[Eurchap] Fwd: [Asis-l] Libraries in the Digital Age (LIDA) 2014
Michel Menou
michel.menou at orange.fr
Sat Sep 28 09:12:20 EDT 2013
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Subject: [Asis-l] Libraries in the Digital Age (LIDA) 2014
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2013 11:17:23 -0500
From: Tefko Saracevic <tefkos at rutgers.edu>
To: asis-l at asis.org
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
*LIBRARIES IN THE DIGITAL AGE (LIDA) 2014*
*Zadar, Croatia, 16--20 June**2014*
University of Zadar, Zadar, Croatia
(http://www.unizd.hr/hr-hr/english/aboutus.aspx)
Full information at: http://ozk.unizd.hr/lida/**Email: lida at unizd.hr
<mailto:lida at unizd.hr>
Libraries in the Digital Age (LIDA) is a biennial international
conference that focuses on the transformation of libraries and
information services in the digital environment. In recognition of
evolving online and social technological influences that present both
challenges and opportunities, "ASSESSMENT" is the theme for LIDA 2014.
The conference theme is divided into two parts. The first part addresses
advances in qualitative assessment methods and practices and the second
part covers assessment methods involving alternative metrics based on
social media and a wider array of communicative activities, commonly
referred to as "altmetrics." LIDA 2014 brings together researchers,
educators, and practitioners from all over the world in a forum for
personal exchanges, discussions, and learning, made memorable by being
held in an enchanting and spectacularly beautiful city on the shore of
the Adriatic Sea.
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*LIDA 2014 Theme: ASSESSING LIBRARIES AND LIBRARY USERS AND USE *
*_Part I: Qualitative methods in assessing libraries, users, & use:
applications, results._*
Contributions (types described below) are invited covering the following
and related topics:
* new methodological developments and practical applications in
qualitative assessments of libraries and information systems;//
* application of qualitative methods to the study of library users and
use;
* studies using a variety of qualitative methods, such as
observations, surveys, interviews, focus groups, case studies,
cultural studies, oral history, grounded theory, document studies,
Delphi studies and others;
* qualitative study of a variety of library user groups or potential
users: by generation, by role or occupation, by level of education
and technological literacy, and others
* assessment of library services in a variety of e-services, such as
information literacy programs, e-learning, distance education,
e-scholarship and others;
* practical transformations in library services as a result of assessment;
* emergence of new library visions and missions related to users and
their reflection in new services as a result of assessment;
* discussion about general issues resulting from assessments: How are
we to understand new or transformed library services in their own
right? In relation to traditional library services and values?
*_Part II: Altmetrics - new methods in assessing scholarly communication
and libraries: issues, applications, results._*
Contributions (types described below) are invited covering the following
and related topics:
* methodological developments and practical applications in altmetric
assessments of scholarly communication, including caveats;//
* related criteria for altmetrics, such as [articles, concepts, ideas]
viewed, downloaded, reused, adapted, shared, bookmarked, commented
upon;//
* results from altmetric studies related to scholarly communication
and evaluation; //
* methodologicaland practical applications in the use of altmetrics in
libraries and information systems/; ///
* effects of social media on libraries and information systems of all
kinds;
* criteria and metrics for assessing library employment of social media;
* results from studies of use of social media in libraries,
particularly involving any kind of assessment;
* changes in libraries' use of social media;
* discussion about general issues: How can and should libraries use
social media? How are libraries and information systems to respond
to the ever growing importance of social media in society? What are
opportunities and challenges?
*_Types of contributions_*
Invited are the following types of contributions:
1. *Papers:*scholarly studies and reports on research and practice that
will be presented at the conference and included in the published
proceedings. The proceedings will be published in print and on the
LIDA web site.
2. *Posters*: short graphic presentations on research studies,
advances, examples, or preliminary work that will be presented in a
special poster session. Awards will be given for Best Poster and
Best Student Poster.
3. *Demonstrations:*live examples of working projects, services,
interfaces, commercial products, or developments-in-progress that
will be presented during the conference in specialized facilities or
presented in special demonstration sessions.
4. *Workshops:*two to four-hour sessions that will be tutorial and
educational in nature. Workshops will be presented before and after
the main part of the conference and will require separate fees, to
be shared with workshop organizers.
5. *PhD Forum:*short presentations by Ph.D. students, particularly as
related to their dissertation, in a session organized by the
European Chapter of the American Society for Information Science and
Technology (EC/ASIST); responses will be provided by a panel of
educators at this forum.
*Submissions:*Instructions for all submissions and author guidelines are
provided at LIDA 2014 site http://ozk.unizd.hr/lida/.**All submissions
will be refereed.**
*_Important dates: _***
*Papers and posters*: an extended abstract by 15 January 2014.
*Acceptance decision*: announced by 10 February 2014.
*Full papers and poster summaries**for Proceedings*: by 15 April 2014.
*Workshops:*a short proposal by 31 January 2014.
*Demonstrations:*a proposal by 1 March 2014.
*PhD Forum:*dissertation proposal or research description by 1 March 2014.
*_Conference contact information_*
*Conference co-directors:*
TATJANA APARAC-JELUSIC, Ph.D., Department of Information Science,
University of Zadar; Zadar, Croatia; taparac at unizd.hr
<mailto:taparac at unizd.hr>(also for general correspondence)
TEFKO SARACEVIC, Ph.D., School of Communication and Information, Rutgers
University; New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA tefkos at rutgers.edu
<mailto:tefkos at rutgers.edu>
*Program chairs:*
For part I: DAVID BAWDEN, Ph.D., Centre for Information Science, City
University London, London, UK. db at soi.city.ac.uk <mailto:db at soi.city.ac.uk>
For part II: BLAISE CRONIN, Ph.D., D.S.Sc., School of Informatics &
Computing, Indiana University, Indiana, USA. bcronin at indiana.edu
<mailto:bcronin at indiana.edu>
*_Venue_*
Zadar <http://www.zadar.hr/index.asp> is one of the enchanting cities on
the Adriatic coast, rich in history. It still preserves a very old
network of narrow and charming city streets, as well as a Roman forum
dating back to the first century AD. In addition, the Zadar region is
one of unparalleled natural beauty that includes two national parks. On
the Adriatic Sea is the Kornati National Park
<http://www.np-kornati.htnet.hr/eng/introduction.htm>, an unusual and
colorful group of some 100 small islands. The National Park Paklenica
<http://www.paklenica.hr/paklenica_en/index_en.html> is also close by,
for those who enjoy exploring a more mountainous terrain. Croatia
<http://croatia.hr/en-GB/Homepage> is a great tourist destination of
unspoiled beauty.
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Tefko Saracevic, Ph.D.
Professor II Emeritus
School of Communication & Information
Rutgers University
New Brunswick, NJ 08901 U.S.A.
Email:tefkos at rutgers.edu URL:http://comminfo.rutgers.edu/~tefko/
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