DEADLINE APPROACHING: Submit abstracts in PDF or Word format by Dec. 31, 2011, to Dr. Rosemary Du Mont, CSIR Associate, at rdumont@kent.edu.
Second Annual International Conference on Information & Religion
Theme: Preservation and Access: Facilitating Research in Information and Religion
May 18 and 19, 2012 ~ Kent State University, Kent, OH
Keynote: Carisse Berryhill, Ph.D., Special Collections Librarian, Abilene Christian University
Call for Papers and Posters
The Center for the Study of Information and Religion (CSIR) will host its Second Annual International Conference on Information and Religion in May 2012. This call for papers seeks original contributions in all areas related to information and religion. The conference theme invites participants to share their work in a variety of areas in which scholars are exploring the intersections of religion and information. Topics that might be addressed include but are not limited to the following:
• Preserving and making available religious texts and information objects associated with communities of faith;
• Social uses and appropriations made of these texts and objects;
• The information-seeking behavior of clergy;
• The role of the sermon as an influential communication medium in society; case studies in the sermon preparation task;
• Information in its application to local congregations as communities of practice;
• Faith and many types of intelligence (e.g., emotional intelligence);
• Dissemination of faith messages;
• Intersections of interests in the study of information and religion, where different disciplines might find it worthwhile to collaborate in research.
Prospective participants are encouraged to submit abstracts that report on recent research and scholarship. Contributions to this call for papers should not have been previously published. We also welcome proposals for poster presentations. There are no restrictions on research methodology.
Instructions for submitting refereed paper or poster extended abstracts: The abstract should be no longer than 250 words (including research question, methods, results). Include the title of the paper/poster, names, affiliations, and contact information of the authors (with one author to be designated as the contact for the paper). Submit abstracts in PDF or Word format by Dec. 31, 2011, to Dr. Rosemary Du Mont, CSIR Associate, at rdumont@kent.edu. Notification of acceptance: February 1, 2012.
Papers accepted for presentation at the conference will be considered for publication in ASIR (Advances in the Study of Information and Religion). Details regarding submission of full papers will be given to those whose abstracts are accepted for conference presentation. Please note: Presenters are responsible for their own expenses related to the conference, including but not limited to registration fees, lodging, transportation and meals.
For more information, please contact Dr. Don Wicks (dwicks@kent.edu), Interim Director of SLIS and Director of CSIR, or Dr. Dan Roland (droland1@kent.edu), CSIR Primary Researcher.
http://www.kent.edu/slis/research/csir.cfm
All the best
Flo Cunningham
Marketing Communications and Public Relations Director
School of Library and Information Science
Kent State University
330-672-0003
fcunning@kent.edu

ZimLA 46th Conference & AGM. Theme: Information Professionals at the Crossroads: Opportunity for Change. May 22-24, 2012 Redcliff (Kwekwe), Zimbabwe
5. |Key Reasons: Why you should attend!!!
1. Meet key players in LIS/RAM from across Zimbabwe and beyond. Government librarians|University Librarians|Knowledge Managers|Records Managers|Documentalists|Information Officers|Librarians|Archivists|NLDS|Educators|Trainers
2. Hear local experts, industry leaders and techno gurus discuss critical issues in LIS/RAM, roles of stakeholders and frameworks of national cooperation
3. Benefit from shared experience and in-depth analysis of challenges and resolutions
4. Form partnerships aimed at making LIS/RAM the Profession
5. Discover -the current and potential opportunities to provide LIS/RAM services, technologies and expertise in Zimbabwe and beyond.
Key sub-themes!!!
•Synergies, networking & collaboration
•Libraries & constitutionalism
•Libraries & post 2008 era
•Convergence in LIS/RAM Education & Training
•Library legislation, national policies & instruments
•Technophobia
• Born Before Technology
• Born After Technology
• Born With Technology but
• all Terrified By Technology
•Libraries & Culture
Libraries & Human rights
•Social Media Risks & Rewards
•Open Source! Open Culture
•Is the Information Worker Need Underestimated?
•Best Practices in LIS/RAM
•Knowledge Management
•Libraries & HIV and AIDS
Creative Commons
•Regulatory Compliance; Intellectual Property
Speaking Opportunities
Join our prestigious speaker panel, featuring local/international experts & stakeholders, to share your valued experiences. Submit your 300 word abstract to zimlanec@gmail.com deadline March 4th 2012
Exhibition: With so many Decision Makers & Industry Leaders in one place you can showcase your products & services to your future clients & win new contracts. contact zimlanec@gmail.com
Sponsorship: Contact ZimLA for a customized package
Aims & Objectives!!!
Create awareness of the facets of LIS/RAM Governance, Professional Threats and to alert stakeholders of the need to adopt robust national LIS /RAM frameworks
Build capacity of the key decision makers in government and industry to implement strategies aimed at preventing and responding to LIS/RAM Threats in a timely manner.
Provide key decision makers with the means to adopt resilient measures, establish appropriate organizational structures and create robust legal/regulatory framework to deal with LIS/RAM Threats
Promote government-industry cooperation in ILIS/RAM Governance to help organizations leverage the strength of this partnership
Broker partnership between the different players in LIS/RAM to facilitate the flow of information, expertise and resources.
Contact info: zimlanec@gmail.com

Registration Now Open
DigCCurr Professional Institute: Curation Practices for the Digital Object Lifecycle Supported by IMLS Grant Award #RE-05-08-0060-08 and the School of Information and Library Science, UNC-Chapel Hill
May 20-25, 2012 & January 7-8, 2013 (One price for two sessions)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Visit http://ils.unc.edu/digccurr/institute.html for more information.
REGISTRATION LINK: http://cfx.research.unc.edu/res_classreg/browse_single.cfm?New=1&event=612E21BE7477F79D361921C40901D94BE49885E1
The Institute consists of one five-day session in May 2012 and a two-day follow-up session and a day-long symposium in January 2013. Each day of the summer session will include lectures, discussion and hands-on "lab" components. A course pack and a private, online discussion space will be provided to supplement learning and application of the material. An opening reception dinner on Sunday, Continental breakfast, break time snacks and coffee, and a dinner on Thursday will also be included.
This institute is designed to foster skills, knowledge and community-building among professionals responsible for the curation of digital materials.
Registration:
* Regular registration : $950
* Late registration (after April 15, 2012): $1,050
* Summer Institute accommodations (includes 5 nights of a private room in a 4 room/2 bath dorm suite on the UNC campus, with kitchen, linens, and internet access): $300*
*We highly recommend that you choose the on-campus accommodations but many area hotels will be available. This fee covers accommodations for May 2012 only.
If you are a grant recipient working on a digital project, we recommend that you check with your program officer to request approval to use available grant funds to attend the institute.
Institute Instructors Include:
* From the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Dr. Cal Lee, Dr. Richard Marciano, Dr. Helen Tibbo.
* Dr. Nancy McGovern, from the University of Michigan.
* Dr. Seamus Ross, from the University of Toronto.
* Dr. Carolyn Hank, McGill University.
Institute Components: (may be subject to some revisions and reorganization)
* Overview of digital curation definition, scope and main functions
* Where you see yourself in the digital curation landscape
* Digital curation program development
* Engendering Trust: Processes, Procedures and Forms of Evidence
* LAB - DRAMBORA in action
* Strategies for engaging data communities
* Characterizing, analyzing and evaluating the producer information environment
* Submission and transfer scenarios – push and pull (illustrative examples)
* Defining submission agreements and policies
* Strategies for writing policies that can be expressed as rules and rules that can automatically executed
* LAB - Making requirements machine-actionable
* Importance of infrastructure independence
* Overview of digital preservation challenges and opportunities
* Managing in response to technological change
* Detaching Bits from their Physical Media: Considerations, Tools and Methods
* LAB - Curation of Unidentified Files
* Returning to First Principles: Core Professional Principles to Drive Digital Curation
* Characterization of digital objects
* LAB - Assessing File Format Robustness
* Access and use considerations
* Access and user interface examples
* How and why to conduct research on digital collection needs
* LAB - Analyzing server logs and developing strategies based on what you find
* Overview and characterization of existing tools
* LAB - Evaluating set of software options to support a given digital curation workflow * Formulating your six-month action plan - task for each individual, with instructors available to provide guidance
* Summary of action plans
* Clarifying roles and expectations for the next six months
January 7-8, 2013
Participants in the May event will return to Chapel Hill in Jan. 2013 to discuss their experiences in implementing what they have learned in their own work environments. Participants will compare experiences, lessons learned and strategies for continuing progress. Friday, January 4th will be a public symposium, free to the Institute participants. (Accommodations for January will be the responsibility of the attendee.)
Visit http://ils.unc.edu/digccurr/institute.html for more information. For more information, contact Angela Murillo (amurillo@email.unc.edu) for Institute questions or Wakefield Harper (wharper@email.unc.edu) for payment or registration questions.
We look forward to seeing you there! -Helen
Dr. Helen R. Tibbo, Alumni Distinguished Professor
President, 2010-2011 & Fellow, Society of American Archivists
School of Information and Library Science
201 Manning Hall CB#3360
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3360
Phone: (919) 962-8063
Fax: (919) 962-8071
tibbo@email.unc.edu

Call for Papers
General Conference of CONSAL XV is a packet of regular activities conducted By the host country of the CONSAL Meeting. There will be many papers on library and librarians issues from CONSAL country members presented in the conference.
THEME OF THE CONFERENCE: “National Heritage: Preservation and Dissemination”
TOPICS
The Organizing Committee of CONSAL XV General Conference 2012 invites submission of papers involving the following topics, but not limit to:
National Library as the Center of National Heritage.
Preservation and Conservation in the Library.
Implementation of Legal Deposit Act.
Library Education in Empowering Human Resources.
Resource Sharing & Networking.
Managing Digital Library and Digital Publications (Information Technology Application).
The Role of Library Associations in National Development.
Community Libraries in Information Literacy.
The Role of Libraries for Enhancing Reading Habit.
The Role of CSR in Library Development
INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS
Authors are expected to consider the following requirements:
Each author is invited to submit an abstract of 250 – 350 words on or before before 31St October 2011, by email or fax or post to the CONSAL Secretariat General in Jakarta. Authors whose abstracts are accepted by the Committee will be notified in December 2011 will be invited to submit full papers and powerpoint file via e-mail or fax or post. Deadline for full paper submission is February 2012. Deadline for power point file submission is in the first week April 2012. Presentations shall be limited to 25 minutes. All paper must be written and delivered in English. All papers are expected to be original contributions and not previously published nor currently under consideration for publication elsewhere.
Paper format:
Type in Microsoft Word Format, Times New Roman Font for the paper, at size of 12 points. Authors can also send a similar copy in PDF Format.
Title: Type in capital letters and use 14 points bold fonts for titles. Leave a line between title and name of author.
A full paper is no more than 4000 words. Each page of file should be a standard paper size, that is A4.
Others will be informed later.
Information about author :
a. Author is required to write a brief introduction about his/her CV (maximum 150 words), consists of : Biography, Affiliation, Qualifications, Achievements on Library and information science and services (if possible), Other importance information relating to the author
b. It should be provided with the notice that:
Use the surname first, followed by initials in capital letter for the given names Affiliations come after the authors’s name. A recent (2cmx2cm) colour photo is requested. Contact details of author including address, e-mail address, telephone number, fax, residence telephone also be provided.
Note: An acknowledgement will be sent within 2 days upon receipt of the abstract Registration for the Conference is compulsary Selected authors for CONSAL XV Conference will be sponsored: Free registration fee; Conference’s social activities
Any submission or inquiries in connection with this Call for Papers shall be addressed to the following:
Ms Safitri or Mr Teguh Purwanto
Member of Secretariat General of CONSAL XV (Secretariat of CONSAL XV Organizing Committee)
National Library of Indonesia (PERPUSNAS RI)
Jl. Salemba Raya No. 28 A Jakarta Pusat – INDONESIA
Tel : +62 21 3101472
Fax : +62 21 3101472
E-Mail : safitri_n@yahoo.com and teguh_purwanto@asia.com
Thank you very much for your attention and cooperation in this regional event. The Committee is waiting for your participation/contribution on the next CONSAL XV General Conference. Don’t FORGET, Library and Librarians are the centre of knowledge and national heritage. We should manage them well and explore it optimally for the users.

The Canadian Association for Information Science (CAIS-ACSI) invites you to submit proposals for its 2012 conference. Our 40th annual conference will be held from May 31-June 2, 2012 at Wilfrid Laurier University and the University of Waterloo, in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
Please view our official Call for Papers at the CAIS-ACSI Website:
http://www.cais-acsi.ca/index.htm.
The deadline for submissions for the 2012 conference is January 15, 2012.
CAIS conferences seek submissions related to any aspect of library and information science, particularly those that exemplify the leading edge of our discipline. Abstracts are refereed; final papers are published in the proceedings and presented at the conference. Preference is generally given to papers that report research or debate underlying methodological/philosophical issues, rather than those that report on plans yet to be implemented.
Thank you very much,
Cameron Hoffman
Communications Director - CAIS
PhD student | Faculty of Information & Media Studies
The University of Western Ontario
choffma4@uwo.ca

Prague Summer Seminar in Libraries and Librarianship
May 20th - June 2nd, 2012
Prague, the magical city of cathedrals, gold-tipped towers, and church domes, is one of the most popular destinations in East Central Europe. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s School of Information and Library Science summer seminar allows library professionals to explore the past, present, and future of libraries and librarianship in the heart of one of the world’s most remarkable, yet largely undiscovered, countries. During this this two-week, residential summer program, participants will enjoy lectures and tours related to librarianship in this culturally and academically rich country. In addition to visiting libraries and museums in Prague, the group will also make trips to visit two UNESCO World Heritage sites, Kroměříž (http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/860) and Český Krumlov (http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/617) with their historic libraries, castles, and gardens.
Accommodation in the center of Prague allows participants to explore this historic and absorbing capital city during the week, and the surrounding countryside during their free time on the weekends. More information about Prague can be found in the Lonely Planet Guide at http://www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/czech-republic/prague and on the Prague information site at http://www.prague.cz/. This seminar has been offered each summer by UNC and Charles University in Prague since 2002.
Information about the seminar, including an overview of the schedule, costs, and past participant reviews, can be found at: http://sils.unc.edu/programs/international/prague. The seminar is also available for 3 hours of graduate credit.
If you have any questions about the seminar, please contact Kaitlyn Murphy, by e-mail (kmurphy@unc.edu) or by phone (919-962-0208).
Kaitlyn Murphy
Student Services Manager
School of Information & Library Science
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
105 Manning Hall, CB #3360
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3360
T: 919.962.0208
F: 919.962.8071

CALL FOR PAPERS AND PARTICIPATION
IFLA GENEALOGY & LOCAL HISTORY SECTION (GENLOC) PRESENTS ITS IFLA FORUM SESSIONS IN THE CRIMEA
On Libraries as memory: collecting and exploring the local history, genealogy, folk culture and hidden past of the Crimea, the Silk Road, Ukraine and Russia
SILK ROAD 2012
1800 years of History: Sudak on the Silk Road between Genoa and Cathay
DATES: Monday 4 June to Wednesday 6 June 2012
WITHIN: Crimea 2012 International Library Conference (2-10 June 2012)
VENUE: T.O.K. Sudak Resort, 89 Lenin Street, Sudak, Crimea, Ukraine
IFLA Genealogy & Local History Section (GENLOC) wants to organize cooperation with historical and genealogical libraries and archives in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union. Within the IFLA Forum at Crimea 2012, GENLOC will host Silk Road 2012, honouring this year’s 1800th anniversary of the foundation of the historic Black Sea trading port of Sudak.
TOPICS OF INTEREST
The geology and geography of the Silk Road, of the Crimea and of the Vale of Sudak – Documentation of the early settlement and history of Sudak from the Alans and the Byzantines to the Golden Horde – Crimean Tatar genealogy and history -- Sudak as an Entrepot on the medieval Silk Road and the period of Genoese occupation – Turkish occupation -- Russian imperial rule -- Sudak in the Soviet period – Gorbachev’s Crimean captivity -- Growth of the modern economy of Sudak – Arts, literature and news media in the Sudak region – Folk culture of the Black Sea coastlands – History of religion in the Crimea, churches, mosques and religious landmarks –Local history documentation for the Crimea and the Silk Road in Russian, Ukrainian, Italian, British, French, Turkish and American libraries and archives – Exhibitions on the history and treasures of the Silk Road and of the Crimea – Sudak and the Crimea in film – Travellers on the Silk Road from Marco Polo to modern times – Mapping the Silk Road – Electronic library resources for the study of the history of Sudak, the Crimea and the Silk Road
PROPOSALS FOR PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS
Proposals for papers and presentations must normally be submitted by e-mail as Microsoft Word or Adobe pdf attachments. In the subject line please indicate: "Silk Road 2012 proposal". Proposals will be evaluated as received and approved papers may be delivered in English, Russian or Ukrainian.
Each proposal should include:
• An abstract of approximately 250 words, summarizing the paper or other proposed program element (panel, exhibition, interactive discussion)
• Speaker's name, professional affiliation, postal address, telephone numbers, e-mail address and brief biographical note.
The deadline for submitting proposals is 20 April 2012, but earlier submission would be appreciated at any time after 7 April. Copies should be sent to each of the jury:
•Elizabeth Melrose in the U.K. (GENLOC Secretary)E-mail: elizabeth.melrose@btinternet.com
•Mattye Laverne Page in Washington, D.C., U.S.A E-mail: mpag@loc.gov
•Francis Kirkwood in Ottawa, Canada E-mail: kirkwood.professional@sympatico.ca
•Alan Hopkinson in the U.K. E-mail: A.Hopkinson@mdx.ac.uk
•Oksana Dineeva in Moscow, Russia E-mail: dineeva@shpl.ru
•Yuri Y. Lesnevsky in Novosibirsk, Russia E-mail: lib@sibdisnet.ru
•Ksenia Volkova in Moscow, Russia E-mail: kv@gpntb.ru
•Irina Satsuk in Sudak, Crimea, Ukraine E-mail: libsudak@rambler.ru
FINAL VERSIONS AND PUBLICATION OF PAPERS
Final versions of approved papers (approximately 4000 words) should be submitted to:
Francis Kirkwood in Canada E-mail: kirkwood.professional@sympatico.ca
•Ksenia Volkova in Russia E-mail: kv@gpntb.ru All papers received in final form by 23 April 2012 will be included in the Crimea 2012 conference website . Papers received by 15 May 2012 and presented (20 minutes) by their authors at the conference will be included in the IFLA GENLOC website after the conference, and may be published in other formats by IFLA and by our library partners.
REGISTER FOR THE FULL CRIMEA 2012 CONFERENCE ONLINE NOW
At http://www.gpntb.ru/win/inter-events/crimea2012/ mentioning Silk Road 2012
Contact Ksenia Volkova at kv@gpntb.ru regarding payment and accommodation questions.
English call for papers: 6 April 2012
Russian to follow

Call for papers
We invite you or your staff members to submit paper proposals for the 33rd Annual IATUL Conference to be held at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore from 4-7 June 2012. IATUL, the International Association of Technological University Libraries is made up of more than 230 member universities from 54 countries represented by library directors and senior staff. This is the first time that the Conference is held in Asia.
The Conference theme is "LIBRARY STRATEGIES FOR NEW GENERATION USERS"
Where : Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
When : 4-7 Jun 2012
Proposal submission deadline : 1 Nov 2011
Please submit your proposal using the submission form in the Call for Papers page of the conference website : http://conference.ntu.edu.sg/iatul2012/Pages/home.aspx
About the Conference
The Conference will focus on the changing relationship between academic libraries and users brought about by seismic changes in technology and the learning and research environment.
Users are central to libraries and their continued use of library services is crucial for the future of libraries. For a long time, the library as an institution played the critical role of pooling resources to provide users with access to a wider range and depth of information than the individual could otherwise afford. At the same time, library services and functions evolved to support learning and research endeavours through the effective use of those pooled resources.
Today, students, academics and researchers are drawn by an extremely open learning and research environment enabled by technology that offers unbeatable convenience, ubiquitous connectivity and attractive social networking. It is therefore important for institutional intermediaries like libraries to develop new strategies and services to engage users more effectively in the new environment.
Conference tracks
(A) Technology and innovations in libraries and their impact on learning, research and users.
(B) Changes in learning, research and information needs and behaviour of users.
(C) Trends, possibilities and scenarios for user-centred libraries.
How to submit your proposal
You are welcome to submit a conference paper or poster. Please submit your proposal abstract in English using the submission form at Conference website by 1 Nov 2011 to IATUL-papers@ntu.edu.sg. All information requested in the submission form must be filled in full.
Important dates
23 Aug 2011 - Call for papers
01 Nov 2011 - Submission of abstracts for papers and posters
01 Jan 2012 - Notification of acceptance of papers and posters
15 Apr 2012 - Submission of final abstracts for accepted papers and posters and authors’ biodata for inclusion in the Conference programme
01 May 2012 - Full paper submission deadline
04 Jun 2012 - Conference begins
Notification of acceptance
On notification of acceptance of paper/poster proposals, authors should start to prepare their full paper and submit them by 1 May 2012. Guidelines on formatting of full papers will be posted on the conference website soon.
Please note that IATUL, in line with open access principles, does not claim shared copyright with the author, only a non-exclusive right to publish. IATUL may publish both the abstract and the full-text of the paper on the IATUL web site. IATUL may also disseminate or license the content of the paper to appropriate third parties.
Accepted papers will be published on the IATUL web site. In addition, selected papers will be also be published in Emerald's Library Management.
Enquiries: For further information, please email Ms Goh Su Nee at IATUL-papers@ntu.edu.sg
With best regards
Choy Fatt Cheong
Chair of Conference Organizing Committee,
University Librarian,
Nanyang Technological University

Sponsored by the Information Policy & Access Center (http://ipac.umd.edu) and the iSchool, the 2012 Digital Government Society Conference (dg.o 2012) conference will be held on the University of Maryland College Park's campus June 4-7, 2012 in Van Munching Hall. Marking its 13th year, the conference brings together an international community of leading digital government researchers and practitioners to discuss such key topics as open data; open government; social media and public participation in digital government; effective use of social media by governments; crowd sourcing for government decision making; transformative government; data integration, visualizations, and analytics for government decision making; financial/economic/social policy making; government productivity and effectiveness; service quality and customer-centric e-Government; computing infrastructure models, cyber-security and project management; IT and tools to support government security; and methods to measure and evaluate success in e-Government.
Full conference information is available at http://www.dgo2012.dgsna.org/.
Highlights from the conference include:
* Keynote presentations by Chris Vein, Deputy Chief Technology Officer, Government Innovation; Office of Science and Technology Policy, The White House; Randeep Sudan, Lead ICT Policy Specialist, Information and Communication Technologies Sector, The World Bank; Don Kettle, Dean, School of Public Policy, the University of Maryland College Park, and and Non-resident Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution.
* Innovative workshops and tutorias on June 4 by leading researchers and practitioners. Topics include Humans and Machines Learning Together: Using DiscoverText to Gather and Classify Big Text Data Sets (Stuart Shulman, University of Massachusetts Amherst); Node XL for Social Network Analysis (Cody Dunne, University of Maryland College Park); Security and Privacy in Government (Jaideep Vidya, Rutgers University); and Linking Open Data: Changes and Solutions (Marijn Janssen, Delft University of Technology; Anneke Zuiderwijk, Delft University of Technology; and Yannis Charalabidis, National Technical University of Athens). Full conference registrants receive one complementary workshop/tutorial of their choice.
* Over 30 research and management papers; numerous panels; and a wide range of posters from leading digital government scholars and practitioners from government, industry, and universities from across the globe.
The full conference program is available at
http://www.dgo2012.dgsna.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19&Itemid=35.
Important Dates:
May 18, 2012: Early registration ends
May 13, 2012: Hotel room block (information on the conference website) ends; book before this date to receive the conference discount
John Carlo Bertot, Conference Chair
Luis Luna Reyes and Sehl Mellouli, Program Chairs
Jing Zhang and Soon Ae Chun, Workshop and Tutorials Chairs
Teresa Harrison, Panel Chair
Gabriel Puron Cid, Poster and Demo Chair
Sharon Dawes, Björn Niehaves, J. Ramon Gil-Garcia, and Jochen Scholl, Doctoral Colloquium Chairs
Thank you to our sponsors: Elsevier, IOS Press, Information Policy & Access Center, the College of Information Studies (iSchool) at the University of Maryland College Park.
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John Carlo Bertot, Ph.D.
Professor and Co-Director
Information Policy & Access Center
College of Information Studies
University of Maryland
4105 Hornbake Building, South Wing
College Park, MD 20742
Email: jbertot@umd.edu
Web (Bertot): http://terpconnect.umd.edu/~jbertot/
Web (Center): http://ipac.umd.edu
Phone: 301.405.3267
Fax: 301.314.9145
Editor, Library Quarterly (http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/lq/current)
Editor, Government Information Quarterly (http://www.elsevier.com/locate/govinf/)

Please, note the change of venue for the XXth SCECSAL Conference. from Intercontinental Hotel Nairobi to LAICO Regency Nairobi Hotel.
Dates: 4-8 June 2012
Venue: LAICO Regency Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya
Theme: Information for sustainable development in the digital environment
Registration Fee: US$300 (Includes, two teas, lunches, conference facilities)
Registration Fee for Students: US$240
Conference Web site: http://www.klas.or.ke/p/kla-2011-annual-conference.html
SCECSAL Web site: http://www.scecsal.org
Conference Venue: http://www.laicohotels.com/en/hotel/kenya/nairobi/laico-regency.html
Jacinta Were
Chairperson XXth SCECSAL Organizing Committee
Nairobi, Kenya
Tel: (254) 720 853 427 (Int.) 0720 853 427 (Local)
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Justin Chisenga
Knowledge and Information Management Officer
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Regional Office for Africa
P.O. Box GP 1628
Accra, Ghana
Tel: +233 30 2675000/7010930 Ext. 2106 or 2145
Fax: +233 30 2668427/7010943
Email: Justin.Chisenga@fao.org
Website: http://www.fao.org/africa
Website: http://www.1billionhungry.org/justinchisenga/

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: 12th ACM/IEEE-CS Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL 2012) June 10–14, 2012, Washington, DC, USA
Hosted by The George Washington University and The Library of Congress
http://www.jcdl2012.info
CALL FOR PAPERS
The ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries 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.
IMPORTANT DATES
* Full Papers due January 23, 2012
* Short Papers, Panels, Posters & Demos, Workshops, Tutorials due January 30, 2012
* Notification of acceptance for Workshops and Tutorials: March 1, 2012
* Notification of acceptance for Papers, Panels, Posters & Demos: March 21, 2012
* Doctoral Consortium Abstract submissions due March 31, 2012
CONFERENCE FOCUS
The theme for JCDL 2012 is #sharing #linking #using #preserving. Digital libraries, under a variety of names and modalities, are often part of the every day web experience. The challenge is how digital libraries can enhance user experience through providing stability in changing information environment, breaking down information silos, integrating into accepted practices of the web, and providing a range of access and services to resources across the web, both to human and machine users.
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, and submissions associated with the JCDL 2012 theme of social media influenced themes of linking, sharing, usage, and preservation are particularly welcome. The conference sessions, workshops and tutorials will cover all these aspects.
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 2012 will be held in Washington, DC on the campus of The George Washington University. 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.
JCDL 2012 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
IMPORTANT NOTES FOR ALL SUBMISSIONS
All contributions must be submitted in electronic form via the conference’s EasyChair submission page, following ACM format guidelines and template available from http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html. Please submit all papers in PDF format.
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. 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 formatting guidelines, http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html. Papers are to be submitted via the conference's EasyChair submission page, http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=jcdl2012
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 & DEMOSTRATION 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=jcdl2012. 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. 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=jcdl2012. Abstracts of demonstrations will appear in the proceedings.
PANELS & INVITED BRIEFINGS
Panels will complement the refereed portions of the program with lively discussions of controversial and cutting-edge issues that are not addressed by other program elements. Invited briefings will explain a topic of interest to those building digital libraries—they can be thought of as being mini-tutorials. We are not soliciting formal proposals for panels or invited briefings, but if you have an idea for one that you'd like to hear, please send email directly to the panels/briefings chairs, Noha Adly, adly@bibalex.org, and Haowei Hsieh, haowei-hsieh@uiowa.edu
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=jcdl2012.
WORKSHOP SUBMISSIONS
Workshops are intended to draw together communities of interest—both those in established communities, and also 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 roundtable 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 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=jcdl2012.
DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM
The Doctoral Consortium is a workshop for PhD students from all over the world who are in the early phases of their dissertation work (i.e., the consortium is not intended for those who are finished or nearly finished with their dissertation). The goal of the Doctoral Consortium is to help students with their thesis and research plans by providing feedback and general advice on using the research environment in a constructive and international atmosphere.
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.
Doctoral Consortium proposals are to be submitted via the conference's EasyChair submission page, http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=jcdl2012.

