Conferences and Meetings
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Hong Kong Library Conference |
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| Date: | 30-31 May 2013 |
| Location: | Hong Kong |
| Comments: | In celebrating the 50th Anniversary of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), the University Library System at CUHK and The Joint University Librarians Advisory Committee (JULAC), a consortium that joins together in partnership the eight publically-funded Hong Kong institutions of higher learning, will hold a combined conference on 30th and 31st May 2013, that will be of interest to academic librarians and library administrators from around the world, as well as consortium directors and staff. The conference is entitled "Academic Librarian 3: The Yin-Yang of Future Consortial Collaboration and Competition". On behalf of the Conference Organizing Committee, we are now inviting Call for Papers for the conference. If you are interested, please visit our website for further details and contact information if you have any questions concerning the Call for Papers at http://www.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/conference/alyy2013/info/index.htm 10 July 2012 Call for papers 8 Oct 2012 Last day for submitting abstracts for proposed papers and brief biography 8 Nov 2012 Notification of acceptance of papers Email enquiries can be directed to alyy2013@lib.cuhk.edu.hk Best wishes AL3 Conference Organizing Committee |
| Full details from: | http://www.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/conference/alyy2013/info/index.htm |
Quantitative Methods in Libraries International Conference (QQML2013) |
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| Date: | 4 - 7 June 2013 |
| Location: | “La Sapienza” University, Rome Italy |
| Comments: | We invite you to submit a paper /abstract /poster /workshop to the 5th Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries International Conference (QQML2013), 4 - 7 June 2013, “La Sapienza” University, Rome Italy. Abstract submission deadline: 20 December 2012. First Call of Proposals QQML2013 It is our great pleasure to announce the 5th Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries International Conference (QQML2013) at 4 - 7 June 2013, “La Sapienza” University, Rome Italy: http://www.isast.org/qqml2013.html Since 2009 QQML has provided an excellent framework for the presentation of new trends and developments in every aspect of Library and Information Science, Technology, Applications and Research. The 5th QQML2013 was scheduled during the previous 4th QQML2012 Conference. It was also decided that the 6th QQML 2014 International Conference will be organized in Istanbul, Turkey. QQML2009, QQML2010, QQML2011 and QQML2012 were successful events both from the number and quality of the presentations and from the post conference publications in Journals and Books. QQML2013 will continue and expand the related topics. Papers are invited for this international conference. The conference will consider, but not be limited to, the following indicative themes: 1. Bibliographic Control 2. Bibliometric Research 3. Change of Libraries and Managerial techniques 4. Changes in Learning, Research and Information needs and Behaviour of Users 5. Climate Change Data 6. Communication Strategies 7. Data Analysis and Data Mining 8. Development and Assessment of Digital Repositories 9. Development of Information and Knowledge Services on the Public Library 10. Digital Libraries 11. Economic Co-operation and Development 12. Energy Data and Information 13. Environmental Assessment 14. Financial strength and sustainability 15. Health information services 16. Historical and Comparative case studies related to Librarianship 17. Information and Data on various aspects of Food and Agriculture 18. Information and Knowledge Services 19. Information Literacy: Information sharing, Democracy and Lifelong Learning 20. Library Cooperation: Problems and Challenges at the beginning of the 21st century 21. Library change and Technology 22. Management 23. Marketing 24. Museums, Libraries and Cultural Organizations 25. Music Librarianship 26. Performance Measurement and Competitiveness 27. Publications 28. Quality evaluation and promotion of info 29. Technology & Innovations in Libraries and their Impact on Learning, Research and Users 30. Technology transfer and Innovation in Library management Special Sessions – Workshops You may send proposals for Special Sessions (4-6 papers) or Workshops (more than 2 sessions) including the title and a brief description at: secretariat@isast.org or from the electronic submission at the web page: http://www.isast.org/abstractregistration.html You may also send Abstracts/Papers to be included in the following sessions, to new sessions or as contributed papers at the web page: http://www.isast.org/abstractregistration.html Contributions may be realized through one of the following ways a. structured abstracts (not exceeding 500 words) and presentation; b. full papers (not exceeding 7,000 words); c. posters (not exceeding 2,500 words); d. visual presentations (Pecha kucha). These presentations consist of exactly 20 slides, each of which is displayed for 20 seconds. Total presentation time is precisely 6 minutes 40 seconds and so it is important to use the transition feature in PowerPoint to time your presentation exactly. In all the above cases at least one of the authors ought to be registered in the conference. Abstracts and full papers should be submitted electronically within the timetable provided in the web page: http://www.isast.org/importantdates.html The abstracts and full papers should be in compliance to the author guidelines: http://www.isast.org/abstractregistration.html All abstracts will be published in the Conference Book of Abstracts and in the website of the Conference. The papers of the conference will be published in the website of the conference, after the permission of the author(s). Student submissions Professors and Supervisors are encouraged to organize conference sessions of Postgraduate theses and dissertations. Please direct any questions regarding the QQML 2013 Conference and Student Research Presentations to: the secretariat of the conference at: secretariat@isast.org On behalf of the Conference Committee Dr. Anthi Katsirikou, Conference Co-Chair University of Piraeus Library Director Head, European Documentation Center Board Member of the Greek Association of Librarians and Information Professionals anthi@asmda.com Professor Carla Basili, Local Co-Chair EnIL - The European network on Information Literacy, co-ordinator Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Istituto di Ricerca sull'Impresa e lo Sviluppo sede di Roma via dei Taurini, 19 - 00185 Roma, Italy |
| Full details from: | http://www.isast.org/qqml2013.html |
Third International Conference of the Chinese and American Forum on Legal Information and Law Libraries (CAFLL) |
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| Date: | 10-12 June 2013 |
| Location: | Shanghai, China |
| Comments: | This third international conference will be held in one of the world’s most dynamic, cosmopolitan and global cities - Shanghai, China. The East China University of Political Science and Law (ECUPL) will be our hosts for the conference. The venue for the meeting will be the beautiful Renaissance Shanghai Zhongshan Park Hotel: http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/shabz-renaissance-shanghai-zhongshan-park-hotel/. With the conference theme of Collaboration: Information, Access, and Partnership, law librarians and legal information professionals will have the opportunity to share experiences and exchange views about legal information access, development, and management in both the United States and China. Conference topics: · Application of New Technology in Legal Information Services New Trends and Concepts in Law Library Services · International Legal Information Resources Sharing and Cooperation in China and the US · Subject-oriented Legal Information Services · Public Access to Legal Information in China and the US · Requirements for Librarians in Legal Information Services Conference Dates: · Monday, June 10, 2013: Registration for American participants · Tuesday, June 11, 2013 - Wednesday, June 12, 2013: Conference Meeting Registration Rate: · $450: Non-members · $300: Individual members · $300: Institutional members (this rate applies to registrations for up to two individuals from member institutions; e.g., $300 X 2 individuals = $600) Deadlines: Conference registration: April 1, 2013 Hotel accommodations (to assure room availability): February 28, 2013 http://cafllnet.org/annual-conference/ Sponsored by: · Chinese and American Forum on Legal Information and Law Libraries (CAFLL) · American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) · International Association of Law Libraries (IALL) · China University of Political Science and Law (CUPL) · East China University of Political Science and Law (ECUPL) · Tongji University School of Law · Other prominent law schools in China Previous conferences were held in Beijing (2009) and Philadelphia (2011): http://cafllnet.org/annual-conference/. For a CAFLL membership, see: http://cafllnet.org/membership/. More information on CAFLL is available at: http://cafllnet.org/. Kara Phillips phillips@seattleu.edu Collection Development Librarian/Associate Director, Seattle University Law Library t 206-398-4093 | f 206-398-4194 901 12th Avenue, Sullivan Hall P.O. 222000, Seattle, WA 98122-1090 www.law.seattleu.edu |
| Full details from: | http://cafllnet.org/annual-conference |
International Symposium on Library Services for Children and Young Adults |
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| Date: | 13-14 June, 2013 |
| Location: | South Korea |
| Comments: | Call for Papers: International Symposium on Library Services for Children and Young Adults “Unlimited Potential: Children’s Library” June 13-14, 2013, South Korea The National Library for Children and Young Adults (NLCY) invites speakers to present a paper for the 7th International Symposium on Library Services for Children and Young Adults. The symposium will take place between June 13 and 14, 2013 in South Korea. The NLCY annually holds the International Symposium to improve library services for children and young adults and promote reading habits among them. The following is the theme and subjects of interest. “Unlimited Potential: Children’s Library” ▪Convergence and Collaboration among Libraries - Cooperative partnership between libraries and local communities - Collaboration among those who serve children and young adults - International cooperation for further development of library services ▪ Library to Promote Interaction and Communication - Library services to encourage communication among the different generations - Interactive library programs for underserved and multicultural families ▪ Library Services in a Society of Social Networking - Roles of libraries in enhancing reading comprehension of the digital native - Successful reading promotion programs using social networking services - Reading programs to enhances all-round development in children We would like presenters to share their valuable knowledge and experience with participants. Should you be interested, please submit the proposal form. Proposals for papers should clearly indicate the interest it is for and include an abstract of no more than 400 words. You should send it by email to cooperation@mail.nl.go.kr before January 31, 2013. The submissions will be evaluated and prospective speakers will be notified by February 22, 2013 and must submit the full paper by March 31, 2013 to allow time for its reviews and translation. The abstract should include the following: ▪ Name of the speaker ▪ Institutional affiliation and address ▪ Title of the paper ▪ Brief biography of the speaker ▪ Personal details (email address, phone number and postal address) The presentation as well as abstracts and full papers should be delivered and written in English. Successful speakers will be provided with financial support including travel, accommodation, meals and travel insurance. For more information, please contact: Sun Hwa Lee Deputy Division Director National Library for Children and Young Adults 21, 7 Gil, Teheranro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 135-908 Tel: +82-2-3413-4778 Fax: +82-2-3413-4759 E-mail: cooperation@mail.nl.go.kr This Call for papers can be reviewed at: http://www.ifla.org/news/call-for-papers-for-international-symposium-on-library-services-for-children-and-young-adults |
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NASKO 2013 |
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| Date: | 13-14 June 2013 |
| Location: | Milwaukee, WI, USA |
| Comments: | Call for Participation (NASKO 2013) Transition Cultures, Transition KO: Evolving Exploration, Critical Reflection, and Practical Work ISKO C/US invites submissions of abstracts for its Fourth North American Symposium on Knowledge Organization (NASKO 2013) to be held June 13-14, 2013, in Milwaukee, WI, USA. Conference Venue: Continuing Education Center, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA Conference Dates: June 13-14, 2013 Deadline for Proposals: January 31, 2013 “The essence of Transition is in its name. It describes the era of change we are all living in. The Transition idea is about us all being an engaged, active part of that change." --Transition Towns Movement Transition is a grassroots movement that pulls on communities to improve local and global conditions in a sustainable way. Similarly, the KO community contributes to the greater good both locally within our own institutions and globally through interoperable systems, standards, and technologies. In the spirit of transition, the Fourth North American Symposium on Knowledge Organization (NASKO 2013) conference invites participants to come together to forge and strengthen the connections that will shape the future of knowledge organization. Proposals for research papers, position papers, posters, unconference topics and a doctoral symposium are welcomed. Acceptable languages for conference submissions include English, French or Spanish. Graduate students are especially encouraged to submit proposals. Topics to explore include, but are not limited to, the following: • Theory of KO • History of KO • Legacy and emerging KOSs • Epistemological status of KO • Domain Analysis approach to KO • New challenges in teaching KO • KO research sustainability • The future of KO • Sociocultural studies of KO Proposal categories: Research and Position Papers: Proposals should include a title and be no more than 1500 words long. Proposals should situate themselves within the extant literature of knowledge organization, and have a clearly articulated theoretical grounding and methodology. Those that report on completed or ongoing work will be given preference. Diverse perspectives and methodologies are welcome. Posters: Proposals should include a title and be no more than 650 words long. Unconference Sessions: Proposals of topics for sessions driven by attendees. The unconference will include 30-minute breakout sessions with two or three topics per session, depending on attendance. The proponents of the topics selected will be hosting the session and deliver a final lightning talk. Doctoral Symposium: This is an opportunity for doctoral students to discuss their research in progress in a 15-minute presentation. Proposals should consist of a 500-word abstract with citations (citations not included in word count) and a one-page CV. Students will also have the opportunity to attend a general advising session to discuss their CVs, service commitments, and how to approach the job market. Proposal format: Proposals should include the name(s) of the author(s), their complete mailing and e-mail addresses, and their telephone and fax numbers. Please send proposals in Word or .rtf format to nasko2013@gmail.com Publication: All accepted papers will be published online. The papers most highly-ranked during the peer-review process will, with permission of the authors, be published, in full, in a future issue of Knowledge Organization. Important Dates January 31, 2013: Submission deadline. March 8, 2013: Notification to authors. May 8, 2013: Final copy submission. Bursaries for students ISKO C/US will offer a limited number of bursaries for students presenting at the conference. Application guidelines will appear on the ISKO C/US website later this year: http://iskocus.org/ Planning Committee: Cristina Pattuelli, Pratt Institute, New York Kathryn La Barre, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Richard Smiraglia, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee Hur-Li Lee, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee See website for details: http://iskocus.org/nasko2013.php |
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NACLIS 2013 |
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| Date: | 20 June 2013 |
| Location: | Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| Comments: | 10th NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON LIBRARY & INFORMATION SCIENCES (NACLIS 2013) 20th June 2013. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Organised by the Sri Lanka Library Association (SLLA) “New Technology, New Trends, New Ideas; Modifying the Library with the User in Mind'. Proposals for papers are called from researchers, practitioners, and students of Library & Information Sciences (LIS) and allied fields from Sri Lanka & abroad. These could be accounts of original research, unique viewpoints, case studies, trend analyses etc. Paper proposals should be submitted in the form of a structured abstract (500-600 words). The format/contents of the abstract should be based on the 'Emerald' description available here - (http://www.emeraldinsight.com/authors/guides/write/abstracts.htm?part=1#2). The National Conference is an annual event of SLLA. This year, we celebrate the 10th anniversary of the conference. The venue and registration details will be notified later. Important dates: 28 Feb 2013 - Paper proposal/abstract submission closing date 15 Mar 2013 - Notification of acceptance 30 Apr 2013 - Paper submission For details, please visit www.slla.org.lk/naclis2013 Thank you, Dr. Ruwan Gamage Conference Chair Ruwan Gamage, PhD. MLS BSc. ASLLA Senior Lecturer National Institute of Library and Information Sciences (NILIS) University of Colombo, Colombo, SRI LANKA. Tel: 0094 11 2507150 0094 71 44 33 624 (mobile) Email: ruwan@libraryfriends.net www.libraryfriends.net |
| Full details from: | http://www.slla.org.lk/naclis2013 |
International Conference on Information Society (i-Society 2013) |
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| Date: | 24-26 June, 2013 |
| Location: | University of Toronto, Hart House, Toronto, Canada |
| Comments: | CALL FOR PAPERS International Conference on Information Society (i-Society 2013), 24-26 June, 2013 University of Toronto, Hart House, Toronto, Canada www.i-society.eu The i-Society is a global knowledge-enriched collaborative effort that has its roots from both academia and industry. The conference covers a wide spectrum of topics that relate to information society, which includes technical and non-technical research areas. The mission of i-Society 2013 conference is to provide opportunities for collaboration of professionals and researchers to share existing and generate new knowledge in the field of information society. The conference encapsulates the concept of interdisciplinary science that studies the societal and technological dimensions of knowledge evolution in digital society. The i-Society bridges the gap between academia and industry with regards to research collaboration and awareness of current development in secure information management in the digital society. The topics in i-Society 2013 include but are not confined to the following areas: *New enabling technologies - Internet technologies - Wireless applications - Mobile Applications - Multimedia Applications - Protocols and Standards - Ubiquitous Computing - Virtual Reality - Human Computer Interaction - Geographic information systems - e-Manufacturing *Intelligent data management - Intelligent Agents - Intelligent Systems - Intelligent Organisations - Content Development - Data Mining - e-Publishing and Digital Libraries - Information Search and Retrieval - Knowledge Management - e-Intelligence - Knowledge networks *Secure Technologies - Internet security - Web services and performance - Secure transactions - Cryptography - Payment systems - Secure Protocols - e-Privacy - e-Trust - e-Risk - Cyber law - Forensics - Information assurance - Mobile social networks - Peer-to-peer social networks - Sensor networks and social sensing *e-Learning - Collaborative Learning - Curriculum Content Design and Development - Delivery Systems and Environments - Educational Systems Design - e-Learning Organisational Issues - Evaluation and Assessment - Virtual Learning Environments and Issues - Web-based Learning Communities - e-Learning Tools - e-Education *e-Society - Global Trends - Social Inclusion - Intellectual Property Rights - Social Infonomics - Computer-Mediated Communication - Social and Organisational Aspects - Globalisation and developmental IT - Social Software *e-Health - Data Security Issues - e-Health Policy and Practice - e-Healthcare Strategies and Provision - Medical Research Ethics - Patient Privacy and Confidentiality - e-Medicine *e-Governance - Democracy and the Citizen - e-Administration - Policy Issues - Virtual Communities *e-Business - Digital Economies - Knowledge economy - eProcurement - National and International Economies - e-Business Ontologies and Models - Digital Goods and Services - e-Commerce Application Fields - e-Commerce Economics - e-Commerce Services - Electronic Service Delivery - e-Marketing - Online Auctions and Technologies - Virtual Organisations - Teleworking - Applied e-Business - Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) *e-Art - Legal Issues - Patents - Enabling technologies and tools *e-Science - Natural sciences in digital society - Biometrics - Bioinformatics - Collaborative research *Industrial developments - Trends in learning - Applied research - Cutting-edge technologies * Research in progress - Ongoing research from undergraduates, graduates/postgraduates and professionals Important Dates: Paper Submission Date: Extended March 10, 2013 Short Paper (Extended Abstract or Work in Progress): Extended March 01, 2013 Notification of Paper Acceptance /Rejection: Extended March 30, 2013 Notification of Short Paper (Extended Abstract/Work in Progress) Acceptance /Rejection: March 20, 2013 Camera Ready Paper and Short Paper Due: Extended April 20, 2013 Workshop/Tutorial Proposal Submission: Extended March 15, 2013 Notification of Workshop/Tutorial Acceptance: Extended March 25, 2013 Special Track Proposal Submission: Extended March 01, 2013 Notification of Special Track Acceptance/Rejection: Extended March 20, 2013 Poster/Demo Proposal Submission: March 31, 2013 Notification of Poster/Demo Acceptance: April 10, 2013 Participant(s) Registration (Open): January 01, 2013 to June 23, 2013 Early Bird Attendee Registration Deadline (Authors and Participants): January 01, 2013 to March 31, 2013 Late Bird Attendee Registration Deadline (Authors only): April 01, 2013 to May 18, 2013 Conference Dates: June 24-26, 2013 |
| Full details from: | http://www.i-society.eu |
47th Conference/ AGM and Exhibition: “Informing Zimbabwe Developing Zimbabwe: Libraries Powering Development” |
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| Date: | 24-28 June 2013 |
| Location: | Peacock Hotel & Villas, Mutare, Zimbabwe |
| Comments: | 47th Conference/ AGM and Exhibition, Peacock Hotel & Villas, Mutare, June 24th – 28th 2013 “Informing Zimbabwe Developing Zimbabwe: Libraries Powering Development” Papers are invited around the following themes: • Libraries in Public Private Partnerships • Libraries as Community Information Centers • Libraries in Distance Education and e-Learning • Libraries supporting research, evidence-informed policy making and practice • Libraries as change agents for lobbying and advocacy • Libraries and Open Access • Libraries as a space • Librarianship as a scarce skill • Libraries and infopreneurship • Libraries and e-Resources • Librarianship for Africa • Libraries and agricultural development • Politics of information and libraries • Access to information • Bridge the divide • Information Literacy • Indigenous knowledge and national development Pre-Conferences June 24th 2013: • Public Libraries Consortium • Government and Special Libraries Consortium • College and Research Libraries Consortium (CARLC) • School Libraries Consortium • Church and Theological Libraries • LIS/RAM Research, Education and Training • Records and Archival Management (RAM) Call for Abstracts and Posters and the Proposal should include: • Title • Abstract of no more than 500 words • Biography for the speaker or speakers • Contacts details of the speakers Abstracts can be submitted to any of the following persons • General: info@zimla.co.zw • Bhowa tg president@zimla.co.zw • Harriet Ncube sg@zimla.co.zw or hrncube@gmail.com Important dates and deadlines: 1. Call for Papers & Posters November 12th 2012 2. Abstract submission deadline February 1st 2013 3. Notification of acceptance for presentation at the Conference March 1st 2013 4. Submission of complete/final Paper May 1st 2013 5. Submission of PowerPoint Presentation May 31st 2013 Student Paper Award ZimLA will award two (2) Best Student Paper(s) and or Poster(s). The Paper or Poster should be based on the following theme “a strong association for a strong profession”. Student Conference Package/Sponsorship will be availed. Please note important dates and deadlines above. |
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4th Information: Interactions and Impact (i³), |
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| Date: | 25-28 June 2013 |
| Location: | Aberdeen, Scotland, UK |
| Comments: | Don't miss out on the opportunity to attend i³ 2013 – June 25-28, 2013 at Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen, Scotland, UK. i³ focuses on the quality and effectiveness of the interaction between people and information and how this interaction can bring about change. The conference will look beyond the issues of use and accessibility of technology to questions about the way people interact with the information and knowledge content of today's systems and services, and how this might ultimately affect the impact of that information on individuals, organisations and communities. Conference themes include: •the quality and effectiveness of user/information interactions (e.g. information literacy); •patterns of information behaviour in different contexts; •impact of information or information services on people, organisations, communities and society (e.g. social, learning, cultural and economic outcomes of engagement with information); •more effective decision making. Our i³ 2013 website will soon be live but further details of past conferences can be found at www.i3conference.org.uk. If you would like to register your interest and receive further alerts as we go live, please email the conference team at i3information@rgu.ac.uk. Dorothy Williams, i³ Conference Director |
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Library Research Round Table (LRRT) will sponsor two Research Forums |
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| Date: | 27 June - 2 July 2013 |
