[Sigiii-l] Conference: Call for papers: LIDA 2004

[Michel J. Menou]

LIBRARIES IN THE DIGITAL AGE (LIDA) 2004
25-29 May, 2004
Dubrovnik and Mljet, Croatia

Conference themes:
1. Human information behavior in digital libraries
2. Competences and education for digital libraries

Deadlines:
For papers and workshops: 10 January 2004.
Acceptance notification by 10 February 2004.
For demonstrations and posters: 10 February 2004.
Acceptance notification by 1 March 2004.

Conference website: http://www.pedos.hr/lida
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We ask you to disseminate this call for papers to your colleagues.
And, hope to see you at LIDA in 2004.
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ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
Annual Course and Conference:
LIBRARIES IN THE DIGITAL AGE (LIDA) 2004
Dubrovnik and Mljet, Croatia
25-29 May, 2004

Inter-University Centre (http://www.hr/iuc)
Don Ivana Bulica 4, 20000 Dubrovnik, Croatia, and
Hotel Odisej, island Mljet, Pomena, Croatia
(http://www.hotelodisej.hr)
Course web site: http://www.pedos.hr/lida
Course email: lida at pedos.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 2004

I. HUMAN INFORMATION BEHAVIOR IN DIGITAL LIBRARIES

One of the reasons for the world-wide success of digital
libraries is that technologies provide unprecedented access
to a growing variety of library resources and services. But
another, and probably the main reason for their success, is
related to the remarkable growth of their use. Digital
libraries have struck a chord with users. We know quite a
bit about users and use of traditional libraries, but not
nearly as much about users and use of digital libraries. A
better understanding of human information behavior in
digital libraries has implication, among others, for better
designs and operations of digital libraries.

The first part of LIDA 2004 covers research-based treatments
of the ways in which people conceptualize their information
needs, solve problems and seek answers to questions through
information and how they use information, all in the context
of digital libraries. Invited are contributions (types
described below) covering the following and related topics:
-information seeking in the environment of digital
libraries
-advances in study of users and use of digital
libraries, as well as outcomes of use
-what do we know how do users go about the general
processes of  Selecting, Finding,  Identifying and
Obtaining materials and services in digital libraries?
-use of a various features, processes, modes of access,
and types of resources
-usability studies; evaluation measures, methods and
studies for digital libraries
-theories and methods for study of human information
behavior in digital libraries
-barriers and obstacles to use, satisfaction, and
success .

II. COMPETENCES AND EDUCATION FOR DIGITAL LIBRARIES

A variety of academic institutions and professional
organizations became concerned with digital library
education and with professional competencies necessary for
successful development and operation of digital libraries.
Educational and training offerings in many settings
proliferated. The basic recognition is that success of
digital libraries is to a great extent dependent not only on
technology and resources, but more fundamentally on well
educated and competent professionals that deal with digital
libraries.

The second part of LIDA 2004 is focused on education for
digital libraries, and even more broadly on professional
responses to human information behavior, for which we are
using the term 'competences'. This is the term used in the
UK Library and Information Commission report 2020 Vision,
which identified the three key elements for working in a
digital environment as Connectivity, Content and
Competences. Used in this way, Competences covers the whole
range of relevant skills and learning strategies at core and
specialist levels. Contributions are invited that approach
competences from a number of perspectives, covering the
skills required both by users and the information
professionals who serve them. These include:
-competences for research, scholarship, publishing and
disseminating results in the digital context
-education for librarians and information professionals
-educating and training users
-information literacy for children, young people and
older members of the community
-broader user concerns (with skills and know-how
implications), such as: economics, copyright, freedom
of expression, and ethics.

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) style, followed, among
others, by the Journal of the American Society for
Information Science and Technology (JASIST) and
Information Processing & Management (IP&M). The papers
will be refereed and published in LIDA 2004
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 the 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). Please send submissions to both: Prof. Paul Sturges
at r.p.sturges at lboro.ac.uk and Prof. Tatjana Aparac at
taparac at pedos.hr. Full addresses are provided below. All
submissions will be refereed.

Deadlines:
- For papers and workshops 10 January 2004. Acceptance by
10 February 2004.
- For demonstrations and posters: 10 February 2004.
Acceptance by 1 March 2004.
- Final submission for all 15 March 2003.

Invitation to institutions

We are inviting libraries, information agencies,
professional organizations, and service providers to
consider participation at LIDA by providing a demonstration,
workshop, or exhibit about their 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 and virtual tutorials 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, 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 pedos.hr
URL:
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 U.S.A.
Tel.: (732)932-7500/
extension 8222 Fax:
(732)932-2644
Email:
tefko at scils.rutgers.edu
URL:
http://www.scils.rutgers.e
du/~tefko

Program Chair for Part II:
Professor PAUL STURGES
Department of Information Science
Loughborough University
Leicestershire LE11 3TU, UK
Tel +44 (0)1509 223069 Fax +44 (0)1509 223053
Email: r.p.sturges at lboro.ac.uk URL:
http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/dils/staff/psturges.html

GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE AT THE ADDRESS OF Prof. TATJANA
APARAC

Venues

The first part of LIDA, 24-26 May 2004, will be held in
Dubrovnik and for the second part, 27-29 May 2004, 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 24 May 2004.

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://dubrovnik.laus.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.