Session Descriptions

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Presentation Authors
Stream: Books, Writing and Reading
Preservation Priorities: Red Book of Estonian Publications, 1535-1850
  1. Konsa, Dr. Kurmo
  2. Reimo, Dr. Tiiu
Virtual Presentation
A Rennaissance for Creative Writing in the University: Or More of the Same? Croker, Ms Carol-Anne
30 minute Paper Presentation
Rewriting History? The Province of the Author as Recorder Bell, Simon
30 minute Paper Presentation
Engaging the Art of the Book: The Allure of the Footnote to the Goodwill of the Index Gamber, Dr. Cayo
30 minute Paper Presentation
From the Scriptoria to the Printing Press: A Consideration of Scholarship and Library
  1. Zeegers, Dr. Margaret
  2. Barron, Dr. Deirdre
30 minute Paper Presentation
Literacy's Role in Revolution and Independence: Where Have We Been, Where Are We Going? Andes, Dr. Laurie
30 minute Paper Presentation
Alternative Texts: Visual, Audiovisual and Musical Dick, Dr. Bernard F
30 minute Paper Presentation
The Fate of Reading, Thinking, and Learning in an Electronic Age McCullough, Dr. Heather
Virtual Presentation
Audio Description: An Aid To Literacy Snyder, Joel
60 minute Workshop Presentation
Typography for Children with Reading Difficulties
  1. Thiessen, Myra
  2. Dyson, Dr. Mary C.
30 minute Paper Presentation
Multivariate Statistical Analysis of Greek Pupils’ Attitudes toward Reading Anastasiadou, Dr. Sofia D.
Virtual Presentation
The Initial Generative Tangle: Recuperating Canadian Feminist Periodicals Jordan, Tessa Elizabeth
30 minute Paper Presentation
The Arte of Navigation: Creating a Digital Edition of a 16th-Century Text
  1. Quamen, Dr. Harvey
  2. Cunningham, Dr. Richard
30 minute Paper Presentation
Infiltrating Contexts: An Experiment in Total Book Design Robertson, Alan James
30 minute Paper Presentation
The Book as Art Object in a Digital Age: The Book Reliefs of John Latham Brown, Dr. Kathryn
Virtual Presentation
Have You Got a Blook in You? Bloggers Moving into Print Pedersen, Dr. Sarah
30 minute Paper Presentation
Replicate, Modify, Challenge: The Relationships between Author-as-Consumer and Author-as-Producer in Popular Culture Genres Rafferty, Dr. Pauline
Virtual Presentation
“The Family Physician“: A Victorian Manual for Health Furdell, Dr. Elizabeth Lane
30 minute Paper Presentation
Watching Words: Books as a Visual Experience Nelson, Prof. Thomas
30 minute Paper Presentation
The Contribution of Semantic Approach for Uderstanding the Quranic Language in Pakistan: Teaching of Second Language Sultana, Dr. Naveed
30 minute Paper Presentation
Portraits of the Self: The Reinvention of Autobiography in the Writings of Hélène Cixous and Jacques Derrida
  1. West, Dr. Catherine J.
  2. West, Dr. Mark D.
30 minute Plenary Presentation
Process to Book: Bringing Regional Authors to International Recognition Barrea-Marlys, Dr. Mirta
30 minute Paper Presentation
The Cape Colony’s Earliest Subscription Library Gouws, Prof. John
Virtual Presentation
Bosch and His Books: A Mnemonic "Garden of Earthly Delights" Benge, Dr. Glenn
30 minute Paper Presentation
Teaching Literary (Text) Books Marre, Dr. Katy E.
Virtual Presentation
How Are Books Without Text Read? Vilchis Esquivel, Dr. Luz del Carmen
Virtual Presentation
Architectural Innovation and Firm’s Strategic Response: Insights from a Resurgent Indian State-Owned Enterprise
  1. Basu, Shubhabrata
  2. Narasimhan, Dr. Ravichandran
30 minute Paper Presentation
Reading Into Things: Literature's Material Culture Ard, Dr. Patricia
Virtual Presentation
Israeli Architectural Periodicals in the 1980s: Springing and Its Interpretation
  1. Treitel, Vera
  2. Aravot, Iris
Virtual Presentation
The Small Book and Saramago's Major Works Murphy, Prof. Melanie
Virtual Presentation
Publications with Colloquialism Hylton-Lindsay, Dr. Althea
30 minute Paper Presentation
Stream: Educational Resources and Learning
The Archive and the Future of the Novel Ball, Jonathan
Virtual Presentation
Reading Connects: The Interrelationships between School Libraries, ICT, Multimodality and Their Impacts on Reading Motivation and the Multiliteracy Development
  1. Lo, Dr. Patrick
  2. Tsang, Ricky
Virtual Presentation
Visualizing Electricity and Magnetism: The Collaborative Development of a Multimedia Text
  1. George-Palilonis, Jennifer A.
  2. Belcher, John
30 minute Paper Presentation
The Quest for a Model to Explain How Lecturers Select a Main Course Textbook: A Quasi-Buying Process Approach Masikunas, George
Virtual Presentation
Kindle-Garten, Jeff Bezos and the Future of Reading: Proprietary Rights and Ownership Peters, Prof. Michael A.
