SESSION DESCRIPTIONS

Proposals accepted to be presented at the conference appear in a table below.

Full papers can be submitted to the The International Journal of the Book For more information please visit the Submission Guidelines page.

 

(Sessions are grouped by Stream)

Presentation Authors
Stream: Books, Writing and Reading
Composing Mountaineering: The Rhetorical Organization of the Alpine Journal, Vol. 1 Willen, Dr Matthew
30 minute Paper Presentation
South China Through Dutch Eyes and Text, 1650-1680 Wills, Prof. John
30 minute Paper Presentation
Islamic Traditions of the Book: Calligraphy, Performance, and Print Osborn, J.R.
30 minute Paper Presentation
Indigenous Australian Life Histories: A New Genre of Writing and Publishing? Seal, Prof. Graham
30 minute Paper Presentation
The Book under the Magnifying Glass: New Forms of Electronic Textuality Armaselu, Florentina
Virtual Presentation
City Images in Negotiation: From the Publication of an Early Seventeenth-Century Urban Guidebook to the Place-making and Re-making of Ming Nanjing (1368-1644) Fei, Siyen
30 minute Paper Presentation
Why E-Books Won't Work: Lessons of the Paperback Revolution: Bridging the Digital Divide? Books, eBooks, and the First-Generation College Student
  1. Savage, Dr Bill
  2. Gottschalk-Druschke, Caroline
60 minute Workshop Presentation
Trials and Tribulations: Blurring Boundaries in Children's Literature Jones, Prof. Marnie
30 minute Paper Presentation
Marginalized Margins: Investigating the Historical and Future Trends of the Margin in Book Layout Mothersill, M. Gillian
Virtual Presentation
Mediating the Text: Ascription of the Position of Authority Figures in Reading Bible Stories to Children
  1. du Toit, Dr Jaqueline Susann
  2. Beard, Dr Luna
30 minute Paper Presentation
Intratextuality, Intertextuality and Virtual Reality: Books in the Graeco-Roman World and the Aldine Tradition Deuling, Dr Judy K.
30 minute Paper Presentation
Punctuation Marks: Essential Mechanisms of Meaning and Style within Cognitive Linguistics Beard, Dr Luna
30 minute Paper Presentation
EbookCrossing as a Way to Study E-book Usability Landoni, Dr Monica
Virtual Presentation
From Press to Book Martin, Prof. Michele
30 minute Paper Presentation
We are all Connected: National versus International Internet Book Sales in Sweden Steiner, Ann
30 minute Paper Presentation
Books in Poems Hadas, Professor Rachel
30 minute Paper Presentation
Indigenous Australian Life Histories: A New Genre of "Writing" and a New Paradigm of Publishing? Seal, Prof. Graham
30 minute Paper Presentation
The Visual Generation, Where Book Design is as Important as Content: Why Design Matters Hillwig, Dr Jack
30 minute Paper Presentation
Bookscapes: Towards a Conceptualisation of the Architectural Book de Bruijn, Ir Willem
30 minute Paper Presentation
The Medieval Girdle-Book Documentation Project
  1. Smith, Prof. Margit
  2. Bloxam, Mr. Jim
30 minute Paper Presentation
Book Covers: Perspectives from Different Countries and Cultures
  1. Weedon, Dr Alexis
  2. Williamson, Val
  3. Pickford, Susan
  4. Rivett, Miriam
  5. Kawana, Sari
90 minute Colloquium
Reviving the Oral Tradition: The Evolution of Audio Books
  1. Stuchell, Lisa
  2. Cavender, Jennifer
30 minute Paper Presentation
'When I Hear the Word "Book" I Get Nervous': What Greek Primary School Pupils Believe about Books
  1. Kyridis, Dr Argyris
  2. Souliotis, Mimis
  3. Golia, Dr. Paraskevi
  4. Kassidou, Stella
  5. Drossos, Evagellos
Virtual Presentation
The Chronotope and Australian Children's and Young Adult Books: Suggestive Possibilities for Teaching Children's and Young Adult Literature Zeegers, Dr. Margaret
Virtual Presentation
An Examination of Drawings in Philosophical Transactions (1665 to present): The Evolution of the Scientific Image Best, Dr. Lisa A.
Virtual Presentation
Multimodality and the Picturebook: A New Way of Reading
  1. Buckland, Dr Corinne
  2. Croker, Dr Beverley
30 minute Paper Presentation
Non-Impact Digital Technologies vs. Conventional Offset Lithography in Book Printing: Quality, Cost and Production Efficiency Baitz, Ian
Virtual Presentation
Manuscript in Print: The Ink and Paper of Alternative Comics Tinker, Emma
30 minute Paper Presentation
Excavating Artefact Books: The Theory Behind the Art Smith, Jen
30 minute Paper Presentation
Stream: Educational Resources and Learning
Classroom Research on the Impact of Technology Mediated Instruction
  1. DuFrene, Dr Debbie D.
  2. Lehman, Carol M.
  3. Kellermanns, Franz W.