CALL FOR PAPERS
2nd Milwaukee Conference on the Ethics of Information Organization
June 15 - 16, 2012
Milwaukee, WI
Information organization, like other major functions of the information professions, faces many ethical challenges. In our literature, ethical concerns have been raised with regard to, topics such as, the role of national and international tools and standards, provision of subject access to information, deprofessionalization and outsourcing, education of professionals, and the effects of globalization. These issues and many others like them have serious implications for quality and equity in information access. The Information Organization Research Group and the Center for Information Policy Research of the School of Information Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee join in presenting this second conference to address the ethics of information organization.
Like the first Ethics of Information Organization conference held in Milwaukee May 2009, this conference (June 2012) welcomes papers on ethics and any element of information organization from cataloging standards to tagging; subject access; technology; the profession; cultural, economic, political, corporate, international, multicultural and multilingual aspects.
INVITED SPEAKERS WILL INCLUDE:
Opening Speaker: Jens-Erik Mai, University of Toronto
Closing Speaker: Richard Smiraglia, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Other invited speakers will be announced
We invite submission of proposals for papers which will include: name(s) of presenter(s), title(s), affiliation(s), contact information and abstracts of 300-500 words. Presentations will be 20 minutes. Time will be set aside for questions as well as broader discussion. All abstracts will be published on the Web site of the UW-Milwaukee Information Organization Research Group. Full papers will be published in a special issue of Knowledge Organization.
ABSTRACTS DUE: February 15, 2012
NOTIFICATION OF ACCEPTANCE BY: March 15, 2012
FULL PAPERS DUE: July 15, 2012
Submit proposals via email to: Hope A Olson, Conference Chair (holson@uwm.edu)
CFP poster available here: https://pantherfile.uwm.edu/groups/sois/webdocs/events/MKE_EIO-CFP2012.pdf

ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
“CHANGES” LIBRARIES IN THE DIGITAL AGE (LIDA) 2012
Zadar, Croatia, 18–22 June 2012
University of Zadar, Zadar, Croatia (http://www.unizd.hr)
Web site: http://ozk.unizd.hr/lida
Email: lida@unizd.hr
Libraries in the Digital Age (LIDA) is a biennial international conference that focuses on the challenging and rapidly transforming nature of libraries and information systems and services. In recognition of today’s continually evolving online and mediated technological environment, “CHANGES” is this year’s theme. LIDA 2012 brings together researchers, educators, practitioners, and developers from all over the world in a forum for personal exchanges, discussions, and learning, made memorable by being held in an enchanting and beautiful city on the shore of the Adriatic Sea.
Conference PART I, 18-20 June: CHANGES in the world of library services: Evolution and innovation Program chair: Marie L. Radford, Ph.D. (School of Communication and Information, Rutgers University)
Keynote speakers:
• Eileen G. Abels, Ph.D. (Associate Dean and Professor, iSchool at Drexel) "Change: Opportunity or Threat for Reference Services in the Digital Age"
Lynn Silipigni Connaway, Ph.D. (Senior Research Scientist, OCLC Research) "I always stick with the first thing that comes up on Google": Motivating Student Engagement with the Digital Information Service Environment"
Conference PART II, 20-22 June: CHANGES in the world of electronic resources: information and digitization. Program chair: Christine L. Borgman, Ph.D. (Department of Information Studies, UCLA)
Keynote speakers:
• Herbert Van de Sompel, Ph.D. (Lead of the Digital Library Research and Prototyping Team, Los Alamos National Laboratory) "Persistence, identification, and the actionability of data citations"
• Alyssa Goodman, Ph.D. (Professor of Astronomy, Harvard University) "Seamless Astronomy"
• Liz Lyon, Ph.D. (Director, UKOLN, University of Bath) "Incremental Change or Revolution? Libraries and the Informatics Transform"
Important dates
Papers and posters: extended abstract due 15 February 2012.
For accepted full papers and poster summary in final form for Proceedings by 1 May 2012.
Workshops: a short proposal by 10 February 2012.
Demonstrations: a proposal by 1 March 2012.
PhD Forum: dissertation proposal or research description by 1 March 2012.
Types of contributions: Papers, posters, demonstrations, workshops, PhD forum.
All Submissions should be uploaded to Easy Chair.
Inquires can be addressed to Co-Chairs of the conference Prof. Tatjana Aparac (taparac@unizd.hr) and Prof. Tefko Saracevic (tefkos@rutgers.edu) and Program Chairs Marie L. Radford (mradford@rutgers.edu) and Christine L. Borgman (borgman@gseis.ucla.edu). Full contact information is provided at http://ozk.unizd.hr/lida/organization. All submissions will be refereed.
Invitation to institutions: We invite libraries, information agencies, professional organizations, publishers, and service providers to consider participation at LIDA by providing a demonstration, workshop, or exhibit about their products, services or advances, or by presenting a paper or poster about their activities, as related to the two themes. Institutions can benefit as well by sending representatives to LIDA. Course materials will be given to participants so that they can communicate and transfer topics of interest to their institution. Sponsorship opportunities are also available and new sponsors are warmly invited.

Call for Contributions now open! RAILS 8 Seminar. 25 June 2012. University of South Australia, Adelaide
The Organising Committee for the 8thResearch Applications in Library and Information Studies seminar invites you to submit short papers, full papers and/or posters for the 2012 event.
The RAILS8 seminar brings together educators, researchers and practitioners within the information professions to enable a culture of informed and innovative research practice.
All members of the information profession – libraries, archives, information & knowledge management, records, schools, museums - are invited to come and share their ideas and work with others.
The seminar’s theme is: INNOVATE. PARTICIPATE. REFLECT.
Further information on how to make a contribution can be found at the seminar web site http://www.unisa.edu.au/bim/RAILS8/default.asp
All contributions should be made using the online system by February 17 2012.
If you would like more information about the event please contact Kate Davis (k3.davis@qut.edu.au)

CALL FOR PAPERS: submissions accepted now through Nov. 30.
InSITE 2012: Informing Science & IT Education: A Conference in Four Parts:
Connect, TeachIT, TeLE, and Inform.
InSITE: Connect consists workshops and seminars that connects the academic world with the world of industry and commerce, providing skill/information/knowledge transfer.
InSITE: Inform solicits papers in any area that explores issues in effectively and efficiently informing clients through IT (information technology).The purpose is to encourage and enable the sharing of knowledge and collaboration among the wide variety of fields that use information technology to inform clients. Here are some of these areas: Communications, Community and Society, Computer Science, Data Communications, Distance Education, eCommerce, Education, Government, Health Care, Human Resources, Medicine, History, Information & Library Sciences, Journalism, Justice and Law, Mathematics, Management, Psychology, Public Policy, Sociology, Technology, and Working Together.
InSITE: TeachIT focuses on research topics related to teaching IT, including curricular issues, capstone courses, pedagogy, and emerging topics in IT. Papers that cover research in Information Technology Education, such as Curriculum and Techniques for teaching IT are invited
InSITE: TeLE focuses on research topics related to using IT to teach. For example, these topics include e-Learning, m-Learning, making classroom teaching more effective, and distance learning. Papers that deal with any aspect of knowledge, easessment, eLearning, eportfolios, distance education, instructional technologies, mLearning, and learning objects (theory, practice, innovation, & research) are invited.
All submissions undergo blind review by six or more external referees. Accepted papers of delegates are published in the conference proceedings and possibly one of the Institute's journals.
Conference Chair: Alan Hochstein, Dean, John Molson School of Business
Hosted by: Concordia University John Molson School of Business
The official conference of the Informing Science Institute.

International Conference on Collection Development in the Digital Environment (ICCDDE 2012)
29 - 30 June 2012
Organised by Madras University Library (MUL), Chennai
In Collaboration with Prof. B. Ramesh Babu Felicitation Committee
Venue : Parithimar Kalaingar (Marina) Campus, University of Madras, Chennai – 5
Theme: Collection Development in Digital Environment
Sub Themes :
1. Collection Development Policies and procedures print and electronic
2. Collection Development Policy and models
3. IPR and Copy Right issues in Collection Development
4. Digital Resource Management (DRM) and Content Management System (CMS)
5. Financial Issues in Collection Development
6. Role of aggregators and Consortia in the collection development
7. Use and User Studies in Collection Development
8. Collection evaluation and de-selection (Weeding)
9. Best Practices in Collection Development – case studies
10. Any other area relevant to collection development
Call for Papers
Papers are invited on the themes based on the research experiences or theoretical models, case studies from all fraternities including students, academicians, research scholars and librarians. The paper must be an original contribution and should not have been published elsewhere. The papers, which are application oriented, addressing the problems and solutions are most welcome.
Intended contributors are requested to submit an extended abstract in 500 words on or before 21st April 2012. The decision of the Editorial Committee is final in the selection of the abstracts. Once the abstract is accepted the decision will be intimated by email to send the full length paper on or before 21st May 2012.
Instructions for Authors
The full length paper will be accepted along with Registration Fee for presentation and publication in the Conference Proceedings. Papers should not be exceeding 15 pages of A4 size with 1.5 lines spacing in Times New Roman 12 font size. A soft copy of the paper shall be sent by email: iccdde2012@gmail.com
visit : www.beerakarameshbabu.com
Important Dates
Submission of Abstract : 21st April 2012 Intimation of acceptance: 30th April 2012
Submission of Full paper : 21st May 2012 Conference Dates : 29 - 30th June 2012
All Communication should be addressed to :
Organising Secretary
Dr.K.Kaliyaperumal
University Librarian i/c
Madras University Library
University of Madras, Chapuk Campus
Chennai – 600 005, Tamil Nadu, India
iccdde2012@gmail.com

On behalf of the Advisory Board, we would like to inform you of the:
TENTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON BOOKS AND PUBLISHING
30 June - 1 July 2012
Universidad Abat Oliba CEU, Barcelona, Spain
http://www.booksandpublishing.com/conference-2012/
The Books and Publishing Conference serves as an inclusive forum for examining the past, current and future role of the book. It proceeds from recognition that although the book is an old medium of expression, it embodies half a millennium's experience of recording knowledge. Its pervasive influence continues to shape newer forms of information technology, while at the same time providing a reference point for innovation.
This year's Books and Publishing Conference will take place in Barcelona, Spain at Universidad Abat Oliba CEU. Barcelona is home to architecturally notable buildings that date back to Roman settlements and is home to the World Heritage Site works of architect Antoni Gaudi, including the famous Sagrada Familia Church. Conference participants will have the opportunity to embark on a guided tour of Barcelona that will highlight world-renowned points of interest. For information on accommodations visit http://booksandpublishing.com/conference-2012/accommodation/
The conference will include numerous paper, workshop and colloquium presentations by practitioners, teachers and researchers. We would particularly like to invite you to respond to the conference call-for-papers. Presenters may choose to submit written papers for publication in the fully refereed International Journal of the Book. If you are unable to attend the conference in person, virtual registrations are also available which allow you to submit a paper for refereeing and possible publication, as well as access to the Journal.
Whether you are a virtual or in-person presenter at this conference, we also encourage you to present on the conference YouTube Channel. Please select the Online Sessions link on the conference website for further details. We also invite you to join us on Facebook, Twitter, and Flickr at http://www.BooksandPublishing.com/conference-2012/
The next deadline for the next round in the call for papers (a title and short abstract) is 3 April 2012. Future deadlines will be announced on the conference website after this date. Proposals are reviewed within two weeks of submission. Full details of the conference, including an online proposal submission form, may be found at the conference website
- http://booksandpublishing.com/conference-2012/
We look forward to receiving your proposal and hope that you will be able to join us in Barcelona in 2012.
Yours sincerely,
Karim Gherab-Martin
Research Scientist
Spanish National Research Council - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cient??cas (CSIC) Madrid, Spain For the Advisory Board, International Conference on the Book and International Journal of the Book

an announcement of the International Conference on Libraries 2012 (ICOL 2012) : “Transformation to Humanize Libraries”, organised by Universiti Sains Malaysia Library, and supported by Librarians Association of Malaysia.
The Conference will be held as follows: Date: 2nd – 4th July 2012
Venue: Renaissance Hotel, Kota Bharu,Kelantan, MALAYSIA
We look forward to your participation in the upcoming conference either as participants or paper presenters. If you are interested to present a paper, kindly send your abstract before 15th January 2012.
We would be glad if you could forward this conference announcement to your colleagues. For further details, please visit us @
Website : https://sites.google.com/site/usmicol2012/home
e-mail : icol.conference2012@gmail.com
Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/icol2012
Tel : 609-7671466/1470
Fax : 609-7651823
We look forward to receive your positive reply and participation.
Thank you.
Warm regards,
ICOL 2012 Secretariat

Registrations are now open for the 2012 DREaM project conference which takes place at the British Library Conference Centre, London on Monday 9th July.
The programme includes a keynote speech from best-selling author, broadcaster, medical doctor and academic Dr Ben Goldacre who will also present the Library and Information Science (LIS) Practitioner Researcher Excellence Award.
Other sessions include a review of the DREaM project by Professor Hazel Hall; an opening keynote presentation on the value and impact of library and information services by Professor Carol Tenopir; a series of short delegate-led “one minute madness” presentations; an invited paper that analyses the DREaM network by Dr Louise Cooke; and an open panel discussion on how a UK network of LIS researchers can be sustained. Panellists include Dr Carla Basili of the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (Italy), CILIP’s Annie Mauger and DREaM cadre member Jo Alcock.
To book your place, please register at: http://store.napier.ac.uk/browse/product.asp?catid=155&modid=1&compid=1. Registration costs £95 inclusive. There are ten bursaries of up to £90 to help new professionals and PhD students who are located outside London with their travel costs. These will be awarded on a first come first served basis. So, if you joined the profession in 2008 or more recently, or are a registered doctoral student, please register quickly to secure a bursary place.
To see the full programme for the day, please go to: http://lisresearch.org/dream-project/dream-event-5-conference-monday-9-july-2012/
The DREaM project, Developing Research Excellence and Methods, is led by Professor Hall of Edinburgh Napier University, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, and supported by the Library and Information Science Research Coalition. The purpose of the project is to develop a formal UK-wide network of Library and Information Science (LIS) researchers. The project started in January 2011 and runs until August 2012.
Further information about DREaM can be found at: http://lisresearch.org/dream-project/
Materials from the conferences and workshops – presentations, blogs, reviews, videos, twitter streams etc. are made available on the Coalition web site either just before or immediately after each event:
DREaM event 1 – launch conference, Tuesday 19 July 2011: http://lisresearch.org/dream-project/dream-event-1-launch-conference-tuesday-19-july-2011/
DREaM event 2 – workshop, Tuesday 25 October 2011: http://lisresearch.org/dream-project/dream-event-2-workshop-tuesday-25-october-2011/
DREaM event 3 – workshop, Monday 30 January 2012: http://lisresearch.org/dream-project/dream-event-3-workshop-monday-30-january-2012/
DREaM event 4 – workshop takes place on Wednesday 25 April 2012: http://lisresearch.org/dream-project/dream-event-4-workshop-wednesday-25-april-2012/. Previews of presentations are posted to the Coalition web site ahead of the workshop and all presentations will be available online in advance of their delivery. To follow the proceedings remotely follow the Twitter hashtag #lis_dream4.

The ALIA Biennial Conference Organising Committee invite abstract submissions relating to the themes outlined below as well as topics of interest.
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE – Wednesday 30 November 2011
http://conferences.alia.org.au/alia2012/
Content streams will be based on the following subject areas:
Digital Assets and Rights Management – Is it all gloom and doom? What are you doing and/or thinking about in discovering and managing resources?
Interesting things – Tell us about all things Bold, New and Different. What excites you right now? What do you think everyone should know about?
Spaces – Physical space, virtual space, mind space, outer space. What is your vision for libraries?
Connecting clients with content – How are your collections and services discovered? What tools do you use? What tools would you like to use?
Opportunities – Discover the similarities and differences in our libraries. What interesting projects are occurring in health, law, TAFE, special, public, arts, school and academic libraries that can be shared by like minded and not-so like minded colleagues?
Valuing our services – Tell us your story about how your library proves worth. How do you know you are doing a good job?
Emerging Technologies – e-books, social networking, augmented reality. Is your library content discoverable wherever your clients are? How do these tools facilitate changes in your services?
Redesigning, Rediscovering, Rethinking, Rebooting – How does the changing nature of client behaviour influence the way we deliver our services? What sort of staff do libraries need?
Year of Reading – In the National Year of Reading 2012, what authors have inspired you, changed your life or simply been a great pleasure? [And get ready to participate in the Conference’s Twitter Reading Group!]
If you have a suggestion on how to present your paper other than the traditional approach, please include details when submitting your abstract. You may wish, for example, to suggest a live broadcast, a panel of speakers, Q&A session, or a short burst of presentations from a number of speakers around a theme.
Abstract – 200 words minimum to 350 words maximum
• Those who wish to submit an abstract for consideration by the Program Committee must also intend to register for the Conference.
• All abstracts submitted must be original work and not previously presented in any form at other conference or previously published
• Only one abstract submission per person will be accepted
• Authors of abstracts accepted for presentations are required to submit a full paper via the Conference website
• All submitted papers will be published after the Conference on the Conference website. PowerPoint presentations may also be submitted but are not an accepted substitute for the full paper submission.
REVIEW OF ABSTRACTS
All abstracts will be reviewed to ensure quality and compatibility with the Conference theme and areas of interest. If needed, comments by reviewers will be provided to authors prior to giving their oral presentation.
Peer Reviewed Papers:
• Please indicate when submitting your abstract if you wish for your paper to be peer reviewed
• Referees will be chosen from the library and information community and are independent experts in their chosen field. Each paper submitted for refereeing will be submitted as a blind (unidentifiable) copy
For further details please refer to the Abstract Submission Guidelines on the ALIA Biennial 2012 Conference website

Open Repositories 2012 Call for Proposals
Open Repositories 2012 – “Open Services for Open Content: Local In/Global Out”
This year’s Open Repositories conference takes place in Edinburgh, Scotland between July 9th 2012 and July 13th. We’re now inviting you to consider what you can contribute to the conference programme.
Repositories are established in many ways as systems, as services, and as infrastructure for many types of content in an increasingly varied range of institutions. They now demonstrate how action on a local scale can have global consequences – for the institutions hosting repositories, for those who deposit content in them, and for society as a whole. Some actions, however, are only effective when coordinated at national, domain or global scale. Understanding the change repositories can bring about, the changes they themselves need to undergo, and the areas in which local action is sufficient are key themes of this year’s conference. We’re interested in hearing about:
• Augmented content – and mediation and ownership of augmentation
• Delivery of non-traditional content
• Embedded repository service components
• Shared and collaborative repository infrastructure and services
• Open services that feed, support and consume repository services and content, such as identification services
• Enabling content re-use
• Long-term preservation in and of repositories and their content
• Lessons learned about the difficulties of creating global services from local roots and any other topic that you think is relevant to our major themes.
The aim of the Open Repositories Conference is to bring those responsible for the development, implementation and management of digital repositories together with stakeholders to address theoretical, practical, and strategic issues: across the entire lifecycle of information, from the creation and management of digital content, to enabling use, re-use, and interconnection of information, and ensuring long-term preservation and archiving. The current economic climate dictates that repositories operate across administrative and disciplinary boundaries and to interact with distributed computational services and social communities.
Submissions can take the form of abstracts, posters, demos and workshops – more details are given below. We will consider any submission that seems to us sufficiently original and repository-related to merit attention at this event, but we’ll give preference to submissions that address our primary theme.
The programme will also include the developer challenge and space for sessions in the spirit of Edinburgh’s successful ‘Repository Fringe’ (http://repositoryfringe.org) event. Further details of these segments of the programme will be announced nearer the time; they will include substantial aspects of the un-conference – an event whose format is controlled by its attendees.
Submission process
Conference papers: We welcome two- to four-page proposals for presentations or panels that deal with organizational, theoretical, practical, or administrative issues of digital repositories and repository services that are not specific to a particular technical platform. Abstracts of accepted papers will be made available through the conference’s web site, and later they and associated materials will be made available in a repository intended for current and future OR content. Relevant papers unsuccessful in the main track will automatically be considered for inclusion, as appropriate as a User Group presentation.
User Group Presentations: Two- to four-page proposals for presentations or panels that focus on use of one of the major repository platforms (EPrints, DSpace and Fedora) are invited from developers, researchers, repository managers, administrators and practitioners describing novel experiences or developments in the construction and use of repositories involving issues specific to these technical platforms.
Posters and demos: We invite developers, researchers, repository managers, administrators and practitioners to submit one-page proposals for posters and demonstrations. Posters provide an opportunity to present work that isn’t appropriate for a paper; you’ll have the chance to do a 60-second pitch for your poster or demo during a plenary session at the conference.
Workshops and Tutorials: Workshops will take place before and after the conference; they will require proposals and can be closely or loosely attached to the conference. Closely attached workshops will have registration & venues arranged by OR2012 organisers; loosely attached workshops are the responsibility of the organizers, but OR2012 will co-promote them if they are accepted.
PLEASE submit your paper, poster, demo or workshop proposal through the conference system. The conference system will be linked from the conference web site (http://or2012.ed.ac.uk/) and will be available for submissions in January 2012.
Key dates and contacts
2012-02-20 Deadline for papers, workshops & user group sessions
2012-03-31 Deadline for posters and demos
2012-04-06 Workshop/paper submitters notified
2012-05-11 Poster/demo submitters notified
2012-07-09 Conference pre-workshops begin
Get these dates in your diary, and start thinking now about what your contribution will be and the change you want to make. We look forward to welcoming you to Edinburgh in July.
Kevin Ashley
On behalf of the programme committee & the local organising committee of OR2012

International Conference on Trends in Knowledge and Information Dynamics 10-13, July, 2012
Hosted by: Documentation Research and Training Centre (DRTC) Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) Bangalore, India
http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/ictk
Documentation Research and Training Centre (DRTC) of Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) was founded by late Prof. S.R. Ranganathan in 1962. We are happy to announce ICTK-2012 as part of DRTC Golden Jubilee celebrations.
CALL FOR PAPERS
We invite extended abstracts in English on a wide range of themes and sub themes.Broadly the themes of the conference are divided into main streams. However, authors are encouraged to submit papers on narrower and related areas, as the following are only broader guiding themes.
Stream 1: Trends in Library Education and Research
Stream 2: Trends in Public Library Services
Stream 3: Trends in Domain Specific Information Systems and Service
Stream 4: Trends in Open Access to Information and Data
Stream 5: Trends in ICT applications to Library and Information Science
For complete list of topics please visit http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/ictk/themes
Extended abstract may be sent to: ictk2012 at drtc dot isibang dot ac dot in
LAST DATE FOR ...
Submission of Extended Abstract: 1st February, 2012
Acceptance of Extended Abstract: 1st March, 2012
Submission of Full Paper: 1st April, 2012
Camera Ready Copy (after suggestions from reviewers): 1st June, 2012
Registration: Opens from 15th December,2011 onwards
CONTACT AND ENQUIRY
Prof. A.R.D. Prasad (Convener - ICTK-2012
Documentation Research & Training Centre (DRTC), Indian Statistical Institute (I.S.I), 8th Mile, Mysore Road, R.V. College Post, Bangalore - 560059, Karnataka INDIA
Phone: +91-80-28482711
Fax : 91-80-28484265
Email: ictk2012 at drtc dot isibang dot ac dot in