30 minute Plenary Presentation
The Knowledge Society: Writing and Orality in Qatar Ulmer, Jesse
30 minute Paper Presentation
McGuffey’s Eclectic Readers and Their Continuing Influence on American Education: An Analysis of the Secondary Literature Corinth, Jacqueline
30 minute Paper Presentation
The Designer as Windbag: The Polemic of Visual Language Becker, Asst. Prof. Joerg
30 minute Paper Presentation
The Futures of Books: Technologies and Forms Malone, Prof. Cynthia N.
30 minute Paper Presentation
Examining the Fiction of Virtual Community
  1. Storey, Dr. Valerie
  2. Beeman, Dr. Thomas
30 minute Paper Presentation
'The Book of Beyond': Designing PODcasts to Provide Spoken-Word Health Information for the Oral Culture of Remote Australian Aboriginal Communities
  1. Lushington, Assoc. Prof. Kurt
  2. Cook, Dr. Jackie
  3. Steen, Dr. Tangi
  4. Snowden, Dr. Collette
30 minute Paper Presentation
The Nature of Language in Foreign Language Textbooks Ramsay, Dr. Violeta
30 minute Paper Presentation
Stream: Information Society, and Print and Electronic Texts
Paratexts in Translation: Reinterpreting “Manga ” for the United States Brienza, Casey
30 minute Paper Presentation
Sharing Books & Sharing Reading: The Emergence and Evolution of Book Clubs from the Salon Movement to MySpace Maatta, Prof. Stephanie
Virtual Presentation
Literacy, Gutenberg, and the Web: Reading on Screen
  1. Teles, Dr. Lucio
  2. Harasim, Dr. Linda
30 minute Paper Presentation
From a Proper Noun to a Common Noun: The Internet and the Book Aito, Dr. Emmanuel
Virtual Presentation
Innovation and the Future of e-Books Warren, John W.
30 minute Paper Presentation
Sequential Art: Hand, Eye and Mind Pannafino, James
30 minute Paper Presentation
Cross-Cultural Metaphor and the Online Environment: Projects - 2006-2008, Berlin, Tokyo and the U.S. Townsend, Scott
30 minute Paper Presentation
Make Me LOL: Political Humor on the Internet Matlak, Jeffrey
Virtual Presentation
Journey of a Book: The New Media Reconstruction of a Novelistic Memoir Dallow, Dr. Peter
30 minute Paper Presentation
“The Collaboratory of Poets”: Results of an Experiment in Co-Authorship Using Networked Improvisational Games Rinner, Jeni
30 minute Paper Presentation
Rhetorical Experiments in Medium and Message Perry, Dr. Valerie L.
Virtual Presentation
Evolving a Collaborative Scientific Text Marchese, Dr. Francis T.
Virtual Presentation
Stream: Libraries
The Communicative Aspects of Textbooks’ Prefaces: A Descriptive Analysis
  1. Saaid, Shahnil Asmar
  2. Ahmad, Zaiha
30 minute Paper Presentation
Picture Books that Paved the Way: The Touchstone Works Edited by May Massee Claes, Dr. Jane
30 minute Paper Presentation
Narrative Interactive Pedagogy for Creative Writing Supervision after Globalisation Hecq, Dr. Dominique
30 minute Paper Presentation
Our Place in the Sun: A Text for Creating a Conversation amongst Humanity Smith, Dr. Greg
30 minute Paper Presentation
Heidegger’s Question Concerning Technology: A Prolegomenon to Future Librarianship Callister, Prof. Paul
30 minute Paper Presentation
A New Look at Bibliotherapy: "Concept Books" and their Audiences
  1. Walvoord, Dr. Linda
  2. Courtright-Nash, Dr. Debra
60 minute Workshop Presentation
Extending Memory: The Rise and Fall of Microfilm as a Medium for Academic Communication between 1925 and 1965 Slenczka, Karin M.
