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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
19 - 23 September 2003
Cost GBP 395
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 are unable to offer discounted conference rates to presenters.
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:-
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 receipt of this form.
[December 2002]