| Location: | ALA Conference, Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| Comments: | The Library Research Round Table (LRRT) will sponsor two Research Forums at the 2013 American Library Association Annual Conference in Chicago, IL (June 27-July 2). The LRRT Forums are a set of programs at the ALA Annual Conference featuring presentations of LIS research, in progress or completed, followed by discussion. One of the forums is broad in scope and one is on a more specific topic. The forums are: Research: Data-Driven Services Libraries collect data on usage of collections, services, and physical space. However, much of these data are not utilized to capacity. This session will feature three research papers that demonstrate how to leverage user-centered data to develop services. Audience members will learn about methods and techniques that they can use locally to answer questions in their own organizations. Attendees will be able to take away results that could be applied directly in local settings and make connections with presenters and one another to explore creative ways to respond to challenges. Research: Creative Problem Solving Novelty and innovation are needed to respond to many of today’s challenges. Libraries and librarians require new and creative approaches to defining questions and finding answers. Three papers that demonstrate innovative inquiry will be selected by a committee for inclusion in this Forum. Attendees will discover methods and techniques that they previously were not familiar with, but can be employed in their libraries. Audience members will become cognizant of new questions or emerging ways to state and think about problems. The results presented will offer directly applicable solutions that can be adapted by attendees in their organizations. This is an opportunity to present and discuss your research project conducted in the broad area of library and information science or in a more specialized area of the field. LRRT welcomes papers emphasizing the problems, theories, methodologies, or significance of research findings for LIS. Topics can include, but are not limited to, user studies and user behavior, electronic services, service effectiveness, organizational structure and personnel, library value determination, shared collections, collection assessment, digital libraries, archiving, preservation, and evaluation of library and information services. Both completed research and research in progress will be considered. All researchers, including practitioners from all types of libraries, library school faculty and students, and other interested individuals are encouraged to submit proposals. LRRT Members and nonmembers of LRRT are invited and welcomed to submit proposals. The Committee will use a blind review process to select a maximum of six projects, three for each of the two forums. The selected researchers will be required to present their papers in person at the forums and to register for the conference. All expenses, including registration for the conference, travel, accommodation, etc., are the responsibility of the researchers/presenters. Criteria for selection are: Significance of the study to library and information science research; Quality and creativity of the methodology; Potential to fill a research gap or to build on previous LIS studies; Adherence to submission requirements (see below). Please submit a two-page proposal by Monday, February 18, 2013. Late submissions will not be considered, and submissions must be limited to two pages in length. On the first page, please list your name(s), title(s), institutional affiliation(s), and contact information (telephone number, mailing address, and email address). The second page should NOT show your name or any other identifying information. Instead, it must include: 1) The title of your project, and 2) A 500-word or less abstract. The abstract must include a problem statement, problem significance, project objectives, methodology, and conclusions (or tentative conclusions for work in progress), and an indication of whether the research is in-progress or completed. Previously published research or research accepted for publication by February 18, 2013, will not be considered. Notification of acceptance will be made by Friday, March 29, 2013. Please email submissions (with an indication of which of the two forums for which the abstract should be considered) to: Lynn Silipigni Connaway, OCLC Research, (Email): connawal@oclc.org (Fax): 614-718-7378 Lynn Silipigni Connaway Senior Research Scientist OCLC Research connawal@oclc.org Cell: 303-246-3623 Fax: 614-718-7378 http://www.oclc.org/research/people/connaway.htm |
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CILIP UMBRELLA Conference |
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| Date: | 2 - 3 July 2013 |
| Location: | Manchester, UK |
| Comments: | CILIP UMBRELLA Conference. Manchester, 2 - 3 July 2013 The call for papers is now open for the country’s leading library and information conference: CILIP Umbrella 2013. Umbrella regularly attracts up to 600 delegates from across the library and world to meet, learn, debate and be inspired. With a new format and more focused themes, Umbrella 2013 will be the highlight of the library and information year. The aim of CILIP’s Umbrella 2013 Conference is to give a positive and strong message about how much the Library and Information Profession does for everyone in our communities and our society and how well it does it. The conference will showcase the creativity in library and information services and facilities, and will illustrate the connections and partnerships that make our professional contribution so vibrant and appropriate to everyone. Advocacy for the profession is at the heart of this conference and we invite presentations that illustrate the best of what our profession does that impacts on people's leisure, work, business and living. The values of CILIP are firmly rooted in social equality and social justice, on freedom of access to information and for the support of a true learning society. Themes for 2013 have been selected to highlight CILIP’s current activities. The conference will offer delegates focus sessions, spotlight sessions as well as debates and plenaries with major speakers from and beyond the profession all of which will be focussed on four themes as outlined below. Proposals for presentation at either a Focus or Spotlight session must state clearly the theme it contributes to. We are keen to have papers from a range of presenters from within and outside of the profession. Papers that illustrate advocacy strategies and partnership approaches are particularly welcome. Umbrella 2013 themes are: 1. Future Skills and Future Roles What will society need from our profession? Theme Chair: Liz Jolly BA(Hons) DipILS FCLIP FRSA Suggested topics: Continuing Professional Development for standards and qualifications that society can trust Views of leadership - of the profession and by the profession Addressing the challenge of cultural change in society Do our communities recognise and respond to advocacy for libraries? Our professional skills in focus -enabling learning and/or managing knowledge 2. Information to best support society Information and digital literacy in education, work, health and leisure Theme chairs: Ms Jo Parker BA(Hons) MA MCLIP and Mr Peter Godwin BA MCLIP CLTHE Suggested topics: The positive impact of information literacy and the importance of innovation to secure its place in a learning society The importance of maintaining information literacy development opportunities for people as they move between different settings e.g. school/FE/HE/research/ employment How Library and Information Professionals are adapting an information literacy offer in a social media context Developing the developers: explorations with employers and educators to ensure that information literacy practitioners are relevant and appropriate to the environment they operate in 3 Beyond Information Matters Pushing the frontiers of Knowledge and Information Management Theme chair: Peter Griffiths BA(Hons) FCLIP MCLIP Suggested topics: Technological advances in knowledge and information management and links to digital and information literacy Government information and support for research, information and knowledge management and library services across the academic, corporate and public sectors Open data, information governance, information security, records management and the KIM professional The role of information professionals in web and data, intranet management, information architecture Knowledge Management growth in new sectors: e.g. health and public sector and best practice in KIM in business and commercial settings 4 Partnerships for progress Community engagement reaching our communities at organisational, local, regional, national and international levels Theme chair: Stephanie Kenna MA FCLIP HonFCLIP Suggested topics: Doing more with less: improving service delivery through partnerships Working with partners in other library sectors and outside the library community to develop innovative services Putting research into practice: how researchers can work with practitioners to ensure their research meets the needs of the library and information community Working with our communities and users to demonstrate the value and impact of libraries to our funders Each of these four themes will have one Focus session and one or more Spotlight session. Guidelines for submitting a proposal for sessions 1. Focus sessions Focus sessions are designed to offer up to four speakers the opportunity to present in person an abridged version of longer papers which have been submitted for publication in the Umbrella 2013 Conference Proceedings, which will be published by Facet Publishing. The time slot allotted per speaker in a three speaker session is 20 minutes. Time for questions from the floor should be included within the 20 minutes. Chairs will be instructed to be very firm on timekeeping by presenters. Abstracts for papers for Focus sessions should be no more than 250 words plus a one- page speaker biography (but not a full CV please). 2. Spotlight sessions Spotlight sessions are designed to provide the opportunity for the presentation of new ideas or reports from ongoing or completed initiatives that illustrate how library and information services can impact positively on people's life work and leisure. If your proposal concerns a group or partnership project please identify all participants but provide one point of contact. Allow up to 15 minutes maximum for your presentation and 10 minutes for audience interaction, bringing each presentation total to 25 minutes maximum. Chairs will be instructed to be very firm on timekeeping by presenters. Abstracts for presentations for Spotlight sessions should be no more than 200 words plus a one page speaker biography (but not a full CV please). 3. Focus and Spotlight proposal submission Please email your proposal abstract and your speaker biography to the Conference Director biddy.fisher@cilip.org.uk clearly indicating the theme that you wish to contribute to in the subject line of the email. Ensure that your preferred email and any relevant other contact details are in your speaker biography. Proposal abstracts will be peer reviewed by the jury panel and the independent chair appointed for each theme. 4. Important dates 5 November 2012 Registration opens 30 November 2012 Abstracts for both Focus and Spotlight sessions to be submitted by 17:00 GMT. NB. These abstracts will appear in the Conference handbook to assist delegates to select conference sessions 21 December 2012 Judging completed. 31 December 2012 Notification of acceptance: Successful proposers informed The conference programme and allocation of speakers in focus and spotlight sessions will be finalised between 3 January and 15 February 2013. 15 February 2013 Full text copies of the accepted papers to be submitted for publishing by 17:00 GMT 2 April 2013 Equipment requirements to be notified to the conference organiser, Jason Russell 30 April 2013 Abridged versions for presentation to be completed by 17:00 GMT 3 June 2013 Deadline for conference presentations 2 July 2013 Conference begins 5. Presentation requirements Focus Sessions: An abridged version of the complete paper will be presented to fit the required time-slot Spotlight sessions: Additional information or requirements to be made known to Jason Russell on notification of acceptance 6. Conference speaker registration, travel and accommodation All speakers will be offered a conference place for the day of their presentation but speakers must find the cost of travel and any necessary accommodation. Details of the venue and accommodation options are to be found at www.cilip.org.uk/umbrella2013 You are encouraged to register your interest in the Umbrella 2013 conference as soon as possible (see below, Next steps) and no later than when your proposal is submitted. 7. Further information The CILIP website and Umbrella 2013 page will be updated regularly with information about the conference. www.cilip.org.uk/umbrella2013 8. Next Steps Please register your interest in the Umbrella 2013 conference here: http://www.cilip.org.uk/umbrella2013/pages/register.aspx Should you have any questions please email the Programme Director, Biddy Fisher, for matters of programme content or the Conference Organiser Jason Russell for all other matters. Please note Biddy Fisher is not based or employed at CILIP in London, should you experience any delay in her response to you, please contact Jason Russell. Biddy Fisher OBE M Lib FCLIP: Jason Russell BA(Hons): biddy.fisher@cilip.org.uk |
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ISKO UK Biennial Conference |
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| Date: | 8-9 July, 2013 |
| Location: | London UK |
| Comments: | Registration has now opened for our ISKO UK BIENNIAL CONFERENCE – 8/9 July 2013, London. Book by April 30th for Early Bird rates The theme is: *Knowledge Organization - Pushing the Boundaries* Knowledge Organization (KO) is not just a fascinating research domain to attract our foremost thinkers; it also presents practical challenges to each of us as individuals, sorting out the files on our desktops physical and virtual, searching for inspiration via the Internet, or participating in the fora of social media. But there’s a paradox: while KO practices permeate society, the name “Knowledge Organization” is known only to a few. Invisible boundaries separate KO researchers from the practitioners who could benefit from their findings, and also come between distinct fields of application such as records management, web design, librarianship, information retrieval, etc. This conference aims to explore such boundaries, challenge them and advance our thinking into new territory. It will be the third biennial conference of the UK Chapter of ISKO. Practitioners as well as theoreticians are invited to attend and participate, along with consultants, researchers, teachers and students. There will be a mix of short and longer presentations, as well as a display of posters. The papers submitted will be peer-reviewed and published electronically on this website, together with slides and audio recordings. On our website at Registration fees for the two-day event are still the same as for our 2011 conference, just £180 (full price); £150 (ISKO members); £150 pounds (early-bird rate, until 30 April); £130 pounds (early-bird rate for ISKO members). Members of UKeiG and/or LIRG will be entitled to the same rates as ISKO members. The electronic proceedings of our first and second biennial conferences are available at http://www.iskouk.org/conf2009/proceedings.htm and http://www.iskouk.org/conf2011/programme.htm respectively. The 2013 event will be bigger and better, and we hope you will be able to come and enjoy it. Conference hashtag #ISKOUK2013 ISKO is a not-for-profit scientific/professional association with the objective of promoting research and communication in the domain of knowledge organization, within the broad field of information science and related disciplines. Founded in 2007, our UK Chapter has been attracting lively and steadily growing audiences to its afternoon meeting series as well as its very successful previous conferences in 2009 and 2011. |
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Workshop on Classification and Subject Indexing in Library and Information Science (LIS 2013) |
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| Date: | 10-11 July 2013 |
| Location: | Luxembourg |
| Comments: | The Workshop on Classification and Subject Indexing in Library and Information Science (LIS'2013) is held in conjunction with the European Conference on Data Analysis in Luxemburg July 10 to 11, 2013 www.gfkl2013.lu The Workshop on Library and Information Science (LIS'2013) solicits contributions on the role of classification and data analysis in this domain. Topics in these area include but are not limited to: - Classification and subject indexing in the context of catalogs and resource discovery systems - Methods, approaches and applications in subject indexing, classification and data analysis in different countries - Open Access to classification systems: How can we provide a sustainable classification infrastructure? - Linked (subject) data (E.g. Faceted classification and Linked Data architectures: a happy alignment?) - Classification, Subject indexing and the Semantic Web (E.g. Taxonomies and Semantic Web Ontologies: how closely are they related to each other?) - Automatic and manual methods in Classification and Subject indexing (E.g. Mappings, concordances, heuristics) - Subject retrieval in multilingual, multicultural environments - Serendipity in library collections and digital libraries The workshop language is English. Participants intending to present a talk are invited to submit an abstract via the conference website www.gfkl2013.lu or www.sfc2013.lu. All abstracts will undergo a reviewing process. Accepted abstracts will be distributed to the conference participants. The post-conference proceedings will be published in the Springer Series 'Studies in Classification, Data Analysis, and Knowledge Organization'. Detailed information about the submission and refereeing procedures, formatting instructions, transport to Luxembourg as well as hotel arrangements in Luxembourg are available on the conference website www.gfkl2013.lu or www.sfc2013.lu. Luxembourg City has been honored as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, located at the crossroads of Europe. It is one of the three headquarters of the European Union and a renowned financial service center. Luxembourg City has excellent flight and train connections to all major cities of Europe. A stimulating program and the attractiveness of an exciting European capital will be worthwhile participating in the European Conference on Data Analysis. Important Dates February 28, 2013 Deadline for abstract submissions March 30, 2013 Notification of acceptance of abstract submissions May 31, 2013 Deadline for early-bird registration July 10-12, 2013 European Conference on Data Analysis August 30, 2013 Deadline for full-paper submissions November 15, 2013 Notification of acceptance of full-paper submissions January 15, 2014 Deadline for camera-ready paper submissions Scientific Program Committee Frank Scholze, Chair (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany) Ewald Brahms (University of Hildesheim, Germany) Andreas Geyer-Schulz (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany) Stefan Gradmann (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany) Hans-Joachim Hermes (Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany) Monika Lösse (German National Library, Germany) Bernd Lorenz (University of Applied Sciences for Public Administration and Legal Affairs in Bavaria, Germany) Michael Mönnich (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany) Marie-Pierre Pausch (University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg) Sylvia van Peteghem (Ghent University, Belgium) Heidrun Wiesenmüller (Stuttgart Media University, Germany) |
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ALIEP-2013 |
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| Date: | 10 - 12 July 2013 |
| Location: | Pullman Khon Kaen Raja Orchid Hotel, Khon Kaen City, Thailand |
| Comments: | The 5th A-LIEP (A-LIEP 2013) provides a platform for participants who are academicians, researchers, scholars, practitioners, and individuals to discuss, share, and debate on several issues and challenges facing the information professions in the digital age, with particularly emphasis on the Asia-Pacific region. Important Dates: Deadline for Paper Submission 15 January 2013 Notification of Paper Acceptance 15 April 2013 Camera Ready Paper 15 May 2013 Early Bird Registration 15 May 2013 Last Date of Registration 15 June 2013 Conference Date 10 - 12 July 2013 Further details, please contact: aliep2013@gmail.com |
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EBLIP7 - 7th International Conference on Evidence Based Library and Information Practice |
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| Date: | 15-18 July 2013 |
| Location: | Saskatoon, Canada |
| Comments: | You are invited to submit a paper or poster to the EBLIP conference being held in Saskatoon, Canada from July 15-18, 2013. Abstracts are due November 30th. More information about the conference and submission process is available at http://eblip7.library.usask.ca/#homepage This is a dynamic international conference where attendees are committed to improving LIS practice through research. It is a great place to share ideas and research activities in a collegial setting with a committed and supportive group of practitioners and researchers. Please join us! Joanne Gard Marshall Alumni Distinguished Professor School of Information and Library Science University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 100 Manning Hall Chapel Hill, NC |
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14th World Congress of the International Association of Agricultural Information Specialists (IAALD) |
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| Date: | 22-24 July 2013 |
| Location: | Cornell University in Ithaca, NY, USA |
| Comments: | Call for Proposals 14th World Congress of the International Association of Agricultural Information Specialists (IAALD) The 14th IAALD World Congress programming committee is seeking proposals for papers, posters and interactive workshops. This year’s conference, "Emerging Priorities for Scientific and Agricultural Information," will be held July 22-24, 2013 at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY. Submissions are due by December 1st. All accepted papers will be published in a special issue of the peer-reviewed journal Agricultural Information Worldwide (AIW). Papers and Posters: Those wishing to present a paper or a poster should submit an abstract in English (maximum 300 words) online at https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iaald13 (new users of the EasyChair software program will need to sign up for a free account). Proposals should be tagged with at least two and up to five keywords from the provided tags. At least three additional author keywords are also required. Interactive Workshops: The programming committee is also interested in hearing proposals for 2 hour hands-on workshops to be given at the conference. If you have expertise on a topic you think would benefit conference attendees and would like to lead a workshop, please submit a description in English (maximum 300 words) online at https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iaald13 (new users of the EasyChair software program will need to sign up for a free account). Authors will be informed of decisions on their proposals by January 15, 2013. All authors will be expected to give their papers, posters, and workshops in person at the IAALD World Congress. Scholarship information will be forthcoming. Questions? Please email Jim Morris-Knower at iaald@cornell.edu |
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JCDL 2013 |
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| Date: | 23-25 July 2013 |
| Location: | Indianapolis, Indiana (USA), |
| Comments: | JCDL 2013 CALL FOR PAPERS AND PROPOSALS The ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL 2013) is a major international forum focusing on digital libraries and associated technical, practical, organizational, and social issues. JCDL encompasses the many meanings of the term digital libraries, including (but not limited to) new forms of information institutions and organizations; operational information systems with all manner of digital content; new means of selecting, collecting, organizing, distributing, and accessing digital content; theoretical models of information media, including document genres and electronic publishing; and theory and practice of use of managed content in science and education. JCDL 2013 will be held in Indianapolis, Indiana (USA), 23-25 July 2013. The program is organized by an international committee of scholars and leaders in the digital libraries field and attendance is expected to include several hundreds of researchers, practitioners, managers, and students. IMPORTANT DATES * Full paper submissions due: 28 January 2013 * Short Papers, Panels, Posters, Demonstrations, Workshops, Tutorials due: 4 February 2013 * Doctoral Consortium submissions due: 15 April 2013 * Notification of acceptance for Workshops and Tutorials: 15 March 2013 * Notification for Papers, Panels, Posters, Demonstrations, Workshops,Tutorials: 29 March 2013 * Notification of acceptance for Doctoral Consortium: 6 May 2013 * Conference: 22-26 July 2013 ** Tutorials and Doctoral Consortium: 22 July 2013 ** Main conference: 23-25 July 2013 ** Workshops: 25-26 July 2013 CONFERENCE FOCUS The intended community for this conference includes those interested in all aspects of digital libraries such as infrastructure; institutions; metadata; content; services; digital preservation; system design; scientific data management; workflows; implementation; interface design; human-computer interaction; performance evaluation; usability evaluation; collection development; intellectual property; privacy; electronic publishing; document genres; multimedia; social, institutional, and policy issues; user communities; and associated theoretical topics. JCDL welcomes submissions in these areas. Submissions that resonate with the JCDL 2013 theme of Digital Libraries at the Crossroads are particularly welcome; however, reviews, though they will consider relevance of proposals to digital libraries generally, will not give extra weight to theme-related proposals over proposals that speak to other aspects of digital libraries. The conference sessions, workshops and tutorials will cover all aspects of digital libraries. Participation is sought from all parts of the world and from the full range of established and emerging disciplines and professions including computer science, information science, web science, data science, librarianship, data management, archival science and practice, museum studies and practice, information technology, medicine, social sciences, education and humanities. Representatives from academe, government, industry, and others are invited to participate. JCDL 2013 invites submissions of papers and proposals for posters, demonstrations, tutorials, and workshops that will make the conference an exciting and creative event to attend. As always, the conference welcomes contributions from all the fields that intersect to enable digital libraries. Topics include, but are not limited to: * Collaborative and participatory information environments * Cyberinfrastructure architectures, applications, and deployments * Data mining/extraction of structure from networked information * Digital library and Web Science curriculum development * Distributed information systems * Extracting semantics, entities, and patterns from large collections * Evaluation of online information environments * Impact and evaluation of digital libraries and information in education * Information and knowledge systems * Information policy and copyright law * Information visualization * Interfaces to information for novices and experts * Linked data and its applications * Personal digital information management * Retrieval and browsing * Scientific data curation, citation and scholarly publication * Social media, architecture, and applications * Social networks, virtual organizations and networked information * Social-technical perspectives of digital information * Studies of human factors in networked information * Theoretical models of information interaction and organization * User behavior and modeling * Visualization of large-scale information environments * Web archiving and preservation PAPER SUBMISSIONS Paper authors may choose between two formats: Full papers and short papers. Both formats will be included in the proceedings and will be presented at the conference. Full papers typically will be presented in 20 minutes with 10 minutes for questions and discussion. Short papers typically will be presented in 10 minutes with 5 minutes for questions and