[Asis-l] CFP: Third ISKO-Spain and Portugal Conference, 23rd-24th November, 2017, University of Coimbra, Portugal

[Anthi]

Dear Friends, Dear Colleagues, 
With pleasure we invite you to participate, submit an Abstract and/or organize and chair an Invited Session (4-6 talks) or address an invited talk in the forthcoming Conference in Limerick, Ireland ((23-26 May 2017) for the 9th Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries International Conference (QQML2017,  http://www.isast.org) which is organized under the umbrella of ISAST (International Society for the Advancement of Science and Technology). 
If you already have submitted your contribution ignore this message. However, please note that the early bird registration is approaching (30 March 2017).
This is the ninth year of the conference which brings together different disciplines on library and information science; it is a multi–disciplinary conference that covers the Library and Information Science topics in conjunction to other disciplines (e.g. big data, open data and open source, innovation and technological transfer, management and marketing, statistics and data analysis, information technology, human resources, museums, archives, special librarianship, etc). 
The conference invites special and contributed sessions, oral communications, workshops and posters.
Target Group
The target group and the audience are library professionals in a more general sense: professors, researchers, students, administrators, stakeholders, technologists, museum scientists, archivists, decision makers and managers, information scientists, librarians, records managers, web developers, IT specialists, taxonomists, statisticians, marketing managers, philologist, subject and reference librarians et al.
Main topics
The emphasis is given to the models and the initiatives focus on the  Data. 
The conference will consider, but not be limited to, the following indicative themes:
1.	Data Mining, content analysis, taxonomies, ontologies
2.	Open Data, Open Access, Analysis and Applications 
3.	Big Data and its Management
4.	Information Ethics 
5.	Information and Knowledge Management
6.	Synergies, Organizational Models and Information Systems 
7.	Multimedia Systems and Applications 
8.	Computer Networks and Social Networks, 
9.	Health Reference and Informatics 
10.	Information Technologies in Education 
11.	Decision making in service innovation 
12.	STM information development
Special Sessions – Workshops
You may send proposals for Special Saessions (4-6 papers) or Workshops (more than 2 sessions) including the title and a brief description at:  secretar at isast.org or from the electronic submission at the web page: http://www.isast.org/abstractsubmission.html 
You may also send Abstracts/Papers to be included in the proposed sessions, to new sessions or as contributed papers at the web page: http://www.isast.org/abstractsubmission.html 
Contributions may be realized through one of the following ways 
a. structured abstracts (not exceeding 500 words) and presentation; 
b. full papers (not exceeding 9,000 words);
c. posters (not exceeding 2,500 words);

In all the above cases at least one of the authors ought to be registered in the conference. 
Abstracts and full papers should be submitted electronically within the timetable provided in the web page: http://www.isast.org/. 
The abstracts and full papers should be in compliance to the author guidelines: http://www.isast.org/ 
All abstracts will be published in the Conference Book of Abstracts and in the website of the Conference. The papers of the conference will be published in the website of the conference, after the permission of the author(s).
Student submissions
Professors and Supervisors are encouraged to organize conference sessions of Postgraduate theses and dissertations.
Post Graduate Student sessions for research are especially organized.
Please direct any questions regarding the QQML 2017 Conference and Student Research Presentations to: the secretariat of the conference at: secretar at isast.org  
Important dates:
Deadline of abstracts submitted: 20 December 2016
Reviewer’s response: in 3 weeks after submission
Early registration: 30th of March 2017
Paper and Presentation Slides: 1st of May 2017
Conference dates: 23-26 May 2017
Paper contributors have the opportunity to be published in the QQML e- Journal, which continues to retain the right of first choice, however in addition they have the chance to be published in other scientific journals. 
QQML e- Journal is included in EBSCOhost and DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals).
Submissions of abstracts to special or contributed sessions could be sent directly to the conference secretariat at secretar at isast.org. Please refer to the Session Number, as they are referred at the conference website to help the secretariat to classify the submissions.
For more information and Abstract/Paper submission and Special Session Proposals please visit the conference website at: http://www.isast.org or contact the secretary of the conference at : secretar at isast.org 
Looking forward to welcoming you in Limerick,
With our best regards,
On behalf of the Conference Committee 
Anthi Katsirikou, PhD
Conference Co-Chair
University of Piraeus Library Director
Head, European Documentation Center
Board Member of the Greek Association of Librarians and Information Professionals
anthi at asmda.com




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See you in Limerick, 
Kind regards, 
Anthi Katsirikou (Ms)
Librarian, PhD, MSc
QQML Conference co-chair
Director, University of Piraeus Library
Coordinator of European Documentation Centers in Greece

Member of the Board of the Association of Greek Librarians and Information Professionals
IFLA Member
ALA/ ACRL Member 
http://www.isast.org
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Subject: [Asis-l] CFP: Third ISKO-Spain and Portugal Conference, 23rd-24th November, 2017, University of Coimbra, Portugal

Third ISKO-Spain and Portugal Conference/ Thirteenth ISKO Spain Conference, 23rd-24th November, 2017, at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at the University of Coimbra, Portugal.

The theme of the conference is "Current trends and future perspectives in Knowledge Organization". This will be a privileged for the dialog and reflection on the new needs and trends in Knowledge Organization, showing experiences and feasible solutions that are capable to deal with the different challenges and opportunities of the present time.

Proposals must be on any of the following subthemes:

Epistemological perspectives in Knowledge Organization (papers on the epistemological perspectives in Knowledge Organization)

Professional training and development on Knowledge Organization (papers on aspects related to training in Knowledge Organization and the professional perspectives and challenges in a digital context)

Research perspectives in Knowledge Organization and Representation:
present and future trends (papers on the research in Knowledge Organization, especially related to the digital context, human rights, and environmental issues.

Challenges in organization and access to cultural heritage (papers on Knowledge organization and access to cultural heritage)

The deadline for proposals (extended abstracts of 1000-2500 words) is April 2. Acceptable languages for conference submissions and presentations include Spanish, Portuguese, and English, French

All proposals should be uploaded to the conference site:
http://sci.uc.pt/eventos/index.php/ISKO/ISKO2017

On the 20th-22nd of November there will be also held at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at the University of Coimbra, Portugal, the Seventh Meeting of the Iberian Regional Group of EDICIC:
http://sci.uc.pt/eventos/index.php/EDICIC/2017

We would like to encourage you all to submit proposals

See you in Coimbra

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José Antonio Frías
Universidad de Salamanca
Departamento de Biblioteconomía y Documentación Francisco Vitoria, 6-16
E-37008 Salamanca
Tlf. 34-923-294-580
Fax 34-923-294-582
C.e. frias at usal.es

ORCID 0000-0002-5425-8950

ResearcherID I-2062-2015

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