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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/>http://www.iuc.hr/ )
Don Ivana Bulica 4, 20000 Dubrovnik, Croatia, and
Hotel Odisej, island Mljet, Pomena, Croatia
(<http://www.hotelodisej.hr/>http://www.hotelodisej.hr)
Course web site: <http://www.ffos.hr/lida/>http://www.ffos.hr/lida/
Course email: <mailto:lida at ffos.hr>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 (<http://www.apastyle.org/index.html>APA) style,
followed, among others, by the Journal of the American Society for
Information Science and Technology
(<http://www.asis.org/Publications/JASIS/jasis.html>JASIST) and Information
Processing & Management
(<http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/244/description#description>IP&M).
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 <mailto:taparac at pedos.hr>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 <file:///#addresses>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:
<mailto:taparac at pedos.hr>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:
<file:///../Documents%20and%20Settings/tefko/My%20Documents/WINDOWS/Temporary%20Internet%20Files/Content.IE5/S8UQ7GHH/tefko@scils.rutgers.edu>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: <file:///kuhlthau@scils.rutgers.edu%20>kuhlthau at scils.rutgers.edu
http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~kuhlthau/
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: <mailto:rtodd at scils.rutgers.edu>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/>http://www.croatia.hr/ and for
Dubrovnik <http://web.tzdubrovnik.hr/>http://web.tzdubrovnik.hr/ ; travel
information at
<http://www.dubrovnik-online.com/>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/>http://www.np-mljet.hr/ and for hotel Odisej (with
further information about the surroundings) see
<http://www.hotelodisej.hr/>http://www.hotelodisej.hr.
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Tefko Saracevic, Ph.D.
Professor II and Associate Dean
School of Communication, Information and Library Studies
Rutgers University
4 Huntington Street
New Brunswick, NJ 08901 U.S.A.
Tel.: (732)932-7500/Extension 8222 Fax: (732)932-2644
Email: tefko at scils.rutgers.edu URL: http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~tefko
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