SMART CITY & LIBRARY SERVICE: THE SIXTH SHANGHAI INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY FORUM (SILF2012)
July 17th~19th, 2012
Organisation: Shanghai Library
Venue: No. 1555 Huaihai (M) Rd., Shanghai, 200031, China
http://www.libnet.sh.cn/silf2012
First Call for Papers and Participation
The biennial Shanghai International Library Forum (SILF) will hold its sixth gathering from July 17th to 19th, 2012 in Shanghai.
Devised to maximize libraries’ functions of distributing knowledge, underpinning social and economic development and promoting human civilization, the SILF offers an opportunity for scholarly communication and professional cooperation among libraries and information institutions in the world.
Every two years hundreds of librarians, information scientists and other stakeholders from around the world meet together to propose new ideas and recount success stories.
The SILF 2012 will take place in conjunction with the celebration of the 60th birthday of the Shanghai Library (www.library.sh.cn).
Theme & Topics
The theme of SILF 2012 is “Smart City & Library Service”. This forum, centering on the latest progress, practical experience and future trends related to the theme, will cover keynote speeches, plenary sessions and individual symposia. The forum encourages dialogues in the following contexts:
1. Library as an Infrastructure for Research and Learning
2. Coming of the New Integrated Library System: Supporting Cloud Computing and Mobile Services
3. Enabling Librarians to Proliferate Digital Reading and Preserve Digital Memories
4. Management and Performance Evaluation of a Hybrid Library
5. Library Technical Service with Semantic Technologies
6. The Core Values and Competitiveness of the Physical Library in an Omni-media Age
The forumis more than happy to announce the confirmation of attendance from the IFLA President Ms. Ingrid Parent as a keynote speaker.
Submission Guidelines
Papers to be submitted must be the original work of the author(s) and shall never be published or included in any other proceedings.All papers will be peer-reviewed by the Program Committee. Accepted papers will be published in the proceedings available for the forum. Please refer to http://www.libnet.sh.cn/silf2012 for details of the submission format.
Important Deadlines
 February 15th, 2012: deadline for submission of abstract
 April 20th, 2012: deadline for submission of full paper
Contacts
Mr. CHEN Xuyan (International Cooperation Division, Shanghai Library)
Ms. REN Xiapei (Library and Information Sciences Research Institute, Shanghai Library)
Tel: +86 21 6445 4500
Fax: +86 21 6445 5006
Email: silf2012@libnet.sh.cn

Call for Papers: 78th IFLA 2012 pre-conference satellite meeting in Turku, Finland
Library’s Efficiency, Impact and Outcomes
Statistical Evaluation and Other Methods as Tools for Management and Decision-making
The radical change in the operational environment of libraries has set new challenges for library leadership and management. The traditional method for libraries has been collecting a substantial amount of statistical data. This is no longer enough for modern management. New ways of analysing efficiency, impact and outcomes measurement are needed to obtain better data and information for marketing and managing as well as demonstrating the impact of libraries. In addition to the quantitative data, one also needs qualitative data and methods of identifying users’ needs. Finally, combining different types of results and data will provide new possibilities in fighting for the library’s resources and meeting the users’ service needs.
Main themes
1. Statistical analysis and qualitative methods as tools for the advocacy of libraries
2. Evidence based management
3. Case studies about efficiency, impact and outcomes measurement
Preliminary programme
8 Aug 2012 Library tours and delegate reception
9 Aug 2012 The conference
Important dates
1st December 2011 Deadline for submitting abstracts: Proposals for papers should be in English and include a structured abstract of no longer than 150 words and biographical details of the author. The papers will undergo a review process by the Evaluating Committee and eight to ten papers will selected for this one day conference.
The abstracts should be sent to: Markku Laitinen, the National Library of Finland, markku.laitinen@helsinki.fi
February 2012: Notifications of acceptance by the end of February 2012
1st June 2012: Deadline for submitting full text of paper: 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 of other official IFLA languages than English, an accompanying translation in English must be attached.
End 2012/early 2013 Publication of proceedings: Electronic publication to be decided.
Instructions for preparing a structured abstract: Include a structured abstract with the following format of no more than 150 words (excluding the subheadings):
Objective: What were the reasons for writing the paper or the aims of the research?
Background: What were the context and motivation for the study?
Method: How were the objectives achieved? Include the main method(s) used for the research. What were the approach to the topic and the theoretical or subject scope of the paper?
Results: What was found in the course of the work? Summarize the key findings.
Conclusion: What were the key conclusions based on the findings?
Application: What applications are identified?
Evaluating Committee
Markku Laitinen, Finland, Statistics and Evaluation Section, Chair of Evaluating Committee, Planning Officer, The National Library of Finland, Email: markku.laitinen@helsinki.fi
Wanda Dole, USA, Statistics and Evaluation Section, Dean of Library, University of Arkansas-Little Rock, Ottenheimer Library, Email: wvdole@ualr.edu
Àngels Massísimo i Sanchez de Boado, Catalonia, Spain, Management and Marketing Section, University of Barcelona, Faculty of Library and Information Science, Email: amassisimo@ub.edu
Päivi Kytömäki, Finland, Management and Marketing Section, Library director, Oulu University Library, Email: paivi.kytomaki@oulu.fi
Silvère Mercier, France, Management and Marketing Section, Social Media Librarian, Bibliothèque Publique d’Information - Centre Pompidou, Email: silvere.mercier@bpi.fr
Jarmo Saarti, Finland, Academic and Research Libraries Section, Library director, University of Eastern Finland Library, Email: jarmo.saarti@uef.fi
Chao-chen Chen, Taiwan, Academic and Research Libraries Section, Professor and University Librarian, Taiwan, Email: cc4073@ntnu.edu.tw
Corey Sue, Canada, Director, Finance and Facilities, UBC Library, University of British Columbia, Email: corey.sue@ubc.ca
Consultative members
Kristiina Hormia-Poutanen, Finland, Head, National Electronic Library Services, The National Library of Finland
Ulla Nygrén, Finland, Library director, Turku University Library

Satellite Meeting Call for Papers
Library Services to Multicultural Populations Section
Theme: Transcending Boundaries to Increase Cultural Understanding between Countries.
IFLA Library Services to Multicultural Populations Section is pleased to invite speakers to submit and present papers for a Satellite Conference in conjunction with the IFLA World Library and Information Congress 2012.
Date: 8-9 August 2012
Location: Lappeenranta City Hall, Lappeenranta, Finland
Sponsors
• IFLA Section of Library Services to Multicultural Populations
• Local organizers Lappeenranta City Library The City of Lappeenranta
• Turku University of Applied Sciences
Scope / Objectives of the Conference
Issues on how to transcend boundaries between nations but also between people.
Papers can cover a wide range of related areas including:
• Presentation of different projects with a multicultural perspective, including several countries.
• Twin library activities between libraries from different parts of the world.
• Indigenous matters as means to cooperate with other peoples of the globe.
• Recruitment of multicultural staff in libraries and elsewhere as a method to lessen obstacles and increase cooperation in the local community
• Programming and other activities in the library to promote increased understanding between different groups of visitors
Submission Guidelines: Proposals should be in English and submitted by email to:
leena.aaltonen@turkuamk.fi and ann.katrin.ursberg@alvesta.se
and include:
• Title of the paper
• Abstract of approximately 500 words, summarising the paper
• 3-6 keywords
• Speaker's name, professional affiliation, postal address, email address and a brief biographical note.
Proposals will be reviewed by the Programme Committee of the Library Services to Multicultural Populations Section.
Conference presentations will be made in English. They will be no longer than 20-25 minutes with extra time for discussion at the end of the session. Letters of invitation can be issued to presenters upon request.
First-time presenters and new professionals are especially encouraged to apply.
Important dates: 15 March 2012 Submission of abstracts
15 April 2012 Notification of acceptance
Submissions: All proposals must be in before 15 March 2012.
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 Finnish National Committee and IFLA have worked hard to secure funds for Conference Participation Grants. Up-to-date information is available on our Conference Participation Grants webpage.

2012 IFLA Pre-conference Meeting: The Electronic Re-evolution - News Media in the Digital Age August 7-9, 2012
Mikkeli University Consortium Auditorium, Mikkeli, Finland
We are pleased to announce the IFLA 2012 Pre-Conference Meeting "The Electronic Re-evolution - News Media in the Digital Age". The conference will be held in the Mikkeli University Consortium Auditorium, Lönnrotinkatu 5, 50100 Mikkeli. A complete description of the meeting, the meeting programme, and registration details can be found at the conference website (http://www.ifla2012mikkeli.com/). Mikkeli is a approximately 250km northeast from Helsinki, a pleasant 2 3/4 hour train journey through Finland’s lake country. And, according to Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikkeli), Mikkeli is famous for its champion bandy team and the Mikkeli International Music festival.
Bandy team and night life aside, meeting participants will learn from international experts about impact of the electronic re-evolution in the production of news and newspapers at large including e-delivery, crowd-sourcing, digital environment, and copyright issues. Experts from around the world will speak on topics which include:
• Newspaper SG’s Multilingual Newspapers: Study of User Behaviour on Multilingual UI
• Indexing of large volumes of digitised church records
• Readership of online newspapers by users of select cyber cafés in Uyo Urban
• Licensing our digital libraries: Which conditions and how to employ them?
• The co-operation and its conditions between a Library-collecting society and Publishers
• The digitisation activity and the digital archive DIGAR of the National Library of Estonia
• Managing e-Legal Deposit of electronic versions of daily newspapers in Germany
• Comellus project - a step towards digital newspaper deposition
• Electronic legal deposit for French newspapers: the BnF approach
• Experiences from Digidaily – Inter-Agency Mass Digitization of Newspapers in Sweden
• "Content, collaboration and aggregated connectivity"
• Research as a strategic tool for a research library
• Preserving News in the Digital Environment: Mapping the Newspaper Industry in Transition
• Capturing multimedia news content
• The Digital Future.
For further information contact Mari Kivinen (mari.kivinen@miktech.fi)
Best Regards,
Frederick Zarndt
Chair, IFLA Newspapers Section
The Electronic Re-evolution is sponsored by
National Library of Finland Centre for Preservation and Digitisation
Mikkeli University Consortium
Miktech Ltd
Digitalmikkeli
IFLA Newspaper Section
IFLA Core Activity on Preservation and Conservation
IFLA Genealogy and Local History Section
IFLA Preservation and Conservation Section

The Future of Information and Library Associations: NVB/IFLA Satellite Conference
The Hague, 7- 9 August 2012
IFLA’s Management of Library Associations Section (MLAS), its Building Strong Library Associations (BSLA) Programme and the Dutch Association of Information Professionals (NVB) are pleased to invite you to the conference The Future of Information and Library Associations.
The programme will comprise:
o success stories of library associations worldwide;
o advocacy for libraries, libraries on the agenda;
o visions for the future of the library and information profession and library associations’ role in promoting the impact of information on economy and society.
It will be held as a part of the festivities surrounding the 100th anniversary of the Dutch Association of Information Professionals NVB.
It will take place at the Koninklijke Bibliotheek (Royal Library), the National Library of the Netherlands in The Hague - World Library Capital on Tuesday 7 – Thursday 9 August 2012.
This event is one of the Satellite Meetings which will be held in conjunction with IFLA’s World Library and Information Congress in Helsinki 11-17th of August 2012.
Presenters and speakers are coming from different corners of the world, including developing countries as well as countries with emerging economies.
The target audience for the event are representatives of library and information associations – leadership and members alike – from all over the world, including those from the Netherlands and other European countries.
The Conference Committee consists of Fiona Bradley (IFLA-BSLA), Sjoerd Koopman (NVB) and Marian Koren (IFLA-MLAS and FOBID).
Conference fees are EUR 90 (members of IFLA and/or NVB) or EUR 150 (non-members) for registration before 16 June 2012. This includes coffee/tea, lunches, receptions and the conference dinner.
For information and registration (starting mid April) please visit:
http://www.nvb100.nl/ifla-satellite-meeting/

IFLA Satellite Meeting: Knowledge Management Theory in Action: how to plan, apply, and assess knowledge management in libraries
12 August 2012 - Helsinki
Organised by the IFLA Knowledge Management Section
CALL FOR PAPERS
Theme: Knowledge Management Theory in Action: how to plan, apply, and assess knowledge management in libraries
Date: 10 August 2012
Location: Goethe-Institut Helsinki http://www.goethe.de/ins/fi/hel/knt/anf/deindex.htm
Conference Theme and Focus:
Knowledge Management (KM) in an institution is recognized by all to be of crucial importance. Whether the institution is a library or an organization that contains a library, librarians can and should play a major role in this regard because they have the skill and the tools to do it. KM may not be employed because it is not fully understood or seems too complex or vague. It may also not be fully appreciated by the managers of the institution's budget.
Almost ten years after the official introduction of Knowledge Management within IFLA it is possible and appropriate
- To report on the state-of-the-art
- To examine the practical experiences that outline models of implementation that can encourage and guide the widespread application in different library contexts
The framing of the theory and state-of-the-art is entrusted to keynote speakers that have been selected.
Librarians, information scientists, professionals, researchers and other interested parties in knowledge management are invited to submit proposals for presentation at the meeting about use and implementation of KM by libraries or similar institutions which supply examples and models that can be applied and adapted to other situations.
The presentation proposals should contain a description of the KM system implemented, and
- How it was designed
- The implementation process followed
- Organizational and technological choices made
- Implementation timing and costs
- The organizational details of running the process
- The measurement of organizational and financial sustainability
- How the impact/the impact has been assessed
The KM Section welcomes examples from different contexts (libraries of different sizes, libraries within cultural/administrative institutions, community organizations, companies, etc.).
This satellite meeting will feature a state-of-the-art tutorial on the basics of Knowledge Management followed by case studies. The KM tutorial will explain the process of KM, the situations to which it is most usefully applied, and tools to implement and manage it. A panel discussion of speakers will explore the major and most critical issues.
Submissions
If you are interested in contributing, please send:
An abstract of 300-500 words, in English and including a title.
An outline of the presentation.
Brief biographical information of the author(s)/presenter(s) with current employment information. Submitter's mailing address.
Send all this by February 15, 2012 to Leda Bultrini at e-mail:
leda.bultrini@arpalazio.it
The submissions will be reviewed by a programme planning committee of the Knowledge Management Section Standing Committee. The selection will be based on the abstracts and rated on how well they fit the programme theme. Authors will be contacted by March 31, 2012.
Selection
For successful applicants the deadline for submission of full papers is May 31, 2012 to allow time for review of papers and all other organizational needs. The papers must be original submissions, not published elsewhere, and should be no longer than 15 pages, double-spaced. Papers should be in English.
Presentations at the satellite meeting will be limited to approx. 20 minutes and will be a summary of the original paper. The presenter is encouraged to use PowerPoint. The conference will be conducted in English and all presentations will be required to be in English.
For information on the IFLA Knowledge Management Section, please see:
http//www.ifla.org/en/km
For additional information on this call for papers, you may contact Leda Bultrini (leda.bultrini@arpalazio.it)
Please note: All expenses, including registration for the full conference, travel, accommodation, etc. are the responsibility of the authors/presenters. No financial support can be provided by IFLA or the IFLA KM Section. The satellite meeting will not charge a registration fee. Lunch and other refreshments on the day of the satellite meeting will be provided.
Congress attendance grants: The Finnish National Committee and IFLA are working hard to secure funds for Conference Participation Grants. Up-to-date information will be made available on our Conference Participation Grants webpage (forthcoming).
Leda Bultrini
Chair of KM Satellite Meeting Committee in Helsinki
Planning, development and internal control division, Director
Education division, Director
ARPA Lazio (Regional Agency for Environment Protection, Lazio)
Via Boncompagni, 101
00187 Roma
Italy
Tel +39 06 48054549
Fax +39 06 48054443

Call for papers and participation
IFLA Satellite Pre-Conference: Information for Civic Literacy
8-10 August 2012, Riga, Latvia
Organised by the IFLA Information Literacy Section and the IFLA Africa Section through its Special Interest Group “Access to Information Network – Africa (ATINA/RAIA)”. Hosted by the Riga Central Library and the National Library of Latvia, in collaboration with the Education, Culture and Sports Department of the Riga City Council.
Theme
The IFLA satellite conference on “Information for Civic Literacy” will explore the role of information professionals, educators and public actors in promoting civic literacy and informed public choices by citizens. This is not a matter of advocating particular political or public policy positions, but of education for responsible citizenship through the ways in which we provide information for citizens’ decision making in the public forum. Issues to be examined might include, for example:
• the delivery of reference and information services to citizens from multiple sources and viewpoints so as to encourage democratic choice, citizen participation and the rule of law;
• awareness of selective information delivery, propaganda and media bias as a new component of information literacy training; and
• assistance to the public in accessing information from and about governments to promote effective popular involvement in governance, democratic opposition and economic development.
Special areas of interest to the conference include the development of civic literacy in Africa, the Middle East, Eastern Europe, Asia and Latin America, as well as increasing professional and public awareness of information control and manipulation in the Western democracies.
Intended Audience
Librarians, teachers, information literacy specialists, political thinkers and journalists interested in the promotion of civic literacy and of informed public choices by citizens, through library and information services, educational institutions and the information media.
Location
The Small Guild Hall, 3/5 Amatu Street, Old Town, Riga, Latvia
Preliminary programme and areas of interest for papers and presentations
Wednesday, 8 August 2012 Registration and welcome – What is civic literacy? Finding a working definition and an equivalent terminology in different languages -- Why is civic literacy important? -- The role of librarians, educators and information literacy specialists in promoting civic literacy – Issues of professional ethics – Issues of free access to information and transparency -- Selective dissemination of information, political spin, propaganda and civic literacy education – Tours of the host libraries and reception.
Thursday, 9 August 2012 Problems of civic literacy development in different regions of the world – Postcolonial Africa – Postcommunist Russia and Eastern Europe – Asia, the Middle East, Latin America – Media empires, democratic fatigue and the decline of civic literacy and civility in the West -- Civic literacy development in controlled societies – Civic literacy development in countries of dissidence and revolution -- Hard talk with a panel of politicians about civic literacy in rhetoric and in practice – Dinner and cultural evening.
Friday, 10 August 2012 The changing face of civic literacy in the 21st century – The Internet, social media, crowdsourcing and what everybody knows – Jihad on the Web, the Arab Spring, Occupy Wall Street and the new demagoguery -- Information professionals and educators as authenticators of civic information and exploders of civic myths – Online access-to-information networks -- Citizen education for problem solving, creative thinking, critical judgment, rational communication – Electronic government or holding governments accountable? – Digital citizenship – Next steps.
Submissions
Proposals for papers must normally be submitted by e-mail. The deadline for submitting proposals is 15 February 2012, but earlier submission would be appreciated at any time after 15 January. Paper proposals should be sent to Frank Kirkwood in Canada at kirkwood.professional@sympatico.ca, with copies sent to Denise Rosemary Nicholson in South Africa at Denise.Nicholson@wits.ac.za, to Dalia Naujokaitis in Canada at dalia@sympatico.ca, and to Franziska Wein in Germany at franziska.wein@uni-erfurt.de . In the e-mail subject line please indicate: “Riga 2012 proposal”.
Each proposal should include:
• Abstract in English of approximately 250 words, summarizing the paper or other proposed program element (panel, exhibition, interactive discussion)
• Speaker's name, professional affiliation, postal address, telephone numbers, e-mail address and brief biographical note.
The programme committee will respond to proposals beginning on 1 February and no later than 1 March 2012.
Papers may be submitted and delivered in English, or in French, German, Russian, Latvian, Lithuanian or Estonian with an accompanying English translation. They should be no more than 4000 words in length, and should be submitted ready to publish. According to IFLA policy, reproductions of presentation slides may form part of the published paper, but a coherent text must link and explain the slides, with introduction, argument and conclusions.
The deadline for submitting accepted complete papers for publication in the conference proceedings is 1 May 2012, to the address indicated in the message of acceptance.
Participation
Authors must be prepared to give presentations in person at the satellite meeting in Riga. The length of the presentations should be approximately 20 minutes. Simultaneous translation will be available in selected Baltic and IFLA languages.
A conference registration form and payment arrangements will be available beginning on 15 January 2012 through the pre-conference website at URL: http://www.lnb.lv/iflariga2012, which will also contain much other useful information.
Please note: All expenses, including registration for the conference, travel, accommodation, visas etc., are the responsibility of the authors/presenters. No financial support can be given by IFLA or by the host institutions, but a special invitation and suggestions can be provided to individual participants to aid them in obtaining outside financial support.
To the extent possible, the organizing committee will provide non-financial assistance to all delegates in obtaining required Latvian entry visas. African delegates in particular are advised to apply for their Latvian entry visas early, as these must be obtained from Riga rather than in the home country in most cases, and the process could be lengthy.
For additional questions, please contact the undersigned.
With best wishes for the New Year,
Frank Kirkwood
Francis T. Kirkwood
Convenor, ATINA/RAIA
Kirkwood Professional
21A Broadway Ave.
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1S 2V4
Tel.: +1-613-296-5845
E-mail: kirkwood.professional@sympatico.ca

Registration is open now for the Satellite Meeting in Kuopio:
Global policies, Imperatives and Solutions for the Efficient Library Collection Management and Access to Less Used Documents, 9th to 10th August 2012
Early Bird: 100 euro before 15.5.2012,
150 euro after 16.5.2012.
please register here: http://www.nrl.fi/ifla2012/kuopiosatellite/registration.htm
IFLA Acquisition and Collection Development Section
Regine Schmolling (Secretary)
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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

World Library and Information Congress: 78th IFLA General Conference and Assembly Satellite Conference, Tampere, Finland 2012
Call for proposals
IFLA Women, Information and Libraries Special Interest Group (WIL), in cooperation with Women’s Information Network Europe (WINE), invite colleagues to submit proposals for its satellite conference to be held at University of Tampere, Finland, 8th to 10th August 2012. Conference Theme: How can libraries and information centres improve access to women’s information and preserve women’s cultural heritage?
Scope / Objectives of the Conference
The Conference aims to discuss:
• ways libraries and information centres provide access to women, human rights and gender information
• ways to preserve women’s cultural heritage
• the role of libraries and information centres in the internet era, and the role of the internet in democratising access to women’s information and information for women
Papers can cover a wide range of related areas including:
1) Collection strategies
• Collection strategies of mainstream: whose histories are we collecting, and for whom are we collecting them?
• New directions: How do we shape collections so that they serve future diverse generations?
• Libraries and archives as knowledge producers
• Oral history projects
• Strategies for collecting and preserving the memories of migrant and refugee women
2) Providing access to women’s or gender information
• Tools to promote access to and enable exchange of women’s or gender information
• Thesauri, anthologies, tags, gender mainstreaming classification schemes
• Good practices in providing access to women’s and gender information
• Dissemination of gendered information in a globalised world
3) Libraries/information centres and new media in a gendered world:
• The changing function of libraries in the Internet era
• Dealing with the new media: challenge or opportunity?
• Digital information centres as a solution to financial and distribution challenges
• The digital gap, gender and development
• Developing digital libraries
• The role of social networks
Submission Guidelines
Proposals to be submitted by email to wilsig@googlemail.com including:
• Title of the paper
• Abstract of approximately 150 words, summarising the paper
• 3-6 keywords
• Speaker's name, professional affiliation, postal address, email address and brief biographical note.
Proposals will be reviewed by a selection panel chaired by the Women, Information and Libraries Special Interest Group Convener in cooperation with WINE. Papers and presentations should be unpublished, original works. IFLA has first publication rights to papers selected.
Conference presentations will be made in English. They will be no longer than 20 minutes, with extra time for discussion at the end of the session.
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.
First-time presenters and new professionals are specially encouraged to apply.
Deadlines:
31st January 2012: Submission of abstracts
21st February 2012: Notification of acceptance(if you havent heard by this date you can assume that your proposal has not been successful this time)
Further information:
For further information about the conference go to the conference website
Women, Information and Libraries Special Interest Group (WIL)
Women Information Network Europe (WINE)
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Maria Cotera
Convener, Women, Information and Libraries Special Interest Group
wilsig@googlemail.com

78th IFLA General Conference and Assembly: Health and Biosciences Section – Satellite Session
LOCATION: Biomedicum Helsinki (Lecture Hall 2), Haartmaninkatu 8, 00290 Helsinki
Friday 10th August 2012, TIME: TBC
CALL FOR PAPERS: The future of health information.
The establishment of health librarianship as a discrete profession is historically relatively recent. Its early development coincided with, and was in response to, the enormous increased public investment in health in the post-war era. Alongside the expansion in health services came the rapid expansion in medical and health services education and training and the consequent emergence of health libraries as a specialist resource to meet new information demands. Spectacular advances in information technology, the capacity of the internet and the increasing emphasis on scientific rigour and research-based evidence have both spurred and challenged health information professionals to develop the dynamic, scientific and innovative resources we see today.
Health librarians have both adapted to and helped to shape changes in their environment: managerialism has informed the emergence of new evaluation tools and communication techniques; librarians are core to the problem-based learning approach prevalent in health and medical education; and, librarians are essential to preservation agenda of digital repositories and to promoting the open access principles which underpin it.Throughout this change the core values of information delivery, literacy and preservation have remained constant. While our capacity to predict changes in the environment over the next generation is limited, we can be certain that these values will inform our responses to it.
Recent commentary has highlighted the rich body of literature examining the trends and patterns impacting on health science librarianship. We hope that this session will contribute to this conversation and, by identifying the patterns in our environment, both past and emerging, we can make informed predications about the future of our profession, the trends which will shape it and the steps we need to take to prepare for it.
Papers may cover some of the following topics:
• What will be the impact of the increasing overlap of the work of health science librarianship and those working in health informatics?
• What can trend analysis, scenario planning and other approaches to future proofing contribute to our understanding of the profession’s development?
• Will there still be health science librarians in 2020, or will the work of managing, delivering and analysing health information and data be part of a broader, more generic ‘knowledge management’ role profile?
• As the role of health libraries as repositories of print material diminishes, where will the more mobile, less library-bound, health information professional work?
• Access to knowledge is no longer the preserve of health professions and those seeking to enter them; how will our contribution to consumer health information, health literacy and patient safety affect how we analyse and communicate the knowledge we manage?
• Economic realities and political imperatives will drive an increased emphasis on the application of research to patient care. Librarians are well placed to spearhead this translational work but what new skills and tools must we learn to consolidate our role in this project?
• Librarians have contributed to the gains made possible by open access through their work in developing research repositories and other OA resources. Proposed legislation in the US may be the beginning of a reversal of these gains. Should librarians become more politically active in this and other information policy areas to secure the maximum possible availability of research evidence?
Proposals should include:
• A structured abstract (Objectives/Project Scope; Methods; Results;
Conclusions/Implications) of 350 - 400 words.
• Summary of the author(s) details (name, institution, position) and briefbiographical statement of no more than 50 words.
• Submit proposals electronically no later than March 30, 2012 to bgalvin@hrb.ie.
• Selected presenters will be notified by May 01, 2011.
Papers or presentations
Presenters will be expected to submit final versions of their papers or presentations by June 01, 2012. The language of the session will be English. Presenters will have up to 30 minutes at the programme to deliver their presentations, 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 conference (including travel, expenses and conference fee) will be the responsibility of the authors(s)/presenter(s) of accepted papers. 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:
Brian Galvinbgalvin@hrb.ie
or
TerhiSandgrenterhi.sandgren@helsinki.fi
On behalf of Brian Galvin
Päivi Pekkarinen
Helsinki University Library

