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FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS ***Please note abstract submission date: 3 June, 2006*** The members of the Conference Organizing Committee want to remind you of the upcoming international conference, Sofia 2006: Globalization, Digitization, Access and Preservation of Cultural Heritage, to be held 8-10 November, 2006, at the Hotel Rodina, Sofia, Bulgaria. The themes of the conference will address many issues facing libraries, archives, and record centers concerning the effects of globalization and change on the development of libraries, information infrastructure, and society. Conference themes include: * Digitization and access * Creation, administration of digital libraries * Intellectual property * National and international information policies and projects * Preservation * Association initiatives * Library/information science education * Collaboration and cooperation The Committee seeks original papers on the above themes to be presented at the conference. Papers can discuss theory or present research findings. Abstracts of NO MORE than 150 words will be accepted as text in an e-mail (no attachments) until Saturday, 3 June 2006. Participants from Central and Eastern Europe are asked to submit their abstracts to Prof. Alexander Dimchev at [log in to unmask] Participants from the rest of the world are asked to submit their abstracts to Prof. Herbert Achleitner at [log in to unmask] Notification of acceptance will be sent by 24 June. Accepted papers must be submitted by 14 October for inclusion in the conference proceedings. For more information, visit the Sofia 2006 website: http://slim.emporia.edu/globenet/Sofia2006/Index.htm. Please circulate this announcement to other appropriate channels. Thank you, Rebecca Miller Marketing Chair [log in to unmask] Conference Organizing Committee Chairs: Prof. Herbert Achleitner School of Library & Information Management Emporia State University Emporia, Kansas, USA E-mail: [log in to unmask] Prof. Alexander Dimchev Dean, Faculty of Philosophy University of Sofia Sofia , Bulgaria E-mail: [log in to unmask] Prof. Howard F. McGinn Dean of University Libraries Seton Hall University South Orange, New Jersey, USA E-mail: [log in to unmask]