[Sigah-l] CFP: LIDA 2006, 29 May - 4 June 2006, Dubrovnik, Croatia
marija dalbello
dalbello at scils.rutgers.edu
Mon Oct 10 17:25:30 EDT 2005
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ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
Annual Course and Conference:
*LIBRARIES IN THE DIGITAL AGE (LIDA) 2006
*Dubrovnik and Mljet, Croatia
29 May – 4 June 2006
Inter-University Centre (http://www.iuc.hr)
Don Ivana Bulica 4, 20000 Dubrovnik, Croatia, and
Hotel Odisej, island Mljet, Pomena, Croatia (http://www.hotelodisej.hr)
Course web site: http://www.ffos.hr/lida/
Course email: lida at ffos.hr
The general aim of the annual conference and course Libraries in the
Digital Age (LIDA), started in 2000, is to address the changing and
challenging environment for libraries and information systems and
services in the digital world, with an emphasis on examining
contemporary problems, advances and solutions. Each year a different and
‘hot’ theme is addressed, divided in two parts; the first part covers
research and development and the second part addresses advances in
applications and practice. LIDA seeks to bring together researchers,
practitioners, and developers in a forum for personal exchanges,
discussions, and learning, made easier by being held in memorable
locations.
Themes LIDA 2006
*Part* I. Cultural, social and institutional effects and place of
digital libraries.
Digital libraries are a world wide success, even though they are barely a
decade old. Technology provides unprecedented access to a growing number
of digital resources and library services. Digital libraries have spread
in many fields, areas and institutions. Growth in their use is
extraordinary. Numerous innovative practices have been developed and more
are underway that account for this success and increased use
globally. In fact, digital libraries are becoming a phenomenon with wide
spread effects above and beyond libraries proper.
The goal of the first part of LIDA 2006 is to explore the place and role
of digital libraries in the wider realm of culture and society, as well as
in the specific realm of organizations or institutions where they are
housed. Of interest is to examine the effects that digital libraries have
on social and cultural environment and on institutional practices.
Included are role and effects of digital libraries in specific areas, such
as education, science, humanities, scholarship, publishing or given
disciplines and professions, and as related to specific cultural and
social institutions, such as museums, academies, historical societies, or
government, as well as specific institutions, such as universities,
academic departments, research institutes, hospitals and the like.
Contributions cover research and scholarly papers and posters.
Invited are contributions (types described below) covering the
following topics:
* social and global aspects of digital libraries; effect of digital
libraries on scholarship, education, arts, and culture in general
or on specific institutions in particular
* cultural, social, and institutional roles of digital libraries *
contributions to these roles of innovative features, services,
practices, modes of access, and structures in digital libraries
* changes in cultural, social and institutional practices due to
digital libraries – e.g. changes in education, professional
practice, research, universities
* projects that cross digital libraries, museums, archives, and/or
other institutions
* studies of impact, value or significance of digital libraries *
barriers and obstacles to success of digital libraries in society
and institutions.
*Part II. Building a digital library for children and young adults*
A variety of libraries (and not only libraries but other institutions and
organizations of all shapes and sizes) are concerned with building or
improving a digital library in their own domain, and for their users. As a
consequence, digital libraries are reaching out to specific
audiences and providing digital resources and services geared toward that
audience. Traditionally, libraries all over the globe have
successfully developed and provided collections and services for
children and young adults. Now they are moving in a big way to develop and
provide digital library resources and services for that audience. Besides
being challenging, this is a highly motivated area, with great potential
and prospects, some of them already realized.
The goal of the second part of LIDA 2006 is to share experiences from
practice and research in development and operation of digital library
resources and services specifically devoted to children and young
adults. This involves existing state-of-the-art resources and services, as
well s those that are on the drawing board or are contemplated for the
future. On the practical side included are statements of principles and
examples of best practices. On the research side, invited are
examples of use of study results in areas such as literacy in
information age in development of digital libraries for children and young
adults. Contributions cover papers, posters, workshops and
demonstrations.
Contributions are invited that approach building, maintaining, and
improving digital libraries for children and young adults from a number of
perspectives. These include:
* types of contents and services provided by digital libraries for
children and young adults in public and other libraries and all
schools – from preschools to high schools
* steps in design, development, and implementation of a digital
library for that audience
* enabling the use of digital libraries for children and teens *
student learning in libraries in the digital age; implications for
information literacy
* cultural heritage digital libraries in variety of institutions
(museums, archives, variety of cultural institutors, government)
oriented toward that audience
* digital libraries and special education
* experiences in establishing digital libraries in schools and
public libraries in small or isolated library environments;
cooperative approaches; promoting and safeguarding the library;
effects in their community
* library web sites for children and young adults – reaching out
beyond the library
* “if you build will they come?” - needs, knowledge, skills of
participant population; experiences with involving potential users
– children, young adults, parents, teachers - in building and
operating a digital library
* necessary competencies and continuing education for librarians and
information professionals in libraries or library services for
children and young adults
* evaluation of digital libraries for that audience
_ _
*Types of contributions*
Invited are the following types of contributions:
1. Papers: research studies and reports on advances that will be
presented at the conference and included on the conference Web site.
Papers of up to 4000 words in length should be submitted, following the
American Psychological Association
(APA-http://www.apastyle.org/index.html) style, followed, among others, by
the _Journal of the American Society for Information Science and
Technology_ (JASIST http://www.asis.org/Publications/JASIS/jasis.html) and
_Information Processing & Management_
(IP&M-http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/244/description#description).