World Library and Information Congress: 78th IFLA General Conference and Assembly
In Helsinki, Finland from 11-17 August 2012
IFLA's Library Services to People with Special Needs Satellite Program
Tallinn Central Library, Tallinn, Estonia, 10 August 2012
Call for papers:"The Homeless and the Libraries - the Right to Information and Knowledge For All"
Colleagues from around the world are invited to submit an abstract for consideration for the Satellite Program sponsored by IFLA's Library Services to People with Special Needs (LSN) Section and Tallinn Central Library; Tallinn, Estonia.
In 1990 the American Library Association approved Policy #61, Library Services to the Poor. This policy was created based on the belief that “it is crucial that libraries recognize their role in enabling poor people to participate fully in a democratic society, by utilizing a wide variety of available resources and strategies.” The policy, overseen by ALA’s Office for Literacy and Outreach Services, includes sixteen objectives to accomplish this goal, from promoting food drives to eliminating fees for those who can’t afford to pay them, as well as creating low-income programs and services.
The “Poor People’s Policy,” as Policy #61 is called, is a statement of belief and a list of general tenets that all libraries are encouraged to adopt, similar to the Library Bill of Rights. However, as Sanford Berman described in a 2006 article in "Street Spirit," the Poor People’s Policy has not been accepted as widely as that older document. Berman’s observations on the tension between library ideals and reality are an insightful and passionate reflection of our profession’s unintentional hypocrisy. Library services, in general, serve the haves and exclude the have-nots, a circumstance he labels “classism.” Examples of classism include the small number of libraries carrying major serials on homeless issues; the fact that libraries in the lowest income areas are often open the fewest hours; and policies and laws banning “offensive body odor,” bathing, or sleeping.
How do librarians measure the impact of what they do? What have we learned about evaluation and assessing impact the homeless may gain through active participation at their local public library. Libraries, especially public libraries, can play a major role in initiating, partnering and/or seeking out new ways to support the homeless in their community. Libraries can actively experiment with a variety of approaches and adjusting services and programs based on the feedback they receive. Libraries can take the lead within communities in building an environment of sensitivity and accommodation, to embraced the Poor People’s Policy and serve as model examples of a library-community agency partnership created for the benefit of the homeless in their areas.
Topics for suggested papers include, but not limited to, the following:
• Measuring the impact of homelessness on libraries: what models should we be using?
• What should we be assessing? We all gather data on usage but what does it actually demonstrate?
. Developing partnerships between the library and community agencies. Papers on successful partnerships are most welcome.
• How can libraries develope qualitative methods to measure impact and demonstrate value?
• Why should libraries/city governments/management the poorest of their city's residents? How aware are we of the needs of poor and the underserved and the issues that currently concern them?
• We know what we do is valuable but how do we get it across? How do we communicate the findings of research and evaluation needs to be tailored to the audience needing the message.
It is anticipated that presentations will range between 20 and 25 minutes with time for questions at the end of the session.
Important dates:
Friday March 17th 2012: Deadline for submission of abstract
Friday March 30th 2012: Notification of acceptance/rejection
Friday June 1st 2012: Deadline for submission of text
Submission Guidelines: The proposals must be submitted in an electronic format and must contain:
Title of paper
Summary of paper (250 - 350 words maximum)
Speaker's name, address, telephone and fax numbers, professional affiliation, email address and biographical note (40 words)
The final paper should preferably be presented as a paper (that may be published on the IFLA website and as an option in the IFLA Journal). If the final presentation will be in the format of a power point, a substantial abstract will be required, including references such as URLs and bibliographies.
Submissions should be sent by email to: vlcsmoudamane@gmail.com by 05:00 PM (Pacific Coast Time) Friday 17th March 2012
Veronica L. C. Stevenson-Moudamane; MSLS, MA
Chair, IFLA Library Services to People with Special Needs Section, 2011-2013
Proposals will be reviewed by a sub-committee of members of LSN Standing Committee.
Please note:
All expenses, including registration for the Satallite Meeting, 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/presenters if that is required.
Veronica L. C. Stevenson-Moudamane; MSLS, MA
Children's Services Librarian
Sunnyvale Public Library
665 W. Olive Ave.
Sunnyvale, California 94086
EMAIL: VStevenson@ci.sunnyvale.ca.us
VOICE: 408-730-7817
ALA NMRT Treasurer, 2011-2013
ALA IRRT International Librarians' Reception Committee, 2011-2013
IFLA OFFICER, Chair, Library Services to People with Special Needs, 2011-2013

Mark your calendars! Prior to the IFLA Congress 2012 in Helsinki, Finland, the New Professionals Special Interest Group welcomes you to IFLAcamp, the first IFLA satellite unconference ever! Here are some early facts about the event for New Professionals in 2012 you don’t want to miss…

*what* IFLAcamp is a two-day satellite meeting in the mode of an unconference. It will provide a place for New Professionals and the wider LIS community to meet, share experiences and create new ideas. The barcamp style will allow for active participation of all attendees and the inclusion of all kinds of topics related to New Professionalism, emerging technologies and innovation in libraries that prey on your minds!

*who* IFLAcamp is organized in close cooperation with Hämeenlinna City Library.
*when* IFLAcamp will take place from 9-10 August 2012, right before the IFLA Congress.
*where* We are going to meet in the City of Hämeenlinna which is conveniently located 100 km north of Helsinki. The conference rooms of Verkatehdas will serve as location for IFLAcamp. But of course, we will also have the chance to explore the beautiful landscape and get inspired during an IFLAcamp stroll to the city’s most famous sites such as Häme Castle.

Stay tuned for more information to come and check out the NPSIG's blog for the latest updates on IFLAcamp: http://npsig.wordpress.com/iflacamp/!
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Call for Papers for Satellite Meeting
Section Libraries for Children and Young Adults In collaboration with Joensuu Regional Library, Finland, and the Finnish Library Association
Joensuu, Finland
9-10 August 2012, preceding the 77th Annual IFLA conference in Helsinki (August 11-17, 2012)
Theme: ” Libraries for Young People: Breaking through Boundaries”
IFLA Section Libraries for Children and Young Adults , Joensuu Regional Library and the Finnish Library Association invite you to submit a proposal for a presentation on the theme “Libraries for Children and Young people: Breaking through Boundaries”, the IFLA Pre-Conference to be held in Joensuu, Finland, 9-10 August 2012.
The Pre-conference Venue: Joensuu Main library and other premises in the city center.
Beside the key note and invited speakers, in the two days programme we aim to have up to 10 presentations.
We are particularly interested in presentations about innovations and best practices on the following ”breaking through boundaries” topics, related to the multifaceted reality where the library belongs:
Boundaries between the library and other organizations How do schools and public libraries support learning together? How do librarians cooperate with other organisations and other actors working with children and teens?
Boundaries of librarianship for young people Is a librarian also like a teacher, a youth worker, a friend, a parent, somebody to play with, a censor…? What are the limits of children and youth librarianship?
Boundaries between librarians and readers From “dictating” library services to interacting together with the children. The librarian’s desk is gone and often the child is more skilled than the librarian and can teach him/her how to use i-tunes… How do library staff cope?
Boundaries between learning environments Learning environments can be virtual or physical, local or global (even simultaneously): what kind of learning environments can libraries offer?
Boundaries between childhood and adolescence How to ensure sufficient premises, material, services for different age groups? Where are the invisible and transferable borders between childhood and adolescence?
Boundaries between different groups of readers Children and youth library services for young people with special needs, with print or other disabilities, belonging to a minority group... How to overcome demographical, economic or other boundaries at the library?
Boundaries between ”consuming” and producing Library creates and produces more and more content: Wikis, blogs, book trailers, reading diplomas and programs, activities… How to involve and activate library clients in producing and enhancing content?
Boundaries between countries
What joint programmes can children’s libraries from different countries conduct together?
The expected audience is likely to include librarians from public and school libraries, other professionals working on children’s and young adult’s reading, students and university professors and partners of libraries in joint reading promotion programmes.
Submission Guidelines
• Proposals should be sent before January 31st 2012 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. Simultaneous interpretation to and from Russian will be provided
• The abstracts will be reviewed by the Review Committee and a maximum of 10 proposals will be selected. Successful proposals will be identified and announced by February 15 2012.
• Full text papers should be provided by 15 April, 2012; papers should be 3-20 pages long. They must be written in English or in Russian.
• The delivery of each presentation will last 20 minutes to allow a time for Q&A. Presentations must be in English or in Russian.
Important Dates
Deadline for submissions January 31st 2012 Notification of acceptance/rejection February 15 2012 Final program and full registration information March 10 2012 Deadline for submission of final papers’ texts April 15 2012
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 Joensuu Regional Library The Finnish Library Association
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, fax + 33 (0)1 53 79 41 80
Email: viviana.quinones@bnf.fr
Local Organising Committee
Chair : Ulla Pötsönen
Joensuu Regional Library
PO Box 114
80101 Joensuu,Finland
Tel. +(358) (50) 3092591
Email: ulla.potsonen@jns.fi

Call for Proposals
The Road to Information Literacy: Librarians as Facilitators of Learning
IFLA Satellite Meeting in Tampere, Finland – August 8, 9, and 10, 2012
Sponsors: IFLA’s Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning and Information Literacy Sections
The satellite conference will be held immediately prior to the World Library and Information Congress in Helsinki, Finland, August 2012. The theme of the satellite conference is: The Road to Information Literacy: Librarians as Facilitators of Learning.
The IFLA Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning Section (CPDWL) and the IFLA Information Literacy Section (IL) invite proposals for presentations – research reports, smaller scale interactive roundtable discussions, train-the-trainer sessions, workshops, and poster sessions. Some proposals will be considered for publication in the proceedings, which will be distributed at the Satellite Meeting.
First-time presenters and new professionals are encouraged to apply. Students in the final year of studies are also invited to participate.
All proposals must be submitted by November 9, 2011 to Iflasatellite2012@gmail.com.
Further information:
http://www.ifla.org/en/news/call-for-proposals-ifla-satelite-meeting-2012-the-road-to-information-literacy-librarians-as-fa
Catharina Isberg
(Information Coordinator – CPDWL section)
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Catharina Isberg
Deputy Library Director - SLU Library
Librarary Manager - Alnarp Library
SLU - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Box 51
SE -230 53 Alnarp, Sweden
Phone +46-40-41 50 47
Cell phone: +46-708-30 49 36
Fax: +46-40-41 50 58
E-mail: catharina.isberg@slu.se
www.bib.slu.se www.slu.se

CALL FOR PAPERS
THE PUBLIC FACE OF SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
An off-site meeting of the IFLA Standing Committee for Rare Books and Special Collections of Documentary Heritage to be held in the National Library of Finland in Helsinki, on August 13th 2012.
Organizing committee: Sirkka Havu (National Library of Finland), Eric Holzenberg (Grolier Club, New York), Garrelt Verhoeven (Special Collections of Amsterdam University)
Summary: The special meeting of the SC is devoted to the changing role in society of libraries and institutions with ‘documentary heritage’ collections. These have developed from research centers focusing on Rare Books and Manuscripts for scholarly use, to ‘special collections’ with a far wider audience. The treasures of these libraries are promoted by means of both physical and virtual exhibitions, and through multimedia presentations. Some libraries now maintain permanent displays of their treasures, and are developing a museum-like context for their holdings (including museum restaurants, shops, etc), in combination with the more traditional, scholarly use of the collections. Special Collections are used more and more to represent a parent institution (university, nation, city, company, private owner), and contribute to a positive image of that governing body. These collections may also act as magnets for further gifts of collections, or of funds. Curators are the ‘ambassadors’ of these collections, the essential mediator among various constituencies, balancing the expectations of administrators, donors, and funding agencies on the one hand, and the needs of researchers, scholars, and the general public on the other.
How should these new developments be viewed? How do we weigh the benefits of this new role for documentary heritage libraries against the risks? What consequences do these changes have for library staffing? What new competences are necessary if curators are to act as ‘ambassadors of the book’ and how should they be trained in these competencies? Finally, how can we make best promote these collections of documentary heritage so that they reach the broadest possible audience?
This special session on the IFLA-conference will focus on these dynamic new outreach initiatives in special collections and the changing roles of their caretakers. Keynote speakers will be invited to present their thoughts on this topic, while others will be asked to submit proposals for 20 minute papers, that will be thematically clustered. The session will be closed with a panel discussion on the topic with the keynote speakers.
Themes
• Changing views on Special Collections and society
• Reaching a wider audience for Special Collections
• Best practices for exhibitions on documentary heritage
• Heritage as representation
• Special Collections materials as Education, Information & Entertainment
• The curator as an ambassador of the book
• The education of ‘new curators’ ? Is the knowledge of the history of printing still needed? What about that of analytical bibliography?
• The library as museum
Submissions are invited for 20 minutes presentations on the subject as described above. The deadline for submissions is 29 February 2012. Submissions received after this date will not be considered for acceptance. The definitive program will be made in the beginning of March.
Send the submissions to Sirkka Havu
E-mail: sirkka.havu@helsinki.fi
Fax : +358 9 191 24089
Postal address : National Library of Finland, Box 15 (Unioninkatu 36), 00014 University of Helsinki, Finland
Proposals will be reviewed by the organizing committee of the session.
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, nor by the National Library of Finland.

Please see this link for the Call for Papers for the IFLA Newspapers Section preconference to be held in Mikkeli, Finland, August 7-9, 2012 and for the Section's Open Session program at IFLA Congress 2012 to be held in Helsinki, Finland, August 15, 2012.
Also, consider attending the IFLA International Newspaper Conference to be held in Paris, April 11-13, 2012. See this link for registration and program information.
For more information on the IFLA Newspapers Section, see: http://www.ifla.org/en/newspapers
Thank you in advance for considering these professional opportunities.
See you in Paris and Finland!
All the best,
Sue
Secretary/Treasurer
IFLA Newspapers Section
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L.Suzanne Kellerman
Judith O.Sieg Chair for Preservation
Head, Digitization and Preservation Dept.
402 Pattee Library
University Libraries
Penn State University
University Park, PA 16802
814-863-4696

IFLA Satellite Post-Conference: Beyond libraries – subject metadata in the digital environment and semantic web. 17-18 August 2012, Tallinn
Organised by the IFLA Classification and Indexing Section and the National Library of Estonia
Call for papers
Theme: Beyond libraries – subject metadata in the digital environment and semantic web
The conference will explore the role of different kinds of subject metadata in the digital environment and the semantic web, in libraries and beyond libraries. The digital environment creates new opportunities and new challenges for subject access. How could we take advantage of the new opportunities and how can we handle the challenges?
Possible topics include
• Use of library subject metadata by other communities
• Cooperation of libraries with other partners (museums, archives, publishers etc.) in creation and reuse of subject metadata and knowledge organisation systems (KOS)
• Traditional and new methods of providing subject access: competition or co-existence?
• Users, their needs and subject access behaviour in the digital environment
• Users as creators of subject metadata
Location: National Library of Estonia, Tallinn, Estonia
Preliminary programme
17 August Afternoon session
18 August Full day session
URL: www.nlib.ee/tallinnsatellite
Submissions
The deadline for submitting papers is 15 February 2012 Papers should be in English and no more than 3000 words in length, and submitted ready to publish.
The submission should also include:
• Abstract of approximately 150 words, summarising the paper
• Speaker's name, professional affiliation, postal address, email address and brief biographical note.
Authors should be prepared to give presentations at the Satellite meeting. The length of the presentations should be approximately 20 minutes. The conference will be conducted in English and all presentations will be required to be in English.
Papers and presentations should be unpublished, original works. IFLA has first publication rights to papers selected.
Papers will be reviewed by the Programme committee of the Classification and Indexing Section Standing Committee. Authors will be notified on the acceptance of their papers before 1 April 2012. The papers should be sent to Magdalena Svanberg, National Library of Sweden, magdalena.svanberg@kb.se.
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.
Important dates
15 February - Deadline for submitting papers
March - Registration opens
1 April - Notifications of acceptance
15 May - Early registration discount ends
Kind regards,
Magdalena Svanberg
National Library of Sweden
on behalf of the Programme committee

World Library and Information Congress: 78th IFLA General Conference and Assembly "Libraries Now! - Inspiring, Surprising, Empowering" 11-17 August 2012, Helsinki, Finland
Call for Papers
Information literacy meets E-learning: Let's talk about interconnections and outcomes.
Over the past ten years, there has been a growing awareness about the potential role of E-learning in the context of Information Literacy, encompassing information literacy instruction through to information literacy education. E-learning is often regarded as an effective way to extend library presence through innovative services and to reach new communities.
As learning and teaching environments develop, librarians are required to change their own understanding of information literacy skills instruction, particularly in terms of how to understand and make optimum use of new E-learning platforms and academic content management systems to help students construct social knowledge and critical thinking.
The Information Literacy Section and the E-learning Special Interest Group invite papers that address a number of questions of research and practice:
- Is there any evidence to show that E-learning effectively promotes self-paced and sustainable learning in the area of information literacy skills?
- Has E-learning enabled libraries to extend their reach to new populations, or provided their existing population with new services and fresh possibilities for learning?
- While online tutorials are mainly used in the academic environment for large populations of students, what strategies have been introduced in public libraries to encourage lifelong E-learning?
- Are there any advantages in teaching information literacy skills using a virtual learning environment (VLE) or course management systems (such as Moodle, Blackboard, WebCT) in a blended learning context?
- Can information literacy education benefit from collaborative learning through forum, chat and distance learning class experiences?
- What aspects of information literacy (eg information skills instruction, research process education…) are significantly enhanced by the E-learning experience? What elements of the E-learning have the greatest value in information literacy training?
- Many tutorials focus specifically on information seeking and citing sources; can E-learning go beyond this to address a wider range of information literacy outcomes?
Proposals should include:
• An abstract of paper approximately 500 words
• Attach summary of the author(s) details (name, institution, position) and brief biographical statement of no more than 50 words
• Submit proposals electronically to infolitelearn@gmail.com no later than February 5, 2012 and indicate “IFLA proposal” in the subject line
• Selected presenters will be notified by March 14, 2012.
Papers
Presenters will be expected to submit final versions of their papers by May 14, 2012. Papers should be in English (or in one of the official IFLA languages[1], with an English translation attached). The language of the session will be English. Presenters will have 15 minutes at the programme to deliver summaries of 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 Helsinki 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 : agnes.colnot@univ-rennes1.fr or g.hallam@qut.edu.au
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[1] Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Russian, and Spanish.

The call for papers has been posted for the Classification and Indexing Section program for the Helsinki World Library and Information Congress, August 2012. The program theme is “Subject Access now: Inspiring, surprising, empowering,” and short papers are due by 15 February 2012.
Details are available at http://conference.ifla.org/ifla78/calls-for-papers/subject-access-now-inspiring-surprising-empowering.
Please consider this announcement, and share it widely.
Best wishes,
Sandy Roe
Illinois State University
Normal, IL 61790-8900, USA
Information Coordinator, Classification and Indexing Section

World Library and Information Congress: 78th IFLA General Conference and Assembly
11th – 17th August 2012 in Helsinki, Finland
Call for Papers: Document Delivery and Resource Sharing Section
Theme: Innovations in Resource Sharing: New methods, new technologies
The IFLA Document Delivery and Resource Sharing Section invites proposals for papers to be presented at a three hour program which is scheduled to take place at the IFLA World Library and Information Congress in Helsinki, 11th – 17th August 2012.
Subjects of interest include:
• Innovations in document delivery and resource sharing practices such as interlibrary loan, 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.
• Demonstrations of new technologies which are being developed within these areas.
• Practical experiences with new resource sharing methods and structures.
• Innovative strategies for addressing copyright, licensing, or other legal matters which affect the provision of resource sharing services.
Proposals should include:
• An abstract of the paper consisting of approximately 500 words, including relevant URLs where necessary.
• An attached summary of the author(s) details: name, institution, position, email address, and a brief biographical statement of no more than 100 words.
• Proposals should be submitted via email to Candice Townsend ctow@loc.gov no later than 9th March 2012.
• Selected presenters will be notified by 5th April 2012.
Papers
Presenters will be expected to submit final versions of their papers (consisting of no more than ten pages on Microsoft Word, including an abstract) by May 3rd, 2012. Papers should be in English or in one of the official IFLA languages with an English translation attached. The language of the session will be English. Presenters will have 20 minutes at the program to present their papers and time will be allocated at the end of the session for an open forum to allow for audience interaction.
Please note that the Program Committee has no funds to assist prospective authors : abstracts should only be submitted on the understanding that the expenses of attending the Helsinki Conference (including travel, expenses and conference fee) will be the responsibility of the author(s)/ presenter(s) of accepted papers. Some national professional organizations may be able to help fund certain expenses and a small number of grants for conference attendance may be available.
For more information please contact Mary Hollerich at mary.hollerich@gmail.com
Submissions: All proposals must be received on or before 9th March 9th 2012
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 Helsinki National Committee and IFLA have worked hard to secure funds for Conference Participation grants. Please check our Conference Participation Grants (conference-participation- grants.htm) webpage for the most up-to-date information.

Call for Proposals: Promoting global access to law: developing an open access index for official authenticated legal information. Europe. By Elizabeth Naumczyk.
The IFLA Law Libraries Section, in cooperation with Libraries & Research Services for Parliaments, Government Information & Official Publications, and Government Libraries, 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 Helsinki, Finland in August 2012. Last year in Puerto Rico Part 1 focused on the Caribbean, Central and South American. This year the focus will be on European democracies examining their level of government transparency, with a special focus on their legal systems, e.g., Estonia, Lithuania, Finland, the Scandinavian countries, and others.
Our Section’s interest to promote access to free legal information as a basic human right involves learning from our colleagues how their jurisdictions have tackled the provision of authoritative sources of legal information authenticated by their governments. This is a Call for Papers to share experiences by featuring model countries and promoting best practices. Papers are welcome on how Ministry of Justices or other governmental institutions in European democracies have addressed the issue of free open access for official authenticated legal information Complete details: http://conference.ifla.org/ifla78/calls-for-papers/promoting-global-access-to-law-developing-open-access-index-for-official-aut

Call for Papers: Statistics and Evaluation Section.
Theme: The use of statistics and assessment for libraries at a turning point Many libraries find themselves at a turning point in recent times. They are in a situation that imposes on them the need for change, and often quite urgently. This change can be for better - as when new opportunities must be seized, for worse - as is the case in a financial crisis, when the value of the library is put in question, or for a different reason - as when new user needs arise and old ways of doing things are not feasible any more. As change occurs libraries must make decisions and take action to meet new demands.
The session will focus on how the use of statistics, qualitative and quantitative measures, management information or empirical studies, quality assessment, outcome studies etc. can help libraries deal with such a turning point and enable them to go ahead in a critical situation.
Some ideas to consider:
• how empirical evidence is used to reach out to new audiences and rethink library services (this could range from user- and non-user-studies to quality management and evaluation)
• how data and statistics are successfully used for advocacy when the library is in need of support (be it outcome measurement, national or international benchmarks or a single-library timeline)
• how data is used to reshape efficient library services (e.g. detailed management information, usage analyses, or cost analyses)
• also what problems are encountered, and what missing pieces of data would be vital in a situation of change, but are not available.
This theme suggests that case studies are appropriate, but it also includes theoretical papers on a new method and tool, under the condition that they focus clearly on how the tool can be used to support a library in a critical situation.
Submission guidelines: Papers may be presented at the conference in any IFLA working language (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Russian, and Spanish). Presentations should be no more than 20 minutes in duration with 10 minutes for questions from the audience. Proposals for papers should be in English and include an abstract of no longer than 250 words. Proposed papers must be original and not have been published elsewhere. A short biography of the presenter and contact information (name, full address, phone, fax, email, etc) should be included with each submission. Full papers must be between 3000 and 6000 words in length. The abstract should be submitted as an MS Word file by e-mail.
Important dates: February 15, 2012: Abstract proposals should be submitted to: Michele Farrell E-mail: mfarrell@imls.gov.
March 15, 2012: All proposals will be reviewed by the Statistics and Evaluation Section Review Committee and successful applicants will be notified.
May 10, 2012: The selected presenters for the program will be asked to submit the full paper via e-mail.
Submissions: All proposals must be in before 15 February 2012.
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.
Michele Farrell
Senior Program Officer
Grants to States Program
Institute of Museum and Library Services
1800 M St. NW Ninth Floor
Washington, DC 20036-5802
Phone: 202-653-4656
Fax: 202-653-4602
mfarrell@imls.gov
www.imls.gov

Call for Proposals
The Literacy and Reading Section of IFLA is in the process of planning for the International Federation of Library Associations’ (IFLA) World Library and Information Congress to be held in Helsinki, Finland from August 11-17, 2012. The selected topic for its session is:
Program Title: Libraries for Literacy: Linking generations, Empowering communities
Program structure: Building on the conference theme and spinning off from the five sub-topics, the Literacy and Reading Section’s conference program will address the role of librarians in both facilitating and leading change by linking all generations in the community to build local capacities and multiple literacies through library programs and services.
This is a Call for Papers to solicit people to share their experiences in case studies that demonstrate how librarians have made a difference in engaging young and senior members working together in their community and building literacy through the use of libraries.
The general format for the Literacy and Reading Section will include a keynote address on this topic, followed by three-papers chosen from the response to this Call for Papers. Time for questions and discussion will be built into the programme format for this session.
As we progress with the planning of the programme those who are selected to present will be given more information concerning the format and procedures for the programme.
Important Dates and Timelines
Please e-mail proposals for papers by January 16, 2012 to Elena Corradini (ecorradini67@gmail.com) and Ray Doiron (raydoiron@upei.ca)
Proposals should include:
a) Title of proposed presentation;
b) Outline of the proposed presentation (no more than 300 words);
c) Name(s) of presenter(s);
d) Position or title of presenter(s);
e) Presenter(s) employer or affiliation
f) Presenter(s) e-mail and mailing address
Presenters will be advised by February 1, 2012 of the outcome of the review process and the final selection of proposals.
The presenters selected for the program at the Helsinki conference will be asked to submit a formal paper (for inclusion on the IFLA conference website and primarily for the proceedings on a CD-ROM and the Sections' websites) no later than May 1, 2012.
Papers may be submitted in one of the official IFLA working languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Russian, Spanish.
The language of the session is English but presenters may give their talk in any of the IFLA working languages. However, presenters are asked to provide the PowerPoint covering their presentation in English, to facilitate understanding of the ideas presented. Simultaneous translation is not guaranteed.
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 the Literacy and Reading Section of IFLA.
Speakers must present their papers at the conference, not only send them. Papers which is not presented will not be included in the proceedings nor on the website.
For those seeking funding through grants or scholarships, please research this early and apply within the deadline. Please note that some funding possibilities are generally listed on the IFLA website as well as in other places. Deadlines for these grants must be strictly adhered to).
Leikny Haga Indergaard
Chair
Literacy and Reading Section

