[Sigiii-l] [Asis-l] FW: Call for papers: Asia-Pacific Conference on Library & Information Education & Practice (A-LIEP

[JK Vijayakumar]

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"Khoo Soo Guan, Christopher (Assoc Prof)" <ASSGKHOO at ntu.edu.sg> wrote:
Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2005 18:50:40 +0800
From: "Khoo Soo Guan, Christopher \(Assoc Prof\)" <ASSGKHOO at ntu.edu.sg>
To: <asis-l at asis.org>
Subject: [Asis-l] FW: Call for papers: Asia-Pacific Conference on Library &
Information Education & Practice (A-LIEP


*** CALL FOR PAPERS ***

 ASIA-PACIFIC CONFERENCE ON LIBRARY & INFORMATION EDUCATION & PRACTICE
(A-LIEP)

                  "Preparing Information Professionals for Leadership in the
New Age"

                                            Singapore, 4-7 April 2006

                                  (URL: http://www.ntu.edu.sg/sci/A-LIEP/)

 Organized by Division of Information Studies, School of Communication &
Information, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

In collaboration with Department of Information Science, Faculty of Computer
Science and Information Technology, University of Malaya,and Nanyang
Technological University Library

 The conference will take place on the garden campus of the Nanyang
Technological University, Singapore, on 4-7 April 2006.

This is the week after the CONSAL XIII conference in Manila
(http://www.consal.org/XIIIth_CONSAL_CONFERENCE.doc).


ABOUT THE CONFERENCE

 . Is there a uniquely Asia-Pacific perspective of library and information
science? 

. What are the challenges facing librarians and information professionals in
the Asia-Pacific region? 

. How are library schools preparing LIS professionals for leadership roles?

. What research is needed to support the LIS profession?

. How can practice, research and education be integrated to deliver
high-quality information services?

 These and other questions will be addressed at the Conference, with an
emphasis on issues relevant to Asia-Pacific countries. The conference will
survey, accumulate and synthesize the experiences and insights of LIS
educators, researchers and practitioners, and provide opportunities for
scholarly exchanges and knowledge-sharing between academics and
practitioners through paper presentations, panel discussions and workshops.

 We invite educators, researchers, and professionals in library and
information science to submit paper proposals relevant to the three themes:



LIS EDUCATION

. Challenges in LIS education in the Asia-Pacific context

. Preparing LIS graduates for leadership and management roles to support
national and economic development in Asia

. Quality assurance and accreditation of LIS programs in Asia

. Collaboration and resource sharing among LIS schools

. E-learning in LIS education  

. Research-based teaching

. Survey of LIS graduates: impact of LIS education on the work and career of
graduates, competencies found useful

. The job market for LIS professionals. Careers in traditional and
non-traditional environments.

. Continuing education needs of LIS professionals

 

LIS PRACTICE

. Evidence-based librarianship. Grounding library and information practice
on research. Integrating LIS research and practice

. Case studies of innovative information services

. LIS professionals as teachers and trainers. User education and information
literacy for life-long learning

. Role of LIS professionals in non-traditional contexts. Changing roles in
traditional contexts.

. Collaborative projects between libraries and other institutions, such as
museums and archives

 

LIS RESEARCH

. LIS research issues in the Asia-Pacific context

. Multidisciplinary approaches to LIS research

. Evaluation of library/information services. Measurement of the impact and
value of information services and products to an organization

. Models and theories of user information needs and behaviour, and
application in the design of information services & systems

. Evaluation of digital libraries and new types of information systems

. Research-in-progress and completed LIS research relevant to the
Asia-Pacific region

 

IMPORTANT DATES

Deadline for submission of abstracts/paper proposals:  15 Sep 2005

Notification of acceptance:  15 Oct 2005

Full papers/short papers due:  15 Jan 2006

 
Paper proposals must include:

. an extended abstract of 500 to 1000 words

. a cover page listing 

   - the proposed paper title

   - the name(s), affiliations and email addresses of the authors

   - the postal address, phone number and fax number of the corresponding
author.

