Call for Papers

Procedure, Guidelines, and Requirements - How to submit your paper

How to submit a paper for ITIE 2014:

Submit an Abstract and Author introduction: extended to June 25^th, 2014
Notification of initial acceptance of abstracts by the Review Panel July 15^th, 2014
Send completed paper and any presentation material (ie. Power Point slides) by August 15^th, 2014
Proceedings publication deadline is August 15^th, 2014
Present your paper at the conference on October 27^th-28^th, 2014

All papers are to be in English or Chinese and the presenter must be fluent in English or Chinese.

Abstract and Author Introduction Procedure

Potential contributors are asked to submit via email attachment an abstract and author introduction for initial consideration by the deadline indicated. Each abstract will be blind reviewed by members of the ITIE2014 review panel. The authors of the accepted abstracts will be notified by the date indicated, and s/he will need to submit a complete paper by August15th, 2014. All accepted papers will be scheduled for presentation at the conference, and a second round of peer review will be conducted to select full papers for publishing in the conference proceedings.

Abstracts of no more than 350 words should be in English or Chinese. Acceptable file formats for an abstract include Word and PDF. An abstract should be submitted as an e-mail attachment or using our ONLINE submission.

Below are possible considerations for organizing your abstract submission

Purpose of this paper
Design/methodology/approach
Findings
Research limitations
Practical implications
Original/value

Please provide author introductions for all the collaborative authors of a paper. Each author introduction includes: The author's personal full contact details and a brief author's bio..

Abstracts and author introductions are due on June 1^th, 2014. We accept MS Word format or PDF format when submitting via email to itie2014@evergreeneducation.org. Please indicate under which theme your paper should be considered. Notification of initial acceptance of abstracts will be sent by July 15th, 2014. It will be sent to corresponding authors via email from itie2014@evergreeneducation.org.

Completed Paper and Presentation Procedure

Papers should be in English or Chinese, and the presenter must be fluent in English or Chinese.

Papers should be not longer than 15 pages (in entirety).
The first page of the paper needs to list the title and author information. In case of multiple authors, one of them shall be designated as the contact person (marked by "*" after the author name).
The abstract section should be an abbreviated version of the abstract submitted previously for paper selection. The abstract section should include keywords.
The reference section should follow the APA citation rules.

Acceptable file formats include MS Word and PDF. Use the following rules:

Letter-size paper (8.5 inches x 11.5 inches). Margin: Top and Bottom 2.3cm, Left and Right 2.54cm
Single column
Use 10-point Calibri as font.
Multiple (1.2) lines spaced;
Table font 10-point Calibri;

Presentation format: Papers will be presented at the conference using a maximum of 20 Power Point slides at 20 seconds each.

Full papers due on August 15th, 2014. Please send as attachments to itie2014@evergreeneducation.org;
Accepted papers will be included in publication of proceedings (with ISBN) only if registration is completed by August 15th, 2014

For all conference materials, we only accept electronic copies and no hardcopy is accepted. Conference Proceedings publication deadline is August 15th, 2014.

Review Panel

A stellar review panel includes the following experts (in the alphabetical order of the surnames):

Ruth Olson, Associate Director, Center for the Study of Upper Midwestern Cultures, University of Wisconsin
Nancy Mackay, Oral Historian, Library and Information Science, San Jose State University
Louise S Robbins, Dean Emerita, School of Library and Information Science, University of Wisconsin
Zizhou Wang 王子舟, Professor, Library Information Science, Peking University
Xuming Zou 邹序明, Vice Director of Hunan Library
Zhangfei Zheng 郑章飞, Director of Hunan University Library

The proceedings of itie2014 will be provided to delegates in the form of CD-ROM. The Review Panel will also serve as the Editorial Committee of the proceedings.