Comments on: The Thrill Of Victory…The Agony Of Defeat http://acrlog.org/2006/08/23/the-thrill-of-victorythe-agony-of-defeat/ Blogging by and for academic and research librarians Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:25:09 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Mollie http://acrlog.org/2006/08/23/the-thrill-of-victorythe-agony-of-defeat/comment-page-1/#comment-14245 Mollie Wed, 23 Aug 2006 20:29:10 +0000 http://acrlblog.org/2006/08/23/the-thrill-of-victorythe-agony-of-defeat/#comment-14245 Retooling the idea for a publication is a great idea. Some colleagues and I proposed a panel for a previous ACRL conference and were turned down. We assumed that our rejection probably had more to do with the proposal's tenuous relation to the conference theme than with its quality, and we were soon proven correct. Our panel idea blossomed into a themed issue of a refereed journal. Retooling the idea for a publication is a great idea. Some colleagues and I proposed a panel for a previous ACRL conference and were turned down. We assumed that our rejection probably had more to do with the proposal’s tenuous relation to the conference theme than with its quality, and we were soon proven correct. Our panel idea blossomed into a themed issue of a refereed journal.

]]> By: StevenB http://acrlog.org/2006/08/23/the-thrill-of-victorythe-agony-of-defeat/comment-page-1/#comment-14227 StevenB Wed, 23 Aug 2006 15:47:29 +0000 http://acrlblog.org/2006/08/23/the-thrill-of-victorythe-agony-of-defeat/#comment-14227 I don't see presenting at EDUCAUSE as an unfortunate turn of events - I've found it to be a great conference - but I get your point - and it's a good one. It may be that if the review committee doesn't think enough folks will be able to practically apply what I'm talking about, then that may cause them to pass on the proposal. I think ACRL does try to have the vibe of being a practical conference with a research component to it. Perhaps future ACRL planning committees may want to have a few spots on the program reserved for truly cutting edge technology presentations. Again, I'm not sure why any proposal is rejected other than that it just didn't fit or the reviewers thought other proposals were better. As I said better not to dwell on it. If the 2007 program does offer some really cutting edge technology presentations then I guess I'm off base. I don’t see presenting at EDUCAUSE as an unfortunate turn of events – I’ve found it to be a great conference – but I get your point – and it’s a good one. It may be that if the review committee doesn’t think enough folks will be able to practically apply what I’m talking about, then that may cause them to pass on the proposal. I think ACRL does try to have the vibe of being a practical conference with a research component to it. Perhaps future ACRL planning committees may want to have a few spots on the program reserved for truly cutting edge technology presentations. Again, I’m not sure why any proposal is rejected other than that it just didn’t fit or the reviewers thought other proposals were better. As I said better not to dwell on it. If the 2007 program does offer some really cutting edge technology presentations then I guess I’m off base.

]]> By: Cathy http://acrlog.org/2006/08/23/the-thrill-of-victorythe-agony-of-defeat/comment-page-1/#comment-14223 Cathy Wed, 23 Aug 2006 14:11:49 +0000 http://acrlblog.org/2006/08/23/the-thrill-of-victorythe-agony-of-defeat/#comment-14223 <i>Twice now, I’ve had rejected ACRL proposals accepted at EDUCAUSE conferences, an especially good place for proposals that might be too techy or ahead of their time for ACRL.</i> The rest of this advice is sound, but does anyone else find it sad that Steven has to present at EDUCAUSE because his ideas are ahead of their time for ACRL? Why can't the ACRL conference been seen as the forward thinking place to present? Twice now, I’ve had rejected ACRL proposals accepted at EDUCAUSE conferences, an especially good place for proposals that might be too techy or ahead of their time for ACRL.

The rest of this advice is sound, but does anyone else find it sad that Steven has to present at EDUCAUSE because his ideas are ahead of their time for ACRL? Why can’t the ACRL conference been seen as the forward thinking place to present?

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