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Open Session Meetings -- Calls for Papers
This page includes a list of "Calls for Papers" for specific programs, workshops, and satellite meetings at the IFLA 2001 Conference. Please check the deadline for submission of proposals as they vary. Please note as well that all fees, including registration to the conference, travel, accommodation, etc. are the responsibility of the authors of accepted papers.
- Sponsor: School Libraries and Resource Centers
- Theme: School libraries: making a difference in learning
- Date: August , 2000
- Submit: Proposal for paper with abstract (at least one page) with contact information
- Send to: Glenys Willars, Chair, IFLA Section of School Libraries and Resources Centres
LSE Rothley Crossroads
929/931 Loughborough Road
Rothley, Leicester LE 7 7NH
United Kingdom
email: gwillars@leics.gov.uk
- Send by: December 30, 2000
- Sponsor: Education and Training
- Theme: Parameters of Knowledge management within Library/Information Science Education
- Date: August , 2000
- Submit: Proposal for paper (title and brief synopsis) with name, affiliation and address
- Send to: Dr. Susan Lazinger, P.O.B. 1255, School of Library, Archive and Information Studies, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel, email: susan@vms.huji.ac.il
- Send by: December 31, 2000
- Sponsor: Round Table for Women's Issues
- Theme: Women's Information Needs: What ARe They and How do we Fulfill Them?
- Date: 15 Nov 2000
- Submit: Proposal for papers must follow RTWI's dual objectives concerning the status of women in libraries and dealing with the information needs of and services to women. Proposals must be in English, accompanied by abstracts of 200 words, also in English.
- Send to: Ms. Leena Siitonen, c/Valderribas, 39-3-2, 28007 Madrid, Spain email: lsiitonen@hotmail.com
- Send by: February 1, 2001
- Sponsor: Government Information and Publications Section
- Theme: Government and digital Information: A Vanishing Record
- Date: Nov. 14, 2000
- Submit: Proposal for paper (title and abstract) with name, affiliation and address
- Send to: Helen M. Sheehy, International Relations & Global Studies Librarian, Social Sciences Library, 208 Paterno, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802-1809 email: hms2@psu.edu; phone: 814-863-1347; fax: 814-863-1403
- Send by: February 1, 2001
- Sponsor: Round Table on LIS Journals
- Theme: How LIS Journals Create Knowledge
- Date Received: 29 Nov 2000
- Submit: Paper proposals with perspectives on how LIS journals and related publications are contributing to the knowledge age. Proposals may focus on, but not be linimited to: (1)the content, structure and dissemination of LIS journals and related publications, (2) the uses that are made of them, (3) how such uses enable libraries and librarians to fulfil their missions effectively. Paper proposals may be in areas such as: leadership, providing lifelong learning services, managing information and technology, developing information policies, forging collaborative partnerships and that may make a difference to government and industry in economic development, society in social and cultural development, society in social and cultural, development, researchers and scientists exploring the frontiers of knowledge, children and young adults in learning opportunities or the quality of life of the general public.
- Send one page email abstract to: Ms. Ludmila Kozlova at lkozlova@rsl.ru and mbs@rsl.ru with name, addresses, telephone and fax numbers, and email address.
- Send by: January 31, 2001
- Sponsor: Section on Asia and Oceania
- Theme: Bridging the Digital Divide in Asia and Oceania
- Date Received: 24 Nov 2000
- Submit: Paper proposals with a regional focus analyzing themes, such as equity of access to digital information; ownership and management of digital information, successful regional or country-wide digital projects and partnerships; the role of digital information in preserving heritage; the role of libraries in any or all of these aspects.
- Send abstract to: Amelia McKenzie, Senior Manager for Technical Services, National Library of Australia, Parkes A.C.T., Australia 2600. Tel: (02) 6261483; Fax: (61 2) 62734492. Email: amckenzi@nla.gov.au
- Send by: December 31, 2000
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