discussion. Both formats will be rigorously peer reviewed. Complete papers are required -- abstracts and incomplete papers will not be reviewed. Full papers report on mature work, or efforts that have reached an important milestone. Short papers will highlight efforts that might be in an early stage, but are important for the community to be made aware of. Short papers can also present theories or systems that can be described concisely in the limited space. Full papers must not exceed 10 pages. Short papers are limited to at most 4 pages. All papers must be original contributions. The material must therefore not have been previously published or be under review for publication elsewhere. All contributions must be written in English and must follow the ACM http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html formatting guidelines (templates available for authoring in LaTex2e and Microsoft Word). Papers are to be submitted via the conference's EasyChair submission page: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=jcdl13. All accepted papers will be published by ACM as conference proceedings and electronic versions will be included in both the ACM and IEEE digital libraries. POSTER AND DEMONSTRATION SUBMISSIONS Posters permit presentation of late-breaking results in an informal, interactive manner. Poster proposals should consist of a title, extended abstract, and contact information for the authors, and should not exceed 2 pages. Proposals must follow the conference's formatting guidelines and are to be submitted via the conference's EasyChair submission page: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=jcdl13. Accepted posters will be displayed at the conference and may include additional materials, space permitting. Abstracts of posters will appear in the proceedings. Demonstrations showcase innovative digital libraries technology and applications, allowing you to share your work directly with your colleagues in a high-visibility setting. Demonstration proposals should consist of a title, extended abstract, and contact information for the authors and should not exceed 2 pages. All contributions must be written in English and must follow the ACM http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html formatting guidelines (templates available for authoring in LaTex2e and Microsoft Word), and are to be submitted via the conference's EasyChair submission page: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=jcdl13. Abstracts of demonstrations will appear in the proceedings. PANELS AND INVITED BRIEFINGS Panels and invited briefings will complement the other portions of the program with lively discussions of controversial and cutting-edge issues that are not addressed by other program elements. Invited briefing panels will be developed by the Panel co-chairs David Bainbridge (davidb@cs.waikato.ac.nz) and George Buchanan (George.Buchanan.1@city.ac.uk) and will be designed to address a topic of particular interest to those building digital libraries -- they can be thought of as being mini-tutorials. Panel ideas may be stimulated or developed in part from synergistic paper proposals (with consensus of involved paper proposal submitters). This year stand-alone formal proposals for panels also will be accepted (http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=jcdl13); however, please keep in mind that panel sessions are few and so relatively few panel proposals will be accepted. Panel proposals should include a panel title, identify all panel participants (maximum 5), include a short abstract as well as an uploaded extended abstract in PDF (not to exceed 2 pages) describing the panel topic, how the panel will be organized, the unique perspective that each speaker brings to the topic, and an explicit confirmation that each speaker has indicated a willingness to participate in the session if the proposal is accepted. For more information about potential panel proposals, please contact the Panel co-chairs named above. TUTORIAL SUBMISSIONS Tutorials provide an opportunity to offer in-depth education on a topic or solution relevant to research or practice in digital libraries. They should address a single topic in detail over either a half-day or a full day. They are not intended to be venues for commercial product training. Experts who are interested in engaging members of the community who may not be familiar with a relevant set of technologies or concepts should plan their tutorials to cover the topic or solution to a level that attendees will have sufficient knowledge to follow and further pursue the material beyond the tutorial. Leaders of tutorial sessions will be expected to take an active role in publicizing and recruiting attendees for their sessions. Tutorial proposals should include: a tutorial title; an abstract (1-2 paragraphs, to be used in conference programs); a description or topical outline of tutorial (1-2 paragraphs, to be used for evaluation); duration (half- or full-day); expected number of participants; target audience, including level of experience (introductory, intermediate, advanced); learning objectives; a brief biographical sketch of the presenter(s); and contact information for the presenter(s). Tutorial proposals are to be submitted in electronic form via the conference's EasyChair submission page: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=jcdl13. WORKSHOP SUBMISSIONS Workshops are intended to draw together communities of interest -- both those in established communities and those interested in discussion and exploration of a new or emerging issue. They can range in format from formal, perhaps centering on presentation of refereed papers, to informal, perhaps centering on an extended round-table discussions among the selected participants. Submissions should include: a workshop title and short description; a statement of objectives for the workshop; a topical outline for the workshop; identification of the expected audience and expected number of attendees; a description of the planned format and duration (half-day, full-day, or one and a half day); information about how the attendees will be identified, notified of the workshop, and, if necessary, selected from among applicants; as well as contact and biographical information about the organizers. Finally, if a workshop or closely related workshop has been held previously, information about the earlier sessions should be provided -- dates, locations, outcomes, attendance, etc. Workshop proposals are to be submitted in electronic form via the conference's EasyChair submission page: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=jcdl13. DOCTORAL SUBMISSIONS The Doctoral Consortium is a workshop for Ph.D. students from all over the world who are in the early phases of their dissertation work. Ideally, students should have written or be close to completing a thesis proposal, and be far enough away from finishing the thesis that they can make good use of feedback received during the consortium. Students interested in participating in the Doctoral Consortium should submit an extended abstract describing their digital library research. Submissions relating to any aspect of digital library research, development, and evaluation are welcomed, including: technical advances, usage and impact studies, policy analyses, social and institutional implications, theoretical contributions, interaction and design advances, and innovative applications in the sciences, humanities, and education. See http://jcdl2013.org/doctoral-consortium for a more extensive description of the goals of the Doctoral Consortium and for complete proposal requirements. Doctoral consortium proposals are to be submitted via the conference's EasyChair submission page: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=jcdl13 IMPORTANT NOTES FOR ALL SUBMISSIONS All contributions must be submitted in electronic form via the JCDL 2013 submission Web page, following ACM http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html?format guidelines and using the ACM template. Please submit all papers in PDF format. JCDL 2013 CO-CHAIRS J. Stephen Downie, University of Illinois Robert H. McDonald Indiana University J. Stephen Downie, PhD Associate Dean for Research Professor Graduate School of Library and Information Science University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign [Vox/Voicemail] (217) 649-3839 NEMA Project Home: http://nema.lis.uiuc.edu |
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10th Northumbria Conference |
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| Date: | 22nd-26th July 2013 |
| Location: | York, UK |
| Comments: | Dear Colleagues, I am pleased to announce that the 10th Northumbria International Performance Measurement in Libraries and Information Services Conference will be held between Monday 22nd and Friday 26th July 2013. Following a hugely successful event in 2011, the Conference will be held again at the University of York, UK. Last year’s event attracted over 170 participants from more than 20 countries. As always, the main Conference programme will be complemented by a range of social events, visits and tours. The call for papers and theme of the Conference will be announced later this year via e-mail lists and our website. I am also pleased to report that the proceedings of the 9th Conference will be made available shortly. If you would like to keep in touch with any news about the Conference, please visit the Conference website at: www.york.ac.uk/conferences/northumbria/ Best Wishes, Stephen Town J. Stephen Town Director of Information The University of York Heslington York YO10 5DD stephen.town@york.ac.uk |
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SIGIR 2013 |
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| Date: | 28 July-1 August, 2013 |
| Location: | Dublin, Ireland |
| Comments: | SIGIR 2013, Dublin, Ireland, 28 July-1 August, 2013 http://www.sigir2013.ie/ CALL FOR PAPERS SIGIR is the major international forum for the presentation of new research results and for the demonstration of new systems and techniques in the broad field of information retrieval (IR). The Conference and Program Chairs invite all those working in areas related to IR to submit original full papers, short papers, and proposals for tutorials, workshops, and demonstrations of systems. SIGIR 2013 welcomes contributions related to any aspect of IR theory and foundation, techniques, and applications. Relevant topics include, but are not limited to: - Document Representation and Content Analysis (e.g., text representation, document structure, linguistic analysis, multi-lingual IR, cross-lingual IR, NLP for IR, information extraction, sentiment analysis, clustering, classification, topic models, facets, text streams) - Queries and Query Analysis (e.g., query representation, query suggestion, query reformulation, query intent, conversational search, query log analysis, session analysis, question answering) - Users and Interactive IR (e.g., user models, user studies, user feedback, search interface, summarization, task models, personalized search) - Retrieval Models and Ranking (e.g., IR theory, language models, probabilistic retrieval models, feature-based models, learning to rank, combining searches, diversity) - Search Engine Architectures and Scalability ( e.g., indexing, compression, distributed IR, P2P IR, mobile devices) - Filtering and Recommending (e.g., content-based filtering, collaborative filtering, recommender systems, profiles) - Evaluation (e.g., test collections, effectiveness measures, experimental design) - Web IR and Social Media Search (e.g., link analysis, click models/behavioural modelling, social tagging, social network analysis, advertising and search, blog search, microblog search, forum search, community-based QA (CQA), adversarial IR, vertical and local search) - IR and Structured Data (e.g., XML search, ranking in databases, desktop search, entity search) - Multimedia IR (e.g., image search, video search, speech/audio search, music IR) - Other Applications (e.g., digital libraries, enterprise search, genomics IR, legal IR, patent search, text reuse) Important Dates: - Monday 21 January 2013: Abstracts for full research papers due - Monday 28 January 2013: Full research papers due - Monday 4 February 2013: Workshop proposals due - Monday 18 February 2013: Short papers, demonstration, and tutorial proposals due - Monday 11 March 2013: Notification of workshop acceptances - Monday 11 March 2013: Doctoral consortium proposals due - Monday 15 April 2013: All other acceptance notifications - Sunday 28 July 2013: Conference begins in Dublin Information on how to submit will be available in mid-December, 2012. For details, please visit http://www.sigir2013.ie/ Program Committee Chairs Maarten de Rijke, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands Diane Kelly, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA Tetsuya Sakai, Microsoft Research Asia, China General Conference Chairs Gareth Jones, Dublin City University, Ireland Páraic Sheridan, CNGL, Dublin City University, Ireland |
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79th IFLA General Congress & Assembly: Statistics and Evaluation, and Education and Training Sections |
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| Date: | 17-23 August, 2013 |
| Location: | Singapore |
| Comments: | Bring out the fun of it! New ways of teaching and communicating statistics Call for Papers IFLA Statistics and Evaluation Section, and Education and Training Section 79th IFLA World Library and Information Congress Singapore, 17-23 August, 2013 Statistics are ubiquitous. Quantitative data is needed and used in research projects, evidence-based management, and as part of any advocacy process in the library and information sector. It is also part of most LIS curricula at all levels. Yet many students graduate with little knowledge and less confidence about their statistical competences; practitioners resent the “number crunching” part of their work, and arguments made to funding bodies on the basis of statistics sometimes prove not to be as convincing as expected. The Statistics and Evaluation Section and Section of Education and Training of IFLA will hold a joint session during the 79th IFLA World Information Congress, Singapore, 17-23 August 2013, dedicated to new ways of teaching, presenting and communicating quantitative methods and results. We invite papers on the following aspects: - Teaching statistics differently: empowering LIS students to use statistical methods with confidence and competence - Motivating library practitioners and teaching colleagues to collect and use empirical evidence, and to integrate a culture of assessment in their library - Presenting and communicating library data in convincing and accessible ways, e.g. by combining statistics and “storytelling” - Innovative ways to use quantitative data for advocacy and showing the impact of libraries. Submission guidelines The session has a duration of 2 hrs and will comprise 4 presentations. Presentations should be no longer than 20 minutes with 10 minutes for questions from the audience. Full papers must be between 3000 and 6000 words in length. They must be original and not have been published elsewhere. Proposals for papers should be in English and include: - An abstract of no longer than 250 words, including illustrations if appropriate - Name, institution and full address of the presenter (name, postal address, phone, fax, email) At least one presenter will have to be on site to deliver the presentation. - A short biography of the presenter. Important dates - February 6th, 2013: Submission deadline. Please indicate "IFLA Proposal Singapore 2013" on the subject line. - March 8th, 2013: notification of successful applicants - May 25th, 2013: submission of full written papers (between 3000 and 6000 words in length). All full papers will be published on IFLA.org Please send your proposal to Ulla Wimmer Section chair Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Berlin School of Library and Information Science E-Mail: ulla.wimmer@ibi.hu-berlin.de Submissions All proposals must be in before February 6th, 2013. Please note: All expenses, including registration for the conference, travel, accommodation etc., are the responsibility of the authors/presenters. No financial support can be provided by IFLA, but a special invitation can be issued to authors. Congress Attendance Grants: the Singapore National Committee and IFLA have worked hard to secure funds for Conference Participation Grants. Up-to-date information will be available on our Conference Participation Grants webpage. |
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79th IFLA Congress & Assembly, Satellite Meeting: Children and Young Adults and Core Activity Preservation and Conservation |
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| Date: | 14-15 August 2013 |
| Location: | Bangkok, Thailand |
| Comments: | IFLA, International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions Call for Papers for Satellite Meeting IFLA conference 2013 IFLA Section Libraries for Children and Young Adults IFLA Core Activity on Preservation and Conservation (PAC) In collaboration with the Thai Library Association (TLA), Thailand Knowledge Park (TK Park), the Thai Section of IBBY (ThaiBBY) Bangkok, Thailand. 14-15 August 2013, associated to the 79th Annual IFLA conference in Singapore (August 17-23, 2012) Creating the future: preserving, digitizing and accessing all forms of children's and young adults’ cultural heritage Children’s and young adults’ culture exists in multiple forms and media, from nursery rhymes and oral storytelling to videogames, from printed books to eBooks... Libraries play a key role in preserving this cultural heritage and in giving access to it. How are they doing this? What must they do now so that this heritage is not lost and cultural diversity is preserved? How are they giving young people access to their cultural heritage? IFLA Section Libraries for Children and Young Adults, IFLA Core Activity on Preservation and Conservation (PAC), Thailand Knowledge Park (TK Park), the Thai Section of IBBY (ThaiBBY) and the Thai Library Association invite you to submit a proposal for a presentation on the theme “Creating the future: preserving and digitizing all forms of children's and young people’s cultural heritage”, the IFLA Pre-Conference to be held in Bangkok, Thailand, 14-15 August 2013. The Pre-conference Venue: Asia Hotel Bangkok (www.asiahotel.co.th/asia_bangkok.htm) The expected audience is likely to include children and young adults’ librarians, National Libraries, libraries serving indigenous people, librarians working in audiovisual and multimedia, storytellers and other performers for children, other professionals working on children’s and young adult’s reading, students and university professors and partners of libraries in joint reading promotion programmes. We are particularly interested in presentations on the following topics : Preserving and/or digitizing books, journals and original artwork for children and young adults Preserving and/or digitizing immaterial children’s and young adults’ culture: storytelling, puppets, theatre, rhymes and songs… Preserving and/or digitizing web pages, video games, TV programmes, audio cassettes Preserving and digitizing local content and indigenous knowledge, for inclusion of all citizens at the library Working with children on cultural heritage, in public and school libraries Giving access to digitized collections for children and young adults Libraries and their partners for conservation and/or digitation: museums, ONGs, corporations… Submission Guidelines • Proposals should be sent before January 31st 2013 via email to: Kirsten Boelt Email kbt-kultur@aalborg.dk • They must include (in English): - Title of paper - Summary of paper (up to 500 words- ½ page) - The speaker’s name, address, telephone and fax numbers, professional affiliation, email address and biographical note (40 words) • The official language of the meeting is English. No Simultaneous Interpretation will be provided • The abstracts will be reviewed by the Review Committee. Successful proposals will be identified and announced by February 22, 2013. • Full text papers should be provided by 15 April, 2012; papers should be 3-20 pages long. They must be written in English, include an abstract and be in a Word file. • Oral presentations of papers will be of 20 minutes. Presentations must be in English. Important Dates Deadline for submissions January 31st 2013 Notification of acceptance/rejection February 15 2013 Final program and full registration information March 10 2013 Deadline for submission of final papers’ texts April 15 2013 Expenses Registration fees will be waived for the speakers. However, it is the speakers’ responsibility to find funding for travel, accommodation and associated costs, which IFLA and its Sections are not in a position to fund. Sponsors IFLA Section Libraries for Children and Young Adults IFLA Core Activity on Preservation and Conservation (PAC) Thailand Knowledge Park, Bangkok IFLA Section Libraries for Children and Young Adults Chair : Viviana Quiñones Bibliothèque nationale de France Centre national de la littérature pour la jeunesse - La Joie par les livres Quai François-Mauriac 75706 Paris cedex 13, France Tél. + 33 (0)1 53 79 52 86 Email: viviana.quinones@bnf.fr IFLA Core Activity on Preservation and Conservation (PAC) Director : Ms Christiane Baryla Bibliothèque nationale de France Centre national de la littérature pour la jeunesse - La Joie par les livres Quai François-Mauriac 75706 Paris cedex 13, France Tel. +33 (0)1 53 79 59 70 Email: christiane.baryla@bnf.fr Local Organising Committee Thailand Knowledge Park (TK park) A public organization under the supervision of the Office of Knowledge Management and Development (OKMD) Director: Dr.Tatsanai Wongpisetkul 999/9, 17th Floor, Central World Office Rama1 Road, Pathumwan, Bangkok 10330 Tel: +66 (0)2264 5963-5 Email: tatsanai@tkpark.or.th www.tkpark.or.th Thai Section of IBBY (ThaiBBY) Books for Children Foundation President. Khunying Kasama Varavarn 23/26 Moo 10 Petchakasame 60/2 Road Bangduan, Pasicharoen, Bangkok 10160 Tel: +66 (0) 2805 0202 Email: thaibby@hotmail.com www.thaibby.in.th Thai Library Association (TLA) Under the Royal Patronage of Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn President: Prof. Khunying Maenmas Chavalit 1346, Arkarnsongkroh 5 Road, Khlong Junt, Bangkapi, Bangkok 10240 Tel: +66(0)2 7349022-3 Email: tla2497@yahoo.com www.tla.or.th |
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IFLA Conference: Pre-conference Satellite Meeting Genealogy and Local History (GENLOC) Sections |
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| Date: | 14th – 15th August 2013 |
| Location: | Singapore |
| Comments: | IFLA Newspapers/ Genealogy and Local History (GENLOC) Sections Pre-conference Satellite Meeting Singapore, 14th – 15th August 2013 Call for Papers: Newspapers to the People We want your papers! Please submit a proposal to present! The IFLA Newspapers/Genealogy and Local History (GENLOC) Sections are pleased to announce a Call for Papers for a two-day Pre-conference Satellite Meeting to be held in Singapore from 14th - 15th August 2013. This Pre-conference Satellite Meeting is jointly organised by the National Library of Singapore, the IFLA Newspapers Section, and the IFLA Genealogy and Local History Section. We would like to invite you to submit a proposal relating to the title Newspapers to the People to present at this Pre-conference. The intention of this Satellite Meeting is to interest not only IFLA members, but also newspaper publishers, academics, researchers, local studies experts, historians. As well as distinguished keynote speakers, the Pre-Conference Satellite Meeting will include sponsor presentations and visits to the Malay Heritage Centre site and the Roots Revealed exhibition. The main Pre-Conference theme: Newspapers to the people Sub-themes: Papers chosen for presentation should address, but are not limited to: • Case studies of information institutions (libraries, archives, etc.) that foster community research into family history or local heritage • Case studies in the digitisation and preservation of cultural heritage • Latest initiatives and technologies in newspaper e-preservation and access • Reporting the news in the digital and social media age: trends and how these impact the information industry. • Social media and crowdsourcing vis-à-vis historical newspaper collections • Tracing family history or local heritage through newspaper archives • Issues of E-Legal Deposit: online news and newspapers Other proposals relevant to the main Pre-Conference theme will also be considered. Submission Guidelines: • Proposal abstracts should be submitted in English as an MS file. • Proposal abstracts for the IFLA Newspapers/GENLOC Pre-Conference Satellite Meeting must be submitted by 31st January 2013, must be in English and should clearly include: • Title of proposed presentation • Abstract of proposed paper (no more than 300 words) • Name(s) of presenter(s) plus position and/or title • Employer/affiliated institution • Contact information including email address, telephone number • Short biographical statement of presenter(s) • Language of presentation • Proposal abstracts should be submitted to (yes to all 4!): • Mazelan Anuar: Mazelan_ANUAR@nlb.gov.sg; • Jessie Yak: Jessie_YAK@nlb.gov.sg; • Frederick Zarndt: frederick@frederickzarndt.com • Elizabeth Melrose: elizabeth.melrose@btinternet.com • Selected presenters will be notified by 4th March 2013 Accepted papers: • Complete accepted papers should be c.3000- 6000 words in length, be an original submission not published elsewhere • Complete accepted papers and accompanying presentation slides must be submitted by the end of June 2013 • Final papers should be written in English • 25 minutes will be allowed for the delivery of the paper • The Sections will have the accepted papers translated into at least three languages and these papers will be made available on a Conference website Please note that the Programme Committee regrets that it has no funding to assist prospective authors and the submission of an abstract must be on the understanding that the costs of attending the Pre-conference, including registration, travel, accommodation and other expenses, are the responsibility of the presenters of the accepted papers, or their institutions. No financial support can be provided by IFLA, but a special invitation can be issued to authors. For more information on the IFLA Newspapers Section, please visit: http://www.ifla.org/newspapers. For more information on the IFLA GENLOC Section, please visit: http://www.ifla.org/genealogy-and-local-history. To discuss any matter relating to this Call for Papers, please contact: Gene Tan: Genetan@nlb.gov.sg Frederick Zarndt: frederick@frederickzarndt.com Elizabeth Melrose: elizabeth.melrose@btinternet.com Please disseminate and share this information with all colleagues who may be interested. Looking forward to see all of you in Singapore! Important dates 31 Jan 2013 Abstracts due 4 Mar 2013 Acceptance notices sent to authors 30 Jun 2013 Completed papers and presentation submitted. Best regards, Frederick Zarndt Chair, IFLA Newspapers Section Tel. +1.801.361.3204 Fax +1.888.723.3204 Skype frederickzarndt |
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79thIFLA General Congress & Assembly: Library Theory and Research Section Satellite Meeting |
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| Date: | 14-15 August 2013 |
| Location: | University of Illinois, Advanced Digital Science Center, Singapore |