  4. Pearson, Rodney A.
30 minute Paper Presentation
Attacking the Digital Divide: A Focus on DVD-books in Developing Countries Steyn, Prof. Hendrik Johannes
30 minute Paper Presentation
Editing in the 21st Century: What are the Challenges, and Where are the Opportunities in Curriculum Development and Teaching?
  1. Dorman, Marilyn
  2. Nevile, Sharon
  3. Wright, Jennifer
30 minute Paper Presentation
Coverage of Scientific Literacy in UAE Science Textbooks Tairab, Dr Hassan
30 minute Paper Presentation
Library Resources: Meeting Virtual Information Needs for Faculty and Students
  1. Contreras, Sylvia
  2. Jefferson, Dr Renee
60 minute Workshop Presentation
If It Isn't on the Internet, It Doesn't Exist: The New Generation View of Books as Archaic Relics Perlman, Dr Mark
30 minute Paper Presentation
Providing Access to Electronic Materials Through Assistive Technology Tools: A Case Study Mirabito, Michael
Virtual Presentation
'Mom is Cooking. What is Daddy Doing?': Gender Roles in Elementary-Level Hungarian Textbooks Kereszty, Orsolya
30 minute Paper Presentation
The Textbook as a Medium of Instruction Berger, Dr Sidney
30 minute Paper Presentation
Access to Multicultural Books for Children and Young Adults Pacino, Dr. Maria A.
Virtual Presentation
Stream: Information Society, and Print and Electronic Texts
The Configuration of Meaningful Information: A Challenge for the Information Society McGuirk, Karin
30 minute Paper Presentation
Why Do Women Blog? An Investigation into the Motivations of Women Journal Bloggers Pedersen, Dr. Sarah
30 minute Paper Presentation
Telling Old Stories in New Ways: Goldilocks goes Digital Lotherington, Dr Heather
30 minute Paper Presentation
Digital Libraries: The Human Dimension
  1. Nesta, Dr. Frederick
  2. Mi, Jia
30 minute Paper Presentation
Postcards from the Semantic Web: Content and its Management Gollings, Gus
30 minute Paper Presentation
Blogging as a Low Cost Content Management Tool: With Examples Big and Small Jennings, Chris
30 minute Paper Presentation
Stream: Libraries
Beyond the Shelf: Serving Historic Material through Virtual Access Molinaro, Mary
30 minute Paper Presentation
A Tale of Two Cities: Public Library Development in Milwaukee and Montreal Banda, Anne
30 minute Paper Presentation
The Supremacy of the Book: Advantages of the Book as a Learning Tool deLong, Suzanne
30 minute Paper Presentation
Chapter-level Access to Electronic books in an Online Catalog: Enhancing MARC Records to Provide Greater Access Ballard, Prof. Terry
30 minute Paper Presentation
E-Literature: A Book by Another Name? Conteh-Morgan, Miriam
30 minute Paper Presentation
Digitizing for the Public Domain: The Internet Archive and Recent Developments in Canada Bengtson, Jonathan
30 minute Paper Presentation
Illinois' Biggest eBook Celebration! The eBooks in Illinois Academic Libraries Conference
  1. Harroff, Prof. William
  2. Johnson, Prof. Charlotte
Virtual Presentation
Linnaeus Link Project Tough, Diane Sally
30 minute Paper Presentation
The Use of e-Books in Teaching Information Technology: A Marriage Made in Cyberspace
  1. Wilcox, Deborah
  2. West, Carol Thurston
  3. Collins, Dr. J. Stephanie
30 minute Paper Presentation
A Whiff of Tobacco Smoke on the Page: Primary Sources in the Cold New World - Evidence, Imagination and Experience Woodhouse, Mark
30 minute Paper Presentation
University Libraries in the 12th to 15th Centuries: Growth and Development Fielden, Ned
30 minute Paper Presentation
The Gibson Collection of Speculative Fiction: The Challenge of the Gift Hemmings, Mrs. Mary
30 minute Paper Presentation
Are You Being Served? Librarianship Past, Present, and Future
  1. Brunsdale, Maureen
  2. Hootman, Jennifer
Virtual Presentation
Librarians in the 21st Century Bradley, Dr. Jana
30 minute Paper Presentation
School Libraries Have to be the Core Element of the Everyday School Life: Greek Elementary School Teachers Describe the Ideal School Library
  1. Arvaniti, Ms Ioanna
  2. Kyridis, Dr Argyris
  3. Dinas, Dr. Konstantinos
  4. Souliotis, Mimis
Virtual Presentation
Stream: Literacy
Teaching Content Through Intertextual Cohesion: Using Overlapping Text in the Classroom French, Dr Michael P.
30 minute Paper Presentation
Digital Storytelling as Personal Narrative Midland, Susan
60 minute Workshop Presentation
PostModern Picture Books: A New Perspective
  1. Brueggeman, Dr Marti
  2. Rycik, Dr Mary
  3. Knickerbocker, Dr Joan
60 minute Workshop Presentation
Literacy, Reading and the Future of American Democracy
  1. Tracey, Prof. Michael