Call for papers
WORLD LIBRARY AND INFORMATION CONGRESS: 78th IFLA General Conference and Assembly “Libraries Now! - Inspiring, Surprising, Empowering" 11-17 August 2012, Helsinki, Finland
IFLA Information Technology Section and Education and Training Section
Theme: Influence of IT development on professional development in libraries.
The recent information technology developments have huge impact on library operation and services. In the past we have dealt with the automation of library processes and integrated library systems. During the last few years, we can observe a breakthrough of all kind of mobile devices which are becoming another important gateway to library services. Open source software tools are also becoming a very important factor in the operation of libraries. We are wondering whether the librarians have enough knowledge and skills to deal with the information technology based environments. How do they respond to technology driven users? Do they need additional professional development? How do they respond to information technology based services demand? How the information technology influences the organizational change and culture in developing countries? Can we speak of new library professional profiles?
The Information Technology and Education and Training sections are seeking proposals for papers on the impact of information technology on professional development in libraries. It is proposed to hold a 2hour session concentrating on policies and issues related to professional development and organizational change as response to the adoption of new technologies in libraries.
Areas of interest for papers include, but need not be restricted to, the following:
• IT education in the preparation of librarians and their continuing professional development
• Cooperation between IT people and librarians in library systems development
• Librarians’ communication skills and knowledge in information technology development
• Impact of change management produced by new technology on library staff
• Guided change management in view of IT introduction
• Library staff IT literacy and knowledge development
• New job definitions influenced by IT skills and knowledge
Proposals for papers should be no more than one page in length. Proposals should be based on a 20-minute presentation. The following information is also required:
- Name, title and institution of speaker(s)
- Title of proposed presentation
- Address and email address of speaker(s)
- Brief biographical statement about each speaker
- Language of presentation
- Contact person for response to proposal
Proposals should be sent to Alenka Kavcic-Colic alenka.kavcic@nuk.uni-lj.si, Information Technology Section.
Proposals should be submitted by 1st Feb 2011.
Authors are required to permit non-exclusive publication of papers chosen for this session on the IFLA website and digital library. Authors of papers not chosen for the conference may be invited to submit their paper for publication in the IFLA IT section journal.
The contact person for each proposal will be informed by the end of February 2012 whether or not their proposal has been successful. Papers, which must be in one of the official languages of IFLA, will be required by 15 May, 2012.
Please note:
- Every paper will have to be presented in person by one of the authors at the WLIC in Helsinki.
- 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/presenters if that is required.
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Dr. Alenka Kavcic-Colic
Head of the Research and Development Division and Head of the Library Research Centre
National and University Library, Turjaska 1, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Tel. (+386-1) 2001131, Fax: (+386-1) 4257293
E-mail: alenka.kavcic@nuk.uni-lj.si, www.nuk.uni-lj.si

Theme: "Evolving Serials - Managing, discovering and supplying highly innovative and dynamic content" IFLA WLIC 2012, August 11-17, 2012, Helsinki, Finland
The Serials and Other Continuing Resources Section (SOCRS) invites colleagues to submit proposals for its two-hour open session at the IFLA Congress in Helsinki on the theme of Evolving Serials.
Gone are the days of modest electronic journals! Serials are evolving quickly and now contain linked data, visualizations, actionable QR codes, streaming media and other multimedia assets. They are delivered to end users via traditional digital platforms, and also via apps and mobile devices. Are libraries ready? How are serials librarians embracing these new technologies?
We invite papers that address the following issues:
• New developments in serials publishing
• Innovative delivery and discovery tools for the user
• Storage and preservation challenges and solutions for new serials types
• Case studies on challenges that librarians face with these changes
• Initiatives and projects on library linked data
• Adoption of mobile technology for serials access
• Measuring and assessing dynamic content
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 Proposals should be sent by email
to Helen Heinrich, Secretary of the SOCR Standing Committee helen.heinrich@csun.edu by February 15, 2012
Finalists will be notified by March 7, 2012, and will be expected to submit final versions of their papers in one of the official IFLA languages by May 15, 2012.
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 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.
Proposals will be reviewed by a sub-committee of members of the Serials and Other Continuing Resources Section (SOCRS). At least one author will be expected to attend conference to deliver the paper.
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

World Library and Information Congress: 78th IFLA General Conference and Council
"Libraries Now! - Inspiring, Surprising, Empowering"
11-17 August 2012, Helsinki, Finland
Are you involved in an interesting project or in an area of work that you would like to discuss with or show to other congress attendees? Why not present your work in the IFLA Poster Session?
Your topic could be described on a printed poster or by photographs, graphics and pieces of text that you attach to the presentation panel. All IFLA official languages - Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Russian and Spanish - are welcome. Presenters of a poster will be expected to be present on Monday 13 and Tuesday 14 August 2012 in order to explain their poster and to hand out any leaflets or other information material they have available for viewers of their poster.
Conference participants interested in presenting a poster session are requested to complete the attached form and send it together with a brief description of not more than 200 words of the poster (we would appreciate receiving a summary in English with your proposal). The deadline is 09 March 2012, after the deadline applications will no longer be accepted. A jury comprised of 2 members of the Professional Committee of IFLA will review all submissions.
The application form can be found at:
http://conference.ifla.org/ifla78/call-for-poster-sessions
Please send the completed form and description to:
Lidia Putziger Administrative Officer lidia.putziger@ifla.org
IFLA Headquarters
PO Box 95312
2509 CH The Hague
Netherlands
TEL - +31 70 3140884
FAX - +31 70 3834827

The Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning (CPDWL) is in the process of planning for the Helsinki conference to be held in Helsinki from August 11-17, 2012. The selected topic for its session is:
Title: Libraries and Librarians as Forces for Transformative Change: Continuing Education the Fuel Program structure: Building on the conference theme and spinning off from the five sub-topics, this conference program will address the role of librarians in both facilitating and leading change with continuing education as the key requirement for equipping with the tools to do so.

This is a Call for Papers to solicit people to share their experiences and case studies that demonstrate how librarians have made a difference in 5 different areas:
• Digital Content: How has providing access to digital content made a difference? How are librarians using digital content to facilitate change? How are librarians contributing to the development of new digital content experiences to meet user needs?
• Leadership: What are the ways that librarians are managing and leading change? What kinds of leadership values, attitudes, and beliefs are needed to facilitate change?
• Advocacy: What are some of the ways that librarians have successfully advocated for change? What are some lessons learned about advocacy and effective approaches in today's evolving communications environment? How can librarians demonstrate value?
• Cultural Diversity: How do librarians promote cultural diversity of all kinds (religious, ethnic, etc.)? How do librarians engage and support people from different cultures?
• Mulitilingualism: How do librarians provide access in multilingual environments thereby changing the way information is acquired, managed and delivered?
As we progress with the planning of the programme those who are selected to present will be given more information concerning the format of the programme.
A POSTER SESSION ON THE TOPIC
• In order to enrich the programme CPDWL is also soliciting materials for a Poster Session during the conference. Those wishing to participate in the Poster Session should submit an outline of their ideas to Ulrike Lang at Ulrike@Lang-Site.de, by January 11, 2012
Important Dates and Timelines
Please e-mail proposals for papers by January 11, 2012 to Sylvia Piggott at spiggott@sympatico.ca
Proposals should include:
a) Title of proposed presentation
b) Outline of the proposed presentation (no more than 300 words)
c) Name(s) of presenter(s)
d) Position or title of presenter(s)
e) Presenter(s) employer or affiliated institution
f) E-mail address
g) Telephone/fax numbers
h) Short biographical statement
All proposers will be advised at the end of March 2012 of the outcome of the review and selection of proposals.
The presenters selected for the program at the Helsinki conference will be asked to submit a formal paper (for inclusion on the IFLA conference website and the Sections’ websites) no later than May 1, 2012. Papers can be submitted in one of the official IFLA working languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Russian, Spanish.
The language of the session is English but presenters may give their talk in any of the IFLA working languages. However, presenters are asked to provide the PowerPoint covering their presentation, in English, to facilitate understanding of the ideas presented. Simultaneous translation is not guaranteed.
(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 CPDWL. A special invitation for Visa purposes can be issued by IFLA Headquarters to authors/presenters if that is required. For those seeking funding through grants or scholarships, please research this early and apply within the deadline. Please note that some funding possibilities are generally listed on the IFLA website as well as in other places. Deadlines for these grants must be strictly adhered to).
Sylvia Piggott
Global Information Solutions Group
Co-Chair, CPDWL (IFLA)
Past-President of SLA 1996-97
JOHN COTTON DANA AWARD AND FELLOW OF SLA
Phone & FAX:514.486.0305
E: spiggott@sympatico.ca

Call for Papers: IFLA Social Sciences Libraries Section in cooperation with the Law Libraries Section and the Government Libraries Section
Theme: Empowering Library Users to Solve Problems: Our Stories
The IFLA Social Sciences Libraries Section, in cooperation with the Law Libraries Section and the Government 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 Helsinki, Finland, 11-17 August 2012.
As social scientists we are interested in data gathering and its impact. Therefore, we are seeking submissions related to results of qualitative and quantitative assessments and examples of how libraries have used these assessments to answer the needs of users. Specifically we would like case studies/papers that show the impact of gathering data and how the data gathering process led to changed or improved services. Our focus is not on how data was gathered – but how that data was used to empower users. We prefer submissions that demonstrate real experiences/case studies – papers that tell a story. Examples of paper topics could include descriptions of interventions/changes made after data was collected, attempts to understand how users use information, stories of how data gathering led to new services, etc.
The program will feature up to five presentations of 15-20 minutes each with additional time for questions.
Papers should reflect the conference theme, “Libraries Now! – Inspiring, Surprising, Empowering,” as well as the conference track, “users driving access and services.”
For complete details: http://conference.ifla.org/ifla78/calls-for-papers/empowering-library-users-to-solve-problems-our-stories
For information on IFLA’s general guidelines for papers see:
http://conference.ifla.org/ifla78/general-guidelines-for-papers
Wilda Bowers Newman
Information Coordinator & Newsletter Editor
Manager, Facebook Page/BLOG/LinkedIn/Flickr/and List Serve sites
IFLA Standing Committee on Social Science Libraries
Knowledge Associates Resources, LLC
5964 Rosinante Run
Columbia MD 21045-3826
United States of America
Phone: 410-730-7583
Fax: 410-730-7583 (Call before Faxing)
Email: wildanewman@yahoo.com

World Library and Information Congress: 78th IFLA General Conference and Assembly
Date: 11-17 August 2012
Location: Helsinki, Finland
Theme: Multicultural Libraries - Inspiring, Surprising and Empowering your Communities
Complete details: http://www.ifla.org/files/library-services-to-multicultural-populations/Conferences/CallForPaperHelsinki2012.pdf
Jack Leong
Information Officer
IFLA-Library Services to Multicultural Populations Section

Call for Papers: Latin America and the Caribbean Section
Theme: Libraries and information services in Latin America and the Caribbean: between the tradition and the transition”
The IFLA Latin America and the Caribbean Section invites LIS faculty, librarians, practitioners, and other interested professionals to participate with proposals for its open session that will has place at Helsinki, Finland. Suggested topics for this session include, but are not limited, to the following:
• Access to local and regional knowledge and information • Use of technology in libraries for preserving and delivering cultural heritage • Libraries and information services for the XXI century • Digital libraries: challenges and opportunities • Open access to scientific information • Library services innovation • Librarian role in the service transition • Librarian education and training for the XXI century
Submissions and session details:
• Proposals must be original and have never been published elsewhere before.
• The proposal should include a title and an abstract of no more than 500 words, plus a brief speaker(s) biography.
• All proposals will be evaluated by a committee from the IFLA Latin America and the Caribbean Section.
• Papers would be written and presented in Spanish or English. • Papers should be of 20 pages maximum, double spaced.
• Both abstracts and full papers should be submitted as a Word file by e-mail. • It is hoped that simultaneous interpretation will be available for this session, but we strongly recommend that the presentation slides are in English, even if the presentation is delivered in Spanish.
• 20 minutes will be allowed for delivering a summary of the paper in the Conference; the full written paper should not to be read.
Submissions: All proposals must be in before 31 January 2012.
Important dates
• The proposals will be evaluated and notification of acceptance/rejection will be sent by 29 February 2012 • Speakers must supply the full paper by 30 April 2012 to allow time for its review and to incorporate Committee suggestions • The final paper should be sent on June 30 2012 • Speakers who wish to supply translations of their papers should be also sent on 30 June 2012
Please email your proposals to:
Sigrid Karin Weiss Dutra
Presidenta de la Sección de América Latina y el Caribe de IFLA
e-mail: sigrid.k.weiss@gmail.com
Jaime Ríos Ortega
Secretario de la Sección de América Latina y el Caribe de IFLA
e-mail: riosjai@cuib.unam.mx
Please note: All expenses, including registration for the conference, and travel, accommodation to Helsinki are the sole responsibility of authors/presenters. For collective papers, at least one of the authors must be present for the Conference. No financial support can be provided by IFLA/LAC.
More information: http://www.ifla.org/en/lac
http://www.facebook.com/pages/IFLA-LAC/155183447878708
Best regards,
Silvia Cecilia Anselmi
Web editor
Latin America and the Caribbean Section
IFLA
http://www.ifla.org/en/lac
http://www.facebook.com/pages/IFLA-LAC/155183447878708

Call for Papers - IFLA 78th WLIC Helsinki 2012 for the combined School Libraries, Resource Centres and Public Libraries Sections
The Theme: Friends or Foes - Public and School Libraries a Force for Change for Creating Smart Communities
Deadline for submissions 8 February 2012
http://www.ifla.org/en/news/call-for-papers-ifla-78th-wlc-helsinki-school-libraries-and-resource-centers-section-and-public
Marian Morgan-Bindon
Information CO-ordinator
Public Libraries Section

Call for papers - WLIC Bibliography Open Forum, August 2012, Helsinki
Theme: What is a national bibliography today and what are its potential uses?
Program Theme and Focus
The IFLA Bibliography Section furthers universal bibliographic control by promoting standards and best practice in the production, content and dissemination of reference level bibliographic and authority metadata for national published output. The Section is particularly interested in the ways national bibliographic agencies respond to the various requirements for reference information, expressed by both researchers and professionals in the library, publishing and retail supply chains.
As "metadata production" is undertaken according to a wide set of international standards, national bibliographic agencies have long been considered trusted providers of bibliographic and authority data. This is a tremendous advantage in the age of the semantic Web, when it is so important to certify that information used is genuine.
A national bibliography, whether official or commercial, is seen both as a product, (e.g. printed or online), and as a set of services, (e.g. downloadable data files). However, with the implementation of new bibliographic data models, bibliographic and authority records might now be viewed as a jigsaw puzzle in which all individual elements might be considered "reference data" and could be circulated and re-used as such by search engines. This increasing granularity in the exposure of reference bibliographic information could also generate further new usage possibilities, both today and in the future.
Proposals for papers may include, but are not limited to the following:
What should be in a national bibliography in the digital age?
Is our common understanding of the terms "National Bibliography" and "National Bibliographic Agency" drastically changing?
Official and commercial national bibliographies and the new models of bibliographic information
Dissemination of national bibliography data and emerging needs arising from the semantic web
National bibliographies and authoritative data: how to provide trusted data in a national bibliography? (role of authority files, repositories, lists of codes, etc.)
Three or four successful proposals will be identified.
Proposals for presentations should be in English and include:
- Title of the paper;
- Detailed abstract of the paper (no more than 500 words), if possible accompanied by some references such as URLs and bibliographies;
- Speaker's name, address, telephone and fax numbers, professional affiliation, e-mail address, and a brief biographical statement of no more than 50 words.
E-mail proposalshould be send to Françoise Bourdon , Grazyna Jaroszewicz and Miriam Nauri no later than February 1st, 2012. Please indicate in the subject line “IFLA 2012 Helsinki proposal”. Successful proposals will be identified and presenters notified by March 1, 2012. Papers will be required for approval by the Chair and Secretary of the Bibliography Section no later than April 30, 2012.
Presenters will have 20 minutes at the program in Helsinki to deliver their presentation, followed by time for questions and discussion.
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.
Final Papers
Presenters will be expected to submit the final version of their paper (no longer than 10 pages, in Microsoft Word, including a short abstract) by April 30, 2012 (this gives time to remind people and review, as the full papers must be at IFLA HQ by June 1st).
Submissions
All proposals must be in before 1st February 2012.
More Information
For additional information on this call for papers you may contact Françoise Bourdon at francoise.bourdon@bnf.fr, or Grazyna Jaroszewicz at or Miriam Nauri at .
Posted by: Françoise Bourdon
Bibliothèque nationale de France
Member of the Standing Committee of the IFLA Bibliography Section

Call for Papers for the IFLA Special Interest Group (SIG) on Indigenous Matters' program planned for the 78th World Library and Information Congress to take place this August 2012 in Helsinki, Sweden. The Congress theme is "Libraries Now! - Inspiring, Surprising, Empowering."
Call for paper/presentation proposals!
IFLA's Special Interest Group (SIG) on Indigenous Matters invites colleagues to submit paper/presentation proposal abstracts for an open session scheduled for Tuesday, 14 August 2012, 11:45 a.m. -12:45 p.m. We are organizing this session in cooperation with the IFLA Section on Library Services to Multicultural Populations.
IFLA SIG Program Theme: "Empowering Library Services for Indigenous People"
The session will illustrate how librarians can develop and deliver innovative library services for indigenous peoples that respect their cultures while advancing the key values of librarianship.
Papers can cover a range of topics including, but not limited to, how libraries:
(1) Provide Access to Indigenous Content;
(2) Serve Indigenous Patrons;
(3) Prepare Librarians for Serving Indigenous Communities;
(4) Support Indigenous Language Preservation.
Proposal Submission Guidelines:
Please submit your proposal information electronically to Sandy Littletree at sandy505@email.arizona.edu. Your proposal should include the following details in English in an MSWord file. Please indicate IFLA SIG PANEL PROPOSAL in the subject line of your email.
1. The title of your paper/presentation
2. An abstract of 150 - 250 words that summarizes your paper/presentation
3. Author details: Name of speaker(s), institution(s), position
title(s), biographical statement(s) (50 words or fewer), and email address of primary presenter
Proposals will be reviewed by a selection panel of IFLA SIG on Indigenous Matters members. Three proposals will be selected. The language of the program session is English but presenters may give their talk in any of the IFLA working languages, although simultaneous translation is not guaranteed. Please provide text on PowerPoint slides in English.
Presentations should take no more than 15 minutes to deliver, leaving time for audience questions at the end of all three presentations. Presenters are asked to only deliver summaries of their papers.
Presenters are responsible for their expenses to participate on this panel including their travel, accommodations, and conference registration.
Unfortunately, the IFLA SIG is unable to provide financial support for speakers. At least one author is expected to attend the conference to deliver the paper in person. Papers not presented will not be included on the websites or in the proceedings. The IFLA SIG can provide letters of invitation for presenters upon request.
Deadlines:
29 February 2012: Submission of Abstracts
15 March 2012: Notification of acceptance
1 May 2012: Full text of presentations due
Papers can be 3 to 20 pages (750-5000 words) long. Final papers can be submitted in one of the official IFLA working languages (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Russian, or Spanish) as long as an accompanying English translation is attached. Papers will be uploaded on the IFLA and IFLA SIG on Indigenous Matters websites and provided on the CD-ROM of the conference proceedings. In lieu of papers, presenters may submit PowerPoint slides. If this option is chosen, then the set of PowerPoint slides must be accompanied by a substantial abstract that includes relevant citations provided as a bibliography. For more information, please contact Dr. Roy at loriene@ischool.utexas.edu.
Loriene Roy, Ph.D.
Convener, IFLA Special Interest Group on Indigenous Matters

World Library and Information Congress: 78th IFLA General Conference and Assembly
11-17th August 2012, Helsinki, Finland
Call for Papers for IFLA/FAIFE & CLM session
How to win the battle over freedom in cyberspace
Organised by the IFLA Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression (FAIFE) Committee in partnership with the IFLA Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters (CLM).
Theme: "How to win the battle over freedom in cyberspace"
In this session we want to study the future of intellectual freedom in cyberspace by analyzing trends, cases and current concerns.
The goal of the session is to provide a current view of changes and challenges to intellectual freedom. Presentations may focus on trends or case studies, or concentrate on legal, economical or technological constraints. Conversely, we also can take a look at possible advances which may benefit intellectual freedom on the Internet.
An emerging trend of Internet censorship includes data surveillance. Increased data collection on information behavior and other activities may lead to many undesirable consequences from “knowing what is good for you” to misusing personal data in unexpected circumstances. Privacy is one of the key issues related to data surveillance. Accordingly, papers on privacy, anonymity and user’s rights on person-related data will be emphasized in the session program.
We invite papers in the following areas:
o Trends in intellectual freedom on the Internet
 Future of the Internet and democracy
 Economic and regulative censorship on the Internet
o Technologies of censorship and data surveillance
 Cases of Internet censorship or efforts to protect intellectual freedom
o Regulative threats for freedom of access to information
 Intellectual property and copyright
 Digital rights management and fair use
 Other types of regulations which may restrict or have chilling effects on the access and use of digital information
o Redefining intellectual freedom and user’s rights on the Internet
 Privacy of information behavior
 Data collection on users’ information behavior in digital libraries, library systems
 Data collection by publishers and e-book vendors
 Anonymity and privacy of information behavior
Special attention will be paid to paper proposals that suggest how the battle for freedom of access to information in cyberspace can be won.
The program will consist of a mixture of invited presentations and papers selected as a result of this call for proposals. The expected audience is likely to include librarians from university, public and school libraries, library associations’ management, other library professionals, students and university professors.
Format of proposals
The following information should be provided:
• Name and institution of author(s)
• Brief biographical information on author(s)
• Title and abstract of paper ( about 300 words)
• Language in which full paper will be submitted
The proposals should be in English. A full paper in any IFLA language will be accepted and will be published on the Congress web site. Possible simultaneous translation for other IFLA languages is being explored.
Send your proposals by 15th March 2012 via e-mail to:
paivikki.karhula@gmail.com
Review Committee
The abstracts will be reviewed by the Review Committee and suitable proposals will be selected. Successful proposals will be identified and announced by 15 April, 2012. All accepted papers will be listed in the final Conference Programme. Therefore, a full text papers should be provided by 15 May, 2012; papers should be from 3-20 pages long. The delivery of each presentation will last 20 minutes to allow a time for Q&A.
Expenses: Authors of accepted submissions must present their papers at the conference. Registration for the day of the session is required, and it is the responsibility of presenters of accepted papers to find funding for their participation (the Congress registration fee, travel, accommodation and associated costs). IFLA and its FAIFE Core activity are not in a position to fund attendance at this Conference.
Päivikki Karhula, researcher, Member of the FAIFE Committee
Tampere University, Finland
paivikki.karhula@gmail.com
Emilija Banionyte, Director, Member of the CLM Committee
Library of Vilnius Pedagogical University, Lithuania
emilja.banionyte@vpu.lt

Call for papers and participation
IFLA General Conference (WLIC), Helsinki, Finland, 11-17 August 2012
Access to Information Network Africa (ATINA/RAIA)
Open session : Empowering Africa’s burgeoning population with access to demographic and development information
• the world population explosion and access to the information needed to achieve the Millennium Development Goals in Africa
Submissions
Proposals for papers must normally be submitted by e-mail. The deadline for submitting proposals is 31 March 2012, but earlier submission would be appreciated at any time after 15 February. Paper proposals should be sent to
• Frank Kirkwood in Canada at kirkwood.professional@sympatico.ca, with copies sent to • Denise Rosemary Nicholson in South Africa at Denise.Nicholson@wits.ac.za, and to • Abraham Azubuike at aazubuike@yahoo.com
In the e-mail subject line please indicate: “ATINA Helsinki 2012 proposal”.
Each proposal should include:
• Abstract in English of approximately 250 words, summarizing the paper or other proposed program element (panel, exhibition, interactive discussion)
• Speaker's name, professional affiliation, postal address, telephone numbers, e-mail address and brief biographical note.
The programme committee will respond to proposals beginning on 1 March and no later than 15 April 2012.
Papers may be submitted and delivered in English or in French. They should be no more than 4000 words in length, and should be submitted ready to publish. According to IFLA policy, reproductions of presentation slides may form part of the published paper, but a coherent text must link and explain the slides, with introduction, argument and conclusions.
The deadline for submitting accepted complete papers for publication in the conference proceedings is 15 May 2012, to the address indicated in the message of acceptance.
Participation
Authors must be prepared to give presentations in person at the open session in Helsinki. The length of the presentations should be approximately 20 minutes. Simultaneous translation will be available.
Please note: All expenses, including registration for the IFLA General Conference, travel, accommodation, visas etc., are the responsibility of the authors/presenters. No financial support can be given by IFLA or by the host institutions, but a special invitation and suggestions can be provided to individual participants to aid them in obtaining outside financial support.
For additional questions, please contact the undersigned.
Frank Kirkwood
Francis T. Kirkwood
Convenor, ATINA/RAIA
Kirkwood Professional
21A Broadway Ave.
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1S 2V4
Tel.: +1-613-296-5845
E-mail: kirkwood.professional@sympatico.ca