30 minute Paper Presentation
Surfing the Contours of Consciousness: The Word, the Page and the Screen Woodhouse, Mark
30 minute Paper Presentation
A Professional View of Eighteenth-Century Libraries: Albrecht Christoph Kayser's "Manipulation bey der Einrichtung einer Bibliothek" (1790) Walker, Dr. Thomas
30 minute Paper Presentation
Stream: Literacy
Reading between the Lines: Using Multiliteracies to Enhance Teaching and Learning Cara, Coral
Virtual Presentation
The Changing Face of Children’s Picture Books: An Analysis of Caldecott and Children’s Choice Award Winners in the Digital Age Nolde, Rachel
30 minute Paper Presentation
The Ministry of Books: Creation and Use of an Online Visual Database for Artists' Books O’Neill, Dr. Maureen
Virtual Presentation
Reading and Not Reading Don Quixote: Book Technology and the Production of Narrative Meaning Budd, Dr. Michael
30 minute Paper Presentation
The Elusive e-Book: Driving Cultural Change Young, Dr. Sherman
30 minute Paper Presentation
Beginning to Read at 13: The Learning Journey Revealed Green, Dr. Cynthia
30 minute Paper Presentation
Literacy in Limbo? Performance of the Textbooks Policy and Reading Promotion Schemes in Ghanaian Schools Opoku-Amankwa, Dr. Kwasi
30 minute Paper Presentation
The Demise of Reading? A Meta-analysis of Reading Studies Horning, Dr. Alice
30 minute Paper Presentation
Critical Reading as Required Elective at an HBCU: A Teacher's Perspective Troutman, Stephanie
30 minute Paper Presentation
Promoting Intrinsic Reading: Implementing Literature Circles with Intermediate-Grade Students and Preservice Teachers
  1. Rutherford, Dr. Angela
  2. Carter, Dr. LeAnn
  3. Hillmer, Tamara
  4. Kramer, Mary
  5. Parker, Ashley
  6. Siebert, Sarah
30 minute Paper Presentation
Children’s Picture Books Today: Comparing Minimal Style Texts. Lado, Dr. Ana
60 minute Workshop Presentation
A Place for Us: Striving Readers Design Their Classroom Hurst, Dr. Jeannine
30 minute Paper Presentation
A Review of High Flying Efforts Made for Improvement of Litearcy Rate in Pakistan
  1. Hussain, Dr. Ashiq
  2. Khalid, Dr. Muhammad Ibrahim
  3. Saadi, Azhar Mumtaz
30 minute Paper Presentation
Bun or Fire Bun? A Question of A/Im/Morality in Some Recently Published Jamaican Popular Fiction Robinson-Walcott, Dr. Kimberly Anne
30 minute Paper Presentation
Stream: Publishing
Marketing Strategies for the Printed Book in Greece: Current Issues and Survey Results
  1. Banou, Dr. Christina
  2. Kostagiolas, Petros
Virtual Presentation
From Yearbooks to Face Book: Public Memory in Transition
  1. Clark, Brian F.
  2. Thompson, Dr. William
  3. Matlak, Jeffrey
30 minute Paper Presentation
Through the Bricks and into a Book DiMaggio, Kenneth
30 minute Paper Presentation
Sociology of Publishing: The Role of Social Ties in External Recruitment Lau, Pui-yan (Flora)
Virtual Presentation
Resonance and Reader Impact of HIV/AIDS Themes in Works of Fiction Published in the SADEC Region Davies, Johanna Christina
30 minute Paper Presentation
What Makes a Good Publisher? An International Study of the Skills and Attributes Needed by Publishers Today Baverstock, Alison Mary
30 minute Paper Presentation
"Barbarians at the Gate": The Disruptive Innovation of e-Books and Its Effect on Publishing Companies Mierzejewska, Bozena Izabela
30 minute Paper Presentation
The Book in the Internet Era: A Return to the Medieval Model of Reading?
  1. West, Dr. Mark D.
  2. West, Dr. Catherine J.
30 minute Plenary Presentation
Gestalt Laws of Perception: Using Gestalt Theory to Improve Print and Electronic Designs Graham, Lisa
30 minute Paper Presentation
Intellectual Property and the Public Interest Addis, Dr. Mark
Virtual Presentation
Telling a Story Is Hard, but Getting It Ready to Publish Is Harder: Putting Theory into Practice Readying Material for Publication
  1. Dial-Driver, Dr. Emily
  2. Emmons-Featherston, Dr. Sally
60 minute Workshop Presentation
John Murray, Publisher and the Advancement of Canadian Scientific Knowledge Owens, Dr. Brian M.
30 minute Paper Presentation
Scrolls, Tape Recorders, and the Spoken Word: Toward a Dialogic Reading of Kerouac's "Road" Novels Chappell, Brian
30 minute Paper Presentation
The Case of the Caribbean Island Isabella off the Coast of Japan: 1503-1519 Barrau, Oscar
30 minute Paper Presentation
Misconceptions about the Art of Ancient Publishing: Catullus’ Book of Poetry Reconsidered Heerink, Mark
30 minute Paper Presentation