4th BRITISH-NORDIC CONFERENCE LIBRARY AND INFORMATION STUDIES 21-24 MARCH 2001 The University Industry Centre National University of Ireland University College Dublin DUBLIN 4 CONTINUITY, CULTURE, COMPETITION - the future of Library and Information Studies Education? CALL FOR PAPERS ______________________________________________________ The Department of Library and Information Studies at University College Dublin is pleased to host on behalf of BAILER* the 4th British-Nordic Conference CONTINUITY, CULTURE, COMPETITION - the future of Library and Information Studies Education ? Papers for the March 2001 Conference are invited from educators, practitioners and researchers in the following principal, though not exclusive, areas of interest: * Education and Research for Heritage Information Management * Networks-Partnerships-Consortia-Mergers * Learning and Empowerment * Taxonomies and Typologies * The Economics of Information The Proceedings will be published. * BAILER [British Association for Information & Library Education and Research http://www.bailer.ac.uk] ___________________________________________________ Proposal deadlines: The official language of the Conference will be English. Speakers should include their institutional affiliation and contact details (e-mail, phone, fax) with both hardcopy and electronic versions of their papers, to the Conference Secretariat, within the following schedule: For multi-authored papers please state clearly the main author's contact details 8 September 2000: Abstracts [500 words maximum in Word6 or higher] 13 October 2000: Notification of programme acceptance 15 December 2000: Final paper in camera-ready copy [5500 words maximum in Word6 or higher] 26 January 2001: Notification of acceptance of final papers Conference Organising Committee United Kingdom Linda Ashcroft, John Moores University, Liverpool Judy Broady-Preston, University of Wales, Aberystwyth Peter Enser, University of Brighton Brendan Loughridge, University of Sheffield Scandinavia Maj Klasson, Borås Staffan Loof Niels Ole Pors, Copenhagen Conference Secretary Barbara Traxler Brown, Acting Head, Department of Library and Information Studies, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland. Fax: 353-1-2694409; Tel. 353-1-7067704/7055/7080(voice mail) [e-mail: [log in to unmask]] Relevant websites: (travel) For UK flight stopovers, pre 21.3. or post 23.3.2001 www.scandinavian.net www.britishmidland.com www.aerlingus.com (direct flights Stockholm or Copenhagen-Dublin - codeshare with Finnair) Via London STN Stansted : www.go-fly.com or www.ryanair.com Fly+drive and/or flight +accommodation for March 2001 ex EEA Copenhagen Det Irske Turistkontor Tel.: 45 33 15 8045 Fax: 45 33 93 6390 Helsinki Irlannin Matkailutoimiso Tel.: 358 9 608 966 Fax.: 358 9 646 022 E-mail: [log in to unmask] Oslo Irlands Turistkontor Tel.: 47 22 56 33 10 Fax: 47 22 54 31 20 Stockholm Irlandska Turistbyran Tel.: 46 8 662 8510 Fax: 46 8 661 7595 London ITB Ireland House 150 New Bond Street London W1F 2AQ Tel.: 44 20 74933201 Fax: 44 20 74939065 On-line accommodation: www.jurysdoyle.com for Jurys Inns network (Dublin, London, Manchester, Edinburgh) Booking ref : UKNORDIC 18/7/2000