Call for Papers: Agricultural Libraries Special Interest Group
Theme: Social networking for agricultural research, education, and extension service: an international perspective
The IFLA Agricultural Libraries Special Interest Group in association with the International Association of Agricultural Information Specialists (IAALD) invites papers for presentation at IFLA General Conference, Helsinki, Finland in August 2012.
Social networking is a hawkeyed phrase. It is a tool to connect people to people. Agricultural research, education, and extension are establishing connections with one to one and many to many in sharing and exchange of information. The advent of Internet has greatly facilitated and reinforced these connections by a variety of social network sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Blog, Flicker, Ning etc.
The session will focus on pragmatic approach on the role of social media as a catalyst in establishing connections for advancing agriculture. Proposals must focus on one or more of the following topics with reference to the country/region/institution:
1. Role of social media for agricultural research 2. Role of social media for agricultural education 3. Role of social media for agricultural extension service 4. Role of social media for sustainable agriculture 5. Role of social media for agribusiness and marketing
SUBMISSIONS:
Proposal abstract (max 500 words) must be submitted by January 20, 2012 on any one or more of the topics listed above to dereddy@tamu.edu.
Submission is to include presenter's name, position, institution, and email address. All fees, including registration to the conference, travel, accommodation etc. are the responsibility of the authors.Notification of acceptance of proposals will be completed by February 20, 2012.
Deva E. Reddy, PhD
Convener, IFLA Agricultural Libraries SIG Associate Professor Texas A&M University Libraries
College Station, TX 77843-5000 United States
Tel.979-862-1062 Fax.979-458-0112
dereddy@tamu.edu

World Library and Information Congress: 78th IFLA General Conference and Assembly Helsinki, Finland: 13-17 August 2012.
Acquisitions & Collection Development Section's Open Session
CALL FOR PAPERS
Theme: “Treating Print in an Increasing Digital Collection: Issues, Dilemmas & Directions”
Background: Traditional print resources are becoming a challenging format and commodity in many libraries. With the emphasis of many library collections to establish a greater digital presence and library staff rethinking space issues, reader preferences indicating a leaning towards more online resources and access than depending on print, the perception of print potentially becoming endangered appears significant. Print, however will not disappear and as we consider the 2012 IFLA Presidential theme, “Libraries: A Force for Change,” we suggest that print in the short and long term, will contribute to that part of the theme as “inclusionary, transformational and innovative” in how it integrates with a growing digital collection. This Open Session will examine directions for the future role of print in all library environments worldwide and consider associated issues, dilemmas and trends libraries are experiencing as they consider selection, collection management decisions and readers’ preferences in meeting information needs with print resources. This is a call to solicit submissions for 6 presentations (15 minutes each) to be delivered at the IFLA 2012 Congress in Helsinki, Finland (13-17 August) that explores any of the following themes for how libraries are treating all materials issued in print, including books/monographs, serials/journals for all readers:
1. Examining old vs new – blending the traditional collections with the increasingly digital
2. Understanding the lifecycle of print – including born print, digitized from print, enhanced, duplicated content
3. Reviewing economic and business models of print – costs, pricing, benefits, sourcing, publishing patterns, library/publisher/vendor relationships
4. Managing print resources - space planning, binding & repair, shelving, processing, circulation data, metrics
5. Selecting and Acquiring – utilizing Approval Plans, aggregators, patron driven models for print, exchange programs and coordinating with other formats
6. Changing workflows – for acquisitions, cataloging, preservation, and other units
7. Accessing and using - resource sharing, last copy scenarios, ergonomics, copyright and intellectual property
8. Communicating about and promoting status of print – readers’ preferences, different user communities, supporting readers with special needs (ex, visual impairments)
9. Investigating content specific needs of print – oversized books, images, high resolution, subject demands (arts as an example), literature, translations, rare books, documenting world heritage
10. Remembering - is print all about cultural heritage, memory and the past or does it embrace the future?
11. De-selecting print – how, when, why, what drives such decisions
12. How not to forget print
Form of papers (Extract from the Guidelines for Planning Congress Programmes issued by the IFLA Professional Committee): “It may be impractical to require that every speaker prepares a formal paper, rather than PowerPoint slides. IFLA’s first preference remains papers, translated into IFLA’s official languages. If speakers cannot produce papers, however, they must prepare a substantial abstract, including references such as URLs and bibliographies, to accompany their presentation.”
Languages of papers can be one among the seven IFLA working languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Russian, and Spanish.
The program is 2 hours. We are planning for 6 presentations that are 15 minutes each with time for questions and discussion at the conclusion.
If interested in submitting an abstract, please provide, name of author(s), title, institutional affiliation(s), contact information and title of submission with a 300 word abstract detailing content and presentation to: Julia Gelfand (jgelfand@uci.edu) by _15 January 2012. Confirmation of receipt of abstract will be sent.
Proposals will be reviewed by a sub-committee of members of the Standing Committee of the Acquisition and Collection Development Section. Successful proposals will be identified by 1 March 2012. Final papers will be due on 15 May 2012. At least one author will be expected to attend conference to deliver paper. There will not be any financial subsidy nor contribution towards expenses to attend the IFLA World Congress.

Call for papers: Empowering staff through preservation training! How your library and users will reap the benefits
WLIC 2012 Helsinki Preservation and Conservation Section session with Education and Training
The preservation of the cultural heritage is an ongoing responsibility for libraries and archives. Ensuring that staff understand their role and are trained to handle preservation issues is an integral component of library and archives operations. It begins when an item is selected and acquired for the collection, and plays an ongoing role in handling, storage, display and lending. Come share your successful experiences in training your staff to contribute to a comprehensive preservation program for your collections.
Have you set up a training plan for your staff covering any or all of the following topics? We would like to showcase practical examples of best practices that would appeal to an audience of librarians and archivists from around the world with varied backgrounds and resources.
Subjects to be covered are:
Nature of materials: how they are manufactured and why they deteriorate
How to minimize deterioration
Environmental and storage guidelines
Care and handling
Disaster prevention and recovery
This will be a multiple speaker presentations. Each speaker will present for 20 minutes. It is a 2 hour time slot so there will be time for seven 20 minute presentations with 20 minutes at the end for Q&A.
Important dates:
January 15, 2012 - Deadline for submitting abstracts: Proposals for papers should be in English and include a structured abstract of no longer than 200-400 words and biographical details of the author (40 words). We ask that you provide samples of your training materials along with your proposal, these could include links to electronic resources or print.
Notifications of acceptance by the end of January 2012
25 April 2012 Deadline for submitting full text of paper
Please submit your proposals to:
Danielle Mincio, Bibliothèque Cantonale et Universitaire
Lausanne Unithèque, danielle.mincio@bcu.unil.ch
and
Julie Arnott, University of Notre Dame, jarnott@nd.edu
and
Lynn Brodie, Library of Parliament, Canada, lynn.brodie@parl.gc.ca
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

Call for Papers: IFLA WLIC 2012, Helsinki, Finland, 11-16 August, 2012
Asia and Oceania Session
Theme: Innovative libraries: Transforming our communities
This session focuses on recent innovations in libraries and other information agencies in the Asia and Oceania region, and the transformative effects that these innovations are having on communities. Cambridge Dictionaries Online (http://dictionary.cambridge.org/) defines an innovation as “(the use of) a new idea or method”.
In keeping with the conference’s overall theme, ‘Libraries Now! ˗ Inspiring, Surprising, Empowering’, the Asia and Oceania session focuses on the transformative power of library resources and services. We seek papers that describe the most innovative new resources and services offered by Asia-Oceania libraries and information agencies, and that provide evidence of how those innovations are inspiring, surprising or empowering individuals and groups within the community. Topics for this session can focus on any aspect of a recent innovation in libraries and information agencies, but must also demonstrate its transformative impacts. Examples of recent innovations in libraries for this session include, but are not limited to, the following:
• A partnership with a non-government organisation to teach people in prisons to read and write, and enabling them to participate more fully as productive members of society;
• A new outreach service based on social networking tools which has enabled the library to be more inclusive for disabled members of the community;
• A digital literacy workshop that has helped unemployed individuals within the community to develop new skills and gain employment;
• A service that has assisted school teachers to develop new learning activities in their courses to foster information literacy competencies that have helped students raise their performance levels;
• A new information service for the local business community that has resulted in the expansion of local companies and the hiring of new staff;
• An outreach programme that has inspired elderly members of the community to contribute their stories to oral history collections for use by school children;
• A room within the library building dedicated to teenagers who come in to listen to pop music and are surprised to find other library resources relevant to their interests;
• A digital library focussing on minority groups within the community that has allowed them to input cultural and historical material directly via the Internet to preserve it and make it accessible to the wider community;
• A cooperative project among a group of libraries that have used open source software to help members of their communities to overcome the digital divide.
Submissions
1. The deadline for submitting a detailed abstract (500 words) and full author details is 18 January 2012. Selection of papers is based on the abstract, and presenters will be notified whether they have been successful before the end of February 2012.
2. The full paper is due on 1 May 2012 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. Papers should be of 20 pages maximum, double spaced.
5. Papers should be in English with an abstract, and the presenter (who need not be the author) must be fluent in English.
6. 20 minutes will be allowed for a summary delivery of the paper in the Conference; the full written paper is not to be read.
7. 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.
Selection
Full abstracts (500 words) should be prepared following the template provided below. Each abstract will be blind reviewed by members of the Regional Standing Committee for Asia and Oceania.
Abbreviated abstracts or late submissions will not be considered.
Purpose of this paper What are the reason(s) for writing the paper (or the aims of the research)?
Design/methodology/approach How are the objectives achieved? Include the main method(s) used for the study. What is the approach to the topic, and what is the theoretical or subject scope of the paper?
Findings What was found in the course of the work? This will refer to analysis, discussion, or results.
Research limitations/implications (if applicable) If research is reported on in the paper, this section must be completed and should include suggestions for future research and any identified limitations in the research process.
Practical implications (if applicable) What outcomes and implications for practice, applications and consequences are identified? All papers should have practical applications. What changes to practice might be made as a result of this research/paper?
What is original/value of paper What is new in the paper? State the value of the paper and to whom.
Please send your abstract by 18 January 2012 to:
Dr Dan Dorner, RSCAO Chair
Email: dan.dorner@vuw.ac.nz
AND
Dr Chihfeng Lin, RSCAO Secretary
Email: chihfeng@cc.shu.edu.tw

IFLA Library Theory And Research Section (LTR) and Education And Training Section (SET) – Joint Open session. CALL FOR PAPERS. THEME: International and Comparative Librarianship: Valid, Relevant and Authentic Research and Education
Colleagues from around the world are invited to submit an abstract for consideration for a paper to be presented at the LTR-SET Open Session, in collaboration with the LIS Education in Developing Countries Special Interest Group (SIG).
The IFLA Section on Library Theory and Research (LTR) and Section for Education and Training (SET) seek papers for an Open Session on the topic International and Comparative Librarianship: Valid, Relevant and Authentic Research and Education. This topic has been chosen in accordance with the main theme of the conference, "Libraries Now! - Inspiring, Surprising, Empowering."
We are particularly interested in papers and perspectives from LIS educators, scholars, practitioners, students and community partners that will contribute to raising the standard of research and education in international librarianship and cross-national comparisons. Research and practice-based papers must be original, covering research and education on international and comparative librarianship, especially those addressing issues related to validity, relevance and authenticity such as:
• Methodological issues in international and comparative research
• Comparative studies (e.g., policy, practices, etc.)
• Comparative studies of library, archival, museum and/or information education
• Critical approaches to international development aid in LIS
• Theory, evaluation and approaches to international LIS education
• International cooperation in LIS education and research
• Applications of international library, archival or museum standards
Preference will be given to papers that reflect critically on theory and methods.
Language of the session: The paper should be in one of the IFLA official languages. It is suggested that if the presentation is delivered in one of the other official languages, then the slides should be in English. NOTE: Proposals should be in English.
Important dates and information: Proposals for papers must be submitted by: 10th February 2012 to Clara M. Chu cmchu@uncg.edu and Marydee Ojala marydee@xmission.com. The proposal should clearly indicate the session it is for and include a title, an abstract (maximum 750 words), plus a brief biography (150 words) for each author and contact details. All proposals should be submitted in English even if the paper will be in another official IFLA language. Do indicate the language of the final paper if it is not English. All proposals will be reviewed by a committee representing the IFLA Sections on Library Theory and Research, and Education and Training, and the LIS Education in Developing Countries SIG. Please address general queries to the Open Session Co-Chairs Peter Lor peterjlor@gmail.com (LTR) and Clara M. Chu cmchu@uncg.edu (SET).
Successful candidates will be notified by end of February 2012 and must supply the full paper by 11 May 2012 to allow time for the review of papers and preparation of translations. Details on the format and length of the final paper will be emailed to those candidates whose abstracts are accepted.
At least one of the paper's authors must present the paper at the IFLA 2012 joint LTR-SET Open Session in Helsinki. PLEASE NOTE that the sections have no funds to assist prospective authors: abstracts should only be submitted on the understanding that the expenses of attending the IFLA conference (including travel, expenses and registration fee) will be the responsibility of the author(s)/presenter(s) of accepted papers. 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: http://www.ifla.org/en/funds-grants-awards.
Clara M. Chu, Ph.D.
Chair and Professor
Department of Library and Information Studies
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
446A School of Education Building, PO Box 26170
Greensboro, NC 27402-6170
direct line: 336.334.3481, Email: cmchu@uncg.edu
Main office: 336.334.3477, Fax: 336.334.4120

Call for papers
WORLD LIBRARY AND INFORMATION CONGRESS: 78th IFLA General Conference and Assembly
“Libraries Now! - Inspiring, Surprising, Empowering"
11-17 August 2012, Helsinki, Finland
Information Technology Section
Theme: Continuity in the face of digital disasters: Disaster planning and recovery for digital libraries
While much emphasis has been placed by libraries on developing digital collections and services, there have been few studies of how to keep these digital collections and services functioning in the case of a disaster or some other disruption to normal library operations. Whether due to natural or man-made events, advance planning for disruptions to services and collections is critical in our increasingly digital age.
In response to this critical need, the Information Technology section is seeking proposals for papers on best practices and tools that relate to the facilitation, implementation, or planning for disaster recovery and business continuity of digital libraries.
Areas of interest for papers include, but need not be restricted to, the following: • Developing effective disaster recovery and organizational continuity models • Implementing effective disaster recovery and continuity strategies for digital repositories • Minimizing risk in developing and implementing digital libraries • Solutions for promoting collaborative services to enable digital library continuity • New organizational models to support an emphasis on library organizational continuity • Case studies and lessons learned from successful efforts in recovering from a disaster
Proposals for papers should be no more than one page in length. If selected, speakers will have 15 minutes to present their results and 5 minutes for a question and answer period during the conference session.
Proposals should include the following information:
- Name, title, and institution of speaker(s)
- Title of proposed presentation
- Address and email address of speaker(s)
- Brief biographical statement about each speaker including information about the qualifications of the speaker to address the proposed topic
- One or two paragraph discussion of the main points of the paper including an outline of the takeaways a conference attendee will obtain by having the topic presented at the conference
- Language of presentation
- Contact information for response to the proposal
Proposals should be sent by 11 February, 2012 to Frank Cervone, secretary of the Information Technology Section at fcervone@purduecal.edu. The subject line of all submissions should be “IFLA ITS Proposal –“ followed by your last name. For example, “IFLA ITS Proposal – Cervone”
The contact person for each proposal will be informed by 10 March, 2012 whether their proposal has been accepted or not. Papers selected for inclusion in the program must be submitted in one the official languages of IFLA by 15 May, 2012.
Please note: The committee is looking for papers that present real-world solutions. Papers that focus on solutions that are usable in multiple library contexts will receive higher consideration for inclusion in the conference program. Papers that are strictly theoretical or inapplicable to other environmental contexts are less likely to be accepted for inclusion in the program.
- Every paper accepted must be presented in person by one of the authors at the WLIC in Helsinki.
- Authors are required to permit non-exclusive publication of papers chosen for this session on the IFLA website and digital library. Papers that are accepted but not presented in person at the conference will not be made available on the official conference website nor will they be considered for nomination as a best paper of the conference.
- Authors of papers not chosen for the conference may be invited to submit their paper for publication in the IFLA IT section journal.
- All speaker expenses, including registration for the conference, travel, accommodation, etc., are the responsibility of the authors/presenters. No financial support can be provided by IFLA.
- A special invitation can be issued to authors/presenters to facilitate attendance if required.
H. Frank Cervone, Ph.D.
Vice Chancellor for Information Services and Chief Information Officer
Purdue University Calumet | 2200 169th Street | Hammond, IN 46323
(o) 219.989.8185 | (f) 219.989.2755 | www.purduecal.edu/infosvcs

World Library and Information Congress: 78th IFLA General Conference and Assembly
In Helsinki, Finland from 11-17 August 2012
Health and Biosciences Libraries Section Standing Committee
Call for papers
“Using Assessment to Drive Change: Demonstrating the Value of Health Information” Colleagues from around the world are invited to submit an abstract for consideration for the Open Session sponsored by the Health and Biosciences Libraries (HBL) section.
“I hope librarians are not waiting for people to create a strategy for them. My observation is that professions need to create their own strategy and see if they can sell it. I think librarians need to tell me what it is that only they can do that adds value, and make sure that I can really understand it. ” Nigel Crisp, Chief Executive of the National Health Service (UK) until 2006 and now a member of the House of Lords in the UK Parliament where he speaks on health and development.
Aim and Scope of the Session:
How do librarians measure the impact of what they do? What have we learned about evaluation and assessing impact from business and from other part of the public service and academia? Health libraries are a core part of the infrastructure underpinning clinical practice, teaching, research and delivery of healthcare around the world. Too often they are seen as support services which, while making a valuable contribution to the development of the knowledge base in health, are particularly vulnerable in difficult economic times. As Nigel Crisp makes clear. nobody else can demonstrate the value of what we do. Meeting his challenge will require a rigorously scientific approach to assessment, a detailed knowledge of the expectations of policy makers and management and the communication skills to demonstrate that we can meet them.
Evaluation is where science and policy meet. This session will teach us about scientific approaches to assessing the delivery of health information and how the findings of this assessment support planning and demonstrate how essential our work is to the goal of better health outcomes for all.
Papers may cover some of the following topics:
• Measuring the impact of health libraries: what models should we be using?
• What should we be assessing? We all gather data on usage but what does it actually demonstrate?
• Science is not all about numbers: how have libraries used qualitative methods to measure impact and demonstrate value?
• Why should policy makers/funders/management care? How aware are we of the needs of management and the issues that currently concern them?
• We know what we do is valuable but how do we get it across? Communicating the findings of research and evaluation needs to be tailored to the audience receiving the message.
It is anticipated that presentations be 20 minutes with time for questions at the end of the session.
Important dates:
Friday February 17th 2012: Deadline for submission of abstract
Friday March 16th 2012: Notification of acceptance/rejection
Friday May 4th 2011: Deadline for submission of text
Submission Guidelines
The proposals must be submitted in an electronic format and must contain:
• Title of paper
• Summary of paper (250 - 350 words maximum)
• Speaker's name, address, telephone and fax numbers, professional affiliation, email address and biographical note (40 words)
The final paper should preferably be presented as a paper (that may be published on the IFLA website and as an option in the IFLA Journal). If the final presentation will be in the format of a power point, a substantial abstract will be required, including references such as URLs and bibliographies
Submissions should be sent by email to: bgalvin@hrb.ie before Friday February 17th 2012
Brian Galvin. Chair, IFLA Health and Biosciences Libraries Section.
Proposals will be reviewed by a sub-committee of members of HBS Standing Committees.
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/presenters if that is required.
*************************************
Brian Galvin
Chair / IFLA Health and Biosciences Libraries Section Standing Committee
National Documentation Centre on Drug Use
Health Research Board
Third Floor, Knockmaun House
42-47 Lower Mount Street
Dublin 2
Ireland
e bgalvin@hrb.ie
t +353 1 2345168
f +353 1 661 1856

CALL FOR PAPERS: World Library and Information Congress
78th IFLA General Congress and Assembly 11-17 August 2012, Helsinki, Finland
Conference Motto: "Libraries Now! - Inspiring, Surprising, Empowering"
Reference and Information Services Section (RISS)
http://www.ifla.org/en/about-the-reference-and-information-services-section
The Section's 2-hour Open Session is entitled:
"Generation Google Needs Us. New roles for visibility in the digital age for information & reference services"
Main themes to be explored during the Session include:
How to help patrons who don't know they need help? Reaching out to the digital generation
Re-humanizing the Information service: are reference librarians the missing link? "
Embedding information services in the digital age
How do we transform our users' computer savvy into the ability to use and evaluate information efficiently, effectively, and ethically?
What information skills will be needed in 2012 and beyond?
How will the relationship and collaboration between librarians and users change?
How do we transform and integrate reference and information literacy into new models of instruction and service?
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.
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.
Important dates
22 Jan 2012: Deadline for submitting Proposals for Papers 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 Abstract of Paper - to be approximately 150 words
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 and four to six papers will be selected for the Open Session.
The Proposals should be sent to:
Jane Weller, Secretary, RISS, Hampshire Libraries UK jane.weller@hants.gov.uk headed IFLA RISS Papers. These will then also be considered by the Chair, Judy Ng, National Library Board, Singapore, and fellow Committee members.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Jane Weller

Call for Papers: IFLA Science and Technology Libraries Section
Papers are invited to be presented at 78th IFLA General Conference and Assembly, Helsinki, Finland in August 2012
Theme: The Role of Libraries in Data Curation, Access, and Preservation: an International Perspective
Data curation, access, and preservation are integral to the advancement of research in science and technology. For further definition and clarification of the role of data in research see the Digital Curation Centre (DCC) website: (http://www.dcc.ac.uk/digital-curation/what-digital-curation).
The session will focus on the role of libraries and librarians in data curation in various countries and the challenges associated with establishing and operating data curation repositories, on a local or national level. Proposals must focus on one or more of the following topics:
1. Key issues confronted in establishing a national plan for data curation
2. The role of libraries in establishing data curation repositories.
3. A financial model for sustaining data curation within the library and/or university.
4. Training and preparation of librarians to participate in data curation.
Submissions
Proposal abstract (max 500 words) must be submitted by January 15, 2012, on any one or more of the topics listed above, with the topic to be discussed clearly identified by number from list above. Submission is to include presenter's name, position, institution, and email address. Please note that all fees, including registration to the conference, travel, accommodation etc. are the responsibility of the authors.
Notification of acceptance of proposals will be completed by February 15, 2012
Deva E.Reddy,PhD
Chair, IFLA Science & Technology Libraries Section Associate Professor Texas A&M University
Libraries College Station, TX 77843-5000 United States
Tel.979-862-1062 Fax.979-458-0112
dereddy@tamu.edu

2nd International Conference on Integrated Information, August 30 - September 3, 2012, Budapest, Hungary.
It is our pleasure to circulate the 1st announcement of the 2nd International Conference on Integrated Information, IC-ININFO 2012 ( http://www.icininfo.net ).
Topics
IC-ININFO-2012 topics encompass, but are not restricted to, the following areas:
• Library Science
• Information Science
• Digital Libraries
• Electronic Archives
• Information Management
• Records / Document Management
• Knowledge Management
• Cultural Heritage Management
• Conservation Management
• E-research
• E-science
• Electronic publishing
• Human resources management
• Information and Knowledge Services
• Information retrieval
• Open Access and Open Source
• Operational information systems
• Re-engineering change in higher education
• Resource development policy
• Semantics Web
• Software
• Strategic management
• Technology in the Communication: an interactive tool for development
• Technology transfer and Innovation in library management
Publications: The papers for Proceedings should be 3-4 pages. Proceedings papers will be included in the Advances on Information Processing and Management (AIPM), which is an international, peer-reviewed book series.
Full papers will be published in special issues in the following journals (all are indexed by ISI in Web Of Science and SCOPUS): Program: electronic library and information systems, Aslib Proceedings New information perspectives, Library Management, and International Journal on Integrated Information Management.
You are also welcomed to propose a session or a symposium for IC-ININFO 2012. 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 Budapest Hungary, at the Conference Center located at the Hotel Eurostars Budapest Center from August 30 to September 3, 2012.
Registration and submission: All the actions related to the IC-ININFO 2012 (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 2012 website at http://www.icininfo.net.
Important dates:
• 4 May 2012, Abstract submission deadline
• 18 May 2012, Notification of acceptance
• 1 June 2012, Early registration deadline
• 30 August 2012, Conference paper submission deadline and Conference opening
• 30 September 2012, Full paper review submission deadline
You may find details of the Conference visiting the Conference website at http://www.icininfo.net.
Looking forward to see you in Budapest!
On behalf of the organizing committee,
Prof Amanda Spink1 Prof Damianos Sakas2 and Prof George Giannakopoulos3
Chairmen of IC-ININFO 2012
1 Queensland University of Technology, Australia 2 University of Peloponnese, Tripolis Greece 3 Technological Educational Institute of Athens

