Library
Call for Papers Department of Library & Information Studies, UWI Jamaica 40th Anniversary Conference
Conference Theme : From Search to Discovery: Reimagining the Library and Information Landscape
Date: October 4- 6, 2012
Venue: The University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Kingston Jamaica - Mona Visitors' Lodge & Conference Center
URL: http://myspot.mona.uwi.edu/dlis/40th-anniversary-conference
CFP URL: http://myspot.mona.uwi.edu/dlis/sites/drupal-dev.uwimona.edu.jm.dlis/files/uploads/CALL%20FOR%20PAPER%20&%20POSTER%20PROPOSALS[1].pdf
Summary:
The theme asks participants to envision how the changing information environment is impacting the role and functions of libraries, librarians, as well as library and information science education and research and information users. Further, persons are asked to relate this change to the current situation in the Caribbean.
We invite persons to contribute research-based paper and poster proposals; best practices; and critical essays on aspects of the conference theme including but not limited to the following:
1. Repositioning of LIS Education for enhanced competencies and capabilities
2. LIS Research Landscape: Crossing Disciplinary Lines
3. Envisioning Caribbean Libraries for Today, Tomorrow and Beyond
4. Reimagining the Role of the Librarian and the User
5. Creating and Evaluating Competitive Information Products and Services
6. The ?I factor?
7. Reinventing our brand in the post- modern environment
Deadline for paper/poster proposal submissions (maximum 1,000 words): July 31, 2012
Notification of acceptance: August 31, 2012
- Cfp: News For The Future: Dissemination, Harvesting, Archiving, And Retrieving (ifla 2013)
CFP: News for the future: Dissemination, harvesting, archiving, and retrieving (IFLA 2013)Open session at IFLA WLIC 2013, August 17-23, 2013, SingaporeSponsored by the IFLA Newspapers SectionPapers wanted! Please consider submitting...
- Cfp: Museum Utopias 2012 - A Conference
CFP: Museum Utopias 2012 - A Conference In everyday life, the chance to dream, to imagine, to explore the idea of the museum is limited, leaving many museums reacting to change, rather than being able to think about how the museum could be. This Symposium...
- Call For Papers:3rd International Symposium On Information Management In A Changing World
Call for Papers:3rd International Symposium on Information Management in a Changing World3rd International Symposium on Information Management in a Changing World, September 19-21,2012,Ankara,Turkey Symposium web site:by2012.bilgiyonetimi.net E-Science...
- Cfp: ?technology & The Changing Nature Of Science Librarianship? 15th Annual Atmospheric Science Librarians International (asli)
CFP: ?Technology & the Changing Nature of Science Librarianship? 15th Annual Atmospheric Science Librarians International (ASLI) Conference New Orleans, LA January 25-26, 2012 URL: http://aslionline.org/conference/2012call.html...
- World Library And Information Congress: 74th Ifla General Conference And Council
World Library and Information Congress: 74th IFLA General Conference and Council "Libraries without borders: Navigating towards global understanding" 10-14 August 2008, Québec, Canada URL: http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla74/call-papers-en.htm The content...
Library
Call for Papers Department of Library & Information Studies, UWI Jamaica 40th Anniversary Conference
Call for Papers Department of Library & Information Studies, UWI Jamaica 40th Anniversary Conference
Conference Theme : From Search to Discovery: Reimagining the Library and Information Landscape
Date: October 4- 6, 2012
Venue: The University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Kingston Jamaica - Mona Visitors' Lodge & Conference Center
URL: http://myspot.mona.uwi.edu/dlis/40th-anniversary-conference
CFP URL: http://myspot.mona.uwi.edu/dlis/sites/drupal-dev.uwimona.edu.jm.dlis/files/uploads/CALL%20FOR%20PAPER%20&%20POSTER%20PROPOSALS[1].pdf
Summary:
The theme asks participants to envision how the changing information environment is impacting the role and functions of libraries, librarians, as well as library and information science education and research and information users. Further, persons are asked to relate this change to the current situation in the Caribbean.
We invite persons to contribute research-based paper and poster proposals; best practices; and critical essays on aspects of the conference theme including but not limited to the following:
1. Repositioning of LIS Education for enhanced competencies and capabilities
- Interdisciplinary and collaborative initiatives
- Curriculum redesign
- Online Web-based teaching
- Research directions
2. LIS Research Landscape: Crossing Disciplinary Lines
3. Envisioning Caribbean Libraries for Today, Tomorrow and Beyond
4. Reimagining the Role of the Librarian and the User
5. Creating and Evaluating Competitive Information Products and Services
6. The ?I factor?
- Role of Libraries in Information Management
- Cloud computing and libraries
- Visual data
- Libraries and knowledge management
7. Reinventing our brand in the post- modern environment
- Institutional [school, academic, corporate libraries]
- Personal
- Professional
- Synergy with Archives and Museums
Deadline for paper/poster proposal submissions (maximum 1,000 words): July 31, 2012
Notification of acceptance: August 31, 2012
- Cfp: News For The Future: Dissemination, Harvesting, Archiving, And Retrieving (ifla 2013)
CFP: News for the future: Dissemination, harvesting, archiving, and retrieving (IFLA 2013)Open session at IFLA WLIC 2013, August 17-23, 2013, SingaporeSponsored by the IFLA Newspapers SectionPapers wanted! Please consider submitting...
- Cfp: Museum Utopias 2012 - A Conference
CFP: Museum Utopias 2012 - A Conference In everyday life, the chance to dream, to imagine, to explore the idea of the museum is limited, leaving many museums reacting to change, rather than being able to think about how the museum could be. This Symposium...
- Call For Papers:3rd International Symposium On Information Management In A Changing World
Call for Papers:3rd International Symposium on Information Management in a Changing World3rd International Symposium on Information Management in a Changing World, September 19-21,2012,Ankara,Turkey Symposium web site:by2012.bilgiyonetimi.net E-Science...
- Cfp: ?technology & The Changing Nature Of Science Librarianship? 15th Annual Atmospheric Science Librarians International (asli)
CFP: ?Technology & the Changing Nature of Science Librarianship? 15th Annual Atmospheric Science Librarians International (ASLI) Conference New Orleans, LA January 25-26, 2012 URL: http://aslionline.org/conference/2012call.html...
- World Library And Information Congress: 74th Ifla General Conference And Council
World Library and Information Congress: 74th IFLA General Conference and Council "Libraries without borders: Navigating towards global understanding" 10-14 August 2008, Québec, Canada URL: http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla74/call-papers-en.htm The content...