[Asis-l] 2nd International Symposium on Information Management in a Changing World (Second Call for Papers)

[Esin Sultan OGUZ]

   2nd International Symposium  on Information Management in a Changing World,
 September 22-24, 2010,  Ankara, Turkey
 The Impact of Technological  Convergence and Social Networks on Information Management   
 (Second Call for Papers)
 http://by2010.bilgiyonetimi.net/  

Scope
 The "2nd International Symposium  on Information Management in a Changing World," organized by the  Department of Information Management of Hacettepe University, will take  place in Ankara, Turkey, from 22-24 September 2010. It aims to bring  together both researchers and practitioners to discuss the impact of  technological convergence and social networks such as Facebook and Twitter  on current information management practices in libraries, archives and  museums and their implications for education for library and information  science. Convergence and social networks also influence the scholarly  electronic publishing, open access and institutional archives, digitization  of cultural heritage and the socialization of information. 
 
 The technological convergence is defined  as the intertwinement of technologies. A single product such as a cell  phone can be used not only to communicate but also to take pictures,  listen to music, get access to the Web, and find our way by successfully  combining the communication, audio, video, web and GPS technologies.  Similarly, our professional, personal and social lives also converge.  Social networks such as Facebook, MySpace and LinkedIn are used not  only for social networking and entertainment but also for access to  information, for learning and for carrying out professional work. Social  networks commonly have Web 2.0 features, offer personalized services  and allow users to incorporate their own content easily and describe,  organize and share it with others, thereby enriching users’ experience.  Users expect information providing organizations to offer similar services  and they want libraries to be as accessible, flexible, open to collaboration  and sharing as that of social networks. The future of libraries, archives  and museums is closely associated with how successfully they meet the  demands of digital users.  

 Main topics of the Symposium are as follows:
  - Technological Convergence    and Information Management 
 - Social Networks and Web 2.0    Technologies
 - Convergence, Social Networks    and Education
 - Digital Preservation of Cultural    Heritage
 - Socialization of Information    and Convergence
 - Information Organization,    Information Architecture and Information Retrieval
 - Interdisciplinary studies

  
 The themes are not limited with the above  topics. In addition to papers, posters, workshops and panels on the  impact of convergence and social networks on information management,  papers on information and records management in general are also welcome.  Student papers and posters will also be considered. Accepted papers  and posters will appear in the proceedings book and the Symposium web  site. Selected papers will be published in refereed journals. 
 
 Paper Submission Process
 The language of the Symposium is Turkish  and English.  In addition to refereed papers, posters and workshop  proposals are also considered. Papers, posters and workshop proposals  should be prepared using the templates available through the Symposium  web site.  Papers, posters and workshop proposals in final form  should be submitted electronically by January 18, 2010. 
 
 Submitted papers will be peer-reviewed  and the authors will be notified of the outcome by March 1, 2010.   Final copies of the accepted papers and posters should be sent in by  April 26, 2010 in order for them to be included in the Symposium proceedings  book. The Symposium proceedings book will be published prior to the  Symposium and made available to the registered participants during the  Symposium. Workshop proposals will also be reviewed by the Program Committee  and the authors will be notified by March 15, 2010. 
 
 Important Dates
  - First Call: July 2009 
 - Second Call: October 2009 
 - Third Call: December 2009 
 - Last date to send papers,    posters and workshop proposals: 18 January 2010 
 - Authors notification (papers    and posters): 1 March 2010 
 - Authors notification (workshop    proposals): 15 March 2010 
 - Final papers submission and    registration: 26 April 2010 
 - Symposium: 22-24 September    2010 

  
 All suggestions and comments are welcome.  E-mail: sempozyum at bilgiyonetimi.net. 

 Looking forward to your contributions  to and participation in the Symposium.  

 Yaşar Tonta, Chair of the Organizing  Committee  
 Serap Kurbanoğlu, Chair of the Programme Committee 
 Hacettepe University  
 Department of Information Management 
 06800 Beytepe, Ankara, Turkey 
 Tel: 0312 297 82 00 
 Fax: 0312 299 20 14 
 E-mail: tonta at hacettepe.edu.tr, serap at hacettepe.edu.tr



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