| Comments: | Call for Papers: The IFLA Library Theory and Research Section Satellite Meeting in Singapore, 14-15 August 2013 “How do we fit in the global knowledge environment? Researching the library’s role” The IFLA Library Theory and Research Section is pleased to invite submissions for its forthcoming Satellite meeting in Singapore. Dates: 14 – 15 of August 2013. Location: University of Illinois, Advanced Digital Science Center 1 Fusionopolis Way, #20-10 Connexis North Tower, Singapore 138632 Submissions All proposals must be submitted by midnight GMT on January 10th, 2012. Please submit your proposals with the following elements to: Heidi Kristin Olsen Spesialbibliotekar / Senior Librarian Høgskolen i Vestfold / Vestfold University College Heidi.K.Olsen@hive.no The proposal must include the following. • Title of Proposed Presentation • Outline of proposed presentation – 300 words maximum • Name(s) of presenters with employer or affiliated institution, plus full contact information (phone and email) • Short biographical statements regarding the presenter(s) (300 words maximum per presenter) • The satellite themes the proposal addresses • The type of session proposed o Full paper to be published in conference proceedings o Research report o Other: Please note All expenses, including $100 USD registration for the satellite conference, travel, accommodation, etc., are the responsibility of the authors/presenters. No financial support can be provided by IFLA, but a special invitation can be issued to authors. Virginia Chapman Publisher Emerald Group Publishing Limited BME www.emeraldinsight.com Tel: 00 44 1274 515667 Fax: 00 44 1274 785200 |
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Pre-conference event at IFLA 2013: Workshop on Global Collaboration of Information Schools |
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| Date: | 15 August, 2013 |
| Location: | Nanyang Technological University, Singapore |
| Comments: | Call for Participation: Workshop on Global Collaboration of Information Schools 15 August, 2013. Venue: Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Organized by: IFLA Education & Training Section and the Consortium of iSchools Asia-Pacific (CiSAP) In collaboration with: ·Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore http://www.wkwsci.ntu.edu.sg/ Research Center for Knowledge Communities, University of Tsukuba, Japan http://kc.tsukuba.ac.jp/index_en.html About the workshop Information schools are essentially a concept and a movement that has emerged to shape and foster a multidisciplinary approach to the study of ‘Information’. These schools have taken different routes from different disciplinary origins, primarily Library and Information Science, Information and Computer Technology, Media and Communication, Archives and Recordkeeping, and Business Management. The strength of library and information science (LIS) schools is that they know how to design and manage libraries as a forum for people to make good use of information facilities and resources, and they know how to manage huge knowledge resources for people and over time. The development of WWW and new social networking services over the Internet have shown that coupling knowledge resources with knowledge sharing are key for the development of our communities. LIS schools have to demonstrate their relevance in helping people to fully exploit knowledge assets in the networked information, where the importance of libraries as a physical repository of knowledge resources may not be obvious to the general public. “Information Schools” is one new direction for LIS schools to realize their potential in the networked information environment. The social demands of libraries as a physical instance or a cyber-instance depend on culture and the social environment of each country and region. Information schools around the world have developed various kinds collaborations in education and research, and for sharing ideas and resources. In the Asia-Pacific region,the Consortium of iSchools Asia-Pacific (http://www.cisap.asia) was set up as a voluntary organization of “information schools” with different roots but which are seeking to re-establish their relevance in the complex and evolving information environment of the 21^st century. In North America, the iSchools organization (http://ischools.org/) is a collection of iSchools with each school having “its own strengths and specializations, together they share a fundamental interest in the relationships between information, people, and technology.” There are other collaborative networks of LIS/information schools around the world. This one day workshop is planned to foster exchange and collaboration among educators, researchers and practitioners who are involved in information schools of all types from different regions of the world. It will help participants to share information about faculty and student exchange and recruitment opportunities, experiences and lessons learnt. The workshop will include paper presentations and open discussion to foster collaboration among LIS/information schools. The topics of papers include: -Regional collaborative environments for the development of LIS schools -Regional environments for the development of LIS schools in the networked information society and globalization -More L or more I in research and education? -Current and possible collaborative activities among schools to exchange students and faculty members -Current and possible collaborative research and education -Current and possible collaborative curriculum development -Overcoming barriers to potential collaboration amongst LIS schools, etc. This satellite session to the IFLA 2013 conference is organized in collaboration with the IFLA Section on Education and Training (contact Assoc Prof Kerry Smith: k.smith@curtin.edu.au Important Dates*: submission due: 30 April, 2013 acceptance notification: 31 May,2013 final paper submission: 15 July, 2013 Workshop: 15 August, 2013 Paper submission instruction: Please send an abstract (1 page or about 500words), in English, of the proposed paper and relevant biographical information of the author(s)/presenter(s) by 30April2013 towis_cisap@googlegroups.com and send Copy to: Claven Hao-Ren Ke Program Chair, Workshop on Global Collaboration of iSchools email:clavenke@ntnu.edu.tw Please indicate "IFLA 2013 Workshop on Global Collaboration of Information Schools" in the subject line. Abstracts received will be reviewed by members of the Program Committee. Successful proposals will be identified by 31May2013. Full papers will be due by 15July2013. Organizing Committee co-chairs ・Shigeo Sugimoto (University of Tsukuba, Japan) ・Christopher Khoo (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) Program Committee co-chairs ・Hao-Ren Ke (National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan) ・Chern Li Liew (Victoria University Wellington, New Zealand) Publication Co-chairs ・Shaheen Majid (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) ・Vilas Wuwongse (Tammasat University, Thailand) Publicity Co-chairs ・Christopher Khoo (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) ・Hideo Joho (University of Tsukuba, Japan) Organizing Committee Gobinda Chowdhury (University Technology Sydney, Australia) Hao-Ren Ke (National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan) Christopher Khoo (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) Chern Li Liew (Victoria University Wellington, Australia) Brendan Luyt (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) Shaheen Majid (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) Shigeo Sugimoto (University of Tsukuba, Japan) Shalini Urs (University of Mysore, India) Vilas Wuwongse (Tammasat University, Thailand) |
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79th IFLA Congress & Assembly: Satellite meeting: Preservation and Conservation section |
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| Date: | 14-15 August 2013 |
| Location: | Suntec International Convention & Exhibition centre , Singapore |
| Comments: | Call for Papers: DISASTERS AND LIBRARIES - Prevention, intervention, reconstruction of the paper and digital collections and infrastructures after a disaster. Preservation and conservation section August 14-15, 2013, Suntec International Convention & Exhibition centre , Singapore The main purpose of this satellite conference is to present the solutions find in the libraries and archives to deal with disaster focuses on the use of the new technologies to limit the damages, the role of the regional and international cooperation for prevention, intervention and reconstruction with a special part dedicated to the Asia Pacific situation. The call of paper concern the following themes: - Preservation against disasters - Intervention in case of disaster - Reconstruction after disaster This satellite meeting will have a half day workshop on how the nanotechnologies can help to deal with disasters in libraries and archives. This satellite meeting will also have a panel discussion around the register @risk section project in relation with the IFLA key initiative 4 and the international cooperation during and after disasters. Submission Guidelines: Papers can be written and given in any of the official IFLA languages: English, French, German, Russian, Spanish. However, abstracts should be submitted in English. Proposals must be submitted by February 28, 2013 must be in English and must include the following: Title of proposed presentation Outline/abstract of the proposed paper/presentation (no more than 300 words) Name(s) of presenter(s) Position or title of presenter(s) Presenter(s) employer or affiliated institution E-mail address Telephone/fax numbers Short biographical statement regarding the presenter/s Language of presentation 15 minutes will be allowed for a summary delivery of the paper in the Conference (followed by 5 minute discussion/s). The full written paper is not to be read. Important dates: Submission deadline February 28, 2013. Please indicate "IFLA Proposal WLIC 2013" on the subject line. The Review Committee will evaluate all submitted materials and successful applicants will be notified by March 11, 2013. Complete accepted papers must be between 3000 and 6000 words in length, be an original submission not published elsewhere and are due by May 31st 2013, so that translations can be organised. All papers will be published on IFLA.org The Proposals should be sent to: Danielle Mincio, Chair Preservation & Conservation Section E-mail: Danielle.Mincio@bcu.unil.ch and Ornella Foglieni, Secretary Preservation and Conservation Section E-mail: ornella_foglieni@regione.lombardia.it and ofoglie@gmail.com For more information, please contact: Danielle Mincio, Chair Preservation & Conservation Section E-mail: Danielle.Mincio@bcu.unil.ch and Ornella Foglieni, Secretary Preservation and Conservation Section E-mail: ornella_foglieni@regione.lombardia.it and ofoglie@gmail.com Submissions All proposals must be in before 28 February 2013. Please note: All expenses, travel, accommodation etc., are the responsibility of the authors/presenters. No financial support can be provided by IFLA, but a special invitation can be issued to authors. This satellite meeting is free of fee. Danielle Mincio Chair of the IFLA Preservation and Conservation Section 2011-2013 Former Member of IFLA Governing Board 2007-2011 Conservateur des manuscrits Responsable PAC Présidente du COSADOCA Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire - Lausanne Unithèque CH 1015 Lausanne Dorigny Suisse Tél +41 21 692 47 83 Fax+ 41 21 692 48 45 |
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Satellite Meeting – IFLA World Library and Information Congress Information Literacy Section and Reference & Information Services Section |
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| Date: | 15-16 August 2013 |
| Location: | National Library Building, Singapore |
| Comments: | Satellite Meeting – Call for Papers (Extended deadline: 15 Feb 2013) Satellite Meeting – IFLA World Library and Information Congress Information Literacy Section and Reference & Information Services Section August 15-16, 2013, National Library Building, Singapore Main Theme: “Re-defining and Refining Information Literacy and Reference Services in the Digital Age” In today’s digital age, reference services and information literacy (IL) are more interconnected and relevant than ever. Librarians are required to improve their own IL competency to provide better IL instruction to users, leading to increasingly digital-savvy users who are able to find information on their own. As a result, librarians are faced with fewer but more difficult reference enquiries. With the growth of digital materials, users are gaining more direct access to information – creating a shift in resources from reference services to IL, research assistance and outreach – a true challenge for reference services. Additionally, the rapid development of digital and social media tools has brought about new innovations such as virtual reference, instant messaging, and other forms of online engagement – each of which brings its own challenges and opportunities. Main Topics We are interested in papers addressing the connections / interconnections between information literacy and reference services such as (but not limited to): Role (integration) of information literacy in reference work § Media literacy and reference work § Civic literacy and reference work § Transliteracy and reference work § Metaliteracy and reference work § E-literacy and reference work § Digital literacy and reference work § Computer literacy and reference work § Scientific literacy and reference work § Visual literacy and reference work § Digital empowerment and reference work § Providing better reference services and improving librarians’ information literacy competency § Redirecting resources from reference services to user instruction, research assistance and outreach § Deploying paraprofessionals in informational and instructional services § Professional competencies of reference and information literacy librarians § Training of information literacy and reference librarians § Planning strategies for information literacy AND/OR reference services § Branding, promotion and marketing § Partnership and collaboration § Collaborative relationships and strategic integration § Complementary roles of librarians, teachers and parents Papers addressing any topic related to information literacy AND/OR reference services from more than one perspective are also welcomed. The scope of the conference includes, but is not limited to the following areas: § Impacts of technological developments on reference service, information literacy and outreach (e.g. web 2.0 ; web 3.0 ; mobile technologies ; trends, emerging technologies and innovation; growth of digital resources; gaming and application software (apps); digital reference tools; tiered reference services) § Strategies in e-learning to promote self-directed and sustainable learning in the area of information literacy skills § Developing effective and innovative information literacy instruction § Supporting users need through library 2.0 and beyond § Reframing information literacy as meta-literacy (media literacy, digital literacy, visual literacy, financial literacy, health literacy, cyber wellness) § Measuring in information literacy instruction assessment § Developing information literacy skills for the next generation: the complementary roles of librarians, teachers and parents § Branding and promotion of information literacy in schools, organizations and communities § Integrating information literacy into the curriculum § Trends in reference services: cyber reference services, virtual reference services, mobile reference services, expert crowd sourcing, global reference volunteers § Evaluation of reference services § Issue of future reference services (e.g. commercial reference services, staff training, work fatigue and stress) § Artificial intelligence for reference services (e.g. siri) Paper Submission We accept research reports, smaller scale interactive roundtable discussions, train-the-trainer workshops, pecha kucha and poster sessions. First-time presenters and new professionals are encouraged to apply. Students are also invited to participate. All proposals must be submitted by February 15, 2013 using the proposal submission form. Important Dates Submission of Abstracts and Proposals: February 15, 2013 Notification of acceptance: April 1, 2013 Dissemination of final programme: May 1, 2013 Deadline for authors to submit slides: July 22, 2013 Satellite Meeting - August 15-16, 2013 More information: See the Conference website for additional details at: http://infolit.nl.sg/ Submission: All proposals must be in before 15 February 2013. |
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Welcome to IFLAcamp² |
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| Date: | 15-16 August 2013 |
| Location: | Li Ka Shing Library of the Singapore Management University, Singapore |
| Comments: | Following-up the first IFLAcamp in 2012, the New Professionals Special Interest Group and the Asia and Oceania Section welcome you to IFLAcamp², the WLIC2013 unconference for new and established professionals! what IFLAcamp² is a two-day satellite meeting in the mode of an unconference that provides plenty of space for ad-hoc sessions and group discussions. The participant-driven approach will allow for active involvement of all attendees and including all kinds of topics of interest. who IFLAcamp² is a joint event by the New Professionals Special Interest Group and the Asia and Oceania Section. when IFLAcamp² will take place from 15-16 August 2013. where We are going to meet in the Li Ka Shing Library of the Singapore Management University. Located in the heart of Singapore, we will not only spend two intensive days of unconferencing, but also have the chance to explore this exciting metropole and enjoy some culinary adventures. For more information check out the IFLAcamp² website! |
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CoLIS 8 |
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| Date: | 19-22 August, 2013 |
| Location: | Royal School of Library and Information Science in Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Comments: | Call for papers CoLIS 8 Eight International Conference on Conceptions of Library and Information Science will take place at the Royal School of Library and Information Science in Copenhagen August, 19.-22. 2013. This is an important conference for everybody interested in theoretical and conceptual issues and trends in Library and Information Science, as well as Knowledge Organization. Please consider to submit a paper or a poster or take part in the conference. Note the dates in your calendar. All papers accepted will be published in the journal Information Research and indexed in the ISI-databases (citation indexes). Further information on the conference website: http://www.iva.dk/english/colis8/call-for-papers/ (The homepage for CoLIS 8 is frequently updated). with kind regards Birger Hjørland |
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79th IFLA General Congress and Assembly: Acquisitions and Collection Development Section |
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| Date: | 17-23 August 2013 |
| Location: | Singapore |
| Comments: | CALL FOR PAPERS World Library and Information Congress 2013: Acquisitions and Collection Development Section 79th IFLA General Congress and Assembly, Singapore , 17-23 August 2013 Conference Theme: Future Libraries: Infinite Possibilities http://www.ifla.org/acquisition-collection-development The Section’s 2 hour Open Session is: Collaboration in Collections: Libraries, Users and Information Providers Building and maintaining relevant collections requires innovation in these challenging times as libraries establish a greater digital footprint and explore different channels of scholarly communication and information delivery. Working together with publishers and vendors to find ways to meet the diverse expectations and needs of library users demands new models of communication, programming, organizational infrastructure, reliance on multiple and changing technologies, and accompanying services. This Open Session will emphasize how innovation and collaboration within libraries, among users and with the publishing and provider community will advance the role of collections. Suggested subthemes, with a focus on innovation and best practices for potential speakers to consider: • Responding to users’ expectations – how & when • Role of Open Access • Impact of eResources – challenges with acquisitions, licensing, pricing, perpetuity, use • Cooperative collection development • Resource relevance • Relationships with information providers • Collection assessment • Selection and de-selection • Discovery of collections • Promoting collections The section invites speakers from all library environments (academic, public, government, school, special) who can address any of these themes in a 15 minute presentation at the WLIC meeting. The goal is to create a diverse program of 4-5 speakers representing libraries from different parts of the world who have different experiences to share. Proposed papers must be original and not have been published elsewhere. It is hoped that all presenters will be able to prepare a formal paper, as well as a PowerPoint presentation, however IFLA realizes that it may be impractical to require that every speaker prepare a formal paper and PowerPoint slides. If that is the case, those speakers must prepare a substantial abstract, including references with URLs and bibliographies to accompany their presentation. All selected papers will have abstracts and links to full papers on the conference website. Presentations can be made in any of the official IFLA languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Spanish, Russian, but an accompanying translation of all papers into English must be provided. Important Dates with which to comply: 31 January 2013 – Deadline for submitting 300 word proposals for papers and presentations, or substantial abstracts of 500 words if no paper will be prepared, plus a very brief biographical statement of speaker(s). Information should include: title of presentation; subthemes that it addresses, abstract, all authors, noting likely presenter; institutional affiliations; contact information, including all eMail addresses 28 February 2013 – Announcement of final program and communication with all who submit proposals. IFLA HQ notified of outcome from call. 1 May 2013 – Deadline for submission of final paper. Papers should be no more than 3,000 words and papers can be submitted in any of the official IFLA languages: Arabic, Chinese, Chinese, French, German, Spanish, Russian, but an accompanying translation of all papers into English must be provided. Attempts will be made to provide translations into other official languages. 30 June 2013 – Deadline for all PowerPoint presentations from Speakers June/July 2013 – All speakers will be notified of the time of the program. All proposals will be reviewed by a jury composed of members of the Acquisitions and Collection Development Section. Please note that unfortunately, there are no funds to assist with your attendance at WLIC 2013. Please also note that in accordance with IFLA’s Open Access Statement, all papers that are presented at the WLIC 2013 should be available under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license. All submissions and any questions should be sent to be sent via eMail in a MS Word attachment to Julia Gelfand (jgelfand@uci.edu) by 31 January 2013. The receipt of all submissions will be acknowledged. Dr. Regine Schmolling Leiterin der Abtlg. Kulturwissenschaften Head of the Dept. of Cultural Studies, Subject Specialist Fachref. Romanistik, Allg. u. vergl. Spr.- u. Litwiss.,Kulturwissenschaft, Ethnologie, Orientalistik, Slavistik Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Bremen Postfach 330160 28331 Bremen Tel.: +49 (0)421-218-59560 Fax: +49 (0) 421-218-59610 schmolling@suub.uni-bremen.de |
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79th IFLA Congress & Assembly: Management and Marketing Section |
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| Date: | 17-23 August 2013 |
| Location: | Singapore, |
| Comments: | Call for Papers: IFLA World Library Congress, Singapore, 17th-23th of August 2013 IFLA Management and Marketing Section THEME: Marketing on a Shoestring: A Lightning Round of Ideas Libraries of all types are challenged to stretch limited resources to respond to diverse customer group wants and needs. Enthusiastic library users are calling on libraries to provide popular services such as e-books, government information and Internet access. Libraries serve as the premiere providers of lifelong learning resources and as repositories for society’s knowledge bank. These growing and disparate roles require increased financial support from funders and other key stakeholders. Strategic marketing planning is critical if today’s library staff are to maintain services and resources, as well as to effectively communicate funding needs. In this changing environment, budgets for marketing the library are minimal or non-existent. Yet sometimes good partners, ideas, strategy and support have more impact than even an increase in funding. “Marketing on a Shoestring: A Lightning Round of Ideas” will “spark” creativity by offering illustrative case studies and points of view for successful marketing strategies that are not costly, but will gain recognition and resources. We are planning for an “electrical” exchange that will help attendees promote their libraries in communities where it counts. We have the following suggested themes for potential speakers, but feel free to come up with your own ideas: • Successful marketing outcomes with little financial support – how does this work? • “Free” social media tools – how can these best facilitate marketing? • Unpaid partners, stakeholders and advocates: what role can they play in implementing the library’s marketing strategy? • Marketing mix strategies: how can the library change the place of delivery, cost to customer and/or promotion without driving up library costs? • No or little cost advertising: how can the library gain cooperation from the media? • Secondary data such as census reports or other marketing data: how can this best be used for today’s library? SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Papers can be written and given in any of the official IFLA languages: English, French, German, Russian, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese. However, abstracts should be submitted in English. Proposals for Marketing Papers must be submitted by January 31, 2013, must be in English and must include the following: 1. Title of proposed presentation 2. Outline/abstract of the proposed paper/presentation (no more than 300 words) 3. Name(s) of presenter(s) 4. Position or title of presenter(s) 5. Presenter(s) employer or affiliated institution 6. E-mail address 7. Telephone/fax numbers 8. Short biographical statement regarding the presenter/s 9. Language of presentation Because this is a lightning round, 10 minutes will be allowed for a summary delivery of the paper at the session, followed by a 5 minute period to raise questions. The questions will be taken down and during the last half hour, presenters will be asked to answer the questions, and additional questions will also be taken from the audience. The full written paper is not to be read. IMPORTANT DATES Submissions Submission deadline: January 31, 2013. Please indicate "IFLA Proposal WLIC 2013" on the subject line. Proposals should be sent by email to: Hella Klauser klauser@bibliotheksverband.de For more information: http://www.ifla.org/management-and-marketing Review Process The Review Committee will evaluate all submitted materials and successful applicants will be notified by March 8, 2013. Complete accepted papers must be between 3000 and 6000 words in length, be an original submission not published elsewhere and are due by May 31, 2013, so that translations can be organized. All papers will be published on IFLA.org Please note: All expenses, including registration for the conference, travel, accommodation etc., are the responsibility of the authors/presenters. No financial support can be provided by IFLA, but a special invitation can be issued to authors. |
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79th IFLA Congress & Assembly: Serials and other Continuing Resources Section |
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| Date: | 17-23 August 2013 |
| Location: | Singapore |
