraries (ACURIL), Mrs. Cindy Jiménez-Vera, cordially invites you to submit your paper for conference, workshop or poster, the forthcoming conference to be held in San Juan, Puerto Rico, 9-14 June 2013.

This Call for Paper, Workshops and Posters, to be presented at the Conference, is open to all information specialists including librarians, archivists, record administrators, museologists and educators in the field of information science, as well as information providers.

A most productive and successful event ended up being ACURIL Executive Council's Mid-Year Meeting, held in San Juan, Puerto Rico, 6-7 December 2012.  The Graduate School of Information Sciences and Technologies, of the University of Puerto Rico hosted the event.

ACURIL Executive Council is holding its Mid-Year Meeting at the Graduate School of Information Sciences and Technologies of the University of PuertoRico, 6-7 December 2012.  Among the activities scheduled was a Library-Research Camp aimed to strengthen the Executive Council members planning knowledge and skills.

Twelve members of the Executive Council were exposed to the collaborative learning process experience:  Cindy Jimenez-Vera (Puerto Rico), Dorcas Bowler (Bahamas), Francoiee Thybulle (Haiti), Astrid Britten (Aruba), Elizabeth Pierre-Louis (Haiti), Linda Claude de Four (Trinidad & Tobago), Fancisco Herrera (República Dominicana), Jane Smith (Suriname), Monique Alberts (St. Maarten), Eusebio de la Rosa (República Dominicana), Almaluces Figueroa (Puerto Rico), Carmen Santos Corrada (Puerto Rico).

The Mid-Year Meeting of the Executive Council will be held in San Juan, Puerto Rico, December 6-7, 2012, at the Graduate School of Information Sciences and Technologies, of the University of Puerto Rico.

ACURIL President 2012-13, Prof Cindy Jiménez-Vera will discuss ACURIL 2013 PUERTO RICO conference theme.  President Jiménez-Vera presides the Association of Private School Libraries in Puerto Rico, and is a Part-Time faculty membeer at the Graduate School of information Sciences and Technologies of the University of Puerto Rico

Council Members will consider ACURIL's Strategic Plan and will follow-up on arrangements being made for Annual Conference, to be held in Puerto Rico.  Councillors will also be exposed to a worshop on Blacboard Collaborate to initiate online meetings.

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