[Asis-l] Asia-Pacific Conference on Library & Information Education & Practice (A-LIEP): Call for participation

[Khoo Soo Guan, Christopher (Assoc Prof)]

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                       Call for Participation
                               A-LIEP
ASIA-PACIFIC CONFERENCE ON LIBRARY & INFORMATION EDUCATION & PRACTICE
 "Preparing Information Professionals for Leadership in the New Age"
                    Singapore, 3-6 April 2006
             (URL: http://www.ntu.edu.sg/sci/a-liep)   
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ABOUT THE CONFERENCE

This is possibly the first LIS conference focusing on the Asia-Pacific
region, covering the twin pillars of LIS Education and Practice.

About 80 papers from 20 countries have been selected by an international
program committee to be presented at the conference. Topics include: 

LIS EDUCATION
* Challenges in LIS education in the Asia-Pacific context
* Preparing LIS graduates for leadership and management roles to support
national and economic development in Asia
* Quality assurance and accreditation of LIS programs in Asia
* Collaboration and resource sharing among LIS schools
* E-learning in LIS education  
* Impact of LIS education on the work and career of graduates
* The job market for LIS professionals, and competencies needed
* Continuing professional development of LIS professionals
 
LIS PRACTICE
* LIS professionals as teachers and trainers. User education and
information literacy for life-long learning
* Role of LIS professionals in non-traditional contexts. Changing roles
in traditional contexts
* Knowledge management and librarians
* Strategic marketing of information services
* Roles and challenges for school media specialists in Asia-Pacific
* User information needs and behaviour, and application in the design of
information services & systems
* Valuation of library/information services. Measurement of the impact
and value of information services and products to an organization
* Models and theories of user information needs and behaviour, and
application in the design of information services & systems
* Design, development and evaluation of digital libraries & information
repositories
* Issues in digital reference services.

Join us for an exciting conference! 

Distinguished academics and librarians from across Asia, Australia and
New Zealand, as well as from the U.S. and Europe will be presenting at
the conference.

The main language of the conference is English. However, a small number
of papers will be presented in Chinese (Mandarin) and Malay/Indonesian. 

PhD and research students are encouraged to participate in the Doctoral
workshop, which will be chaired by Professor Edie Rasmussen.


CONFERENCE ORGANISATION

The conference is organized by the Division of Information Studies,
School of Communication & Information, Nanyang Technological University,
Singapore,
-- in collaboration with the Department of Information Science, Faculty
of Computer Science and Information Technology, University of Malaya,
and the Nanyang Technological University Library.


CONFERENCE VENUE AND REGISTRATION

The conference will be held at the Nanyang Executive Centre, on the
garden campus of the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
Accommodations are available on site.

Conference registration fee
* Early bird registration (paid on or before 15th Feb 2006):  SGD 400
* Regular registration (paid after 15th Feb 2006):  SGD 450
* Student registration: SGD 200


CONFERENCE COMMITTEES

GENERAL CHAIR
* Abdus Sattar Chaudhry (School of Communication & Information, Nanyang
Technological University, Singapore)

PROGRAM COMMITTEE
* Christopher Khoo, Co-chair (School of Communication & Information,
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
* Diljit Singh, Co-chair (Faculty of Computer Science & Information
Technology, University of Malaya, Malaysia)
* Anita Sundaram Coleman (School of Information Resources & Library
Science, University of Arizona, USA)
* Brendan Luyt (School of Communication & Information, Nanyang
Technological University, Singapore)
* Chern Li Liew (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)
* Chihfeng P. Lin (Graduate School of Information & Communications, Shih
Hsin University, Taiwan)
* Kanwal Ameen (Department of Library & Information Science, University
of Punjab, Pakistan)
* Kerry Smith (Curtin University, Australia)
* Koti S. Raghavan (Documentation Research & Training Centre, Indian
Statistical Institute,India)
* L. Sulistyo-Basuki (Faculty of Humanities, University of Indonesia,
Indonesia)
* Laili Hj. Hashim (Faculty of Information Management, University
Technology MARA
* Lee-Wang Cheng Yeng (Library Association of Singapore, Singapore)
* Makiko Miwa (National Institute of Multimedia Education, Japan)
* Mark Hepworth (Loughborough University, UK)
* Paul W.T. Poon (University of Macau Library, Macau, China)
* Ross Harvey (School of Information Studies, Charles Sturt University,
Australia)
* Sajjad ur Rehman (Department of Library & Information Science, Kuwait
University, Kuwait)
* Sam Oh (Sungkyunkwan University, Korea)
* Shigeo Sugimoto (University of Tsukuba, Japan)
* Sujin Butdisuwan (Faculty of Informatics, Mahasarakham University,
Thailand)
* Susan Higgins (School of Library and Information Science, The
University of Southern Mississippi, USA)
* Wang Yuguang (Department of Library and Information Management, Peking
University, Beijing, China)

LOCAL ORGANISATION CHAIR 
* M. Shaheen Majid, Chair (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

PUBLICITY AND SPONSORSHIPS CHAIR 
* Margaret Tan (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)