| Comments: | Theme: “Gold mining! Text and Data Mining of Journals - Librarians, Publishers and researchers excavating the treasure trove" World Library and Information Congress 79th IFLA General Congress and Assembly 17-23 August 2013, Singapore The Serials and Other Continuing Resources Section (SOCRS) invites colleagues to submit proposals for its two-hour open session at the IFLA Congress in Singapore on the theme of Text and Data Mining of Scholarly Journals. Enormous quantities of new information and data are generated everyday through economic, academic and social activities with some predictions estimating an increase at a rate of 40% each year. Techniques such as text, data mining and analytics are required to exploit the potential of these data which have significant potential economic and societal value. Scholarly journals and data sources are increasingly available in electronic format making them more accessible to researchers and innovators. However, accessibility and availability do not mean that users can easily analyse the content and data that underpins scholarly output to find sought after information or to develop new insights. Text and data mining can change this. Our session aims to present case studies about these terrific new developments in serials text and data mining, and some practical advice about how librarians, publishers and academics can rise to these new challenges. We invite papers that address the following issues: * Recent text mining projects * The role of libraries in supporting text and data mining activities * Challenges and opportunities of data mining for Publishers and database providers * Collaborative opportunities and experiences of Librarians, Publishers and Researchers * New services, initiatives and projects on text and data mining Proposals must include the following information: 1. Name and institution of speaker(s) 2. Contact information for speaker(s) 3. Brief biographical information 4. Proposal title 5. Brief (250 word) abstract of the proposed paper 6. Language of presentation Important dates Proposal submission deadline: Friday 22nd February 2013 Notification of acceptance: Friday 15th March 2013 Submission of completed paper: 31 May 2013 Proposals should be sent by email to Helen Heinrich, Secretary of the SOCR Standing Committee helen.heinrich@csun.edu by Friday 22nd February 2013. Finalists will be notified by March 15th, 2013, and will be expected to submit final versions of their papers in one of the official IFLA languages by May 31, 2013. For more information, please contact Helen Heinrich, Secretary of Serials and other Continuing Resources Section (helen.heinrich@csun.edu) or Helen Adey, Chair of the Committee (helen.adey@ntu.ac.uk). Please also note that in accordance with IFLA’s Open Access Statement, all papers that are presented at the WLIC 2013 should be available under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license. (Note: All expenses, including registration for the conference, travel, accommodation etc., are the responsibility of the authors. No financial support can be provided by IFLA, but a special invitation can be issued to authors, if required. The Singapore National Committee and IFLA have worked hard to secure funds for Conference Participation Grants. Up-to-date information will be available on the Conference Participation Grants webpage.) Helen Adey, Resource Acquisition & Supply Team Manager, Libraries & Learning Resources, Nottingham Trent University, Hollymount House, 34 Clarendon St, Nottingham. NG1 5JD t: +44(0)115 848 6559 Mobile: +44(0)7770 678802 e: helen.adey@ntu.ac.uk |
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79th IFLA general Congress & Assembly:IFLA UNIMARC Core Activity |
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| Date: | 17-23 August 2013 |
| Location: | Singapore |
| Comments: | The IFLA UNIMARC Core Activity invites papers to be presented at 79th IFLA General Conference and Assembly, Singapore, August 2013. THEME : EXPANDING MARC METADATA SERVICES WITH LINKED OPEN DATA There is a promising future for existing library metadata in the evolving semantic web and linked data environment. The quantity and quality of existing MARC records make it an unquestionable source for expanding data services that have the potential to easily share bibliographic data at a global level, providing innovative and sophisticated new ways of reusing data that reach far beyond the library community. This session will focus on concepts, strategies, experiences, technical issues and prospects of linked open data (LOD) applied to MARC and UNIMARC records. Contributions are invited on topics such as: Open data policies LOD strategies and technical issues Experiments and projects of LOD implementation Implications of linked data for the future of bibliographic data standards Submissions: The deadline for submitting proposals is 31 March 2013. How to submit - Send your proposal by email - an abstract (minimum 300 words) in English, complemented by short biographical information and contacts of the author(s) to: Maria Inês Cordeiro Director, IFLA UNIMARC Core Activity icordeiro@bnportugal.pt Abstracts will be reviewed by members of the Permanent UNIMARC Committee. Authors of selected proposals will be notified by 15 April 2013. Full papers - will be due by 31 May 2013 to allow time for editing and translations. More information at: http://www.ifla.org/news/call-for-papers-unimarc-session-at-ifla-2013-0 |
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79th IFLA Congress & Assembly: Women, Information & Libraries SIG |
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| Date: | 17-23 August 2013 |
| Location: | Singapore |
| Comments: | IFLA Women Information and Libraries Call for Paper Proposals for the World Library and Information Congress: 79th IFLA General Conference and Assembly, Singapore, August 2013. Call for proposals IFLA Women, Information and Libraries Special Interest Group (WIL) invite colleagues to submit proposals for its conference session to be held in Singapore, August 2013. Conference Theme: LIS professionals improving the lives of women in Asia Oceania. Scope / Objectives of the Session The session will discuss current library and information initiatives which are supporting and improving the lives of women living in the Asia Oceania region. It would include examples of work by library and information professionals: Contributing to the development of women in the Asia Oceania region by democratising access to information; Collecting and preserving the memories of women in the Asia Oceania region; Bridging the digital gap faced by some women in the Asia Oceania region; Providing access to human rights, gender equality and women specific information to women in the Asia Oceania region. Submission Guidelines Proposals to be submitted by email to wilsig@googlemail.com including: - Title of the paper - Abstract of 200-250 words, summarising the paper - 3-6 keywords - Speaker's name, professional affiliation, postal address, email address and brief biographical note (no full CVs please). Conference presentations will be made in English. They will be no longer than 15 minutes, with extra time for discussion at the end of the session. Colleagues from the Asia and Oceania region, especially first-time presenters and new professionals, are warmly encouraged to submit abstracts. Proposals will be reviewed by a selection panel chaired by the Convener of the Women, Information and Libraries Special Interest Group. Papers and presentations should be unpublished, original works. IFLA has first publication rights to papers selected. All expenses, including registration for the conference, travel and accommodation are the responsibility of the presenters. No financial support can be provided by IFLA. Letters of invitation can be issued to presenters upon request. Deadlines: Submission of abstracts: Sunday 10th March 2013: Notification of acceptance: By Friday 15th March 2013 (authors who do not receive a response by this date may assume that their abstract has not been selected). Further information: http://www.ifla.org/news/call-for-paper-proposals-lis-professionals-improving-the-lives-of-women-in-asia-oceania Maria Cotera, Convener, Women, Information and Libraries Special Interest Group wilsig@googlemail.com http://www.ifla.org/women-information-and-libraries |
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79th IFLA Congress & Assembly: Classification & Indexing Section |
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| Date: | 17-23 August 2013 |
| Location: | Singapore |
| Comments: | World Library and Information Congress: 79th IFLA General Conference and Assembly, Singapore, 17-23 August 2013. Classification & Indexing Section Open Session. Call for Papers: “Subject access: Infinite possibilities” For the Classification & Indexing Section Open Session we invite presentations showing new, unique, or innovative ways of providing subject access to users from all types of libraries – approaches or applications that go beyond the traditional or the ordinary, being exemplars of “infinite possibilities”. For example … · Are you developing or applying subject access tools that exceed expectations, facilitating infinite possibilities for your users’ needs? · Do you provide subject access to resources through library architecture or shelving design that is unique, innovative, or seen as “cutting edge”? · Have you designed new or particularly creative tools for navigating subject repositories? · Do you use subject metadata in novel or unexpected ways in recommendation or other subject access services? · Is there a connection between your subject access policies and learning environments that are creative, or encouraging of “thinking outside the box”? · Are you designing structured vocabularies for the linked data cloud that lead the way to infinite possibilities for subject access? · Do you offer innovative genre access for fiction, children’s literature, audiovisual media, or emerging digital objects? · Do you work in a library or other information institution with a unique social tagging success story? · Has your library or information institution devised strategic approaches to managing the vast landscape of subject access systems and tools that threaten to overwhelm users with infinite possibilities? If so, then please consider submitting a short paper to present at our Open Session in Singapore. We are particularly interested in presentations from Singaporean libraries or libraries of the Asian/Southeast Asian areas. Submissions The deadline for submitting short papers is 8 February, 2013 Papers should be in English and no more than 2000 words in length. The submission should also include: Abstract of approximately 150 words, summarizing the paper Author’s name, professional affiliation, postal address, and email address. Short papers and presentations should represent unpublished, original work. Submissions will be reviewed by a selection committee of members of the Standing Committee of the Classification and Indexing Section. Successful short papers will be identified by March 1, 2013, and authors notified shortly thereafter. Authors should be prepared to give presentations at the C&IS Open Session at the IFLA Conference, held between August 17-23, 2013. The length of the presentations should be approximately 15 minutes with 5 minutes for questions/discussion. The conference will be conducted in English and all presentations will be required to be in English. Successful short papers will be translated into the official languages of IFLA. IFLA has first publication rights to papers selected. Short paper submissions should be sent to Lynne C. Howarth, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, at: lynne.howarth@utoronto.ca. Please note: All expenses, including registration for the conference, travel, accommodation etc., are the responsibility of the authors/presenters. No financial support can be provided by IFLA, but a special invitation can be issued to authors. |
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79th IFLA Congress & Assembly: Rare Books and Manuscripts Section with Asia and Oceania Section |
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| Date: | 17-23 August 2013 |
| Location: | Singapore |
| Comments: | Call for Papers: Rare Books and Manuscripts Section with Asia and Oceania Section IFLA WLIC CONGRESS 2013, SINGAPORE “Rare and special collections in the Asian or Oceanian context” IFLA Rare Books and Manuscripts Section and the Regional Standing Committee for Asia and Oceania want to promote awareness of special collections, not only as heritage of the past, but also as a foundation for the future. Therefore we need to ask how « new » special collections come into being, what defines a special collection and how can we ensure that special and rare material is collected today to serve the cultural memory of tomorrow. The objective of this year’s session is to identify and present materials and collections considered rare or special in Asian or Oceanian institutions, or collections of rare materials from Asia or Oceania held in institutions in other parts of the world. A special emphasis in this session will be on why these materials are considered to be rare or special, and the consequences on actions for preservation and marketing. Proposals for papers can be sent for the one-day session to be held in the National Library of Singapore, during the 2013 IFLA World Library and Information Congress; it is hoped that more information on these special collections can be offered in posters during the session at the National Library. The proposed papers and posters should focus on printed and handwritten collections, or any collection considered as “special” and to be preserved over a long period. Papers can be given in any of the IFLA official languages (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Russian and Spanish), but papers or abstracts in English will be preferred as simultaneous translation will not be offered. Proposals should include An abstract of paper approximately 500 words, preferably in English. Attach a summary of the author(s) details (name, institution, position) and a brief biographical statement of no more than 50 words. Proposals must be sent no later than 31 January 2013 to: Raphaële Mouren, Chair, Rare Books and Manuscripts section: raphaele.mouren@enssib.fr and Dan Dorner, Chair, IFLA Regional Standing Committee for Asia and Oceania dan.dorner@vuw.ac.nz Chosen papers will be notified by March 1st, 2013. Papers Presenters will be expected to submit final versions of their papers by May 1st, 2013. Please note: All expenses, including registration for the conference, travel, accommodation etc., are the responsibility of the authors/presenters. No financial support can be provided by IFLA, but a special invitation can be issued to authors. |
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79th IFLA Congress & Assembly: Social Science Libraries Section |
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| Date: | 17-23 August 2013 |
| Location: | Singapore |
| Comments: | Call for Papers: Social Science Libraries Section Theme: Libraries and social movements: a force for change The IFLA Social Sciences Libraries Section is seeking proposals for papers to be presented at a two-hour program to be held at the IFLA World Library and Information Congress in Singapore in August 17-23, 2013. We request submissions related to libraries and their roles working with communities to support, engage and document social movements. All aspects of this topic will be considered, including: how libraries support social movements, how they preserve/document social movements, how the ability to digitize has affected this role, how they provide access to information to support social change. Examples of paper topics include papers that discuss libraries and their roles in the recent social movements in the Arab world, the Occupy movement around the world, local community work, and others. We prefer submissions that demonstrate real experiences/case studies – papers that tell a story. Papers presenting historical perspectives will also be considered. The program will feature up to five presentations of 15-20 minutes each with additional time for questions. Papers should reflect the 2013 conference theme, “Future Libraries: Infinite Possibilities" and IFLA President Ingrid Parent’s theme, “Libraries – A force for change.” Language of the session: Papers should be in one of the IFLA official languages. The session will not include simultaneous interpretation, therefore the presentation and presentation slides should be in English. Submissions: Send proposals via email to: lizinatl@gmail.com Liz Cooper, Chair, Social Sciences Libraries Section Important Dates: February 28, 2013: Deadline to submit proposals/abstracts. Proposals should include: title abstract of no more than 300 words brief biography for the speaker or speakers Email contact address March 18, 2013: Proposals will be reviewed and successful candidates will be notified. May 17, 2013: Deadline for selected presenters to submit formal paper (for inclusion on the IFLA conference website and the Section’s website). Details regarding the format and length of the final paper will be sent to candidates whose abstracts are accepted. Submissions: All proposals must be in before 28 February 2013. Please note: All expenses, including registration for the conference, travel, accommodation etc., are the responsibility of the authors/presenters. No financial support can be provided by IFLA, but a special invitation can be issued to authors. Congress Attendance Grants: The Singapore National Committee and IFLA have worked hard to secure funds for Conference Participation Grants. Up-to-date information will be available on our Conference Participation Grants webpage. |
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79th IFLA General Congress and Assembly: School Library and Information Literacy Sections |
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| Date: | 17-23 August 2013 |
| Location: | Singapore |
| Comments: | The IFLA School Library and Information Literacy Sections are seeking proposals for a joint programme to be held at the IFLA Conference in Singapore in August 2013. See: http://www.ifla.org/news/call-for-papers-singapore-2013 Information literacy covers a broad spectrum of literacies required for success in the 21st century. Of the multiple literacies encountered, there is the essential challenge of developing literate citizens who are equipped to participate and contribute to the local and broader community. The program will present papers that address this challenge through school libraries and collaborators with school libraries, such as public libraries, university libraries, community entities, government agencies etc. Papers can be written and given in any of the official IFLA languages: English, French, German, Russian, Spanish. However, abstracts should be submitted in English. Proposals for School Libraries and Information for Civic Literacy Papers must be submitted by December 31, 2012, must be in English. The full call for papers is available on the IFLA WLIC 2013 Singapore website: http://conference.ifla.org/ Tricia Adams IFLA School Libraries & Resource Centers Web Officer Director, School Library Association 1 Pine Court, Kembrey Park Swindon, SN2 8AD Tel: 01793 530166 Fax: 01793 481182 Mobile: 07532 231946 Email: tricia.adams@sla.org.uk Registered Charity no. 313660 & SC039453 Company Limited by Guarantee No: 552476 |
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79th IFLA Congress & Assembly: Science and Technology Libraries Section |
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| Date: | 17-23 August 2013 |
| Location: | Singapore |
| Comments: | IFLA Science and Technology Libraries Section Theme: Education and training for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Medicine) librarianship: an international perspective Papers are invited to be presented at 79th IFLA General Conference and Assembly, Singapore, in August 2013 on the above mentioned theme. Proposal abstract (max 1000 words) must be submitted by January 25, 2013. Details at: http://conference.ifla.org/ifla79/calls-for-papers/education-and-training-for-stem Contacts: Deva E. Reddy, PhD Chair, IFLA Science and Technology Libraries Section Associate Professor Texas A&M University College Station, TX 77843-5000, United States Tel.: +1-979-8621062 +1-979-8621062 Fax. +1-979-4580112 E-mail: dereddy@tamu.edu |
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79th IFLA General Congress & Assembly: Library Services to Multicultural Populations and Education and Training Sections |
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| Date: | 17-23 August 2013 |
| Location: | Singapore |
| Comments: | Call for Papers: Library Services to Multicultural Populations Section & Education and Training Section The Library Services to Multicultural Populations Section and Education and Training Section invites proposals for papers to be presented at a two-hour session in the next IFLA General Conference on August 2013 in Singapore. Theme: Indigenous knowledge and multiculturalism in LIS education and library training: infinite possibilities Submission deadline: 15 February 2013. Please visit the following link for the details: http://conference.ifla.org/ifla79/calls-for-papers/indigenous-knowledge-and-multiculturalism Jack Leong Information Officer IFLA-Library Services to Multicultural Populations Section |
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79th IFLA Congress & Assembly: Government Information and Official Publications Section and Government Libraries Section |
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| Date: | 17-23 August 2013 |
| Location: | Singapore |
| Comments: | The Government Information and Official Publications Section and Government Libraries Section are still accepting proposals for papers to be presented at a two-hour session in the next IFLA General Conference on August 2013 in Singapore. Theme: Information for Development Action: Governments, Civil Society and Libraries This joint session will focus on trends and patterns of information creation and dissemination in the fields of international economic development and poverty. Speakers are invited to explore types of poverty and development information being produced, the tools used for its access and discovery, the relationships between international organizations, national governments, and civil society in creating and sharing this information, and the role of libraries in building collections and providing access to this information in an increasingly digital environment. The program will appeal to librarians interested in global economic development, poverty alleviation, development assistance, and trends in official government information and civil society (NGO) publishing. Subjects of interest may include but are not limited to: Official government information om strategies for economic growth and poverty alleviation Information sources on development and poverty assistance, impact evaluation, and statistics National government strategies and information sources for economic development Poverty alleviation and development information from regional and international governmental organizations Civil society (NGO) information sources on poverty relief, capacity building, and microfinance The role of libraries in collecting, preserving, and providing access to this information Submission requirements All proposals should include the following: Title of presentation Abstract of no more than 500 words Name, E-mail address, position (title) of presenter(s), plus a brief presenter(s) biography Presenter(s) employed or affiliated institution Please send your proposal for papers no later than 15 February 2013 to: Satendra Dhaka E-mail: ssdhaka@gmail.com and Jim Church E-mail: jchurch@library.berkeley.edu Deadlines 15 February, 2013: Deadline for submission of Abstract 15 March, 2013: Notification of acceptance/rejection of paper 10 May 2013: Deadline for submission of full paper The proposals will be evaluated by the refereeing team for the IFLA Government Information and Official Publications, and Government Libraries sections. Papers for the conference should be written and presented in English. Both abstracts and full papers should be submitted as a MS Word file by e-mail. Proposed papers must be original and not have been published elsewhere. For additional questions or comments please write to: Dr. S.S. Dhaka Chair, IFLA Government Information and Official Publications Section Director, Library & Information Ministry of External Affairs Patiala House, Annexe "B" Tilak Marg, New Delhi-110001 Email: ssdhaka@gmail.com and/or: Jim Church Secretary/Treasurer, IFLA Government Information and Official Publications Section Librarian for Economics, Development Studies and International Government Information 438 Doe Library University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA, 94720 United States E-mail: jchurch@library.berkeley.edu |
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79th IFLA Congress & Assembly: LIS Education in Developing Countries Special Interest Group |
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| Date: | 17-23 August 2013 |
| Location: | Singapore |
| Comments: | World Library and Information Congress, 79th IFLA General Conference and Assembly, Future Libraries: Infinite Possibilities. 17-23 August 2013, Singapore IFLA LIS Education in Developing Countries Special Interest Group (SIG): Call for Papers Session Title: LIS Education in Developing Countries: Collaboration Across Borders as Infinite Possibilities. Collaboration enhances exchange of information for mutual benefit, and indentifying activities, sharing resources, and increases the capacity of one another to achieve mutual goals or purpose. LIS Education in developing countries will achieve greater results, success, resources, and recognition when working together. The more LIS Education in developing countries can share lessons about what works from curriculum design to programs, the more they can advance. The LIS Education in Developing Countries Special Interest Group (SIG) for the past years has provided a forum of collaboration, provided valuable opportunities to share information, generate initiatives and explore common ground in achieving their goals and aspirations. Papers should address, but not limited to: • Curriculum design • Teaching • Learning • Student exchange • Faculty exchange • Collaborative research • Lifelong learning • Governance • Internationalization • Study Abroad • Programs • Overcoming challenges Submission Guidelines: • Proposal abstract of 300 words should be submitted in English as MS file and it should include: o Title of the paper o Name (s) of presenter (s) o Position o Institution o Contact information including email address and telephone number o Short biographical statement of presenter(s) • Abstract should be submitted by February 1, 2013 to: Dr. Ismail Abdullahi: iabdullahi@nccu.edu Convener, LIS Education in Developing Countries Special Interest Group (SIG) • Accepted papers will be notified by February 20, 2013. • Full papers accepted for presentation should be sent by May 15, 2013. Papers should be in English. Each presenter will have 20 minutes for presentation. The author(s) must present the paper. • The LIS Education for Developing Countries has no funds to assist author(s). All travel expenses and conference registration will be the responsibility of the presenter (s). For more information about IFLA LIS Education in Developing Countries, please visit: http://www.ifla.org/about-lis-education-developing-countries |
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79th IFLA Congress & Assembly: National Organizations and International Relations Special Interest Group |
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| Date: | 17-23 August 2013 |
| Location: | Singapore |