Call for Papers: Second Announcement ISIC2012 - The Information Behavior Conference Keio University, Tokyo
5-7 Sep 2012 (with Doctoral Workshop on Sep 4) Conference site:
http://www.slis.keio.ac.jp/isic2012/
The field of human information behaviour is multi-disciplinary in scope: researchers from information science, information management, psychology, social psychology, sociology, information systems, computer science, and other disciplines all contribute to this field of investigation.
ISIC: the Information Behaviour Conference intends to reflect this interdisciplinary character through attracting papers from researchers in all of these areas. The unifying characteristic, which we see as essential in developing a programme is the relationship between the needs or requirements of the information user, the means for the satisfaction of those needs and the uses to which those means are put in practice organizations or disciplines. Thus, papers that deal solely with technological aspects of system design, for example, will not be appropriate for the conference.
Themes of the conference include the following:
Theories and models of information seeking and searching: particular theoretical frameworks that are currently of interest include (but are not restricted to) social network theory, actor network theory, cultural-historical activity theory, and genre theory.
Research approaches and methodologies, both interpretative and positivist, employing either qualitative or quantitative methods.
Information seeking, searching, use and sharing in specific contexts, e.g., health care, education, business, industry, the public services and government, the emergency services.
Organizational structures and processes and information seeking, searching and use.
Information seeking and searching in virtual social networks, including gaming and virtual worlds as arenas for information exchange.
Information behaviour in everyday life; in communities both real and virtual, including its role in indigenous communities.
Integrating studies on information seeking and interactive retrieval. Information use: the nature of information and how information is used to help solve problems, aid decision making or satisfy an initial need.
The mediation of information behaviour: how human or software agents can respond to information needs.
The design of information delivery systems to meet information needs generally, or in organizational or disciplinary contexts, including Web 2.0 developments such as blogs, wikis, e-learning platforms and open access information resources.
Information seeking and information requirements - integrating information science and information systems.
The communication of information to users: relationship between communication theory and information behaviour, including, for example, the relationship of information architectures to information seeking behaviour and the design of information products on sound communication principles; including audio and visual communication media.
Collaborative information seeking and searching in diverse contexts such as work teams or learning environments.
Papers that deal with the information behaviour of practitioner groups, such as scientists, engineers, local government works, politicians, and other less-studied (in this context) groups, will be particularly welcome. Also, analytical, rather than descriptive investigations, will be sought, with strong connections to previous work and to theoretical or conceptual frameworks.
For the 2012 Conference we shall be particularly interested in papers in any of these areas that address the connection between information research and information practice.
The maximum length of a paper is 5500 words. Paper presentation format in the conference includes full presentations (20 minutes presentation and 10 minutes discussion) and short presentations (10-15 minutes presentation and 5-10 minutes discussion). The permanent program committee allocates the appropriate presentation format for the papers accepted.
Your paper should be prepared and submitted in accordance with the Author Guidelines.
Paper submission deadline is January 10, 2012. The paper submission will be started on August 10, 2011. Notification of acceptance will be sent by March 10, 2012. Please, submit your paper through the ISIC2012 paper submission site.
All papers will be published in the ISIC2012 proceedings in electronic format (USB). The papers accepted for full-presentation will be considered for publication in Information Research (http://informationr.net/ir/author2.html).
We also invite doctoral students to submit an application for participation in the Doctoral Workshop
(http://www.slis.keio.ac.jp/isic2012/docwkshp.html) held in conjunction with the Conference on 4th September. We especially welcome submissions from researchers and doctoral students from Asia and Pacific.
ISIC 2012 Local Committee - Tokyo, Japan isic2012-office@ml.keio.jp
Makiko Miwa, Ph D.
Professor, Center of ICT and Distance Education
The Open University of Japan
2-11 Wakaba, Chiba-shi, Japan 261-8586
Phone: 043-298-3208
Skipe: miwamaki2

International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications: "Metadata for Meeting Global Challenges"
3-7 September 2012, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
Conference Website: http://purl.org/dcevents/dc-2012
DEADLINES & IMPORTANT DATES:
Submission Deadline: 23 March 2012
Author Notification: 25 May 2012
Final Copy: 29 June 2012
DC-2012 will explore the global, national and regional roles of metadata in addressing global challenges such as food security, the digital divide, and sustainable development. Metadata plays a significant role globally in information systems shaping how we know, monitor and change social and governmental systems affecting everything from the environment, human rights and justice to education and peace. DC-2012 will bring together in Kuching the community of metadata scholars and practitioners to engage in the exchange of knowledge and best practices in developing languages of description to meet these global challenges.
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 for papers, reports, extended poster abstracts, community workshop and special sessions must do so through the DCMI Peer Review System at http://dcpapers.dublincore.org/index.php/pubs/. Author registration with the peer review system and instructions for the submission process appear under the "Information for Authors" link.
--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 Kuching 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://purl.org/dcevents/dc-2012/remote.
START SUBMISSION: Register/Login at http://dcevents.dublincore.org/index.php/IntConf/dc-2012/author/submit?requiresAuthor=1
PUBLICATION
-- Accepted papers, project reports and poster abstracts will be published in the official Conference Proceedings at http://dcpapers.dublincore.org/ojs/pubs.
-- Special session and community workshop session abstracts will be published in the online conference program.
-- Papers, research reports and poster abstracts must conform to the appropriate formatting template available through the DCMI Peer Review System.
-- Unless previously arranged, accepted papers, project reports and posters must be presented at The Hague by at least one of their authors.
-- 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-2012.
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
--Schubert Foo, Professor and Associate Dean, Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
--Hans Overbeek, Stichting ICTU, The Hague, Netherlands

This is a first call for papers for the 6th European Conference on Information Management and Evaluation (ECIME-2012) being held at University College Cork, Ireland on the 13-14 September 2012.
This call is open until 24th of February 2012. Further details can be found at: http://academic-conferences.org/ecime/ecime2012/ecime12-call-papers.htm
The European Conference on Information Management and Evaluation (ECIME) provides a forum for both researchers and practitioners to come together to develop their understanding of both theory and practice in all aspects of IT/IS management and evaluation. The wide scope of ECIME reflects the increased use of technology to manage information in and between organizations of all types and sizes across the globe. ECIME 2012 will provide opportunities for people working and researching in the field to come together both formally and informally to share their knowledge and expertise.
Publication opportunity: Papers accepted for the conference will be published in the conference proceedings, subject to author registration and payment.
Selected papers presented at the Conference will also be considered for publication in a special issue of the Electronic Journal of Information Systems Evaluation.
The advisory group for the conference invites submissions of both academic and practitioner papers on a wide range of topics and a wide range of scholarly approaches including theoretical and empirical papers employing qualitative, quantitative and critical methods. Academic research, case studies and work-in-progress/posters are welcomed approaches. PhD Research, proposals for roundtable discussions non-academic contributions and product demonstrations based on the main themes are also invited.
Kind regards
Elaine Hayne
Academic Conferences Limited
elaine@academic-conferences.org
tel +44 (0) 118 972 4148
http://www.academic-conferences.org/

3rd International Symposium on Information Management in a Changing World,September 19-21, 2012, Ankara, Turkey Symposium web site: by2012.bilgiyonetimi.net/en/ E-Science and Information
Management (Third and Final Call for Papers)
Organizer: Hacettepe University Department of Information Management, Ankara, Turkey (http://www.bby.hacettepe.edu.tr/eng/) Theme: “E-Science and Information Management”Objectives: IMCW2012 aims to bring together both researchers and information professionals to discuss the implications of e-science for information management. Some of these issues and challenges are as follows: information literacy, intellectual property rights, e-science and open access data archives, information processing and visualizations tools, collection development and management, e-science librarianship, and so on. Keynote speaker: Dr. Tony Hey, Corporate Vice President of MicrosoftProceedings book: Accepted papers and posters will appear in the proceedings book to be published by Springer under its CCIS series (http://www.springer.com/series/7899) and in the Symposium web site. Papers that appear in Springer’s CCIS series are indexed in Thomson Reuter’s Conference Proceedings Citation Index.
Main topics of the Symposium include (but not limited with) the following: •Data Management Challenges in E-Science •Data Life-cycle in E-Science •Information Discovery, Organization, and Retrieval in E-Science•Information Management and E-Science •Information Architecture for E-Science•Education for Information Management and E-Science •Scholarly Publishing, Open Access and Digital Repositories in E-Science •Digital Preservation of Scientific and Cultural Heritage •Social and Cultural Issues and E-Science
How to submit: In addition to papers, short papers (pecha-kucha), posters, workshops and panels on e-science and information management, general papers on information management are also welcome. Student papers and posters will also be considered. Please use the template available in the Symposium web site to prepare your contributions and proposals, and send them to us using the Conference Management Software (openconf).
Important dates First Call: July 2011 Second Call: October 2011 Third Call: December 2011 Last date to send papers and posters: 23 January 2012 Authors notification: 5 March 2012 Final papers submission and registration: 7 May 2012 Symposium: 19-21 September 2012
Ex libris competition: Because IMCW2012 coincides with the 40th anniversary of the foundation of the Department of Information Management of Hacettepe University, to commemorate this event we organized an international ex libris competition with the theme “information management” (http://exlibris.hacettepe.edu.tr/index.php?lang=en&page=HomePage). The winning art works of ex libris will be exhibited during the symposium. (Please note: Different deadlines apply for the ex libris competition. Please check the ex libris web site above for further information.)
All suggestions and comments are welcome. Please send us your ideas about possible invitedspeakers at sempozyum@bilgiyonetimi.net.
Symposium Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=304487562911300&context=create Twitter hashtag: #by2012
If you wish to receive updates on IMCW2012 Symposium and the other events organized by the Department of Information Management of Hacettepe University, you can also follow us on Twitter and Facebook. Looking forward to your contributions to and participation in the Symposium. Yaşar Tonta, Chair of the Organizing Committee Serap Kurbanoğlu, Chair of the Programme CommitteeHacettepe University Department of Information Management06800 Beytepe, Ankara, TurkeyTel: 0312 297 82 00Faks: 0312 299 20 14E-posta: tonta@hacettepe.edu.tr, serap@hacettepe.edu.tr

Dear Colleagues,
We are going to host Special Session on Library Science in the 3rd IIAI International Conference on e-Services and Knowledge Management (IIAI ESKM 2012), on September 20-22, 2012. The deadline for paper submission is April 30. Please check the call for papers below for the details. http://aai2012.iaiai.org/eskm2012/
I know it is short notice, however I hope you will consider submitting the paper. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.
Emi Ishita
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CALL FOR PAPERS
Special Session on Library Science
International Institute of Applied Informatics (IIAI) Third IIAI International Conference on E-Services and Knowledge Management (ESKM) Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan September 20-22, 2012 http://aai2012.iaiai.org/eskm2012/
Special Session Scope:
With the dramatic developments in information and communication technology, our society has gone through tremendous changes in terms of how we store, manage and access information and knowledge. These developments have brought substantive benefits for society, but they have also led to new challenges such as difficultly obtaining precise information and the risk of information overload. Many current social problems involve information, including mismanagement of official records (e.g., pension plans, diplomatic documents), misleading food safety information, and falsification of court documents. This has led to a renewed focus on managing information and knowledge properly and securing our access to information. In this special session, we will focus on the contributions of library science to e-services and knowledge management.
Topics include (but are not limited to):
Knowledge discovery
Knowledge services
Knowledge management
Text mining
Information access
Library services
E-learning
Information retrieval systems
User behavior modeling
Security, privacy and trust
Applications of social media
Scholarly communication
Digital preservation
Archives
Data curation
Publication
All papers will be peer reviewed, and accepted papers will appear in the Conference Proceedings to be published by IEEE and indexed by IEEE Xplore, EI, Inspec, DBLP, and several other major citation indexes. Also, submission of selected papers will be invited for some post-conference publications. We follow the same procedure for submission and review as the main conference.
Submission
Submit full papers of 4-5 pages as Word or PDF in IEEE Computer Society format (http://www.computer.org/portal/web/cscps/formatting) by email to . Submissions will be acknowledged within 48 hours. For questions, please contact Emi Ishita at that same address.
Important Dates
Paper submission: April 30, 2012
Notification: May 31, 2012
Camera ready: June 20, 2012
Registration: Jun 20, 2012

Call for Proposals for the 9th Annual Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy
September 21 - 22, 2012; Coastal Georgia Center, Savannah, Georgia
Proposal deadline: April 15, 2012
For complete conference details and access to the online submission form, please access the website at: http://ceps.georgiasouthern.edu/conted/infolit.html
We would like to increase the participation of K -12 librarians at this year's conference. We appreciate your efforts to share this message with your colleagues and other interested professions.
Join us in Savannah for this annual conference jointly hosted by Georgia Southern University's:
Zach S. Henderson Library
Department of Writing and Linguistics, College of Liberals Arts & Social Sciences
College of Education
And the Division of Continuing Education
See you there!
Stephanie A. Jones, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Instructional Technology
Georgia Southern University
P.O. Box 8131
237 Forest Drive
Statesboro, GA 30460-8131
Office: 912.478.5250
Fax: 912.478.7104
sjones@georgiasouthern.edu

4th Workshop on Interfaces and Architectures for Scientific Data Storage (IASDS)
http://www.mcs.anl.gov/events/workshops/iasds12
September 24 2012, held in conjunction with IEEE Cluster 2012 in Beijing, China
Paper Submission Deadline: May 25, 2012
High-performance computing simulations and large scientific experiments generate tens of terabytes of data, and these data sizes grow each year. Existing systems for storing, managing, and analyzing data are being pushed to their limits by these applications, and new techniques are necessary to enable efficient data processing for future simulations and experiments.
This workshop will provide a forum for engineers and scientists to present and discuss their most recent work related to the storage, management, and analysis of data for scientific workloads. Emphasis will be placed on forward-looking approaches to tackle the challenges of storage at extreme scale or to provide better abstractions for use in scientific workloads.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
* parallel file systems
* scientific databases
* active storage
* scientific I/O middleware
* extreme scale storage
Past Workshops:
IASDS 2011, Austin: http://www.mcs.anl.gov/events/workshops/iasds11/agenda.php
IASDS 2010, Crete: http://www.mcs.anl.gov/events/workshops/iasds10/agenda.php
IASDS 2009, New Orleans: http://www.mcs.anl.gov/events/workshops/iasds09/agenda.php
Important Dates:
Paper Submission Deadline: May 25, 2012
Author Notification: June 22, 2012
Final Manuscript Due: July 7, 2012
Workshop: September 24, 2012
Submission Info:
See http://www.mcs.anl.gov/events/workshops/iasds12/submissions/
Workshop Chairs:
Philip Carns, Mathematics and Computer Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory (carns@mcs.anl.gov)
Osamu Tatebe, Center for Computational Sciences, University of Tsukuba (tatebe@cs.tsukuba.ac.jp)
Program Committee:
Francisco Javier García Blas, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Philip Carns, Argonne National Laboratory
Hideyuki Kawashima, University of Tsukuba
Hiroya Matsuba, Hitachi
Carlos Maltzahn, UCSC & Ultra-scale Research Center at New Mexico Consortium
Ron Oldfield, Sandia National Laboratory
Yoshihiro Oyama, University of Electro-Communications
Shinji Sumimoto, Fujitsu
Osamu Tatebe, University of Tsukuba
Andrew Uselton, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Pete Wyckoff, NetApp, Inc.

CALL FOR PAPERS: The Fourth International m-libraries Conference
"From margin to mainstream: mobile technologies transforming lives and libraries"
24-26 September 2012 at the Open University, UK
Mobile technology has transformed so many aspects of our lives: how we work, how we communicate, how we study and how we play. Since the first successful M-libraries conference in 2007, libraries around the world have made huge advances in harnessing the technology to improve and enhance their services. The Fourth international conference will bring together researchers, technical developers, managers, educators, and library practitioners to review achievements to date and consider the creative challenges and opportunities ahead.
We are seeking lively contributions on the following broad themes:
• Transformation – of services, learners or providers
• Inspiration – innovative projects which challenge current thinking and practice
• Implementation – the experience of implementing new mobile technologies
Papers will be short – 15 minutes for the presentation plus time for discussion/questions.
Please submit your abstracts (up to 300 words) by 15th of March 2012 to m-libraries-conference@open.ac.uk
These will be subject to peer review and authors will be notified by 26th of April 2012. Please note that you will not be asked to submit full papers in advance of the conference. However, for those who would like to submit a full paper after the conference for possible publication in a book of proceedings, we will contact you during or after the conference.
Keynote speakers confirmed to date:
• Char Booth, Claremont Colleges (US)
• Thomas Cochrane, AUT University’s Centre for Learning and Teaching (NZ)
• Ellysa Kroski, New York Law Institute (US)
• Steve Vosloo, Programme Specialist in Mobile Learning at UNESCO (FR)
Invited speakers confirmed to date:
• Bob Gann, NHS Choices, UK Department of Health
• Lee Stott, Microsoft UK
Visit the website for further details http://www.m-libraries.org/node/26
Very best regards
Jeannette Stanley
Project Support Officer
Business Performance and Management Group
The Library Learning and Resource Centre
The Open University
Tel: +44 (0) 1908 653532
jeannette.stanley@open.ac.uk

Call for papers Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries 2012 Paphos, Cyprus - 23-27 September 2012 http://www.tpdl2012.org/
Over the last years, Digital Libraries have taken over a central role in our society. As the volume of digital material grows, and its use becomes more ubiquitous, the challenge of combining our digital futures and digital past becomes more important. Innovative methods, collaborative working and new forms of content challenge established digital library methods. Similarly, the need for increasingly sophisticated means for supporting the analysis of digital content by humanists and scientists, practitioners and academics, leads to new difficulties for the infrastructure and interface of information repositories.
The International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries is the successor of the European Conference on Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries (ECDL). TPDL/ECDL has been the leading European scientific forum on digital libraries for 15 years. The conference continues to bring together researchers, developers, content providers and users in the field of digital libraries. TPDL 2012 is organised by the Department of Multimedia and Graphic Arts of the Cyprus University of Technology (CUT) in collaboration with the University of Cyprus and the City University London. It will take place in Paphos, Cyprus on 23-27 September 2012.
General Chair: Panayiotis Zaphiris (Cyprus University of Technology) Program Chair: George Buchanan (City University London
Submission Categories:
- Full Research Papers
- Work in Progress (WIP): Short papers and posters
- Panels
- Demonstrations
- Doctoral Consortium
- Workshops
- Tutorials
Topics of Interest:
Authors are invited to submit research papers describing original, unpublished research that is not (and will not be) simultaneously under consideration for publication elsewhere. General areas of interests include, but are not limited to, the following topics, organized in four areas:
Applications and User Experience
- User issues in large information spaces
- Exploring Semantic Web and Linked Data
- User studies for and evaluation of digital library systems and applications
- Personal information management and personal digital libraries
- Enterprise-scale knowledge and information management
Foundations: Supporting Discovery
- Digital libraries: architectures and infrastructures
- Representing documents: metadata standards, ontologies and protocols
- Interoperability in digital libraries, data and information integration
- Systems, algorithms, and models for digital preservation
- Information access: retrieval and browsing
- Information organisation: automatic and manual
- Multimedia information management and retrieval
- Multilinguality in digital libraries
Digital Humanities
- Digital libraries in cultural heritage
- Understanding and supporting the work of digital humanists
- Novel research tools and methods in digital humanities
- Computational linguistics: text mining and retrieval
- Organizational aspects of digital preservation
- Information policy and legal aspects (e.g., copyright laws)
- Social networks and networked information
- Scholarly primitives
Research Data
- Architectures for large-scale data management (e.g., Grids, Clouds)
- Cyberinfrastructures: architectures, operation and evolution
- Distributed and collaborative information environments
- Data mining and extraction of structure from networked information
- Scientific data curation
- Metadata for scientific data, data provenance
- Services and workflows for scientific data
- Data and knowledge management in virtual organizations
- Information visualization
Important Dates (Provisional):
Research paper submission: 30th March 2012 at 11.59pm (EET).
Work in Progress (WIP) submission: 6th April 2012 at 11.59pm (EET).
Demo submission: 30th March 2012 at 11.59pm (EET).
Notification of acceptance for full and WIP papers: May 21st 2012.
Workshop proposal submission: 12th March 2012 at 11.59pm (EET).
Tutorial proposal submission: 30th March 2012 at 11.59pm (EET).
Panel proposal submission: 30th March 2012 at 11.59pm (EET).
Contact Details:
Website: http://www.tpdl2012.org/
Twitter: #tpdl2012
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/TPDL-2012/280533611975549
Contact email: info@tpdl2012.org

Web version: http://www.ifla.org/en/news/call-for-papers-the-memory-of-the-world-in-the-digital-age-digitization-and-preservation
26-28 September 2012, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
UNESCO's Memory of the World Programme, in cooperation with the School of Library, Archival and Information Studies and with the Library of the University of British Columbia, and in partnership with IFLA, ICA, ICOM, WIPO, Google, Microsoft and others, is sponsoring a three-day conference concerning the preservation of documentary heritage. This Conference will provide a platform to showcase major initiatives that could lead to synergies both in research and implementation. An open dedicated space will be soon established on UNESCO's CI website for this event which will provide a restricted area to share documents.
Prospective speakers are invited to submit abstracts of proposed presentations in any areas related to The Challenges listed in this Call for Papers. The presentations should be about original work or research findings/recommendations and take the form of either a traditional paper or an interactive tutorial, seminar, or workshop.
All abstracts will be reviewed by the Conference Programme Committee to ensure that the programme provides significant, timely, and authoritative information. The traditional papers will be allotted 20-minute each and delivered in thematic sessions concluded by a commentary and a discussion. The tutorials, seminars or workshops will be allotted 3 hours each.
The presentations should advance the state of knowledge in the areas and issues described in this flyer. The conference languages are English and French.
Complete details:
http://www.unesco.org/new/fileadmin/MULTIMEDIA/HQ/CI/CI/pdf/mow/call_for_papers_mow_digital_age_en.pdf

Call for Papers for the 43rd IASA Annual Conference, New Delhi, India, 6 – 11 October 2012
Theme: In Transition: Access for All
Access to information is widely perceived as an uncontested good, a right of the same order as access to clean water and electricity. UNESCO says that universal access will empower people if “they can access and contribute to information and knowledge flows,” and that a digital infrastructure will provide it. Governments all over the world mouth support for these aspirations and the public has come to expect access to all sorts of information wherever and whenever they want and need it, including, and perhaps especially, sound and audiovisual content.

With all the resources and effort expended on digitisation we would expect that by now access to our audiovisual collections should have become universally easier, and the online facilities that could provide unlimited and unmediated access to this content should -- given its unprecedented use. Yet, all too often we can only access catalogues with no access to the actual sound, lists with no video, information about information, but not the information itself. The laws and policies that control use, the technologies that deliver it, and the costs and distribution of resources present barriers to our aspirations. Are we being realistic? Are these constraints now permanently built into the system, or are we just in transition on the way to achieve universal access to the knowledge dissemination systems?

What can be done to ensure that our collections are becoming accessible? How do we deal with copyright? Are strategies in place to ensure accessibility to our collections? Do the technical systems and infrastructure truly support it?
This conference aims to investigate and discuss the issues pertaining to access alongside the following subthemes:
Copyright and IP:
Copyright and access: does protection of the individual's rights outweigh the universal right to access?
How do we circumvent copyright appropriately and provide access for all?
Access, copyright and reasonable risk
Orphan works and wider access
Technologies
Tools that provide access and systems that restrict
Technical infrastructure and information access
Portable devices, and sound and audiovisual collections
Users:
Defining the user
Increasing use, attracting new users
From the user perspective: how are people using access? (how access changed the way...?)
Examining how increased access can affect collection decisions such as acquisition, preservation, and documentation.
Access:
Access and authenticity
Successes and failures of providing access in the digital domain
The impact of access on our archives
Indigenous use and appropriate access
Ethics and access
What does access mean?
Online vs traditional access – access multiplied or context lost?
Leveraging access with increased usage of archives
Sustainable access
Innovation and access
What strategies are research organisations and broadcasters planning for access?
Collaborations and partnerships to make access possible
Open access: between freedom and control.
Online Access
Semantic web and access
Free access or mediated access? Gatekeeper or facilitator? The role of reference staff.
Access tools/set of tools – access on- and offline
Funding
The affordability of free access/access for all
How realistic is access for all from a funding perspective?

The IASA Executive Board invites proposals for presentations, posters and panel discussions for the 43rd IASA Annual Conference, to be held in New Delhi, India, 6-11 October 2012. The closing date for submissions is January 31, 2012. All proposals must be accompanied by an abstract (maximum 250 words).
If you require any further information or have questions please contact the Organising Committee and the conference administrator through enquiries@iasa-conference.com The Conference Convener is Shubha Chaudhuri, and Ilse Assmann and Kevin Bradley are members of the organising committee. Bruce Gordon is the IASA Vice President responsible for conferences. All conference committee members can be contacted on enquiries@iasa-conference.com
The local organising committee is:
Leela Samson, Chairperson, Sangeet Natak Akademi
Kamalini Dutt, ex Director, Doordarshan Archives, New Delhi
Amlan Das Gupta, Director School of Cultural Texts and Records, Jadavpur University, Calcutta
G. Sundar, Director, Roja Muthiah Research Library, Chennai
Suresh Chandvankar, Secretary, Society of Indian Record Collectors, Mumbai
Moe Chiba, UNESCO, New Delhi
Shubha Chaudhuri, Director, AIIS Archives and Research Centre for Ethnomusicology (Conference Convenor)
Please find all conference information as well as the submission form on the conference website at http://2012.iasa-web.org. It is preferred that presentation proposals are submitted online. However, if you do not have internet access and you would like to submit a presentation or register for the conference, please contact Ilse Assmann by fax at +27 11 714-4419.