 

Paper proposals will be peer-reviewed, and will be accepted as full papers
(of length between 4,000 and 6,000 words, or 8-12 pages single-spaced) or
short papers (of length no more than 3,000 words).

 
Publication:

. Papers accepted for presentation will be published in a printed conference
proceedings.

. Selected research papers on LIS education will be published in a special
issue of the Journal of Education for Library and Information Science.

. Selected papers in the LIS research track will be published in a special
issue of the LIBRES electronic journal.

. Selected papers on LIS practice will be published in a special issue of
the Singapore Journal of Library & Information Management.

 

Please submit paper proposals by email to both Dr Chris Khoo
(assgkhoo at ntu.edu.sg) and Dr Diljit Singh (diljit at um.edu.my). 

 
FELLOWSHIP AT NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY, SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION &
INFORMATION

 
Researchers and scholars are also invited to apply for the Asian
Communication Resource Centre (ACRC) Fellowship, which involves a 3-month
stay at the Nanyang Technological University. More information can be found
at: http://www.ntu.edu.sg/sci/research/acrc.html. 

 
CONFERENCE COMMITTEES

GENERAL CHAIR

 
Abdus Sattar Chaudhry (Head, Division of Information Studies, School of
Communication & Information, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

 
ADVISORY COMMITTEE

 
Abdus Sattar Chaudhry, Chair (School of Communication & Information, Nanyang
Technological University, Singapore)

Schubert Foo (Vice Dean, School of Communication & Information, Nanyang
Technological University, Singapore)

Choy Fatt Cheong (University Librarian, Nanyang Technological University)

Diljit Singh (Faculty of Computer Science & Information Technology,
University of Malaya, Malaysia)

Ngian Lek Choh (Director, National Library)

Sylvia Yap (President, Library Association of Singapore; Director, National
University of Singapore Llibraries)

 
PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Christopher Khoo, Co-chair (School of Communication & Information, Nanyang
Technological University, Singapore)

Diljit Singh, Co-chair (Faculty of Computer Science & Information
Technology, University of Malaya, Malaysia)

 Anita Sundaram Coleman (School of Information Resources & Library Science,
University of Arizona, USA)

Chern Li Liew (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)

Chihfeng P. Lin (Graduate School of Information & Communications, Shih Hsin
University, Taiwan)

Kanwal Ameen (Department of Library & Information Science, University of
Punjab, Pakistan)

Kerry Smith (Curtin University, Australia)

Koti S. Raghavan (Documentation Research & Training Centre, Indian
Statistical Institute,

India)

L. Sulistyo-Basuki (Faculty of Humanities, University of Indonesia,
Indonesia)

Laili Hj. Hashim (Faculty of Information Management, University Technology
MARA

Lee-Wang Cheng Yeng (Library Association of Singapore, Singapore)

Makiko Miwa (National Institute of Multimedia Education, Japan)

Mark Hepworth (Loughborough University, UK)

Paul W.T. Poon (University of Macau Library, Macau, China)

Ross Harvey (School of Information Studies, Charles Sturt University,
Australia)

Sajjad ur Rehman (Department of Library & Information Science, Kuwait
University, Kuwait)

Sam Oh (Sungkyunkwan University, Korea)

Shigeo Sugimoto (University of Tsukuba, Japan)

Sujin Butdisuwan (Faculty of Informatics, Mahasarakham University, Thailand)

Susan Higgins (School of Library and Information Science, The University of
Southern Mississippi, USA)

Wang Yuguang (Department of Library and Information Management, Peking
University, Beijing, China)

 LOCAL ORGANIZATION CHAIR

M. Shaheen Majid, Chair (School of Communication & Information, Nanyang
Technological University, Singapore)


PUBLICITY & SPONSORSHIP CHAIR

Margaret Tan (School of Communication & Information, Nanyang Technological
University, Singapore)
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Forwarded by JK Vijayakumar