[NB I am forwarding this as a member of the IFLA M&M Committee, but please
contact Réjean Savard, [log in to unmask] for more information, not
me]

IFLA SATELLITE PRE-CONFERENCE 2007
 
³Managing technologies and library automated systems in developing
countries: open source VS commercial options²

Dakar, Senegal, 14-16 August 2007

Sponsored by : 
Management and Marketing Section /
Information Technology Section /
Africa Section
 
Venue: Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegal
 
The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)
and its Management and Marketing, Information technology, and Africa
Sections, in collaboration with the Université Cheikh Anta Diop, are
organizing a pre-conference and satellite meeting in Dakar (Sénégal) from
August 14 to 16, 2007. This is held in conjunction with the IFLA annual
conference, which takes place in Durban (South Africa), the following week
(http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla73/index.htm).
 
THEME AND OBJECTIVES
 
The theme of this meeting will be the management of technologies and library
automated systems in the context of developing countries, and in the light
of recent developments concerning open source software and applications, as
well as new commercial products. The objectives of the conference are to:
· Bring together library practitioners, researchers, and educators in
library and information science as well as designers and providers of
technologies, software and other products that can be useful to libraries
and their users, in order to exchange information and ideas;
· Share international experiences focusing on various approaches to the
management of technologies and library systems in the context of developing
countries;
· Contribute to the organization of study groups on these questions among
African information professionals from different linguistic communities;
· Explore possibilities that can be offered by IFLA core programmes to
support developing countries in developing their management of technologies
and library and automated systems.

TOPICS FOR PAPERS
· Theoretical, practical and technological implications of the management of
technologies and library automated systems in the context of developing
countries;
· Change management and communication patterns related to new technologies
in libraries and information services;
· Staff and personnel training / education for the management of
technologies and library automated systems;
· Experiences with and evaluation of technologies and library automated
systems as they relate to developing counties;
· Prospective questions in the area of technologies and library automated
systems;
· All other related subjects
NOTE: It is important to note that technology per se is not the theme of the
conference, but rather its management.
 
HOW TO SUBMIT A PROPOSAL
Interested persons are invited to submit a proposal for a paper and
presentation of about 25 minutes on the topics listed above.

Languages accepted: French and English are the two official languages of the
conference and proposals can be submitted in either language. The proposal
which should be not more that 1000 words or two pages long and accompanied
with the author¹s resume must be submitted in electronic format before
November 30 2006.

Proposal should be sent to
Réjean Savard, Chair of the scientific committee
([log in to unmask])
EBSI, Université de Montréal
CP 6128 succursale Centre-Ville
Montréal H3C 3J7
CANADA
 
Proposal evaluation:
Evaluation of the proposals will be based on their scientific quality
(pertinence, theoretical base, methodology, originality) and on the
competencies of the candidate(s) based on his/her past realizations
(quality/quantity of his/her publications/communications, importance, and
relevance to the theme of the pre-conference, professional experience etc.).

 
The following schedule will be applied:
30 November 2006: Deadline to submit proposals
15 January 2007: Notification of acceptance and dissemination of the program
30 May 2007: Deadline for authors to submit their papers
14-16 August 2007: Conference
2008: Publication of the papers
 
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
· Reinhard Altenhöner, Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)
· Yawo Assigbley, Ministère du Développement et de l¹Aménagement du
Territoire et consultant (Togo)
· James Daniel, National Mathematical Center, Abuja (Nigeria)
· Bernard Dione, Univ. de Montréal, (Canada) (formerly from Université de
Dakar Library)
· Benoit Ferland, Bibliothèques, Ville de Montréal et Université de Montréal
(Canada)
· Nazha Hachad, École des sciences de l¹information (Morocco)
· Jacques Hellemans, Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium)
· Àngels Massisimo, Universitat de Barcelona (Spain)
· Ali Mcharazo, Chairman, Tanzania Library Association
· Jalel Rouissi, Institut Supérieur de Documentation (Tunisia)
· Réjean Savard, Université de Montréal (Canada)
· Nadia Temmar, Documentation et archives, École Supérieure de Banque
(Algeria)
· Jacintha Were, Systems Librarian, University of Nairobi (Kenya)
· Elie Youmba, Institut de recherches agronomiques et forestières (Gabon)
 
For more information about the venue of the conference:
 
Chair of the Local Organization Committee: Henri Sène, Director
Library, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar ([log in to unmask])