It is a pleasure to announce that the Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport, through its Subdirectorate General for Libraries Coordination, will be celebrating its 6th National Congress of Public Libraries in Burgos, Spain, next 9,10 and 11 October 2012, under the theme: Public Libraries: individual memory, global heritage.
This will also be an Europeana event, which will include speakers from Spain, Europe and the rest of the world. The Congress is also organised in collaboration with the Autonomous Community of Castilla y León and the Municipality of Burgos.
The sessions will be related to the following themes:
The impact of the digital in library services
Online services
Changes in the model of loans
Changes in the model of information search
Changes in the collection management: e-books and other digital resources
Copyright and digital contents –creation, access and dissemination
Libraries and their communities in the digital era
People’s engagement/involvement
Virtual space vs. Physical space
Library services for different population groups and professional sectors
The value of libraries to impulse social inclusion and local economical development
The participation of the people in the creation of digital content, and the role of libraries as drivers of these projects to give them global reach.
The contribution of the people to the enrichment of digital contents: social tagging, social networks, etc.
The library as content aggregator
Libraries and their support to the interest in local and family history and cultural tourism
Reusing the library contents as an essential value of libraries
Cooperation with archives, museums, audiovisual institutions and other organisations in digital projects
Preservation of contents from the local sphere in the digital sphere, preservation of the oral tradition, intangible heritage, etc.
Preservation of current contents to access them in the future
Creation of digital contents in different media: audio, text, image, 3-dimensional objects, etc.
Initiatives of libraries for the digital dissemination and preservation of the cultural movements of its municipality.
Projects that give a common access to library, archives, museum and audiovisual resources
The opening of the registration period will be announced soon.
More information can be found -currently only in Spanish-here:
http://www.mcu.es/bibliotecas/novedades/2012/novedades_02.html
Updates will follow.
Subdirectorate General for Libraries Coordination
Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport
Plaza del Rey, 1.
28004 Madrid
Spain

CALL FOR PAPERS: International Conference on Library Cooperation and Resource Sharing
Mid October 2012; Beijing, China
It has been almost 10 years since establishing the University Network Library of Beijing in 2002. An international conference was held in 2004 titled “Building Digital Resources and Providing Information Services in the Network Environment: An International Conference on Regional Cooperation and Resource Sharing of Libraries.” At that time, library consortia were about to emerge in China, so the conference focused mainly on the topic of building and sharing literature resources. In 2008, a second international conference titled “International Conference on the Development of Subject Librarianship and Personal Librarianship” was held. This meeting covered the topics of subject librarians, subject librarian services, and personalized information services. Recently, library consortia have been on the rise both in China and around the world with various resource sharing models emerging. The International Conference on Library Cooperation and Resource Sharing will be held in mid October 2012 in Beijing, China to commemorate the 10th anniversary of establishing the University Network Library of Beijing. Strengthening scholarly exchange and cooperation among library colleagues worldwide, exploring library collaboration, and developing new models of resource sharing will be the focus. Beijing Academic Library & Information System (BALIS), University Network Library of Beijing, and Capital Normal University Library in cooperation with DRCnet (Development Research Center of the State Council of P. R. China) are organizing the event. Library and information science colleagues from around the world are cordially invited to submit conference papers. The conference website and exact dates will be announced at a later date.
Conference Themes: Library Cooperation and Resource Sharing
Sub-topic Areas:
1. Establishment and development of library consortia (current status, issues, trends of library consortia and regional library cooperation)
2. Building and sharing literature information resources (models, restraints, and system guarantee for the construction and sharing of information resources)
3. Studies on combined reference work (status and development of combined reference services, qualities of reference librarians, and quality assessment of reference work)
4. Studies on library technological cooperation (application of information technology in librarianship, digital library construction, and service platform construction)
5. Library information service (information service and subject construction, information service and information literacy education, information service and lifelong learning)
6. Exchange and cooperation of library staff (library staff exchanges, qualifications of librarians, training of library staff, and librarians continuing education
Important Dates:
Full paper submission: May 15, 2012
Author notification: June 1, 2012
Final paper submission: June 20, 2012
Paper submission details:
Papers should be sent in electronic format as an email attachment. Please note the following requirements: simple text, Times New Roman, font size 12, 100-word abstract at beginning of the paper, 3 to 5 keywords, and APA style bibliography; include author’s contact information (author’s name, institution, address, email, and phone number) and a short bio of the author(s) at end of the paper. Pagination should not be inserted in the text. Submitted papers will be subject to a review process by the Organizing Committee. All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings.
Please send completed paper to:
Dr. Michael Bailou Huang, Conference Secretariat
Stony Brook University
Health Sciences Library
HSC Level 3 Room 136
Stony Brook, NY 11794-8034, USA
Tel.: (631) 444-3794 Fax: (631) 444-6649
michael.b.huang@stonybrook.edu
Venues:
Capital Normal University
83 Xi Shan Huan Bei Road
Beijing, China, 100089
http://www.cnu.edu.cn
Organizing Committee
International Conference on Library Cooperation and Resource Sharing
Chair, International Relations Committee, Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA)
CALA Liaison to the Library Society of China

Internet Librarian International 2012 - Call for Speakers
Internet Librarian International is the innovation and technology conference for information professionals. The conference attracts hundreds of library and information professionals from around the world.
Internet Librarian International 2012 will take place at Olympia in London 30-31 October (with pre-event workshops scheduled for 29 October).We invite participation from a wide range of professionals - new and established - from all over the world to share their experiences of developing and delivering innovative information services. We seek dynamic speakers from all types of libraries - public, academic, government, national or commercial - as well as those working outside a 'traditional' library setting.
Share your success stories. Tell us what lessons you've learned if things didn't turn out quite as expected. This is your chance to help others to rethink and recharge, and to benefit from the insights of others.
Re-imagine, Renew, Reboot: Innovating for Success
This year the conference will focus on how information and library professionals are successfully delivering innovative products and services to ever more demanding customers in a fast-changing technology landscape. Library patrons, users and customers now expect access to information wherever they are, on a variety of devices. Budgets remain under pressure. Access to information, data and knowledge is becoming more open and transparent, with partnerships and new social media contexts expanding knowledge sharing in new and surprising ways.
With all this going on, librarians need to stay at the leading edge of service provision. What innovative and imaginative solutions can make a real impact on our ability to serve our customers and our institutions? Share your experiences with your peers at Internet Librarian International. Possible topics fall under the following headings. Visit the website to see detailed suggestions for a wide range of topics under each of the main themes:
• Meeting the 'everything everywhere' demands of customers
• New/innovative uses of technology
• Managing and maximising resources
• Redesigning services and products
• Using the internet for research and reference
• Marketing the service and reaching new audiences
• Educating and mentoring users
• Career opportunities - new skills and new roles
• Ideas for full or half day workshops
What our delegates said about Internet Librarian International 2011
"I attended really interesting sessions, met great people and had engaging discussions."
"It's inspiring to have such innovative and creative people in our profession who are willing to spend their time researching new technology and sharing with us all."
"Keynotes were terrific - thought-provoking"
"Both keynotes were fantastic. The speakers provided robust examples and were extremely accomplished and articulate."
How do I participate?
If you would like to be considered as a speaker, please submit your ideas here.
The deadline for submissions is 12 April 2012.
The advisory committee will review all submissions and you will be notified in May 2012. If your proposal is selected, the primary speaker will receive a free registration to the full conference, which includes lunches and a drinks reception.
We're looking forward to receiving your suggestions and ideas.
Val Skelton - Programme Director
Katherine Allen - Conference Director
Please note that the expenses of attending Internet Librarian International (including travel, accommodation, and any other expenses) will be the responsibility of the presenter. By submitting your proposal, you acknowledge that you accept this financial responsibility.

Peking University Library cordially invites you to submit papers for the International Conference on Change and Challenge: Redefine the Future of Academic Libraries
Facing the challenges brought by new environment, new demands and new technology, academic libraries have courageously responded to the situation by service innovation, functional extension and technology improvement for continuously development. On the occasion to celebrate 110 anniversary of her founding, Peking University Library will hold the international conference on 4-5th, November, 2012, on the theme of “Change and Challenge: Redefine the Future of Academic Libraries”, to share the ideas and experiences and discuss future development of academic libraries.
Now the conference calls for papers. An academic committee will be organized to evaluate the submitted papers and successful applicants will be invited to the conference.
1. Theme and Topics
　　Theme: Change and Challenge: Redefine the Future of Academic Libraries
　　Topics (Suggested topics for the conference include, but are not limited to, the following):
1） Strategy, management innovation and digital right issues
2） Data management and service
3） Knowledge discovery and service
4） Social media and library commons
5） User study and service outreach
6） Consortium, cooperation and sharing
　　 Discussions from other perspectives toward the main theme are encouraged.
　　 2. Submissions
1) The deadline for submitting a detailed abstract is March 31, 2012. Selection of papers is based on the abstract, and successful presenters will be notified by May 31, 2012. Abstracts should be e-mailed to PKUL110@lib.pku.edu.cn. It must be in Chinese or English and include the following:
a) Title
b) Abstract (no more than 500 characters in Chinese or 800 words in English) must be in MS Word file
c) Name(s) of author(s)
d) Position or title of author(s)
e) Author(s) employer or affiliated institution
f) Valid E-mail address
2) The full paper or PPT of presentation is due on August 31st, 2012 and should be submitted to PKUL110@lib.pku.edu.cn. It must be an original submission not presented or published elsewhere. A. Writing instruction for the PPT of presentation
PPT should well reflect the outline of your proposal presentation. It must be in English or both English and Chinese, and including followings:
a) Title
b) Name of the author(s), Position or title of author(s) ,author(s) employer or affiliated institution, valid E-mail address
c) PPT Text
　　 B. Writing instruction for the full paper
　　It must be in English and includes:
a) Title
b) Name of the author(s), position or title of author(s) , author(s) employer or affiliated institution, valid E-mail address
c) Abstract (no more than 500 characters in Chinese or 800 words in English, 3-7 keywords)
d) Text ( in MS Word file )
　　 　　PPT and papers will be published on conference website for long term open access.
　　 　　For more information, please visit http://conference.lib.pku.edu.cn/2012.
Zhu, Qiang
University Librarian
Peking University Libraries

ICADL 2012: The 14th International Conference on Asia-Pacific Digital Libraries November 12-15, 2012, Taipei, Taiwan http://icadl2012.org/
- Call for Papers
- Call for Tutorial Proposals
- Call for Workshop Proposals
- Call for Graduate Student Consortium Submissions
Submission opening: May 1, 2012
Submission deadline: Jun 15, 2012, 8PM Taipei (GMT+8) Time
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Call for Papers MAIN THEME
With the advent of the Internet, the past decades have seen a burgeoning of digital libraries. Researchers, scholars, and professionals have come to recognize the importance of digital libraries and the convenience they might bring to the society. As resource sharing becomes common, the focus of digital libraries has been shifted from the needs of the academics to major issues that involve both the general public and professionals of diverse disciplines. With the creation and the significant increase in the use of digital content, the digital libraries become essential not only in preserving the cultural heritage but in educating the society as well.
The theme of the ICADL conference in 2012 - The Outreach of Digital Libraries: a Globalized Resource Network-reflects the raison d'être of a global digital library. By pooling the knowledge and experience around the world, it is genuinely hoped that a good network of digital libraries may come to fruition in this global era. We welcome and encourage the submission of papers for potential publication. Possible topics could include, but are not restricted to, the following:
- Cloud computing and application
- Cooperative service and community service
- Cultural heritage preservation
- Cyberinfrastructure architectures for DL
- Electronic publishing
- Healthcare informatics
- Human factors in DL
- Impact and evaluation of DL
- Information policy and copyright
- Information visualization
- Retrieval and browsing in DL
- Interoperability and fusion of information
- Metadata and cataloguing
- Mobile services for DL
- Multi-language support
- Novel library content and use environments
- Open source tools and systems
- Personalized service and user modeling
- Preservation systems and algorithms
- Scientific data curation and citation
- Security and privacy
- Social media
- Social networking and information systems
- Systems, algorithms, and models for data preservation
- Technology standards for DL
- Visualization of large-scale information environment
SUBMISSION INFORMATION
Authors may choose among three formats: Full papers, short papers and posters. Three formats will be included in the proceedings and will be presented at the conference. Three formats will be rigorously peer 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. Posters permit presentation of late-breaking results in an informal, interactive manner.
Full papers must not exceed 10 pages. Short papers are limited to at most 4 pages. Posters should not exceed 2 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 Springer's formatting guidelines (http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html). Papers are to be submitted via the conference's EasyChair submission page: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icadl2012
All accepted papers will be published by Springer's Lecture Notes in Computer Science series as conference proceedings.
IMPORTANT DATES
Submission opening: May 1, 2012
Abstract submission deadline: Jun 8, 2012 Submission deadline: Jun 15, 2012, 8PM Taipei (GMT+8)Time Acceptance notification: Jul 23, 2012 Camera ready deadline: Aug 24, 2012
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Call for Tutorial Proposals
We cordially invite experts interested in educating members of the digital library community who are unfamiliar with a relevant set of technologies or concepts to plan their tutorials in the 14th International Conference on Asia-Pacific Digital Libraries (ICADL 2012).
The tutorial program aims at providing an opportunity to offer in-depth education on a well-established or "cutting-edge" topic relevant to research or practice in digital libraries. It should address a single topic conforming to the main theme and topics of the ICADL 2012. The tutorials should cover the topic in either a half-day or a full day, to a level that attendees will have sufficient knowledge to follow and further pursue the material beyond the tutorial. Leaders of the tutorial sessions will be expected to take an active role in publicizing and recruiting attendees for their sessions.
SUBMISSION INFORMATION
Tutorial proposals should include:
Part I: A 1-page extended abstract that includes the following information: the tutorial title; the name, affiliation, and contact details of the instructor(s); a description or topical outline of the tutorial; the duration (half- or full-day); the expected number of participants; the intended audience and its level of experience (introductory, intermediate, or advanced); and the learning objectives. This extended abstract will appear in the conference proceedings.
Part II: A full tutorial proposal that is at most 4 pages long and includes:
1. A description of the main topics to be covered in the tutorial;
2. Targeted audience and aims/objectives;
3. If relevant, a description of real-world systems, experiences, and/or case studies to be discussed;
4. More information on the instructor, such as awards, Home page URL, teaching experience, and previous tutorial presentations (tutorial title, conference name, location, year);
5. Any other information that will assist the Tutorial Co-Chairs and Organizing Committee to adequately review the tutorial proposal.
Tutorial proposals are to be submitted via the conference's EasyChair submission page: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icadl2012
IMPORTANT DATES
Submission opening: May 1, 2012
Submission deadline: Jun 15, 2012, 8PM Taipei (GMT+8) Time Acceptance notification: Jul 23, 2012
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Call for Workshop Proposals
We cordially invite researchers and professionals of the digital library community who wish to draw together groups interested in well-established or emerging topics to plan their workshops in the 14th International Conference on Asia-Pacific Digital Libraries (ICADL 2012).
Workshop formats can range from formal, such as presentations ofrefereed papers, to informal, such as extended round-table discussions among the selected participants. The organizers of accepted workshops are required to announce the workshop and call for papers, solicit submissions, conduct the reviewing process, and decide upon the final workshop program.
SUBMISSION INFORMATION
Workshop proposals should include a 1-page extended abstract that contains the following information:
the workshop title; the name, affiliation, and contact details of the organizer(s); a description or topical outline of the workshop; a description of the planned format and duration (half- or full-day); and the target audience and expected number of attendees. Workshop proposals are to be submitted via the conference's EasyChair submission page: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icadl2012
IMPORTANT DATES
Submission opening: May 1, 2012
Submission deadline: Jun 15, 2012, 8PM Taipei (GMT+8) Time Acceptance notification: Jul 23, 2012
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Call for Graduate Student Consortium Submissions
We cordially invite graduate students to submit extended abstracts to, and participate in, the Graduate Student Consortium of the 14th International Conference on Asia-Pacific Digital Libraries (ICADL 2012).
The Graduate Student Consortium is intended for graduate students who have a specific research proposal and some preliminary results on digital library related issues, but with sufficient time prior to completing their theses or dissertations to benefit from the consortium experience. The Consortium will offer a critical but supportive opportunity for graduate students to discuss their research in progress and to receive feedback and advice.
Students interested in participating in the Graduate Student Consortium should submit a 3-page extended abstract describing their digital library research and clearly stating the results already obtained and plan for their theses or dissertations. Submissions relating to any aspect of digital library research, development, and evaluation are welcomed, especially those conforming to the main theme and topics of the ICADL 2012.
SUBMISSION INFORMATION
Students are asked to submit an extended abstract on their research. Submissions must be in pdf and be formatted according to the Springer Publications format for Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS).
Submissions must be no longer than 3 pages. For details on the LNCS style, see Springer's Author Instructions at http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0 Graduate Student Consortium proposals are to be submitted via the conference's EasyChair submission page: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icadl2012
IMPORTANT DATES
Submission opening: May 1, 2012
Submission deadline: Jun 15, 2012, 8PM Taipei (GMT+8) Time Acceptance notification: Jul 23, 2012
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From: Vilas Wuwongse [mailto:vilasw@gmail.com]

CALL FOR PAPERS: 4th International Conference on Libraries, Information and Society (ICoLIS 2012)
Inclusion and Outreach in Libraries
Organized by: Department of Library & Information Science, University of Malaya & University of Malaya Library, Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA
November 20-21, 2012
Colleagues and Professionals are invited to submit a paper for consideration to be presented at the 4th International Conference of Libraries, Information and Society, relating to the broad areas of inclusion and outreach in libraries. The following topics will run through the conference (but are not limited to):
Community outreach; Policies on Inclusion and Outreach; Library and Information Policy; Library as a Third Place; Access to Knowledge; Web and Mobile Technology; Social Media; Narrowing the Digital Divide; Services for Special Groups; Community Outreach; Digital Literacy; User Education and Protection; Civic Engagement; Public Safety
Papers should focus on research and/or applications within these topics as well as highlighting novel practices and be of sufficient depth. All presenters are expected to attend the conference as paying participants; the organizing committee is not able to sponsor any participants.
Journal: Depending on their importance, originality, quality and relevance, eligible research articles will be invited for publication in the Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science (MJLIS) & Information Science and Online Information Review, both indexed by the Web of Science and Scopus.
Important dates and information:
Paper submission deadline : 2nd June 2012; Decision notification : 6th July 2012
Papers may be submitted to Dr Noorhidawati Abdullah at noorhidawati@um.edu.my. The subject line of the e-mail message should read: "ICOLIS2012_papersubmission".
For all queries and further details, please visit: https://sites.google.com/site/icolis2012/home
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Kiran Kaur, Phd.
Head, Department of Library & Information Science
Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology
University of Malaya
50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Email: kiran@um.edu.my
Tel +60 (3) 79676420
http://www.fsktm.um.edu.my/
Executive Editor,
Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science
http://ejum.fsktm.um.edu.my/

Fourtheeth International Conference on Grey Literature
National Research Council, Rome, Italy, November 29-30, 2012
TRACKING INNOVATION THROUGH GREY LITERATURE
Innovation is a process manifested in and through grey literature. Both have their origins in knowledge generation and both demonstrate value for government, academics, business and industry through their uses and applications. In a way, innovation and grey literature are two sides of the same coinage. Innovation is the catalyst for positive change and grey literature is the measure of benchmarks in the further process of research and development. Innovation and grey literature share parallel life cycles in which early growth is relatively slow until their use and application become recognized both within and later beyond their community of origin. Expected top-line growth and increased bottom-line results are achieved in part through new technologies, through redeployment and enhancement of existing products and services, which at times are unachieved. Nevertheless, the process shared by innovation and grey literature carries on. The goal of the Fourteenth International Conference on Grey Literature seeks to track the process of innovation by tracing the research life cycle and observing its convergence in the field of grey literature. http://www.textrelease.com/gl14callforpapers.html
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"

NINTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON TECHNOLOGY, KNOWLEDGE, AND SOCIETY CONFERENCE
University of British Columbia - Robson Square,
Vancouver, Canada
13-14 January 2013
http://techandsoc.com/conference-2013/call-for-papers/
The Technology Conference is interdisciplinary in scope, and is unique in its focus on the relationships between technology, knowledge, and society.
Given its role in the recent global events, the special theme for 2013: Organize, Challenge, Re-Imagine: New Media and Social Movements
Other topics are welcome, and should focus on the use of technology in areas such as, but not limited to:
- Access to Information and Proprietary Rights
- New Learning Methods and Knowledge Distribution
- Virtual Communities and Cyber-Identity
- Global Networking and Development
The 2013 Conference is very proud to include Jesse Drew, Associate Professor of Cinema and Technocultural Studies at the University of California, Davis, as a plenary speaker.
Presenters will have the option to submit to be published in the refereed 'International Journal of Technology, Knowledge, and Society.'
Proposals must be in English, include a title, a 20-30 word "Short Description" (thesis statement), a 200-300 word "Long Description" (abstract), and can be submitted electronically through our website: http://techandsoc.com/conference-2013/call-for-papers/
Virtual Proposals/Registrations, as well as Non-Presenter Registrations are encouraged.
Upcoming Deadline: 12 June 2012. (Subsequent Deadlines will be announced on our website)
We look forward to seeing you in Vancouver in 2013.
On behalf of the Technology Conference
Email: conference@techandsoc.com

The “21st BOBCATSSS Conference”, will take place in Ankara, Turkey, from 23-25 January 2013.
As it is known BOBCATSSS is an annual conference series that is traditionally organized by students from European universities. At its 21st anniversary in January 2013, BOBCATSSS is organized by students from two universities, being Department of Information Management of Hacettepe University, Turkey and The Royal School of Library and Information Science, Denmark.
From Collections to Connections: Turning Libraries “Inside-out” being the main theme, BOBCATSSS 2013 aims to bring together students, professors and specialists in the field of library and information science. Today, the world of libraries and librarians is, more than ever, set for change. The focus is shifting towards creating connections between people and developing online resources, rather than static collections focused on th e physical book. Part of information specialist’s role is to facilitate and help the users navigate through this jungle, and in due course find our own place in this ever changing world: How will the role of the librarians develop in the future? What will happen with the classic libraries and librarians in the future? Will the physical library disappear and only exist in the digital world? In the light of these challenges, BOBCATSSS 2013 will be a meeting place between the professionals of tomorrow, and researchers and teachers of today.
Conference Theme(s):
Main topics of the conference include (but are not limited to) the following:
Serving Society in a Digital Age
The world is changing faster than we know it and everybody has a say in the matter. People are creating and sharing online in a way never experienced before. They tweet, make Facebook updates and they want to make an impression. How can we be sure that both new and old is preserved; what is important to keep and what are the demands of the digital population?
Information Professionals as Change-Agents
Challenges demand creative thinking, entrepreneurship and innovation. One of the digital challenges for the users is to be able to navigate through the digital jungle of information. A part of being information professional is to help people become e-literate. How do we meet the cha llenges in our profession and how can we influence the agenda?
Designing New Library Spaces
Today it’s not enough for a library to be able to store collections. The space itself has to be engaging and inspiring to facilitate the users need for information, experiences and cultural inspiration. A plethora of libraries being built today are not only new icons but are also trying to reach the above mentioned goals in new ways. How can we the information professionals encourage this trend?
Mobile Information Services
We live in a world of hand held devices, and information has to be instantly accessible. More and more information is being digitized, and the volume alone is staggering. One of the tasks of the information professional is to create accessible designs, not compromising the content. Ideas can come from unlikely sources however. Are we capable of listening outside our own ranks?
Developing New Competencies
Lifelong learning is a term easy to use, but hard to master. Which competencies do we expect the users to need, and what can they expect from us? Are we, as information specialists, sufficiently prepared to guide them? Are we able to combine the need-to-have with the nice-to-have skills the patrons want to a satisfying degree and how do we keep improving?
Submission of Papers
In addition to papers, short papers (pecha-kucha), posters and workshops on conference topics and general papers on information management are also welcome. Student papers and posters are very welcome. Please use the extended format guide available on the Symposium web site to prepare your contributions and proposals, and send them to us using the Conference Management Software (conftool) at https://www.conftool.pro/bobcatsss2013
Requirements for Abstracts
An extended abstract is required. The abstract has to be in Word format (i.e. doc or docx). There should be an author description (first name, surname, department, degree, university, city, country, e-mail), a title, three to six keywords. It should only contain plain text (no figures and no tables), and the extended abstract should be between 500-700 words in Times New Roman, font size 10. Also, please include your references and your citations using APA style. Please see detailed information on http://www.bobcatsss.net.
Important Dates
First call: March 15th 2012
Second call: May 15th 2012
Third call: July 24th 2012
Deadline for abstracts: September 24th 2012
Author’s notification: October 24th 2012
Final paper submi ssion: November 24th 2012
Conference: January 23rd – 25th 2013
With kind regards,
The Bobcatsss 2013 student team and
Yaşar Tonta
Serap Kurbanoğlu
Hacettepe University
Department of Information Management
06800 Beytepe, Ankara, Turkey
Tel: +90312 297 80 00
Fax: +90312 299 20 14
Jack Andersen
Nanna Kann-Christensen
Royal School of Library and Information Science
Birketinget 6
DK-2300 Copenhagen S
T +45 32 58 60 66
D +45 32

Call for Abstract Submission
The Medical and Health Librarians Association of the Philippines (MAHLAP) will be holding its 25th Anniversary on February 26 to March 2, 2013. The theme for this event is:“Reflect, Reconnect, Renew”
Reflect on the success and struggles through the years,
Reconnect with colleagues and share experiences, and
Renew our passion and commitment to the profession.
Subtopics:
Librarianship Practice
• Roles of libraries in medicine and health sector
• Core resources for medical and allied health libraries
• Library success stories
• Networking and Collaboration
Emerging Technologies
• Internet-based services, products, and technologies, and their impact on libraries
• Social media and libraries
• Digital literacy and library services
• Cloud computing and libraries
Marketing of Library Services
• Library assessment/environmental scanning
• Library marketing for “dummies”
• Finding the “sizzle” in library services, programs and collections
• Delivery and exchange services
• Professional behavior and attitude of library personnel
• Library Clientele
We are calling for abstracts of academic papers/case studies/research papers that may discuss any (but not limited to) topics identified under the theme and subtopics of the conference. Please follow the guidelines for abstract submission.
Oral Presentation
• A structured abstract (Objectives/Project Scope; Methods; Results; Conclusions/ Implications) of 300 - 500 words.
• Summary of the author(s) details (name, institution, position) and brief biographical statement of no more than 100 words.
• The deadline for submission of abstracts is on October 9, 2012.
Poster Presentation
• The abstract for the poster should be prepared in less than 300 words.
• Paper format of the poster should follow:
o Form: MS Word
o Font: Arial (12 points)
o Align Text: Justified
o Spacing: 1.5
• Poster size for display must follow A1 portrait orientation (84cm by 59cm). The design of the poster must conform to readability standards from a distance of at least 1 to 2 meters. It must be prepared as a single poster and not as a collage. The deadline for submission of poster proposals is on October 31, 2012.
Submit all entries for oral and poster presentations to info@mahlap.org. Selected presenters for the oral presentation will be notified by November 9, 2012 and for the poster presentation by November 30, 2012.
Presenters will be expected to submit final versions of their paper presentations by December 9, 2012 and poster presentation by December 15, 2012.
The language of the session will be English. Oral presenters will have up to 45 minutes at the program to deliver their presentations, and time will be allowed for an open forum to allow audience interaction.
Please note that MAHLAP has no funds to assist prospective authors: abstracts should only be submitted on the understanding that the expenses of attending the conference (including travel expenses and conference fee) will be the responsibility of the authors(s)/presenter(s) of accepted papers. MAHLAP will, however, shoulder one night accommodation in the hotel.
A publication marking the 25th anniversary of MAHLAP will publish the selected presentations.
Note: Kindly forward this to your colleagues, students, and people in the information industry.
Thank you.
Kind Regards,
25th Congress Committee
For more information, please contact:
Joenabie A. Encanto jencanto@aps.ateneo.edu
or
Alma Mila Prosperoso almapros@gmail.com
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Joenabie A. Encanto
Chair, Conference Committee
MAHLAP 25th Congress
February 26 to March 1, 2012
Cebu City, Philippines