PNC 2012 Call for Posters Form

2012 PNC Annual Joint Conference Call for Posters

*More information will be updated on PNC 2012 website: http://www.pnclink.org/pnc2012/english/

I.  Important Dates

Application Submission Deadline: September 30, 2012

Poster Submission Deadline: November 16, 2012

II.  Topics for Submission include but not limited to

Biodiversity
Disaster Management
Environmental History
GIS
Public Health
e-Archives
e- Culture
e- Heritage
e- Learning
e- Libraries
e- Museums
e- Publishing
e- Resource / Data Sharing/ Information Sharing
Collaboration - Building a Collaborative Research Universe
Community - Digital humanities and Social Sciences in the Interest of Society
Virtual Cultural Information - Management, Analysis, Visualization and Interaction
Digital Text - New Horizons in Text Integration, Analysis and Visualization
Cultural Atlases - Integration, Visualization and Complexity
Open Knowledge - Sharing Cultural Heritage

III.  About Poster Session

Poster Sessions will include Poster Competition and Demonstration Zone. Scholars, students, technicians, librarians, museum professionals, educators and website managers are welcome to participate.

(1) Poster Competition: There are two categories- "General Poster Competition" and "Librarians Poster Competition".

1.1 "General Poster Competition"

  Poster Topics for Submission：Should be related to the conference topics of interest.

  Awards：3 winning posters will be selected. A Certificate and one Trophy will be awarded to each winning poster.

  Grading : On-site grading by Grading Committee

  Awarding Ceremony：Closing Ceremony

  Grading Standard：

(1) Main Theme and Research Methodology (40%)
- Originality and creativity
- Methods are clear and appropriate for the objectives
- Background and objectives are clearly stated
(2) Conclusion and Contribution (40%)
- Conclusions are supported by data
- Level of project difficulty
(3) Poster Production (20%)
- The flow of the poster is easy to follow and interpret
- Tables, figures and/or written results are succinct

1.2 "Librarians Poster Competition"

  Poster Topics for Submission：Digital Libraries / e-Learning / e-Publishing /e-Resource

  Awards：3 winning posters will be selected. A Certificate and one Trophy will be awarded to each winning poster.

  Grading : On-site grading by Grading Committee

  Awarding Ceremony：Closing Ceremony

  Grading Standard：

(1) Idea Originality and Significance of the Project (30%)
The submissions will be assessed according to the originality of idea of the project, including its innovativeness, creativity and its significance to the library and information professions

(2) Visual Effects (30%)
The posters will be assessed according to the design, visual impacts, their relevance with the projectand whether they can bring out the theme of the project.

(3) Oral Presentation (40%)
Participants will be assessed according to their styles of writing, logistic thinking, information organizing skills and presentation skills.

(2)Demonstration Zone: Poster demonstration only.

IV.  Registration

Please complete (1) PNC 2012 Call for Posters Form at page 3-4

(2) Copyright Authorization Agreement (will be available on 6/15 at www.pnclink.org/pnc2012/english/ )

V.  Submissions

Information will be updated on 6/15 on http://www.pnclink.org/pnc2012/english/

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PNC 2012 Call for Posters Form

Poster Title*：
Poster Track* (One selection only)：
¨ General Poster Competition
¨ Librarian Poster Competition
¨ Demonstration Zone
Category* (Multi selection)：
¨ Biodiversity
¨ Disaster Management
¨ Environmental History
¨ GIS
¨ Public Health
¨ e-Archives
¨ e- Culture
¨ e- Heritage
¨ e- Learning
¨ e- Libraries
¨ e- Museums
¨ e- Publishing
¨ e- Resource / ¨ Data Sharing/ Information Sharing
¨ Collaboration - Building a Collaborative Research Universe
¨ Community - Digital humanities and Social Sciences in the Interest of Society
¨ Virtual Cultural Information - Management, Analysis, Visualization and Interaction
¨ Digital Text - New Horizons in Text Integration, Analysis and Visualization
¨ Cultural Atlases - Integration, Visualization and Complexity
¨ Open Knowledge - Sharing Cultural Heritage
¨ Others______
Author(s) Information：Please check the box to show the corresponding author
□ Author Name 1
Institution*
Department
Country*
Email*
□ Author Name 2
Institution*
Department
Country*
Email*
□ Author Name 3
Institution*
Department
Country*
Email*
Poster Abstract*
(350 words maximum)

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