  2. Swenson, Tamara
30 minute Paper Presentation
Stream: Other or Stream Unspecified
The California Legacy Project: A University/Publisher Partnership Beers, Dr Terry
30 minute Paper Presentation
The Artists' Book and Negative Space Farman, Nola
30 minute Paper Presentation
The Future of Reading as a Cultural Behavior in the Multi-Media Environment
  1. Nossek, Prof. Hillel
  2. Adoni, Prof. Hanna
30 minute Paper Presentation
Universal Collection of Information vs. Universal Access to Information: Reconsidering the Legacy of the Library of Alexandria for Library and Archival History du Toit, Dr Jaqueline Susann
30 minute Paper Presentation
Thinking Outside the Box: Enhancing Creativity in Teaching and Learning Hook, Prof. Sara Anne
30 minute Paper Presentation
The Impact of Bookstore Marketing on Consumer Behaviour: Strategies and Responses in UK Chains
  1. Laing, Audrey
  2. Royle, Jo
30 minute Paper Presentation
Writing Nonfiction for Children in Today's Technological Society Howlett, Lee Ann
Virtual Presentation
Books as Artifacts: An Estimation of their Structural Complexity Konsa, Dr. Kurmo
Virtual Presentation
The Growth of Reading Groups as a Feminine Leisure Pursuit: Cultural Democracy or Dumbing Down? Kiernan, Anna
30 minute Paper Presentation
Authorship and Publishing Gardiner, Juliet
Plenary Presentation
The Future for University Presses Reece, Henry
Plenary Presentation
Upholding Bodley's Vision: The Google Library Project in Oxford Milne, Ronald
Plenary Presentation
Too Many Bestsellers, Too Few Ideas Tonkin, Boyd
Plenary Presentation
New Voices in the New Millennium Lynn, David
Plenary Presentation
The Book in Africa Makotsi, Ruth
Plenary Presentation
The Role of Industry Organisations in African Publishing: South Africa - A Case Study Seeber, Ms Monica
Plenary Presentation
Making Time For Creative Reading Meade, Chris
Plenary Presentation
Stream: Publishing
Beginning Blackwood's: Making a Successful Monthly Flynn, Prof. Philip Daniel
30 minute Paper Presentation
Secrets of Securing a Literary Agent
  1. Payne, Dr Esim Erdim
  2. Payne, James
Virtual Presentation
Sustaining Diversity, Embracing Innovation, and Developing Corporate Behaviour: Three Key Challenges to the Book Industry Wischenbart, Dr Ruediger
60 minute Workshop Presentation
A Study of the Piracy in Contemporary China Zhang, Prof. Zhiqiang
Plenary Presentation
Creating the Online Literary Map of Pennsylvania: Marketing Books and Writers Through Geographic Connections
  1. Herb, Dr Steven
  2. MacEwan, Bonnie
30 minute Paper Presentation
Emerging Conceptions and Practices of the Book in the Digital Era: Drawing on the Grande Bibliothèque du Québec Public Library Zekri, Catherine
30 minute Paper Presentation
Plus ca Change... Print-On Demand Reverts Book Publishing to its Pre-Industrial Beginnings Breede, Prof. Manfred
30 minute Paper Presentation
The Old Corner Bookstore: An American Literary Nexus Emblidge, Dr. David
30 minute Paper Presentation
Book Editors in Australia: Mediators and Stakeholders in the Knowledge Economy
  1. Brown, Dr Diane
  2. White, Ms Lee
Virtual Presentation
Strategies of Copyright Trading in Publishing Groups in China Liu, Mrs Xin
30 minute Paper Presentation
The Future of Scientific Publishing: User and Producer Views Ascheron, Claus
30 minute Paper Presentation
Mobile Publishing: A Virtual Event? Krueger, Olaf Konstantin
Virtual Presentation
'Money and Taste': New Roles for the Greek Publishers, in a Changing Era: A Case-Study of Small Publishing Markets Banou, Dr. Christina
30 minute Paper Presentation
Publishing Anglo-Caribbean Fiction: The Return to the Metropole Robinson-Walcott, Dr Kimberly Anne
Virtual Presentation
The Venues for Vanity: Methods and Means of Self-Published Books Kular, Asst. Prof. Christopher
Virtual Presentation
Making Fiction Books: Management Challenges from a Relational Perspective Grau, Prof. Dr. Renate
Virtual Presentation
Stream: No Stream Selection
Museum Books: A Report on Recent Case Studies of English Museum Publishing Hughes, Sarah Anne
30 minute Paper Presentation
Camouflaged Obstacles De Beer, Prof. Carel Stephanus
30 minute Paper Presentation
Towards Understanding Patterns of Book Consumption in Europe
  1. Kovac, Dr. Mihael
  2. Kovac Sebart, Mojca
30 minute Paper Presentation
The 1830s: From Encyclopaedia to Illustrated Book, Via the Magazine Bacot, Dr Jean-Pierre
30 minute Paper Presentation
Access, Convergence and Print on Demand: The Library Dimension Feather, Prof John
Plenary Presentation