| Comments: | CALL FOR PAPERS: IFLA World Library and Information Congress, 2013 Singapore National Organizations and International Relations Special Interest Group (NOIR SIG) NOIR SIG invites submissions for papers to be presented during a 2 hour open session at the 2013 IFLA Congress, to be held in Singapore, 17-23 August. Re-defining International Relations Copyright, e-lending, information literacy, inter-culturality - these and many more issues have global impact and affect our daily library work in a steadily increasing way. Although more university libraries and public libraries look for international collaborations, the necessity of global networking and involvement in international relations has not yet reached the whole library community. How do international relations offices in national libraries and national associations react to this demand? What is the role of the national organisations in facing these challenges? How are other international organizations supporting the international relations activities of their members? The session will demonstrate the importance of international involvement for libraries by providing concrete examples, and will seek responses to a number of questions about the current state of international relations activities at national level. Proposals should include: * title of the paper * name of speaker(s), with email address, professional affiliation, and brief biography * abstract of the paper - no more than 500 words Proposals must be made in English. Presentations should be maximum 20 minutes in length; time will be alloted in the session for questions and answers. A review team will evaluate all submissions and make the final decisions on content. Full papers will be made available on the IFLA website. Important dates Proposal submission deadline: Friday 15 February 2013 Notification of acceptance: Monday 11 March 2013 Submission of completed paper: 31 May 2013 Submission guidelines Proposals can be sent by email to Kelly Moore: kmoore@cla.ca The subject line must indicate: IFLA 2013 NOIR SIG proposal Please note: All expenses, including registration for the conference, travel, accommodation etc., are the responsibility of the authors/presenters. No financial support can be provided by IFLA, but a special invitation can be issued to authors. Congress attendance grants: The Singapore National Committee and IFLA have worked hard to secure funds for Conference Participation Grants. Up-to-date information will be available on our Conference Participation Grants webpage. |
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79th IFLA Congress & Assembly: Audiovisual and Multimedia Section and Cataloguing Section |
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| Date: | 17-23 August 2013 |
| Location: | Singapore |
| Comments: | Theme: Macro and Micro - Ways through the Maze. How new methods of indexing and cataloguing can complement traditional cataloguing for audiovisuals and multimedia. The Audiovisual and Multimedia Section (AVMS) and the Cataloguing Section (CATS) invite proposals for papers to be presented at the World Library and Information Congress (WLIC) in Singapore, August 17th-23th August 2013. The cataloguing codes for motion pictures are traditionally based on the cataloguing code for text. They have as their goal to describe a manifestation as a whole: a unit which can be purchased or borrowed. At the same time digitised collections of audiovisual materials are growing fast worldwide and the amount of versions make it even more interesting indexing the content including activities such as providing intellectual access to individual film sequences and shots. The vast quantities of materials available are making only manually handling unthinkable. Innovative indexing methods for audiovisual materials such as content-based image retrieval (CBIR) also complement text-based indexing by querying and retrieving images and videos by content. CBIR solutions carry out tasks such as identifying objects and faces in images, segmenting videos into short sequences and computing features describing colour, texture, shape, position or motion information in order to enrich textual metadata. The next generation of systems combines text-based indexing and retrieval with content-based indexing and retrieval to provide the most effective retrieval of images and video. Traditional cataloguing takes a macro view of the audiovisual materials - CBIR and voice recognition technologies take a micro view of the audiovisual materials. These two perspectives can complement each other and help the user through the maze of information. Topics for this session can focus on any aspects: • Do traditional cataloguing codes meet the needs of cataloguing moving images? • Quality issues - how good is the machine generated data? • Multimedia Content Analysis, Processing, Indexing and Retrieval- what can be done? • Voice recognition and time code indexing • Semantic Web Approaches - a way to combine traditional cataloguing with the results of automated indexing? • Best Practices: Media Asset Management Systems • Best Practices: Indexing and Cataloguing of Audiovisual Materials • User research studies indexing / cataloguing of Audiovisuals Submissions 1. The deadline for submitting a detailed abstract in English (500 words) and full author details is 31th January 2013. Selection of papers is based on the abstract, and presenters will be notified whether they have been successful by 1 March 2013. 2. The full paper is due on 1st May 2013 and must be an original submission not presented or published elsewhere. 3. Both abstracts and full papers should be submitted as a MS Word file by e-mail. Fax or post should be used only as a last resort. 4. Each abstract will be reviewed by members of the Audiovisual and Multimedia as well as the Cataloguing Standing Committee. 5. Papers should be of 20 pages maximum, double spaced. 6. Papers should be in an official IFLA language with an abstract. 7. Approximately 20 minutes will be allowed for a summary delivery of the paper in the Conference; the full written paper is not to be read. The presentation shall be made in an official IFLA language but the presenter doesn’t need to be the author. 8. The author(s) should indicate his/her personal full contact details and include a brief biographical note with the paper. Also, a digital photograph would be useful. 9. Please note that the expenses of attending the Helsinki conference will be the responsibility of the author(s)/presenter(s) of accepted papers. 10. Abbreviated abstracts or late submissions will not be considered. Please send your abstract by 31 January 2013 to: Marwa El Sahn, AVMS Section Chair, Email: masahne1@hotmail.com or Hanne Hørl Hansen, Cataloguing Section Chair, Email: hah@dbc.dk |
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79th IFLA General Conference and Council: Literacy and Reading and Information Literacy Sections |
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| Date: | 17-23 August 2013 |
| Location: | Singapore |
| Comments: | WORLD LIBRARY AND INFORMATION CONGRESS: 79th IFLA General Conference and Council: Future libraries: Infinite Possibilities. Singapore, August 17-23, 2013. CALL FOR PROPOSALS Programme: Intergenerational Literacies: textoótechno The IFLA Literacy and Reading and Information Literacy Sections are seeking proposals for a joint programme to be held at the IFLA Conference in Singapore in August 2013. The challenge of new information and learning landscape can lead to all sorts of information gaps. One of them is a gap between texto and techno generations which can cause intergenerational isolation and separation. The program will showcase innovative and effective library programmes that intend to bridge this gap. Proposals are requested for as many as ten tabletop presentations which will be given simultaneously. After an opening plenary keynote address, audience members will rotate to three different fifteen-minute presentations of their choice. Presenters will therefore be asked to repeat their presentation three times for three different sets of people. Proposals chosen for presentation will be specific about how libraries and/or associations have tackled issues related to texto and techno literacies in their particular setting, thus developing intergenerational literacies, dialogue, digital inclusion and social cohesion. They should be grounded in theory, research, and/or practical applications. Because these projects will be presented in an informal, small group setting, speakers should plan some visual accompaniment such as a poster that can be set up on the table. Presenters may also want to bring brochures or flyers to hand out. People submitting successful proposals will be asked to write a brief paper summarizing their library programme or project for publication in the IFLA Proceedings. All chosen presenters will be listed in the official Conference programme. Proposals in English are required, and should provide the following information: Name and institution of speaker(s) Brief biographical information Proposal title Brief (300 to 500 word) description of project and presentation format Language of presentation Proposals should be sent to Elena Corradini (Secretary of the Literacy and Reading Section) at ecorradini67@gmail.com by November 30, 2012. Please indicate "IFLA Proposal WLIC 2013" on the subject line. Finalists will be notified by December 15, 2012, and will be expected to submit final versions of their papers in one of the official IFLA languages by May 15, 2013. For more information, please contact Leikny Haga Indergaard (Chair of Literacy and Reading Section) at: Leikny.Indergaard@bergen.kommune.no Please note that it is the speakers’ responsibility to find funding for their participation. Leikny Haga Indergaard chair Literacy and Reading Section |
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79th IFLA Congress & Assembly: Newspapers Section |
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| Date: | 17-23 August 2013 |
| Location: | Singapore |
| Comments: | News for the future: Dissemination, harvesting, archiving, and retrieving Open session at IFLA WLIC 2013, August 17-23, 2013, Singapore Sponsored by the IFLA Newspapers Section Papers wanted! Please consider submitting a short proposal to present during the Newspapers Section open session at WLIC 2013 (http://conference.ifla.org/ifla79). Attendees at past open sessions have included librarians, archivists, digital curation specialists, publishers, researchers, historians, genealogists, and technologists. This open session gives you a unique opportunity to reach a world-wide audience of news, library, and technology professionals. Session theme: The WLIC conference theme “Future Libraries, Infinite Possibilities” and the Newspapers Section open session theme “News for the future: Dissemination, harvesting, archiving, and retrieving” highlights the consequences of digital technology in news creation, production, and dissemination as well as on the post-dissemination fate of news such as preservation of digital and hard assets, collection management, storage of physical and digital content, access and use of digital and physical news collections, and similar fates. Subordinate themes include • Production of electronic news media • New business models for news preservation • Collaborative news production and preservation • Collecting digital media including e-delivery, web-harvesting, legal deposit • News metadata capture and enrichment including news industry standards such as NITF, NewsML, hNews, etc as well as traditional library standards such as METS, MODS, ALTO, PREMIS, MIX, etc • Digitisation of historical news and newspapers • Presentation of and access to digital news collections including crowdsourcing • Collaboration of libraries, archives, and museums in the preservation of news Other topics will be considered, too. Please note: Papers for the conference should be written and presented in English. Proposals should be no more than 300 words in length and must be submitted to Mona Løkås (mona.lokas@nb.no), Mazelan Anuar (mazelan_anuar@nlb.gov.sg), and Sue Kellerman (lsk3@psu.edu) of the Newspapers Section on or before January 31, 2013. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by March 4, 2013. The full paper and accompanying presentation slides must be completed and submitted to IFLA before June 2013. The papers must be original submissions and not published elsewhere. At least one author is expected to attend WLIC 2013 to present the paper. All expenses, including registration for the conference, travel, accommodation, etc., are the responsibility of the authors. No financial support can be provided by IFLA, however, a special invitation letter can be issued to authors. Please disseminate and share this information with all colleagues who may be interested. Looking forward to see all of you in Singapore! Important dates 31 Jan 2013 Abstracts due 4 Mar 2013 Acceptance notices sent to authors 30 Jun 2013 Completed papers and presentation submitted. Questions? Please contact Mona Løkås (mona.lokas@nb.no), Mazelan Anuar (mazelan_anuar@nlb.gov.sg), or Sue Kellerman (lsk3@psu.edu). Best regards, Frederick Zarndt Chair, IFLA Newspapers Section Tel. +1.801.361.3204 Fax +1.888.723.3204 Skype frederickzarndt |
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79th IFLA Congress & Assembly: Religious Libraries in Dialogue Special Interest Group |
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| Date: | 17-23 August 2013 |
| Location: | Singapore |
| Comments: | Call for Papers: Religious Libraries in Dialogue Special Interest Group Theme: Tools developed for a better sharing of religious information The IFLA SIG RELINDIAL is seeking proposals for papers to be presented at a two-hour program to be held at the IFLA World Library and Information Congress in Singapore in August 17-23, 2013. We request submissions from libraries in charge of religious collections and more or less involved in the dialog of these collections with the world, especially in their location. The submissions requested should present the ttools developed for a better sharing of religious information. All aspects of this topic will be considered, e.g.: Training for religious information literacy around the world. What about Asia? FRBR cataloguing and improvement of the religious literature study Religious vocabularies and the semantic web Open Access and religious information Special databases and full text Digitized heritage: World digital library, Gallica, Europeana, Hathi Trust, Google books... how to find his way in all this digitized material? The existing European common catalogues and how to give them a new life in a world of Google practisers Submission Guidelines We prefer submissions that demonstrate real experiences/case studies - papers that tell a story. Papers presenting historical perspectives will also be considered. The program will feature up to five presentations of 15-20 minutes each with additional time for questions. Papers should reflect the 2013 conference theme, "Future Libraries: Infinite Possibilities" and IFLA President Ingrid Parent's theme, "Libraries - A force for change" Language of the session: Papers should be in one of the IFLA official languages. The session will not include simultaneous interpretation, therefore the presentation and presentation slides should be in English. However, if necessary, English presentation slides with the presentation in one of the official languages of IFLA are welcome. Proposals should include: title abstract of no more than 300 words brief biography for the speaker or speakers E-mail contact address Send proposals by February 28, 2013 via email to: Odile Dupont Convenor of the IFLA SIG RELINDIAL E-mail: o.dupont@icp.fr Please take into account: At least one of the paper's authors must be present to deliver a summary of the paper during the program in Singapore. Abstracts should only be submitted with the understanding that the expenses of attending the Singapore conference will be the responsibility of the author(s)/presenter(s) of accepted papers. Important Dates February 28, 2013 Proposals/abstracts submission deadline March 18, 2013 Proposals will be reviewed and successful candidates will be notified May 17, 2013 Deadline for selected presenters to submit formal paper (for inclusion on the IFLA conference website and the Section's website). Details regarding the format and length of the final paper will be sent to candidates whose abstracts are accepted. Submissions: All proposals must be in before 28 February 2013. Please note: All expenses, including registration for the conference, travel, accommodation etc., are the responsibility of the authors/presenters. No financial support can be provided by IFLA, but a special invitation can be issued to authors. Congress Attendance Grants The Singapore National Committee and IFLA have worked hard to secure funds for Conference Participation Grants. Up-to-date information will be available on our Conference Participation Grants webpage. Last update: 14 February 2013 Odile Dupont Chargée de mission pour la promotion et les réseaux de bibliophiles Responsable du SIG - IFLA RELINDIAL Expert auprès du Cfibd (Comité français international bibliothèque et documentation) Institut catholique de Paris 21 rue d'Assas 75270 Paris cedex 06 Tel : 33(0)1 70 64 14 27 Fax : 33(0)1 44 39 52 98 o.dupont@icp.fr Catholic University of Paris Executive manager for the promotion and the libraries network Member of the European Theological Library Association, BETH Member of the American Theological Library Association, ATLA Convenor of the SIG - IFLA RELINDIAL |
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79th IFLA Congress & Assembly: Document Delivery and Resource Sharing Section |
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| Date: | 17-23 August 2013 |
| Location: | Singapore |
| Comments: | Call for Papers: IFLA Document Delivery and Resource Sharing Section. Open Session: 79th World Library and Information Congress. 17th – 23rd August, 2013. Singapore Theme: Strengthening access to information: The future of resource sharing The Document Delivery and Resource Sharing Section invites proposals for papers to be presented at a two hour programme which is scheduled to take place at the forthcoming IFLA Congress in Singapore. Subjects of interest include ·Innovations in resource sharing practices such as interlibrary loan, document delivery, cooperative collection development, shared purchasing or licensing of electronic resources, collaborative approaches to digital repositories, or other areas in which libraries share resources to fulfil a common goal . New roles for library consortia and new areas of collaboration between consortia members or between individual libraries · Demonstrations of new technologies that support resource sharing initiatives ·Practical experiences with new resource sharing methods and structures ·Changes, real or proposed, to copyright law, licensing practices, or other legal matters which will strengthen libraries’ abilities to share their resources with one another Proposals should include: ·Author(s) name, title, institution, and contact information including email address ·Brief biographical sketch ·Title of paper ·Abstract (100 to 250 words) Proposals should be submitted to Candice Townsend at this email address: ctow@loc.gov no later than 5 March 2013 Selected presenters will be notified by 2 April 2013. |
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79th IFLA General Conference and Assembly: Sections for Education and Training (SET) and Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning (CPDWL) |
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| Date: | 17-23 August 2013 |
| Location: | Singapore |
| Comments: | World Library and Information Congress:79th IFLA General Conference and Assembly ‘Future Libraries: Infinite Possibilities, 17-23 August 2013, Singapore IFLA Sections for Education and Training (SET) and Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning (CPDWL) Call for Papers Session Title: Libraries as learning organisations: how to nurture growth in our staff and our communities The concept of the Learning Organization (LO) is a model that can help organizations become successful and grow in a fast changing information environment. Learning organizations are agile and flexible with the ability to challenge the role of entrenched bureaucracy and rigid rules. There is a clear focus on continuous improvement: this means that workplace learning is actively encouraged at all levels of the organization, with the open exchange of information enabling managers and staff to share their ideas and experiences. While the concept of learning organizations has been discussed in management literature for more than 25 years, it is clear that in recent times the concept has become ever more relevant to the library sector. The powerful combination of individual learning and collective learning in the library environment contributes to the process of stimulating creative ideas which can transform our institutions and support the development of innovative programs and services for our users. In turn, our communities look to the library as the source of formal and informal learning opportunities to improve their own lives and livelihoods. The connections between libraries and learning are widely acknowledged, but we actually know very little about how these connections are shaping today’s public libraries, academic libraries and special libraries. Beyond the theory – what is the practice? How do libraries effectively nurture growth in their staff and in their communities? The IFLA Sections for Education and Training (SET) and Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning (CPDWL) are seeking papers on the topic of learning organizations in the context of the library and information management profession. Paper proposals are invited that address the following range of topics: • Has your library actively used the learning organization model to help it achieve continuous improvement? • Can your library be described as a ‘learning organization’? Does it thrive on change? • What strategies does your library have in place to help both staff and the community adapt to the rapidly changing socio-cultural and technological environments? • How is learning mapped to your institution’s strategic planning process? • Has your institution developed policies and practices that promote the integration of learning concepts through libraries? • Do your communities recognise the library as the centre of learning because of the programs it delivers and the services it offers? • How are LIS education programs developing a new generation of library and information professionals who are committed to embracing change as a positive force? • What internal learning programs does your library have in place to promote a shared vision of individual and collective learning? The takeaway from this session will be a series of vibrant examples where the broad concept of the learning organization is either in operation or where the idea has been tried and evaluated. The ultimate objective is to build a body of literature on this topic that will help to guide librarians who want to implement this concept. To submit a proposal Proposals should include: • An abstract of paper approximately 500 words • A summary of the author(s) details (name, institution, position) and brief biographical statement of no more Proposals should be submitted electronically to Sylvia Piggott at spiggott@sympatico.ca with a copy to Gillian Hallam at g.hallam@qut.edu.au no later than January 31, 2013 and indicate ‘IFLA proposal’ in the subject line. Selected presenters will be notified by March 28, 2013. Full papers The deadline for the final version of the full papers accepted for the session is May 14, 2013. Papers should be in English (or in one of the official IFLA languages1, with an English translation attached). The language of the session will be English. Presenters will have 20 minutes in the programme session to deliver their papers, and time will be allowed for an open forum to allow audience interaction. Please note that the Programme Committee has no funds to assist prospective authors: abstracts should only be submitted on the understanding that the expenses of the attending the Singapore conference (including travel, expenses and conference fee) will be the responsibility of the authors(s)/presenter(s) of accepted papers. At least one author will be expected to attend conference to deliver the paper. Some national professional associations may be able to help fund certain expenses, and a small number of grants for conference attendance may be available at: www.ifla.org/III/members/grants.htm For more information, please contact: Sylvia Piggott spiggott@sympatico.ca or Gillian Hallam g.hallam@qut.edu.au References Senge, P. (2006). The fifth discipline: The art and practice of the learning organization. Revised edition. London: Random House. Smith, M. K. (2001). The learning organization. Retrieved October 24, 2012 from http://www.infed.org/biblio/learning-organization.htm Sylvia Piggott Global Information Solutions Co-President & Treasurer of CPDWL, IFLA Email: spiggott@sympatico.ca; skype: sylvia.piggott Phone & fax:514.486.0305 "Meekness is not weakness. Meekness is strength under control." |
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79th IFLA General Congress and Assembly: Reference & Information Services section |
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| Date: | 17-23 August 2013 |
| Location: | Singapore |
| Comments: | CALL FOR PAPERS – We look forward to hearing from you! World Library and Information Congress 79th IFLA General Congress and Assembly 17-23 August 2013, Singapore Conference Motto: “Future Libraries: Infinite Possibilities” http://www.ifla.org/en/about-the-reference-and-information-services-section The Section's 2-hour Open Session is entitled: Change as a Constant: infinite possibilities for reference and information services In a rapidly changing digital environment, new possibilities for reference and information services can arise. This calls for new service models as well as competencies in delivering the reference and information services through the various channels, especially through social media and the increasingly popular mobile channels. There are also new possibilities in delivering reference services to people with special needs. We have the following suggested themes for potential speakers Role & Place of library information service in a hybrid information resource environment Integrating Social media with reference services Discovery tools for greater discovery of reference resources New service models in reference and information services Information discoveries in infinite combinations How will the relationship and collaboration between librarians and users change? Redefining reference and information services competencies (emphasis on competencies) The roll of pedagogical skills in delivering reference and information services (emphasis on pedagogical skills) Providing reference services to people with special needs Marketing of reference services to people with special needs During the session we aim to have between 4 and 6 speakers, presenting a paper in advance of the Conference - see important dates below - but also giving a 15 to 20 minute summary during the RISS Session. You can select any theme from our Call for Papers, although we would retain the option to ask for changes if there was serious overlap with the other speakers. IFLA has accepted that it may be impractical to require that every speaker prepares a formal paper, as well as the PowerPoint presentation. If speakers cannot produce papers, however, they must prepare a substantial abstract, including references such as URLs and bibliographies, to accompany their presentation. On this basis, the RISS Committee is looking primarily for both papers and presentations, but we are prepared to accept some submissions for just presentation and abstract. The annual IFLA Conference attracts nearly 4,000 delegates from over 100 countries. Speakers, therefore, have the opportunity to address a large and diverse audience, plus any papers given are published on the IFLA website and may appear later in the IFLA Journal. Please note that, unfortunately, the Section has no funds to assist with your attendance at the Conference. Please also note that In accordance with IFLA’s Open Access Statement all papers that are presented at the WLIC 2013 should be available under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license. Important dates 31 Jan 2012: Deadline for submitting Proposals for Papers & Presentations or Substantial Abstracts and Presentations plus a very brief biography of the Speaker Feb 2012: Successful Speakers notified, and IFLA forms completed by RISS and the Speakers 1st April 2012: Deadline for Abstracts- to be approximately 150 words or 500 words if not accompanying a Paper 1st May 2012: Deadline for submission of completed Paper to RISS. The paper should be no more than 3000 words in length. The paper should be in one of the IFLA official languages, but the conference language is English. If the paper is in any other official IFLA language than English, an accompanying translation in English must be attached. Proposed papers must be original and not have been published elsewhere. Mid- June 2012: Deadline for PowerPoint presentations from Speakers The papers will undergo a review process by the RISS Standing Committee. The Proposals should be sent to: Jane Weller, Secretary, RISS, UK janeweller@90thentry.info headed IFLA RISS Papers. These will then be considered by the Chair, Judy Ng, National Library Board, Singapore, and fellow Committee members. Many thanks Jane Weller |