The papers will be refereed and published in /LIDA 2006 Proceedings/.
2. Posters: short graphic presentations on research, studies,
advances, examples, practices, or preliminary work that will be
presented in a special poster session. An award will be given for Best
Posters. Proposals for posters should be submitted as a short, one or two-
page paper.
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. These should involve some
aspect of users and use. Proposals for demonstration should provide short
description and a URL address, if available.
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. Proposals for workshops should include a short
description, with indication of level and potential audience.
Submissions should be in electronic form (as attachments to email). to
Prof. Tatjana Aparac at taparac at ffos.hr.
Inquires can also be addressed to the co-chair of the conference Prof.
Tefko Saracevic and Program Chairs for Part II. Prof. Carol Kuhlthau. and
Prof. Ross Todd. Full addresses are provided below.
All submissions will be refereed.
Deadlines:
For papers and workshops 10 January 2006. Acceptance by 10
February 2006.
For demonstrations and posters: 10 February 2006. Acceptance
by 1 March 2006.
Final submission for all 15 March 2006.
*Invitation to institutions*
We are inviting libraries, information agencies, professional
organizations, publishers, and service providers to consider
participation at LIDA by providing a demonstration, workshop, or exhibit
about their products, services or advances, or by presenting a paper or
poster about their activities. Sponsorship of an event is also invited.
Institutions can benefit as well: We will provide course materials to
participants so that they can communicate, instruct, and transfer topics
of interest to their institution. Thus, we are organizing LIDA to reach a
wider audience.
*Organization and submission addresses*
_ _
Course co-directors and Program Chairs for Part I:
TATJANA APARAC-JELUSIC, Ph.D
Department of Information Sciences
Faculty of Education
University of Osijek
Lorenza Jaegera 9, 31000 Osijek, Croatia
Tel.: +385 1 6120111/231 Fax: +385 1 6156879
Email: taparac at ffos.hr
http://www.ffzg.hr/infoz/biblio/nastava/taparac.htm
TEFKO SARACEVIC, Ph.D
School of Communication, Information and Library Studies
Rutgers University
4 Huntington Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08903 USA
Tel.: +1(732)932-7500/ extension 8222 Fax: (732)932-6916
Email: tefko at scils.rutgers.edu
http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~tefko
Program co-chairs for Part II:
CAROL C. KUHLTHAU, PhD
School of Communication, Information and Library Studies
Rutgers University
4 Huntington Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 USA
Tel: +1(732)932-7500/ ext. 8217; Fax: +1(732)932-6916
Email: kuhlthau at scils.rutgers.edu
ROSS TODD, PhD
School of Communication, Information and Library Studies
Rutgers University
4 Huntington Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 USA
Tel: +1(732)932-7500/ ext. 8223; Fax: +1(732)932-6916
Email: rtodd at scils.rutgers.edu
http://scils.rutgers.edu/~rtodd
GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE AT THE ADDRESS OF
Prof. TATJANA APARAC-JELUSIC
*Venues*
The first part of LIDA 2006 will be held in Dubrovnik and for the second
part the conference will move to island Mljet, less than a two-hour ride
from Dubrovnik on a fast catamaran. Pre-conference workshops are planned
for 29 May 2006 and post-conference workshops for 3 June 2006.
Dubrovnik, Croatia is among the unique cities in the world, recognized as
one of the World Cultural Heritage sites by UNESCO. It is a walled city,
preserved as it existed in medieval times. A beautiful natural location on
the Adriatic Sea, a lavish architecture of squares, palaces, and churches,
small, intriguing hill-hugging streets, pedestrian-only traffic within the
walls, outings to the enchanting near-by islands - all these and more
combine to make Dubrovnik one of the most popular destinations in Europe.
For Croatia see http://www.croatia.hr/ and for Dubrovnik
http://web.tzdubrovnik.hr; travel information at
http://www.dubrovnik-online.com.
Mljet is one of the most enchanting islands in the Adriatic, a sea that
abounds with beautiful islands to start with. Hotel Odisej is in a small
harbor. Near the hotel is the entrance to Mljet National Park with lush
vegetation surrounding three inland lakes, a small island with a
monastery in the middle lake, paths for walking, and spots for swimming in
the blue and green sea. For Mljet National Park see
http://www.np-mljet.hr/ and for hotel Odisej (with further information
about the surroundings) see http://www.hotelodisej.hr.
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Marija Dalbello, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Library and Information Science
School of Communication, Information and Library Studies
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
4 Huntington Street
New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901-1071
Voice: 732.932.7500 / 8215
Internet: dalbello at scils.rutgers.edu
http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~dalbello
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Marija Dalbello, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Library and Information Science
School of Communication, Information and Library Studies
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
4 Huntington Street
New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901-1071
Voice: 732.932.7500 / 8215
Internet: dalbello at scils.rutgers.edu
http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~dalbello
--
Marija Dalbello, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Library and Information Science
School of Communication, Information and Library Studies
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
4 Huntington Street
New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901-1071
Voice: 732.932.7500 / 8215
Internet: dalbello at scils.rutgers.edu
http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~dalbello
--
Marija Dalbello, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Library and Information Science
School of Communication, Information and Library Studies
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
4 Huntington Street
New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901-1071
Voice: 732.932.7500 / 8215
Internet: dalbello at scils.rutgers.edu
http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~dalbello
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