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Subject: CALL FOR PAPERS - SATELLITE CONFERENCE - MANAGEMENT & MARKETING SECTION AUGUST 2005
Date sent: Thu, 7 Oct 2004 15:35:47 +0200
From: "Kolderup-Flaten, Trine" <[log in to unmask]>
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28.09.2004
World Library and Information Congress,
71st IFLA General Conference and Council, from 14th - 18th of August in Oslo, Norway
IFLA Management & Marketing Section
Satellite meeting
Bergen city, Norway, from Tuesday 9th, after lunch, to Thursday 11th of August, after lunch.
Theme:
"Management, marketing, evaluation and promotion of library services, based on statistics, analyses
and evaluation in your own library".
CALL FOR PAPERS
Co-sponsors are:
Public Libraries Section and Library Theory and Research Section
Language:
The main conference language will be English. If the necessary financial support is gained, we hope
to be able to offer translation facilities for French, and Spanish presentations.
THEME AND OBJECTIVES:
Theme:
The conference aims to
* bring together practitioners from various types of libraries, researchers and educators
in library and information science to discuss research methods and strategies, data collecti
on, evaluation and performance measurement, and best-practice strategies;
* improve methods for evaluation and analysis of library work in different types of libraries;
* encourage continuous improvement of the libraries' services, by using analysis, performance meas
urement, best practice, etc. in managing and promoting library services;
* share international experience on these topics.
Subjects for papers may include case studies, research, projects, best-practice development, and pr
oposed models related to statistics and evaluation practices, including discussion of research meth
ods and data collection and analysis.
Proposals for presentations, in the form of one page summaries should be sent by December 15th, 200
4 to:
Trine Kolderup Flaten, [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> on behalf of th
e organizers.
The proposals should include the name, contact information and institutional affiliation of the aut
hor; and a summary of the content to be presented.
All proposals will be evaluated by a committee with representatives appointed by the three sections
:
Management & Marketing Section: Daisy McAdam, Angels Massísimo, Christie Koontz
Coordinator: Trine Kolderup Flaten,
Library Theory and Research Section: Ragnar Audunson, Beverly Lynch
Public Library Section: Torny Kjekstad, Gunilla Konradsson
The evaluating committee will inform the applicants of the results by the end of February 2005.
Final versions of the presentations must be submitted to the above mentioned address by
the end of March 2005.
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After the satellite meeting participants will be offered (not included in the conference fee) a spe
cial tour (2 days) to Oslo, including sightseeing, fjords, glaciers, mountains, etc.
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Sheila Webber, Lecturer, Department of Information Studies, University of Sheffield, Regent Court, 211 Portobello Street, Sheffield S1 4DP, UK.
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The Information Literacy Weblog: http://ciquest.shef.ac.uk/infolit/
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