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IASL 2013 |
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| Date: | 26-30 August 2913 |
| Location: | Bali, Indonesia |
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International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications |
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| Date: | 2-6 September 2013 |
| Location: | Lisbon, Portugal |
| Comments: | "LINKING TO THE FUTURE" International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications 2-6 September 2013, Lisbon, Portugal DC-2013 CALL FOR PARTICIPATION DC-2013 will explore questions regarding the persistence, maintenance, and preservation of metadata and descriptive vocabularies. The need for stable representations and descriptions spans all sectors including cultural heritage and scientific data, eGovernment, finance and commerce. Thus, the maintenance and management of metadata is essential to address the long term availability of information of legal, cultural and economic value. On the web, data—and especially descriptive vocabularies—can change or vanish from one moment to the next. Nonetheless, the web increasingly forms the ecosystem for our vocabularies and our data. DC-2013 will bring together in Lisbon the community of metadata scholars and practitioners to engage in the exchange of knowledge and best practices in developing a sustainable metadata ecosystem. DC-2013 will be collocated and run simultaneous with iPRES 2013 providing a rich environment for synergistic exploration of issues common to both communities. IMPORTANT DEADLINES & DATES: --SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 29 March 2013 --AUTHOR NOTIFICATION: 7 June 2013 --FINAL COPY: 5 July 2013 IMPORTANT URLS: --ONLINE CFP: http://purl.org/dcevents/dc-2013/cfp --CONFERENCE WEBSITE: http://purl.org/dcevents/dc-2013 --SUBMISSION URL: http://dcevents.dublincore.org/index.php/IntConf/dc-2013/author/submit?requiresAuthor=1 --ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: http://dcevents.dublincore.org/index.php/IntConf/dc-2013/about/organizingTeam Beyond the conference theme, papers, reports, and poster submissions are welcome on a wide range of metadata topics, such as: -- Metadata principles, guidelines, and best practices -- Metadata quality (methods, tools, and practices) -- Conceptual models and frameworks (e.g., RDF, DCAM, OAIS) -- Application profiles -- Metadata generation (methods, tools, and practices) -- Metadata interoperability across domains, languages, time, structures, and scales. -- Cross-domain metadata uses (e.g., recordkeeping, preservation, curation, institutional repositories, publishing) -- Domain metadata (e.g., for corporations, cultural memory institutions, education, government, and scientific fields) -- Bibliographic standards (e.g., RDA, FRBR, subject headings)as Semantic Web vocabularies -- Accessibility metadata -- Metadata for scientific data, e-Science and grid applications -- Social tagging and user participation in building metadata -- Usage data (paradata/attention metadata) -- Knowledge Organization Systems (e.g., ontologies, taxonomies, authority files, folksonomies, and thesauri) and Simple Knowledge Organization Systems (SKOS) -- Ontology design and development -- Integration of metadata and ontologies -- Search engines and metadata -- Linked data and the Semantic Web (metadata and applications) -- Vocabulary registries and registry services SUBMISSIONS --All submissions must be in English. --All submissions will be peer-reviewed by the International Program Committee. --Unless previously arranged, accepted papers, project reports and posters must be presented in Lisbon by at least one of their authors. Submissions for Asynchronous Participation: With prior arrangement, a few exceptional papers, project reports and extended poster abstracts will be accepted for asynchronous presentation by their authors. Submissions accepted for asynchronous presentation must follow both the general author guidelines for submission as well as additional instructions located at http://dcevents.dublincore.org/IntConf/index/pages/view/remote. PUBLICATION -- Accepted papers, project reports and poster abstracts will be published in the permanent online conference proceedings and in DCMI Publications (http://dcpapers.dublincore.org/). -- Special session and community workshop session abstracts will be published in the online conference proceedings. -- Papers, research reports and poster abstracts must conform to the appropriate formatting template available through the DCMI Peer Review System. -- Submitting authors in all categories must provide basic information regarding current professional positions and affiliations as a condition of acceptance and publication. SUBMISSION CATEGORIES FULL PAPERS (8-10 pages; Peer reviewed): Full papers either describe innovative work in detail or provide critical, well-referenced overviews of key developments or good practice in the areas outlined above. Full papers will be assessed using the following criteria: (1) Originality of the approach to the topic and potential for implementation (2) Quality of the contribution to the implementation community (3) Significance of the results presented (4) Clarity of presentation PROJECT REPORTS (4-5 pages; Peer reviewed): Project reports describe a specific model, application, or activity in a concise presentation. Project reports will be assessed using the following criteria: (1) Conciseness and completeness of technical description (2) Usability of the technical description by other potential implementers (3) Clarity of presentation POSTERS (1-2 pages; Peer reviewed): Posters are for the presentation of projects or research under development or late-breaking results. Poster submission should consist of a one-two page extended abstract. Posters will be assessed using the following criteria: (1) Concise statement of research or project goals and milestones (2) Significance of the research or project (3) Framing of key barriers and future research (4) Statement of results and accomplishments (5) Clarity of presentation One or more sessions will be scheduled for display and discussion of posters at the conference venue. Instructions on the preparation of the display poster can be found at http://dcevents.dublincore.org/index.php/IntConf/index/pages/view/posterAuthors. SPECIAL & PANEL SESSIONS: Special and panel sessions are organized by experts in a specific area of metadata. Each special session serves as a focused exchange of the latest research and/or best practice in the area. A proposal for a special session consists of a single document of approximately 800-1,200 words in length containing: --Session title --35-50 word abstract for use in promoting the session --Brief description of the scope and motivation for the session --Names and brief CVs of session facilitators, presenters, or panelists --Brief CVs of the organizers DCMI COMMUNITY & TASK GROUP WORKSHOP SESSIONS: DCMI Community Workshop & Task Group Sessions are intended to: (1) advance the specific work of DCMI entities as defined at http://dublincore.org/groups/#communities; and (2) to set the work agenda for the Community or Task Group for the coming year. Note: Communities wanting to present a special session or a panel in the area of the Community's interest should submit a proposal under Special & Panel Sessions above. PROGRAM COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS Kai Eckert, --Research Group Data and Web Science, University of Mannheim, Germany Muriel Foulonneau; --Knowledge Intensive Systems and Services, Tudor Research Centre, Luxembourg ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: http://dcevents.dublincore.org/index.php/IntConf/dc-2013/about/organizingTeam |
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IMCW2013: 4th International Symposium on Information Management in a Changing World |
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| Date: | 4-6 September 2013 |
| Location: | Limerick, Ireland |
| Comments: | IMCW2013: The 4th International Symposium on Information Management in a Changing World will take place in Limerick, Ireland, this year (September 4-6, 2013). The main theme is "Beyond the Cloud: Information…Innovation…Collaboration…" The keynote speakers are Dr. Clifford Lynch, Coalition for Networked Information (CNI); Marshall Breeding, Independent consultant and author of Cloud Computing for Libraries; and Christian Verstraete, Chief Technologist, Cloud Strategy Team at HP. The proceedings book will be published by Springer under its Communications in Computer and Information Science (CCIS) series. Submission deadline is March 4, 2013. Please see third Call for Papers for more information at the Symposium web site: http://imcw2013.bilgiyonetimi.net/ Looking forward to your contributions and participation. IMCW2013 Organizing Committee |
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iPRES-2013 |
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| Date: | 2-6 September 2013 |
| Location: | Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal |
| Comments: | iPRES-2013 - Call for Contributions http://ipres2013.ist.utl.pt/ iPRES, the major international conference on digital preservation, will be held at the Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal, from 2-6 September 2013. The conference invites original contributions addressing a wide range digital preservation challenges. Papers, posters and demonstrations, panels, and workshops topics of interest include (but are not limited to) the following: Innovation in Digital Preservation: Novel Challenges and Scenarios; Innovative Approaches; Preservation at Scale; Domain-specific Challenges (Cultural Heritage, Technical and Scientific Processes and Data, Engineering Models and Simulation, Medical Records, Corporate Processes and Recordkeeping, Web Archiving, Personal Archiving, e-Procurement, etc.) Systems Life-cycle: Specific Digital Preservation Requirements and Implications in Modeling, Design, Development, Deployment and Maintenance Governance: Risk Analysis; Audit, Trust and Certification, Trusted Repositories; Information/Data Quality Business Models and Added-value of Digital Preservation: Benefits Analysis, Emerging Exploitation Scenarios, Long-Tail of Digital Preservation Theory of Digital Preservation: Interdisciplinary Modeling, Representation Concepts, Incentive Structures Case Studies and Best Practices: Processes, Metadata, Systems, Services, Infrastructures Training and Education Call for Contributions: · Full and Short Papers: Full papers (8 to 10 pages) must report research work with proved results. Short papers (4 to 6 pages) can focus in new challenges and work in progress. All contributions, which must report on novel and previously unpublished work, will be peer-reviewed by at least 3 members of the scientific Program Committee. The accepted papers will be published in the iPRES-2013 proceedings (in digital form). Best papers will be recommended for publication in archival journals. · Posters and Demonstrations: Submissions (2 to 4 pages) are encouraged for posters reporting on emerging issues or work in progress, and also for demonstrations of innovative solutions. All contributions will be peer-reviewed. The accepted posters and demos will be published in the proceedings. · Panels: Proposals for thematic panels to be held during the main conference program can be submitted by 3 to 5 experts. Acceptance will be judged on the merits of the proposal and relevance for the expected audience. Proposals must detail the subject, motivation and panelists. · Workshops: Proposals for thematic workshop are welcome. Proposals must detail the subject, scope, program committee and intended content. Ideally, workshops should be open to public registration and participation. Acceptance will be judged on the merits of the proposal, requirements for its organization, and local capability to support it (which should not be a major constraint). · Tutorials: Tutorials must be on a single topic, addressed at either an introductory level or an in-depth, expert level. Submissions, for tutorials should include a brief abstract and an outline of the content, the duration (half-day 3 hours or full-day 6 hours), a description of the intended audience and the expected learning outcomes, and a short biography of the presenter(s). · Doctoral Symposium: iPRES-2013 will hold a Doctoral Symposium. A specific call for contributions will be issued, in cooperation with the DC-2013… Submissions · Full or Short Papers, Posters or Demonstrations: Proposals must be submitted on-line, in PDF, according to the ACM template (preserving the empty space in lieu of the ACM copyright note in the bottom left corner) o Submission: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ipres2013 o Template: http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates · Workshops, Tutorials or Panels: Proposals must be submitted by email to ipres2013@ist.utl.pt. Important Dates: · 21 April 2013: Deadline for Submission of Papers, Posters and Demonstrations · 19 May 2013: Deadline for Workshops · 26 May 2013: Workshops notification · 02 June 2013: Deadline for Tutorials and Panels · 07 June 2013: Author notification · 09 June 2013: Draft program announcement · 08 July 2013: Deadline for early registration · 02 September 2013: Tutorials sessions and Doctoral Symposium · 03 September 2013: Conference starting… · 05 September 2013: …Conference closing (noon time) · 05 September 2013: Workshops starting (afternoon)… References: · IPRES-2013 web site: http://ipres2013.ist.utl.pt/ · General email contact for IPRES-2013: ipres2013@ist.utl.pt · IPRES-2013 will be held at the Instituto Superior Técnico: https://www.ist.utl.pt/en/ · iPRES-2013 will be co-located with the International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications, DC-2013: http://dcevents.dublincore.org/index.php/IntConf/dc-2013/ |
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3nd International Conference οn Integrated Information (IC-ININFO 2013) |
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| Date: | 5-9 September 2013 |
| Location: | Prague, Czech Republic |
| Comments: | 3nd International Conference οn Integrated Information (IC-ININFO 2013) September 5-9, 2013, Prague, Czech Republic It is our pleasure to circulate the 1st Call for Papers of the 3rd International Conference on Integrated Information, IC-ININFO 2013 (http://www.icininfo.net). Keynote Speaker: Professor Dimitris Karagiannis, Head of Institute for Knowledge and Business Engineering, University of Vienna Website: http://mbi.dke.univie.ac.at/mbi/externe_html/index_dk.htm Invited Speakers: Professor Craig Standing, Foundation Professor of Strategic Information Management, School of Management, Edith Cowan University, Website: http://www.ecu.edu.au/schools/management/staff/profiles/professors/professor-craig-standing Professor Miguel-Angel Sicilia, Information Engineering Research Unit, Computer Science Department, University of Alcala, Website: http://www.cc.uah.es/msicilia/index.html Topics of the Conference: IC-ININFO-2013 topics encompass, but are not restricted to, the following areas: Library Science, Archives Science, Museum and Gallery Studies, Information Management, Knowledge Management, Records / Document Management, Documentation, Copyright, Electronic Publishing Management of Nonprofit Organizations, Cultural Management, Change of Libraries and the Managerial Techniques, Human resources management, etc., Conceptual and Organizational Perspectives of Knowledge Communication, Data mining, Development and Assessment of Digital Repositories Development of new metrics, Information retrieval, Digital archives, Digital preservation, Digitization, Semantics, Semantic Web, Software, Distance learning, Health Information, Data Management, E-research, E-science, E-Learning Publications: The papers for Proceedings should be 4 - 8 pages. Proceedings papers will be included in the Elsevier's Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, which is an electronic journal focusing entirely on publishing high quality conference proceedings. Full papers will be published in special issues in the following journals (all are indexed by SCOPUS and some of them by ISI in Web of Science): Program: electronic library and information systems, Aslib Proceedings New information perspectives, Library Management, and International Journal on Integrated Information Management. Full papers will be peer reviewed by the journals' editorial board. Sessions and Symposiums: You are also welcomed to propose a session or a symposium for IC-ININFO 2013. Session organizers (6 registrations) have one registration free and symposium organizers (12 registrations) have one registration and one accommodation free (accommodation includes a 4-night packet in a double room-BB at the Conference Hotel). For more information, contact the conference secretariat at secretariat@icininfo.net Venue: The Conference will be held in Czech Republic, Conference Center of the Orea Hotel Pyramida 4*, September 5-9, 2013. Registration and submission: All the actions related to the IC-ININFO 2013 (paper submission, registration etc) may be completed via the Conference website at http://www.icininfo.net. Accommodation / Transportation: The IC-ININFO organizing Committee can help you with transportation and accommodation. For more information, please visit the IC-ININFO 2013 website at http://icininfo.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=77&Itemid=142&inner=accommodation#accommodation. Important dates: * 30 May 2013, Abstract submission deadline * 15 June 2013, Acceptance notification * 31 June 2013, Early registration deadline * 31 July 2013, Conference paper submission deadline * 5 September 2013, Conference opening You may find details of the Conference visiting the Conference website at http://www.icininfo.net Looking forward to see you in Prague! The IC-ININFO 2013 Organizing Committee Professor Georgios Giannakopoulos IC-ININFO 2013 General Chair Dean, Faculty of Management and Economics, Technological Educational Institute of Athens Email: gian@teiath.gr URL: http://users.teiath.gr/gian/ Dr Alexandros Koulouris IC-ININFO Organizing Committee Chair Lecturer, Department of Library Science and Information Systems, Technological Educational Institute of Athens Agiou Spyridonos Str., 12210 Aigaleo, Greece t: +30 210 5385268. e: akoul@teiath.gr w: http://users.teiath.gr/akoul/ |
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Namibia Libraries Symposium 2013 |
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| Date: | 7 - 10 October 2013 |
| Location: | Safari Hotel, Windhoek, Namibia |
| Comments: | Namibia Libraries Symposium 2013: Call for papers Venue: Safari Hotel, Windhoek, Namibia Dates: 7 - 10 OCTOBER 2013 Strong Libraries, Strong Societies: The role of Libraries in socio-economic development What is a strong library in an African context? As information professionals, we have an interest in the role that libraries play in African societies. Information plays a major role in national development, and libraries have a part to play in ensuring that information is made accessible. We invite interested people to submit abstracts related to academic, community, national and school libraries as well as governance and leadership support to libraries in the African contemporary era. Contributions are invited from information professionals, academics, researchers and all those who share an interest in libraries. The Symposium adopts the IFLA President-elect’s theme (2013-2015): Strong Libraries, Strong Societies. Papers are invited around the following themes: Building strong knowledge societies through Libraries • Libraries supporting National Development Plans • Creating awareness on the importance of Libraries • Libraries in support of education and knowledge creation • Libraries supporting e-learning initiatives • Libraries supporting human rights • Libraries empowering local communities • Impact assessment on policies, standards and strategies in Libraries Proposal should include: • Title • Abstract of no more than 500 words • Biography for the speaker or speakers • Contacts details of the speakers Deadlines: • January 31, 2013: Papers/abstracts submissions due • February 28, 2013: Notification of acceptance for presentation at the Symposium • July 31, 2013: Final Paper due Abstracts can be submitted to any of the following persons • Namutenya Hamwaalwa: hnamutenya@gmail.com • Theopolina Shuumbili: tshuumbili@gmail.com • Chiku Mchombu: cmchombu@unam.na • Hertha Alweendo: halweendo@unam.na • Tertia Goagoses: tgoagoses@unam.na For further information on the Namibia Libraries Symposium 2013 on Strong Libraries, Strong Societies, please contact: Ms. Lourensia //Gases, Tel: +264 61 2063874, Fax: +264 61 2063876, Email: lgases@unam.na |
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13th Interlending and Document Supply Conference |
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| Date: | 16-18 October 2013 |
| Location: | Peking University in Beijing, China. CALIS |
| Comments: | Call for Papers : 13th Interlending and Document Supply Conference, October 2013 The IFLA Document Delivery and Resource Sharing Section Standing Committee invites papers for the 13th Interlending & Document Supply Conference, to be held 16 - 18 October 2013 at Peking University in Beijing, China. CALIS, the China Academic Library and Information System, will host the conference. The conference theme is "Resource Sharing: Global Vision, Local Strategy" and the following topics are of particular interest for papers: Resource sharing activities of all types, including: interlibrary loan, cooperative collection development, cooperative reference, direct borrowing, consortial programs, and shared licensing/purchasing of electronic resources International resource sharing concerns, such as: delivery methods, payment options, interoperability of systems, computer standards Challenges and solutions to sharing electronic resources such as e-books and e-journals http://easmanchester.blogspot.co.uk/2011/04/eas-research-seminar-wednesday-anke.html Intellectual property rights in different countries or regions, especially as they pertain to resource sharing of electronic resources Effects of alternative publishing models such as open access on resource sharing practices Open source systems and their role in resource sharing Innovative approaches or trends in resource sharing in all types of libraries or parts of the world Methodologies for assessing the effectiveness of resource sharing initiatives New frontiers for library consortia or collaboration between individual libraries Proposals for papers should be sent to Candice Townsend, ctow@loc.gov, no later than Friday 22nd February 2013 and should include the following details: Author(s) name, title, institution, and contact information Brief biographical sketch Title of paper Abstract (100 to 250 words) The IFLA Document Delivery and Resource Sharing Standing Committee (hereafter, the SC) has sole responsibility for the final conference programme. All accepted papers must be: Presented at the conference in English by at least one of the authors Original contributions, i.e., not previously published or under review for publication elsewhere Peer-reviewed by the SC and published in the full conference proceedings Deadlines 22nd February 2013 - Proposals due to SC 31 March 2013 - SC notifies authors whether proposal was accepted 31 August 2013 - Completed papers submitted by approved speakers Please note that expenses of attending the conference, including travel, hotel, and conference registration fees will be the responsibility of the authors and at least one of the authors must attend the conference to present the paper. |
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LIANZA Conference 2013 |
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| Date: | 20 - 23 October 2013 |
| Location: | Hamilton, New Zealand |
| Comments: | The Library and Information Association of New Zealand (LIANZA) invites you to our annual conference to be held in Hamilton, 20 - 23 October 2013. Our theme, Wai-Ora, Wai-Māori, Waikato, references the most significant landmark of our region, the Waikato River. Rivers are powerful forces, relentless and enduring, giving and sustaining life. Libraries are also powerful forces, and like rivers, they must be respected, understood and well-managed in order to continue to nourish and support their communities. So please join us to consider the role and future of our libraries and the kaitiakitanga (guardianship and management) needed to ensure that libraries, and the benefits they bring, are strong and enduring. Keynote speakers will include Eli Neiburger, a libraries futurist best known for his “Libraries are Screwed” seminars about libraries in the digital age, and Dr Michael Stephens, founder of www.tametheweb.com Registrations will open in July. For further information, please check the Conference website http://www.lianza.org.nz/news-events/conferences/lianza-conference-2013 Lisa Crombie Communications Manager Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa Tel: +64 4 801 5542 Email: lisa@lianza.org.nz www.lianza.org.nz |
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CLASSIFICATION AND VISUALIZATION:INTERFACES TO KNOWLEDGE: International UDC Seminar 2013 |
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| Date: | 24-25 October 2013 |
| Location: | The Hague, National Library of the Netherlands |
| Comments: | CLASSIFICATION AND VISUALIZATION:INTERFACES TO KNOWLEDGE: International UDC Seminar 2013 VENUE:The Hague, National Library of the Netherlands DATE: 24-25 October 2013 WEBSITE: http://seminar.udcc.org/2013/ CONTACT: seminar2013@udcc.org The objective of this conference is to explore cutting edge advances and techniques in the visualization of knowledge across various fields of application and their potential impact on developments in the more main stream bibliographic and documentary classifications. We invite overviews, illustrations and analysis of approaches to and models of the visualization of knowledge that can help advance the application of documentary and bibliographic classifications in information and knowledge discovery. We welcome high quality, innovative research contributions from various fields of application including: - visualization of knowledge orders (e.g. scientific taxonomies, Wikipedia) - visualization of collection content, large datasets - visualization of knowledge classifications for the purpose of managing the classifications and working with them - visualization of knowledge to support interactive searching, user browsing behaviour (IR) and classification as an aid to information navigation Specific topics may include: 1. Issues and challenges in visualization of conceptual structures and knowledge in general, e.g. development of knowledge over time, shift in knowledge structures (dynamic knowledge), interactions between knowledge structures, socio-cultural issues, technical challenges (incl. animation, simulation) 2. Knowledge visualization models and metaphors: theory, methods, overviews, analysis 3. Visualization of classification in: information searching and browsing (e.g. search expansion, result display); visualization of knowledge in relation to user information needs 4. Presentation and visualization related to specific types of knowledge classification structure (e.g. faceted and enumerative hierarchies,polyhierarchical and/or aspect classifications etc.) 5. Classification as an aid in presenting and navigating large datasets, or providing an overview of collection content for resource discovery or management purposes 6. Visualization as an aid to cross-collection, cross-language, cross-vocabulary knowledge browsing 7. Relationships between classification data formats and classification visualization We invite two kinds of contributions: conference papers and posters. Paper proposals should be submitted in the form of an extended abstract (1000-1200 words including references for papers and 500-600 words for posters). A submission form is provided on the conference website. Conference proceedings will be published by Ergon Verlag and will be distributed at the conference. IMPORTANT DATES: 15 Jan 2013 Paper proposal submission deadline 15 Feb 2013 Notification of acceptance 15 Apr 2013 Paper submission ORGANIZER: Classification& Visualization is the fourth biennial conference in a series of International UDC Seminars organized by the UDC Consortium (UDCC) and hosted by Koninklijke Bibliotheek (The National Library of Netherlands). UDCC is a not-for-profit organization, based in The Hague, established to maintain and distribute the Universal Decimal Classification and to support its use and development. Dr Aida Slavic Editor-in-Chief, UDC UDC Consortium The Hague, The Netherlands Email:aida.slavic@udcc.org Web:http://www.udcc.org Blog:http://universaldecimalclassification.blogspot.com/ Twitter:http://twitter.com/#!/UDCC Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/pages/UDC-Consortium/317530649451 Linked In:http://www.linkedin.com/company/383049 --> Multilingual UDC Summary:http://www.udcc.org/udcsummary/php/index.php --> CFP: Classification& Visualization:http://seminar.udcc.org/2013/ The Universal Decimal Classification (UDC) is the world's foremost multilingual classification scheme for all fields of knowledge, a sophisticated indexing and retrieval tool |
