[IFLA-L] CALL FOR PAPERS: International Confere-nce on the Development of Subject Librarianship and Personal Librarianship, Beijing, China

International Conference on the Development of Subject Librarianship and Personal Librarianship

Beijing, China, October 14-16, 2008

organized by the Library Society of China Academic Library Division,BALIS University Net Library of Beijing, and Capital Normal University Library in cooperation with DRCnet (Development Research Center of the State Council of P. R. China).

Themes of the Conference: Development of Subject Librarianship and Personal librarianship

Main topic areas:
Subject librarian and subject librarian services: duties, tasks,objectives, evaluation, and training of subject librarians Subject librarian and subject resources construction Subject librarian services and information literacy education:
relationship between subject librarian services and information literacy education; subject librarian and information literacy Subject librarian services and library

management: subject librarian services and collaboration with other library departments Research about personal librarian information service; content and methodology of personalized information service Ideas, thoughts, and construction of information commons, learning commons, and multi-media commons

The conference program includes a number of keynote lectures to be delivered by those listed below.

Keynote Speakers:
Joseph Branin, Ohio State University Libraries, USA
Jan Glover, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library, Yale University, USA
Karin A. Trainer, Princeton University Libraries, USA

Important Dates:
Completed Paper Submission: May 15, 2008
Authors Notification: June 15, 2008
Final Paper Submission: June 30, 2008

Please send completed paper to:
Michael Bailou Huang
Stony Brook University
Health Sciences Library
HSC Level 3, Rm 136
Stony Brook, NY 11794-8034, USA
michael.b.huang@stonybrook.edu
Tel.: (631) 444-3794; Fax: (631) 444-6649

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 the beginning of the paper, 3 to 5 keywords, and APA style bibliography; including author’s contact information (author’s name, institution, address, email, and phone
number) and a short bio of the author(s) at the end of the paper. Submitted papers will be subject to a peer-review process. All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings.

Venues:
Capital Normal University Library
83 Xi Shan Huan Bei Road
Beijing, China, 100089
http://www.cnu.edu.cn

Organizing Committee, International Conference on the Development of Subject Librarianship and Personal Librarianship
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Michael Bailou Huang, L.Ac., M.Ac., M.L.S., M.Ed.
Associate Librarian
Stony Brook University
Health Sciences Library
HSC Level 3, Rm 136
Stony Brook, NY 11794-8034, USA
Tel.: 631-444-3794, Cell: 631-786-7023, Fax: 631-444-6649
michael.b.huang@stonybrook.edu

[IFLA-L] Call for papers Reference and Information Services Section for World Library and Information Congress Quebec 2008

World Library and Information Congress Quebec– Canada, 10 -– 14 August 2008

IFLA Reference and Information Services Section invites the submission of proposals for papers to be presented at a two-hour session in Quebec

Theme:
Have we have blown up the reference desk? Reference Services in virtual worlds

Subjects of interest:
This open session will provide pro and contra experiences and arguments for reference services in virtual worlds. We have moved on from the reference librarian on the internet or in an ‘ask-a-librarian’ service. By looking at both the virtual world (such as Second Life) and the physical world, there will the opportunity for an open-minded investigation into the suite of information services now on offer.

This Session is not about connectivity or technology, but about user expectations, service delivery and staff. It looks at the following questions:

Are there new roles for libraries and librarians in virtual worlds?

What does it mean to be a virtual librarian and what knowledge base and skills does that librarian need?

How does real life service link in with virtual / Second Life services and can the same level of service be provided in both environments?

Will reference staff as gamers be able to connect to and be of relevance to users, or do they stay with their more traditional roles?

In the mean time what is happening in the real life service? How are services being provided and from where? Can physical and virtual services work side by side?

Do we need to re-think our purposes and infrastructures?

Proposals
Deadline for submitting a detailed one-page abstract and full author details is January 22, 2008. Late submissions will not be considered. The selected presenters will be notified by end ofFebruary 2008.

Papers
Must be original; written in English, or with an English translation attached, and should be no longer than maximum 5,000 words with an abstract of 350 words. Selected papers will be published on the IFLA website prior to the conference and must be submitted no later than May 1, 2008 Presentations at the session will be a summary of the paper in English or a virtual presentation with accompanying introduction - either should not exceed 20 minutes in length. There will be an open forum to
allow audience interaction with the speakers, who should be fluent in
English.

Please note that the expenses of attending the Quebec conference will be the responsibility of the author(s)/presenter(s) of accepted papers and at least one of the presenters/authors must be present for the programme.

Please send your abstract via e-mail to:
Amanda Duffy
184 Burnt Oak Lane
Sidcup, Kent
DA15 9DG
UNITED KINGDOM
Phone (+44) 208 300 0845
E-mail burntoak@dsl.pipex.com