Call For Papers

Proposals are invited for contributions to the conference, which will be divided into the following five themes, each to be covered in half a day:

1  Public engagement with academic research

2  University museums and the internet community

3  The role of the university museum in community development (outreach, tourism, economic development, attracting diverse audiences etc)

4  The role of the university museum in formal and informal learning (i.e. schools, families)

5  Marketing to the university audience as leisure users (i.e. attracting academics and students  visiting outside formal teaching and research programmes)

Format of contributions

We would like to ensure that the conference has a variety of formats. We suggest that we have a keynote speaker on the morning of each day (see below). The five conference themes might then be dealt with in the following ways:

• A series of conventional papers of 10-15 minutes, in the main hall

• Workshop sessions with main speaker (10 mins) and roundtable of 8 people speaking for 5 minutes each, with facilitator managing the discussion.

• Panel debate in the main hall: up to six people talking for five minutes each on a topic (e.g. how to market to the internal audience), with a facilitator who then extends the discussion to the whole audience.

PLEASE NOTE: There will only be a small number of conventional papers, and a larger number of workshop sessions and panel debates. Please bear this in mind when submitting your proposal.

How to submit a proposal

Please submit your proposal electronically to the Chair of the Academic Board, Sally MacDonald, at:

Sally.macdonald@ucl.ac.uk

Your proposal should include the following:

• Your name, your title, your organisation and your contact details (email, telephone, address)

• Title of your intervention

• Which of the five themes your intervention relates to

• Abstract (up to 200 words) giving details of what you wish to say

• Indication of whether you prefer it to be a conventional paper, part of a roundtable workshop, part of a panel debate, or whether you do not mind.

PLEASE NOTE: We very much encourage participants to work up co-ordinated proposals involving several people.

PLEASE ALSO NOTE: We do not intend to have posters at this conference. Instead we encourage participation in workshop and panel discussions.

Deadline

The call for papers closes on 31 March 2008, when they will be reviewed by the Academic Board. The Board intends to let proposers know their decision within six weeks.

Please address further enquiries to Sally MacDonald at the email address above.