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SECOND CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR
PAPERS
Libraries Without Walls 5 The Distributed Delivery of Library and
Information Services
An international conference organised by CERLIM - The Centre for
Research in Library and Information Management
Aegean Island of Lesvos, Greece (Delphinia hotel, Molyvos
http://www.hit360.com/delfinia/en/ )
19 - 23 September 2003 Cost GBP 395 (including accommodation
for the four nights)
The fifth Libraries Without Walls conference, to be held in Lesvos,
Greece from September 19th – 23rd 2003, continues the tradition
of the LWW Conferences by bringing together international
perspectives on the delivery of library and information services to
users who are not in the physical library.
When the first LWW Conference was held in 1995, the focus was
primarily on distance learning and geographical dispersion. Since
then, however, rapid advances in the development of ICT
(Information and Communications Technologies) based
infrastructures and services have led to a situation where many
library users now routinely access services remotely - even when
'remotely' means 'within sight of the library building'. As a previous
conference attendee observed, "we are all distance learners now".
LWW5 is concerned with innovative ways of delivering library and
information services in this new environment. Papers may present
the results of research or innovative practice, as traditionally LWW
is a meeting place for researchers and practitioners. Papers are
invited which address the following key themes, but papers on any
aspect of 'Libraries without Walls' will be considered.
Themes:
1. The integration of library services and Virtual Learning
Environments.
2. The relationship between user needs, information skills and
information literacies.
3. Usability and accessibility of digital library services.
4. Designing the information environment: national and
institutional perspectives.
5. The creation of digital resources by user communities.
All papers will be considered by a panel of independent referees.
Papers will be published by Facet publishing, London, in the LWW
Conference Series.
Presentations at the conference will be of 30 minutes duration. To
be considered please submit an abstract (between 400 and 800
words) together with a 50 word biographical statement and a 50
word synopsis of the paper.
Please send submissions, preferably by email (as text rather than
an attachment), to the address below by 3rd March 2003.
Applicants will be informed whether their submissions have been
selected during April 2003.
Please note that, as the conference does not aim to make a profit,
we areunable to offer discounted conference rates to presenters.
For further information please visit the website at
http://www.cerlim.ac.uk/conf/lww5confer.html
All enquiries should be addressed to the organisers:
Libraries Without Walls 5 Conference
Centre for Research in Library & Information Management
(CERLIM)
Department of Information and Communications
Manchester Metropolitan University
Geoffrey Manton Building
Rosamond Street West
off Oxford Road
Manchester
M15 6LL
United Kingdom
Email: [log in to unmask]
Tel: ++44 (0)161 247 6142
Fax: ++44 (0) 161 247 6979
To make a provisional booking, please provide the information
below. This does not commit you in any way, but indicates to us
the level of interest.
I wish to make a provisional booking for the conference only
OR
I wish to make a provisional booking for the conference and submit
a paper
(delete as appropriate)
Surname First names
Position
Organisation
Address
Telephone . Fax
Email
A separate booking form with instructions for payment will be
forwarded to you on in due course.
[February 2003]
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