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International Conference on Health and Social Care Information Systems and Technologies |
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| Date: | 23-25 October 2013 |
| Location: | Lisbon, Portugal |
| Comments: | HCist’2013 | Call for Papers. International Conference on Health and Social Care Information Systems and Technologies, Lisbon, Portugal, 2013, 23-25 October Submission deadline: May 15, 2013 Notification of acceptance/rejection: June 15, 2013 Revised version: June 30, 2013 More detailed information at http://hcist.eiswatch.org It is our great pleasure to invite you to HCist 2013 – International Conference on Health and Social Care Information Systems and Technologies. HCist’2013 will be held in Lisbon, Portugal, from 23 to 25 October. All accepted full papers will be included in the conference Proceedings edited by Elsevier Procedia Technology. Papers can also be accepted as posters, and an extended abstract of it will be published in a book of abstracts (with ISBN) or in a CD-ROM (with ISBN). Authors of selected papers will be invited to extend the paper for publication in edited books and in the following indexed international journals (list not yet complete): - International Journal of Healthcare Information Systems and Informatics (IJHISI) (about five papers). - International Journal of Reliable and Quality E-healthcare (IJRQEH) (about five papers). - International Journal of E-Health and Medical Communications (IJEHMC) (about five papers) - Information and Communication Technologies for the Advanced Enterprise: an international journal - ICT'ae (one or two papers). - International Journal of Web Portals (IJWP) (one or two papers). Submission Procedure Submissions can be made as full papers, short papers, poster papers and industry papers: - A full paper corresponds to a completed or finished research, including discussion of research findings. Full papers should have between seven and ten pages, considering the template and the guidelines provided; - A short paper introduces preliminary results of ongoing research. Short papers should be between four to six pages in length, considering the template and the guidelines provided; - A poster paper introduces initial research, ideas, and models at a discussion phase. Poster papers should have three pages in length; - An industry paper presents practical approaches to research, applications, tools, solutions, etc., aligned with the conference scope and topics. Page length can vary between four and six pages. Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit their manuscript electronically at the Conference webpage: http://hcist.eiswatch.org until May 15, 2013. Submitted papers will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. With our best regards, Conference Co-chairs Ricardo Martinho (ricardo.martinho@ipleiria.pt) - Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Portugal Rui Rijo (rui.rijo@ipleiria.pt) - Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Portugal Program Chair: Joseph Tan (tanjosep@mcmaster.ca), McMaster University, Canada Secretariat: secretariat@hcist.eiswatch.org Maria Manuela Cruz Cunha Polytechnic Institute of Cávado and Ave, Portugal (vice-president) International Journal of Web Portals (IJWP) (editor-in-chief) Information and Communication Technologies for the advanced enterprise: an international journal (ICT'ae) (editor-in-chief) |
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I Congress of ISKO Spain and Portugal |
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| Date: | 7-9 November 2013 |
| Location: | Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto, Portugal |
| Comments: | The I Congress of ISKO Spain and Portugal, under the theme Information and/or Knowledge: the two faces of Janus will occur in 7, 8 and 9 november 2013, in Porto (Portugal), and will take place in Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto. ISKO Spanish Chapter, founded in 1991, did integrate several Portuguese members and is now in a process towards changing its name to ISKO Spain and Portugal and, because of that, the I Congress ISKO Spain and Portugal will take place in Porto, beeing, at the same time, the XI Conference of the ISKO Spanish Chapter. The congress organization belongs to the research centre CETAC.MEDIA (Centro de Estudos das Tecnologias e Ciências da Comunicação). Submission of abstracts from 2012/12/06 until 2013/01/15 More information: http://ocs.letras.up.pt/ocs/index.php/ISKO/ISKO/ Best regards, José Antonio Frías Universidad de Salamanca Departamento de Biblioteconomía y Documentación Francisco Vitoria, 6-16 E-37008 Salamanca Tlf. 34-923-294-580 Fax 34-923-294-582 C.e. frias@usal.es Skype: Jafrimon |
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International Conference on Digital Libraries (ICDL 2013 |
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| Date: | 27-29 November 2013 |
| Location: | New Delhi, India |
| Comments: | Call for Papers: International Conference on Digital Libraries (ICDL 2013, 27-29 November 2013, New Delhi The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) is organizing International Conference on Digital libraries (ICDL 2013) during 27-29 November 2013 at New Delhi. The conference will also aim at further strengthen the academic collaboration and strategic alliance in development of DL in the world. Theme of the conference is Vision 2020: Looking back 10 years and forging new frontiers. In recent past TERI had organized three major ICDL conferences during 2004, 2006 and 2010 which were proved to be useful tools to bridge digital divide between developed and developing countries. It was able to create awareness and enthusiasm among the community. Please visit www.teriin.org/events/icdl for further details. Aim: ICDL 2013 is expected to be a major forum focusing on digital libraries and related technologies and issues. This conference would facilitate exchange of ideas and experiences to bridge knowledge gaps in these areas and sustain the knowledge thus gained. It is expected to become a platform to bring together a galaxy of experts, researchers, academics, students, and others. Call for Paper Important dates Submission of full papers 20 July 2013 Notification of acceptance of paper with comments 15 September 2013 Submission of the final paper after incorporating comments 10 October 2013 ICDL 2013 invites original submissions focusing on the theme of the conference? Vision 2020: Looking back 10 years and forging new frontiers. Contributions are invited for conference sessions and tutorials. Topics for contributions (but are not limited to) include the following. DL development, architecture, and management Information storage and retrieval Multi-linguality and interoperability issues Digital rights management Digital preservation and access management DL best practices E-learning and e-publishing DL standards and policy Open archives initiatives ODOL (Open, distance, and online learning) Multimedia content Sustainable DL model DL service marketing Digital research libraries Social media and network analysis Collaborative knowledge creation Information quality management Enterprise 2.0 and collaborative model Knowledge management business models Convergence of knowledge management and learning system Mobile technology and service-oriented architecture Information and communication model Knowledge management best practices Paper submission guidelines and date ICDL invites original papers typed on MS Word. The word limit for each paper is 5000 words. All papers should be written in English for acceptance for presentation in the conference. Each submitted paper will be reviewed by a panel of experts and only well-researched and well-written papers will be accepted for presentation. It is expected that all accepted papers will be presented at the conference by the author(s). A few papers shall also be selected for the poster session presentation. The conference proceedings that will be distributed to the participants will include the selected papers (for presentation at the conference) and abstracts (selected for presentation in the poster session). Papers may be submitted either in hard copy format to the ICDL secretariat Mailing Address: ICDL 2013 Secretariat The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) India Habitat Centre Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110003, India Tel: +91 11 24682100 or 41504900 Fax: 24682144 Email: ICDL2013@teri.res.in Website: www.teriin.org/events/icdl Regards, Nihal Alam RA, TERI |
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Fifteen International Conference on Grey Literature |
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| Date: | 2-3 December 2013 |
| Location: | Slovak Centre of Scientific and Technical Information, CVTI SR Bratislava, Slovak Republic |
| Comments: | GL15 Announcement and 1st Call for Papers http://www.textrelease.com/gl15announcement.html Fifteen International Conference on Grey Literature - Grey Audit: A Field Assessment in Grey Literature The Fifteenth International Conference in the GL-Series provides the grey literature community an inclusive platform from which to assess developments in their field of information. Over the past two decades, since the very launch of this conference series, information science has been significantly impacted by social and technological developments. This gives sufficient cause for an audit in the field of grey literature – drawing upon accomplishments, assessing limitations, and projecting a sustained course of action. A field assessment of grey literature extends well beyond library and information science, for it includes the assessment of grey literature produced and published in other sciences as well as government, business and industry. Information professionals and practitioners also become a part of this assessment, for it is they who carry out research in specific fields and make results available to their respective communities and wider public audiences. The Grey Audit seeks to ascertain the validity and reliability of information and data produced in the grey circuit. It further seeks to measure the cost effectiveness of investing in grey literature both in material as well as human resources. The Grey Audit sets out to examine accepted standards applied in processing and distributing grey literature in an effort to identify guidelines for good practice that will be of benefit well into our 21st Century. Such examples of good practice will no doubt impact policy, which in turn will ensure future programs where grey literature is deployed. In order to carry out The Grey Audit, information professionals with previous involvement in grey literature, as well as those new to the field are encouraged to respond to this year’s Call for Papers. GreyNet International Grey Literature Network Service Javastraat 194-HS 1095 CP Amsterdam Netherlands T/F +31-(0)20 331 2420 Email: info@greynet.org Url: http://www.greynet.org "GreyNet is dedicated to Research, Publication, Open Access, and Education in the field of Grey Literature" |
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International Conference on Asia-Pacific Digital Libraries (ICADL 2013) |
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| Date: | 9-11 December 2013 |
| Location: | Bangalore, India |
| Comments: | Call for Papers: International Conference on Asia-Pacific Digital Libraries (ICADL 2013) December 9-11, 2013, Bangalore, India; http://www.isim.ac.in/icadl2013/Index.html Paper submission via: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icadl2013 About the ICADL Conference The International Conference on Asia-Pacific Digital Libraries (ICADL) series is a significant forum for digital libraries research, providing an opportunity for researchers, educators, and practitioners to share their experiences. Since its first meeting in Hong Kong (ICADL 1998) the ICADL has rotated annually among the Asia-Pacific countries, and evolved to become one of the premiere conferences in digital libraries. Topics The emergence of social media and the availability of social networking platforms offer enormous opportunity to leverage them for “connecting with the user community” and building a strong networked community of stakeholders across the life cycle of information creation to consumption. The ICADL 2013 will focus on the tools, methods, processes and case studies of “Social Media and Community networks’ that advance the field of digital libraries. We solicit papers on the theme of Social Media and Community Networks for potential publication in ICADL 2013. Areas of interest include, but are not restricted to, the following: - Community-based web or online services - Social architectures for digital libraries - Electronic publishing - Community informatics - Human factors in digital libraries - Cognitive modelling of social media and communities - Community information retrieval and browsing - Social network analysis - Data mining in communities and social media - Information integration across communities - Interoperability of multi-community information - Metadata and cataloguing in community repositories - Mobile services over social media - Social media analytics - Cross-cultural and cross-linguistic communities - Novel digital content for social environments - Technologies for social media and community networks - Personalized service and user modelling - Community networks for scientific data - Security and privacy in social media and community networks - Systems, algorithms, and models for data preservation - Healthcare Informatics - Information visualization Submission Instructions Papers submitted to ICADL 2013 should not be under review for any other conference or journal. A paper should be significantly different from previously published work, and should represent original contributions. Duplicate submissions will be rejected. If you have questions about how this policy applies to your work, please feel free to send an email to the General Chair or Program Committee Chairs. Authors who wish to submit papers to ICADL 2013 should register their paper and submit an abstract as per the deadlines given in the Important Dates section. Papers for which abstracts have not been registered by the due date will be rejected. Authors may choose among three formats: full papers, short papers and posters. Papers in all these formats will be included in the proceedings and will be presented at the conference. All submissions will be rigorously peer-reviewed. Full papers are expected to report on mature work, or on efforts that have reached an important milestone. They must not exceed 10 pages including references and appendices. Short papers can highlight efforts that might be in an early stage, but are important for the community to be aware of. They can also present theories or systems that can be described concisely in the limited space. They must not exceed 4 pages in all. Posters can be used for presentation of late-breaking results in an informal, interactive manner. Poster proposals must not exceed 2 pages. All contributions must be written in English and must follow Springer's formatting guidelines (http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html). Papers are to be submitted via the ICADL 2013 EasyChair page (https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icadl2013). All accepted papers will be published by Springer's Lecture Notes in Computer Science series as conference proceedings. At least one author from each paper must register for the main conference and present their work during the conference. Important Dates Submission site opening: Friday, May 10, 2013 Abstract submission deadline: 11:59 PM, Friday, June 21, 2013, India Time (GMT + 05:30) Submission deadline: 11:59 PM, Friday, June 28, 2013, India Time (GMT + 05:30) Acceptance notification: Friday, August 2, 2013 Camera ready deadline: 11:59 PM, Friday, August 30, 2013, India Time (GMT + 05:30) Organizing Committee: General Co-Chairs - N. Balakrishnan, Indian Institute of Science, India - Shalini R. Urs, University of Mysore, India Program Co-Chairs - Abhinanda Sarkar, MYRA School of Business, Mysore, India - Jin-Cheon Na, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore |
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iConference 2014 |
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| Date: | 4-7 March, 2014 |
| Location: | Berlin, Germany |
| Comments: | Call for Participation: iConference 2014, Berlin, Germany, 4-7 March, 2014 http://iconference.ischools.org/iConference14/2014index/ Dear colleagues, The iConference is an annual gathering of a broad spectrum of scholars and researchers from around the world who share a common concern about critical information issues in contemporary society. The 2014 conference theme ‘Breaking Down Walls: Culture-Context-Computing’ is an attempt at suggesting that in the realm of new media and new forms of culture, studying information, technology and people is not an either/or proposition. Rather, we have to understand how today’s forms of culture are highly influenced by various forms of computing (e.g. digital heritage, digital archives, digital knowledge production, digital everyday life) and how different forms of culture produce particular forms of computing platforms. For that reason, critical information issues must be addressed and theorized from a wide variety of theoretical and analytical approaches coming from the natural sciences, social sciences and the humanities. You will find the full Call for Participation on the iconference website http://iconference.ischools.org/iConference14/participation/ and at the end of this mail. The ninth annual iConference will take place 4-7 March, 2014, at the Berlin School of Library and Information Science at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Its program is administered by the Royal School of Library and Information Science, University of Copenhagen. The four days will include peer-reviewed Papers, Notes, Posters, Workshops and Sessions for Interaction and Engagement. Also included are a Doctoral Student Colloquium and an Early Career Colloquium. Keynote addresses will be given by Tony Hey of Microsoft Research and Melissa Terras of the Department of Information Studies, University College London. We are looking forward to your participation! Kind regards Ulla Wimmer Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Institut für Bibliotheks- und Informationswissenschaft Sitz: Dorotheenstr. 26, 10117 Berlin Post: Unter den Linden 6, 10099 Berlin Tel: +49 (0)30 2093-4528 E-Mail: ulla.wimmer@ibi.hu-berlin.de www.ibi.hu-berlin.de Presented by the iSchools organization (www.ischools.org), the iConference is an annual gathering of information scholars and researchers from around the world who share a common concern about critical information issues in contemporary society. All are invited to participate; affiliation with the iSchools is not a prerequisite. iConference 2014 is hosted by Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin; its program is administered by the Royal School of Library and Information Science, University of Copenhagen. Microsoft Research is a presenting sponsor. The official proceedings will be published in the IDEALS open repository (Illinois Digital Environment for Access to Learning and Scholarship). IMPORTANT LINKS * Conference: http://iconference.ischools.org/iConference14/2014index/ * Past Proceedings: http://ischools.org/the-iconference/ * Facebook: IConference * Twitter: @iConf | #iconf14 SUBMISSION INFORMATION The following is a brief overview; please visit our website for complete submissions guidelines. Authors are discouraged from submitting the same research to different conference submission categories. For example, authors should not submit the same research as a Note and a Poster. Duplicate submissions may not be reviewed or accepted. * PAPERS: We invite papers discussing, analysing, and critiquing theories and concepts, or reporting results of completed original research. Submitted papers should be between 5,000 and 6,000 words (not counting references), and should not have been published or submitted for publication elsewhere. Each will be refereed in a double-blind process. More at http://www.iconference.ischools.org/iConference14/papers/ Submission deadline: 15 August 2013, 23:00 GMT Papers Chairs: Diane H. Sonnenwald, Professor, Chair in Information and Library Studies, UCD School of Information & Library Studies, Dublin; Dietmar Wolfram, Professor, School of Information Studies University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. * NOTES: Reports of early and partial results from original research are invited for submission as a Note. Submitted notes should be between 2,000 and 2,500 words (not counting references). Submissions will be refereed in a double-blind process. More at http://www.iconference.ischools.org/iConference14/notes/ Submission deadline: 18 September 2013, 23:00 GMT Notes Chairs: Diane H. Sonnenwald, Professor, Chair in Information and Library Studies, UCD School of Information & Library Studies, Dublin; Dietmar Wolfram, Professor, School of Information Studies University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. * POSTERS We welcome submission of Posters presenting new work, preliminary results and designs, or educational projects. Submitted posters should be around 1,500 words (not including references). These posters will undergo a double-blind review. Posters will be published in the proceedings. More at http://www.iconference.ischools.org/iConference14/posters/ Abstract submission deadline: 18 September 2013, 23:00 GMT Posters Chairs: Toine Bogers, Assistant Professor, Royal School of Library and Information Science, University of Copenhagen; Paul D. Clough, Senior Lecturer, Information School of Social Science, University of Sheffield. * WORKSHOPS Workshops can be half- or full day and can focus on any area related to the conference theme (Breaking Down Walls: Culture, Context, Computing) or more broadly to the purview of the iSchools, namely, the relationships among information, people and technology. Please note that workshops should be free of charge to conference participants. More at http://www.iconference.ischools.org/iConference14/workshops/ Submission deadline: 4 September 2013, 23:00 GMT Workshops Chairs: Lynn Silipigni Connaway, Senior Research Scientist, OCLC Research; Soo Young Rieh, Associate Professor, School of Information, University of Michigan. * SESSIONS FOR INTERACTION AND ENGAGEMENT Formerly called Alternative Events, these sessions can include panels, fishbowls, performances, storytelling, roundtable discussions, wildcard sessions, demos/exhibitions, and more. All should be highly Participatory, informal, engaging, and pluralistic. More at http://www.iconference.ischools.org/iConference14/sie/ Submission deadline: 4 September 2013, 23:00 GMT Sessions for Interaction and Engagement Chairs: Lynn Silipigni Connaway, Senior Research Scientist, OCLC Research; Soo Young Rieh, Associate Professor, School of Information, University of Michigan. OTHER EVENTS SCHEDULED * DOCTORAL COLLOQUIUM The Doctoral Colloquium provides doctoral students the opportunity to present their work to senior faculty and engage with one another in a setting that is relatively informal but that allows for the fullest of intellectual exchanges. Students receive feedback on their dissertation, career paths, and other areas from participating faculty and student peers. Participation in the Doctoral Colloquium is restricted to students who have applied for and been accepted into the Colloquium. More at http://iconference.ischools.org/iConference14/doctoral/ Application deadline: 26 August 2013, 23:00 GMT Doctoral Colloquium Co-Chairs: Karen E. Fisher, Professor, University of Washington; Jens-Erik Mai, Professor, Royal School of Library and Information Science, University of Copenhagen; Gloria Mack, Professor, University of California, Irvine * EARLY CAREER COLLOQUIUM This half-day event is intended for assistant professors, post-docs, or others in pre-tenure positions and builds on the tradition of highly successful events at past iConferences. More at http://www.iconference.ischools.org/iConference14/jr_faculty/ Early Career Colloquium Chairs: Jeffrey Pomerantz, Associate Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Vivien Petras, Professor, Berlin School of Library and Information Science. ADDITIONAL ORGANIZERS Conference Chairs: Michael Seadle, Director of the School and Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Berlin School of Library and Information Science, Berlin; Per Hasle, Rector, Royal School of Library and Information Science, University of Copenhagen. Program Chairs: Jack Andersen, Vice-Rector and Head of Department, Elke Greifeneder, Assistant Professor, and Beth Juncker, Professor, Royal School of Library and Information Science, University of Copenhagen. Proceedings Chair: Maxi Kindling, Lecturer, Berlin School of Library and Information Science Program Committee: Alessandro Acquisti, Carnegie Mellon University Nicholas Belkin, Rutgers University John Bertot, University of Maryland College Park Wade Bishop, University of Tennessee Catherine Blake, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign Pia Borlund, Copenhagen University Geoffrey C. Bowker, University of California, Irvine Nadia Caidi, University of Toronto Donald Case, University of Kentucky Chuanfu Chen, Wuhan University Andrew Clement, University of Toronto Sheila Corrall, University of Pittsburgh Kevin Crowston, Syracuse University / National Science Foundation Mats Dahlström, University of Borås Kristin Eschenfelder, University of Wisconsin-Madison Melanie Feinberg, The University of Texas at Austin Robert Glushko, University of California, Berkeley Elke Greifeneder, University of Copenhagen Jette Seiden Hyldegaard, University of Copenhagen Anita Komlodi, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Christopher Lee, University of North Carolina Ulf Leser, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Dirk Lewandowksi, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences Bonnie Mak, University of Illinois Eric Meyers, University of British Columbia Karine Nahon, University of Washington Bonnie Nardi, UC Irvine Harri Oinas-Kukkonen, University of Oulu Gary M.Olson, University of California, Irvine Nils Pharo, Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences Andreas Rauber, Vienna University of Technology Howard Rosenbaum, Indiana University Steve Sawyer, Syracuse University Kalpana Shankar, University College Dublin Jaime Snyder, Syracuse University Juliane Stiller, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Joseph T. Tennis, University of Washington Robert Villa, University of Sheffield Lihong Zhou, Wuhan University More at http://iconference.ischools.org/iConference14/2014index/ |
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